Mr Zoat
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19th November 1995
Where did he go?
I'm looking at Kun-. Sebastian, but it doesn't look like he's got any idea either.
"Can he teleport?"
Sebastian nods. "We all can, but that was just an illusion. He's close."
I look around-. Right, the knives. "Can you feel anywhere the dark energy is doing anything weird? Orange Lantern's elf wizard could do stuff with it. Even if he's been captured-."
"Alright." Black energy crackles around him for a moment, and then he gasps, looking upwards.
"What? Is it above us?"
"No. But I-." He looks down at me. "Orange Lantern's plan to get her full attention has worked. Beryl is drawing on vast amounts of dark energy, but there's an eddy forming below us. I don't know what it is, but other than searching this-."
Great. "Down?"
"Yes. The quickest way-."
I grab my compact and point it at the ground. A direct line between two places might only be the second shortest route, but we can't all teleport! "Furious Crescent Beam!"
Golden light smashes into the floor and blasts through, and-.
And then it cuts out no!
We both stare at my compact, and Sebastian shakes his head. "You're out of power. You can't-."
I pull Paul's emergency nuclear grenade off my belt and remember his instructions. "Pull the pin." I pull it. "Toss." I toss. "And hope being a Sailor Guardian makes you immune to gamma radiation."
I turn away from the hole, and hope really hard.
Sebastian blinks, then copies me, throwing his cloak over us as the fission grenade goes off. Most of the blast goes upwards, but it still ruffles my skirt and Sebastian's cloak.
I wish the armour he made for me was still in one piece.
"What?"
I pull my chain off my belt as I turn, throwing it up into the air as I leap towards the hole. The top part of the hole where my beam blasted it is neat, before it ran out of power. The bottom part is red hot, melted-.
I form my chain into a drill-
"Venus… Rock-Breaking Chain!"
-and slam it down, boring through the soft rock and-.
Crunch!
And I fall through into the level below us, landing in a crouch and lashing out with my chain scything through the youma clustered below! Most of them were facing the door, and the rest weren't prepared. I swing-.
The end of the chain stops moving about an inch from Jadeite's raised hand. "Still not enough."
Okay, ah… I pull my chain back and look around. The youma are moving around and trying to surround me, but I can deal with that. Jadeite's just standing there, and just behind him-.
Lushun is chained up to a bench. He doesn't look too good; half the time it's like I can see his skeleton! They must be doing something to him with dark energy. Trying to turn him into a skeleton youma, maybe? And there's a woman tied to another bench next to him with half her face missing! And past them there's a stone archway with-. The crystal! It's embedded in the stone, and in front of the archway there's an altar with Lushun's staff on it.
Sebastian lands next to me. "Get the crystal. Nothing else matters."
I nod. "Right."
I run, swinging my chain in an arc to smash through the youma guarding the crystal. "Definite Kill Venus Chain!"
Chain links of burning gold disintegrate gargoyles and pigmen, and a couple who look like cavemen try scrabbling out of the way. They don't make it. I can hear Sebastian's footsteps behind me as he guards my-. My back, and I reel in my chain to take another swing at Jadeite, who's just smiling-.
Wait.
I swing my chain around me in a tight arc, like one of those ribbon dancers-.
The chain stop in thin air, and Jadeite appears as his illusion fades. "Do you understand? With the crystal, we can spread dark energy all across the world. But with this staff and these off-worlders, we can spread it to infinite worlds! All will be one in Met-."
I leap- "Sailor V kick!" -and hit him right in the jaw! He staggers backwards, losing his magic grip on my chain which I pull back towards me before lashing it forwards!
I swing my chain again, but he's already recovered. It stops still in the air and he looks behind me-.
I pull on my end of my chain as hard as I can, pulling myself off my feet and sending me flying towards him! His eyes widen and he catches me with his magic, but he loses control of my chain so I pull and wrap it around his legs!
"What?"
Pull!
"Oof!"
He's on his back and I'm free and I swing my chain while he's stunned-
"Get the Crystal!"
-and I start running past him, not really getting a full-on hit but just sort of flicking him away, and that'll have to do. There's nothing between me and the crystal-.
The arch flickers, and the space inside it-.
Oh that's what Hell looks like.
And it looks like Paul made himself at home, because he actually looks pretty calm as he walks back through..
And then he sees me. And I wish I could do banishment like Mars or healing like Moon, because-.
I throw myself right as he lunges towards me, his claws -ah- gashing my left cheek. But I don't have time to fight him! What do I-?
Yes! I throw my chain forwards, wrapping the end around the archway and pulling! I don't know if it's the chain's magic or my magic, or maybe it's all that physical training Paul made me do, but I'm a lot stronger than I used to be! Paul-. The youma lunges at me again but I'm already out of the way, flying towards the arch-.
Too far! Too far! I went through and some flying red demon face is looking at me-. Pull back! Good! And reach up and grab the crystal-! Yes! Got it! I-.
Paul body slams me through the arch, and I-. I can't feel my legs. They should hurt, but-.
Agh!
He's-.
Hitting-.
I can't-.
I'm sorry.
Where did he go?
I'm looking at Kun-. Sebastian, but it doesn't look like he's got any idea either.
"Can he teleport?"
Sebastian nods. "We all can, but that was just an illusion. He's close."
I look around-. Right, the knives. "Can you feel anywhere the dark energy is doing anything weird? Orange Lantern's elf wizard could do stuff with it. Even if he's been captured-."
"Alright." Black energy crackles around him for a moment, and then he gasps, looking upwards.
"What? Is it above us?"
"No. But I-." He looks down at me. "Orange Lantern's plan to get her full attention has worked. Beryl is drawing on vast amounts of dark energy, but there's an eddy forming below us. I don't know what it is, but other than searching this-."
Great. "Down?"
"Yes. The quickest way-."
I grab my compact and point it at the ground. A direct line between two places might only be the second shortest route, but we can't all teleport! "Furious Crescent Beam!"
Golden light smashes into the floor and blasts through, and-.
And then it cuts out no!
We both stare at my compact, and Sebastian shakes his head. "You're out of power. You can't-."
I pull Paul's emergency nuclear grenade off my belt and remember his instructions. "Pull the pin." I pull it. "Toss." I toss. "And hope being a Sailor Guardian makes you immune to gamma radiation."
I turn away from the hole, and hope really hard.
Sebastian blinks, then copies me, throwing his cloak over us as the fission grenade goes off. Most of the blast goes upwards, but it still ruffles my skirt and Sebastian's cloak.
I wish the armour he made for me was still in one piece.
"What?"
I pull my chain off my belt as I turn, throwing it up into the air as I leap towards the hole. The top part of the hole where my beam blasted it is neat, before it ran out of power. The bottom part is red hot, melted-.
I form my chain into a drill-
"Venus… Rock-Breaking Chain!"
-and slam it down, boring through the soft rock and-.
Crunch!
And I fall through into the level below us, landing in a crouch and lashing out with my chain scything through the youma clustered below! Most of them were facing the door, and the rest weren't prepared. I swing-.
The end of the chain stops moving about an inch from Jadeite's raised hand. "Still not enough."
Okay, ah… I pull my chain back and look around. The youma are moving around and trying to surround me, but I can deal with that. Jadeite's just standing there, and just behind him-.
Lushun is chained up to a bench. He doesn't look too good; half the time it's like I can see his skeleton! They must be doing something to him with dark energy. Trying to turn him into a skeleton youma, maybe? And there's a woman tied to another bench next to him with half her face missing! And past them there's a stone archway with-. The crystal! It's embedded in the stone, and in front of the archway there's an altar with Lushun's staff on it.
Sebastian lands next to me. "Get the crystal. Nothing else matters."
I nod. "Right."
I run, swinging my chain in an arc to smash through the youma guarding the crystal. "Definite Kill Venus Chain!"
Chain links of burning gold disintegrate gargoyles and pigmen, and a couple who look like cavemen try scrabbling out of the way. They don't make it. I can hear Sebastian's footsteps behind me as he guards my-. My back, and I reel in my chain to take another swing at Jadeite, who's just smiling-.
Wait.
I swing my chain around me in a tight arc, like one of those ribbon dancers-.
The chain stop in thin air, and Jadeite appears as his illusion fades. "Do you understand? With the crystal, we can spread dark energy all across the world. But with this staff and these off-worlders, we can spread it to infinite worlds! All will be one in Met-."
I leap- "Sailor V kick!" -and hit him right in the jaw! He staggers backwards, losing his magic grip on my chain which I pull back towards me before lashing it forwards!
I swing my chain again, but he's already recovered. It stops still in the air and he looks behind me-.
I pull on my end of my chain as hard as I can, pulling myself off my feet and sending me flying towards him! His eyes widen and he catches me with his magic, but he loses control of my chain so I pull and wrap it around his legs!
"What?"
Pull!
"Oof!"
He's on his back and I'm free and I swing my chain while he's stunned-
"Get the Crystal!"
-and I start running past him, not really getting a full-on hit but just sort of flicking him away, and that'll have to do. There's nothing between me and the crystal-.
The arch flickers, and the space inside it-.
Oh that's what Hell looks like.
And it looks like Paul made himself at home, because he actually looks pretty calm as he walks back through..
And then he sees me. And I wish I could do banishment like Mars or healing like Moon, because-.
I throw myself right as he lunges towards me, his claws -ah- gashing my left cheek. But I don't have time to fight him! What do I-?
Yes! I throw my chain forwards, wrapping the end around the archway and pulling! I don't know if it's the chain's magic or my magic, or maybe it's all that physical training Paul made me do, but I'm a lot stronger than I used to be! Paul-. The youma lunges at me again but I'm already out of the way, flying towards the arch-.
Too far! Too far! I went through and some flying red demon face is looking at me-. Pull back! Good! And reach up and grab the crystal-! Yes! Got it! I-.
Paul body slams me through the arch, and I-. I can't feel my legs. They should hurt, but-.
Agh!
He's-.
Hitting-.
I can't-.
I'm sorry.
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