The Abyss
Chapter 1
"Jupiter, behind you!"
At Mars' scream, Jupiter rolled to the side, groaning as a large tree trunk barely missed her.
Venus raised her hands, forming a simple yet easy attack to thwart off the enemy a moment.
"Venus crescent beam, SMASH!"
The man standing before them simply waved his hand at the beam, disintegrating the beam without turning around after having thrown the tree at Jupiter.
The Senshi backed up, now slightly afraid at what the outcome would be.
"Got any readings on your computer, Mercury?" Sailor Moon asked, turning to Sailor Mercury.
Mercury's trembling hand reached up and double clicked her earring, removing her visor as she dropped her now destroyed mini-computer onto the cement floor.
"His powers were so high that my computer broke," she said tensely, staring at the man before them. He laughed.
The man had blonde unruly hair and deep green eyes. He was about Mamoru's height and build, and his face held a confident smirk. Had he not been trying to kill them, the Senshi would readily have agreed that he was the most handsome man they had ever laid eyes on.
It was two years after Galaxia, and all of the girls were enrolled in the local university, each working towards a different career. The girls had all been hanging out on that cool December afternoon, headed to the mall for a girls' day since Mamoru was away on a work trip. They were walking, since it was near, and only about a block away before they heard screams and transformed.
"Alright, who are you and what do you want," Sailor Moon asked, taking charge and stepping forwards.
"I'll be the one asking the questions, Moon brat," he responded, "but if it's my name you want, it is simply Lycaon, although that will do nothing for you. I come with an offer from my Queen Andromache. We have been watching you all a while. We know of your past enemies as well as what the Earthlings have been through and we plan to take it. However, the good Queen says it's a waste to lose your powers fighting for the Earth, since you will perish. She offers an ultimatum: Join her or face the consequences."
The Senshi scoffed at what he was saying, the answer obvious.
"Tell your Queen Andromache-never. We will fight until we can fight no more. United, we Senshi are strong," Sailor Moon said.
"Yes well we thought you might say that. We also know your powers when you are all united so..."
As he spoke, a small black gate was opening up behind the four Senshi standing behind Sailor Moon. Sailor Mercury stared at the man before them, wondering why he had paused. From the corner of her eye, she thought she saw something black on her left. Mars' hair? No, she was to the far right. Mercury gasped as she realized a large black gate was opening up next to Sailor Venus, who was on her left.
She began to feel a slight pull from the gate not a split-second after as she screamed Venus' name, and pushed her from the way.
"Wrong time to be valiant Mercury," Lycaon screamed, blasting her in her side. She screamed in pain, and one more blast sent her falling into the gate before she could blink.
Everyone screamed at this, most of all Venus who it was intended for.
"Oh, don't worry about her, the plan is to do this to all of you eventually, we just need there to be less of you so we can take the Earth. Unfortunately, I can only conjure up one of those gates every few days. So our next attack will be soon, but the rest of you will be staying in Tokyo for a while. "
He began to float up into the air, and Mars screamed after him. "Where did you take her?"
"Oh, you'll see soon enough," he responded, disappearing. The group collapsed to the ground in shock, looking at the spot where the gate had just been.
"Try the computer Mars," Moon said, desperation in her voice. Mars nodded, but only static came through when she tried. Jupiter pounded her first into the floor angrily.
Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, Wufei Chang, Duo Maxwell & Quatre Winner pulled into the driveway of Quatre's mansion. The five were all still employed with the Preventers, and had chosen to come back to Quatre's house for the last two weeks prior to Christmas and the first week of January. Although it was very likely that they all got on each other's nerves, they chose to risk it.
Heero was driving, the car silent save for Duo bugging Wufei every few minutes. It had snowed in the area, and the mansion looked beautiful, the huge lawn white and perfect looking.
As they were about halfway up the driveway, Duo pressed his face closer to the window, gasping.
"Quatre, what is that spot of blue that looks way too much like a body on your lawn?"
Heero smacked his foot down on the breaks, turning to see as he put the car on park.
"Blue?" Quatre frowned. "This house hasn't had occupants in a very long time. There aren't even any servants."
Before anyone else could make a move, Duo had unbuckled his seat belt and leapt from the car, curiosity getting the best of him.
"Maxwell," Wufei growled. Trowa shrugged and followed Duo, the rest getting out of the car and following. Heero drew his gun and approached as well, looking around the area to see if anyone else was around, before approaching quickly after the others.
In the snow laid an unconscious woman with strikingly blue hair similar to Noin's. She was very pale, and was wearing a simple white sweater and jeans. She was lying on her back, one arm loosely over her stomach and the other spread to her right.
Everyone was shocked, to say the least. No one was around, and there didn't seem to be any sign of a struggle in the area. There weren't even footprints leading up to the spot where she lay. Almost as if she had fallen right out of the sky.
"Check her pulse." Duo turned to look at Heero, before sighing. Heero thought the girl was dead.
He bent down and took her much smaller frozen hand in his own, placing his fingers on her wrist and pausing.
"She's-" he froze, turning back to look at the woman "…alive."
Ami groggily opened her eyes. She had such a bad headache. Was she feverish? Her body ached like she had taken a big fall or something, and she was so cold. She sat up with a gasp. She had taken a fall. Where was she? Where were her friends?
"Hey, she's up," a voice said, but not one she recognized.
"That was quick," another strange voice said. Ami turned to her right, where a group of men were sitting, all on comfy looking couches across from her. A look at her surroundings told her that she too was lying on one.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
The five stood, and Ami shrank further into the couch, unsure of whether or not she was safe. Heero justified her fear when he pointed a gun at her, watching her eyes widen.
"We should first ask you where you came from," he pointed out, speaking only in a monotone. He had unruly brown hair and blue eyes, but an unreadable expression on his face.
Ami frowned. She didn't know where she was, and she wondered how far it was from Tokyo or if that was believable or even if this strange place had a Tokyo. She took a shot, since the one holding the gun looked Japanese.
"I'm from Japan."
He quirked an eyebrow, but his face remained emotionless. "That's pretty far from here."
"What he meant, onna, was how you got on our lawn," Wufei snapped, not liking how long she hesitated. She turned her attention for a moment to the dark-haired Chinese man. He looked mad.
She dared not explain that part to them. For all she knew, they were working for the enemy that had sent her here.
"I should go."
"But babe, you just got here. Anyways, go where?" she turned to her right to look at a man with cobalt blue eyes and long brown braid. He was smiling.
"Can I drive you anywhere?" Quatre offered. The girl shook her head. Despite Heero's gun on her, she began to feel her wrist for her communicator, which was gone.
"Onna, you didn't answer our question," Wufei reminded.
"I don't know, okay?" She snapped, causing him to growl slightly and her to sigh. Turning to look at Heero, she slowly stood, hands raised at eye level and speaking slowly.
"I'm leaving now, okay? Please put the gun away. Thanks for everything, goodbye." Duo chuckled slightly at her slow tone when addressing Heero and his gun.
She turned to walk away, looking ready to break into a run at any second.
"You're not going anywhere until you answer my question," Heero said, glaring at her.
Ami felt trapped, standing by the couch with the five surrounding her. Five? There was a quiet one she hadn't noticed, standing off to the side with his arms crossed, watching the scene with an unreadable expression.
"Please let me go…I really don't know," she pleaded. The pilots all looked at each other. There was no war right now, so her being a hostage or something was out. Of course, they surely had their enemies. Was she a spy?
"Where is the last place you remember going?"
She looked to the blonde with the blue eyes.
"Um…" Her headache was really bad, she must have had a fever since she was usually quicker at coming up with answers on the spot. Her side was suddenly aching; she hadn't noticed it before…
"I went to the mall," she responded tiredly.
Duo frowned at her change in tone. Maybe she was sick from being out in the cold.
"The mall where? Not in Japan," Wufei said.
Her side gave another pang, and she looked down, suddenly remembering why.
"Wrong time to be valiant Mercury," Lycaon screamed, blasting her in her side. She screamed in pain, and one more blast sent her falling into the gate before she could blink.
She reached her hand down to her side, by the waist of her jeans. Heero thought she was reaching for a small pistol, and removed the safety from his gun. She ignored him, her hand coming up bloody. Unable to stand anymore, she promptly passed out.
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