Chapter 8: Futures are Guaranteed

"Kunzite! Kunzite! It's me! Minako! What 
are you doing!" Venus managed each phrase 
through choking gasps. Kunzite did not 
react. "Kunzite! Don't do this to me! Don't
 you remember? I LOVE YOU!" Venus sobbed, 
fighting for consciousness. 
Queen Beryl sneered at Venus' desperate struggle.
 "Don't fret, Sailor Venus, he still loves you.
 He only yelled it out one hundred some odd times
 before I brain washed him," Beryl held her head
 in her hands, "enough to give me a headache!"
Venus' eye's blazed in anger. "I HATE YOU I HATE 
YOU I HATE YOU!!!!!" Venus screamed fervidly. She 
kicked to get free of Kunzite's grip, "HOW COULD
 YOU DO THIS TO MY KUNZITE? WHEN I GET LOOSE I'LL 
KILL YOU!!!" Beryl watched, amused, as the young 
warrior strangled to death in her own lover's grasp.
The Queen stood suddenly. "I will NOT tolerate this 
tyranny!" she stated. She raised her hand, and a 
golden moon wand appeared before her. The Silver 
Imperium Crystal rested in the moon's curve. She took 
it in her hands and held it above her head, crying,
 "In the name of the moon, I will send my daughter, 
he lover, and her guardians to the future earth where
 they can be reborn to live happy, normal lives!" 
"Your majesty, no!" Venus managed to gasp, "if 
you use the Crystal, you'll die!"
The Queen nodded slowly. "Yes. But the lives of 
my Serenity and her friends are more important to 
me than my own. Use you second chance at life well." 
Queen Beryl shielded her eyes as the crystal 
illuminated bright purple. "I can't take this light!" 
she screeched, "I will be back, and next time, the 
Negaforce will prevail!" Her body slowly disintegrated,
 but her spirit flew back to the Dark Kingdom 
shrieking and cackling the whole way there.
The light enveloped Serenity and Endymion, as well as 
the four guardian Sailors and the four generals 
holding their bodies. The light surrounded each one,
 forming protective bubbles around them. The bubbles 
were suddenly drawn into the Silver Crystal, and 
with that, the blazing light began to fade. 
The Queen collapsed from exhaustion, knowing that she 
had used all her life energy. A single tear fell down 
her cheek as she breathed her last words: "In the name 
of the Moon, you will be free again."