It was a nice Sunday evening, the stars were out and Silence was enjoying the view from the upstairs room. If there was one good thing those Inner Knights had done well it was in choosing this house. The house itself was square, with the rooms done in a horseshoe around a large gym. The Inners had taken up five rooms on one side, each of them with their own shower, but Silence and the Outers preferred the larger three on the other side of the house where they shared the master bathroom. There was also a large kitchen downstairs but the four men found it to open, too happy. From the stairs in the kitchen you could go to a lounging room made out totally to the time with computers televisions and games and a mini library was situated above the Inner Knights rooms. Midnight had made himself at home with the books there. Foam and Breeze were likely making out in the plant room again, a large room with waterfalls in ceramic beds and plants everywhere, a little indoor jungle. Also along the hall was a room with a large fire, Mars probally spent his time there, a band room with many instruments suited to Mercury’s taste and a large storage room. The room Silence was now in was best suited to Venus’s dreamy personality; the whole ceiling of the room was windows and different couches and chairs around. That laptop on the corner table was probally his friend Jupiter’s as the two rarely were far apart.

With a sigh Silence closed his eyes, content with the starlight washing over him and he let his thoughts wander.

The King had become quite inpatient with Moon’s pathetic job of destroying the Senshi and the Outers could not afford to fail often. Like they would fail. There was no way they would fall before the weak powers.

He rolled onto his side with a grimace of distaste. It was pure folly to underestimate your opponent’s powers. He opened his purple eyes a bit with a frown. What would he do when he met Sailor Saturn? Dimly he knew her from the Silver Millennium but that had been a thousand years ago and his memories had become faded over time spent in Midnight’s hidden corner of the gates of time. He remembered the feeling when he was with her.

He shot to his feet cursing under his breath. They had only been 16, but had been engaged at the time of the Negaverse’s attack. He had not helped the Senshi as the night before he had met The King who had let him to a room where Princess Saturn had been cheating on him, locked into another mans arms on a bed in a passionate kiss. He would never ever forget that sight.

When he met Sailor Saturn he knew what he would do, he would get revenge by the sight of her broken body and pained eyes that’s what.

He turned, raking his fingers through his hair at a light tap on the open door. Breeze stood at the door holding a portable phone in one hand. Foam was behind him, his shoulder length aqua hair loose for once and slightly mussed.

Silence raised an eyebrow seeing they were both damp looking and shirtless. “Yeah what is it? You two should patch yourselves up before going into someone else’s company you know!”

The gentler Foam laughed, while Breeze scowled. “Phone is for you scamp!” Breeze said. “It’s that girl you met at the mall.”

Silence perked up immediately. “Hotaru-chan?” He quickly ran forward and took the phone, brushing past Midnight in the lounging room on his way down the stairs. All three men heard the door to Silence’s room slam downstairs.

Midnight shook his head wryly from where he was sitting on the couch. He was dressed in black from head to toe, the scarf wrapped around his head hiding the lower half of his face as always. “He is much different when he talks to this Tomoe Hotaru.” He murmured in his quiet voice.

The partners nodded as they settled themselves on another couch together. “It could be dangerous,” Breeze declared.

Foam nodded, obviously worried. “Do you think his feelings for her could turn him from our side?”

Midnight shook his head, closing the book on his lap. “Not Silence, he is the most sure of our mission of all of us.”

The room was quiet for a couple minutes, broken only by the occasional comment from Silence’s room in a loud happy voice although the group could not quite make out his words.

“I was talking to The King earlier.” Midnight informed them then. “He wants us to attack tomorrow.

Foam nodded. “It’s supposed to be sunny out and many schools have trips planned to the park,”

“High Schools?” Midnight asked.

Breeze grinned. “It is a good chance to destroy some Senshi while they are unable to transform without revealing themselves to their classmates.”

Clarissa and Rei were standing amidst their classmates as their sensei droned on about facts about Sakura trees.

“Isn’t Usagi’s class in the park somewhere also today?” Clarissa whispered to her friend.

Rei grinned and nodded. “We should be able to find her and the others after the sensei lets us explore by following the noise level!”

Both girls snickered at that and were silenced by the sensei.

Suddenly a young men stepped from the trees beyond the sensei causing both dark haired girls to pale. Like the Opposite Inner Senshi, Opposite Saturn was dressed in black leather, trimmed the dark purple. The black symbol of his planet was on his forehead and he wore a long black cape that was trimmed with purple. He had a black gun in one hand, the darker black symbol on the gun glowing evilly.

“What say we spruce up with outing?” He asked with a grin, waving the gun in the air as his ragged purple hair blew in the light wind. “Dark Silent Gun Shot!” Black nothingness gathered around the gun and as he pulled the trigged it flew to the ground of students as they scrambled out of the way screaming.

Rei and Clarissa looked at each other desperately, but were unable to leave as Opposite Saturn was keeping them all together by firing at anyone who tried to leave.

In another part of the park Usagi was seated on the ground, yawning sleepily. Minako Ami and Makoto were on the blanket with her, waiting for their teacher to finish passing out the lists of items they were to find around the park over the day and camera’s for them to take pictures of them with.

Suddenly a burst of water erupted from the trees, slamming into the sensei and throwing him into a group of screaming and soaked students.

Usagi sat up straight as Opposite Neptune stepped from the trees. The muscular man was shown off by the black leather body suit, trimmed with the same aqua as his hair. “Isn’t it a nice day?” He grinned, lifting the black trident and levelling it at the group as his cape billowed behind him.

“Minna!” Usagi hissed as the four friends scrambled up as everyone else was doing. They stared to back up into the trees, when Ami bumped into someone.

“And where would you four be going?” Opposite Uranus grinned, pushing the group into the knot of other students as a hurricane rose around the clearing locking them in. Opposite Uranus was also wearing the Opposite Senshi outfit, however his was trimmed with snowy white and he held two metal poles in his hand which were joined by a thick chain.

Hotaru, Michiru, Haruka and Setsuna were in yet another area of the park, in line at the building that served fast food. The four heard the screams at the same time. They had faded back into the trees when a blast of negative energy set the building afire. Opposite Pluto grinned, a black shadow in the sunlight. His outfit was made totally of black leather and a black triangle scarf covered the lower half of his face much like stereotypical old west bandits. He held a long staff in one hand, double-sided blades attached to either end with a black Pluto crest shining on each blade.

Sailor Saturn leapt from the trees and into the building. “Silence Wall!” She cried quickly, the invisible barrier holding back debris and fire as she helped the employees out of the building.

“The planet of restless winds is my guardian deity! Sailor Uranus here acting gracefully!”

Back to back with her partner Neptune continued. “The planet of crashing sea’s is my guardian! Sailor Neptune! Acting beautifully!”

Pluto stood with her staff in hand slightly apart. “A planet suspended in space and time, Sailor Pluto.” She said quietly.

Saturn tossed her short hair as she stepped forward. “Soldier of death and resurrection! I am Sailor Saturn!”

Opposite Pluto nodded solemnly. “So we meet,” he murmured. “You will now be destroyed. It is the will of our kind. “Dark…” he started spinning his weapon in front of him as blackness gathered around it. “Death Sonic…” The energy solidified, formed an evil round mass in front of him. “Wave!” He yelled the last word where he had only whispered the others and thrust his weapon thru the centre of the blackness. It shattered, ‘causing wave upon wave of deadly black shards to shoot forward.

Saturn flew in front of her ‘parents’. “Silence wall!!” She cried hastily. She stumbled back as the attack shattered upon the barrier causing it to flicker and then the last wave of the attack punched through, the sharp energy slicing her body before disappearing.

Uranus ran forward, her eyes stunned as her daughter slumped back into her arms. “How did he get through it…?”

Neptune also came forward, tears slipping down her cheeks as she checked Hotaru’s injuries.

Pluto stepped in front of the three. “She will heal them, but he well pay.”

“Dead scream,” she whispered, hurling the powerful attack.

His eyes widened seconds before he was thrown back from the force of the explosion.

He shook himself and regained his feet quickly though, and Pluto prepared to do the attack again when he lifted his head. “I’m under attack too,” he said into the air then he shook his head. “I’m coming Saturn.” With that he disappeared.

Pluto turned back around, seeing Saturn had almost fully healed herself when their communicators beeped. Uranus raised hers to her mouth. “Uranus here,”

Rei’s voice crackled from the watch. “Minna we need help, Opposite Saturn has our class captured and we can’t get away to transform.”

Ami’s voice came next. “We are caught inside a tornado by Opposite Neptune and Opposite Uranus,”

Clarissa cut in. “Wait, the Knights just busted in and are beating on Opposite Saturn! Oh no it’s Opposite Pluto! We’re going to transform while they are distracted and help.” Rei and Clarissa dropped out of the conversation with that.

“We’ll come free the rest of you.” Uranus said. “We just need Saturn to heal a bit more, Opposite Pluto hit her hard.”

“I’m ok, Haruka-poppa.” Saturn’s voice was weak but she smiled and sat up.

Uranus hesitated the nodded. “We’re coming.” The four stood and ran in the direction of the tornado visible over the treetops.

End of chapter thirteen.

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