"Real kick in the pants, ain't it?"

    Mercury turned to Pluto, and Pluto replied 
to the unasked question.

    "I never said Nemesis was female, did I? 
You assumed that.  And you know what they say 
about assumption." Pluto had a nasty grin.

    "I... I...."

    Nemesis interrupted her reply.  

    "It's the mother of all fuck-ups.  And on 
that note, what have you been telling them 
about me, Mom?"

    After what had happened in the past few 
weeks, the Senshi thought that nothing could 
shock them.  They were wrong.

    "'Mom'?" Mercury squeaked out.

    Pluto shrugged. "Arik was really cute. And 
my job got very lonely."

    Every single one of them (including 
Mercury) proceeded to face-fault.
   
    Nemesis looked at them. "That looks 
painful."