Written by BHart
April 30, 2009

Act C
New Allies on Enemy Grounds

Vlaad's group checked many rooms. They placed Sailor Prototype's dead body in front of the doorways, hoping to lure out any potential threats. Rykel used his tractor II ability, which magically pushed Sailor Prototype's body across the floor, in front of each open doorway. "That was a good idea to use her body as bait," complimented Maybel.

They walked into a large room with cadavers in metallic cabinets; like those you would see in a morgue. The bodies had been experimented on. Strange tools and chemicals were lying about. They were dead bodies of males of different species; hume, taru taru, elf and galka, to mention a few.

"What was going on here?" asked Kousagi.

Tokamo picked up some papers lying around. There were some posters on the walls of male bodies of different species. They were labeled, showing different incisions and places for chemical injections.

"Oh my God; these people are sick. From these papers, it sounds like they were trying to transform these males into women," discovered Tokamo.

"What sick bastards," commented Chirimu.

"We are those "sick bastards."" Five people entered the room behind them.

"I see you've taken out our little prototype experiment," noticed one of them.

The five personages consisted of two female humes, one female elf, one female taru taru, and one mithra. They were wearing blouses of different colors and skirts to match. There was a picture of a vagina sewn on their blouses. It was the symbol of the council of princesses.

"Who the hell are you?" asked Oona.

"We're honorary sailor senshi."

"Honorary? Doesn't that mean wannabe?" ridiculed Suhya.

"Shut up! It's bad enough you're aiding the enemy."

"Enemy? What are you talking about?" asked Maybel.

"Those vile males among you; we'll kill them first and deal with you later."

Vlaad and Rykel were left alone to face the honorary sailor senshi.

The women in the group had vanished among them.

"Where'd they go? What did you do?" asked Rykel.

"Shut up and die." They transformed into sailor senshi by the power of different minerals given to them by the council.

One of the female humes was known as Sailor Fluorite, having a pink colored sailor senshi uniform.

The other female hume was Sailor Topaz, having a yellow colored uniform.

The female taru taru was Sailor Aenigma, with a silver colored outfit; the female elf was Sailor Shika Tear, having a black colored outfit; and finally, Sailor Copper Kurokodairu, a Mithra with a copper colored outfit, with a crocodile's tail in place of her mithra tail.

"There's no end to these synthetically made sailor senshi, is there?" said Rykel.

"This is it, give it all you've got," said Vlaad.

The sailor senshi, Oona, Mittens, Suhya and Maybel found themselves in a large, empty room.

"I'm really getting tired of being teleported everywhere," complained Sailor Ares.

Maybel summoned an automaton. It was a small puppet standing about four feet tall. It appeared as a robot made of fabric. It was wearing a hat, and having a dark void where its face would be.

Maybel put a pair of small goggles around its head. She sent it to inspect the nearby areas. The goggles allowed her to see through the automaton's eyes. It peeked into each room before going onward.

It peered into a room filled with salmonites. One of them spotted the automaton, signaling the others. Maybel commanded the automaton to return as quickly as it could. It ran safely back to Maybel with the salmonites close behind. When the salmonites caught up to it, they were burned to ashes by Ifrit, who immediately cast Firega IV on the whole lot of them. Oona kept Ifrit by her side while Maybel's automaton checked more rooms.

"We need to retreat. We're far outnumbered," said Rykel.

"My thoughts exactly," agreed Vlaad. They ran down the hallway in hopes of hiding. Vlaad and Rykel ran into a nearby room.

"Where are you going? You've got to stay around for the rest of your beating." Sailor Aenigma made a silvery, liquid substance appear on the ground, following Vlaad and Rykel.

It stuck on their feet and hardened. "What is this?" Vlaad and Rykel drew out their swords, slashing away at the substance. They were slowly breaking it off.

The honorary senshi were coming closer. Rykel and Vlaad dragged themselves across the floor with their hands. They pushed a large book case over, blocking the entrance to the room. This bought them more time to cut away at the substance "gluing" their feet together.

Sailor Copper Kurokodairu swung her giant crocodile tail at the book case, breaking it to pieces. The honorary sailor senshi entered. "Where are you cowards?" yelled Sailor Shika Tear.

"I'll lure them out," assured Sailor Aenigma. A golden liquid ran across the floor. It was acidic, burning through things touching the floor.

Vlaad and Rykel were forced out of hiding to find higher ground.

"There they are!" Sailor Fluorite threw pink, fluorite shards at them. The ones that hit them pierced through their armor, lightly stabbing them.

Sailor Topaz put a yellow, tetrahedron shaped barrier around them, trapping them within.

"We might get promoted for disposing of these two," thought Sailor Aenigma.

"I've always wanted to become a real sailor senshi," said Sailor Fluorite, excitedly.

"The coast is clear. All rooms checked," informed Maybel. Her automaton returned.

Many of the rooms were empty, belonging to personnel in high positions. One of the many rooms they entered was a spacious room with many dining tables and chairs.

Promathian bars came down, blocking the doorway. "Oh god, here we go again," muttered Suhya.

Sailor Ariel appeared on the other side of the promathian bars. "You keep falling into my traps. This time you won't get out."

The floor began to move from underneath them. A deep pit was below. The tables and chairs fell into it. Spikes were coming down from the ceiling. They could not break through the promathian bars.

"I've got you, now," laughed Sailor Ariel.

"There's got to be something we can do," thought Mittens.

"Let's see if this works." Oona summoned Ramuh by her side, having him cast thunderspark on the bars.

Sailor Ariel stood by, being amused by their impending death.

Oona was going to dismiss Ramuh when Sailor Io stopped her. "Keep him around. I'll need his help," said Tokamo.

"What do you have in mind?" asked Oona.

"These promathian bars have an electrical-light based power running through them. If we can counter the electrical-light pulses inside them, we might be able to nullify the power of the bars," explained Tokamo.

"It's worth a try," thought Kousagi.

Ramuh cast thunder IV, while Tokamo was striking it with yellow, blue and white lightning bolts.

The floor space was running out quickly. The spikes coming down from the ceiling were getting closer, too.

"We don't have much time left, let's give it all we've got," said Sailor Io. In a desperate attempt to save everyone, Sailor Io ran up to the promathian bars, grabbing them tightly. The power running through them tried repelling her, but she held steadfast.

"Let go! You'll die!" yelled out Sailor Parallel Moon.

They tried pulling her off. They were zapped away.

Sailor Io put all her effort and energy in making an electrical blast to destroy the bars. Ramuh was using his strongest abilities at the same time.

The bars were destroyed.

Sailor Io was killed in the process, leaving nothing left of her but energy vapors in the air. Ramuh was exhausted and was dismissed.

The spikes retreated back into the ceiling. The floor moved back, covering the pit.

"Damn you, Tokamo!" yelled Kousagi.

"It may have been the only way to save us," comforted Oona.

"No, there could've been another way. A way where no one dies," cried Kousagi.

"That's not being realistic. There are always unpleasant sacrifices to be made," replied Sailor Charon.

"Shut up! What do you know?" Kousagi couldn't stop crying.

"Die!" Sailor Triton threw an oceanic harpoon at Sailor Ariel.

Sailor Ariel sidestepped it. The harpoon landed in the ground in front of her.

"You'll pay for what you've done," vowed Sailor Ares.

"You're dreaming," replied Sailor Ariel.

"Look around you, you're outnumbered," pointed out Sailor Miranda.

Sailor Ariel started singing. Sailor Ariel sang terribly. It sounded like it could be a woman's singing voice, or falsetto. The music was painful.

The sharp notes that were sung cut the insides of their ears. Their ears bled. The pain became more unbearable each passing moment.

A stalk with tentacles stretching out of it, coming from behind the left wall, wrapped themselves around Sailor Ariel's head.

They entered into Sailor Ariel's mouth, tearing holes through Sailor Ariel's head. Sailor Ariel was decapitated.

Two sailor senshi appeared from behind the left wall, walking towards Sailor Ariel's dead body. The stalk and tentacles retracted back into one of the sailor senshi's hands.

"Who are you guys?" asked Maybel.

The two sailor senshi backed away, getting into a fighting stance. "Stay back, council scum," said one of them.

"We're not the enemy! We're here to stop to them," explained Kousagi.

"How can we believe you?"

"If you want to join us and help stop them once and for all, you're welcome to. But if you do attack us, we'll retaliate," threatened Suhya. They walked away, leaving the two sailor senshi behind.

"Wait a minute; don't go that way. There's a lot of security over there. We almost got caught," warned one of them.

"Who are you two? How did you get here?" asked Mittens.

"I am Sailor Hydra, and this is Sailor Nix."

Sailor Hydra had a see through sailor senshi uniform. She had transparent hair with bleach white skin.

Sailor Nix had coal black skin and jet black hair with a dark sailor uniform to match.

"We were captured by the council some time ago. They stuck us in a room full of capsules with other sailor senshi. There was some kind of accident, and we were released from our capsules. The others weren't as fortunate; they were already dead. We ran away and hid in case anyone came looking for us," explained Sailor Nix.

"We've been exploring this place for a while. We've found some other places to investigate. We can show you if you like," offered Sailor Hydra.

"That would be a big help," replied Sailor Parallel Moon.

..to be continued...