Episode 13:
Zit City

     It was a peaceful morning in the town of Newport.  Or, at least it was until some members of the Sailor Teams woke up to a scary experience.  The first to notice these intruders was Mina Aino, aka Sailor Venus.
     Mina had just awaken from her beauty sleep and had gone to wash up when something caught her eye in the mirror.  At first she thought it was a mark on the surface.  But closer inspection revealed, to her horror, she had a blemish.
     "Oh no!!"  she exclaimed, "Artemis, get in here!"
     A small white cat with a gold crescent moon on his forehead padded into the bathroom and asked, "What's the problem Mina?  Is the Negaverse attacking?  Did you see a glimpse of the future?"
     "Worse,"  Mina said, picking Artemis up so he could see into the mirror, "I have a pimple and it's BIG!"
     She then proceeded to poke and prod the blemish, causing herself to wince.
     "It's also very PAINFUL!!!"
     "If you don't prod it, it won't hurt,"  Mina's mom called.
     "That's way harsh,"  Mina said, her face falling.  Just then her scout communicator beeped.  She quickly ran to her room and pulled the small device from her jacket pocket.  She noticed the symbol of the sun was blinking.  She punched the button and a couple seconds later Dan's face appeared on the tiny screen.
     "Dan, what's up?"  Mina asked.
     "Not much,"  Dan said, "Ami just called and said she discovered a new.... Oh my word, what happened to you?"
     "You don't want to know,"  she replied in a distressed tone of voice.
     "It's so.... "
     "You say it and I'll pop your head like a pimple!"  Mina shouted, flames growing behind her and her eyes narrowing to slits.
     "Looks like you missed one,"  Dan taunted.  Before Mina could reply, the symbol for Star Dancer blinked.  Mina punched the key and the screen split and Alex's face appeared.
     "Oh my god!"  Alex said in a panicked voice, "It got you also!"
     "Yup,"  Mina said, "a huge blemish!"
     "I've got at least seven or more.  I also got calls from Tod, Richard, Steve Young, and James and all of them got massive amounts of pimples!"
     "Well, this is peachy,"  Mina said, "today is school picture day and I have a huge BLEMISH!"
 Just then Artemis entered the room, pushing a small jar with his nose.  Mina told the others she'd see them later before asking, "What is that?"
     "It's called concealer, and since you have a blemish, we'll cover it up!"
     "Look, I don't have time for this,"  Mina said as she grabbed her clothes.  She dressed quite quickly, grabbed Artemis and her book pack, and took off for school.
     When they reached the school, she was shocked at what she saw.  Students who normally didn't have to worry about outbreaks had bags over their heads and those with outbreaks had even more.  A person with a bag over their head walked up to Mina and said, "So, goddess of love, how bad is your zit?"
     Mina recognized the voice and punched the person hard in the arm before she said, "I'm fine Tod.  I only have one which I covered up.  How bad are yours?"
     Tod lifted the bag off his head, causing Mina to shriek, "Oh my stars!"
     "Are they that bad?"  Tod asked.  Just then the wail of a girl pierced the air and their ears.  They both ran to the source of the scream, and it turned out to be Serena.  She was on her knees, crying her eyes out.  The two also saw a dark haired man in his early twenties near Serena.  He had turned away.
     "Serena, what's wrong?"  Tod asked.
     "Darien,"  Serena wailed, "He thinks I'm hideous!"
     The man turned around and said, "I'm sorry meat ball head, but you startled me."
     Serena lifted her head from her hands, revealing that she, too, had broken out.
     "Wow girlfriend, we need to go to Slick Chick's right away,"  Mina said as she grabbed Serena's hand.  She took her communicator from her pocket and pushed the button to alert all the Sailor Senshi.
     "This is Mina.  We're going to Slick Chick's beauty salon.  Meet us there right away.  Mina out!"
     As soon as she finished her transmission she, Tod, Darien, and Serena beat feet for Slick Chick's Salon, where hopefully they could get some help.

     As soon as they reached the salon, the owner walked over to the group.
     "Mina, sweetie, aren't you supposed to be at school?"  the woman asked.
     "Well, we had an emergency,"  Mina said, "can you do anything about our breakouts?  Huh Melody?"
     "I could try,"  Melody said, "Ooh, who are your guy friends?"
     "Melody,"  Serena said, "We'd like for you to meet Darien and Tod.  Guys, this is Melody Spring, owner of Slick Chick's Salon and friend of me and Mina."
     "Pleased to meet you Miss Spring,"  both said at the same time.
     "Uh, Melody, there will be more joining us,"  Mina said.
     "Oh, how many?"
     "Well,"  Serena said, "there's... "
     With that Serena named off just about every member of the Sailor Teams and the Warriors, each name resulting in Melody's face becoming more and more disfigured until she had the ultimate face fault.
     Finally, Melody said, "Try the Beauty Queen Shoppe.  You know, the one owned by the four sisters."
     "Can you take some here?"  Tod asked, "It's really important."
     "I can take half here, but the rest will have to go to the Beauty Queen Shoppe."
     As soon as they finished their conversation, Mina took her communicator from her jacket, and was about to activate it when it beeped and she almost dropped it.  She quickly recovered and answered the call.
     "This is Mina.  What's happening?"
     "Mina,"  a scratchy female voice said, "this is Catsy."
     Mina's face lit up like a light bulb.  "Catsy!  What's happening?  I was just about to call my friends and tell half to go to your shop for zit treatment."
     The image of a purple haired woman appeared on the small screen.
     "Mina, Rubeus has returned and is trying to get revenge on me, Avery, Birdie, and Prisma.  He is also out to get all of you."
     "Well, listen Catsy,"  Serena said, "There are many more of us now and we'll protect you and kick old flame hair's butt!"
     "Thanks guys.  You're the greatest.  Catsy out."
     Mina was about to put her communicator away when it beeped again.  She cussed under her breath before pressing the button marked "answer call".
     "This is Mina.  What's up?"  she growled.
     "Mina, this is Prisma.  We have serious problems.  Rubeus sent a creature who is a giant blemish, and it's wrecking the shop and using all the blemish cream!"
     "Prisma, we'll be there right away.  Mina out!"
     She slipped her communicator back into her pocket and said to Melody, "if any of our friends show up, tell them there was more pressing business at the Beauty Queen Shoppe and to wait for us."
     "Promise you'll hurry back,"  Melody said.
     "We will!"
     With that the four bolted out the door and transformed.

 "Venus Crystal Power!"
 "Crisis Moon Power!"
 "FireStar Star Power!"
 "Tuxedo Rose Power!"
     As soon as the four transformed, they headed for the Beauty Queen Shoppe.  The moment they arrived, the four sisters met the Senshi at the door, each dressed in their dark moon outfits.  Avery spoke.
     "We need to exercise our powers more, and also defend ourselves from Rubeus."
     "Besides,"  Birdie added, "these had been sitting in our closets for months."
     "We could use the help,"  Sailor Moon said.
     "Hey, who's the cutie?"  Catsy asked, her eyes turning to hearts.  The other three looked at Sailor FireStar and their eyes also turned into hearts.
     "Ummm,"  Sailor Venus said, "girls, I'd like you to meet Sailor FireStar.  Sailor FireStar, these are the four sisters."
     "Pleased to make your acquaintances,"  Sailor FireStar said, "Now, let's go waste that Nega Monster!"
     With that they took off down the aisle.  When they reached the aisle with the blemish cream, the four almost had a heart attack.  The creature was a giant face and right in the middle was the largest zit ever.  The creature didn't pay much attention to the Sailor Senshi, or the sisters.  It seemed more interested in taking care if its breakout.
     "Hey Nega scum, I'll wipe that blemish off your face.  I'm Sailor Moon!"
     The creature turned to Sailor Moon, then went back to what it was doing in the first place.
     "I don't believe this!"  Sailor Venus exclaimed, "We come to dust a monster and it's not interested!"
     "Hey, Prisma,"  Sailor FireStar said, "I think you need a mirror."
     "Why is that?"  Prisma asked, reaching into her purse and pulling out a compact.  She clicked it open and examined her face.  Then she screamed.
     "How did I get a blemish!?" Prisma yelled.
     "It's airborne,"  Tuxedo Mask said, "We need to dust it NOW!"
     "Fine.  Moon Scepter Elimination!"
     Sailor Moon took her scepter, did her little dance, and fired crescent moons at the creature.  But there was no effect.  Not even a scratch.
     "Waaaaah!"  Sailor Moon bawled, "My scepter didn't affect it!"
     "We'll have to try something more drastic!"  Sailor Venus said.
     "I'll try to nuke it!"  Sailor FireStar said, "Shooting Star Strike!"
     Sailor FireStar took his whip from his belt and cracked it, causing a single large star to fly at the creature and strike it.  But he got the same result.
     "This is going to take more drastic measures,"  Sailor Venus said, "Hey, I have a brilliant idea.  Catsy, Avery, Birdie, get all the concealer from the back room."
     "What are we going to use that for?"  Birdie asked.
     "We are going to lure that thing out of the store, to a place where we can nuke it!"
     "Oh!"  the sisters said as they ran to the stock room.  They returned a couple minutes later with their arms loaded with boxes.
     "Can we hurry this up?"  Prism asked, "My arms are falling asleep."
     "Give me a sec,"  Sailor Venus said as she reached into one of the boxes.  She took a fairly large jar of cream from the box and shouted, "Hey, zit for brains, we've got some concealer for that HUGE pimple of yours!"
     The monster heard this and turned to the Sailor Senshi and the sisters.  When the monster saw the concealer it let out a shriek of delight and made a bee line for the boxes.  The sisters, upon seeing the creature coming toward them, took off like a shot with the creature behind them.  The Sailor Senshi took up the back.
     As they charged on, they weren't aware of the new comer until he leapt from his perch and landed in front of the four sisters.
     "Ok ladies, you can turn yourselves over to me, ore we can do this the hard way."
     "We're on your side,"  Avery said upon seeing the person's outfit.
     "Yeah, right.  You expect me to believe that Nega Moon sisters are working with the Sailor Senshi?  Well; you've got another thing coming.  I know what you fear and I can bring those fears to life."
     Just then the Sailor Senshi caught up to the sisters and the monster.  They too confronted the new comer.
     "Who the hell are you!?"  Sailor FireStar asked.
     "I am Warrior Night and you can't hide anything from me.  Horrific Illusion Terrorize!"
     Warrior Night peeked into each of their minds, probing for their fears.  When he found them he threw some sparkling dust at the Senshi.  A couple seconds later their fears materialized.
     A giant spider began to stalk Sailor Venus.  A crazed man with nitro glycerin approached Sailor FireStar.  Sailor Moon was being dumped by Darien and Tuxedo Mask was trying to explain about Reeny.  The fours sisters were being attacked by cosmetics and the face was breaking out like there was no tomorrow.
     "Ha, ha, ha,"  Warrior Night laughed, "Your fears are going to be the end of you!"
     "We don't think so!"  a female voice said.  Warrior Night turned to face Sailors Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Hellfire, Thunderbolt, and Arctic Chill.
     "I'm Sailor Mars and believe me I'm not clowning around.  I call upon my fire bird.  I will vanquish you!!  I am Sailor Mars."
     "You want trouble pal?  You're looking at it!  My name is trouble.  I'm Sailor Jupiter!"
     "You've met my friends Mars and Jupiter.  Some people might call me a book worm, but my most lethal weapon is my brain. Beware, because I am Sailor Mercury."
     "The heat is on and I'm the one controlling it.  I'm Sailor Hellfire!"
     "Thunder Crashes and I appear.  Beware because I'm Sailor Thunderbolt!"
     "Freeze scum wad or else you're iced!  I'm Sailor Arctic Chill!"
     "More people to play with,"  Warrior Night taunted, "Let's have some fun!"
     "You're not gonna do to us what you did to them,"  Sailor Mars said, "Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
     The rings of fire flew through the air, just barely missing Warrior Night.
     "Mercury Ice Bubbles Freeze!"
     Sailor Mercury's bubbles burst, releasing a fog which froze the ground around Warrior Night, but didn't do much else.
     "Jupiter Thunder Dragon!"
     Sailor Jupiter's thunderbolts formed a Dragon, which crashed down upon Warrior Night, jolting him and sending him to his knees.
     "I'll get you for that!"  Warrior Night shouted as he tried to recover.
     "You won't have time,"  a female voice said.  This time all the Sailor Senshi and even Warrior Night looked up.  There, hidden by the shadows, was the most hideous woman ever to walk the earth.
     When Steve saw this, he could breath only one word: "Shaleel."
     "Miss me guys?"  Queen Shaleel asked, stepping from the shadows and revealing her cyborg body, "You know what?  I missed you terribly!"
     "But.... we wasted you!"  Tod exclaimed.
     "Don't flatter yourselves.  I simply opened a gate way and took a little trip to the 12th dimension.  I just thought I'd return to give you guys hell!"
     "What do you want?!"  Richard shouted.
     "I just came to tell Warrior Night that his friends are with me now."
     "You're lying!"  Warrior Night said, "You have to be lying!"
     "I assure you I am not.  I'll even prove it."
     Shaleel touched a switch on her arm and a holographic projector whirred to life.  Scenes of destruction and assimilation were played out before their eyes.
     "Proof enough!?"  Shaleel snarled.
     "Yeah,"  Sailor Mars said from behind Shaleel.  Somehow Mars, during the video break, maneuvered behind Shaleel , giving her the perfect angle for attack.
     "Burn in hell!  Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
     The flame rings shot through the air, slamming into Shaleel's back and sending the wicked queen a few feet into the air.  When Shaleel recovered, the rest of the Sailor Senshi and even Warrior Night were ready to attack.
     "Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
     Mercury's water attack froze some of Shaleel's body parts, limiting motion.
     "Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
     Sailor Venus's chain wrapped around Shaleel, cutting off motion and preventing any type of attack.
     "Jupiter Thunder Clap Zap!"
     Jupiter's thunderbolt shocked Shaleel with a whole lot of juice.  But the attack gave Shaleel the power boost to get free.  She shattered the chain, broke free of the ice, and prepared to do battle.  She fired shot after shot, each one just missing its mark.  Warrior Night managed to take his communicator from his pocket and make contact.
     "Calling Pyro Prince.  This is Dark Demon.  Meat Ball Frog and her friends are in trouble!"
     "Demon, this is Pyro.  I don't know who you are or how you reached me, but if anything has happened to my friends... !"
     "Pyro, chill.  It's Shaleel who's gonna pay.  Just contact the guardian cats and the rest of the Warriors and Senshi.  Demon out."
     Warrior Night broke connection and called upon one of his attacks.
     "Galaxia Gun Fire!"
     Beams of energy fired at Shaleel.  But she had adapted to energy attacks and sent them back at Warrior Night.  He used another power to save himself.
     "Galaxy Aura Protect!"
     Energy surrounded him, forming a shield which absorbed and redirected the energy right back at Shaleel.  The power continued to reflect until Warrior Night used another power.
     "Eclipse Power Absorb!"
     The shield vanished and he took the attack head on.  But instead of harming him, the energy flowed back into his body.  He then performed a spin of sorts, forming a tornado.  He grasped the tornado and shouted, "Deimos Tornado Strike!"
     With that he brought the tornado down upon Shaleel.  The queen was picked up by the wind and sent into the sky.  The winds died down and Shaleel plummeted to the ground, leaving a massive impression of her butt.  As the queen tried to recover, Warrior Night began to wave his arms, creating a pair of high pressure pockets.  He grabbed hold of the pockets and slammed them together in front of his body while shouting, "Phobos Shockwave Strike!"
     The resulting blast threw Shaleel into a wall and Warrior Night onto his butt.  As he recovered, the rest of the Sailor Senshi and Warriors appeared.  They took one look at the predicament Shaleel was in and began to laugh.  Shaleel recovered and began firing shot after shot, striking down the Neo - outer Senshi, the Starlights, and half the Mystic Senshi.  Everyone else stared in shock as their friends began to transform into borgs.
     "This is not happening,"  Matt Heath said, "my buds are becoming borgs!"
     "Resistance is futile!"  Shaleel taunted.
     "Let's kick her butt!"  Warrior Jupiter said.
     "Your armor would be prime for my next race of borgs."
     "We don't think so,"  everyone said at the same time, "On behalf of the universe we shall right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means YOU!!!"
     They all struck dramatic poses and pointed at Shaleel.
     "You are history,"  the now transformed Joss said.
     "We're going to destroy you,"  the transformed Derek said.
     "We will rub you out,"  the transformed Tony said, pointing a mean looking limb at the group.
     "We can't fight them,"  Juliet and Amanda said, "We'd destroy our friends."
     "I've got a plan,"  Alex said, reaching into his vest.  He pulled a large gold ring from his pocket and held it into the air.  He could feel the energy flow into his body, increasing and heightening his senses and natural talents.  He then shouted to Warrior Jupiter, "I'm gonna need the plasma chain!"
     "Right!"  Warrior Jupiter said, "Jupiter Plasma Bolt Chain!"
     An antenna extended from his gauntlet and a large bolt of lightning struck it.  The bolt became a chain, which Warrior Jupiter tossed to Alex.  Alex cracked the whip, entrapping the transformed Sailor Senshi.  Alex then ran at super speed, wrapping the transformed Senshi in electrical energy.  Alex then shouted, "Nova, Earth, Moon, Neo - Moon, heal them!!"
     "Nova Intensive Heat Wave!"
     "Gaia Healing!"
     "Moon Healing Activation!"
     "Moon Healing Escalation!"
     Moon beams, earth energy, and heat made contact with the borgs, all showing no effect.  They kept it up for a couple minutes more, then gave up.
     "That is way harsh!"  Sailor Moon said, "Our healing powers won't work!"
     "It's useless to resist us!"  the transformed Doug said.
     "Oh, shut up!"  everyone shouted.  A sweat drop formed on Doug's head.
     "Let's kick some cyber ass!"  Catsy shouted.  Everyone turned to face her.  A sweat drop formed on her head and sweat drops formed on the heads of her sisters.
     "Can we get this over with?"  the gigantic face said, "I need to get more concealer."   Everyone fell down.  A sweat drop formed on the face.
     "Ok,"  Sailor Mars said, standing tall.  Everyone else followed what she did.  All of them joined hands around their transformed friends.  Energy in their sailor colors formed around each of them.  The energy lifted them off the ground and lifted their hair into the air.
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
"Mars Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"Moon Crisis Power!"
"Saturn Planet Power!"
"Neptune Planet Power!"
"Uranus Planet Power!"
"Pluto Planet Power!"
"Io Moon Power!"
"Ganymede Moon Power!"
"Callisto Moon Power!"
"Europa Moon Power!"
"Nova Star Power!"
"Dancer Star Power!"
"Earth Star Power!"
"Hellfire Star Power!"
"FireStar Star Power!"
"Arctic Chill Star Power!"
"Thunderbolt Star Power!"
"Sun Crystal Power!"
"Mercury Prism Power!"
"Mars Prism Power!"
"Jupiter Prism Power!"
"Venus Prism Power!"
"Eternal Moon Power!"
"Solar Star Power!"
"Star Blaze Star Power!"
"Star Burst Star Power!"
"Phoenix Star Power!"
"Flame Sphinx Star Power!"
"Ice Dragon Star Power!"
"Mars Nova Power!"
"Mercury Nova Power!"
"Venus Nova Power!"
"Jupiter Nova Power!"
"Draco Nova Power!"
"Night Eclipse Power!"
"Powers of Ice Fire!"
"Powers of Black Lightning!"
"Powers of Dark Water!"
"Powers of Nega Whips!"
"SAILOR PLANET POWER!!"
     Waves of Sailor energy washed over the transformed senshi, returning them all to flesh and blood and making them normal again.  As soon as the Sailor Planet Power died down, the plasma chain disintegrated, releasing the Senshi.  They moved to join their friends and prepared to do battle with Shaleel.  But when they looked to where Shaleel had been standing, she wasn't there.  They then turned their attention to the face.  Everyone smiled devilish grins and took out their weapons and wrecked havoc on the giant face.  Once that was done, they went to Slick Chick's Salon and to the Beauty Queen Shoppe for facials and blemish removals.  After that they returned to the school for picture day.

     The next day the principal, Judy Anne Langlois, held an assembly in front of the school.
     "Attention students, we have two more transfer students.  The first one, James Stanley, is from Sunapee and is in grade ten.  The second one is Darren Wilder.... "
     When she spoke the second student's name, a guy with purple hair, multiple piercings, and strange clothes stepped forward.  When the Sailor Senshi saw him, they all exclaimed, "Warrior Night is Darren Wilder!"  They all then fell down, bringing an end to yet another adventure.

The End.