Episode 33:
The Rescue
'Get ready for the pay back!
Because it's like that!
Get ready for some combat!
Coming at you from the pavement!
-Gillette On The Attack

     There was a crash of thunder and a brilliant flash of light and the Phoenix streaked across the sky over the Amazon, slowing its speed down from mach 2 to about 150 MPH. The passengers took a moment to catch their breath after their little warp experience.
     "What's our current position?" Warrior Saturn asked.
     "Current location is 3500 feet above the Amazon jungle," Warrior Orion answered, checking the readings on his computer.
     "And that in relation to our friends location?"
     "We're right over them."
     Saturn activated his VR Visor and began scanning the lush tropics below. Within a matter of seconds readouts poured over the small screen. He gasped, "Oh my stars!" and began a power dive towards the jungle below.
     "What the f*ck are you DOING?!" Orion shouted at the top of his lungs, his cry barely audible over the screech of the fire bird and the rapidly moving air taking his breath away.
     "Going to rescue my friends," Saturn said, his eyes narrow slits. At that moment the Phoenix slammed headlong into a force shield like a bug on a windshield. Saturn began to say, "What the.... " and he and Orion slid down the outside of the dome into the jungle below. Then everything went dark.

     "Something big just slammed into the force dome."
     "So... it was probably just a bird."
     "Well, it registered a fairly large impact so it has got to be a very BIG bird."
     From another terminal a woman with a sexy voice said, "I'm registering a pair of life forms outside the dome. Both are human - one is unconscious and the other is just slightly dazed and confused."
     "Thank you for that information Ariel."
     "You're welcome," Ariel Nagasi said, rising from her seat and adjusting her tight skirt. 'Next time I come to the jungle I'm coming as Sailor Vesta. At least then the heat wouldn't cause my skirt to cling to my legs.'
     "What's wrong Miss Nagasi? You all hot and bothered?" a man's voice asked from behind. Ariel whipped around and kicked the offending male in the groin, causing him to fall over, whimper, and curl up in the fetal position. She looked at the other men in the tent, her eyes blazing, her lips tightly pressed together. "Who's next?!"
     Upon seeing all the men around her draw back into corners she smiled to herself, clipped the sunshade on her glasses, and strutted out of  the tent, whistling a happy tune.  Once Ariel was gone, one of the technicians bent down next to the guy that Ariel had kicked. "You should have heard by now that Miss Nagasi doesn't take kindly to men who have dirty thoughts around her, much less speak about them."
     "I was just... *cough*.. kidding," the man whimpered.
     "She also doesn't take kindly to people who kid around with her," another technician said, kneeling on the man's other side.
     "She's nothing like Misato Katsuragi, is she?"
     "Nope, she's not," the technician on the right hand side said, looking the latest victim of Ariel's temper over. A light bulb went on in his head a moment later. "You're Kaji Ryogi, aren't you?"
     "Yes, yes I am. Commander Ikari sent me to look after this little project of his."

     Out in the jungle Ariel reached into her lab coat and pulled out her transformation wand. She looked at how the tropical sun shimmered over the gold and silver handle, the magenta and blue star on the end, the heart shaped ruby and star shaped sapphire set into the star, and she sighed.
     'Well, I could transform and reveal myself to those boobs, or I can remain as Ariel for a while and play lab girl to Dr. Akagi.' After a moment of deep thought she answered, 'I think I'll remain as Ariel and transform when I really have to.' She then replaced the wand in her lab coat.
     As she walked through the forest she came to the camp where the Warriors and Sailor Soldiers were chained together, like in the chain gangs of the old prisons. She ducked behind a bush and peered through the branches at what was going on.
     "What in the world?" she asked herself, "They have all of the senshi except for me, Ceres, and Pallas, and all of the Warriors except for Saturn."
     As she puzzled over what was going on some bushes behind her rustled. She whipped around, taking her transformation wand from her lab coat, holding it to the sky, and shouting, "Vesta Cosmic POWER!"
     A ring of aqua light emerged from the jewels in her wand and spanned her body. When the ring reached her feet it spanned her body again, leaving a pillar of water surrounding her body. When the ring reached the top of her head it shrank inward, the pillar washing over her body and forming her royal blue fuku, magenta skirt, shoes, gloves, bows, and her tiara and hair band. She finished her transformation with her trident in hand.
     "Come out and fight," Sailor Vesta said, holding her trident before her body, the points charging with electrical energy, "I'm warning you, unless you show yourself I will fire."
     The rustling in the bushes continued for another minute before Warrior Orion stepped forth, Warrior Saturn leaning on his left shoulder for support. When Vesta saw the pair she sighed in relief, the energy in the points of her trident dissipating.
     "Boy, am I glad to see you," she said, blowing a stand of her silver - gold hair out of her face. When she saw the condition Saturn was in she asked, "Is he ok?"
     "As ok as anyone can be after running headlong into your force dome," Orion said. Saturn looked up, his eyes glazed over, and chuckled. Sweat drops formed on Orion's and Vesta's heads.
     "As you can see he's still a little messed up."
     "Me see legs for miles and miles," Saturn slurred, checking Vesta over. Vesta flushed crimson and tried her best to cover her legs with her short skirt.
     "Is he usually this disgusting?" Vesta asked, trying to hide her legs from the drooling Warrior.
     "Naaaah, he's usually very quiet about stuff like this."
     Just then Saturn lunged at Vesta, who countered with a well placed kick to the side of the head. Saturn's eyes rolled back in his head and he went down for the count. He woke up a couple seconds later, shook the cobwebs from his mind, and asked, "What the hell happened and why does it feel like third impact is going on in my brain?"
     "You're better off not knowing," Orion said, a sweat drop forming on his head.
     "Who's this?" Saturn asked, motioning to Vesta.
     "Ariel Nagasi, aka Sailor Vesta, at your service," Vesta said, saluting in a comic sort of way, "your friends are beyond these bushes."
     "Do you know where their weapons are being kept?"
     "A hunch, and only a hunch," Vesta sighed, "There is a shed a little off to the side. It's strictly restricted access and since I work for NERV under Dr. Akagi it's off limits to me."
     "Couldn't you just blast it open?" Orion asked.
     "I could... if I wanted to get captured."
     Saturn and Orion sighed and sat down. Vesta crouched down with the pair as they struggled to come up with a plan. Their concentration was interrupted by all the surrounding bushes rustling. The trio were on their feet, weapons ready and blades glowing with energy. From the bushes came Maya Ibuki and Touji Suzuhara. All three of the heroes lowered their weapons and greeted their unexpected guests.
     "How did you manage to avoid capture?" Vesta asked.
     "Not too difficult," Touji said, "Maya here tapped into my bionics and created a cloaking field."
     "It was something I picked up from an old guy friend," Maya said, blushing.
     "Do you know any more tricks?" Saturn asked.
     "No more tricks, but we have a couple gifts for you," Touji said, reaching behind his back. He produced Hellfire's axe and Nova's chakram and gave them to Saturn.
     "Holy... " Vesta and Orion stammered.
     "How did you get these?!" Saturn demanded.
     "Default pass code on the weapons shed. They were too wrapped up in locking up your friends that they forgot to change the password."
     'Even I know the default pass code,' Vesta thought to herself angrily, 'if only someone had hinted at the default not being changed then I could have saved the day.'
     "Are we ready to go into battle?" Orion asked, unclasping the golden bow from his back.
     "Hell yeah," Saturn said, clipping the chakram to his belt and putting a death grip on the axe, "Maya, Touji, stay put. We're gonna save our friends!"
     Orion, Vesta, and Saturn then leapt out of the bushes and into a battle to remember.

     "Move along!" an MiB agent sneered, shoving the barrel of a fairly large plasma cannon into Warrior Callisto's ribs.
     "Leave them alone!" came from the shadows. Everyone whipped around to see three forms outlined in the darkness. Each person was illuminated as they spoke their intro.
     "I'm Sailor Vesta and you're heading for a fall. Sailor V is for victory. I punish you on behalf of Vesta."
     "On behalf of the ringed planet I punish you. I'm Warrior Saturn!"
     "Hear the call of the hunt? Well, you're the hunted and I'm the hunter. I'm Warrior Orion."
     "Guys, you're here!" Sailor Moon exclaimed before an agent cracked her in the skull with the butt end of his rifle.
     "It wasn't wise to do that," Vesta said, pointing her trident at the agents, "Aquatic Goddess, send your watery forces to vanquish this evil. Aquagoth Summon!"
     She slammed the prongs of her trident into the ground, releasing some accumulated energy. The ground before the agents buckled and erupted, a large octopus creature emerging. The creature screamed and attacked with razor sharp tentacles, striking down agents and sending them screaming into the void of the nether world. The creature then vanished.
     "Holy cow!" Orion exclaimed, "What an attack!"
     "Don't gawk, react," Vesta said, "second wave moving in."
     "Everyone, hold up your chains," Saturn shouted to the bound soldiers and Warriors. Once everyone had their bonds in the air Saturn took the chakram and hurled it through the air. There was a loud magnetic whine as the blade cut through the air. Sparks flew as the blade cut through some of the chains. The blade then returned to his hand and he clipped it back to his belt. He then took the axe and hurled it through the air. The blade became a sort of disc, which struck the remaining bonds, freeing the Warriors and Sailor Soldiers. The axe returned to Saturn, who caught it and returned it to his back.
     Once everyone was free Vesta shouted, "Follow me to the weapons shed!" Once she finished her call she, along with the ranks of Sailor Soldiers and Warriors, found themselves face to face with assorted blasters, rifles, and cannons.
     "Stand down and prepare to be reeshackled!" an agent shouted.
     "You have no idea who you're messing with," Warrior Orion said, notching a golden arrow to his bow.
     "Stand down Orion," Saturn said, producing his glaive.
     "What?" Orion began to protest, but when he saw the look in Saturn's eyes he sighed and stood down.
     "You always have to be the hero, don't you Saturn?" came from the ranks of the MiB. From the crowd stepped Kaji Ryogi. With him were Misato and Ritsuko, their heads bowed in shame and their hands bound. "You try to destroy my troops and you may end up hurting these lovely ladies."
     "That's way unfair," Warrior X said, "emotional blackmail."
     "That's the best kind," Kaji chuckled, "you have no choice but to do as I say."
     "Wrong bucky," Saturn said, charging at Kaji. He stopped short of Kaji and leapt into the air. He came down, stomped on Kaji's head and rebounded into the air. When he came down again he performed a second head stomp, leaving a boot print on Kaji's forehead and rebounded back into the air, performed a back flip, and when he landed again he set his feet, off center, on Kaji's shoulders, his weight and momentum sending Kaji to the ground and eating pavement. Misato and Ritsuko, seeing a chance to get away, ran to join the ranks of the Sailor Soldiers and Warriors.
     "You were saying, sleezeball," Warrior Mars said, stepping forward. Several gun barrels moved in his direction.
     "I don't know what has happened lately," Warrior Neptune said," but I don't like it."
     "This has to stop here and now," Warrior Saturn said, levitating. His dark eyes flashed red and he collected energy around his body until a ghostly aura formed around him. At that same moment Warriors Universe and Pluto also levitated, a little lower and off to the sides of Saturn. They, too, collected energy until it formed a ghostly aura around their bodies. Warrior Neptune stood beneath Saturn and he too collected energy until a ghostly aura formed around his body. The four then shouted, "Shadow Doom Blaster!" before releasing the energy to a central point. In that central point the four types of energy combined, forming a sphere which exploded into a twin beam laser, which mowed down the first ten ranks of the MiB. Once the attack finished Warriors Pluto, Universe, and Neptune fell back while Saturn charged the blade of his glaive with energy.
     "Prepare to meet your maker!" Saturn cackled, "Giga FLARE!"
     The combination of the Solar Flare and the Giga Crisis attacks created an expanding wave of solar energy, which tore open the ground and vaporized whatever got in its way. Unfortunately the Warriors and Sailor Soldiers were in the path of the beam.
     "We are SO dead!" Asuka screamed, hiding behind Warrior Sun.
     "No... we're... not," Rei said. The space before Rei Ayanami seemed to electrify as an AT Field expanded and solidified into place. When the wave struck the AT Field Rei winced and gritted her teeth, the strain visible on her face. "I can't keep this up much longer!"
     Warrior Orion stepped up behind Rei and put his hands on her shoulders. The moment they made contact the strain on Rei's face decreased while at the same time the AT Field increased in strength.
     "What the heck?" Misato asked herself, "Is Warrior Orion part angel?"
     "I don't know," Ritsuko replied, startling Misato. "Sorry, couldn't help but listen in and answer."
     Just then Warrior Mars shouted, "Everyone except for the Star Warriors, fall back to the portal!"
     "We're staying," Sailor Pallas, Vesta, and Juno said.
     "All right, everyone fall back. Rei and Orion, keep them covered! Sailor Saturn, you're going to provide cover also," Misato commanded.
     As the Sailor Soldiers and some of the Warriors fell back to the portal, hundreds of glowing orbs emerged from the cinders and reformed the ranks of the MiB. Warrior Saturn took his glaive and channeled energy into the blade. He thrust the blade into the ground and tore forward, creating a shockwave which struck some of the agents and shattered all the green dreams they possessed. He grinned in his newly acquired knowledge and charged the blade again before repeating the attack, shattering more of the objects of reanimation.
     "Ok people, I know how to prevent them from regenerating!" Saturn shouted.
     "We noticed," Warrior Pluto replied, and energy orb forming around the garnate orb in his staff. He spun around and whispered, "Dead Scream." before releasing the orb. The shockwave created by the exploding energy vanquished some of the MiB and shattered more green dreams.
     "Why are they just standing around?" Warrior Scorpio asked.
     "I have a bad feeling about this," Warrior Nova said, "Rei, Andrew, position your AT Fields to protect the front lines!"
     No sooner than Nova finished her sentence then the MiB began firing on the Warriors. Fortunately the pair of half angels positioned their AT Fields in front of the main force in time to avoid casualties. When the MiB saw their attacks being deflected they called in backup.
     "I'm sensing trouble," Warrior Mars said.
     "And your trouble is coming over the ridge," Warrior Draco said, "Look!"
     From over the ridge stepped the remade Units 08, 09, 10, and 12, each with more fire power than they originally possessed.
     "Shit!" Touji and Shinji exclaimed.
     "Get to the portal!" Warrior Saturn snarled as he turned to Shinji, Touji, and Asuka. The three children were so shocked by the look on Alex's face that they made tracks for the portal.
     "Now that we don't have to worry about injuring any innocent bystanders let's kick some ass!" Sailor Juno said, "Gravity Wave!!"
     Sailor Juno concentrated some gravity energy into a sphere, which she held at chest level. She then heaved it towards the Evas like she was heaving a basketball. The orb exploded, creating an expanding wave which struck the Evas and shook them with the force of a 5.6 quake. Unit 12 turned its head towards Juno and armed a missile. Once the lock was positive it fired the missile.
     "Oh crap!" Juno exclaimed as she noticed the missile coming towards her. She used her gravity power to create a force bubble. The missile struck and exploded, throwing her through the air and through the portal. Sailor Moon giggled and exclaimed, "Score!", causing everyone to groan. Sailor Mars smacked her upside the head with a fan.
     "Here's some power coming at you!" Warrior Saturn shouted, taking some magic capsules from his utility belt. He hurled the capsules through the air and shouted, "Venus, hit `em with a crescent beam!"
     "Right," Sailor Venus replied, "Venus... Crescent Beam SMASH!"
     The crescent beam struck the capsules, shattering them and releasing the enclosed spells. the four Evas were attacked with ICE3, LIT3, ULTIMA, METEO, MERTON, FLARE, and LUMINAIR. As soon as the spells ended the Evas opened up with all the fire power at their disposal.
     The Warriors and Sailor Soldiers leapt into the air, narrowly avoiding being turned to ashes. They spread their forces wide as to avoid collisions and being struck down and returned fire.

"Mars Napalm Bolo Engulf!"
"Venus Meteor Shower!"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Space Sword Blaster!"
"Submarine Reflection!"
     The attacks were absorbed by the AT Fields of the Evas and redirected back at the attackers, hurling six more through the portal. Sailor Moon started to say, "Score!" but was struck by a MUTE capsule and silenced.
     "I'm feeling really angry," Warrior Saturn sneered, his eyes glowing red. He charged at the Evas, his sword drawn and charged with energy. Behind him was Sailor Pallas, her body charged with enough energy to create a ghostly aura. Behind Pallas was Warrior Universe, his gravity blade in hand, charged with an insane amount of energy. The three leapt into the sky, each releasing their accumulated energy in a wave of powerful attacks.
     "Giga Crisis!"
     "Galactic Collapse!"
     "Volton Beam Release!"
     Saturn's attack created an expanding wave of energy which tore up the ground and weakened the Evas. Universe's attack increased the gravity and pressure around the Evas by 1000 percent. Pallas' attack released enough electrical energy to begin the complete system failure of the Evas.
     Once the trio landed Warrior Universe said, "I think we just utilized what could be called a Limit Break."
     "Limit Break?" Saturn and Pallas asked.
     "A strong attack which is released when one person gets angry enough," Universe explained.
     "I felt an incredible surge of anger before I initiated my Giga Crisis power," Saturn said.
     "Hence the Limit Break property," Universe said.
     "Incoming!" Sailor Vesta shouted as multiple warheads were fired off in their direction.
     "Sagittarius Recurve!" Warrior Orion shouted, standing before the group with his arms spread. The missiles seemed to strike some sort of energy shield and fly back at the Evas. The missiles struck and exploded, vanquishing the Evas. The Evas vanished and the energy returned to the armor of the users.
     "Now that that's taken care of," Warrior Pluto said, "let's kick some MiB ass!"
     The Warriors and remaining Sailor Soldiers took off at high speed and charged for the base. When they approached the tree line they were met with a wave of plasma cannons and laser fire.
     "Pluto, take out the green dreams!" Warrior Saturn shouted, deflecting energy beams with his glaive.
     "Right! Dead Scream."
     Warrior Pluto's sonic attack shattered some of the green dreams. Warrior Saturn activated his wristband and utilized the sonic blasters. An ear piercing shriek  filled the air, shattering the green dreams and assorted bits and pieces of glass. Once Saturn was positive there would be no way to regenerate he motioned for the others to attack.
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Venus Meteor Shower!"
"Jupiter Thunder Dragon!"
"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!"
"Nitro Bubbles Blast!"
"Black Hole!"
"Blaze of Glory!"
"Plasma Wave!"
"Cold Wildfire!"
"Crystal Rain!"
"Crater Crush!"
"Dead Scream."
     As the Warriors attacks mowed down the MiB agents, Saturn perked his ears up and turned his head to view more agents coming around back. He whipped around, his glaive materializing and the blade charged with energy. He screamed, "Solar Flare!" and released the energy. The energy flowed about the agents and exploded, inducing temperatures in excess of 10,000 degrees. Once this attack ceased Warrior Saturn turned to the left and saw more agents. He created a small tornado between his hands and shouted, "Tornado Strike!" before throwing the tornado into the air. A twister of immense proportions formed amongst the MiB agents. The winds lifted the agents half a mile into the air before disappearing, leaving the MiB to drop to their doom.
     With Saturn busy with some of the agents Warrior Orion and Sailor Vesta noticed more agents coming in on the left flank. Thinking quickly they combined their own attacks.
     "Orion's Spear!"
     "Triton Strike!"
     The energy spears and spray of freezing cold water and icicles took out some of the agents, but more appeared to replace the fallen.
     "We're not getting anywhere," Warrior Ganymede said.
     "Tell me about it," Warrior X said, "this is getting redundant."
     "We should combine our powers and vaporize them like that" Sailor Pallas said.
     "Either that or form a circle," Sailor Ceres suggested, "That way we have all angles covered."
     "Good idea," Warrior Venus said, "let's do it!"
     The Warriors and Sailor Soldiers moved back to back, forming a circle. They joined hands, inwardly calling upon their respective planets and powers. They levitated off the ground, each person glowing with their Sailor or Warrior colors, their hair blown by an unseen wind. They then shouted, "Sailor Planet Power!", releasing a blast of energy which expanded, destroying all of the Men in black, resetting the countryside to how it was before, and teleporting the Warriors and Sailor Soldiers home.

     In the geo - front of Tokyo 3 a single ray of light touched down. The ray expanded into a pillar of light and from that the Warriors and Sailor Soldiers appeared. With their energy exhausted they all collapsed, each person's transformation reversing as they fell.

     "They're home! The Warriors and Sailor Soldiers are home!!"
     "They're not moving! Why aren't they moving?!"
     "Their energy levels are too low. Their transformations have reversed to conserve energy."
     "Get the medic units out there NOW!"
     "Medic units are on their way Dr. Akagi."
     The doors to Central Dogma opened and in stepped Asuka, Shinji, Touji, and Rei. The four bounced over to the edge of the balcony and stared in awe at the screen.
     "Are they going to be ok?" Asuka asked.
     "This is Medic Unit Seven," came over the speakers.
     "Go ahead Unit Seven," Misato said, "what is their status?"
     "Their energy is really low. The good news is they're going to be ok."
     "Thank goodness," Ritsuko said, releasing a sigh of relief, "Medic units, take them to the infirmary. They deserve a rest."
     "Will do. Medic Units out."
     Once the medic units logged off Misato stretched and sighed. Maya kicked up her feet and yawned. Ritsuko rolled her head to relieve the tension on her neck.
     "Well, what do you do now?" Rei asked, adjusting the mini - skirt she was wearing.
     "We take a breather," Touji suggested, turning and leaving. Shinji and Asuka followed. Rei followed the first three a minute later. Misato looked at Ritsuko, shrugged, and followed the children. Once again Central Dogma was quiet.

     In the infirmary the former Sailors Pallas and Ceres awoke, noticed they were in mortal form, and transformed.
     "Pallas Cosmic Power!"
     "Ceres Cosmic Power!"
     Once they transformed they vanished, just seconds before some of the others came to. They looked around, groaned, and went back to sleep, recharging after a long and tiring journey and an equally long and tiring battle.

To be continued...
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     "In our next episode Alex gets tired of all the stress of college life, plus all the stress his floor mates are giving him. When angels attack the campus he transforms and takes one out single handed, without any help from Units 09 or 11. After the fight Asuka tries to contain him before he destroys the entire campus and some really hentai stuff happens. What's worse, after Alex finishes with Asuka he makes tracks for his dorm, where he blows away a couple of his floor mates before Andrew, aka Warrior Orion, arrives. What happens next is a battle to the end. A major secret is revealed, mainly one pertaining to Rei Ayanami's strange behavior. Stay tuned for 'Alex Strikes Back' and you're bound to get more fan service."