
Subj : ON The Edge of Yesterday!
To   : All
From : Daniel Harrison #1
Date : Sun Jun 15 1997 16:07:23 AST

                             Chapter Two:
                             Ocean Saviors!!!!

     The huge monster roared and slammed the water again causing Darien to have
to steer across the waves. "If this keeps up, we're going to sink!!" Darien
shouted.
     Serena squealed and clung to Darien and, Mina stared in horror as the
monster advanced.
     "It's coming toward us!!!!" Mina shouted.
     "No kidding?" Lita shouted. "I couldn't tell!"
     "We have to do something!" Raye shouted. "MARS STAR...POWER!!!!!"
     
     Raye spun upward off the deck of the ship and transformed in a blaze of
fire into Sailor Mars! The creature seeing the light moved faster!
     Lita raised her wand. "JUPITER STAR POWER!!!!"
     Lita transformed in a hail of lightning then jumped upward. "Let's blast
this thing!!!"
     "MERCURY STAR POWER!!!!" Mercury spun upward and raised her hands above
her head. Then, she threw them outward.."MERCURY BUBBLES.....BLAST!!!"
     The blast of cold wave struck the monster causing it to scream!!! It
roared and moved again toward them.
     "What the hell is it?? Raye shouted.
     Sailor Mercury pulled out her computer. "Im not sure but, the computer
seems to think it's some sort of dinosaur! Not sure what period either. This is
incredible!!"
     "MARS FIRE...IGNITE!!!!!!" Raye fired directly at the monster but, it
threw off her attack and slammed it's claws into the water...
     Serena screamed as she clung to Darien. Darien gasped as the boat tipped.
     "WERE GOING OVER!!! HANG ON!!!!"
     "DIVE IN THE WATER!!!" Artemis shouted. "DIVE AWAY FROM THE BOAT!!!
      Mina grabbed onto the edge of the boat as it tipped. "But if we do
that, we'll drown won't we???"
     IF WE STAY ONBOARD WE WILL BE CRUSHED!!" Artemis shouted. "DIVE
NOW!!!"
     Sailors Mercury and Jupiter continued attacking but, the monster
seemed to be withstanding it. Jupiter swore. "What's this thing made of?"
     Mina and Serena dove into the ocean with Darien. Sailor Mars jumped as
the monster slammed across the center of the boat splintering it in half!
Luna barely jumped in time.
     Sailor Mercury looked below her. "Now we have nowhere to fight from!
What do we do??"
     "KILL IT!!!!" Jupiter shouted. "JUPITER...THUNDER...CRASH!!!!"

     As Sailor Mercury fell into the water next to Mars, Jupiter's attack
hit! Jupiter fell into the water herself and the monster looked down at
them....
     "Darien! What do we do now??" Serena cried.
     Darien was thinking how they were going to deal with this problem when
there was a "boom" sound. The monster screamed as an explosion hit it!
Then, machine gun fire began to rattle filling the air!
     Artemis looked and saw a submarine not far approaching fast! "They're
firing torpedoes! Everyone, get under debris! Find cover!!!
     Sailor Mercury grabbed a piece of the boat and used it to shield
herself from the explosive debris that followed. Sailor Jupiter and Mars did
the same.
     The monster suddenly turned and moved quickly away submerging....
     "It's gone!" Mina shouted. "WE did it!"
     "No..they did." Luna said watching the submarine approaching.
"Everyone..transform back!"
     The Scouts that had transformed quickly became themselves again as the
submarine came closer. Artemis could looked and could see it's crew moving
on the deck. But...something didn't seem right. They wore old style uniforms of
the navy. And, it was the United States Navy!"
     Everyone watched as the sub came closer. Serena felt a mixture of relief
and uncertainty. She clung to Darien and bit her lip in anticipation..

     A flash filled the sky!!!
     Everyone shielded their eyes as for a moment, the sun was blotted out and
suddenly, a woman appeared. As the flash ended, she fell into the water!
     Raye saw her hit the water and gasped. "Who..who is she? I've got to help,
she'll drown!"
     Serena saw the sub almost on them now. The men on deck were pointing at
them and two divers on deck were geared up to hit the water to help them.
Serena pulled away from Darien as she saw the woman hit the water and in a rare
case of bravado swam to help her. She reached the woman first who was floating
face down in the water. Raye arrived just as she grabbed her.
     "Serena! You surprise me. I'll help you!" She grabbed the woman's arm and
turned her over.
     The two gasped. Floating in the water was an unconscious Sailor Scout they
had never seen before. She held a staff in her hand. As Raye moved her, the
woman lost her grip and the staff sank into the sea...
     Both of them looked at each other then swam pulling the woman on her back
toward the debris that was once the boat.
     The submarine pulled up to the debris. Men were shouting and two divers
entered the water. Serena felt weak from the coldness of the ocean. One of the
divers swam over and helped her and Raye with the woman...
     Artemis shook the water from himself as he stood on the deck of the
submarine. As the divers helped everyone aboard, he turned and surveyed their
saviors. They appeared to be wearing US Navy uniforms..but from an era of the
past..possibly..World War II. The submarine was also an older model..again
resembling one from World War II.
     The men were oogling the girls in their bikinis and smiling. One of them
stepped forward and turned to Darien. He appeared to be part japanese..
     "Are you all alright?" he asked.
     "Yes. Thanks for saving us." Darien looked around. "Where are we?"
     "Your aboard the "USN Hunter". I'm Lt. Akano."  The man looked at them
all. "What were you all doing out here and, what was that thing that attacked
you we drove off?"
     "I'm not sure." Darien answered. He felt isolated realizing the officer
had tagged him as the one to talk to. "We were on a trip to Hokkaido when it
attacked us and sunk our boat."
     The man smiled. "I see. During a war? Interesting. In any case, you'll
come below now to meet the Captain and he'll decide what to do with you."
     Darien swallowed and looked at the others. During a war?? What war?!
Serena appeared frightened. Artemis and Luna looked at each other...
     Their saviors had just become...their captors!


       
     
