Nebula and Geb, in spare uniforms provided by Rei, kept out of sight of the student population as Geb continued to use her gift of sight to search for the Collector. Nebula stayed close by, making sure they weren’t disturbed.

“Anything yet, Tale?” Nebula asked, using Geb’s non-Senshi name. She turned her attention to the girl whose eyes were open and glowing. She then closed her eyes for a moment, and then opened them again as their normal brown selves.

“Nothing,” she sighed. “I’m so inexperienced; if I were better, I would have found him by now.”

“You just became an IPI,” Nebula said in a reassuring manner. “I wouldn’t expect you to be perfect at it.” Tale nodded and glanced past Nebula. Her eyes grew wide.

“Nebula!” Nebula turned around and saw a man that fit Geb’s description of ‘the Collector,’ from the off-white mask to the funny blue hat with the odd brown brim and the long blue coat with matching brown trim. Tale jumped up and lifted her hand. “Geb Pantheon, Make-Up!”

“Nebula Power, Make-Up!” Nebula shouted. The school uniforms vanished and were replaced by their Senshi uniforms. They got into defensive stances and watched ‘the Collector’ warily.

“You’ll be too late!” he shouted from his place at the other end of the school wall. “You won’t stop me.” He smirked and then ran around the corner. Geb and Nebula ran after his and rounded the corner in time to see him holding Sailor Hikari’s staff and vanishing through a golden portal.

“Wait, he can use our weapons?” Nebula shouted.

“So it seems,” Geb replied quietly.

--

“She really does make beautiful music,” Tucana admitted as she and Daichi stood outside the doors to Michiru’s class. They were listening as she played a bit piece of music for her students. Daichi nodded, and then she noticed Haruka approaching them.

“Where have you two been?” she asked testily.

“What, keeping tabs on us?” Tucana asked. “That makes me think you don’t trust us.”

“That is because I don’t,” Haruka said.

“No offense, of course,” Daichi said sarcastically. Haruka responded, but it was drowned out by the screams of Michiru’s class.

“Everyone, get out!” they heard Michiru shout. Then ran in, wading through the kids, to see the entire back of the music hall classroom was on fire.

“How did it start?” Tucana shouted.

“Kaki’s sword!” Daichi replied. “I recognize the color of the flames!”

“Then that means the Collector is here!” Ixtab exclaimed. She held up her hand and shouted, “Ixtab Pantheon, Make-Up!”

“Daichi Element, Transform!”

“Tucana Power, Make-Up!” The three transformed in an instant, but the Earth Senshi did not. They regretted this when the fire suddenly came at them. They were shoved out of the way by the other three, but Tucana was burned.

“Tucana!” Hotaru shouted from under the injured Senshi.

“I’m fine,” Tucana said through gritted teeth as she pushed herself up.

“Uranus Planet Power!”

“Neptune Planet Power!”

“Pluto Planet Power!”

“Saturn Planet Power!”

“MAKE-UP!” Together the four Earth Senshi transformed. It took less that a moment after that for Saturn to hit the floor, her glaive being torn from her hands. The Senshi watched in horror as the man matching ‘the Collector’s’ description landed proudly in the doorway, Saturn’s glaive held triumphantly in his hand.

“As I told your leader, you won’t stop me,” the man boasted.

“Want to bet?” ‘The Collector turned his head, to look over his shoulder, only to have his face connect with Daichi’s fist.

“How did she do that?” Tucana exclaimed.

“I don’t care as long as I get my glaive back!” Saturn yelled as she ran at the fallen Collector. She grabbed her glaive, but ‘the Collector’ still hand a hand on it. He swiped his other arm under Saturn’s legs, easily causing the small girl to fall. He then rolled out of the way of Daichi’s whip and jumped up. He had hardly been upright for more than a few second before Ixtab took action.

“Death’s Grasp!” she shouted, whipping her black noose in front of her. The noose extended and went after its intended target, going safely over the blade and tightening around the neck, allowing Ixtab to rip it out of the Collector’s grasp with ease. This caught the Collector off-guard, making him am easy target for Uranus’ attack.

“World Shaking!” she shouted, sending her golden orb at the man. It struck him head-on. When the light of the attack was gone, the Senshi were surprised to see the Collector in better shape than he should have been. He stood shakily, badly burned in places but otherwise okay. He looked up angrily at his attacker. Then out of nowhere he pulled out Hikari’s Staff of Golden Day.

Daichi didn’t know if he could use it or not, but she wasn’t willing to chance it. “No, get him!” she shouted. It was too late, as he had already used the staff’s power to open a golden gate, stepping through it and vanishing.

“You didn’t say he could use the items!” Uranus shouted in surprise.

“We didn’t know until now,” Tucana said.

“I’m glad I got my glaive back,” Saturn said as she took it back from Ixtab. “It would have been disastrous in his hands.”

--

“Is she okay?” Hikari asked, looking upward through the rain to the school’s roof where Usagi had just been attacked.

‘She is unharmed,’ Mei said. ‘She is profoundly sad about someone dear to her, but is otherwise unharmed.’ Hikari and Enapay let loose a breath of relief, but had to suck it back in quickly. ‘They have more company, our kind of company.’ Up on the roof, the Senshi were already on the defense, staring at the battered man before them.

“I want what you have,” he said to Seiya and Usagi. Then he turned to the other Senshi. “You have nothing I want.” He pulled a crystal fan out of nowhere and swiped it at the Senshi. The small swipe sent a huge gust of wind at the Senshi, throwing them backwards down the stairs and slamming the door shut with such for that it dented. As he tucked the fan back away and turned around, he found that Seiya had already transformed into Sailor Star Fighter.

“Star Serious Laser!” she shouted. Her attack missed the Collector, as he had jumped into the air, twisting and landing on the fencing that surrounded the roof. Out of thin air he pulled a silver staff with a black, upside-down crescent moon on the top that was flanked by silver wings.

“I haven’t tried this one yet,” he said. He lifted is up and the moon glinted. Them a black beam shot at Star Fighter and Usagi, creating a black dome around them. “I lot of good that does me,” he said. “I can’t get in.” He hopped down and walked to the dome, staff still I hand. He stopped just short of the dome, and then it receded. Star Fighter threw her fist at him, but he swung the staff up and struck Star Fighter right in the head. Star Fighter fell down, dropping her Star Yell. It skidded across the wet roof to the Collector’s feet, where he scooped it up. Then both it and the staff vanished and the Collector turned to Usagi, who still sat on her legs with her brooch clutched tightly in her hands. “Now, I’ll be taking your brooch-”

The Collector was cut off by the roof door suddenly flying at him. He jumped out of the way as the door cut through the fencing and disappeared. He glared at the army of Senshi that now filed out of the doorway, all aiming at him.

“I see my trip is cut short,” he said, running to the fencing. He stopped, lifting up what looked like a wine bottle decorated with jewels. The jewels glowed as the Senshi attacked. Their attacks merged, collecting at the source of the glowing. They collided, but only for a moment before both the attacks and the Collector vanished.

--

“I still can’t believe he can use our things,” Nebula moaned, her head in her hands.

“You’re telling me,” Hikari said. “He’s using my staff to move around, Kaki’s sword and Aria’s fan to attack, and Mei’s staff to trap us. Say, where did he get that bottle?” Hikari looked at the others. They all sat close to the pillar as they waited for the IPI Senshi to return from Earth.

“It may not have belonged to a Senshi,” Tucana said. “That is obviously how he moves between dimensions, so unless he took it from a Senshi in his dimension, I highly doubt it was a Senshi’s.” Hikari thought about this and then nodded.

‘They’re returned,’ Mei said, turning toward the pillar. Geb, Anog Ite, and Ixtab appeared around it. The others stood and approached them. ‘So?’

“We won’t be having any guests from this dimension, if that’s what you mean,” Ixtab said.

“She means Star Fighter,” Hikari said. “Will she be okay without her weapon?”

“Their weapons are technology based,” Geb said. “Her princess had a spare.”

“Well, that’s good,” Daichi said. “Now what say we go get the Collector?” The others nodded and the IPI’s placed their hands on the pillar as the others sat down, bracing themselves for the ride.

The stone glowed as Geb searched. “I found him,” she said with some amusement. “This is going to be a short trip.” The glow of the pillar fluctuated as the stars turned into a kaleidoscope of color. The jolt came, but it wasn’t drastic like before. The colors vanished quickly and the stars returned. The Senshi stood, and found they had hardly moved. In fact, they could still see Japan.

Web Hosting · Blog · Guestbooks · Message Forums · Mailing Lists
Allwebco Web Templates · Build your own toolbar · Accept Credit Cards · Audio, Fonts, Clipart
powered by bravenet.com