As Alex heaved the spear through the air, he prayed with all his heart that the point would find its mark.
     As the tip of the spear struck the monster, time seemed to slow down for an instant.  As the spear found the monster's dark heart, time regained its fluid motion.  When the shaft of death emerged from the creature's body, the world around the heroic Alex began to fade into light.  With the monster vanquished, he was no longer needed in that world.
     He awoke from the dream and said, "Oh, man, that stinks.  It was only a dream, yet it was so real."
     "Mmph,"  came from the bunk below Alex's bed, "you say somethin'?"
     "Go back to sleep Alex!"  came from across the room.
     As Alex heard those two voices he reached down and activated the lights.  A second later the room was flooded by intense lights and screams of pain from the unsuspecting roommates.
     "You stupid anus!"  the person below Alex screamed, "Next time warn us before you do that!"
     "Sorry Derek,"  Alex said, "It's just that I think my dream means something."
     "Say, what time is it?"  the person across from Alex said.
     "It's 10 am and time for your sleepy heads to get up!"  came from the doorway as the overly cheerful Mina walked into the room.
     "Go away!"  another voice said, "You're too cheerful for a Monday!"
     "Dan, Joss, Derek, Alex, breakfast is awaiting you in the dining quarters.  And I suggest you all get in a better mood or we won't take you shopping at the mall with us"  Mina said as she exited the room.
     "I guess we'd better get a move on it,"  Joss said, "she sounds like she might use her love chain on us."
     "I'm with you,"  Dan said, "If she were to be any sweeter my teeth would rot!"
     "I heard that!"  Mina called from the next room, "and if you don't hurry up I'll sick Lita on you!"
     "That's right boys!"  Lita called, "And I'll make your lives a living hell!"
     "Ok, ok, we're coming!!"  the four scared guys called.
     They dressed quickly and headed for the dining room.  But Alex decided to use the Lunar Pen for a little practical joke.
     "Disguise Power,"  he shouted, "turn me into Tod's spitting image!"
     As the light faded from the room, Alex looked himself over to admire every aspect of the form he had chosen.  It was then he decided to put his practical joke into action.
     As "Tod" walked into the dining room, everyone looked up and didn't recognize who it really was.  It wasn't until ten minutes into the meal when Luna noticed the Saturn Ring on "Tod's" finger that the joke was blown and Alex reverted back to his original form.
     "Very funny,"  Rei said, "now you can buy all of us something to eat at the mall."
     "Ok, fine,"  Alex said, "I will.  But don't ya' think that my joke was a riot?!"
     "Not at all,"  Amy said, "It was quite unfunny and immature!!"
     "Ok, since we're all done eating, let's head for the mall!"  Serena said, excusing herself from the table with a loud belch.
     As the group charged out of the apartment, they ran head long into Elizabeth Bustie.  When she asked where they were going, all she got was, "tothemall.  Wannacome?"
     "Say what?!"  she exclaimed as the group charged past her.
     "We're going to the mall,"  Rei said, stopping for a second, "would you like to come with us?"
     "Sure.  I hear my grandmother was quite the party animal,"  Elizabeth said, "I guess I inherited her wildness."
     As they approached the mall twenty minutes later, a massive earthquake rocked the city.
     "What the hell?!"  Alex exclaimed as he was shaken to his knees.
     "I don't know,"  Nate Morrow said, "But whatever it is, it's mutating the entire city!"
     "I'll protect us from these mutating effects!!  Aura Barrier!"
     As he said that, he projected sunlight into a bubble of positive energy that would hopefully protect them from the ill effects of the quake.
     As suddenly as it had begun, the quake ended.  The group surveyed the damage and destruction that surrounded them.  All of a sudden a crazed lizard - like creature leapt from the shadows and began to attack the group.
     "Triple time,"  Steve said as he, Tod, and the remaining portion of the New Ronin Warriors joined the small group, "Dan, Alex, ready to blast?!"
     "With pleasure,"  Dan said, "Ready Alex?"
     "Ready, willing, and able to rip it, rock it, and roll it.  Delta Storm!!"
     As the powers of lightning, fire, and water combined, a double pyramid of energy appeared and spun through the air above the lizard creature.  A couple seconds later the pyramids disappeared and left the lizard severely drained.
     "Now would be a good time for a retreat!"  Jess said.
     "Not so fast!"  the lizard creature said as it got to its feet, "I want some answers.  Question number one is; why weren't you affected by the quake?!"
     "Aura barrier,"  Amy said, "now it's our turn.  Why are you like that?"
     "Quake in an arena.  The whole stadium audience turned into something similar to what I am and I don't like this!"
     "Maybe we can reverse this whole thing,"  Brian Hawkins said, "Quake Armor!"
     "Time for more juice,"  Alex said, "Hurricane Armor!"
     "Blizzard Armor!"
     "Nova Armor!"
     "Night Armor!"
     "Earth Armor!"
     "Woah, hold up, wait one second,"  Serena cried as the six were armoring up, "in case you've forgotten, I can get us out of this mess."
     "Oh, this should be good for a laugh,"  Rei said, "what is your plan Serena?"
     "The ten of us that are Sailor Scouts use Scout Power to take care of the entire problem.  After that we can go to the mall."
     "She's got a point Rei,"  Mina said, "if we use Scout Power we can get this whole mess corrected."
     "Ok, fine.  But first we transform.  Ready?"
     "Ready,"  Serena said, "Moon Cosmic Power!"
     "Mars Prism Power!"
     "Mercury Prism Power!"
     "Jupiter Prism Power!"
     "Venus Prism Power!"
     "Sun Cosmic Power!"
     "Saturn Prism Power!"
     "Pluto Prism Power!"
     "Neptune Prism Power!"
     "Uranus Prism Power!"
     As soon as the Sailor Scouts had transformed, they joined hands in a large circle and called upon the awesome Scout Power.  After the fireworks from the blast died down, the lizard was transformed into a total hunk and a half.  As the girls flipped head over heels, the guys turned their backs on the newcomer until he leapt over their heads and landed right in front of them.
     "So, how was that show?"  the stranger asked.
     "I've seen better on late night tv,"  Matt said.
     "Well then, catch this show!"
     With that the stranger released the most impressive blast of plasmoids any of them had ever seen.  As soon as everyone picked their jaws up from the ground, the stranger introduced himself.
     "Hey, the name's Richard.  I don't know who my ancestors were, but I think one of them was Jubilee of the Mutant Crew.  That's where I got these powers.  But they're mostly for show.  I can do much more than that, or so I'm told."
     "Impressive,"  Dan said, "what can you do besides the fireworks?"
     "I have class 12 invincibility, which is just about everything, super strength, an IQ that is extremely advanced, the ability to change form... "
     "Kind of like using the Lunar Pen, right?"  Serena interrupted.
     "I guess you could say that.  I can also use most elemental powers, etc."
     "Real impressive,"  Alex snarled, the words dripping with sarcasm, "but what do you have that we don't??"
     "Great physic and charisma!"
     "He's got a point,"  Nate said.
     "Yeah, on the top of his head!"  Alex spat.
     As Richard and Alex argued, they were unaware of the approaching danger.  Just then a drop of liquid fell to the ground next to them and began to bubble.  The sound, as startling as it was, couldn't halt the arguing.  It wasn't until the ground fell out from beneath the two that they stopped battling long enough to ask simultaneously, "What the hell just happened!"
     "You got me,"  Sailor Mercury said, "It appears that some sort of caustic solution disintegrated the terra firma beneath you."
     "In English Mercury,"  Alex yelled from beneath the street, "In English!!"
     "What I just said was a highly powerful destructive liquid ate away the street and dropped you down into the sewers."
     "I could have told you that,"  Richard snarled, "any idiot could have seen that!!"
     "Shut up you!"  Alex yelled, "If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be in this mess!"
     "Ok, so it's my fault that I'm a mutant who was caught in a killer quake!"
     "Exactly.  Any idiot could tell today was going to be a bad day to go to the stadium!"
     "Wake up and smell the... sewage!?"
     "Don't go trying to change the subject... wait one second.  Did you just mention the smell of sewage?!"
     "Yes, I did.  What's it too you?!"
     "Uh, guys,"  Sailor Venus called from the street, "you'd better get up here!"
     "Why should we?!"  Richard demanded.
     "Yeah, we're having fun arguing down here!"  Alex added.
     "Well, if you don't get up here now,"  Sailor Mars yelled, "We're going to be overrun by a tidal wave of toxic waste!"
     "I'm on it,"  Alex said, "Saturn Crystal Power - transform!"
     As soon as Alex became Sailor Saturn, he grabbed a hold of Richard and leapt back up to street level.  What they saw was not too pleasing to the eye, not to mention the nose.  There were people running through the streets naked, trying to find shelter.  Police, fire, and military personnel were escorting people around and barking orders to everyone.  Eventually one turned to face the teens and yelled, "all right, take off your clothes and find shelter!"
     "Not on your life,"  Sailor Jupiter yelled, "we're here to stop this ooze!"
     "Leave it to the proper authorities and get out of here!"
     "Butt out!!"  Sailor Uranus said, "Or else I'll shake this place to the ground!"
     Just as he finished his sentence, a portal opened above and dumped out four girls in outfits similar to those of the Sailor Scouts.  They got up, dusted themselves off, and introduced themselves.
     "I am Sailor Pluto,"  a tall girl with blackish - green hair said, "and by using my time staff and garnet orb I shall stop this tidal wave!"
     After she finished her intro, she held here staff in the air.  When she did that mist swirled around it and lightning and thunder crashed.  When she brought her staff near her body she whispered, "Dead Scream."  She then continued to swirl her staff until a large orb of violet energy appeared around her garnet orb.  She spun around one more time and blasted the energy orb at the wave.
     As the orb struck the toxic goo, it fizzled out and disappeared, leaving Sailor Pluto to curse and swear.  She swore so much that Nate and Thomas declared her mouth to be as toxic as the ooze.
     "My turn,"  the tallest girl with short, blond hair said, "I am Sailor Uranus and I will rock and roll over this wave.  World... "
     As she said that, energy collected around her outstretched right hand.  When she held it above her head, a ring of energy spanned her entire body and encircled the energy orb.  She then said, "... Shaking!"  At this point lightning and thunder crashed as she slammed the orb to the ground.  The orb, now on its own, raced about the ground and grew in size.  As the orb struck the ooze, it was diminished to a little spark.  But that little spark took half the ooze with it when it exploded in a shower of light.
     "Drat!!"  Sailor Uranus yelled, "I only got half of it!"
     "Don't feel bad,"  Joss said, "It rarely ever gets more than half of anything."
     "Time to get wet,"  a shorter girl with shoulder length blue hair said, "I call forth the powers of water!"
     As she said that a massive tidal wave of water approached her from behind.  As it crashed down, she spun some of the water into an orb above her head.  The water then became two walls, like when the black sea parted, and she spun around.  She then called, "Deep Submerge!" When she said that, the two walls of water crashed down on top of her, propelling her forward.  She then released the orb.  The orb continued through the water until it reached the ooze.  At this point the orb exploded and evaporated the water and the ooze with it.
     "Ha, ha, game point for Sailor Neptune!"  the girl exclaimed, "Pluto, Uranus, you owe me one!"
     "Um,"  the forth girl said, "there is still one problem!"
     "And that is Saturn?"  Sailor Pluto said, "We defeated the ooze."
     "I think that was just the first wave."
     "And why do you say that Saturn?"  Sailor Neptune asked.
     "Because there is more ooze on the way.  Look!"
     The entire group turned to see more of the toxic trouble heading in their direction.
     "Time for a super transformation,"  Sailor Neptune said, "Neptune Crystal Power - transform!"
     "Pluto Crystal Power - transform!"
     "Uranus Crystal Power - transform!"
     "Saturn Crystal Power - transform!"
     With that the four newcomers became Super Sailors Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.  The four touched their heart crystals and were instantly granted powerful items.
     "Time for a blast,"  Sailor Uranus said, "Space Sword... Blaster!"
     As Sailor Uranus spoke those words, her Deep Space Sword began to collect energy.  At the last possible moment she flung her sword forward and released a beam of rainbow light, which cut through the air.  As it struck the wave, it left a gaping hole in the wave, which was filled back in a moment later.
     "Time for my turn,"  Sailor Saturn said, "I shall use my mighty Glaive to defeat this evil.  Death Ribbon Revolution!"
     As Sailor Saturn spoke her attack, the end of her Glaive began to glow.  The glow soon exploded into millions of death ribbons which sliced through the air and through the ooze.  The result was a dreadful mess and more waves of toxic goo.
     "I guess it's up to me again,"  Sailor Neptune said, "Submarine Reflection!"
     As Sailor Neptune spoke that, her Deep Aqua Mirror began to glow.  A couple seconds later a generous amount of water was released from the mirror and produced a tidal wave twice the size of the toxic wave.  As the two waves collided, the toxic waste was diluted and evaporated, leaving a really bad smell, which soon burned off.  The new Sailor Scouts had saved the day.
     "Sorry for butting in on your fun,"  Sailor Pluto said, "but that wave caused a disturbance in the stream of time."
     "Woah, hold on one second,"  Tony said, "who the hell are you guys?"
     "We,"  Sailor Uranus said, "are the Outer Sailor Scouts."
     "No you aren't,"  Derek protested, "we are the new and outer Sailor Scouts!"
     The argument raged between the Outer Sailor Scouts and the New Sailor Scouts.  This argument was similar to the one between Richard and Alex, only more explosive.  As the arguments and insults flew, they were totally oblivious to the approaching space craft.  It wasn't until the sun was blocked out and a metallic hum filled the air that hey stopped long enough to look at the sky and say, "Holy Shit!" before going back to arguing.
     It was about three hours later that the group of arguing scouts ran out of energy and quit arguing.  It was at this point that Sailor Mars said to Sailor Moon, "they beat our longest argument by two hours and fifty eight minutes!!"
     "No kidding,"  Sailor Moon said, "I don't think even the Negaverse could stop their argument!"
     "Uh... your mama was so ugly... "  Alex panted from the pile of collapsed scouts.
     "Yeah, well, your mama's so stupid... "  Sailor Saturn tried to retaliate.
     Finally, before either of them could finish their insults, they collapsed.  Four hours later they woke, renewed and refreshed, and compromised on who was who.  It was at this point in time that the large alien ship began bombarding the area with sonic grenades, which caused the city to rock and roll even worse than the Uranus World Shaking attack.
     The vibrations given off from the sonic grenades caused glass to shatter and some weaker buildings to crumble.  By now the scouts and everyone else were ready to assault and lay waste to another alien craft.
     "Time to access a way to the craft,"  Thomas said, "Sailor Venus, think you can provide a descent way to enter the ship?"
     "Well, I can give us a way up,"  Sailor Venus answered, "entrance is another thing altogether."
     "I have a better idea,"  Alex said, "I could use DEREK and NICHOLE to transport us up to the craft."
     "Why not use your Iron Ring Teleport?"  Brian asked.
     "When the other four Sailor Scouts dropped from their portal, my powers, not to mention Tony's, Derek's, and Joss's powers totally blanked out.  For now I'm relying on mutant abilities and armor power."
     "Well, if we're going to lay waste to yet another alien race, we'd better get up there some time before they total the city,"  Nate said, "and the only way to be sure some of us enter is to have half go by Venus' climbing method and half to teleport with Alex."
     "Fine,"  Sailor Mars said, "Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn, you're with me.  Alex, Tony, Derek, Joss, Dan, Richard, Matt, and Nate are with me too.  The rest are going with Sailor Venus."
     "Agreed,"  Sailor Mercury said, "Let's get busy!"
     As they were about to put their plans into action, yet another portal opened and a small kitten dropped out, landing on Sailor Moon's head.  Sailor Moon, startled by the small creature's rude entrance and the tiny mass landing on her cranium, flew into a fit of fright, surprise, and bloody murder.  As she charged around and screamed, she crashed into a fire hydrant, a lamp post, Sailor Uranus, a store front, and finally tripped over a crack which sent her sprawling on her face.  At this point she began a fit of wailing which shattered glass and put the sonic grenades out of commission.
     The kitten, startled by the violent greeting, jumped off of Sailor Moon's head, turned to the wailing girl's face, and said, "I'm sorry I startled you with my entrance.  My name is Diana and I'm looking for Luna and Artemis.  Would you know where I could find them?"
     Even as the kitten politely asked where the other two cats could be found, Sailor Moon continued to wail.  A couple more minutes of wailing and finally the kitten's question connected with the girl's pea brain.
     "Did you ask me where Luna and Artemis are?"  Sailor Moon asked, still sniffling from her wailing episode.
     "Houston, we have lift off!"  Sailor Mars snickered.
     "I heard that Mars,"  Sailor Moon yelled.  Turning back to Diana, she asked, "Now, you want to know where Luna and Artemis are?"
     "Yes,"  Diana said, "that would be helpful."
     "Well, they're... "
     "Right here,"  Luna called from behind the crowed, "Diana, what are you doing here?"
     "Well, I've come to give some of the Scouts new powers, if it's all right with you?"
     "Yes, it is.  But I thought it was something really important for you to appear?!"
     "Well, this is really important."
     "Ok, fine, do it.  But make it quick,"  Artemis said, "the scouts and armor wearers need to defeat the next threat... "
     Just as Artemis was about to finish his sentence, another wave of sonic grenades, plus some flash bombs, were dropped from the craft.  The explosions rocked the city and gave them more reason to attack and defeat the aliens.
     "Let's get moving,"  Sailor Venus said, "Venus... Love Chain Encircle!"
     As she said that, a chain of hearts surrounded her.  As she said the final part of her attack, the chain flew through the air and struck the craft, wrapping around an antenna and providing a way to the craft.
     "Group one, motor!"  Sailor Mercury said.
     "Hold on,"  Diana said, "I have yet to give you the power items."
     With that Diana flipped through the air and produced several items which would give them a chance against the aliens.
     "For Sailor Moon I give the Lunar Armor.  With this armor you will be able to defeat even the toughest enemies.
     "For Sailor Jupiter I give the Thundera Armor and the Jupiter Crystal.  The Thundera Armor allows you to call upon the Thunderbird and the Jupiter Crystal allows you to become Super Sailor Jupiter.
     "For Sailor Mars I give the Flame Armor and the Mars Crystal.  The Flame Armor allows you to call upon the mighty Flame Sphinx and the Mars Crystal allows you to become Super Sailor Mars.
     "For Sailor Mercury I bestow the Frost Armor and the Mercury Crystal.  The Frost Armor allows you to call upon the great Ice Dragon and the Mercury Crystal allows you to become Super Sailor Mercury.
     "For Sailor Venus I give the Venus Crystal.  With it you can become Super Sailor Venus.
     "I also grant new special attacks for the wearers of the Armors of Lumina, Paradise, Blizzard, and Nova.
     "Lumina attacks are the Lucent Beam Laser and the Lucent Laser Run.  Use these to light your ways and enlighten your  enemies before you destroy them.
     "Paradise attacks are the Coconut Bomb Spread and the Flower Petal Hurricane.  Use these to blow up floors and walls and attack your enemies with a deadly shower of blossoms.
     "Blizzard attacks are the Hypothermic Freeze Suspension and the Frozen Rage Laser.  Use the first one to trap enemies and changed friends in suspended animation. The second one is forbidden.  Use it only when necessary.  It will freeze everything and everyone within a two mile radius.  Remember: it is forbidden.
     "Finally, the Nova attacks are the Super Nova Explosion and the Nova Power Field.  The first one is forbidden, for it produces a large blast of star energy and intense heat.  The second one protects friends in a field of flame, but it can also be used to roast enemies.
     "Remember, use your powers for good, not evil.  And Sailors Saturn, Pluto, Uranus, and Neptune, don't stay here too long.  The more time you spend here, the less chance you'll have of returning home.  I bid you farewell!"
     With that, Diana sprang back into the air and re-entered her portal, which shut soon after she entered.  The whole incident left the group to say, "weird!" and "awesome!" and to wonder what the future would hold.  They didn't have to wait too long.
     The craft put up a force field which shattered Sailor Venus' love chain and caused bits and pieces of the chain to fall back to earth at incredible speeds.  The pieces impacted with such force that Alex had to use his Aura Barrier and Dan had to use his new Nova Power Field to protect them.  As soon as the deadly rain was passed, Alex took out DEREK and Tod took out NICHOLE and booted them up.  They calculated they could each beam half the group to the ship at a time.  The process took a couple minutes, but turned out to be successful.  The moment they were on board, they were attacked.

     They came from all sides, moving fast and furious.  The people appeared to be human, but the weapons they used weren't like any the teens had seen before.  The shots were like blue flames, and had a really funky smell and really burned if they contacted skin.  The entire group dodged, ducked, and maneuvered themselves out of firing range and harms way.  Dan used his Nova Power Field to protect everyone and to give everyone a chance to prepare for battle.  The Sailor Scouts prepared for a major battle by transforming with their crystals.
     "Mercury Crystal Power!"
     "Mars Crystal Power!"
     "Jupiter Crystal Power!"
     "Venus Crystal Power!"
     "Moon Cosmic Power!"
     The second the Sailor Scouts had become the Super Sailor Scouts they positioned themselves for the first wave of attacks.
     "Time to make Sailor V stand for victory,"  Sailor Venus yelled, "Venus Meteor Shower!"
     As the crescent beam split into several smaller beams, they converged on one point and split into a deadly shower of light, the group thought they would have the guards defeated in nothing flat.  But they were wrong.
     The meteor shower was reflected back at the heroes by some very powerful mirror shields.  After the blast struck, the armor wearers were pretty much toasted and the Sailor Scouts were powerless.
     "Hah, hah, hah,"  the alien leader snarled, "What's the matter, lose your powers?!"
     "We will defeat you, witch,"  Serena groaned, "no matter what it takes, you're toasted!"
     Everyone regained consciousness just in time to see Serena be brave.  The shouting match between the two continued.
     "I will defeat you,"  Serena said, tears filling her eyes, "I will defeat you.  I can defeat you!!  I call upon the powers of the moon to vanquish this evil being.  I call upon the Lunar Armor!!"
     As Serena said that, everyone watched in gaping - mouthed awe as she once again became Sailor Moon, but this time her tiara crystal glowed pink and let off a shower of crescent moons.  A couple seconds later she was wearing her new armor.
     There she stood, a magnificent female warrior in silvery - white armor, contoured and curved in all the right places.  Her helmet had a crescent moon above the face mask and there were crescent moons all over her armor.  She took her moon light sword from its hilt and held it up, ready for battle.
     "Ok, witch!"  Serena said, "Prepare to be destroyed!  I call upon the Crescent Moon Rain!"
     As Serena said that, she took her moon light sword and swished it through the air a couple times.  After she did that she held the sword above her head until a moon beam shot from it and pierced the ceiling.  The final phase was a cloud appearing above the sword and the hole and releasing a deadly rain of crescent moons.  The rain lasted long enough to hack the leader and some of the guards to dog kibble.
     Sailor Moon, after slicing the guards and the leader into leftovers, soon regained her senses.  When she saw what she had done, she began her wailing fit all over again.  As she ran around crying and screaming, she forgot she had her sword in her hand and ended up taking out more of the guards.  When she finally stopped, which was fifteen minutes later, there were no guards or aliens remaining in the corridor.  The Sailor Scouts and armor wearers were victorious in the skirmish, but they still had much work to do.
     The group gathered in a large mass and began moving through the ship, taking care of as many aliens as they could.  It took them a while, but they eventually reached the command center.  There, they would hold their stand off with an old friend, or so they thought.

     As the group entered the command center, they could see a woman who looked rather familiar to most of them.
     "Beryl!"  Mina exclaimed, "You're behind this!"
     "Excuse me, have we met?"  the woman asked.
     'This can't be Beryl! Her vibes are just too strange.  She must be...'  Rei thought. "Wait!"  she yelled, "This woman isn't Beryl.  She looks like her because she's her twin sister Danala!"
     "Very good Mars!"  Danala said, "And now I shall destroy you!"
     "Not on your life,"  Rei yelled, "For I call upon the powers of Mars,"  she chanted, holding up an anti evil sign, "Fireballs... Charge!!"
     The scroll flew through the air, but was charred to a crisp long before it could stun Danala.
     "Your powers won't work against me!"  Danala gloated, "I'm just too strong for you!"
     "Think again lady,"  Lita yelled, "I call upon the powers of Thunder, Lightning, and Jupiter.  I call upon the Thundera Armor!"
     With that Lita became Sailor Jupiter.  After that the crystal in her tiara glowed a brilliant green.  A mighty crash of thunder and a flash of lightning exploded and when the light was back to a bearable level, Lita was wearing a suit of female armor in a very brilliant green color, with some sugar pink here and there.  The weapon of choice for Jupiter was a large staff with some mean looking blades, aka, a pike.
     "Time to get electrical,"  Lita said, "I call forth the powers of the thunderbird!"
     As she said that, her armor glowed an even brighter green then her tiara crystal did when she armored up.  A mighty blast of lightning and thunder ensued and the thunderbird burst forth from her armor.  The mighty animal lifted Lita into the air and dive - bombed Danala.  The results were devastating.  Where the bird landed, there was nothing left of Danala except for a pile of ashes.  The group thought they had won. But this adventure was far from over.
     "ALERT, ALERT!!  SELF - DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED!  FOUR MINUTES UNTIL CRAFT DETONATES AND PLANET IS DESTROYED!"
     "Say WHAT!!"  Amy shrieked, "This is serious!"
     "No kidding,"  Mina said, "Time for Super Sailor Power!  Venus Crystal Power!"
     As soon as Mina said that, she transformed into Super Sailor Venus.
     "Time to leave my impression on this system,"  she said, "Venus... Love and Beauty Shock!"
     As she said that, she stuck her hand out and the symbol of Venus appeared.  The symbol soon blasted away in a wave of orange light, only to be replaced by Venus blowing a kiss.  The kiss became a ring of orange hearts, which became one again.  The heart flew through the air and struck the computer, taking out a section of the controls.  But it wasn't enough to do any real damage.
     "I'll give us a hand,"  Amy said, "I call upon the powers of Water, Ice, and Mercury.  I call upon the Frost Armor!"
     Amy became Sailor Mercury once again.  Her tiara crystal glowed aqua blue and released a blast of bubbles.  When the fog cleared, she was wearing a set of aqua blue armor.  Mercury's choice of weapons was the whip.
     "Time to cool things down,"  Amy said, "I call forth the powers of the mighty Ice Dragon!"
     As she said that, her armor glowed blue and unleashed a devastating blizzard.  It was then that the Ice Dragon appeared and enveloped Sailor Mercury.  The Ice Dragon then began to use its icy breath to freeze the computer.
     "TWO MINUTES UNTIL DESTRUCT!  IT'S GOING TO BE A COLD DAY IN HELL!!"
     "My turn,"  Lita said, "I call forth the powers of the Thunderbird!"
     Once again the great and powerful Thunderbird burst from Lita's armor, but this time it enveloped her.  The Thunderbird joined the Ice Dragon in attacking the computer by launching thunderbolts from its claws.  The computer was being destroyed, but it was taking too long to do it.
     "ONE MINUTE, FIFTEEN SECONDS UNTIL CRAFT GOES CRITICAL!"
     "I'm going to help if it's the last thing I do!"  Rei said, "I call upon the powers of Fire and Mars.  I call upon the Flame Armor!"
     Rei became Sailor Mars once again.  Her crystal glowed a brilliant blood red and unleashed a blast of fire.  When everything cooled down, Rei was wearing blood red armor.  Her weapon of choice was the bow.
     "I call forth the powers of the mighty Flame Sphinx!"  she said.
     As she said that, her armor glowed a brilliant red and unleashed a firestorm.  The Flame Sphinx appeared and surrounded Sailor Mars.  The Flame Sphinx then assisted the Thunderbird and the Ice Dragon in taking care of the ship's computer.
     "THIRTY SECONDS UNTIL THIS SHIP EXPLODES!"
     "Time to use some forbidden attacks,"  Dan and Tony said at the same time.
     "Super Nova Explosion!!"
     "Frozen Rage Laser!"
     As their armors began to go on overload, Derek armored up with his Night Armor, took his blade out, and called upon his emergency attack.
     "Good Night Vanishing Act!"
     As he said that, a beam of dark energy leapt from his sword and produced a portal in the ceiling  The three large animals exited, followed by the remaining Sailor Scouts and armor wearers.  Tony and Dan stayed behind until their armors released their energy and then they, too, entered the portal.
     The appeared in a place like on other.  There were streams and rivers everywhere, buy they were not made of water.
     "Where are we?"  Nate asked, looking around, a confused look on his face.
     "You are in the place where all time streams converge,"  the now human Sailor Pluto said, "My name is Setsuna.  My friends, Haruka and Michiru have been raising their adopted daughter, Hotaru here."
     "Woah, hold the phone!"  Thomas yelled, "Where, or when, are we?"
     "This place is called the end of time,"  Setsuna said, "it is the place where any and all time periods can be reached."
     "This is too strange,"  Alex said, speaking for the first time in a while, "This is definitely too strange."
     "I fully agree with you,"  Joss said, "why are we here?"
     "I can explain part of that,"  Derek said, "when I opened that portal I figured we would end up at the apartment and have this whole adventure end.  I guess I was wrong."
     "But that still doesn't explain why we're... HERE!!"  Richard said, being loud and rude.
     "I think I can fill you in on the last part,"  Setsuna said, "I am the guardian of the time portal and all streams of time.  Like Diana said before she left, the longer we're involved in a time stream, the harder it is to return here.  Derek's emergency attack gave us the power to return home, but at the same time it brought you here."
     "I wanna go home!"  Sailor Moon wailed, "I wanna, I wanna, I wanna... WAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
     With Serena's mighty wail, as if on cue, the entire plane of existence began to shake.
     "Serena, calm down,"  Sailor Venus said, "you'll bring this place down on us if you continue to wail!!"
     "But I wanna go home!!"  Serena blubbered, "I wanna go home!!!"
     "Serena, get a GRIP!!!"  Sailor Mars snarled, "We'll get home soon. I hope!"  she added in her mind.
     "Ok, you can go home,"  Setsuna said, "we'll even send you to that Bloody Roses concert tonight, front row center if you would like!"
     "My favorite band,"  Derek said, "what do you say Serena??  You want to go to the concert?"
     "Well, ok,"  Serena sniffled, "but only if you sit with me."
     'Oh, brother,'  Jess thought, 'she's hanging all over him.'
     "Um, we have a problem here,"  Haruka called from the portals, "Setsuna, will you please bring the Sailor Scouts and the armor wearers here for a minute?"
     "What is the problem Haruka?"  Setsuna asked.
     "Well, there are two alternate time streams for the city of Chicago and I don't know which one is the right one."
     "We're coming, we're coming!"  Setsuna said, a hint of panic and fear in her voice.
     When they arrived, the entire group could see two separate portals, one with a picture of rocks floating in space, the other a picture of the city of Chicago, as peaceful as it was at night, especially when there's a Bloody Roses concert.
     "Which one is our Chicago?"  Tod asked, speaking for the first time since Richard joined their ranks.
     "They both are,"  Setsuna said, "the one with the rocks in space is the universe where you didn't get off the ship in time.  The other one is the universe where you stopped the aliens and survived."
     "But which one do we go back to?"  Steve asked.
     "Which ever one you want to go to.  It's all up to you."
     "I want to go see Bloody Roses,"  Serena whined, "so I want to go to the one where Earth is still in one piece."
     With that Serena entered the portal with the peaceful Chicago image.  She was transported to the apartment where she would prepare for the concert.
     "I'm with her,"  Alex said as he, too, stepped into the portal.
     "Let's motor!"  Lita said as she led a charge into the portal.
     "HOLD IT!!"  Haruka yelled as she stepped in front of the charging mass, the sheer volume of her voice blasting everyone backwards.  "Before you go,"  she continued, "Setsuna has something to give you."
     "Thank you Haruka,"  Setsuna said, "Now, I'll give you all wrist mounted communicators so you'll be able to contact each other and also contact us if you need to.  Finally, you may enter the portal and go to the concert!"
     A cheer went up as the group, large as they were, piled into the portal and returned to Chicago in time to prepare for the Bloody Roses concert.  But the concert was going to be far from ordinary.

     By the time everyone was ready for the sold - out Bloody Roses concert, it was a half hour to show time.  The group, being in a real rush to get to their seats, headed for the roof where they would take a new form of transportation to the show.
     "Ready you four?"  Steve said to Alex, Rei, Amy, and Lita.
     "Ready,"  Lita said, "I call forth the powers of the Thunderbird!"
     "Set,"  Rei said, "I call upon the powers of the Flame Sphinx!"
     "Hold on to your lunch,"  Amy said, "I call forth the powers of the Ice Dragon!"
     "Cranking!"  Alex said, "I call upon the powers of the Phoenix!"
     As the four called upon their respective animal and element, the gigantic mystic creatures surrounded groups of the Sailor Scouts and armor wearers and took to the air.  The large animals streaked through the dark sky, turning night into day for a little while.  As they neared the giant coliseum, the four gigantic animals landed and became the large group of teen heroes again.
     "That was quite a rush!"  Richard exclaimed, "It must be like that every time you guys fly?"
     "Well, we've only used the Phoenix power of Alex in the past,"  Ryan said, "we didn't get the other three until today."
     "Hey, can I ask you a seemingly ridiculous question?"  Matt asked.
     "Shoot,"  Tod said.
     "Why the hell are we four blocks from the stadium?  The concert starts in fifteen minutes and I want to get there soon!"
     "Well, we didn't want to be seen by anyone else and this was the easiest way to do it!"  Rei said.
     Suddenly, the sound of footsteps echoed throughout the alley way they occupied.  They got louder as they got closer.  The sound of chains rattling and metal pipes striking leather - clad hands became apparent.  Closer, closer the sounds got until the group of thugs became barely visible in the dim light.
     "Ok, listen up!"  the leader of the thugs said, "Give us your valuables and your cash and nobody gets hurt, understood!?"
     "Triple time!"  Alex said, "Steve, Dan, you assistance please!"
     "Right,"  Dan said, sticking his arm out, "Fire!"
     "I'm with you,"  Steve said, putting his arm out so his fist touched Dan's, "Ice!"
     "Time to complete it,"  Alex said, putting his arm out so his fist touched the others and they formed a triangle, "Lightning!"
     The three then called out, "Delta Force!"
     The threesome slowly lifted off the ground, a triangular field of energy around them.  Ice energy erupted from Steve, followed by fire energy from Dan.  As the two began to descend, lightning energy erupted from Alex, completing the Delta attack.  As soon as all three descended, a brilliant flash of light exploded forth and completed the attack.  Furthermore, it neutralized the thugs.
     "How's that for saying 'NO'?!"  Alex said.
     "Way to go!"  Serena exclaimed, "You saved us!"
     "Grow up Serena!"  Rei yelled, "Get a clue!  Sure, they saved us, but we still need to get to the concert!"
     "That's right,"  Tod said, "and we only have... Ten minutes!!  Let's turn and burn!!"
     They took off like a flock of bats out of hell, plowing everyone over who got in their way.  They arrived just in time.  That is, just in time to get stopped by security.
     "Halt!"  the large guard yelled as he stepped in the path of the approaching group, "Stop!"  But it was too late for that.  Alex slammed into the guard's muscular chest.  He was crushed by Matt, who was squashed by Thomas, who had the rest of the group pile up on one another until Alex was nothing more then a stain on the guard's shirt.
     "Where are your tickets?"  the guard said in a deep voice, "You can't see the show without tickets!"
     "Um, I... think... Setsuna... forgot to... give them... to... US!"  Alex moaned, peeling himself off the guard's chest.
     "Sorry, no tickets, no show!"
     "WAAAAAAAA!"  Serena wailed, her voice piercing every ear within a five mile radius of her.  "I want to see Bloody Roses!!!"
     "Serena, chill out.  I think Alex has a plan,"  Rei said as they walked away from the guard, "You do have a plan, right?!"
     "That's right,"  Alex said, "Richard and I will change our forms to that of two security guards and sneak you in."
     "Let's do it!"  Richard said, "Change form - make me a totally charismatic cop!"
     "Disguise Power - make me a great looking, muscular security officer!"
     As soon as the two had changed their form, they led the group back to the main entrance.
     "Where are you taking those kids?"  the guard asked.
     "We caught them throwing rocks and junk at the band's bus,"  Alex said.
     "So we're taking them to the security office where they'll be detained!"  Richard added.
     It took the guard five minutes after the group had entered to figure out that the 'security officers' were really Alex and Richard in disguise.  But he didn't really care because the concert was sold out and they would fill up the remaining rows.  Anyway, after the group was inside, a portal opened up and Setsuna dropped out.  She gave the security guard a large pile of tickets, and re-entered her portal.  The guard, stunned by the girl's beauty and her mode of transportation, ran off to the nearest loony bin, ripping his clothes off as he ran.

     "I can't believe this,"  Lita said excitedly, "We're front row center for Bloody Roses!"
     "I love this group!"  Serena said, draped over Derek's body, "What do you think of them Derek?"
     "They're ok,"  Derek said, "but could you do me one favor?"
     "Yes, anything for you sweetie.  Just name it."
     "Could you please get your elbow out of my stomach?  You're cutting off my air supply!"
     "Sorry,"  Serena said, removing her limb from Derek's midsection.
     Just then the house lights cut out and a spotlight appeared on the stage.  In the spotlight stood a woman with jet - black hair, wearing a vinyl dress, gloves, and boots, all in blood red, with really horrific black and white make - up, and both ears pierced with 2" nails.  She spoke in a loud voice:
     "Do you want to rock!?"
     The audience cheered, "YEAH!!"
     "Do you want to roll?!"
     The audience cheered again, "YEAH!!"
     Just then another voice cut in and said, "Do you want to have your energy drained?!"
     The entire audience looked around, confused by this sudden intrusion on their night of fun.  The woman on stage looked like she'd seen a ghost, even through her white and black make - up.  The mysterious voice resumed.
     "Get ready to be drained folks, 'cause it's going to be a blast.  Powers of the Negaverse!"
     Suddenly all the lights went out, including the exit lights.  Most people remained in their seats, but the group of teens jumped for cover beneath seats, behind speakers, and some even dropped down the trap door in the stage.  That was when the nega - monster appeared and began to wreck havoc on the stadium.  Among the screams of the frightened audience, the crashing debris, and the explosion of electrical equipment came a much needed call to action.
     "Moon Cosmic Power!"
     "Mercury Crystal Power!"
     "Mars Crystal Power!"
     "Jupiter Crystal Power!"
     "Venus Crystal Power!"
     "SCOUT POWER!"
     The wave of Scout Power washed over the stadium, repairing the damage, healing the injured, and turning the monster into Madonna's granddaughter, Fuddonna.  The monster, now known as Fuddonna, scared everyone in the audience so bad that the only sound to be heard was screams of horror and people hitting the floor from heart attacks and from being impaled by Fuddonna's bullet bra.
     The Sailor Scouts, hearing the commotion, appeared out of the darkness, only to leap back to safety when the creature turned around and almost impaled with its bullet bra.
     "We need to fight this thing,"  Sailor Venus said, "Anyone got an idea?"
     "I do,"  Sailor Mars said, "Mars... Flame... Sniper!"
     When she said that, the symbol of Mars appeared on her right hand.  The symbol then became a flaming bow and arrow.  She pulled the arrow back and released it.  The arrow shot sure and true, but was deflected by the beast's iron suit.
     When the Sailor Scouts saw this, they all exclaimed, "We're toast!"

     Meanwhile, Dan Jensen was hiding behind a speaker, safe from Fuddonna's deadly lingerie.  The moment he heard footsteps from the darkness he knew he had to do something to avoid becoming sushi.
     "Time for Sailor power,"  he said, "Sun Cosmic Power - Transform!"
     With that he became Super Sailor Sun.  As soon as he was ready for battle he leapt from behind the speaker and tackled the person who was walking.  The two wrestled for a few minutes until they finally saw who was battling who.
     "Matt?"  Dan exclaimed.
     "Dan?!"  Matt said, "What are you doing here?!"
     "I hid here when things began to get hairy,"  Dan explained to his friend, "There was nothing else I could do.  The stage seemed like the safest place, seeing as Fuddonna was floating above everyone else.  I ducked behind a speaker, which acted like a shield, and waited.  The second I heard your footsteps I transformed and I guess you know the rest."
     "Well, we need to find the others,"  Matt said, "the two of us would get licked by that thing if we don't have some help."
     "Totally agreed,"  Dan said, "but first we need a distraction.  Solar Flaming Whip!"
     As Dan said that, he leapt from the shadows, waving a long string of solar energy.  The energy soon formed a powerful whip that wrapped around Fuddonna long enough for Dan and Matt to escape to the trap door in the center of the stage.
     Once they were below the stage, they were blinded by the intense light given off by Tod's lucent beams.
     "Hey, where did you learn that trick?"  Dan asked as his eyes readjusted to bright light.
     "It was one of the new powers Diana granted me,"  Tod said, "you like it?"
     "It's so bright I need to wear shades!"  Matt said, rather sarcastically.
     Suddenly there was a scream and the movement of bodies above as one of Fuddonna's iron-clad boobs pierced the floor and came three inches from piercing Tod.  As Tod recovered from the shock of almost becoming a shish - ka - Tod, five heavenly bodies dropped from the ceiling and landed on top of him, Dan, and Matt.  The only way they could tell who was on top of them was from the endless whining.
     "That hurt!"  one of the girls whined.
     "Serena, shut up!"  another retorted, "unless you want Fuddonna to pierce you!"
     "Oh, you're so mean Rei!"  Serena cried.
     "Serena!"  Lita growled, "Shut... UP!!!!"
     The decibels from Lita's voice caused a chain reaction.  Serena flew through the air, followed by Amy, Rei, Mina, Matt, Dan, and finally Tod.  All Lita had to say was, "Sorry guys."
     "It's ok Lita,"  Mina said, "I quite enjoy having someone's foot crammed in my stomach!"
     "Hello down there!"  came from the stage above.
     "Hey, if you guys are throwing a party down there, why wasn't I invited!?"  also came from the stage.
     "How many of you are there?"  Tod called.
     "Let's see, there's me, Richard, Alex, Tony, Derek, Joss, Deborah, and Elizabeth... "
     "That's LIZZ!!"
     "Ok, Lizz, and that's all of us."
     "Well, who are you?!"  Dan called.
     "I'm Nate.  Now, can we come down??  Fuddonna is getting testy!"
     "Sure, drop on in!"
     No sooner had Dan said that when eight more people dropped in and landed on top of Tod, Matt, and Dan.  They soon removed their posteriors from the craniums of their friends, but not before Nate dropped a methane bomb on Dan's head.  In other words, he farted.
     After Dan had finished beating the crap out of Nate, another person dropped in on them.  This time it was Steve.  He had been injured by Fuddonna.  It was nothing serious.  He just had his left ear pierced.
     "That's it!"  Steve stormed after he dropped in, "I'm going to blow Fuddonna away!  Paradise Armor!"
     "I'll help,"  Tony said, "Let's get to it!  Blizzard Armor!"
     "I'll shield us,"  Dan said, "Nova Armor!"
     "I'll help to neutralize her,"  Alex said, "Hurricane Armor!"
     "I'll give us an advantage and Fuddonna a disadvantage,"  Derek said, "Night Armor!"
     "When you bring her down, I'll shake her up,"  Joss said, "Earth Armor!"
     As soon as the six armored up, they leapt out of the trapped door, drew their weapons while they were airborne, and deflected Fuddonna's iron-clad breasts and its awful scream.  They then landed at strategic points in the stadium and waited for the right moment to strike.
     "Now!"  Steve yelled when he saw an opening, "Coconut Bomb Spread!"
     As Steve said that, he spun his lance around until it began to glow.  The image of a palm tree sprung from the spinning lance and blasted off coconuts.  The coconuts homed in on Fuddonna and put an end to its days in the lingerie business.  To be exact, the bombs blew the tips off of the bullet bra.
     Fuddonna, now thoroughly pissed, released a sonic scream that began to bring the roof down.
     "Time for protection,"  Dan said, "Nova Power Field!"
     As he said that he took his dagger and held it above his head.  The energy his armor released channeled through the sword and produced a barrier of flame around himself and each of his allies.  The fields reflected the scream back at Fuddonna and took care of its other weapon.  Or, so they thought.
     Fuddonna, not wishing to be defeated, tried once more to impale the heroes with a new bullet, or, to be exact, a rocket bra, made of solid zargonium.  When the heroes saw this, they all exclaimed, "We're sushi!"  and dove to the center of the stadium.  There, they made one last attempt to defeat the creature.
     "Ready,"  Dan said, putting his arm out, "Fire!"
     "Kickin'!"  Tony said, doing the same as Dan, "Water!"
     "Thrashing!"  Alex said, putting his arm out to complete the triangle, "Lightning!"
     As the triangle was completed, the three yelled, "Delta Storm!"
     At this battle call, a double pyramid of shadow energy appeared, filling half the room.  The pyramids spun around, going from water to fire and finally to lightning before they disappeared, leaving Fuddonna drained.  But it wasn't quite a triumph yet.
     "Holy cow!"  Steve exclaimed as he observed Fuddonna's recharge, "It keeps coming!"
     "I'll handle this!"  came from the stage.
     As the six looked to the stage, Lizz leapt from the trapped door and changed from a business woman to someone who could inflict serious damage with magic attacks.
     "I'm burned!"  Lizz said as soon as she landed after perfectly executing a double flip with a full twist, "And I'll burn Fuddonna up!  Point Flare!"
     As she said that, she pointed her finger at Fuddonna and a beam of fire energy shot from her it.  The beam contacted Fuddonna's body and the creature was instantly bathed in an intense wave of flame.  The blaze died down and Lizz used another attack.
     "Sky Gate!"
     A sheet of lightning cascaded around Fuddonna in the shape of an octagon.  The lightning stopped after two times around Fuddonna.  Lizz then used another attack.
     "Dark Gear!"
     Two triangles of shadow energy spun on each side of Fuddonna, forming circles of dark matter.  The two triangles then spun toward each other and made contact with each other right over Fuddonna and exploded in a wave of intense dark energy.  That was when Lizz leapt into the air once again for her grand finale.
     "I call forth the powers of water and my grandmother's namesake,"  Lizz chanted, "I call forth the powers of the Hexagon Myst!"
     As she finished her chant, two triangles of water energy spun through the air and formed a six pointed star.  But this time the attack was different from her grandmother's, for the star encircled Lizz and Lizz dive - bombed the creature.  The star then encased Lizz a few moments from contact and spun like a buzz - saw.  The spinning saw made contact with Fuddonna and drained most all of its remaining energy.  With one drop of life energy remaining, Fuddonna was almost defeated.
     After her wild ride, Lizz landed, the star vanished, and she exclaimed, "Woah, that was one hell of a ride!"
     "Time to finish her once and for all,"  Alex said, "Derek, Dan, ready for the Omega Flare?"
     "I have a better idea,"  Steve said, "I'll join Derek and Dan and we'll use Dark Eternal!"
     "Fine with me,"  Alex said, "go for it!"
     "Fire!"  Dan said, putting his arm out.
     "Shadow!"  Derek said, joining his hand to Dan's.
     "Ice!"  Steve said, completing the triangle.
     "Dark Eternal!"  the three yelled.
     Dan and Steve began to spin around Derek, forming a circle of Fire and Ice energy.  Derek then began to spin in a circle, going in the opposite direction of the other two.  The was a flash of Dark Matter power, followed by a flash of Ice, then Dark Matter again, followed by a flash of Fire, then Dark Matter once more, and finally a flash of Shadow and then the attack was completed.  But the attack did the opposite of what they wanted it to do.  Instead of finishing Fuddonna, it healed it and made it stronger.
     "We're in it deep!"  Steve said, "And we need help more than we've ever needed it before!"
     "I'm calling in some much needed help,"  Alex said, activating his communicator, "Alex calling the Outer Sailors."
     "This is Diana, the scouts are a bit tied up right now, so if you'd be kind enough to leave you name, your time - space location, and any message you have at the tone, we'll get back to you in plenty of time.  BEEP."
     "Damn it!"  Alex cursed, "An answering machine.  Oh, well.  HELP!  This is Alex in 2078 at the stadium in Chicago and we desperately need help!"
     "Alex, this is Sailor Pluto.  We're on our way,"  came over the communicator's speaker, "Diana was just testing our new answering system and it got a bit hairy here.  Just hold on and we'll be there in a second.  Pluto out."
     A second later a portal opened and the four Outer Sailors dropped out onto the stage.  They took one look at Fuddonna and passed out from the shock of seeing an old, bald man in Madonna's iron outfit.  Alex, seeing this, leapt onto the stage, grabbed Sailor Saturn's Glaive, and heaved it through the air.
     The tip of the Glaive slashed right through Fuddonna's zargonium rocket bra, right through the creature's dark heart, and clear through Fuddonna.  The creature known of Fuddonna was no more, for it exploded in a shower of light and sparkles, which undid everything it did that was evil.
     With Fuddonna gone, the Outer Sailors regained consciousness and left 2078 for the time stream.  The Bloody Roses concert resumed and everyone had a great time.
     After the concert everyone went to the International House Of Pizza for a victory dinner and Alex ended up buying.  When he began to complain about it, Rei reminded him, "you remember this morning, when you used the Lunar Pen for a prank and I made you promise to pay for a meal. Well, here is your chance to make good on your promise."
     "All right, but next time you pay,"  Alex said, "either that or we go Dutch, ok?"
     "Fine!"  Rei said.
     "Promise?"
     "Promise.  Sailor Scout's honor!"
     With that line they finished their adventure and got a really bad case of gas from their pizza. Alex found meaning to his dream.  They met new and powerful allies, and Alex and Richard stopped fighting, for now.