The Midnight Train Crossing

He scrubbed hard at the floor angrily with the mop. None of the others had come. He would have been willing to make a deal with any of them - done anything - just to get home.
So now, either Endymion hadn't told them or... they just didn't care.
Endymion....
Zoicite had said that he was to be loyal to this man... The man who had abandoned him to this servant's life.
"Not so rough," Motoki-baka commented.
Always scolding... always. Nephrite growled. "No more of these sorts of jobs!" He was tired of sweeping and moping... even though it was the only job he'd done that hadn't resulted in something being broken.
"Alright, alright," Motoki-baka responded, "I'll think of something else for you to do."

Nephrite glanced out the window to see more people arriving and he held back another growl. But then as they got closer, his eyes grew and his heart started to race. It was them! Two of the senshi were right at the doorstep. He couldn't face them in this state...
He turned to run, back to his storage room, to his shelter... He'd hide in there until they left.

But Motoki-baka grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Where are you going?"
Nephrite struggled, "Let me go"
"You haven't finished yet."
"Let me go!" Nephrite winced slightly at the panic in his voice.

They were in their human form, but Nephrite knew Sailor Mercury anywhere, and her companion had to be Sailor Moon. He couldn't move, his heart pounding. He had seen what Sailor Moon was capable of, and now he was powerless... defenseless...
He swallowed and tightened his hold on his mop. It wasn't much of a weapon, but if he could knock them down before they transformed he could run out the back way...

The two senshi greeted Motoki-baka cheerfully, and he poked Nephrite to say hello.
Even if he would have wanted to say anything, he couldn't form words.
"New part-timer?" Moon asked curiously.
"Hai," Motoki-baka replied, looking to him.
She didn't recognize him? Nephrite turned away from Motoki-baka, staring fixedly at the floor.
"His name is Nephenie."

The senshi giggled and Nephrite felt his face grow hot. He couldn't bear to be laughed at, especially by the senshi!
"Don't laugh," Mercury said softy.
Pity... her pity again. Rage boiled up in him and he whirled on Motoki-baka, "You've given me another mocking name!" he pinned him against the counter.
"No good?" Motoki asked.
Stupid, stupid stupid human! He wanted to scream, "Of course it's no good!"

"Stop it!" a female voice shouted, and before he could even react, someone had grabbed Nephrite's arm and twisted it painfully.
She pulled him off Motoki and sent Nephrite flying. The former shitennou landed hard on the ground with a soft groan. He was stunned... she had tossed him like that with almost no effort.

"What's going on here?" Sailor Jupiter demanded, "Robbery?"
"Mako-chan wait, he's just the new part-timer," Moon exclaimed.
He couldn't stand this... He scrambled to his feet and took off at a run, retreating to an empty room at the end of the hall.
He leaned against the door and caught his breath.

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