*Theme song: Dare, by Stan Bush*

Angel: This is an illusion. I deny it.

Sailor Moonshine wanted to cry, wanted to scream, cry out for someone to hear her, but in the place, devoid of time, she could do nothing. All she could do was feel the weight of a land without time bear down on her. All of a sudden, the blackness in front of her seemed to tear open, and she saw that the sword Azurewrath was cutting into it, cutting away the land without time. She felt the weight get lighter, and she stood up and leapt into the air and into the tear into the darkness. She jumped through the tear and was caught by the loving arms of the Archangel Tyrael.

Moonshine: Thank you... Dear God, thank you...

Tyrael: Come, we must free the others.

Sailor Cephiros felt sick to her stomach, watching herself getting raped, now being the third time the image had repeated itself. Cephiros wanted to throw up, to try to separate the two and stop what had happened to her, but all her strength seemed to have escaped from her. Finally, she mustered just enough strength to just turn around and away from the sight. She turned into the arms of Sailor Angel, whose wings closed around the two as she cried. Angel embraced her tightly, hiding the image that was still being played.

Angel: Lucy, I know you went through hell, but we need you now.

Cephiros: I can't be strong... He'll come after me... Do it all over again...

Angel: That's not true! The man's serving a life sentence at Ryker's Island, on the other side of the planet. I requested that place specifically so he could be the farthest distance away from you. I won't let him ever hurt you again, Cephiros, but there are others right now, your family, that need you to help them. We all need you.

Cephiros sniffled, and her teary eyes turned into a glare. She held her fist up, her ring glowing brightly.

Cephiros: Let's show that bastard that he doesn't know anything about nightmares until he's met us.

Angel smiled.

Sailor Asteroid's eyes began to turn upwards towards his head as he felt death approaching him. An image of Sailor Love was strangling him, and he thought at that moment he was going to die. Pain shot through his chest as air exploded into his lungs. He coughed for a moment, and blinked several times to try to regain his sight. When he opened them again, he saw the image of Sailor Love on the ground, dead. A large stab wound was through her stomach. Asteroid looked up to see Tyrael cleaning off Azurewrath from the blood on it.

Asteroid: Ty- Tyrael?

Tyrael: It was just an illusion, my friend. Although you shouldn't be dating other women when you've already got her.

Sailor Crystal closed her eyes and concentrated as hard as she could. She gritted her teeth as the crystal that was forming around her began to reverse, but the Titans remained in their crystallized state. When she was free of the crystal, she collapsed onto the ground and broke into sobs and tears for what she had done. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and she looked up to see Sailor Angel smiling down at her.

Crystal: Sailor Angel... You're-

Angel: -Quite disappointed that you believe you have such a weak hold over your own powers, Christine.

Angel helped her up, and she hugged him.

Angel: I'm getting a lot of hugs this week. I wonder if Astra's going to be jealous...

Crystal rolled her eyes. All of a sudden, one of the brick walls around them exploded outwards as Sailor Death and Sailor Life roared at one another, Death blocking Life's baton with her scythe.

Death: I'll tear your skin off!

Life: I'll make you eat spinach!

Death: I'll rip your lungs out!

Life: I'll send you to bed with no dinner!

Angel twirled his staff once and then bashed Sailor Death on the head, knocking her unconscious. Sailor Life blinked at him.

Life: Thanks, Reuisu. I could've handled her, though.

Angel: Could've, should've, would've, didn't. Come on, the others are waiting for us.

Sailor Ayari roared and pulled at the chains binding her, constantly screaming out that she wasn't a traitor. All of a sudden, she heard the chains snap and break, and she fell over from the unexpectedness of it. She looked around, and saw that Tyrael had cut the chains with Azurewrath. Ayari blinked at him.

Ayari: Who are you?

Tyrael: I am the Archangel Tyrael, a friend and ally of the Titans.

Ayari: Thanks, I'm-

Tyrael: And you are not who you will say you are.

Tyrael glared at her, and Ayari blinked at him.

Ayari: I don't know what you're talking about.

Tyrael: Do not attempt to deceive me. I am an Archangel of Heaven. However, I am under orders to not inform the Titans of your identity. Now, come along, 'Tara.'

Sailor Ayari glared at him.

All of the Titans, including Tyrael, were all assembled in a dark place. Sailor Moonshine shivered, the place reminding her of the nightmare she had just been stuck in.

Angel: Obviously, this youma has dug into our subconscious and extracted our greatest fears and nightmares and made them real.

Asteroid: How do we escape from it? This limbo keeps going on forever.

Cephiros: Don't you get it? Our own fears and nightmares put us here, and our confidence and hope'll bring us out of here!

Ayari: You're saying all we have to do is wish to get out of here and we can escape?

Crystal: Why don't we just click our heels together and say 'There's no place like home?'

Moonshine: Christine, this is serious!

Angel: I think Lucy's onto something with the hope approach. We have to want to get out of here to get out of here.

The group all closed their eyes and waited. Finally, Ayari sighed and opened her eyes.

Ayari: This isn't working!

Angel: Perhaps I was wrong...

The group all pondered what they had to do to escape the hell they were in. Each one thought that the hope and want approach would work, but simple desire wouldn't get them out of there. They thought and pondered, and one finally came up with the solution. She stood up and shouted out into the void they were in.

Life: Hey, you scum-sucking piece of gutter trash, why don't you pick on someone your own size!

The Titans blinked at Sailor Life's sudden reaction to the problem, but quickly caught on.

*Original theme song, Stan Bush's "The Touch" plays*

Angel: Yeah, you smegging git!

Cephiros: In case you haven't noticed, we're not afraid of you!

Ayari: We're also not afraid of these nightmares you put us through!

Asteroid: We all go through hardships in life, but we know that everything will work out in the end!

Crystal: We believe in this world!

Moonshine: We believe in each other!

Tyrael: After all,

Titans: WE'RE THE TITANS!!!

And right after that, the black, emptiness shattered all around them, being replaced by the restaurant where they had encountered the youma. The youma stood before them, glaring at them in hatred.

Youma: I anticipated that you might escape with the Archangel's help, but how, Sailor Angel? How did you know right away that it was all an illusion and a nightmare and not truly real?

Sailor Angel smiled.

Angel: Because my nightmare was to lose the Titans. It's already happened before, and I know it won't happen again.

The youma growled and prepared to fire an energy blast at the Titans from his hands.

Moonshine: MOONSHINE GLASS ORB!!!

Sailor Moonshine's time staff glowed, and shot out an energy ball that encased the youma in a glass ball.

Angel: HAND OF DESTINY!!!

Sailor Angel's fist glowed a bright gold, and it shot out a beam of gold and white energy that slammed through the glass orb and hit the youma, disintegrating it from the blast.

Tyrael and Michelle Tsuki-Kagayaku walked upstairs to their apartment, kissing one another in passion and romance.

Michelle: I hate it when you leave me all alone here while you go to Heaven.

Tyrael: Do not worry, my love, I shall always return to you. Now, why don't we celebrate me return home?

Michelle: Oh, a little game of angels and devils?

Tyrael: Don't even go there, my dear.

Michelle grinned and quickly opened the door to her apartment.

KABOOM!

The explosion rocked outwards from the apartment, slamming into Tyrael and Michelle and sending them blasting into the wall opposite from them as fire began engulfing the hallway and the neighbors' homes.

To Be Continued...