Tanya, Tilly, Yaten, and all the others rushed out of the apartment complex Makoto lived in and ran high speed toward the world famous music theater, where Sailor Uranus called from and reported another attack on innocent lives. Breathing heavily, each had one thought going through their minds; to protect the lives of the people there and finally put this new threat out of commission, and live normal lives again.

Still running, Tanya turned to the small child next to her, and she felt her heart go out for the little girl more than ever. Tilly tried to put on a brave face, but in her eyes, Tanya could see the doubt and fear that filled her young mind. Poor Tilly, she's trying so hard to be brave! Tanya thought sadly, I wish you didn't have to go through this. I promise, I won't let you get hurt again! With a determined nod of her head, Tanya ran ahead with a renewed burst of speed.

Nearly 20 minutes later, the group ran up the short steps to the large double doors that indicated the main entrance to the Shiboyou Music Hall. They stopped and looked around for a few seconds, puzzlement on their faces at the emptiness and death-like silence that greeted them. "What's going on here? I thought there was an attack..." started Usagi. The words were barely out of her mouth when there was an ear-splitting scream, followed by a body that crashed through the second story window. Each covered their heads and tried to protect themselves from the falling pieces of glass as they fell to the ground. Immediately after, the body fell right before them with a sickening thud. When they turned to look at it, the senshi could barely hold in their horror. A large gaping hole was in the middle of the man's chest, and it was still smoking from the blast that ended his life.

Tilly gave out a small shriek and rushed towards Tanya. She sobbed and buried her face in the older girl's skirt. Tanya wrapped her arms around the shaking little girl, feeling almost helpless at not being able to protect her from the awful sight.

Minako growled deep in her throat, then turned to the others, "Minna, henshin yo! It's time to show our enemies that this is the last straw, and they're going down!" With anger in her eyes, the Senshi of Love threw her hand holding her henshin wand high in the air. "VENUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

The others looked at each other, nodded, and reached for their own henshin stick.

"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"MARS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"MOON ETERNAL POWER, MAKE UP!"

"HEALER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"

For the next few moments, the whole area was filled with lights as each senshi went through their transformation, turning into the warriors that has sworn to protect the Earth and all those living on it.

Tanya took that time to squat down to Tilly's height and look into the child's wide eyes. "Tilly, if you don't want to, I can take you out of here right now. I know you're scared, so tell me if you want to leave."

For just a second, the little girl stared uncertainly at Tanya, then turned to look at the others transforming. She turned back to Tanya, and with a tiny smile, nodded. "No, I want to fight too! I...I'm not scared anymore. I can be brave just like you and the others. I want to fight and help rescue my Mama!"

A proud smile spread across Tanya's dark features, and she gave the little girl a quick hug with strong arms. "Alright then, let's do this!" she said as she stood up. "SIRIUS EMERALD STAR POWER!...

"CHIBI SIRIUS STAR POWER!..." shouted Tilly immediately after. Each took a deep breath, and shouted "MAKE-UP!"

Just as before, Tanya passed her hand over her necklace hidden in her shirt, and it sparkled for a few moments, then morphed into the large black opal stone that was set in the middle of her bow. At the same time, Tilly's aura surrounded her body, and the middle of her chest glowed for a few moments. A rose-shaped crystal emerged from her body. Both girls were then wrapped in black, ribbon-like bands, which turned into the Sailor Senshi fukus moments later. After that, they were surrounded by a black smoke-like substance, which traveled down their bodies, creating their earrings and tiara.

When the transformations were done, Star Healer blinked his eyes a few times, completely baffled. "How..what.." he tried to ask, but was silenced when Super Sailor Sirius shook her head and placed a finger on her love's sensuous lips.

"No time to explain. We have to get in there before anyone else gets hurt," the Star Senshi said.

"She's right, come on!" shouted Sailor Moon, already heading towards the large building. She ran to the door, grabbed the large brass knobs and started pulling hard. The doors did not budge, no matter how much she struggled. After a moment, she turned to them and shook her head dejectedly. "It's locked!" she shouted, then angrily kicked the door.

"Not for long!" smiled Sailor Jupiter. The tall Jovian Senshi stepped up and crossed her arms before her. The familiar electric antenna shot up, sparks flashing around it. "SPARKLING...WIDE PRESSURE!" A huge bolt of electricity crashed down from the sky, and gathered into Jupiter's hands. It turned into a ball, and she threw it forward with tremendous force. With a loud blast, the thick doors were blown away, leaving only black smoke rising.

"Jupiter, haven't you ever heard of being DISCRETE?" said Mars, annoyance flashing in her eyes. "You're always doing that, and we lose our element of surprise!"

"Oh quit it! It's open now, isn't it?" smirked Sailor Jupiter. "Come on everyone, let's go!" The group nodded their agreement and rushed inside. Once in, they were met with dismal sight; all over the front halls where people usually met, there where bodies lying everywhere, each as still and silent as death itself. The lights were very dim as a misty fog hovered over the floor, and they nearly tripped over some of the the still forms of people as they walked forward.

"What in the world?" breathed out Sailor Venus in disbelief.

"Mercury, can you tell if they're...if they're..." Sirius couldn't even bring herself to say that word as she looked toward the blue-haired Senshi, sadness at the possible loss of so many lives in her eyes.

Sailor Mercury quickly reached up and touched her left earring. A bright blue light flashed across her eyes, then was replaced by her familiar visors. She quickly scanned the area, figures and numbers racing across her visor screen. After a moment, she breathed a sigh of relief. "No, they're not dead. But it's as if they were knocked out somehow, and their energy completely drained out. Much like before when we fought the Dark Kingdom."

"The Dark Kingdom? Kami-sama, you mean that they're back?" said Sailor Moon, her eyes wide with worry.

"I don't know, but my readings indicate that we should head up forward, towards the auditorium. What ever's the cause of this should be there." Mercury nodded to the direction indicated.

"Alright, but let's try to stay together. If it's the same enemy that Sailor Sirius and I fought, we're in for some big trouble!" said Star Healer, trying to keep the worry from his voice as he stood by Sirius and Chibi Sirius.

Slowly, the warriors walked forward toward the back, where another set of large double doors showed where the auditorium was. They pushed through, and gasped when they entered a world of pitch black darkness. Without warning, the doors they walked through slammed shut behind them, startling them. "Everyone, grab each others hand and keep together!" shouted Sailor Venus as she reached forward and took Mar's hand.

Suddenly, bright lights flashed on everywhere, and each cried out in pain at the lights glaring in their eyes. After a minute, their eyes adjusted, and they looked around. There were seats everywhere, including up in the balcony, and about four box seats on different sections of the walls.

"Dammit, they're just toying with us!" growled out Jupiter, crackling her knuckles. Just then, a deep-throated, hissing laugh erupted from seemingly nowhere, causing the senshi to look around them in confusion. The laughing seemed so close, it was like the person, or whatever, was right there next to them.

"Welcome, little Sailor Senshi!" hissed out the voice when it stopped laughing. "Did you enjoy my welcome mat I...hehehe..."threw" out for you out the window?" The voice laughed again, this time more evilly and darker.

"Come out where we can see you, COWARD!" screamed out Sailor Mars, stepping forward. The amount of psychic evil she sensed from this presence was so strong, it was enough to make the Shinto Priestess want to scream from the strength of it, but she was not about to let ANYONE know that.

"Oh, I don't think so, we like where we are!" hissed out a different voice this time, somehow seeming a bit younger. "Then again, maybe we will come out and show you second rate species what being soldiers are all about! But first, there's something else you should see!" The voice went into a series of hisses and grunting laughs. The lights on the stage blared on a second later. As the senshi looked on, the large, thick red curtains were quickly drawn back. Then, the back lights to the stage snapped on, revealing what the voices were so happy about.

"OH NO!" screamed out Sirius, hardly believing what she was seeing. On stage, Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn were tied standing up to long wooden poles embedded to the stage floor. Streaks of blood trailed down their pale faces, and their fukus were torn and slightly bloodied. Thick black ropes wrapped tightly around their bodies, and their arms were tied high above their heads.

"Neptune, Saturn, Uranus!" Sailor Sirius turned to the others. "We have to help them!" With that, the Senshi of the Stars led the way as she and the rest ran forward down the walkway towards the stage.

Weakly, Sailor Uranus lift her aching head, and through narrowed eyes, watched as they began to get near. "NO! G..go back!" the Sky Senshi shouted hoarsely. "It's a...trap..go back!" But it was too late. Just as they were about to reach, a heavy blast of dark green energy shot forth, striking the ground right before them. They were all flung back several feet into the auditorium seats. Chibi Sirius was mercifully flung on the floor farther away, but the others screamed in pain as the metal armrests of the chairs slammed into them as they fell.

"Hehe, you humans are so gullible, it's pathetic!" laughed out the voice again. As the group all groaned in pain and slowly stood up, a bright flash of light erupted right in the middle of the stage in front of the Outer Senshi. Three tall and immense figures shimmered into view as the light began to dim, and when it dissipated, Va'trini, O'mashki, and Ga'vrani stood proudly, their red fork tongue flicking in and out of their long green mouths that was ridged with tiny, razor-sharp teeth. Their large, bulging eyes glowed red with evil and distaste as they looked down at the humans before them.

"Well, look at this," grunted Ga'vrani, "To think I actually believed you all to be a challenge. How disappointing," He looked back at the Outer Senshi he tied to the pole, then back at the the others on the floor below him. "Now, it's time for you to die!"

"Get disappointed with this, LIZARD BREATH!" cried out Sailor Jupiter as she rushed forward, "JUPITER OAK...EVOLUTION!" While she was still running, Jupiter jumped in the air, spun a few times, and shot forward her powers of razor-sharp, electrified leaves. Ga'vrani merely smiled, and just before the power reached him, he and the other Vishtri soldiers jumped high into the air. The power flew under them and struck the ground where they were just standing in.

"Jupiter, be careful of the Outers!" cautioned Mercury. But they were unheard as Ga'vrani flipped in midair, and landed heavily in front of the Senshi of Thunder as she looked on in surprise.

"I guess your low gravity isn't so bad!" hissed out the huge alien. He growled and backhanded Jupiter across her face so hard, she nearly flew across the whole auditorium. The alien soldiers laughed again in scorn, then touched the devices on their wrists and disappeared in a bright flash.

"Jupiter!" the senshi all cried. They quickly began running towards her, but Sailor Sirius stopped when she suddenly felt a tapping on her shoulder. She turned around, but saw no one behind her. She breathed out in relief, but when she turned back to face front, she was met by a pair of glowing red eyes and a grinning green face.

"BOO!" yelled Va'trini, his red tongue flicking out.

Sailor Sirius screamed in surprise, but it was quickly cut off when the big alien grabbed her around the throat, picked her up by her neck, and choke-slammed her on the hard ground. Grinning triumphantly, Va'trini knelt down on one knee, and began to squeeze hard. Within seconds, Sirius's face began to go pale with lack of oxygen as she desperately tried to fight off the alien and breathe.

Just then, Sailor Star Healer turned to look behind him and see the heartbreaking scene. "NO!" He dashed back towards them. "GET OFF HER!" cried out Star Healer, "STAR SENSITIVE...INFERNO!" The powerful beam of stars and lasers raced forward, and Va'trini, not expecting it, was knocked away from the dark-skinned senshi. She quickly sat up, and with her hands across her throat, began coughing and gasping for air.

Star Healer sighed audibly with relief. "Tanya," he breathed out. He was about to go to her and lovingly gather her in his arms, when O'mashki suddenly appeared behind him. The alien rushed forward, jabbed his elbow into the Starlight's back, and knocked him heavily to the hard floor as he grunted painfully. He kicked Star Healer hard in the upper mid-section, breaking a rib and causing him to scream loudly in pain. Immediately after, O'mashki turned to see Sailor Moon sneaking up behind him, ready to use her tiara. "MOON TIARA..." started the Moon Senshi, but she was stopped when she was suddenly knocked to the ground when the big alien swatted his tail and swiped the feet from under her. She moaned in pain as her head hit the ground hard.

"We have to do something! We're DEAD if this keeps up!" shouted Sailor Mars, helping Sailor Venus pick Jupiter up. Her danger sense grew stronger, and she desperately looked around. Wait a minute...where was Chibi Sirius? But before she could voice her concern, Mercury stepped forward, her arms crossed over her chest. "MERCURY SHABON SPRAY!" she shouted. Soon, the auditorium was filled with fog and icy mist.

"What is this trickery?" demanded O'mashki, looking around. The reptilians aliens didn't even noticed the cold as their body temperature immediately dropped to match the environment. They growled in frustration as they now couldn't see. O'mashiki then smiled as he touched another button on the wrist device. A red visor window, much like Mercury's visor, flashed across his face. The other aliens, hearing the action, did the same. With infrared vision, the Vishtri aliens walked forward. Ga'vrani grinned in evil satisfaction as he spotted what he was looking for.

Meanwhile, the Sailor Senshi quickly helped up Sailor Star Healer from where he lay. "Are you alright? Can you still move?" asked Mercury.

"Y...Yeah," gasped the Starlight. Ignoring his own pain, he looked over to see if Sirius was alright. Jupiter regained consciousness, and with the guidance of Mercury, they all headed for the stage. With quick movements, Venus, Sirius, and Mars broke the black ropes tying the Outer Senshi, then all holding on to each other, they rushed behind stage and burst through the back doors to the large empty parking lot outside.

The sun was just beginning to set, and for a few moments, all the senshi just remained silent and breathed heavily, trying to build back up their strength. "Good move Mercury, I don't know how long we would have lasted in there!" breathed out Moon in relief.

The others agreed, and just then, Sirius's head snapped up as sweat from the battle inside the building streaked down her face. "Oh my God, where's Chibi Sirius?" She stood up and began to look around frantically for the little girl.

A bright white light flashed unknowingly behind them, and three figures emerged. Ga'vrani smiled at the prize he had in his hands, then looked up. "Ohhh, Senshiiiiii!" he sang out. When the group looked behind them, they all gasped with horror; Sailor Chibi Sirius lay unconscious in the alien's green arms.

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