All of the senshi gasped and looked in disbelief. They stood as still as stone as Ga'vrani held Chibi Sirius's small body in his arms, afraid to move and even think of what the large Vishtri warrior might do to her if they made the wrong move. He grinned widely in triumph and proceeded to move the child's body in the crook of his arm, holding her in a tight choke-hold.

"NO!" Sailor Sirius screamed. She started to rush forward towards the tiny senshi as she dangled helplessly in Ga'vrani's arms, but she was stopped just in time by Mercury as she grabbed her arm.

"Wait, Sirius!" said Mercury, pulling the shorter girl back. "Not like this, he'll kill her!" Her own eyes began to mist as her frustration of not being able to protect little Tilly grew in her heart. She and Sirius watched with widened eyes as Ga'vrani extended a right hand and spread out his long, green fingers. Long, razor-sharp nails grew out with a deadly metallic hiss. He brought the nails to Chibi Sirius's neck.

"Make one move, and the hatchling dies!" growled out the large alien, his eyes glowing red. The two other Vishtri soldiers next to him hissed deep in their throats in pleasure.

"Please, don't!" begged Sirius, her tears now running freely down her face. With her hands over her pounding heart, she made a daring step forward and stood before the three immense figures. "Please, you can't! She's only a child! What could you possibly want from her? Just...just let her go, please, take me instead..." She tried to look deep into their eyes in order to find some sort of sympathy, but to her horror, there was none. Just pure, primal hate and the need for destruction flashed back at her from the alien's cold stare.

"Cease your waste of useless human emotions, fool! It will do you no good," snarled O'mashki. Eagerness for the kill was evident on his green face. "You have no idea what power this child has, how she is the key to our ultimate conquest of your pathetic world. Once we get the piece of the Sirius Emerald Star Stone that is within her, we will be unstoppable!"

The Sirius warrior's eyes widened in shock as she looked at Chibi Sirius in Ga'vrani's arm, then back O'mashki. "How...how do you know about the Sirius Emerald Star Stone? How could she have a piece of it?" Instinctively, Sirius brought her hands up to the large black opal in the middle of her bow, as if to protect it. She was slightly relieved when she felt it still there.

"That is none of your concern. Once we destroy her, and you, then nothing will be left to oppose us," sneered Va'trini. He turned to the big warrior holding Chibi Sirius. "Enough of this delay. Kill the brat, NOW!" he ordered Ga'vrani.

"This will be most pleasurable!" hissed the Vishtri alien. He brought up his hand and was about to slash the human child in his arm.

"Heads up! VENUS, LOVE ME, CHAIN!" screamed out the Senshi of Love and Beauty. Her body was surrounded by a golden aura and her blonde hair whipped heavily in the wind. With a flick of her wrist, Sailor Venus threw forth her metallic chain of hearts.

With a quick move, Sailor Sirius ducked down just as the chain flew over her head. It went straight for Ga'vrani, and slashed at his hand so hard, green blood oozed out of the large gash that appeared. The alien let out horrible, high-pitched roar as he dropped the little girl out of his choke-hold. Chibi Sirius fell limply to the ground, her body unmoving. Seeing her chance, Super Sailor Sirius dashed forward and grabbed Chibi Sirius in her arms before the aliens could see her. She raced back to the gathered senshi and settled the tiny girl across her lap.

"Chibi Sirius...Tilly! Come on sweetie, you have to open your eyes for me, PLEASE!" Sirius begged. She gently tapped the little girl on her cheek. Seconds later, Chibi Sirius's eyes mercifully fluttered open as she gave a soft moan. "M..mommy?" she whispered, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Oh, thank God she's alright!" cried Sailor Moon, but just as the other senshi smiled with joy, a large, deadly energy beam raced over their heads, hitting a car not too far from them. The vehicle exploded with with a deafening boom, and when the clouds and debris settled after a few seconds, they all looked up to see the three aliens walking up to them menacingly, their eyes filled with rage and distaste.

Sailor Uranus stood up weakly, then turned to help Neptune stand. "Are you ready, Neptune?" the taller Sky Senshi asked.

The Sea Senshi smiled back. "As ready as I'll ever be!" Neptune winked at her long time best friend.

Ga'vrani looked down at the group as he stood before them, his body shaking with anger. "You know what? You pathetic waste of a species are REALLY beginning to make.." his eyes glowed a blazing red,

"..ME..," his eyes glowed brighter yet,

"MAD!" At that word, the Vishtri warrior's eyes glowed as bright as they can get. He angrily stretched forth both hands and got ready to fire again, this time hoping to destroy the insolent humans once and for all.

"Look out!" yelled Sirius, bracing herself with the others for the destructive power of the alien warrior.

With another high-pitched roar, Ga'vrani's body glowed a sickly green color, and a deadly beam of energy raced out. At the same time, Neptune leapt in front of everyone, and holding out her hands, she yelled, "NEPTUNE, SUBMARINE REFLECTION!"

Her body glowed a blue-green aura, and in a flash, her Talisman Mirror appeared, as bright and strong as ever before. The energy beam from Ga'vrani went straight into the mirror's face, and Neptune grunted as the force of the blast pushed her back slightly. Snapping her head back up after a few moments of struggling while Ga'vrani continued to shoot out the energy, Neptune pushed the mirror far out in front of her, and groaning with the strain, she shot back out the deadly energy beam that was gathered inside.

The Vishtri soldiers watched with surprise and shock as the power raced back to Ga'vrani, who was unable to move in time. The blast crashed right into him, and the impact was so hard, a huge crater was made as his body slammed into the hard ground. The alien screamed and roared in pain as his body began to glow white. But still, he managed to try and struggle to stand. Sweat poured down Neptune's face as she continued to shoot back out the energy beam, and suddenly, tiny fissures and cracks appeared all along Ga'vrani's body.

Everyone watched with horrified fascination as the strongest Vishtri warrior exploded immediately after, his scream echoing in the air. Seconds later, tiny sparkles floated down to the ground where Ga'vrani once stood, a huge blackened hole with smoke rising the only reminder of him.

A moment later, Sailor Neptune fell to her knees in exhaustion, breathing very hard. Sailor Uranus rushed over and helped her to stand. "Neptune!" said Sailor Mars with worry as she moved to help Uranus and Saturn steady her. She was stopped when O'mashki suddenly roared with anger. He turned to the group and pointed at them with a large laser gun.

"Arrogant humans! Do you realize what you've done? That was one of the greatest warriors that has ever lived in our history! You shall die for this!" O'mashki's eyes blazed red with anger.

"Yeah well, he didn't seem so great to me!" smirked Uranus, going into a fighting stance. "Care to take up where he left off?"

O'mashki smiled evilly, and turning to Va'trini, he nodded his head. The younger Vishtri at once knew what the soldier was thinking, and nodded back. They would finish this another time. The humans may have won this round, but next time, they will be destroyed. They must be very strong to have defeated Ga'vrani, so they need to come up with a better plan. Va'trini shivered at the thought of having to report to Sha'krani that they failed again. Well, they'll deal with that when the time came. In the meantime, they had something to keep them busy. O'mashki turned to look at the group before him. "Hehehe, you think you can find us first? This is a very big city after all, and alot of people can get hurt!" With a wicked laugh, Va'trini and O'mashki rose into the air, then reached up to press the device on their wrist.

"Don't bet on it! SPACE SWORD, BLASTER!" shouted out Sailor Uranus. The long and beautiful sword with the jeweled handle appeared with a flash in the tall senshi's hand, and with a smirk, Sailor Uranus slashed the air in front of her. A long golden arch appeared, and it rushed up to the aliens with incredible speed. O'mashki, completely surprised by the move, placed his arms protectively in front of his face. The golden arch slammed painfully into the aliens, and they fell heavily to the floor, their bodies charred and smoking as their laser gun broke into many pieces besides them.

Right then, the now broken device on O'mashki's wrist fell off its binding, and it fell to the ground with a heavy clank. The buttons on the wrist device then began going on and off at once, and a series of beeps and noises erupted. Immediately after, the device rose into the air above them and started spinning and spinning. A bright flash burst from it, and a huge black vortex grew in the air, white lightening streaking across the inside and outside of it. The wind began to pick up heavily, blowing debris and movable objects everywhere.

"Everyone, hold on!" screamed Sailor Uranus above the wind. She struggled against the whipping wind, and along with Neptune, grabbed onto a lamppost for dear life.

Sailor Sirius grabbed Chibi Sirius beside her and held on to another lamppost. She watched in horror seconds later as the two Vishtri's bodies were picked up into the air, heading straight towards the vortex. Va'trini, with one last roar, reached forward and grabbed the little girl by the back of her shirt. "Chibi Sirius! NOOO!" screamed out the Sirius senshi. Chibi Sirius screamed as she reached out her arms to Sailor Sirius, but it was too late. Along with the aliens, the child disappeared into the void.

Sirius suddenly lost her grip on the lamppost, and with a startled scream, she was picked up in the air and was sucked into the vortex. One by one, all the senshi was sucked inside, screaming as they felt their bodies jolted with pain as they passed through the vortex's opening. When there was no one left, the void began to shrink, and just as quickly as it came, it disappeared.

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The Future:

3206 A.D.

Super Sailor Sirius's body laid face down on a patch of burnt grass, unmoving for a few moments. Then, her arm twitched, and with a soft moan, she opened her aching eyes. She groggily rose her upper body on her elbows and shook her head, shaking off dead leaves and pieces of broken branches. She then got up to sit on her knees, and raised her pain-ridden head to look around her.

Sailor Sirius gasped as her vision cleared; she saw that she was surrounded by tall, massive trees in a forest, and that their leaves, or what was left of it, was all brown and withered, as if they were burnt and ready to drop off. The tree trunks were all blackened and splintered, and some of them looked like they were ready to topple over. Just then, a large shadow passed overhead, and Sailor Sirius looked up in the sky. "Oh my God!" she breathed out in disbelief. Over head, there were thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of ships flying through in the darkening sky. They were triangular in shape and seemed to be made of a black, crystalline jewel, making them gleam and shine in the light of the fading sun. White, circular probe lights shone down from the bottom of the ships, lighting up each area they crossed over.

Sailor Sirius cautiously stood up and shakily moved across to a blackened tree to hide from the lights. Something told her that those ships and those searching lights were not good news.

With a pounding heart, Sailor Sirius pushed off from the tree she was leaning against and looked around her again. Where were the other Sailor Senshi? Where was Star Healer and Tilly? She walked forward slowly, watchful for any movements. The whole area was eerily quiet, as if all the life that was supposed to be abundant in the forest was suddenly snuffed out. Her feet unexpectedly bumped into something, and Sirius looked down slowly to see what it was. What she saw was a blackened human skull looking up at her, its eye sockets hollow and haunting. Right next to it was the rest of the remains. The Star Senshi shrieked in surprise and fell to the ground on her bottom. She quickly scooted backwards to rest against the trunk of a tree behind her, her breathing labored and sweat pouring down her face.

"Sailor Sirius!" shouted a voice through the forest. Sirius looked up to see Sailor Moon, Venus, and the rest of the Sailor Senshi Team running towards her. She sighed in relief and stood up to brush off all the dirt and leaves on her uniform.

"Are you alright?" asked Star Healer, rushing up to the frightened senshi and laying his hand on her shoulder. He looked her up and down to see if she had any injuries.

"Y..yeah, I'm fine," Sirius replied shakily. She looked back at the human remains and shivered as she shook her head. "Just...where the heck are we? And where's Chibi Sirius?" she asked, starting to get worried.

"I don't know. We couldn't find her, and I don't remember anyplace like this back in Jubaan," said Jupiter. She looked around her, saw the space ships over head, and turned to the right. What she saw made her gasp and cause her eyes to go as wide as dinner plates. "Errr, guys, I think you should get a look at this!" The Senshi of Thunder and Lightning pointed shaky finger up in the sky behind them.

The group turned to the direction Jupiter was pointing, and they all stared in shock. Before them, there were two suns setting, as opposed to the one sun they were used to.

"What in the world?" breathed out Sailor Moon. "The last time I checked, Earth had only ONE sun!"

Mercury took out her mini-comp and began typing madly. Seconds later, signs and figures streaked across the computer's screen. Mercury read the findings, looked up at the group, sighed, then turned toward Senshi leader.

"Well, Sailor Moon, that's because right now, we're NOT on Earth," Mercury said, forcing herself to remain calm.

"WHAT?" Sailor Uranus's eyes went just as wide as Jupiter's own. "Well, if we're not on Earth, then where ARE we?" she demanded. Sailor Neptune stepped forward and laid a hand on Uranus's shoulder to calm her. The Sea Senshi knew that this was not the time for her dear friend to lose her cool, and she nodded to Uranus to know that they were all just as confused as she was. Mercury narrowed her eyes and quickly began typing again.

"That vortex we went through, it was actually an opening into Time and Space. Those aliens were wearing some sort of miniature time device, which enabled them to travel back and forth between time.."

"You mean, sort of like a time machine, or mini time door, like Sailor Pluto has?" asked Sailor Sirius, shivering again at the strange silence of the forest.

Sailor Mercury nodded. "Yes, exactly. During the attack, one of the devices got damaged, and it automatically opened a portal back to the time and place it originated from."

"Are you sure that's what happened?" asked Sailor Venus, "Maybe there might be a mistake and we're still on Earth...somewhere..."

"There is no mistake," said a new voice suddenly. Everyone turned to see a figure walking up to them from out the the shadows the trees made. They all got into a fighting stance and got ready to attack. The figure walked into the fading light, and the senshi all stared as Sailor Pluto, the Senshi of all Time and Space, stepped before them. "Sailor Mercury is right. This is not Earth, and this is not your time. At least, not yet." Pluto's eyes were cool, yet filled with sadness.

The senshi could only stare for a moment in shocked silence as the solitary soldier of time approached them. If Sailor Pluto had finally made an appearance, then that meant that this was going to be bad, VERY bad.

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