The Crossform Senshi was seriously ticked off at the Ronins et alii, and was about to fry them with another one of her energy bolts.
"How dare you blast me! I will have you all destroyed!" the Senshi said.
"I think we're in trouble now..." Ryo muttered.
"Somebody call ku ichi ichi!" Kento shouted.
Everyone looked at Anubis.
"I am not calling a rescue unit. They would not help us against this foe."
he said.
"Shouldn't the Starlights be here by now?" Ryo wondered.
"Yeah, I wonder what's keepin' 'em. They usually come when we need them."
Kento said.
Meanwhile...
"You are illegal aliens, and should be destroyed!" A strange man in a black
suit said.
"We may be aliens, but we are not going down so easily!" Star Fighter shouted.
"Tell that to my Series 4 DeAtomizer." he said.
He opened fire on Fighter, who did some fancy backflips to dodge the blasts.
"Star...Serious...Laser!" She shouted.
An energy bolt slammed into K. J meanwhile, had aimed his Cricket at them. He fired, missing the Starlights but sending himself a couple blocks in the other direction. Once he recovered, he and K brought out the heavy artillery. They aimed their large guns at the three.
"Now we've got you." K said.
Suddenly, a blue blast of energy came out of nowhere and froze K solid! Another froze J. The Starlights stood there confused.
"Run, while you still can!" A voice shouted.
The three dashed off.
As this was going on, the Crossform Senshi was kicking their butts. The Forgotten Souls and Ronins were about to throw in the towel when they spotted a white speck in the sky.
"Look! Up in the sky!" Ryo shouted.
"Is it a bird?" Saber Strike wondered.
"No you fool, it's obviously a plane." Sun Devil said.
"No it's Rowen of the Strata!" Anubis exclaimed.
Arrows rained down on the Crossform Senshi. Rowen hovered in the air.
"If you want to mess with my friends," he said, "then you mess with me! Arrow Shock...wave!" he shouted.
The Crossform Senshi was blasted with the power of his armor.
"You may have been lucky this time, but you will not next time!" she vowed.
She disappeared in a flash of light. The other Ronins and Warlords and Forgotten Souls came running.
"We stopped those girls cold." Sage said.
"We kicked Raye's behind." Sai said.
"I did not have as much luck. An Outer Senshi has acquired one of the crystals."
Dais said sadly.
"What? Which one?" Ryo demanded to know.
"Sailor Uranus has taken the Crystónin Hardrock crystal." Dais replied.
"Which means Reeny doesn't have a crystal now." Rowen said.
"We must recapitulate and reassess the situation." Dais said.
Hearing this, Kayura appeared and teleported them back to the outskirts of the city, where Wolfe had established a base camp.
"Okay. We know that Sailor Moon has Strata, Mercury has Corruption, Mars
has Wildfire, Jupiter has Halo, Venus or Reeny has none as of now, and Uranus
has Hardrock." Ryo stated.
"Which means that Torrent, Cruelty, Illusion, and Venom are still up for
grabs." Hariel stated.
"I've got a plan. Warlords, hunt down the remaining Senshi and keep the
Crystónin Warriors from getting to them." Wolfe said.
"Agreed."
"Ronin Warriors, you attempt to track down the crystals and secure them before
the Senshi do." Wolfe said.
"Forgotten Souls, you stay here and be ready to move on a moment's notice.
Hariel, have Dark Inferno get a lock on the crystals." Wolfe ordered.
In seconds, Dark Inferno had located the four crystals.
"Let's split up. I'll take Cruelty. Sai, you take Venom, Sage, you take Torrent,
and Kento, you take Illusion." Ryo said.
"What about me?" Rowen asked.
"Fly overhead and keep an eye on things." Ryo said.
"You got it." Rowen said.
The Ronins were scattered throughout the city in an attempt to secure the crystals. Anubis meanwhile, used his "Doujiphone" to call Hotaru Tomoe.
"Tomoe Residence." a voice said on the other end.
"Yes, I would like to speak with Hotaru." Anubis said.
"May I ask who is calling?" the voice said.
"Someone who wishes her to stay the way she is." Anubis replied.
"What? A boyfriend?" the voice said angrily. "Now you listen here, NO boyfriend
of my daughter is going to be calling this house!"
He hung up.
"Did you reach her?" Kale asked.
"No, I got her father. Apparently we'll have to go to her in person." Anubis
said.
"What do you mean, we?" Sekhmet asked.
"All of you are coming with me." Anubis said.
"No, Wolfe told us to split up. I'm going after Michiru." Sekhmet said.
"And I'm going to find Setsuna." Dais said.
"And I'll try to find that Mina person, but that armor of Hariel's keeps
saying that she's nowhere to be found. So I'll go with you Anubis." Kale
said.
"Thank you." Anubis said.
That night, the Warlord of Cruelty and the Warlord of Corruption stood outside of Hotaru's home.
"So, how do we get in?" Kale asked.
"The same way you did at Raye's."
Kale smiled in approval.
After carefully picking the lock, Kale snuck in the front door. As before, he had shed his full armor to minimize noise. He tiptoed up the stairs in total silence. Suddenly Hotaru's father stepped into the hall, forcing Kale to make a leap off the banister and hang on for dear life. In a few seconds he moved back into his room, allowing Kale to do a Luke Skywalker-style flip back onto the floor. He opened the door to Hotaru's room, where she was fast asleep. Unfortunately her father decided to come in to kiss her goodnight, forcing Kale to dive under the bed. In a few minutes he was gone, and Kale emerged. Hotaru was excited by the loud noise coming from under her bed. She opened her mouth to scream, but Kale covered her mouth before she could.
"Shhhh." Kale whispered.
"Who are you?" Hotaru demanded.
"I am Kale, Warlord of Corruption. One moment."
Kale opened the window so that Anubis could climb up using his kasari-gama.
"And I am Anubis, Warlord of Cruelty." he said.
"I know you! You're the guys that are fighting those strange warriors in
armor!" Hotaru deduced.
"Yes. And they are your Sailor Senshi comrades. We are here to warn you that
they may soon be coming for you. We are here to prevent that. Is there anyplace
we can hide?" Anubis asked.
"Hotaru? Who are you talking to in there?" her dad asked.
"It's my dad! Hide!" she shouted.
Anubis and Kale dove into the closet.
Meanwhile, Sekhmet had located Michiru's home, and was forced to climb up to it using his Snake Fang Swords. He smashed through the window and quickly shed his armor. He took a position outside her door, waiting for trouble.
As this went on, Dais located Setsuna, who was just about to turn in for the night when he knocked on her door clad in sub armor.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"A friend." Dais said.
She opened the door to find him.
"Meiou Setsuna," Dais began, "I have come to warn you that the other Sailor
Senshi have acquired powerful crystals and seek to take over the world with
them. They may involve you in their plot."
"I see. I knew something was up. I'm already at work attempting to figure
out any patterns that they are implementing." she said.
"Good. Maybe they have some plan." Dais said.
Little did any of the four know that the Sailor Senshi were slowly moving in on each of the three houses...
To Be Continued...