The Rescue: 
Chapter 5 

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The Senshi continued to run fast towards the energy Sailor Mercury 
detected on her Mercury Computer. "If this Sailor Galaxia person did 
ANYTHING to hurt Shingo, wild horses can't drag me off her!!" thought 
Sailor Sirius to herself angrily. Although she hadn't known the boy 
for long, she would not let anything bad happen to him. 

They finally came out of the fog and into a open area resembling an 
gigantic colliseum. As the air finally clear, they all then gasped 
at the sight they saw before them. In the middle of the arena, Sailor 
Galaxia and Sailor Iron Mouse were waiting for them, Shingo still 
inside the glass coffin. "STAND BACK!" shouted Galaxia, opening the 
lid and lifting out Shingo roughly by the shirt, " Or else your brother 
will NEVER leave here alive!!!" For emphasis, Galaxia shook the young 
boy roughly, but he remained unconscious. 

The Senshi stopped dead in their tracks, paralyzed for the moment 
because they could hardly believing what they are seeing. After a 
moment, Sailor Moon then slowly walked up to Galaxia, her arms empty 
and palms up to the front to show she was not armed. "Maybe I can 
talk to her, make her realize what she is doing is wrong." Sailor Moon 
thought to herself. "There must be something I can reach her with!" 

She looked at the Golden Senshi in the eyes."Give up Galaxia!!" said 
Sailor Moon, a little tremor in her voice, "Your servants have been 
defeated and brought back to humanity. There is nothing more you can do." 

"That's where you are wrong!" Galaxia sneered, "You must be really 
stupid if you think I am going to let you stop me. I've worked too 
hard and too long in this to let some sniveling little brats like you 
to defeat ME!! The Universe is an imperfect place, and I mean to wipe 
out every impurity and rebuild it!" 

Galaxia then turned toward Sailor Iron Mouse, "Iron Mouse! Show them 
I mean business!!" She drew Shingo up closer to her, and placed a hand 
over his chest, ready to rip out his Star Seed. 

"With pleasure!" squealed Sailor Iron Mouse as she jumped up, then 
front off Sailor Moon. She did it so fast, Sailor Moon did not have 
a chance to defend herself as Iron Mouse landed a back hand slap across 
her face, knocking her down to the hard ground. 

The Senshi gasped in surprise, anger showing in their faces. Sailor 
Sirius quickly shook her head, gathering her wits, and ran up to Sailor 
Moon to try and help her. Sailor Iron Mouse then leaped in the air 
again, and landed in front of the startled Star Senshi. " And where 
do you think you're going?" The small mouse Anima-mate said, giving 
her a hard, taunting look. "I have a bone to pick with YOU!" 

"I'm ready if you are creep!!" shouted Sailor Sirius through clenched 
teeth. She looked at the other Senshi, who were now standing around 
Sailor Moon, trying to wake her up, "She'll be O.K. Just stop Galaxia 
before we lose Shingo! I'll take care of this one!" 

"That's what YOU think!" said Iron Mouse. She kicked out and swiped 
Sailor Sirius's legs from under her, causing her to fall on her back 
to the ground. With a grunt, the mouse Senshi tried to jump on Sirius, 
ready to pummel her to death, but Sailor Sirius caught her by the arms, 
put her right foot to her stomach, and back flipped her over and behind 
a ffew feet away from her. When Iron Mouse fell to the ground, Sailor 
Sirius got up ran to her, eager to finish the fight. 

But by time she reached her, Iron Mouse was up and ready, and she 
landed a punch right in the mid section of Sailor Sirius. The dark-skinned 
Senshi fell to the floor with a painful grunt, the wind was knocked out 
of her. Meanwhile, the rest of the Sailor Senshi were running toward 
Galaxia, intending to stop her before she claimed the Star Seed and 
destroy Shingo. Looking up, Sailor Galaxia saw them stop before her. 
Her eyes glowed an angry red haze, then she dropped Shingo heavily to 
the floor and yelled "GALACTICA...WHIRLWIND!!!" A powerful force of 
wind with the strength of a tornado started blowing all around. 

The powerful wind picked up the group in the air, and scattered them 
wildly about, knocking them into wall and the hard ground. Sailor Galaxia 
laughed evilly at them, already feeling victory. She then turned her 
attention back at the task at hand, and picked up Shingo again by the 
shirt, once more ready to take his star seed. 

The Star Lights quickly stood up and regainied their composure as they 
re-grouped with the other girls by the still unconscious Sailor Moon. 
Then, Star Healer turned around, and seeing what the evil Golden Senshi 
was about to do, she raised her hands into the air. "STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!!" 
The attack made its mark and struck Sailor Galaxia in her hand. She yelled 
in surprised pain and dropped the young boy again. Galaxia then looked up 
quickly, her eyes red and blazing as she tried to find the one who dared 
attack her. Finally, her eyes rested on the smaller Star Light, and she 
growl. 

"Neat trick!!" she sneered painfully. "I see we meet again, Star Light 
Failures! Now you can watch me destroy this pathetic planet just like 
I destroyed yours!" She laughed loudly, taunting the leather-clad Warriors. 

Tears misted in Star Fighter's eyes as she remembered when Galaxia 
destroyed her planet, how she enjoyed every minute of it. Then, anger 
set in. Never again. She would not see another planet destroyed. 
"We will not give you the satisfaction!" she yelled defiantly. She then 
turned to the Sailor Senshi, who were behind the Star Lights and assuming 
their fighting stance. "Senshi!! We must combine our powers together! 
It is the only way we can defeat her!" 

"But she is so powerful! Are you sure we can do this without Sailor Moon?" 
said Sailor Mercury, showing just a touch of fear. 

"You...won't have to do this without me!" said Eternal Sailor Moon, slowly 
getting up and rubbing her sore forehead. She then looked up at Galaxia 
and narrowed her eyes, her face set in determination. "I am back, and in 
your face! Nobody calls my friends and I failures!" She looked to her 
fellow senshi. "I'm through with talking. Let's finish this now!" 

"All right!" yelled Sailor Jupiter, raising her henshin stick, 
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!" The rest of the Senshi then raised their henshin 
sticks, a feeling of power and strength filling thier bodies and soul. 


"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!" 
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" 
"NEPTUNE SUBMARINE VOILIN TIDE!" 
"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!" 
"STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!" 
"STAR SERIOUS LASER!" 
STAR GENTLE UTERUS!" 

Saturn raised her Silence Glaive slowly above her. "SILENCE WALL!" she 
shouted, and a force field appeared to protect the Senshi from any power 
that might back fire from Sailor Galaxia. All the powers shot forth from 
the henshin sticks, then came together in a dazzling show of laser and 
lights high above them and the shield, crackling with strength and 
energy. It hovered for a few seconds, then shot forth in a powerful 
beam straight towards Sailor Galaxia just as she was gathering her powers 
to fight. It struck her right in the middle of her chest in a loud boom, 
and sent her flying across the arena screaming in pain. Sailor Moon then 
raised her Eternal Tier and yelled "STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!" 
Intending to save her power for last to finish off Galaxia. 

In the middle of her fight with Sailor Sirius, Sailor Iron Mouse at 
first did not notice what was going on, but when she heard Galaxia's 
scream, she turned and saw what was happening. "Mistress!" she yelled, 
horror in her eyes "I am coming to help!!" She ran towards where Galaxia 
lay. "Hey wait, I'm not done with you yet!" shouted Sailor Sirius, 
running after her. 

But soon as Iron Mouse got close to where Sailor Galaxia lay, the power 
that was engulfing her caught her too, and she also began to scream 
with pain as she joined her mistress's fate. 

Sailor Moon turned her head and saw Sirius running up. "Hey Sirius, 
how about giving this a grand finale!" yelled out Sailor Moon with a 
triumphant grin. 

"You bet Sailor Moon!" Sailor Sirius replied. She raised her right hand, 
and her black scepter magically appeared. She then raised ito to chest 
level, and pointed it at Sailor Galaxia and Iron Mouse. "SIRIUS GRAVITY.. 
DEVASTATION!" she shouted. A bright blue aura surrounded her small body. 
Then, a massive energy of dark blue electric light shot out from the scepter, 
and struck the pair writhing on the ground. Immediately, the powers surround 
the evil Galaxia and Iron Mouse intensified, and they screamed louder as 
they buckled under the intense weight. Suddenly, there was a flash of light, 
and they exploded in a loud bang. When the light finally dimmd after a few 
moments, all was black and silent. 

"Did we do it? Is she destroyed?" asked Sailor Sirius excitedly, breaking 
the uncomfortable silence. She then looked around at everyone to see if they 
were hurt. "Is everyone allright?" 

"I think so," said Sailor Venus, helping Mercury to stand, then sighing. 
"I sincerely hope that is the LAST we see of those two". 

"I believe it is," said Sailor Star Maker, looking at where Galaxia and Iron 
Mouse disappeared with a thoughtful look. Sailor Moon gasped, then ran to 
where her brother was laying unconscious. She sat on her knees, gathered him 
in her arms, and softly called his nmae to wake him up. 

"Not quite!!" yelled a fierce voice. Everyone quickly looked up and around, 
then gasping with surprise and confusion as they saw nothing. "You sailor 
BRATS may have won this round, but in the end, the Universe WILL be mine. 
Beware, for I will be back!!" After a loud and cackling laugh, all was quiet 
again. 

Suddenly, Sailor Moon felt her brother move slightly in her arms. 
"OOOOHHHHH!!! My head! My head!" moaned Shingo twisting around and holding 
his head. 

"Shingo? Shingo, you're allright!! Yogata!" said Sailor Moon, bending down 
and kissing him on the face. 

"Would you stop that already!" said the boy in embarrassment. "Just what 
the heck am I doing here? I want to go home NOW!" grumbled Shingo, pushing 
Sailor Moon away and standing up. After a moment of looking around, he then 
looked back her curiously. "You know, you have the same odango atama, just 
like my dumb sister Usagi!" 

Sailor Moon turned bright red in anger and embarrassent while the rest of 
the Senshi fell to the floor laughing hard, and the Star Lights laughed 
softly behind their hands. 

Suddenly, a bright light flashed before them. It turned dark after a moment, 
and opened into a swirling vortex. Stepping out cautiously was a tall Senshi 
with long green hair. 

"Pluto!" gasped the Inner Senshi at once. Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn gave 
her a nod of recognition. The older Senshi of Time and Space gave them all 
a sad smile. 

"You have all done well, just like I knew you would." Sailor Pluto said 
quietly with a touch of proudness in her voice. "For now, the battle is over, 
but there is still a war ahead of us." 

"What war? Does this mean Galaxia is still powerful?" asked Sailor Sirius, 
walking up slowly to her. Pluto looked down and gve her a sad look. 
"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you anymore. Just know that if you believe in 
yourself, all will be well." 

Closing her eyes, Pluto then raised the Time Staff slightly above her. 
The Garnet Orb glowed a bright reddish light, and everyone had to sheild 
their eyes from the intenseness of it. Then, with a bright flash, it enveloped 
all that were there in a gigantic ball. The bright light flashed harshly 
again, then there was silence and emptiness. 

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