Destiny Series: Episode Three -Angel- ActinAngel@aol.com Episode Three "Where are you, Tuxedo Mask?" Raye and Serena glared at each other. Raye was sitting on the steps of the temple porch, Serena was seated on the ground ten feet away from her. Lita, Amy, and Mina stood on the porch watching. Luna crouched with Serena, Artemis with Raye. "Now, there is a new enemy from the Negaverse. We all agree on that?" Luna said. "Right," the girls said. They looked at each of their friends and nodded. "Fine. This new enemy is a frog-monster. He attacked us. We all agree he's bad?" Luna continued. The girls nodded in unison. Raye and Serena still glared at each other. "Okay, we're agreeing on something. Now, girls, we have got to get our differences worked out before he returns. We may not be so lucky next time." Luna said patiently. Mina, Lita, and Amy nodded and looked at Serena and Raye. Serena's eyes narrowed, "You're right, Luna. We have to remain friends. Even if the person's a cold-hearted, snide, evil snob who steals her friend's BOYFRIEND." Rage came into Serena's voice. "Well, maybe the selfish, immature brat should accept that her friend and her boyfriend make a better couple." Raye said coldly. "Maybe the boyfriend and the girl are MEANT to be together! Maybe it's DESTINY!" Serena shouted back. "Maybe DESTINY isn't so binding!" Raye yelled back. Both of the girls stood in rage. "Maybe you should leave me to MY love life. Darien and I were perfectly happy?" Serena took a step toward Raye. "Then why did he kiss ME?!" Raye shouted back. She took a step towards Serena. "Maybe he wouldn't have if you hadn't FORCED your face in his." Serena yelled. The two were now inches apart. "Maybe you should butt out of MY life!" Raye shouted back. "Maybe you aren't fit to be a Sailor Scout anymore. After all, no Sailor Scout would do that to her friends!" Serena yelled. "Who said you were my friend?!" Raye yelled back. "If I had my way, I'd throw you out of my life forever!" "Try it, Raye!" Serena shouted threateningly. Raye's eyes turned a deep shade of red. She was shaking in rage. The she shouted, "Mars fire?" and pointed at Serena. Suddenly a black flash appeared and Raye screamed. She pulled her hand back. It was dripping blood. "Ow!" she cried. "STOP IT AT ONCE! YOU ARE SAILOR SCOUTS!" Luna said at the top of her voice. Her claws had Raye's blood on them. Serena stopped and looked at Luna. She had never seen her so angry. She had never dreamed of scratching on of the scouts. Of course, none of the scouts had never threatened to burn her alive. Luna glared at Raye. "Raye, she is our princess! You never go against your princess. How dare you?" Luna was so mad she couldn't finish. Artemis went quickly to her side. They exchanged a few whispers and Luna nodded. She walked over to the porch to calm down. During all this, the three girls on the porch remained in complete shock. They couldn't move nor speak, they were so shocked. Artemis looked at both the girls. He was angry, but he was controlling it. "Work it out with words," he said in a hushed voice. The girls looked at each other. They were both shuddering in anger. They looked back to Artemis and shook their heads. They couldn't work it out with words. Artemis sighed and looked at Luna. She nodded her head sadly and looked away. "Then Raye, I relieve you of your Sailor Scout duty." Artemis said simply. Tanya strolled into her living room. The Imperium of Darkness has so much better housing, she thought. She flopped on the sofa and turned on the television. "TV, show me the status of the Sailor Scouts." she commanded her television. Instantly, a computer screen came up with a list of statistics. Tanya sighed and turned off the tv. It was time to do something drastic. "Scott! Sweetheart!" she called. "Coming!" he called and walked in the living room. He smiled and walked over to kiss her. She allowed a brief kiss before turning around and saying, "I have an idea to get the Sailor Scouts. As we know, the scouts have tremendous power when it comes to defeating monsters. However, the love spell has created jealously among the two main scouts, so they're weak." "But Tanya, we don't know how weak they are. They could still defeat a monster." Scott protested. "Exactly. Which is why I'm not sending a monster. Instead, I'm going to have a little fun. Make them suffer." Tanya said and motioned for Scott to sit down. He sat and she pulled out a bunch of books. "Earth history. We know that humans have been able to overcome a lot of things, yet there is one thing Queen Beryl planted on Earth that the scouts can never kill." Scott nodded and said, "The AIDS virus." Tanya smiled, "Unfortunately, Beryl could only make it so it was transmitted a few select ways." She dropped the books in Scott's lap. "These book are full of scientific information on how the disease can be updated to be carried through the air. Thus, making it extremely contagious." She smiled sadly. "You can thank Zoisite for those books." Scott gave her a sympathetic look before opening the books. Within a moment, he whistled. "This could wipe out Earth's entire population. It's so contagious and so incredibly deadly." He chuckled. "This could be tons of fun." "I've already taken the liberties of updating the disease. Yet, wiping out the entire population isn't what I want, dearest. It's the Sailor Scouts. So I've also made it to fit only Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus's DNA. Only they can get the virus." Tanya said, and sat next to Scott. "One problem. How are we going to get the scouts' DNA combinations?" Scott looked over at her. She smiled and turned the page. There was the DNA for all the Sailor Scouts. "You can thank Zoisite for that, too." she said quietly. Scott stared at the patterns. It was so perfect, so planned. They would be rid of the Sailor Scouts, and then they would marry. Finally. It was almost too good to be true. Scott looked at Tanya. "I love you." He said and kissed her. She giggled. "I knew you would like it. C'mon, let's get to work." Raye was stunned. She sat on her porch steps staring at the sky wondering what had happened. One moment she was just mad at Serena for butting in on her life, then next she was kicked out of the Sailor Scouts. Artemis told her she was unfit for fighting. Raye felt like crying. She was unfit to fight for justice. She wanted to say it was her destiny, but she knew better. She had been arguing all along that destiny could be avoided. Well, she had certainly succeeded in avoiding HER destiny. She felt tears in her eyes. What had happened? Why had she suddenly felt the urge to destroy Serena? Why had she started having the feelings? She started sobbing. "Raye?" a voice said. She looked up, ashamed of her tears. Darien was standing across from her. "Oh, hi Darien. Um, what's up?" she stood up and turned around. "What's wrong? Why have you been crying?" he asked, immediately concerned. "Oh, nothing." Raye was too ashamed to admit she had been kicked out of the Sailor Scouts. "You don't cry about nothing." Darien said plainly. "Hey, butt out, okay? It's not your business." Raye snapped, but felt immediately sorry. Darien was quiet for a second, the said in a tender voice, "Raye, what's wrong?" He put his hand on her shoulder. Raye was so touched by his tenderness, she burst into tears. He held her while she blurted out the story. He comforted her while she soaked his shirt. He hugged her and told her it was okay. It wasn't until when she mentioned about being relieved of her Sailor Scout duty that he questioned her. "Kicked out? Of the Sailor Scouts?! But it's your destiny!" he said, pulling back from her. "It was also yours to be with Serena." Raye said quietly. Darien understood. He held Raye for a long time in silence and finally said, "What are we going to do?" "I don't know. I just don't know anything anymore!" she said. He calmed her down, then decided to go talk to the other scouts. But it also meant he would have to face Serena. And that was not something he was looking forward to. Darien sighed as he sat down. This meeting of the Sailor Scouts was about to take place, and he was not looking forward to it. Undoubtedly, the scouts would be against him. How could he blame them? After all, he had succeeded in splitting them up. Mina, Lita, and Amy walked into the restaurant. They sat across from Darien. They were not smiling, but they weren't frowning either. They looked like they were willing to hear him out. "Okay, Raye was extremely upset and mentioned that you had kicked her out of the Sailor Scouts. Is that true?" he began. The scouts nodded solemnly. "She was unfit for duty." Amy said. "Why? How?" Darien didn't expect it to be true. "She attempted to set Serena on fire." Lita blurted out. She stopped herself, then said, "She and Serena were having a fight about you, and Raye wished Serena would go away. When Serena egged her on, Raye began to use her fireballs. If Luna hadn't scratched her?" Darien's mouth dropped. Raye would've killed Serena with her power. Serena was the Moon Princess, someone Raye was destined to protect. And she almost killed her. Yes, Raye was unfit for duty. "What on Earth would make Raye?" Darien started. The Sailor Scouts all looked at him. He shut his mouth. It was him. He was the reason that Raye had almost killed Serena. Darien thought for a long time. He had also not done his duty to protect Serena. Why? Because he was too interested in Raye. It was his desire for Raye that made him ignore Serena. Darien stood up. "I have to leave. I can't stay here, this is tearing you guys apart." he said plainly. Mina and Lita stood up immediately. "No Darien, we need you now more than ever. We need you to assure Serena that you really love her." they said. "I can't," he said, shaking his head. "Can't you guys understand? I want Raye, not Serena. And I can't tell Serena I want her." Darien turned his back. The Sailor Scouts were stunned. They had never dreamed that Darien wanted Raye in return. That messed things up terribly. They had all thought it was only Raye who wanted Darien. "I'm going to speak to Serena and Raye. Then I'm leaving, and I'm not coming back." Darien spoke and walked out the door. Serena stared at the picture of Darien on her desk. She wanted the pain in her heart to go away, but it just kept getting worse and worse. She felt tears glisten her eyes. It wasn't fair. Luna studied Serena. Poor kid, she thought. She's been through so much pain. Yet something wasn't right. Luna couldn't put her paw on it, but something just didn't fit. There was a knock at the door. "Come in," Serena said quietly and turned to see who was at the door. It was Darien. "Hi," he said uncomfortably. Serena gasped in surprise and stood. Luna leaped up and said, 'I'll leave you two alone." She flew out the door, closing it behind her. Darien's heart nearly shattered when he saw Serena's tearstained face. He wanted to go and hold her. He wanted to say everything would be okay. But something held him back and he stood at the door. Finally, he spoke. "I'm leaving." he said. "I won't be coming back for a long time, Serena." Serena was shocked. "Why?" she asked. "I've been a real problem towards the Sailor Scouts. I heard what happened between you and Raye." Darien explained, then sat on her bed. "Serena, you're the Moon Princess. It's my job to protect you. And if that means I have to leave, then so be it." "You didn't try to kill me. Raye did." Serena stated. "But you were fighting over me. So I'm have to leave in order to end this problem." "The problem won't go away by your leaving, Darien." Serena said. "Please stay." her voice broke. "I can't." Darien stood up and turned. "I'm sorry." he said and walked out the door. A monster ran all over the streets. Chlorite, the hideous three-legged creature, frightened humans, tore up buildings, and basically attracted attention. His duty was to lure the Sailor Scouts together, then inject each one with a disease. But first he had to get the Sailor Scouts to come to him. Where in the heck are they? he thought. He had been rampaging down the street like a madman for twenty minutes with no sign of them. Although he had been trained by the Imperium of Darkness, destroying buildings and frightening innocent people wasn't his strong suit. He was growing bored of it. Eventually, Chlorite came to a small house. He began to make a loud noise and throw his claws around. This is getting REALLY old, he thought. Little did he know that the house was Serena's. Serena had been sobbing for half an hour. She couldn't believe Darien would leave her like that. She was so completely miserable. Suddenly, a loud noise sounded. She looked out her window to see a ten foot crab-like monster. She screamed. Luna rushed in and took a look at the monster. "My goodness, Serena! Transform!" she shouted over the loud noise. "Moon Prism Power!" Serena shouted. She was instantly clothed in her costume. Serena felt her self-assurance come back as she looked up at the monster. She rushed out of her house into a street. "Hey," she called out, "What's the big idea?!" She glared at the monster. Chlorite sighed in relief. "Ah, pleasure to meet you Sailor Scum. It's about time you arrived." "Sailor Scum?! As if!" Sailor Moon said, "I am Sailor Moon, and I fight for love and justice. On behalf of the moon, I will punish you!" "Yeah, do your little fancy speech. Let me know when you're done so I can destroy you." The monster yawned. "Yeah right, crab-face. I am so not in the mood for you." Sailor Moon replied. "Moon tiara?" she began. Suddenly, his large claw grabbed her up. "Nice try, brat. Now, to MY duty?" the monster said. Serena screamed as a large needle came towards her. "Jupiter thunder crash!" a voice called out. Serena was dropped as the monster was hit byan unforseen bolt of electrified thunder. Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Venus stood at Sailor Moon. "You guys couldn't come any sooner?" Sailor Moon said jokingly. "Sorry," Mercury said. She then looked at the monster. "Why don't we even the odds a bit?" she said. "Mercury bubbles blast!" Fog surrounded the monster. He shivered at the cold, but it didn't stop him. He waited for it to clear before attempting to grab the scouts. They avoided him easily. "Try again, crab-cakes." Venus laughed. The monster began to grow irritated. He tried unsuccessfully to get the scouts. They were too quick for him. Finally he called out, "I call upon the power of the Imperium of Darkness!" Instantly, the scouts stopped. Ice began to trickle up their bodies. "Omigosh! I can't move!" Sailor Moon said. She began wailing. "Neither can I!" Sailor Jupiter panicked. "If only Mars was here to help!" "But she's gone, remember?" Sailor Venus cried. Ice inched up their bodies and began to freeze them. "How do we beat it?" Sailor Mercury said. "Where's Tuxedo Mask?!" Sailor Moon called out. "'Halt!" the monster said. He grabbed Sailor Moon, who were halfway frozen. He pulled out a huge needle. Sailor Moon screamed at the top of her lungs, "Tuxedo Mask!!" The monster smiled as he injected the disease into Sailor Moon. There was no one to stop him. He put the entire disease into her. Then he set her down. "Ice, vanish!" he called out. The scouts instantly broke the ice and went over to Sailor Moon. Chlorite disappeared. "Sailor Moon! Are you alright?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "He didn't come. Tuxedo Mask didn't save me." Sailor Moon said helplessly. "He's gone." She coughed. "I'm so tired. Let's go home." Sailor Moon said and began walking towards her house. Sailor Mercury began to feel tried, too. She coughed, also. "I bet it's the flu." she muttered. Jupiter and Venus slowly walked away. "I wonder what that was all about." Jupiter said, thinking of the monster. Venus yawned. "Oh well. Let's go home, I'm not feeling well." Jupiter nodded. "Me neither."