Hello everyone.  Well, I managed to get in one more chapter before I 
return to school, and I found out my work load won?t be as busy as I 
thought, so there is a small chance I?ll be able to work on this 
during the semester.  Hope for the best.

Usual disclaimers apply!!

Enjoy!!
Sailor Scout R - Chapter 2:  So You Want to be in Pictures

	Ann was walking about the street.  She was thinking about their
failure from yesterday.  Since then, Allen and Ann decided to try to 
lay a little low for a while and try to dig up what they could on 
these Sailors, but came up with almost nothing.  Just then she say the 
black haired guy from yesterday.  She decided to get across the street 
to talk to him, "Hay mister.  Wait there for me will ya."

	Darien Chiba, a student at the local college, saw the girl 
dodging cars crossing the street.  The first thing that came to his 
mind was, <What a whacko.> and said, "I?m out here.  Got to get to 
work."

	Someone Darien knew shouted his name to stop, and Ann heard 
this and said, "Hay, Darien.  My name?s Ann."  But Darien was rounding 
a corner and kept on going.

	Luna and Artemis were meeting together.  The boss of this new 
threat was unknown to them, and they needed answers sooner or later.  
Artemis decided to ask something, "Luna, do you think the Scouts can 
beat this thing without Serena, or Darien?"

	Luna hung her head, "I don?t know Artemis, but for the time 
being we will need to work the Scouts over time to bring up their 
powers."

	"Can?t argue with you there, Luna," Artemis said, "During the 
war against Queen Beryl two months ago, the scouts had Serena to dust 
these monsters, even though sometimes the girls managed to take some 
out without Sailor Moon?s powers."  The two agreed that the scouts 
needed this and left for the Temple to wait for the meeting they planed
for that day.

	The door bell rang in the Tsukino house and Ellen, being the 
only one in the house went to the door, and opened it to see Serena?s 
friends, "What brings you girls here?"

	"We heard about Serena and came to offer our condolences, Mrs. 
Tsukino," Lita replied.

	"We would have come sooner, but we needed some time to 
ourselves about this first," Ray said.  The girls and Mrs. Tsukino 
went into the living room where they chatted for a few hours about 
Serena.

	Amy decided it was time to get to the temple, "Well, Mrs. 
Tsukino.  It was nice talking to.  We need to go, cause a couple of 
friends of ours is expecting us at Ray?s place."  It wasn?t a lie.  
The two friends were Luna and Artemis.

	"Ok, girls.  Stop by any time you?d like," Mrs. Tsukino 
offered.

	"Will do, Mrs. Tsukino.  See you later," Mina said as the four 
girls left the house for the temple.

	Ann got back to the apartment and went into the Doom Tree?s 
Room,  She saw Allen looking worriedly at the tree, "You who.  Hi, 
Allen.  You won?t believe the day I?ve had."  The jumped up to Allen 
and shed her disguise, and tried to cheer Allen, "Hey, How about some 
energy, huh."

	Allen looked an Ann, "Ann, look for your self.  the Doom Tree 
is in trouble."

	Ann looked up and indeed the tree did look ill, and gasped, 
"Don?t be so negative Allen."

	"I?m not.  It?s obviously not doing well," Allen said.

	Ann took another look at the tree and said, "That?s easily 
rectified."

	The two laughed, before Allen took out a stack of cards, 
"Okay, Ann, lets hunt us some humans.  Pick a cardien, any Cardien."  
Allen flashed the cards open like a poker hand.

	Ann looked at the hand, "Ya, ok."  Ann selected one and threw 
to be revealed as Cardien Minatore.

	In a movie studio, a group of people were looking at photos, 
of possible candidates for a role in a movie they?re working on, "Now, 
I?ll show you possibilities for the role of Perry Ladsmith?s sister."  
Several pictures were showed of Molly, and the Scouts.  The group just 
decided to hold an addition for the role, before they turned off the 
slide projector, turned on the lights, and noticed two figures, "Hay, 
who are you.  This room is for staff only.  Your not suppose to be in 
here."

	Ann walked up to the men, "Oh, we?re so sorry.  We were not 
aware of that."  Just then, Allen and Ann?s eyes began to glow.  
Something that resembled some sort of shock wave went through the 
staff and they collapsed, drained of their energy.

	Allen said, "And so the feast begin my dear.  Bbut don?t 
bother with these appetizers when there is still the main course, 
those silly girls."

	Ann agreed, "Lets just skip the appetizers and move on to the 
main course."  The two laughed and began to make their plans for a 
trap.

	After the Scouts finished the meeting they left the temple and 
went to the studio.  They all got auditions for the movie, and decided 
to go together.  When they got there, they met Molly at the gate, and 
Lita said, "Hay, Molly, how?s it going?"

	"I?m ok I guess.  I came here to audition also, it's a way to 
get my mind off of things, you know. <First they know each other, then 
they don?t, now they know each other again.  Will someone make up their
minds already.>," Molly said.

	The girls had an idea what Molly meant by getting her mind off 
of things.  They all went inside, and sat in chairs while they waited. 
When someone entered the theater he said, with glowing eyes, but none 
was able to notice this, "Sorry to keep you waiting.  Lets get 
started."  The man moved the curtain to show an alien landscape.

	"I didn?t know this was a Scifi flick," Lita said, amazed at 
the set.

	Just then two figure appeared on one of the pillars, and the 
male spoke, "It?s what my planet now looks like."  

	Amy didn?t like the idea of being in a Science fiction film, 
"Excuse me, but I?m not interested in doing a science fiction film, I 
think I?ll leave now."  Amy got up, and started to walk out.

	Allen stopped her, "You have to stay."  He took out his flute 
and started to play it.

	Ann took out the cardien, "Cardian Minatore come forth."   Ann 
threw the card.  It enlarged, and changed to the shape of the cardien 
on the card.

	"Wow. assume special affect," Molly said.  But the others knew 
it wasn?t a special affect, and now they knew the face of their enemy. 
The cardien jumped down and Molly realized it wasn?t a special affect. 
<Oh, brother.  Twice in two days?  This has got to be arecord for me.>

	All five girls began running around.  The girls couldn?t 
transform in front of Molly, or the two enemies.  One of them seemed 
to lose interest in this and left, saying something about being tone 
death.  The girls began to get tired from running around.  Some sort 
of purple fog blanketed the area, preventing everyone from seeing 
where the exit was.  Molly was the first to collapse from the running. 
The Cardien went after Molly first and started draining her energy 
with it?s horns, "<Why is it always me?>"  Luna, who followed the 
Scouts there, charged at the cardien, and scratched the carbien?s face,
and it released Molly.  Allen took this time to leave and let the 
cardien do it?s job, and never took a good enough look to notice Mina 
was in the group.  After the cardien let go of Molly, and she fell to 
the ground.  When she did, it was obvious that Molly fainted and girls 
too this as their cue.

	"MERCURY POWER."
	"MARS POWER."
	"JUPITER POWER."
	"VENUS POWER."
	"--SCOUT POWER--"

	After the girls transformed, they began attacking starting 
with Sailor Mercury.

	"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST."

	The stage was covered in fog. and the Cardien couldn?t see a 
thing.  Sailor Jupiter took this as her cue.

	"JUPITER THUNDER CRASH."

	The attack hit the cardien and it was now in pain.

	"I?m Sailor Mercury, and I?m going to punish you."

	"I?m Sailor Jupiter and I?ll punish you too."

	"I?m Sailor Venus.  You decided to look for trouble, well, 
trouble found you pal."

	"I?m Sailor Mars, and with my fire, I?ll punish you.  Together 
we are called....."

	All scouts together said, "THE SAILOR SCOUTS."

	Mars and Venus sent the final blow.

	"MARS FIRE...."
	"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM..."

	"IGNITE."
	"SMASH."

	The two attacks formed a flaming energy beam, and went at 
Minatore.  The attack hit and the cardien turned a burnt card.

	Just then the two aliens from earlier reappeared, and the male 
one said, "Sailors savor your victory."

	The female spoke up, "It won?t last.  See ya."  With that, both
disappeared.

	Amy only said, "Well, now we know our enemy?s face."  The 
others agreed, and took off for the temple to relax.  Later they heard 
the movie was canceled cause the staff was in the hospital from 
exhaustion.

	While Amy, Lita, and Mina walked home together, with Luna and 
Artemis in tow.  They rounded a corner and bumped into someone.  All 
four fell to the ground, and when the Scouts looked up, they saw 
Darien.

	Before Amy could stop herself, she uttered, "Darien!!!"

	Darien looked up at the girls, "Do I know you girls from 
somewhere."

	Lita quickly recovered for Amy, "Oh, we just see you talking to
Andrew at the Arcade once in a while."

	Darien excepted the answer, "So what are your names?"

	Lita said, "I?m Lita, and this is Amy and Mina.  We have 
another friend, but Ray is at home at the Cherry Hill Temple right 
now."

	"Well, I got to go, see you, girls. <Why do I get the feeling I
met them before?>," with that Darien left for his apartment.  The 
girls split up from there and went their separate ways home.

That?s chapter 2.  You like it so far?  I?d very much like comments.  
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