Intro Notes: First, be warned that this is a dark, violent, depressing, non-consensual bit of unpleasantness. No debate necessary in calling this "hentai". The story is intended to fit into Sailor Moon TV continuity, though it brings in some elements from the manga, as well as a few speculations of my own. See End Notes for more. ***** FALL A Sailor Moon Hentai Fan-Fiction by Dr.Allosaurus (allosaur@mcs.net) The senshi grunted with the impact of hitting the hard concrete. Fragments of burning wood and smoking chunks of brick pelted the ground around her as she rolled to avoid any larger debris. Her first thought, once she regained her sense of balance, was for the safety of her companion -- but she could see no sign of her. The fighting had separated them, and when the entire side of the building collapsed, they had been cut off from each other completely. Her heart beat fast with the only fear she'd ever known: that her companion, her beloved, was in danger. Her warrior's spirit quavered with just the thought of loosing her -- the cool touch of her hands, the gentle soothing voice, the wonderful softness of her sea-colored hair when she rested her head on her breast.... The senshi cursed herself for giving into such weakness. Long ago the two of them had sworn that if there was ever a choice between each other and their mission, their duties as senshi must come first. There was an enemy to fight -- and her companion was quite capable of looking after herself after all.... So, after taking a long slow breath to calm her thoughts, the senshi gathered her strength, and, unfurling her great dark wings, Sailor Coronis took to the air. The foul winds and unpredictable thermals from all the fires made sustained flight impossible, so she could only manage gliding leaps from ruined building to ruined building. She saw no sign of her companion or the creatures they'd been fighting. What she found were survivors... But each time she soared down to help someone trapped in the rubble or just lying in the broken street, she found the same thing: no matter what the extent of their injuries, all the people looked out at the world with blank, soulless eyes. Something was missing.... Something had been taken from each one, and the once proud people of Coronis were little more than a race of empty shells. Sailor Coronis roared in rage at the storm covered sky, and at the constant barrage of black lightning. This couldn't be! After all the battles, all the enemies she and her companion had fought on their two worlds -- it couldn't end like this! Despite the thunder of the storm and her own anger, the senshi's sharp ears caught a slight sound, a squealing that was just what she'd been listening for. She spun, but was only fast enough to catch a glimpse of a dark form scuttling over and behind a half-fallen wall. "Only one?" Coronis thought to herself. She and her companion had encountered three of the things previously, but perhaps they had been separated as well. There was no more sound from the thing. No doubt even on its own, it was following orders to stalk and hunt her. Very well, the senshi welcomed being found. She pulled the long whip from her belt and cracked it at the sky. "CORONIS VORTEX ARISEN!" The power of the wind and the heavens filled her and was channelled into a great swirl of energy around her arm. It followed the arc of her motion as she swung the lash at the shadowy heap of rubble into which the creature had disappeared. If it wasn't still there... then she'd just level the surrounding area until she found it. But as the cloud of powered stone and shattered steel rose from the target of her attack, a black ball of hissing fury tumbled away from the explosion. It skid along the pavement, but instantly sprag up into a defensive crouch, tossed the hair from its eyes... and giggled. Sailor Coronis stared, shocked to see the creature clearly for the first time. She'd though the things something half-feline, half-reptile... But the enemy before her was human, a woman.... It wore a tight fitting black bodysuit, adorned only by a wide, flaring collar. Its eyes stared wide, but the pupils were only pin-pricks. It made a quick move and Coronis prepared for a charge -- but the woman-thing instead slapped its palms together and then thrust out its arms. A bolt of crackling blue fire shot forward -- which Coronis only avoided by beating her wings and leaping straight upwards. She rolled in the air, dodging several more energy bolts, then folded her wings to dive straight at the enemy before it could ready another blast. The enemy braced itself defensively with incredible swiftness, but couldn't avoid the kick from Coronis's boot that took it hard on the jaw. It recovered far faster than the senshi expected, and lunged at her neck with long fingers. In her thoughts she imagined hearing her companion chide her for relying on such aerial tactics... "I keep asking you, dear, just what'll do you do when your strike does *not* take out your target, As lovely as those wings of yours are, if you are off balance, struggling to just to stay upright, they are more a hindrance than a help!" As she fell on her back, the enemy on top of her, Coronis wished very much she could hear companion's voice, even if it was scolding her.... The enemy was strong -- but was so was the senshi. She clutched at the woman's wrist and kept her from getting a choking hold on her throat. This close, she saw something new about the enemy: on each wrist was a golden, jeweled bracelet, quite finely made, but quite out of place on such a wearer. Coronis gasped with unexpected pain: with her other hand, the enemy was sinking its fingers into the soft flesh of Coronis's right breast. She squeezed hard. The senshi tried to find leverage to kick the enemy off her, but only managed to shove it back. Cloth tore and half Coronis's chest, marked with five red welts, was left bare. To the senshi's disgust, the enemy grinned and pounced forward, planting its lips on the exposed nipple and sucking noisily. Indignant rage giving her a burst of strength, Coronis finally managed to knee the enemy in the stomach hard enough to knock it off her. What *was* this thing? She thought in confusion, backing away as quickly as she could. The enemy was gasping from having the wind knocked from it, but it continue to grin and stare. Sailor Coronis felt that the gaze was less than a hunting beast set after prey... This creature she fought was a monster long past anything anything resembling sanity. Taking the moment she had, Coronis drew her whip again and struck at the enemy. It took a stroke on its side, its hip, and, after one grazed its cheek, it caught hold of the lash with an lightning fast grab. The senshi smiled just a little, having expected this. She sent a pulse of power along the whip -- and the enemy twitched and hissed as the energy hit it. It stood and took the pain for a moment -- then collapsed to its knees. Coronis moved quickly, putting all the force of her charge into a punch in the enemy's stomach. It doubled over her arm -- but was then grappling her with renewed strength. They fell to the ground together in a heap of legs, arms, and wings. Drool spattered on Coronis's face as she looked up to see the thing leering down at her. It bent down and licked at her face. She tried to pull away again, but the enemy elbowed her hard in the stomach. The enemy reared up over the senshi, grinding its pelvis into Coronis's as it did so. It slowly brought its hands together, a shimmering aura gathering around them. With only a second to act, Coronis had only one option, though it was one she hated.... "RAVEN CLAW STRIKE!" Her tightly clenched fingers lanced forward and struck the enemy in its chest. The black fabric of the suit it wore gave way -- as did flesh, and bone, as Coronis's hand sunk in, wrist deep. She felt her fingers touch a beating heart, and closed her fist tight. As fast as she struck, the senshi withdrew her hand. The enemy paused a moment, the sprang back, as if all its muscles had spasmed at once. Blood spouted in equal torrents from its mouth and the wound in its body. For a horribly long moment Coronis watched the thing she'd killed twitch and vomit gore on the ground before her. Death finally seemed to come, yet just as she started to turn away, the senshi noticed a flickering of light around the body. Glowing ribbons seemed to dance around the body and the form of the thing itself shifted, becoming, some how smaller, and... more plain. When the light vanished, so had the black uniform, and the vicious creature was only... a dying woman. Her eyes went wide and met Coronis's. They were eyes no longer blazing with madness, but full only of pain and confusion. A howl of agony came from the woman's lips as a tiny storm of lightning crackled around the golden bands still on her wrists. The bands simultaneously shattered and, in an instant, the woman, still screaming, flashed into nothing. Sailor Coronis stared at the empty patch of ground. She stood for a long time before realizing that someone's hand was on her shoulder and was shaking her with increasing urgency. "Sailor Coronis! Sailor Coronis!" "I... Sailor Mermaid..." She looked up and focused on the worried eyes of her beloved companion. "Coronis, are you all right?" "I..." She fell into the arms of her fellow warrior, her lover.... and let the other senshi gently lower her to sit on the ground. "Are you badly hurt?" asked Mermaid, feeling Coronis's' pulse. "No... I'm find... " "I arrived just as you were finishing off your opponent. I only managed to wound one of the other two. I'm not sure why they ran off. I heard you, and came over...." Coronis tried to look deep into the soft blue eyes of her companion, as she had so many times before... but found she could not.... "I..." she began. "Mermaid.... I killed her...." Mermaid frowned in puzzlement at her friend. "Sailor Coronis, to destroy enemies is... our duty... as senshi. We have both killed... before." "You don't understand!" Coronis said, pulling away in agitation. "I saw... She transformed... Mermaid! Those things... They are senshi too!" Mermaid continued to frown, and then slowly nodded. "There was talk, back on my planet, when the great enemy first attacked, that there where senshi who served her... sailor soldiers who had betrayed their worlds...." "But.. those things," Coronis said, shaking her head. "Can a true senshi... fall *that* low? Is such corruption possible?" Mermaid slid over next to her companion once more. Though she resisted, Coronis finally let herself be taken into Mermaid's arms. Never before had Sailor Mermaid seen her companion, usually so strong, so confident, shaken to such a degree. "Our enemy," she said, "is like nothing we've seen before. But no matter, we shall fight for our worlds, even against other senshi." "Fight..." Coronis said. "Fight... together." Strength was returning to her voice. "Of course, always together." They stood then, and looked about the ruins of the great city. "The others fled?" Sailor Coronis asked. "At least retreated.... Though I don't think we shall have to search long to find them...." She pointed in response to Coronis's questioning expression. Along the edges of the ruins, shadows were circling, low, black, and silent.... "More than two..." Coronis whispered with a half-smile. "Then perhaps --" Sailor Mermaid was interrupted by a loud chuckle that echoed between the smashed walls and collapsed buildings. "It is good to see my little ones have found amusement." The voice rang with strength, but had a harsh, mocking edge. A shaft of light blossomed open and shot skyward from the top of wall of a crushed marble building. A slight, but still imposing woman in gleaming golden armor appeared. The black storm and ebony lightning increased in intensity behind her. The creeping shadows scurried out into the open. Some leap or scrambled up the ruins to join the golden woman, while other just clustered on the ground beneath. There were at least a dozen of the bestial women, each in a featureless body suit, and each with golden bracelets on their wrists. "Yes, little ones," said the armored woman. "But play time is over. The last stage our work is at hand." "Butcher!" screamed Sailor Coronis. "You are the cause of this! You have wrought your last horror on my world." Snapping her whip, Coronis, gathered herself and sprang into the air. "Coronis, wait!" shouted Sailor Mermaid. The armored woman simply watched the winged figure fly at her. She raised her hand and made the smallest of sweeping gestures with her fingers. Sailor Coronis screamed and flew backwards as if struck by some titanic, invisible fist. She tumbled down, hit the ground hard, and lay still. "Coronis!" her companion called, running over to her. A bolt of black lighting struck the ground between, hurling Mermaid backwards. She wiped blood from a cut on her forehead away from her eyes and glared up at the armored woman. "Enough of this," said the golden figure. "There is business to attend to." She held out her hand, palm up, and a glowing blue globe appeared. "The harvesting of Planet Mermaid is complete... And Planet Coronis is all but finished as well." "NOO!!" screamed Sailor Mermaid, staring at the image of her homeworld. "It can't be...! I won't allow it!" "Your objections are... somewhat academic at this point." The blue sphere rapidly boiled away into steam between the woman's fingers. Mermaid shrieked helplessly. "You..." Sailor Coronis was pulling herself back up again. "How dare you commit such sins? Who grants you the license to ravage entire worlds!" "'Who'?" said the golden woman. "Who grants *me*?" Her laugh filled the raging sky. "I am Sailor Galaxia! And there is none that I need answer to! Stupid *child*! I planted the seeds that became your worlds eons ago! Who but I have the right to reap the harvest?" The shaft of light around her grew brighter and wider and Coronis could see that within it swirled hundreds, thousands, of glittering jewels. They rose in a great spiral about Galaxia, lifting up into the sky. More and more such points of light flew through the sky to join them, a towering fountain of countless stars reaching into space. "Your world is already processed as well, child," said Galaxia. "Every starseed from both Mermaid and Coronis is *mine* -- save.... Save of course, for two...." Sailor Coronis and Sailor Mermaid glanced at each other, then turned back to their enemy. "Though we die fighting," called Coronis. "We are senshi and can never forgive such monstrous evil. In the name of our both our beloved worlds, we shall punish you!" "Fools!" More black lightning played across the ruins, bringing down the burnt-out shells of buildings. "Both your worlds are *dead*. You have but one hope. Give your starseeds, to me, and I can grant you new lives, new eternal lives of power and glory!" "As slaves to you?" scoffed Coronis. "Never." Galaxia laughed. "You see my little ones," she nodded to the creatures that skulked round her. "Each of them was once a senshi, as proud and stupid as you. Each said much the same words, but in the end, they came to me, willingly." "And *that's* what you offer," said Sailor Mermaid. "To become a.. thing such as they?" "Heh. In the Shadow Galactica, each may find a position worth of her own status and power. There are those who join the ranks of these bitches, and there are some who rule dominions of dozens of worlds. The choice is one you may make yourself. Isn't that reasonable?" Sailor Coronis let the rage within her grow. She should need all the strength that anger could grant her to win this, their ultimate fight. But... even as she stoked her inner fire, there was a... wavering. She could not make herself doubt that what Galaxia has said about Planet Mermaid was the truth... The great coral cities, the bottomless Deep Cascade, the eternal Singing Geysers... wonders her companion spoke of with such pride and longing... All gone. And with the death of Mermaid... What of her own homeworld? She realized that in her heart she had held firm to the hope the devastation around her was... just this district, just this city, just this prefecture... That beyond, her the rest of her world was watching, frightened, but safe, waiting for the famed, the mighty Sailor Coronis to save it, once again. That faith, that hope, that dream, was fading from her, becoming just that... a dream. A dream that the waking world could not keep alive. She could only fight! *Make* the dream real. She was -- Turning to face her enemy, Coronis saw a black wave rise and crash down on her. Icy cold and crushing impact slammed her into the ground. * * * When she managed to open her eyes, the senshi saw only blackness -- or rather, she was surrounded by blackness, with her own body and the ground immediately around her visible. Some sort of imprisoning barrier? With hisses and giggles several of the corrupted senshi-creatures appeared, sliding from the black walls as if through fog. Galaxia's voice sounded, so close as to seem as if she was whispering in Coronis's ear: "Senshi of Coronis. Your starseed shall be mine. But your skills and powers are also valuable. Join me and you will gain much, defy me... and you will only suffer." Coronis's retort was cut short when two of the creatures pounced, each grabbing one of her legs. "Let go, you abominations! I --" Arms reached from the blackness behind her, pinning her arms to her side. She struggled to get free, but the creatures seemed stronger than before, the golden bracelets on their wrists visibly pulsing with power. Two more of the things appeared and grabbed her wings, wrenching them back painfully, and leaving pinned helplessly. If she used all her strength to pull loose she was more likely to break or dislocate a limb than to free herself. "My little ones," the whisper came again, "have learned the pleasures of obeying me. Indeed, I have... assisted their ability to serve both me and themselves in this way...." The words made no sense to Coronis until she looked up to see yet another woman-things standing above her, snorting and grinning. And... at its groin there was a swelling... Impossibly, the bulge grew larger, until the black cloth tore and a thick twitching phallus jutted from between its legs... The senshi shook her head, unbelieving, even as the arms holding her grabbed the cloth of her torn uniform and began peeling the rest of if off her. The two holding her ankles spread her legs wide and the creature with the rampant penis fell on top of her, grabbing her skirt with its teeth and ripping in aside. Anxious fingers immediately found their way through the edges of the senshi's bodysuit and tore it to shreds. Coronis could only stare as the senshi-thing rubbed its cheek against the soft short hair at her loins, and then roughly lick at the folds of her vagina. The one holding her arms was clutching a breast in each hand, poking and flicking her nipples with a forefinger. Its breath was hot and wet as it nuzzled at her neck. Her main attacker was now on its knees between Coronis's legs, clutching its insane penis with both hands -- and the organ had grown big enough that two hands were not enough to encompass it. The bloated head was placed against Coronis's outer lips and the senshi-thing rubbed the tip of its cock up and down, almost gently. Coronis bit back a scream and only moaned through her teeth as the thing thrust the first few inches inside her. Just that was enough to make feel she'd been torn open, and she all but expect a gout of blood to erupt from around the shaft penetrating her. Her attacker only squealed with delight, gathered herself, and thrust again, harder, sinking in a little farther. Several more brutal jabs and it seemed to have gotten as deep as possible without truly rupturing her. It pulled back, shoved forward a couple times again --and then began raping her in earnest. Despite herself, tears were rolling down Coronis's dark cheeks. She tried to look away, but strong hands forced her face around and held her eyes open so she had to watch her own defilement. The other senshi-things must have been "altered" as well, for she could feel them rub their hot phalluses against her limbs, poke them in her sides, and into the soft flesh of her breast. She'd lost count of how many had gathered, but enough were clutching her arms, legs, and wings, that she was now pinned flat, immobile against the hard ground, aching body taking the full force of pounding between her legs. The raping creature's giggles turned to a howl. It doubled the speed of its thrusts, and erupted inside Coronis. Whatever fowl fluid passed for semen in these warped things filled her in absurd amounts, streaming in and pouring from her abused body as the purring senshi-thing slowly withdrew. "Well?" came the whisper. "...never..." A jarring kick took her in the back and sent Coronis tumbling forward. Catching herself on her hand and knees, she had only a moment to look up, before her hair was pulled sharply back. She opened her mouth in shock, regretting it instantly as a thick cock was shoved past her lips. Hands pulled her arms out from under her and grabbed her wings again. She was held there, swinging back and forth with the fucking her face was taking. Her teeth grating against the sides of the invading organ, but the creature raping her mouth seemed to enjoy it all the more. Her cunt was so stretched and wet with cum, that the creature mounting her behind entered in one thrust.... All down the length of her body hands when clutching, teeth were nipping, and cocks were rubbing against her. Occasionally a length of hair and handful of feathers were torn from her head or wings, for no apparent reason other than to see her twitch with the new pain. The rapists in front and behind finished their work almost simultaneously and, shoving hard enough to all but fold the senshi between them, flooded her torn insides with their sickening fluids. All the hands holding her let go at once, and Coronis fell to the ground in a wet heap. There was a note like a single, deep ring from a gong, and the glowing form of Galaxia appeared hovering in the dark in front of her. "If you are expecting an end to it, you are mistaken. I can renew my little ones'... potency indefinitely." Sailor Coronis coughed out enough cum from her throat to croak: "It... If it is my... soul you are after... what does it matter what you do to my body...." "So many before have said the same, so tediously...." Galaxia pointed and the ground in front of Coronis exploded, blasting her already battered body into the air. Her wings flapped, weak, useless. Before the senshi hit the ground, Galaxia gestured again and coils of black lightning rose up, snaring Coronis. Flesh and feathers sizzled as she hung in a crackling web, the tendrils searing her like red hot serpents. Coronis thrashed and gritted her teeth, but did not cry out. Then she was falling again, into the arms of a dozen or more of the senshi-things. They held her upright, kissing her bruises and burns, and licking at the lines of blood. Galaxia was there. "Child... You think you can still fight me in this way. When the end of your senshi strength comes -- I will have you starseed. And... no one will sing of your courage. No one will honor you for 'going down fighting.'" She leaned close enough that Coronis could feel her hot breath on her face as she spoke. "No one shall remember you at all, child. Your world is *dead*. You have failed as senshi. You are beaten and alone..." "...no..." Coronis muttered. "Not... alone...." A tight smile spread across Galaxia's face. "I see...." she said and vanished. The walls of blackness rushed and howled like a great wind, and then they too, along with her attackers, were gone. Mind spinning from confusion and abuse, it was a moment before Coronis released she was still in the ruins if the city, with Galaxia perched on the rubble above her and.... ... a choking sobbing that broke into a barely audible mewling... Coronis rolled over and onto one side to see a scene that hit her harder and more painfully than any rapist's thrust. Another group of the senshi-things was gathered a dozen yards away, and in their midst was the pale delicate form of her companion.... Sailor Mermaid's uniform had been stripped away and her graceful body was streaked with vivid welts and dotted with bruises. The creatures' cum covered her face, soaked her pale blue hair, and ran down her chest in streams. She was being held in the air, with two of the creatures lifting her legs up over her head. Another was penetrating her from the front, while a fourth, clutching her from behind, took her up her ass, and was pounding her frail form up and down on both cocks. "NOOOOOO!!!!!" came the scream, finally freed from Coronis's bruised lips. The sight of her beloved, the terrible unnatural organs tearing their way into Mermaid's body where, Coronis knew, only her own caresses and kisses had ever before touched, was like a freezing cold steel brand stabbed into her eyes. "STOP IT! STOP IT!" she screamed again, trying to stand, but toppling over like a drunk, as she turned to the smirking Galaxia. "Oh?" "Please! Gods -- don't! Don't hurt her anymore!" "Mm... My little ones haven't been so entertained in some while. Why should I stop them now?" "PLEASE! I... I'll..." "You'll what?" Sailor Galaxia asked simply. "I'll do... anything." * * * It was the thirst. The aching pain between her legs, the soreness in her throat, the burning from the wounds on her body was nothing compared to her thirst. It was something she felt with all her being, in a way that only someone from her aquatic world could. Hard stone floor, a dark, hot room. Appropriate cruelty, to use what was likely the most painful way they could think of to kill her. At least she would... she would soon join her people. A spasm shook her. Soon she'd loose control of her body entirely -- though any sense of physical sanctity, of purity and dignity, had of course already been taken from her. She fell into the reoccuring delirious dream -- of water of course. This time it was a cool glass placed gently in her fingers. With trembling hands she raised it to her lips, knowing that, just like every time she dreamed this, no matter how much she drank, there would be no relief, only -- She nearly choked. Water! It was real! No dream! Real! In animal desperation she poured the cool, delicious liquid into her parched mouth -- but got control of herself at the last moment, and with enormous effort, pulled the glass away from her lips, took a breath, and then began sipping. No dream, but how... There was something, someone, kneeling beside her. The room was very dim, but she could see enough of the shape of the oh so familiar face, long hair hanging down around it. "Ah...!" she cried softly, managing a smile. "To see you is as life restoring as this water, Sailor Coronis --" The face pulled back, as the figure stood abruptly. "No. Don't.... don't call me that.... anymore." "What? My beloved, I don't understand...." A column of light burst up across the room, the golden form of Galaxia within. "No great puzzle. It is just as she says...." Sailor Mermaid looked back to her companion in confusion. But her friend did not meet her gaze. It the diffuse light she could see her companion was not in her uniform, but in a strange harsh outfit of leather and high boots. "Planet Coronis is dead," continued Galaxia, "and so of course... is Sailor Coronis, isn't that so... Isn't it!" "Yes..." said her companion, walking over to Galaxia, and stepping into the light. "Now there is only... Lead Crow." It was Mermaid's heart that seem to go dry as she saw her companion clearly now -- and noticed the golden jeweled bracelets on her wrists. "Coronis, it can't- !" Lead Crow closed her eyes and tensed as if fighting back a shudder. "There... was no other way. She.. promised not to hurt you any more." "And I keep my promises," Galaxia said. "As long as yours our kept. So finish this business, and let's be on our way." "Finish? You mean... I am to..." "Don not question me, Sailor Lead Crow! I gave you the power, so use it!" Lead Crow, turned to where Mermaid still lay. Her mouth trembled, opened slightly -- but she said nothing. She raised her bracelets.... Mermaid's body was knocked over backwards by the twin balls of blazing gold that blasted from Crow's wrists, circled in the air, and then slammed into her, as if they were taking their turn at raping her. As her screams filled the air, Crow turned to Galaxia. "You said --" "As you well know, her cries as only of her rebirth -- to a greater glory than any ordinary planet-bound senshi could ever comprehend." Above where Mermaid lay motionless, a gleaming diamond-shaped jewel hovered, bright and sharp as a star. The body of the senshi beneath it wavered, and started to fade, as no more that a mirage. Lead Crow shrieked in panic. "Galaxia... My Lady Galaxia! You promised! Please, I beg --" "Of course, of course." Sailor Galaxia held up her palm and a pair of bracelets faded into existence. Crow moved to snatch them, then paused. Galaxia nodded once. Crow took the bracelets and ran over to the body of her beloved. "You see," said Galaxia after her. "I keep my promises. And I would not want to loose my valuable new Animamate: Sailor Aluminum Siren...." Lead Crow glanced up briefly and those words, then returned to placing the bracelets on her companion's arms. Aluminum Siren blinked as tears splashed on her face. She opened her cool blue eyes. "There was no other way, no other way...." Lead Crow was repeating. "They were hurting you so much... And... I had nothing left, our worlds, our people... gone... I had to help you... even though it meant you would hate me for it." "Hate?" said Siren weakly. "I... could never hate... you. As you say...." She reached up to touch Crow's wet cheek. "We have nothing else. Senshi without worlds to protect are but the damned. At least... we are in Hell together...." The two fallen senshi had only attention for each other, so they did not see the jewel that had been the soul of Sailor Mermaid fly through the air to land in Galaxia's hand, where it rested next to a similar, glowing crystal. She stared grimly at them, then clenched them tightly in her fist "Two more. Two more entire worlds and no sign of that which I seek." She looked back at the two who huddled together in the darkness. "Two worlds and nothing of worth -- only more trash," she muttered, and was gone. END ***** End Notes: In the Sailor Moon manga, the Sailor Animamates are false senshi, with powers stolen from the guardians of the planets Coronis, Mermaid, Mau, etc. In the TV show I find a few things that suggest that the Animamates might be true senshi, corrupted by the offer Galaxia makes to Uranus and Neptune in eps. 197 -- and thus this story (and my echoing of some of the dialog and such from that scene in the show).