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.

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                                  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

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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).