Two to Go
By Wendy Olson
The day after the Four Musketeers were changed into animals we still couldn’t find Perseus. Mindy, Kelly and Noel were all in class as I sat in the twin’s dorm room. Centaurus was showing Kim how to be a centaur. I don’t really know what that consists of. The last of the sailors had come back to school. They didn’t have school yet so they were watching the stalls with the help of Wicca. Wendy played sick and was watching Lee swim around her fish bowl.
"I wonder where he is right now." Wendy dreamily pondered aloud.
"I’m sure he is fine." I tried to comfort her.
"I guess I’m really lucky. I mean I’m still human. I just keep thinking about poor Rosa. She is a set of scales. Do you think she can hear or see." Wendy stopped looking at the fish bowl and asked. Her eyes turned to look at the scales that were next to the fish bowl. Lee seemed to understand and looked at me.
I really didn’t have an answer for them. After a moment I said, "I like to think for her it is like being asleep. Maybe when she is turned back she won’t remember any of this. At least that is what I hope."
Wendy seemed to believe what I said and nodded her head yes. She went back to watching Lee. Then she said, "The worst is Bella. I’m very afraid of spiders. A scorpion is very close to that. Mindy and I are very lucky to be twins. I guess so is Kelly and Noel since they are still human too."
"Yes, in a way the four of you are lucky. With you and Kim we still have a chance. Of course we still have Heather and Celeste. Hopefully Circe won’t change them." I told her.
Wendy sighed a heavy sigh. She never even took her eyes off Lee. "Don’t worry we will get Perseus back." I told her. She smiled. I could always see right through her. Wendy may have been talking about one thing but she was really only thinking about Perseus.
"Well, I’m going to see how Wicca, Heather and Celeste are doing. Everything will be okay." I told her. I rubbed on her leg and then walked to the doorway.
I looked back to see that Wendy was still watching Lee. "Mojo, last night I dreamt that he no longer loved me. I just know something bad has happened to him."
I didn’t know what to say. I meowed and then left. It took me a little while to get to the horse stables. I still hate going in there. I don’t know why I’m afraid of horses. Once I got to where the sailors and constellations were I didn’t see any humans.
Wicca walked over to me and licked my cheek. "Where is Heather and Celeste?" I questioned her.
"After awhile Heather said she couldn’t see Benny like this any longer. She said that it was sad and she wanted go for a ride which was too weird." Benny stomped his hooves at that.
"Well, where are they then?"
"Celeste wanted to go skating so they went to the rink. Don’t worry Centaurus and Kim went with them." Wicca then smiled.
"Well, I guess I’ll go and check on them. You better stay here." I told her.
"I’m getting bored of this. Do you really think Circe will want them? I think really she just wants to change them after that she is done with them." Explained Wicca.
"If that were true then what happened to Perseus? He is gone." I argued.
"I guess you’re right. I’ll stay here." I smiled and then licked her face as I left.
It took just as long to get to the ice-skating rink as it did to get to the horse stables. Once I was inside I could feel the cold. It felt nice on my fur. On the ice I saw Heather and Celeste skating. Celeste was so wonderful. It made me think of the day we found her. Heather was also doing quite well.
"Hi Mojo!" Heather called after she saw me. Both girls then skated over to me.
"How is Wendy doing?" questioned Celeste.
"She is hiding her sadness behind a brave face. I think deep down in her heart she knows Perseus will come back to her. Where are Kim and Centaurus?" I asked. I didn’t see them anywhere.
"They’re around. Centaurs have a way of not being seen." Heather explained.
I looked around some more. "Well, that should come in handy." I said.
"It may." A voice came from the center of the rink. A dark cloud of smoke formed. I could see red eyes in the smoke. This time it was not a female form, but that of a man. Soon the smoke cleared and I was shocked.
"Oh my gosh! Perseus!" Celeste shouted. The smoke was gone and it left Perseus standing in front of us. He looked the same except he had red eyes and his star crystals were red.
"Girls, please come to the ice-skating rink it is urgent!" I yelled into my communicator.
"Sailor Aries Make-Up!" Heather changed herself into Sailor Aries.
"Sailor Capricorn Make-Up!" Celeste also became her sailor form Sailor Capricorn.
"The last two sailors that we can change into animals. This should be fun." He laughed. None of us had ever seen Perseus so mean. Not only were his eyes red but they were cold, dead. He was not himself.
Sailor Capricorn also knew this. "Capricorn Ramming Goat!" The goat rammed him and he fell to the ground.
Perseus stood back up and whipped the ice from his clothes. "Is that all you have?" he questioned.
"Aries Bucking Ram!" Aries called next. The ram ran to him and bucked him off his feet. This time once again Perseus stood up and whipped the ice off.
"My turn. Medusa’s Head!" I had only seen Perseus use his power once. He tried to use it on Queen Cassiopeia. On her it only froze her hand. This time it froze Sailor Aries and Capricorn completely. They became frozen statues.
"NO!" I shouted
Perseus looked at me and laughed. Sailor Sagittarius and Centaurus were now on the ice. "Sagittarius Sagitta Crossbow!" She called. The arrow rushed toward Perseus and caught him in the left arm.
Perseus looked at it and pulled it out. Blood pored from his wound. When the blood hit the ice steam rose from it. He then tossed the arrow back into the sky. Black smoke then appeared next to him. Circe had finally come.
Circe put her hand over Perseus’ wound and healed it. Aires and Capricorn started to move. The freezing was only temporary. Soon they were totally unfrozen.
"Starry Truth!" Circe shouted. The red smoke came from her staff and covered the last two sailor senshi. They soon had Greek dresses in their power colors on. Next the star crystals and forehead symbols were visible.
Lastly Aries became a white sheep. The sheep had star crystals and the forehead symbol. Capricorn became and half-goat and half-fish. The goat half was black and the fish half was green. She too had star crystals and the forehead symbol.
Sailors Gemini, Sailor Virgo and Sailor Aquarius then ran onto the ice. "Perseus?" questioned Wendy.
He looked at her and his eyes became blue brown once again. "Wendy?" he asked. Circe grabbed him and the black smoke surrounded them. Circe and Perseus were gone.
Wendy then began to sob on Mindy’s shoulder. I didn’t know what to say. Sailor Virgo then said, "What now?"
To be continued in "What Now"