The Fate of the Sailor Zodia

Well this is it. The story finally ends. No, I don't own Sailor Moon, but I own all the characters in this story. My e-mail is LilDragon@sbcglobal.net, so tell me what you think when you're finished. -Pretty Sammi

Aquarius spotted Tizania just before her friends disappeared in the black dome.

"What happened?" she demanded.

"It must have been a Dark Zodia Dragon Warrior," Cancer said definitely. "Tizania, most likely. She was number one last I heard. It's a good thing she's so confident, she didn't even bother to see who she was attacking."

"How can that be good?!" Aquarius yelled.

"Calm down," Psyche told her.

"No, not yet." Cancer said.

"That dome is going to drain their energy," Cancer explained. "This way they can defeat their only obstacle, the Sailor Zodia, and make their dark crystal more powerful. But in doing that the crystal will become too powerful for just ANYONE to control, so Tizania must be going to fetch the Dragon Mistress."

"We have a slight advantage. They didn't anticipate two separate Gemini Scouts, and Chi was there as well. So there are three of us left," Psyche said.

"So…Can we save the others?" Aquarius asked.

"I think so," Psyche answered.

"Let's get to it then!" she said getting ready to rush out the door.

"Wait! We should go in after the Dragon Mistress," Cancer said.

"Go in?!" Aquarius exclaimed. "What do you mean?"

"It's like a separate dimension," she explained. "If we go in afterwards, we may be able to…sneak up on her. Besides, Tizania will be back in no time. Do you understand?"

"Let's wait in here," Psyche said.

"Right," the two girls answered together.

"Since you are our leader," Aquarius said, "you should have this. Chi said so." She held out the Imperial Silver Crystal.

Cancer was surprised, but she accepted. "I don't know how to use this, but I will do my best. For you, and the others too." Aquarius smiled.

"Hmph…" The Dragon Mistress gave a general approval to her finest warrior.

She wore a long dark cloak, and she had the hood over her head so you could not see her face well. Barely revealed under her cloak was a long dark dress with a few thin gold chains draping over the front. Her menacing black wings were like a shadow, even in the lightning of the storm, for they reflected no light unlike, Aquarius noticed, the glimmering wings that Cancer possessed. The Dragon Mistress Walked directly into the black dome, and Tizania faithfully followed her.

"Now," Psyche told them.

Cancer and Aquarius walked out to the black dome. Cancer stepped up to it, but she hesitated. "If this is the end-"

"Don't talk like that!" Aquarius ordered.

Cancer quickly entered, and Aquarius nervously held her hand up to the side of the dome, and slowly stepped in. Psyche tried to follow, but, as he reached out to the wall with his hand, he found he couldn't pass through. Aquarius turned back and could briefly see him. "Wish us luck," she said. Then she turned and caught up to her companion.

"You fool! There are only eleven Sailor Zodia here! See, that one isn't a Zodia at all," the Dragon Mistress shouted and pointed at Chi. She threw of the hood of her cloak and her dark black hair flowed to the ground. "And look at the marks on their foreheads. There are two Gemini Zodia! That means that there are two others, and one of them is Miazan."

"I'm sorry, I did not-"

"Don't invent excuses. At least the other warriors energy will make a sizable contribution."

Tizania felt rather foolish as she stared at the enemy she had trapped. Eleven glowing Sailor Zodia and another sat on the milky white floor of the dome she had created, barely able to support themselves and almost completely paralyzed. Their energy was flowing into the dark crystal, which the Mistress held tightly in her right hand.

"I almost feel sorry for them," Tizania whispered to herself. She watched her Mistress, and the Mistress watched the suffering girls and smiled at their pain. How could such weaklings be so much trouble, she thought.

Cancer and Aquarius stood near the back of the dome, which was in fact much bigger on the inside than on the outside. They were still and quiet, and they listened for their chance to attack. Neither of them quite knew what to do for the Dragon Mistress was much stronger than either of them, and with the aid of the dark crystal she was even stronger.

Cancer clutched her hand into a tight fist and squeezed. If she weren't wearing those strong black gloves, she would probably have cut straight through the skin of her palm. In her other hand she delicately held the Imperial Silver Crystal. Her allies slowly dropped to the floor as they lost their energy. She hadn't been open or nice to any of them, though she now regretted that, but they had still been kind to her. Some, like Aquarius, had even tried to be friends. And now they were dying. They had never done anything to deserve this, and she had no idea how to use the only thing that could possibly save them. Aquarius silently wept beside her.

When the last Zodia finally fell the Dragon Mistress held the crystal out in front of her. It glowed with black light. It was a power only she could control, and now nothing stood in her way. Her eyes were full of lust.

She laughed, and it was a terrible sound. "Finally, the power I have always desired. Now the universe is mine," the Mistress hissed. "And there is more. We must find those two remaining Sailor Zodia. Their energy is mine as well."

Cancer was furious. "You want my energy? You can have it!" Her hands shot forward so quickly that the Dragon Mistress could barely react. Cancer held the Crystal with both hands and suddenly everything fell into place. She knew what to do. Her energy shot forward, focused into a great swirling beam.

Tizania was incinerated immediately, but the Dragon Mistress swiftly put up a shield around herself before the beam hit. It soaked up the blast like a sponge.

Then Aquarius realized what Cancer was doing. She undid the clasp on her necklace and held forward her small silver star pendant, and the blue star sapphire in the middle began to glow. Her tremendous energy joined Cancer's.

"Yes, that's it!" The Dragon Mistress screamed. She felt the wicked crystal, all its power surged through her.

Then something quite unexpected happened. A small crack formed on he perfectly smooth, round surface of the dark crystal, but it so small that the unaided eye could not see it.

Without warning Sailor Aries stood up. She took her own star pendant and held it forward. She added her power to that of her companions. Sailor Gemini Major saw her princess and did just as she had. One by one the Sailor Zodia stood up with a new strength and added their new energy.

The crack in the dark crystal grew under the stress, and when the last Sailor Zodia, Sailor Taurus, submitted her energy it cracked in half. The Dragon Mistress disintegrated into a black smoke was sucked into the dark crystal. It mended itself, and then Sailor Cancer crushed it to dust. Their uniforms disappeared and were replaced by plain white dresses. The dome disappeared and the Zodia found themselves on the field outside Sagittarius's small house in the pouring rain.

When Chi woke up the sun was shining through the windows of the living room. She was laying on a couch, and on the floor around her and even in the next room the girls all slept, thoroughly worn out. She picked her way through the rooms to the door and outside she found Psyche waiting.

"They won," was all he said.

"I know, they always win." She smiled. "Will you leave soon?"

"No. Kitty is still asleep. I couldn't disturb her or the other girls."

She gave Psyche a kiss on the cheek. "Until next time." Her moonstone pendant glowed and she disappeared.