-Chapter n, "Betrayal"

	Sailor Moon stood up from her crouching position. She wassure 
that the roof would fall on her, given that it had in factcollapsed. 
But for some reason it hadn't even hit her. When shelooked up, she 
discovered the culprit. One lone beam was still inplace, supported by 
two columns separated by quite a few yardsbetween them. Parts of the 
roof, including the one meant to hither, were still attached to the 
beam. She gulped, realizing howclose she had come to being smashed into 
a pancake by the roof.Sailor Moon started following the beam with her 
eyes, untilshe reached the corner where the crossbeam met the support 
columnfarthest where she was standing. She then proceeded to follow 
thesupport column down, until she spotted them. The clones, allcovered 
in debris from the roof. That part of the crossbeam hadindeed given up 
it's small chunk of the roof to gravity.The Clone's didn't look like 
they were in any position tofight, they were all still stirring, but 
they looked very muchdazed. Sailor Moon didn't like this one bit. Ever 
since using theSilver Crystal to heal the other Sailor Scouts of their 
injuries,her own energy was being very slow in regenerating. She knew 
sheneeded some rest to rejuvenate herself, but Sailor Moon couldtell 
that was unlikely. The Nega Scouts were still stirring, andthat was 
bad.
	"Beware I live!" Upon hearing this, Sailor Moon broke herstare at 
the fallen Clones, and looked straight forward. She thenrealized that 
the Clones were all in a circle, and they hadshielded... "I am Nega 
Mars!" Nega Mars grinned and stepped outof the circle the Clones had 
made to protect her. "Like that?"she asked with an innocent looking 
grin, "I got it from a videogame called 'Sinistar.' Have you ever heard 
of it Sailor Moon?"Sailor Moon took several steps back, nearly tripping 
onceover a chunk of brick, until she was right up against the 
supportcolumn that had protected her from the collapsing roof. She 
feltlike screaming, but she held it back. She then proceeded to lookat 
where her allies were, hoping and praying that they could helpher, only 
to become even more terrified.
	In all her curiosity at surveying her present situation, 
shehadn't even looked at the Sailor Scouts, who were, like theClones, 
covered in debris. She glared back at Nega Mars andproceeded to run the 
short distance towards the other scouts. Shestarted pulling the debris 
off of her friends. "No! No! Pleasestill be alive guys! I need you! 
Don't die!" She shouteddesperately.
	Her heart threatened to stop when she finally got a goodlook at 
the scouts. Sailor Venus was half covered bya largechunk of the roof. 
She looked like she was asleep. Sailor Mercuryhad a large gash on her 
head, it was trickling down the girlsblue hair, and onto the ground 
below her face. Sailor Jupiter'sfuku was slashed in many places with an 
equal number of openwounds, she was laying on her right side, her legs 
wereperpen~icular to the rest of her body. She could hear Nega 
Marslaughing sinisterly. She turned around, and clenched her 
fists.Holding back the real emotions she was experiencing, ofterror and 
fear, Sailor Moon tried to allow a little bravery tosurface. "It isn't 
right to attack innocent people, and it isn'tright to attack the people 
responsible for keeping those innocentpeople safe." Sailor Moon stood 
up. "I am Sailor Moon!" Sheshouted, still detecting no energy to back 
her, she proceededanyway to give her trademark hand gestures while 
saying "In thename of the moon..." She struck her final pose "I'll 
punish you,."
	Nega Mars folded her arms. "That's a good speech. You shouldwin 
an award for that or something."Sailor Moon could not think of anything 
to say in response. Too scared to even try. The stand off had begun. 
The distancebetween them didn't seem like it even mattered. Nega Mars 
wasstanding straight and sure, ready to start administering thefinal 
blow. Sailor Moon gave it her all and tried to stand evenstraighter, 
staring right into the clone's eyes. This starecontinued for about a 
minute. Nega Mars was becoming even moreexcited, she was gathering, 
through the stare, that Sailor Moonwas more scared than she was letting 
on.
	"So Sailor Moon," Nega Mars broke the silence. "It lookslike you 
have no one to protect you." The Clone's grin widened.Sailor Moon could 
only think of one other possible thing todo. She had to protect her 
friends, she had to protect thefuture, she was Sailor Moon. She 
couldn't let anyone defeat loveand justice. The clones were threatening 
that, she had to takeaction, and quickly.
	Nega Mars broke her stare and looked down at Sailor Moon'sbrooch 
as it opened up to reveal the Silver Crystal. "That's theSilver 
Crystal." Nega Mars stated, "What are you going to do withthat?"
	Sailor Moon looked up and answered, "Like I said, I cannotlet you 
continue hurting other people."
	Nega Mars snickered. "You want me to believe with whatlittle 
energy you have left that you will even hurt me? Wellthen, if you even 
are going to try, I might as well 'act' likeI'm trying desperately to 
fight back."
	Sailor Moon willed the Crystal out of it's resting placewith the 
palms of her hands. It didn't even need to make contactwith her hands. 
The Silver Crystal emanated a bright but bearablelight. Sailor Moon 
could swear that it actually knew what it wasabout to do, what it's 
purpose was at that time.
	"Forget it Sailor Moon!" Nega Mars shouted, "your time isup!" 
Nega Mars then folded her hands together and extended herindex fingers. 
Pointing right at Sailor Moon, she yelled "Mars,Fire, Ignite!"
	Sailor Moon saw the bright fire as it shot for her at ablinding 
fast speed. She gave no time for second thought, "Moon,Crystal, Power!" 
The crystal started unleashing it's power, whichin consequence, was the 
product of Sailor Moon's own energy beingpoured into it. Sailor Moon 
could feel her energy being pulledinto the Crystal. She had the ability 
to control it, but shedidn't want to. She willed the crystal on 
further. Pushing it outas far as her arms could reach.
	Nega Mars was a little startled. Sailor Moon couldn't havehad 
that much energy. *That crystal must amplify her power,* shethought to 
herself, *that doesn't matter. Sailor Moon doesn'thave enough energy 
left.* She concentrated more of her own energyinto her attack. It 
wasn't too much. She could continue on for afew more hours, or so she 
believed. Nega Mars was a littleworried, but it didn't phase her 
determination.
	Sailor Moon felt her energy drain away even more, too thepoint 
her arms now felt heavy and there was a great pain in herheart. She 
started hearing voices, the voices of the people sheloved. 
	Rini's face flashed into her mind, "You can do it SailorMoon."
	Soon after that, Darien, "Protect our future, Serena."
	Lita, Mina, Amy, Artemis, and Luna, all followed, "We'rewith 
you!"
	"I'm not letting you kill yourself Sailor Moon, you1re tooweak 
for this, you know that." Sailor Moon blinked, this didn'tcome from her 
mind. She turned her head until she could seebehind her out of the 
corner of her eye.
	"Sailor Mars!" she shouted. "Stand back! You don't need toput 
yourself in harms way for me! I must do this on my own! Andhow did you 
keep the roof from hurting, you!?" Sailor Moon felther legs almost give 
out, she corrected her balance and continuedstanding.
	Sailor Mars got behind her fellow scout and put her hands 
onSailor Moon's shoulders. "No time for questions Sailor Moon! LikeI 
said! You're too weak! Let me help!"
	Sailor Moon gave up trying to convince Mars otherwise, shelooked 
on forward. "Okay!"
	Mars took in a deep breath, and then shouted, "Mars, star,power!"
	The red gemstone on Mars' tiara shot out rays of red light,she 
gripped Sailor Moon's shoulders even tighter. *here we go*Mars thought 
to herself. She then proceeded to pour her ownenergy, through Sailor 
Moon, into the crystal.
	Nega Mars felt even more resistance to her power, itthreatened to 
push her back. "What the..." she trailed off whenshe tilted her head to 
the right slightly and saw the personbehind Sailor Moon. "So, the fire 
reader survived. No problem."Nega Mars yelled out like a lions roar, 
and poured even moreenergy into her counterattack.
	Moon and Mars both felt the added resistance. Sailor Moondidn't 
try to fight the extra resistance, she was caught offguard when she 
noticed even more energy flowing from theconnection between Sailor Mars 
and the Silver Crystal. SailorMoon had shortly before transformed into 
Princess Serena but thatwasn't really making her any stronger than she 
was being SailorMoon, "Mars!" she shouted, "don't put yourself into too 
muchdanger! I have enough energy left to defeat this..."
	"No!" Mars interrupted her. "The Earth needs you! TheUniverse 
needs you! We need you! Even though I call you ameatball head all the 
time, you're a true friend! Friends helpfriends! They even put their 
own lives on the line! I'm yourfriend Serena, and I'm not letting you 
die on us! You're tooimportant to everyone!"
	Serena closed her eyes involuntarily as she started to passout. 
"No!" Mars shouted, she realized that only Princess Serenacould wield 
the Silver Crystal, and if she passed out, the linkbetween Sailor Mars 
and the Crystal would be useless. She movedher hands underneath the 
princess' arms and strained to supporther. Mars was intending to do 
what she was about to do later on,but instead decided that her next 
action was desperately neededright then. She started pouring more 
energy, not just into theSilver Crystal, but into Serena as well.
	Princess Serena opened her eyes again, "Mars! What are youdoing! 
Stop it! You can't do that without killing yourself!""I'll be okay!" 
Sailor Mars responded. Serena was still veryweak, the energy that Mars 
was pouring into the princess insteadof the crystal, was only enough to 
keep her from passing out.Sailor Mars was still having to support 
Princess Serena, whichwas proving to be difficult given the fact that 
her own energywas being spent so quickly that she was becoming dazed. 
She lether head rest on Serena's right shoulder, closed her eyes, 
andconcentrated even harder on the connection between herself andthe 
crystal.
	Nega Mars started to become scared. The crystal had startedto 
give three or four times it's original power when Sailor Moonbegan her 
attack. The clone started to feel fatigued and tired."This can't 
happen. You can't defeat us! By the name of QueenBeryl, the Negaverse 
generals, and especially the Negaforce, Ican't let you win!" She 
decided, half heartedly, to give the twoscouts one big push, believing 
that they might break their attacklong enough so that Nega Mars' own 
power would kill them.Concentrating a whole bunch of her energy into 
one big heap, shepiled it into her attack. The fire at her fingertips 
gotbrighter. "Die!" That bright spot started rushing toward the 
twoscouts.
	Sailor Mars felt the crystal's power become unopposed for abrief 
second. Quickly realizing that the Clone's would die beforethey ceased 
an attack, she assumed the other thing. "Oh no!" Sheyelled. She gritted 
her teeth, pulled Princess Serena closer, andsent every last bit of 
energy she had into the Silver Crystal,and her friend.
	The bright flash of fire hit the power emanating from thecrystal, 
but instead of breaking through, it bounced back. NegaMars saw this, 
and gasped. "Noooo!" she shrieked. Ducking in anattempt to miss it's 
massive power, she found herself beingsmashed into the ground violently 
and her skin tingling with apowerful fire that ceased just as soon as 
it began.
	Princess Serena fell to her knees, a transformation tookhold and 
she became Sailor Moon again, the Silver Crystal,somehow realizing it's 
task was complete, disappeared, only toreappear inside of Moon's 
brooch. Then the brooch sealed.She felt herself able to stand again, 
and more alert thanever. She stopped cold when she realized where all 
this newenergy had come from, she turned around, to see Sailor 
Mars,staring at her, grinning. "We did it Sailor Moon. You didn't die,I 
didn't, die." Sailor Mars, slowly transformed back to her normal 
self,Raye suddenly fell to her knees, her eyes closed and she 
fellforward, flat on her face, silent. Her long raven black hairfanned 
out to cover her like a blanket. 
	"Nooo!" Sailor Moon shouted, and rushed over to the fallen scouts 
side."Don't die on me Raye!" Sailor Moon reached down and pressedtwo 
fingers against Raye's neck. She could feel Raye's slow butsteady 
heartbeat. *Thank God! You're still alive!* She grinnedinwardly, 
eternally grateful for that C+ she had received inFirst Aid class. 
"Don't do that again! You really, really couldhave killed yourself 
easily."Her smile turned back into a frown when she realized thatRaye 
had passed out. Sailor Moon automatically assumed Raye wasstill in 
great danger. "No Raye, you still wont die, I'll get youan ambulance. 
You'll be in a nice comfy hospital bed before youknow it. And after you 
recover, we'll go see that movie we weregoing to go see last weekend 
but never did." She let a tear fallinto Raye's hair."
	After a minute or two of kneeling at Raye's side, she turnedto 
look at the other scouts and Tuxedo Mask. For the moment, sheassumed 
the others were fine. It was also the most cautiousapproach to take, 
which was nit without its merits. She decidedthis because she didn't 
know if the other Clones were still aliveor not, and after all, she 
never even once looked at Nega Marsafter her and Raye's combined attack 
ceased.
	Sailor Moon stood up again, although she still felt heavybecause 
she still lacked energy. She didn't make a fuss becauseshe realized 
just whose energy she had in her, and how thatperson had just risked 
their life for Moon's safety.She found, in shock, that the Clones were 
all looking ather. Though they seemed to be doing that rather 
painfully.Sailor Moon could only stare at the Nega Scouts before her,on 
their knees and nearly gasping for air. She didn't know why,but her 
heart was saying "have pity on them for once." Shecouldn't quite figure 
it out. On the other hand, there were manythings about the past week 
that she couldn't quite figure out.She wasn't even sure if she wanted 
to.
	The silence around her was broken by a faint, strainedvoice. It 
belonged to Nega Moon. "Sailor Moon. You win. We havefailed." Sailor 
Moon was naturally startled by what she hadheard.
	Then she looked at the one next to Nega Moon. It was NegaMercury. 
"We have no reason...to live." She choked severely, thepunch she had 
received from Sailor Jupiter had evidently donemuch damage to her, "You 
have won." She choked a second time."Now finish us off."
	Nega Venus was the next to speak. She had received the bruntof a 
combined attack between Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury, andlooked as 
white as a sheet. "We don't deserve to live anymore."
	Sailor Moon glanced at Nega Jupiter. Sailor Jupiter's doublehad 
made it a point to go after Tuxedo Mask in a futile attemptat revenge. 
She had another rose, this time sticking in her rightshoulder. She was 
clutching her maimed shoulder with her otherarm, tears coming to her 
face. "Please, Sailor Moon."
	Next came Nega Mars. Her fuku had been severely burned fromthe 
attack Sailor Moon herself had launched along with SailorMars, but it 
was still intact. Nega Mars looked up at SailorMoon, a stern expression 
on her face. Sailor Moon then noticed athick stream of blood coming 
from the clone's nose. Bothnostrils. "Sailor Moon," she started. "We 
can't go on any longer.You've won." Her voice was eerily calm. "We've 
lost. We can'tlive anymore. You have to end our lives."
	"No!" Sailor Moon was having trouble comprehending what shewas 
about to say, but her heart assured her of its meaning."There's good in 
you. You are part of us." She paused, "There'sgood in you."
	Nega Mars shouted, "We can't live like failures any longer!"Tears 
were coming to her eyes.
	Sailor Moon shook her head left to right. "I'm not going tokill 
you. There's good in all of you. That's what makes itwrong." Moon just 
couldn't figure out what logic her heart wasusing to tell her this. *It 
must've been the Silver Crystal* shethought, though, she decided not to 
ignore it. She never ignoredher heart.
	Nega Mars felt like she was about to faint. Her evilreasoning was 
telling her to attack until she couldn't attackanymore. But there was a 
voice. Something deep inside her heart.It sang to her like a song. 
*Trust Sailor Moon, she'll save you,she'll protect you.* She was 
naturally fighting to ignore it.But the strange thing was, she found 
herself not wanting too, nomatter how hard her evil side was trying to.
	Sailor Moon turned to look at her fallen comrades once more.The 
sight was indeed a sad one. She couldn't do anything forthem. She 
didn't want to let her guard down. The sight of herfriends, all nearly 
crumpled up, shot a pain through her heart somuch that a knot wouldn't 
be the best description of it. Even thesight of Sailor Mars, who looked 
better than the others,worstened the pain.
	Sailor Moon then turned to the Nega Scouts again. Nega Marswas 
looking down towards the ground. Her heart whispered to her,*you're 
friends will be fine. The clones need help* She took adeep breath, then 
started forward. She slowly approached theclones, still cautiously 
though.
	Nega Mercury and Venus, upon seeing this, instinctivelytried to 
assume a defensive posture, fearing the defiling contactwith the 
creature they despised. They wanted to be killed from adistance, not in 
close quarters. The touch of Sailor Moon wouldbe an unendurable 
desecration. They failed when they realizedthey couldn't even stand.
	Sailor Moon stopped in front of Nega Mars. She got down onher 
knees beside the fallen adversary. Nega Mars looked up andglared at 
Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon could see the evil fire in theclones eyes, yet 
she could see something else as well. It wasthere, her heart told her 
so. For a brief moment, she could seesomething deep within the clones 
pained but evilly determinedexpression.
	Sailor Moon placed a hand on the clones shoulder, who immediately 
and violently shrugged it off. "Stay away from me!"the clone shouted. 
She immediately dropped her hand.
	"No," Sailor Moon responded, "you're not alone in thisworld. I'm 
not going to let you be."
	Nega Mars gritted her teeth. She was having trouble holdingback 
her evil nature so Sailor Moon could kill her. "Stay awayfrom me, 
Sailor Moon, unless you want to get hurt!" Sheexclaimed. She found a 
small part of herself hoping that SailorMoon would get the message, 
this worried her evil side.Sailor Moon found herself speechless. She 
didn't know whatto do next. So, she decided to listen to the part of 
her sheconsidered a most trusted advisor, her heart. Without saying 
aword, without thinking a further thought, she picked up her armand 
again laid her hand to rest on the clones shoulder. She knewhow much 
danger she was in, but she chose to ignore it.
	Then, in an instant, she found herself flying backwardsabout ten 
feet, parallel to the ground. The clone had landed apunch right to her 
stomach. "I warned you Sailor Moon!" the cloneshouted. Sailor Moon got 
up. She hugged her stomach and winced inpain. She looked up at the 
clone, standing above her. Nega Marsmust have been in better shape than 
Sailor Moon had originallyassumed. But by now she realized how errored 
of an assumptionthat was.
	Sailor Moon was motionless. If she made the wrong move now,she 
would be in even more pain. She would be worse off, with morethan just 
a twisted stomach. Nega Mars had the upper hand. Herevil side had 
seized the opportunity again and Sailor Moon couldsee it in the clones 
eyes. The crimson fire in her soul.There was still something else 
there, something caring andnurturous, not evil and vile, and Sailor 
Moon could sense it. Buthow? Only Raye had the ability to sense things 
like that. ButSailor Moon knew what she felt, and indeed she was 
sensing, no,feeling the good in this imposter who had Sailor Moon 
within her grasp. So, Sailor Moon just sat there, still hugging 
herstomach, looking up at her now soon-to-be victorious adversary.
	Nega Mars was smiling with victory. Perhaps she wouldn'tfail 
after all. If she could just knock down their leader, theothers would 
be easily defeated. As it was, they were certainlyin no position to 
fight.
	The clone lifted up her fist, and aimed right at SailorMoon's 
head. *Oh, No! I don't wanna die!* Sailor Moon's mindshouted into 
nowhere. She closed her eyes. Was this how it wouldend? Instantly and 
instinctively, her mind and heart reached outto Tuxedo Mask, but she 
couldn't make contact with hisunconscious mind. A sharp breeze 
violently caressed her face, andshe opened her eyes slightly. The clone 
had missed Sailor Moon'sskull by less than an inch. Barely brushing 
against her hair.Nega Mars retracted her fist.
	"Why can't I kill you!" Nega Mars shouted out, "You'resupposed to 
die!"
	Sailor Moon whimpered a little. She realized thatapproaching the 
clones was like playing with fire. But who wasshe to ignore her heart? 
She was Sailor Moon, the champion ofLove and Justice. That meant taking 
risks. She had to listen toher heart, and it never seemed to fail her 
before.Nega Mars lifted her right hand again, there was no way shewas 
going to fail. The warm blood from her nose had touched thelips of her 
mouth and she could taste it. She envisioned theblood of Sailor Moon on 
her hands, a triumphant victory. "Ohwell, Third times a charm but the 
second is just as good." theclone stated flatly. Sailor Moon looked 
down at the cementground.
	Then, the clone heard a voice inside her mind, anothervoice, but 
familiar. *Why must you go on like this? There is goodin you, you just 
don't realize it yet.* The clone clinched herfists, *I've figured it 
out now, the visions I've seen insideyour head,* the voice continued. 
Sailor Moon looked up,horrified. Nega Mars had her right fist drawn, 
aiming right forSailor Moon's head again.
	Sailor Moon could hold it back no longer, tears startedcoming to 
her clouded up eyes.
	*You're lonely. Aren't you.* Those words echoed throughthe 
clone's mind like thunder in a thunderstorm.
	Sailor Moon could see the sudden change in the clonesexpression. 
Her fear was partially replaced with curiosity. NegaMars hadn't 
loosened or moved her fist, she was still lookingright into Sailor 
Moons horrified eyes.
	*You're scared. But you don't have to be.* the voicecontinued. 
The clone started loosening the clinch in her fist.*Don't hurt Sailor 
Moon. She'll help you.*
	The Clone broke her stare with Sailor Moon and looked off tothe 
distance. "Who are you! Show yourself now!" An image poppedinto her 
mind. It was Raye, in her priestess robe, and showing abig smile. *Now 
do you see who I am?*"Huh?" the clone mumbled as she turned to look at 
where Rayewas laying, unconscious.
	*Ever since I knew you were here I've been having visions.I've 
seen some of your thoughts.*
	"That's a lie!" shouted Nega Mars. Sailor Moon noticed thatthe 
Clone was staring, and shouting, at Raye. 
	Sailor Moon was struck with a sudden thought. *Could Raye 
betalking to her? Oh, please, Raye. Get through to her.**There's good 
in you. I can see it now.* Raye continued. Foronce, Nega Mars decided 
to cooperate, curiosity had gotten thebest of her.
	"Where?" she demanded.
	*You don't see it? Let me show it to you then.* Nega Mars'smind 
suddenly filled with images. They were the same images shehad seen 
since she could remember.
	A child, crying on a sidewalk, no one around to comfort 
hersobbing. Then, a man walked up to the child. "Daddy!" the 
childexclaimed. The child jumped up and hugged her dad. The clonecould 
hear, and feel the child's happiness.
	Another image, seen instantaneously with the others. Abombing in 
a distant city. The injured, walking around startledand scared. This 
time, though, unlike the last time she had this vision,people of all 
ages started to help the injured. Taking them tosafety and tending to 
their wounds.
	A single saline tear formed in the clones eyes. Herexpression 
held solid though. Another image formed in her mind.She was startled to 
find that she was seeing herself, in theNegaverse, crouching in a 
corner, with her arms around her legs,her face buried in her knees. She 
remembered this instance. Sheremembered the feelings of loneliness, 
despair, and anger. Then,she saw Nega Jupiter walking up to her, and 
placing a hand on hershoulder. Instantaneously she brought her other 
arm around andslapped Nega Jupiter, who stepped back five feet, 
frightened.*You slime! I told you never to touch me,* she heard herself 
say.Nega Jupiter lowered her head and walked away sobbing.
	*Why did you do that to her?* Raye asked.
	The clones face took on an angry expression. *She shouldn'thave 
touched me!*
	*Why?*
	It was at that instant that Nega Mars suddenly realized whatRaye 
was trying to prove. *1 don't know? Do I?*
	*1 think you do.*
	The same image of Nega Mars in the corner appeared in hermind. 
She was again crouched in the corner with her head buriedin her knees. 
Nega Jupiter approached her, knelt down and placeda hand on her 
shoulder. For the first time ever, Nega Marsnoticed that Nega Jupiter 
had a smile on her face. She againraised her other arm, and placed her 
hand over Nega Jupiter'shand. She felt a new sensation at that moment. 
Friendship.This feeling was new to her. It was more appealing than 
thehatred, lust, and greed she had of abundance inside herself. 
Shecould feel something good in her heart.
	She once again heard Raye. *Now do you see the good you 
haveinside?* she asked.
	"Yes." Nega Mars responded out loud. This didn't startleSailor 
Moon, for she could hear the relieved joy in the clonesvoice.
	At that instant, Nega Mars could feel the good in her 
heartoverpower the evil she knew. She grinned, looked down again 
atSailor Moon, and unclenched her fist. Without saying anotherword.
	She extended the same hand to the fallen scout. "I'm," shecoughed 
weakly, "sorry, Sailor Moon."
	Sailor Moon smiled, still with tears in her eyes. "I forgiveyou." 
Sailor Moon found herself not afraid, her heart had calmedher.
	They stood for a minute, Nega Mars found herself not wantingthese 
new sensations to end. This friendship, trust, andunderstanding. The 
evil would eventually build back up again, andshe knew it. She became 
afraid for Sailor Moon's safety, as wellas the safety of everyone else.
	"Sailor Moon. Please heal me." She pointed to the fallenclones, 
who seemed oblivious to anything around them, in a tranceof sorts. "And 
the," she paused, "my friends. Please heal myfriends too."
	Sailor Moon responded, "But if I heal you, you might die,Because 
you..."
	"Are born of the Negaforce." the clone finished Sailor Moon's 
sentence. "I know. But I also know, there's good in me. Iwant the evil 
taken away. I want to experience happiness, even ifonly for a minute. I 
want my friends to experience it too. PleaseSailor Moon." Tears were 
trickling down the clones cheeks, butshe was smiling.
	Sailor Moon cupped the clones hands in hers. "Okay." Shecould see 
almost no more fire in the clones eyes, instead, theyhad a starlight 
twinkle.
	Nega Mars painfully gasped and then screamed, "Oh no!"Sailor Moon 
looked stunned, "Nega Mars! What's wrong?"
	Nega Mars trembled as her legs gave out, Sailor Moon grabbedher 
arms and tried to give her balance. The clone respondeddesperately. 
"Run! You don't have a chance!" With one quickbreath, she passed out. 
She slid out of Sailor Moons arms. SailorMoon gasped as she finally saw 
what had caused Nega Mars tocollapse. A tiara. Its pointshad been 
sharpened and one was sticking into the middle of thesmall of Nega 
Mars's back. Right at her spine. Sailor Moon lookedup. She could only 
think of one clone who would use their tiarafor a weapon.
	"There's one obstacle out of my way," Nega Moon said withsinister 
seriousness. She was the only one standing in the groupof fallen clones 
who had before then passed out from theirinjuries.
	"Well, Sailor Moon. It looks like it's just you, me, and 
thesilence. You don't know how long I have been waiting to meet theso 
called self-proclaimed champion of love, and justice face to face." 
Nega Moon snapped her fingers, her tiara disappeared fromNega Mars's 
back and reappeared in her hand. She ran a fingeraround its bladed 
edges, allowing it to draw her own blood. Andmix with that of Nega 
Mars. She then brought the wounded fingerto her mouth, savoring the 
taste of blood on her tongue.
	"Delicious." the clone said in a voice that sounded as though 
itwere in paradise. She proffered the tiara to Sailor Moon. "Carefor 
some?" 
	Sailor Moon squealed in fear at the sight laid out before her, 
while her clone's expression took on a slight frown."No." she spoke 
again. "I don't suppose you're ready forthat...yet." She put the tiara, 
blood and all, back on her head,allowing the blood to matte her golden 
bangs. She took lightpleasure in the feeling of the blood on her head, 
then focusedher attention back on Sailor Moon. She started approaching 
thefrightened scout. The sound of her footsteps on the cold cement had 
an ominous intensity. She hadher hands behind her back and a smug smile 
on her face.
	"Oh, Sailor Moon, it's so intriguing. Yes, this does 
havepossibilities." She stopped right in front of Sailor Moon. Shecould 
see the fear in the scouts eyes. As fast as lightning, shethrew her 
hand at Sailor Moon's brooch, and ripped it violentlyoff her uniform. 
Sailor Moon shrieked as her fuku unwove itselfand re-stringed as her 
normal clothes. Sailor Moon was SailorMoon no longer, she was now 
Serena. Nega Moon looked at thebrooch in her hand, then tossed it over 
her shoulder. It rangdully in Serena's ears as it hit the dust covered 
ground. Theclone then reached her hand up and touched Serena's face. 
She puther palm against Serena's cheek bone. Serena wanted to 
scream,she couldn't do anything but just stand there. She 
couldn'tremember how to make her muscles work at the moment. She felt 
thecruel, twisted mirror of herself place its cold hand upon herface. 
Serena felt as though the icy grip of death itself whereupon her.
	"Such a sweet, innocent young thing. You have no idea 
thePandora's box you've opened up, do you? Well, take notes, mydear. 
After all, you're me." The clone let energy flow throughouther, 
gathering it into the tip of her palm. "By the way, have Iever told you 
how much I hate this face?" Nega Moon let her handgloss over Serena's 
cheek, then, in one powerful swing, shepulled her hand back and slapped 
Serena's face hard in the samespot she had been touching it. Serena 
groaned in pain as shetwisted around and met the ground, hard. The 
clone continued."How dare you! You make me sick! Such wonderful beauty 
wastedon someone like you!"
	Serena didn't say anything, too scared for her life to showfear. 
She gazed in the direction of the fallen Tuxedo Mask. NegaMoon looked 
over at the fallen hero herself. 
	The clone leaned down to Serena and lowered her voice. "You don't 
really thinkhe's going to save you, do you, my little princess? After 
all, hewas going to betray you. Isn't that right, Darien? Tell her 
howyou promised to kill her so that we could be together."
	Upon hearing this, Serena had enough rage built up that 
shesuddenly remembered how to speak. "Liar!" she yelled. "Darienwould 
never want someone like you!" She got up and stood. "Hisheart is pure!"
	"Oh, pleeze!" the clone stood. "Why would he want you, nowthat he 
has me? Face it, Serena, A.K.A. Sailor Moon. You areflawed and weak. I 
offer him everything he deserves in a woman,but you only offer him 
frustration." The clone suddenly forcedherself on top of Serena, 
kneeling over her body and pinning it tothe ground. She then withdrew 
her wand, black as night, andsharpened to an all too deadly point at 
the bottom of the handle.
	"Now," she spoke sinisterly, waving the wand over Serena's 
face,"what to do about that face of yours? Ah, I know, time for alittle 
plastic surgery!" She said, holding the point of the wandfirmly against 
Serena's cheek. The helpless girl screamed at thetop of her lungs, 
which served only to anger the clone even more."Shut up!" she yelled 
back, moving the deadly tip of the wandfrom Serena's cheek to her 
throat. Every breath serena tookpressed her delicate throat against the 
unforgiving blade. Shewas certain it was going to puncture. Each breath 
she took was awhimper, a futile plea to be spared.
	The clone smiled wickedly at her, then sighed. "Unfortunately, 
there just isn't time for me to indulge myself." Nega Moon calmly 
withdrew the threat of the wand, allowing Serenato take full breaths 
once more. "This will have to suffice." Theclone took her own hand and 
placed it on Serena's throat, butSerena was surprised to find that it 
did not attempt to choke her. Rather, it slowly forced her head all the 
way to thepavement. "I have some business to attend to, my sweet. But 
don'tworry, in case you miss me, I'II give you something to rememberme 
by." Nega Moon brought her face down to hover over Serena's,then she 
slowly brought her lips over Serena's and kissed thegirl violently, 
sending a breath down Serena's throat that tastedlike pure acid. Serena 
felt herself losing consciousness, andfought to stay conscious. She 
forced her eyes open, to find theform of her clone gone. She wanted to 
vomit just to get theungodly taste of the clone's breath out of her 
mouth. She triedto rise, but found not a single muscle of hers would 
work, asidefrom her eyes. Looking heavenward, she thought that she saw 
themoon turn a bright red, or was it just the miasma of her mind asher 
eyes shut and she drifted away into nothingness.
	Nega Moon watched with satisfaction as Serena finally passedout. 
She then turned her attention towards her own allies, theNega Scouts. 
"Now to take care of you four. I might as well sayit has not been a 
pleasure doing business with you."
	She snapped her fingers. When she did, the scenerey changedfrom a 
violently near-dismantled warehouse to a room with onelarge curtain 
serving as a wall. It was a stage. A split secondlater, a large black 
shadow appeared, and was replaced with theNega Scouts. Nega Moon held 
out her hand and a black crystalappeared in her palm.
	"Selene, what are you doing?"
	"What?" Nega Moon looked down at the Nega Scouts. Nega Marswas 
conscious again. "How can you still be awake?"
	"You forgot. We can regenerate ourselves too." Nega 
Marswhispered. Nega Moon grinned, "Not for much longer. It will be 
apleasure not seeing you walk ever again." With that, she held outthe 
black crystal in front of her. A black fog surrounded theother Nega 
Scouts. A few seconds later. The Nega Scouts hadchanged. They were no 
longer in their Negaverse Fuku's, butinstead, they were in normal 
clothing.