the proverbial rotating device.
Sep. 1st, 2012 12:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sarah leaned against the pillar and closed her eyes.
He's not available, he's not available, he's too damn young, he's too damn young!
Opening her eyes, she clapped her hands, startling a trio of girls walking nearby.
"Right! Time to earn my keep and nothing will be said that might tickle the ears of a bushy-haired, overendowed Fey Royal because that's the LAST thing I need!" She said softly. Another deep breath and she stepped out into view, reaching for her I phone and playing with it. The camera function was still working and she had an idea. Glancing up, she saw binoculars aimed directly at her. Mamoru-kun got on his bike and looked back. She dipped her chin briefly and he roared away from the curb to get the Senshi. Sarah held her phone up and pretended to take pictures of a storefront, a cute couple with linked pinky fingers, working her way towards Eudeal. The redhead lowered the binoculars and Sarah took two pictures; one of her and one of her car. Lowering the camera, she stared. Eudeal stared back. Sarah pointed to herself and slowly mouthed her name. Eudeal flinched and looked down. She held up a piece of paper and glanced between it and Sarah.
I wonder how I got on THAT radar.
Sarah waited until Eudeal smiled. With a slight jerk of her head, Sarah invited the Witches 5 team member to follow her before strolling away. She took the path Mamoru-kun pointed out as she tucked her phone back into her purse.
Now, if memory serves, Haruka and Michiru should be floating around somewhere, watching me or Eudeal. Given their reactions last night, my money's on tailing me.
A car engine roared behind her, punctuated by screams of pedestrians. Sarah ignored the noise. Eudeal pulled alongside her with a screech of brakes.
"You are Sarah-san, aren't you?" Eudeal demanded, keeping pace. Sarah shrugged.
"Is that who you're looking for, Eudeal?" She countered, watching out of her peripheral vision. Eudeal hissed.
"How do you know me?"
"How do you know me?"
"Just answer the question!" Sarah stopped. Eudeal braked too late and overshot by a car length. Sarah sighed and moved to stand beside the vehicle.
"If you want my heart crystal so badly, I'm going to the greenhouses. You can meet me there. Nice and private, no witnesses to accuse you of murder or policemen to arrest you for driving off road." Eudeal blinked as sirens pierced the air.
"Shimatta!" Eudeal peeled out, cut a hard right and headed back to the street. Sarah opened her purse and checked her phone.
"Let's see. She'll lose the cops quickly, so I probably have about 15 minutes, maybe closer to 30 if she has to ditch the car. Plenty of time for Mamoru-kun and the girls to get there. Coolness." Sarah increased her walking speed, muttering under her breath.
"Power of water, wind and earth, turn the shot back to its birth. Raise the shield to guard my heart and keep me safe from her dark art!"
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"There she is."
Haruka and Michiru looked up from their spot by the lake. Sarah-san walked by; chin up, eyes forward and one hand white-knuckled on the strap of her purse. The Outer Senshi rose when she reached the rental dock and turned right. They followed at a distance, keeping their eyes peeled for Eudeal.
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Sarah was only a little surprised when the star marked car roared out from behind the greenhouses and barreled towards her. She stopped, watching as Eudeal whipped the car into a sideways drift, coming to a stop about ten feet away. A gun barrel extended from the open window.
"It's not going to do you any good!" Sarah called.
"Captured!" The gun fired. Sarah crossed her arms over her chest and the shot splattered, burning her skin and blistering her face.
"AH! AHH! THAT HURTS YOU BITCH!!!" Sarah screamed. Eudeal got out of the car and looked over the roof.
"I missed?"
"Hurts, hurts," Sarah couldn't help the whimpers, holding her arms out at her sides, hissing as every tear scorched over second degree burned cheeks. Her nose stung and she half expected her lips to be charred. She threw back her head, trying to redirect the tears to the sides of her face.
"Captured!" Eudeal sang out and fired again. Sarah screamed as the shot tore through her chest. Her legs gave out and she dropped to her knees, then backwards. Sparkles coalesced above her and she watched them, fighting to stay conscious. The glowing ball solidified into a solid garnet-colored crystal that glowed from within like a candle under glass.
Heh. It doesn't even look like a heart crystal. Suck it, bitch. Don't worry, kiddo-torpedoes. Mommy will be fine, once the Senshi arrive.
A white glove with blue banding around the wrist appeared and cupped the crystal, taking it away. Sarah closed her eyes.
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"KAA-SAN!!!" Sailors Uranus and Neptune looked up. Eudeal snarled. The Inner Senshi had arrived and Sailor Jupiter was bolting towards them. "YOU LEAVE HER ALONE!!" She shouted.
"You target a foreign woman here on vacation! Your evil knows no borders and that is unforgivable! A pretty soldier for love and justice in a sailor suit, Sailor Moon! In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon called, posing.
"As will we!" Mars, Mercury and Venus added. Jupiter charged Uranus, who leapt into a nearby tree, Neptune at her side.
"Come out, Daimohn!" Eudeal called, opening the back hatch. In a plume of smoke, a red and purple Daimohn appeared. It had a plug on its head and metal plates over the stomach.
"Ironder!" The Daimohn announced, posing.
"Take care of those pests!" Eudeal ordered, running around the car. "You two, give that back!"
"It doesn't even LOOK like a heart crystal," Neptune said, watching it slowly pulse above her hands.
"Another wasted trip, what a pain." Uranus grumbled. Eudeal's mouth fell open.
"Wh...what? After all of THAT? OOOOO!!!" Eudeal stomped back to her car, threw the gun in the back seat and climbed in. She peeled out, nearly clipping Tuxedo Kamen as he joined the scene. Shaking his head, he leaped over to Sarah's side as Neptune sent the heart crystal floating back.
"Take care of her, please, Tuxedo Kamen." With that, the Outers disappeared. Jupiter growled.
"I'll take care of her," Kamen said to Jupiter. She nodded and rushed back to the fight just in time to see her comrades take a nasty hit.
"If it's power you want, I'll take you on!" She snarled, charging in. Ironder sneered as their hands met and clasped. The two struggled for a few minutes, then Ironder yanked back and up, lifting Jupiter over her head. Laughing, the Daimohn threw Jupiter to the ground. She bounced back up, furious.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" She shouted, sending her electric attack flying. Ironder laughed it off.
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" Moon cried. The large, pink, heart-shaped energy blast tore through Ironder.
"Lovely!" The monster screamed and dissolved. A Daimohon egg slid out of an iron, broke and dissipated. The Senshi rushed Kamen and the grey-tinged Sarah.
"Is...is that her heart crystal?" Mars asked, goggling at the stone in Kamen's hands. While the previous crystals had looked like a compass rose of red crystals surrounding a spark of pure light, Sarah's was a solid four point star, blood red and pulsing slowly with an inner light.
"It must be." Moon said, reaching out with one finger. Jupiter slapped it away.
"Put it back, Tuxedo Kamen!" She hissed. Kamen nodded and released the crystal. It hovered over Sarah's chest and released one big, bright pulse before dissolving back into her body. Sarah's skin returned to normal color, but the blisters and burns remained.
"It...it didn't heal her?!" Mercury gasped and toggled her visor. Sarah sighed and scrunched up her eyes.
"I'm going to open my eyes now and I'll be back on the train with my kiddos and the last few days will only be a weird-ass dream. One. Two. Three." Sarah opened her eyes. She looked at each in turn.
"Kaa-san?" Jupiter whispered.
"Musume-chan," Sarah's eyes filled with tears and she rolled them in Kamen's general direction. "It hurts. Wake me when you're done." The eyes rolled back a little and she passed out.