ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE
By SailorJane & Anonymous
Chapter Notes:
I have nothing to say… Go Sailor Scouts?!
CHAPTER 22
Amy’s eyes opened. She could see slivers of morning light breaking through the cracks of the window curtains. The room remained dark, but she could still see her beloved Sailor Moon sleeping beside her. They were facing eachother, still naked with only their tiaras, chokers and gloves on. Even the blanket and sheets had been kicked off of the bed, they had only their warmth to comfort each other. Amy still couldn’t believe what had happened last night. While she had always been the most thoughtful member of the team, she obsessed with her enthusiasm forgetting about all the problems outside of the bedroom. This moment was a cocoon: she and Serena together, a couple, her dream come true.
Serena began to open her eyes slowly making out the shape of Amy silhouetting the curtain-eclipsed sunlight. The previous night had been a blurry haze, a blissful blurry haze. However, the princess was happy to see her new girlfriend lying next to her. Serena smiled looking like a miracle had been performed.
“Amy,” She wrapped her arms around her and kissed her, “I’m so happy you’re still here.”
Slightly confused by her words, Amy spoke up between kisses, “What do you mean? You were expecting my absence?”
Serena wasn’t really sure how to explain it either. She was tongue tied, but refused to let her girlfriend go, “I don’t know, I was worried you might be gone and I’d wake up alone.” She chuckled, “Sounds silly right?”
Amy wasn’t laughing, “I’d never leave your side Serena.”
“I guess,” Serena continued, “I’ve had some bad experience.” Obviously, she was talking about Darien. Amy could imagine Serena’s ex-boyfriend walking out after sex and leaving her on her own. “But I’m just so happy to wake up next to you.”
Another kiss, this one long and passionate.
“That was,” Serena was still in contact with her girlfriends lips while speaking. She took a second to move away slightly, “Last night was better than anything I’ve ever felt with anyone. It’s so much better than regular sex.”
Amy’s perfect teeth became visible through her smile. She planted another kiss on the blonde’s lips.
“I feel like I’ve missed so much,” Serena sat up and stared at her girlfriend seductively, “I want more!”
The blunette fell forward laughing.
“I wasn’t joking,” Serena began to laugh as well, “Didn’t you say something last night about the toy store?”
“I did,” Amy nodded her head. She was lost in thought again, planning out their day together.
“You know, I never would have thought of you as being into kinky stuff.”
Amy raised her eyebrows, and looked to the blonde, “You can thank Raye for that.” She then corrected herself, “Well Mina really.”
Serena began waving her hands, “I don’t need to hear about that!”
More laughter escaped from the lovers before it was silenced by their lips coming together.
“Let me quickly wash up,” Amy let go of her girlfriend and began to plant her feet on the floor, “We’ll go out for breakfast and go,” she stopped to smile at the blonde, “Shopping.”
They kissed one more time as Amy made her way to the bathroom. Serena was sitting in Seiza. She smiled like a child and rubbed her gloved palms along the bed.
“Can you check the phone?” Amy uttered as she closed the bathroom door.
“Check it for what?” Serena stood up. She could hear Amy laughing as she walked into the living room. The blonde was beginning to feel the cold air; the cold floor stinging her feet. Of course, Sailor Moon had done battle in the North Pole and the deep reaches of space. She still rubbed her gloved hands along her naked body. She reached for Amy’s purse and found their cell-phone. Her finger pressed the power button, but the phone did not come on. The barely illuminated screen read low battery. Serena rolled her eyes and brought the phone back into the bedroom with her, still rubbing her arms in the cold.
The blonde walked towards the nightstand reaching for the phone charger. After plugging the phone in, Serena decided to finally put some clothes on. A pair of panties and bra were pulled from one of the drawers, but then stopped in mid-motion. Serena remembered that she was still Sailor Moon. Her leotard and boots may have been lying on the floor, but her tiara, choker and gloves were still on; her nails probably still painted. She threw the underwear on the bed and picked up her brooch. Without saying a word, without flinching, and with the brooch in her hand for only a split second, a flash of light surrounded Sailor Moon and disappeared to reveal Serena Tsukino. Her tiara, choker and gloves were gone, as were the uniform and boots. She was completely naked and began to shiver more as the cold air stung her weaker body. The blonde carefully put the brooch back down on the nightstand and proceeded to dress herself.
Sailor Mercury came out of the bathroom. She smiled seeing her civilian girlfriend dressing before her.
“Oh, hi Serena,” Amy said playfully, “What are you doing here?”
Serena chuckled playfully and she pulled her panties in place, “I was looking for my girlfriend Amy, you haven’t seen her around have you?”
Mercury placed her arms around the blonde, kissing her and pressing her naked breasts against hers. She pulled away from her lips and stared at her lovingly. Serena’s arms were holding Amy’s sides. “Am I really your girlfriend?” She asked.
“No,” Serena teased, “Amy Mizuno is!” She began to laugh.
Amy laughed back.
“We’re so ridiculous,” Serena shook her head.
One more kiss before Sailor Mercury transformed back. She decided to put her boots and uniform back on before changing. “Were there any calls?” She asked.
“The phone’s dead,” Serena put her bra on, “I’m charging it.”
“Ah,” Mercury sighed, “I should have charged it last night. I guess I was preoccupied.”
“Yeah, you could barely keep your arms off me until we got in the room.” Serena moved to the drawers to find more clothes. “I’m gonna pick some cute clothes for you to wear.”
“Sure,” Mercury smiled as she examined her uniform properly in place. She reached for her pen. “I was hoping to bring the phone with us and call Raye, but I guess it’s late over there right now.”
A flash of white light left Amy Mizuno completely naked. Serena turned to see that even Amy’s hands were completely bare. Although the blunette wasted no time grabbing her own white gloves and drawing them up her arms. When the gloves were back on, Amy sighed in relief, closing her eyes and rubbing her arms. Serena found this cute and odd at the same time.
“So…” The blonde handed the bluenette some underwear, a shirt and jeans. “Toy store?”
“Affirmative!” Amy smiled as she dressed up.
“You think everything’s okay with Raye and the girls back home?”
Amy hesitated thinking about her shake-up the previous night. However, Raye had given her the assurance that all was well.
“Amy?” Serena put her hand on Amy’s shoulder. She looked beautiful standing there in her underwear, her blonde hair falling straight down rather than in her famous odango hairstyle. Amy liked this look.
“I’m sure everything’s fine.” They kissed lightly.
The phone lied on the nightstand not moving at all.
“Miss, you have to turn off your phone. The plane is about to take off.”
“Sorry,” Raye said to the flight-attendant, “I’ll turn it off in one minute.”
The flight attendant walked down the corridor of the plane away from the aisle Mina and Raye were sitting, the raven-hair by the window. Lita and Hotaru were in the seats behind them, the taller girl closer to the aisle leaning over to talk to Mina.
“Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system,” Raye heard the familiar message.
“Damn it!” She whispered. Mina and Lita looked at her.
“It should still be early over there,” Lita mentioned.
As soon as the beep hit the phone, Raye spoke quickly, “Amy it’s Raye. The plane’s just taking off, we’ll be to Seattle in-“ She looked to Mina, “How long is the flight?”
“Ten hours,” Mina answered in a dead-pan tone.
Raye rolled her eyes, “Ten hours. So it’ll be late when we get there. Call me and leave a message when you get this. And,” Raye sighed in discomfort, “Take care.” She finally turned the phone off and stashed it in her bag. She sat back in her seat holding her hand over her eyes. Mina held onto her girlfriend’s hand.
“Flight attendants, prepare for departure,” The captain’s message meant the plane was about to take off.
“Get some rest guys,” Lita sat back and left the two of them alone. Back in her chair, she looked to Hotaru. The youngest scout had her head down, lost in depression. Lita put her arm her allowing Hotaru to rest her head on the taller girl’s shoulder. Lita was always nervous being on an airplane, but she did her best to hide her fear for Hotaru’s sake. They held hands and prepared for takeoff.
The plane had now been in air for maybe two hours. None of the scouts were really keeping time. They had finished their meals and by now, most of the passengers were nodding off to sleep. Raye lost herself in her headphones listening to some 90s rock while Mina was jotting down random notes on a reporter’s pad. From what Raye gathered, it seemed like the leader of the scouts was trying hard to put the pieces together and figure out what to do about Tiberius. At one point, Raye decided to peak through their seats to see Hotaru still leaning her head on Lita’s shoulder.
“Hey,” Lita said. There was an uneasiness “You should get some sleep.”
Hotaru shook her head and closed her eyes, “I don’t think I can.”
“Try,” Lita said. She kissed the top of her head, “You need the rest Taru.”
Hotaru stared off into space not moving another muscle. Her voice was broken, “They’re gone Lita… I just… I just left them there. I told them I loved them.” Her tearful voice became harder to understand, “Amara said it back, Michelle couldn’t even speak and Trista was already gone… Then I just left them there!” She tried as hard as she could to control her tears. She knew she was on a plane and didn’t want to wake anyone or attract attention to herself, but silent sobbing overtook her. “Oh God, Lita!”
Strong arms enveloped her. Lita ran her hands across her back and Hotaru squeezed Lita for dear life. The taller girl looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to them. “Hotaru,” she whispered in her ear “It’ll be okay!”
“You understand?!” Hotaru looked up to her, teeth clenched and eyes red, “My family is gone! My entire life-“ She couldn’t finish her sentence. It looked as if she was harboring severe pain just to keep herself from screaming in sadness. She buried her head back into Lita’s chest.
“I do understand,” Lita whispered solemnly. “I lost my parents when I was a little girl.” She began to shiver as her eyes looked around the plane. Hotaru began to calm down looking up to her friend. She knew about Lita’s past, about her parents dying in a plane-crash. It was a sad tale to hear, but she could understand Lita’s pain now. “Everytime I get on a plane, I’m reminded of it.” Lita started to shiver as she spoke, “I can’t even sleep.” Her tense jaw and flexed muscles kept her from getting too emotional over her memories.
Hotaru was still shivering, her eyes still full of tears, but she looked up to Lita and asked in a calmer tone, “You still got on this plane without crying or anything.”
The muscular girl held onto her friend much closer. She was still uneasy looking around the plane, “My princess and girlfriend need me Taru.”
The mention of the word ‘girlfriend’ brought Hotaru’s focus away from the tragedy.
“I’m a soldier,” Lita continued. “I have to disconnect myself from fear. I did that a long time ago.” She sighed heavily, “It took a long time to get over.” Looking down at Hotaru’s beautiful face, even if she was emotionally wounded, made her crack a smile, “I think becoming a Sailor Soldier and meeting all my friends, you included, I think that helped me refocus my life.”
Hotaru didn’t speak, but Lita’s words of courage helped assuage her torment. Their eyes stared into eachother. Lita had experienced the kind of grief Hotaru was feeling. She felt the older, stronger scout could help her through this. Lita felt a deeper connection to Hotaru, almost a younger version of herself; a beautiful emotional soul that needed someone.
“And,” Lita continued, “Like I said, they may still be okay. Raye thought Mina was gone.” She chuckled and shook her head. Her eyes were closed, “In fact, I just found this out right before she left.” Lita opened her eyes to Hotaru, “Amy and Raye made love after she heard about Mina.”
The younger scout began to breathe harder, slowly dropping her jaw. Her eyes never leaving Lita’s.
“I guess it relieved some tension or whatever,” She looked away from the scout of destruction looking to the chairs in front of her. “But later on, Mina was back and-“
As soon as Lita looked back to Hotaru, the younger girl silenced her by pressed their lips together. Unlike the soft innocent kiss from earlier, this was much deeper and emotionally filled, even sexually driven. It was closer to their first kiss they shared a week earlier. Hotaru’s nimble arms squeezed the muscle girl as tightly as possible. Lita did not stop her. In fact, she held her back and allowed the make-out session to get more and more intense. Even with Amy on her mind, Lita did not want to stop this sensation. Amy helped Raye in her time of need, she couldn’t turn her back on Hotaru. Maybe Lita too needed some relief now reminded of her parents. The dark-haired girl’s tongue met with the brunette’s. Their breasts were pressing against each other. Hotaru’s leg began to rub alongside Lita’s. The taller scout of electricity opened her eyes and envisioned Amy in front of her. What am I doing, she thought to herself.
Before Lita could end this madness, Hotaru broke the kiss. Her arms let go of Lita. her body fell back in the chair. Her left hand squeezed the arm-wrest. Her eyes widened. She breathed heavily. It was if she suddenly felt all the anxiety that burst before Lita’s mind at that moment.
The taller girl was not quite as tense. Her hands were at her chest. Within a few seconds she grabbed the younger girl’s shoulders, “Are you okay?”
Still breathing heavily, Hotaru slowly turned her head to meet Lita. Her non-verbal breath continued to speak for her for about half a minute until she whispered, “I’m sorry Lita.”
“It’s okay,” the older girl rubbed her hand across the younger girl’s cheek.
The two of them looked at each other in a very uncomfortable way for a long minute. Lita finally decided to prompt Hotaru to get some sleep again. The young girl decided to try by leaning her head back on Lita’s shoulders. The taller girl gave her another kiss on the forehead. Hotaru turned her head up to pucker her lips, “Kiss?” Lita smiled and gave her friend one more innocent kiss. Hotaru then shut her eyes. Lita decided to lean her head as well. She would try to sleep, but she knew it was impossible on this plane, and especially after what just happened.
Raye turned back to her girlfriend and took off her headphones. “You have anymore water?”
Mina looked to her girlfriend for a second and then put her notepad down next to her. She grabbed her bag from beneath the seat in front of her and pulled out a bottle of water.
“Thanks,” Raye took a sip.
Picking her notepad back up, Mina continued to look at some notes she had jotted down. The priestess offered the bottle to her, but the blonde shook her head, “No thanks.”
Raye closed the bottle and put it between their seats. Her attention focused back on Mina. She leaned close to Mina and whispered: “Hotaru was just making out with Lita.”
“Uh huh,” Mina was disinterested.
“That doesn’t interest you at all?” Raye taunted her.
Mina looked back to her girlfriend. She was annoyed, staring at her for a couple seconds, “I kinda got other things on my mind Raye.”
This was certainly a time when Mina’s anxiety was justified, but it still hurt Raye to see her girlfriend in this kind of mood. Even Mina’s cute ditsy voice sounded dead-pan. She slowly ran her finger through the long blonde hair to her right.
“God damn it!” Mina whispered and threw her pad into the seat in front of her.
Raye’s eyes shot open. She put her hand on the blonde’s shoulder, “Mina?”
Mina leaned back on her headrest staring off into space. She shook her head in annoyance, “What’s wrong with me?”
Raye did not respond.
“I’m not…” Mina hesitated, “I dunno functioning like I used to. I feel like my head is vacant.”
“Well,” Raye teased, “Your head has been vacant-“
“Vacant for a while,” Mina cut off Raye’s insult, like she had heard it a million times. She obviously wasn’t amused, “I mean I’m the leader of this team, and I let three of my fellow scouts die.”
“Don’t beat yourself up over it,” Raye tried to assuage her pain.
“Luna was right,” Mina sighed, “I am a disgrace.”
“Oh stop it!” Raye held onto her. Mina held her back. The priestess allowed her girlfriend to sit alone silently with her thoughts. Minako Aino was not the kind of girl who dealt with her problems head-on. Arrogance, humor and blissful ignorance were her escape from reality. Lately she had discovered alcohol and allowed that to numb her pain. But she couldn’t be intoxicated now. They were at war and Mina was the leader of the group. Raye knew that she felt responsible for the attack, but she wanted to help Mina work through it. After a minute or so, she could see the austere looking soldier close her eyes, shake her head, and allow the ditsy blonde everyone was familiar with to come into character. Mina kissed Raye and finally responded to what she was talking about earlier:
“Those two having sex back there?” She turned her head, but couldn’t see past the seat cushion.
Raye knew that Mina was trying to forget about their problems and focus on something else. She decided to let it go:
“I don’t think so,” Raye chuckled. “They were kissing just a minute ago.”
“Well,” Mina kept her head low looking back to her girlfriend, “It’ll be interesting once Lita’s back with Amy.” Her ditsy voice was starting to come back to life.
“Yeah,” Raye could only imagine what was going on between her and Serena by this point.
“At least Hotaru has someone right now.” Mina looked back at Raye, “I seem to recall my own girlfriend getting it on with a blue-hair while I was away.”
“I thought you were gone,” Raye seemed defensive, “I felt the same way Hotaru feels now-“
“I know I know,” Mina stopped her almost laughing, “I’ve heard the story before Raye. You went over to her house, told her I was dead. Amy consoled you, you ordered Angelo’s pizza, told Amy how I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread, which you were right about. Then out of nowhere, you start making out with her, squeezed her boobs, took off her panties-“
Raye let go of her girlfriend and waved her hands, “You don’t need to go into all the details.”
“You licked her pussy, she came, then-“
“Mina!” Raye scolded her without raising her voice too loud.
“Hey,” Mina raised her hands, “The details are the best part.”
“I don’t wanna think about it,” Raye pouted. She was silent for a few seconds, “Aside from my mother’s death, losing you was the worst feeling ever. I never want to go through that again. And yes, I had sex with Amy and it made me forget my pain for a minute.”
“Raye,” Mina held her girlfriend’s hands, “I’ve told you a million times, it’s okay. Hell, we had a threesome together.” There was a short pause before she looked to the raven-hair in a playful way. “Want me to go into details about that?”
“No,” Raye scolded her.
“Awww,” Mina whined, “I’m never gonna get to tell that story.”
“Maybe later,” Raye kissed her girlfriend. “I’m glad you’re with me Mina. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
The blonde chuckled, “You need me.”
“Please don’t beat yourself up over this too much.”
Mina’s smile faded, she closed her eyes.
Raye pulled her closer, “What happened was beyond our control. You’re still the same strong soldier I fell in love with; body of a Goddess, face of an angel.” There was a slight pause as Mina picked up Raye’s hand and rubbed it across her cheek. “I love you Minako… Hino!”
Her eyes now open, Mina looked to her and said, “I thought we were gonna go with my last name?”r32;
“We are,” Raye stared out of the window, “I just wanted to know what it sounded like.”
“Raye,” Mina grabbed her girlfriend’s attention, “You don’t have to change your name if you don’t want-“
“No,” Raye interrupted looking back at her, “I do want to change it. I don’t need to be associated with my father’s name anymore.”
Mina and Raye relaxed allowing their heads to rest on each other. “It’s your grandpa’s name too.”
“Meh,” Raye slowly closed her eyes, “He’d probably change it too just so his last name begins with a earlier letter of the alphabet.”
Laughter escaped Minako Aino as she also closed her eyes, “I guess you’re right… Raye Aino.”
Raye smiled and whispered, “Sleep.”
Mina was silent at that point. Before the priestess drifted off to sleep, she looked back to the seats behind her one last time. She could see Hotaru resting on Lita’s shoulder. The taller girl was running her fingers through her black-hair. Raye turned back thinking about Hotaru’s loss. As she closed her eyes, she thought back to her own tragedy.
Raye Hino was now 14 again and standing in front of an apartment door. Her head was hung-over staring at the Welcome mat.
“Who’s there?” A friendly voice answered.
“Amy?!” Raye cried. Her voice sounded desperate.
“Raye?” The voice sounded concerned.
The door opened to reveal Amy, still in her school uniform below the warm afternoon sun. Raye was standing in her priestess garb holding a folded newspaper. She was crying heavily, barely able to keep her head up and look at her. The blue-hair gently put her hands on Raye’s shoulders.
“Raye, what’s wrong?” Amy’s eyes almost popped out of their heads. She could tell something terrible had happened, maybe to Serena. Still there was no response, the raven-hair could barely speak. Amy pressed her, “Raye?”
The priestess slowly held up the folded newspaper for Amy to take. She cried louder. Amy stared at the newspaper in hand before she took it. Unfolding it, the front page headline of the London Times made everything clear:
SAILOR V KILLED IN EXPLOSION!
Amy could barely believe what she saw. She quickly skimmed through the story gathering as many details as she could, but she was more concerned about Raye. She had spoken briefly about Sailor V on the cruise, but since, she had refused to say anything more about her, or the mysterious girl she missed so badly. Letting go of the paper, Amy held onto her friend.
“I’m so sorry Raye,” Amy lifted her hand, running her fingers through Raye’s long flowing back hair, “I know you two were close.” Of course, by now Amy had already put two and two together and realized that Sailor V was Raye’s love.
“She was the one Amy,” The priestess finally looked up to her friend, “She was the one.”
“The one you told me about?” Amy confirmed, “On the cruise?”
Raye just nodded her head, “Minako,” she hesitated, “Minako Aino.” She suddenly started bawling her eyes out again.
“Come inside,” Amy led her in, though Raye would not let go of her.
“Don’t let go of me,” Raye cried.
She didn’t.
After a few hours, Raye calmed down. She told Amy their entire story wavering between calm and hysterical. Her beloved Mina had been in England since the day she saw Sailor V off at the airport. Their phone conversations were limited; they communicated mostly through letters. Parallel allusions to her mother’s death continued to enter the conversation. Her blue-haired friend rarely left her side, holding her hand and wrapping her other arm around the fire-scout’s waist. She was curious about Darien. The two had been supposedly dating for sometime, but the priestess admitted she didn’t really feel anything for him. She was partly dating with him to annoy Serena, but also to maybe help her forget about Mina. Nothing physical ever came out of the relationship, but Raye also feared that Mina may have had a lover, or multiple lovers, overseas. After a while, the subject changed, and the two girls began talking about the newest member of their team, Lita. Amy had suggested inviting Lita over for support, but Raye rejected the idea. She didn’t even want Serena to know about this. Amy was the only one in the world she could trust. They didn’t talk much about Serena. Amy admitted that nothing had happened between them, but Raye seemed disinterested in the subject and quickly changed it.
By now, they were finishing up a small pizza from Angelo’s. Raye had been calm for the past half hour, but staring at the last slice of pizza brought tears back to her eyes:
“We had our first date at Angelo’s pizza.”
The slice of cheese and vegetables dropped to the floor and Raye began to cry again. Amy quickly intercepted her friend. The two hugged without saying a word for a long time. Raye then kissed her friend gently on the cheek. She wasn’t sure what Amy was thinking by this time.
“I love you Amy,” Raye admitted.
“I love you too,” Amy quickly answered, though it sounded more like a sisterly consolation.
“Serena doesn’t deserve you,” Raye’s voice was more stern, “She doesn’t deserve your love, your healing energy.”
Amy was totally silent.
Raye backed up to look her friend in the eye, “She doesn’t need you.” Her voice was getting angrier. “She’s a meatball head obsessed with Tuxedo Mask. Of course, Tuxedo Mask would never go for her.”
“Raye,” Amy sounded very mousy, “Can you please not talk about her like that.”
“What does she have Amy,” Raye was starting to get very hysterical, “That I don’t have?”
“Raye,” Amy did not raise her voice, but she had a concerned look in her eye, “Take it easy, it’s okay-“
“She lives in a fucking mansion,” Raye interrupted “With parents who love her, she’s popular with all those moronic friends of hers, and she gets your affection.”
Amy looked she was trying to speak, but nothing came out.
“And I live alone at a Shrine with my old grandfather, my piece of shit father isn’t around, my mom’s dead, and now the love of my life…” Raye began to cry so heavily she couldn’t finish her sentence. She allowed herself to fall back on the couch rubbing her eyes. She let out a violently loud scream.
Her friend quickly held onto her and consoled her, “Raye please,” She started to cry herself, “Please don’t cry. I’m here for you, you understand?” Raye began to settle down looking Amy in the eyes, “I’m always here for you Raye. I won’t leave your side.”
Time stopped for a minute. Raye and Amy were totally motionless, only allowing themselves to breathe. Primal instincts seemed to overwhelm the scout of fire. She lost contact with her mind and stared at the beautiful blue-haired girl with pure lust. Finally, Raye lunged after Amy kissing her violently on the lips. She quickly wrapped her arms around her torso and nailed her to the couch. Amy seemed to mumble and lightly resist at first, but she quickly accepted Raye’s affection and wrapped her arms around her. Maybe the shy scout of water was only allowing this to ease Raye’s mind, but she didn’t care.
Later on, Raye and Amy tried to understand just what happened this night. Raye couldn’t explain it. Amy couldn’t explain it. ‘It just happened’ was their only conclusion. Amy seemed to remember the details of this night. It was her first. Mina had once forced the blue-haired girl to tell her about it in great detail. However, Raye had almost no recollection of this night; only images, sounds and feelings. They moved fast, Raye was like an animal.
The one moment that stuck in her mind was when she used her fingers to claim Amy’s virginity. As her sticky fingers pumped Amy faster and faster she began to hear the blue-hair scream into orgasm louder and louder, to an extremely high pitch. She never forgot the sound of that scream.
“Raye wake up!”
Back on the plane, Raye found Mina shaking her shoulder. Lita was leaning over from the side.
“Wow,” Lita chimed in; Mina turned to the brunette, “At least someone good some sleep on this plane.”
Raye shook her head trying to wake up.
“Did Hotaru sleep?” Mina asked.
“I don’t think so,” Lita explained, “She was reading Fifty Shades of Gray.”
“What about you?”
Lita gave Mina a perplexed look, “You know I can’t sleep on an airplane.”
A flight attendant passed by and addressed the brunette, “Miss, please stay in your seat, the plane is about to land.”
“Sorry,” Lita sat back and sighed nervously. Hotaru put her book down and held Lita’s hand to ease her anxiety about the landing.
Raye sighed too looking back at her girlfriend. They were together again. Mina smiled and held her partner’s hand. They kissed once more for good look and stared out the window.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” The captain spoke, “We are starting our final approach to Seattle Washington. And despite the city’s reputation for rain, the weather is clear, if not a little cold. We will be arriving shortly. Flight attendants, prepare for arrival.”
Raye prepared her cell-phone for an important call the minute they reached the ground.
“I can’t believe this,” Raye snorted, “Pick up the god-damn phone Amy!”
The cold Seattle night was clear, as the pilot had explained. However the four soldiers didn’t acknowledge the foreign city in the cab. Mina was riding shotgun in the front with Raye leaning forward to speak with her. The older cab driver didn’t seem to care much about their conversation. He did occasionally eye the blonde beauty next to him.
Raye dropped her phone from her ear. “Why isn’t she answering?” She was almost yelling, “I’ve called her six fucking times since we landed.”
Lita was concerned, “Did she send you a text or-“
“No calls, texts, anything from her.”
The brunette had a wrinkle on her forehead.
“You don’t think something bad happened do you?” Asked Hotaru.
Mina turned around to meet Raye’s line-of-sight. They stared at each other confirming their apprehension.
“Come on,” Lita tried to laugh it off, “I’m sure they’re fine. They just…” The brunette was starting to worry that her girlfriend was in trouble. Why else wouldn’t she answer her phone? Amy was always good at returning phone calls. Raye had left a message before the plane left. Surely she would have gotten it and at least left a message by now. Even if they got bad reception in their place, Amy would have made an effort to check the phone outside. Were they too late? Had Tiberius gotten to them? Hotaru grabbed a hold of Lita’s hand, but the tall brunette did not react.
“Right here,” Mina pointed, confirming with her notes.
The driver pulled over and helped with the bags.
“You want me to bring the bags up?” The driver smiled enthusiastically.
“No thanks,” Mina handed him the money.
“It wouldn’t be a problem,” The driver seemed intent on following them up, “Or I could just come up and keep you girls company.” His smile turned creepy.
“No it’s fine,” Mina laughed his comment off, almost flattered. She was used to it.
“Well could I have your number?” Now he was starting to bother her.
Raye came to Mina’s rescue grabbing her hand, “Get lost dipshit,” she said without looking at the man. The four of them walked to the apartment, leaving the man dejected. Someone walked out of the building door allowing the four soldiers to go inside.
“Thanks again,” Mina was kind enough to smile back at the driver.
The man smiled and waved. He bobbed his head with confidence and said to himself, “Still got it!”
Inside the building, they reached Amy and Serena’s apartment. They dropped their bags in front of the door.
“Right here,” Mina said.
They had heard some commotion from down the stairs, but now they could easily hear screams coming from inside.
“What the hell?” Lita let go of Hotaru’s hand and rushed to the door about to knock, but the screams became more and more intense. Hotaru rushed to hold Lita’s shoulder. What was going on in there? The tall brunette automatically feared the worst.
A loud high pitched scream echoed down the hallway. It caused Mina, Hotaru and especially Lita to recoil. “AMY!” She screamed.
However, Raye recognized that scream. Her eyes widened as she correctly envisioned exactly what was going on in the apartment.
“JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!” Lita spoke as fast as she could, ripped the pen from her pocket, and transformed into her electricity-wielding alter-ego.
“SATURN PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!” Hotaru transformed as well.
“VENUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!”
As Mina transformed, Jupiter kicked the door open. “Amy!” She cried again as she ran inside. Mina and Hotaru quickly followed her.
Raye stood outside a few seconds longer before finally changing into Sailor Mars. She then walked in very slowly hearing a cry from room:
“OH MY GOD!”
End Notes:
… Yeah I don’t have much to say this time around. Off to write the next chapter.
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