The girls (minus Ami and Lita) sat after school the next day with Nick and Matt.  Luna said that they should inform them of the danger they were in.  Mina was going to do the speaking.  She cleared her throat, and spoke in a clear tone.  Neither of the cats was there, so this was just between them.
    "As you may know... we are the Sailor Scouts."  It was the simplest statement she ever said.  Just like that, the secret washed away.  Nick stared evaluating, but Matt always the first to speak, spoke up.
    "That explains a lot.  But to tell you the truth, I was suspicious since the attack on the temple."
    "Yeah... that certainly would be suspicious." Raye said with a nervous laugh.  A streak of black, and metal flew into the room.
    "Mina, Raye!" Luna said breathless. "Hurry! Go to the old house... Serena get Darien!"
    The talking dagger chimed in, "Nick, you also!  Matt get your 'things'."
    "Why?" Came the voice from three young girls, and the two boys.
    "No time to explain!" The cat answered, darting into the setting sun.  The dagger simply set itself on the ground, pretending to be out of energy.
    "Break!" Matt yelled.  In a moment a flash of red and yellow made Mina and Raye into their alter egos Sailor Venus and Mars.  Nick drew his massive blade and ran there with them.
    'Darn it!' Matt thought to himself as he reached home.  'I forgot to tell them about Ekomin, and me'.  It was then that he knew that he would never reach the rest in time.

    "Well Gregory Ryo, you think I don't understand you?  You and your human feelings, look at this picture. Tell me the future, how long before I am victorious?  You see, I know all about you.  Tell me the future!"  Trevor slapped Greg's face, and forced him to look at the picture of Sharon.  Greg was surprised; the lady was comely enough.  She had dark black hair and eyes, and the face was smiling, next to this lady was Trevor.  Trevor looked almost human, not in a cold hard way, but almost like a loving husband.  Greg picked up a great amount of positive energy flowing from the picture.  "You see! I understand.  I understand all too well! It's your girlfriend, Mizuno that doesn't!  She's a heartless murderer! She could care less if I killed you."
    "Liar!  Ami would never let you get away with it.  She cares about me, and she's not my girlfriend."
    "Then why are you here?  She could've saved you there, but didn't.  She chose not to.  And in the middle of all this you go out of your way to insist that your feelings for her don't exist?  I laugh at you." Trevor smirked.  Greg wasn't too strong.  Soon he would have his answer. Another smack loosened the boy.
    "You're going to die," Greg said.  He knew it to be true.  He saw a cascade of stones on top of Trevor.
    "How?" Trevor asked, humoring the boy.
    "Buried alive.  You'll never win."  Another hard smack sent pain rippling through Greg.  Trevor laughed at him.  This boy was wrong.  His plan was flawless.  All he needed was Ami to attack him with her magic, and watch it absorbed into that horn, then he would kill her.  It would be as painless as possible, the 'honorable' thing to do.
    "Come now, you'll be right here when Mizuno shows up, and dies.  If you're lucky I may let her speak to you before she dies.  And possibly even hold her."
    "Tell me Trevor, where is the man in that picture?" Greg said, trying to point but noticing his bonds.  He sighed and continued. "Because that man is kind and caring.  You look like him, but you are cold.  You could care less.  Whoever that lady is, Ami hasn't killed.  You have no right to... accuse Ami of something not yet committed!  I want to talk to that man, the man that looks happy.  Where is he?"
    Trevor punched Greg, sending spittle and blood flying.  Greg could not take any more pain.  Trevor, furious, checked himself to avoid further distraught.  That's all he wanted to do.  If he wasn't in his positive mind set and allowed anger to cloud his mind it only increased the odds in Ami's favor.  "I'm right!  Just you wait and see.  God as my witness, I will not leave here alive if Mizuno doesn't die by my hand!"
    With that a beautiful red glare appeared in the doorway.  Greg noticed the girl, who was wearing a beautiful blue sapphire.  The girl wasn't particularly pretty, but Greg derailed that track of thought. She was the enemy.  "She's in.  The yellow and red ones are here, too.  Maybe your little challenge has gotten out of hand?  Need some help, General Idiocy? Also, the boy with the big sword is here, and he is even more dangerous.  They all seem intent on getting you, General Idiocy.  Need help, General Idiocy?  They'll kill you, between the lot of 'em, General Idiocy."
    "Rochelle, get lost.  And stop saying that horrible name!  This cave is a maze!  Only Mizuno is going to get here.  I'll stop the others in their tracks.  Gregory Ryo, if your girl arrives before I return, tell her the duel will wait till I return!"  A blue light surrounded Trevor, and he flashed away.  Rochelle sighed, and followed in a spiraling red light.
    "Ami... please don't come.  I don't want you to get hurt."  But deep down, Greg really hoped Ami would come for him. Then he could finish his sentence, and tell her how he felt.

    Venus and Mars had split up to find Ami.  Nick had lost their trail awhile ago.  Sailor Mars was the first one to stumble upon a bright blue light.  Trevor stepped out of it, three small daggers glinting in his hand.
    "Mars, leave now!  This isn't your fight."
    "The time for words is over!"  But the flames bounced harmlessly away from Trevor.  The man smirked; she was right.  No more words.
    "My turn!"  Trevor yelled, followed by a scream in an ancient language.  The three daggers struck Raye in vital areas.  One pierced her lung, another through her lower stomach, and the third smashed her leg.  She stumbled, and fell.  "You see Mars, I will let you live because I don't need you dead.  But if you don't leave, those injuries will kill you.  Goodbye, Hino," Trevor said, stepping into a blue portal.
    "Mina... please save me."  Raye asked, as she felt someone lift her into the air.  Then, her eyes fell shut.

    Mina jumped over the energy blast in the nick of time, whipping at her enemy with her energy chain.  Unfortunately, her adversary caught her chain.  Next time, she'd charge the attack with some of her inner energy!  There wasn't to be a next time, however. Trevor yanked her to the ground, and dragged her close.  She felt pain radiate through her as she flew across the hall.  Then she felt her body slam into the far wall.  Trevor was tossing her around like soap on a rope!  "Listen here, I don't want to hurt you.  If you insist, I'll have no quarrel causing you harm."
    "I'll stop you here and now!"  Venus yelled, but was cut off by several daggers pinning through her arms, legs, and torso.  Finally a pulse of energy scorched her off her feet, and to the ground.
    "I'll be waiting at my shrine.  If you want to fight!"  Trevor said, as he dissipated in a blue flash.
    Mina could barely see the person who dragged her.  But she recognized the voice.  It was Ami, the odd, somewhat English accent couldn't be forgotten.  She couldn't understand the words, but it seemed like 'you'll be all right' sort of speech.  Finally she felt her ribbon be removed.  The bleeding stopped shortly after.
 
    Ami whipped her gloves off.  Nick would be here in only about ten minutes.  Ami had to have all of Mina's wounds tended to, and her gone, before he arrived.  Ami's gloves weren't enough, so she removed Mina's.  Finally she saw Nick, who was carrying Raye.  The blue haired girl ran off.  She whispered something to Mina, but wasn't heard.  She was going to get Trevor.

    "Ami... you shouldn't be here!" Greg said, as she undid his binds.  Trevor wasn't there, so Ami had set him loose.  Ami hurried and brought Greg to the entrance of the shrine, near the cave maze.
    "Greg, run.  Take the first right and you'll find the others.  Take care of them."  Ami was about to turn around, when Greg grabbed her in his arms.  She felt flustered as he kissed her.  He held her only lightly, but it was amazing for Ami.  She felt warm, and carefully leaned into Greg.  Ami held Greg against her; nothing could ruin this moment.  Of course, Ami was unsure about what to do so she didn't kiss back. But it was perfect.  The way Greg held her, she didn't even notice how cold and damp, and the rather dilapidated structure of the shrine.  Ami swore to herself that when they escaped she would ask him out on an official date.  Maybe then she could kiss him back.  Maybe then.  When they got out of course.  Nothing could ruin this moment... nothing.
    "That's a Kodak moment!"  Trevor said, using his inner energies to cause a light blue flash to encircle the room.
    The man laughed at the two.  He was ready for anything.  With Venus and Mars eliminated, he had done better then even General Garnet could have hoped.  Now, just to vanquish Mercury, take her computer, and get home.
    "Run Greg!"  Ami said as she pulled away.  She was a pretty color of red after that, and she turned to Trevor.  But instead of flying into the fight, as Trevor had expected, she put on a pair of blue visors (with a touch of an earring).
    Greg was flustered as well.  He hadn't expected this.  He had hoped he and Ami could just run away together. Trevor knocked him to the ground with an energy blast.  He was outside the energy draining area, so the attack wasn't absorbed.
   Ami had already scanned the room, and noticed the horn.  Anyone in the room was in the process of being monitored by its computer device.  Any attacks of an elemental basis were absorbed.  It could hold several of Mercury's attacks, but would shatter at one attack from Trevor.  She had to get him to use anything against her.  So, striking a pose she prepared to do battle.  Sailor Mercury was back!
    "I am the pretty sailor-suited soldier Sailor Mercury!  Douse your head in water and repent!"
    "Die Mizuno the murderer!"  Daggers flew at the fuku-clad girl.  She was easily dodging out of the way.  Flipping and tumbling, remembering every little trick she had learned she avoided dagger after dagger.  Where did he get them all! Finally, though, her frail constitution let out, and a stray dagger slashed her leg.  She fell to the ground from her leap and knew she had to get him to use an energy attack.
    "Come on Trevor!  Let me see your best!  Show me your true power!"
    "You can't handle my true power!"  Trevor said laughing at her.
    "I'm curious about you.  You are my judge, jury, and executioner.  I think I have the right to a last request."  Ami prayed she had Trevor figured out right.  Her mind was what would beat him.
    "Request, denied!"  Another dagger slashed across her arm.  He was toying with her!  Ami thought of a counter.  If he wouldn't, then she would have to provoke him!  He couldn't throw those daggers at what he couldn't see!  But, he would use a magical attack.  And, if she was lucky it would be absorbed.  But she had to use something that wasn't an attack... That's it!
    "Mercury bubbles... BLAST!"  Ami shouted.  It wasn't an attack, so she concluded logically that it should work.  It filled the area.  She had been right!  Trevor grimaced.  Why was her attack working?  His horn must be malfunctioning.  So, his attacks should work as well.
    "Well, Pretty Soldier Mercury where are you!"
    "Over here!"  Ami called, letting her be known.
    "You wanted the truth of my power?"
    "It can't be as strong as mine!  You can't match the power of my mind."
    "Mercury the Murderer giving me a lecture!  Come off it!"  Trevor noticed the fog wasn't lifting.  Damn!  It couldn't.  It had nowhere to go.   Finally he charged a massive freezing chain.  If Mercury's water spell wasn't absorbed, his ice attack wouldn't either.  Trevor summoned in the energy.  "Ice... Chain, Freezing BLAST!"  The ice chain flew towards Ami.  She stood confidently, as the chain arced towards the horn.  Trevor screamed, as the horn flashed into a brilliant red light.  The explosion rocked the roof and it began to collapse.  Looking up, he jumped aside several falling chunks of rock.  "Damn you Mercury!  You won't leave here alive!"  But Ami was already at the exit. The Senshi of Water was kneeling over Greg.  There was a slight bit of blood running down his face.  Ami grabbed her skirt, and ripped off a part of it, and bandaged his wound. He was still out cold.

    Trevor ran towards her, getting a glance of his only picture of Sharon.  He was torn.  He could take Mizuno out with one clean swipe.  But he would have more chances.  He had only one picture.  That picture was the only one he owned of her.  It was large picture that had his picture on one side, and Sharon's on the other.  He could attack Ami, or he could do the honorable thing and save the picture. He turned and went for his target.
    Trevor ran towards his picture, and he saw a falling rock smash the side of the picture he was on.  He froze in fear.  It was then that he realized that he was going right into an avalanche.  Sailor Mercury had tricked him!  She had fooled him! Murderer!
Another thing hit him as he remembered that damn boy's premonition!   The rest of the picture was buried in rubble.  He turned around in an attempt to escape but instead heard creaking above him.  He looked up, as a large mass of hard, granite rock fell towards him.  He screamed as the rock slammed into his face.
    And with that, General Trevor of Kaziz Mizzen's Special Tactical Forces died.

    Ami turned around at his scream, but didn't see it happen.  All she saw was Trevor smashed on the ground.  Blood leaked from his head and his eyes were a cold white.  The face was bloodied and nose crushed.  Cuts and scrapes scarred the once flawless face.  He was being buried alive.  His eyes were vacant of color, save the blood running across his face.  There was also gray matter being splattered about like ketchup on fries.
    Ami turned away and threw up.  Of all the disgusting sights, the sight of Trevor being crushed under the weight of those rocks was too much.  The way he groaned at the pain, it disgusted her.
    It was when she carried Greg that she noticed that he was light enough to be carried.  Stepping carefully over the broken remains of a horn, she left the collapsed shrine, the last rock falling as the rumbling stopped.  She felt an odd sensation running through her.
    After a quick run, she reached Nick, Mina, and Raye.  Her two young girlfriends had returned to their civilian forms, although the injuries were still prevalent.  The boy looked as he normally did, with the addition of a large sword.
    Looking at her two friends, she realized how close they were to dying.  Nick ran to her, eyes pleading her to do something.
    "Ami, please!  Raye will be fine!  Save Mina!"
    "Nick, I can't.  I don't have the tools..." Ami turned and looked as Greg sat muttering her name.  What was going on?  What was he dreaming?  Was it a normal dream... or was it more? Nick grabbed her shoulders.  Ami really wanted to talk to Greg, but this had to be something done quickly.
    "Do something!"
    Ami remembered something she read.  How healing could be used in magic... so she could theoretically heal Mina.  And with this much energy in her, she could already feel herself dying.  Like an over watered plant, she would die with this much energy.  She laid her hands on Mina's most grievous wound.  The wound through her heart.  She let the energy flow into Mina.
    "Ami... stop!  Please..." Greg moaned from his position on the ground.  No one knew what he was talking about. Almost immediately afterwards a small swirling black mass appeared around Ami, and she screamed.  Dropping her computer, she flew into it the mass of energy.  Nick stared, Raye screamed in defiance, Mina tried to hold on, and Greg continued to moan in his unconscious condition.
    Nick grabbed her computer and tried to scan for her, apparently proficient in the use of the computer.  He didn't find her.  She was gone.  Vanished without a trace.  Ami Mizuno had completely disappeared from this plane, or was she dead?

    After they were outside, where everyone assembled, Greg finally awoke.  He looked around, his eyes asking what everyone knew he wanted to know.  'Where is my dear Ami?'
    Serena sniffled, then wailed.  "Luna says she's gone! Dead!"
    "No..." Greg said, dropping back to the ground.  "No... not Ami... dear God not my Ami."
    Nick put a heavy hand on his friend's shoulder.  "She did it for Mina."
    Mina looked at Greg, then at the computer that once was Ami's.  Matt sat silently, not saying a thing.  Serena cried into Lita, and all Raye did was punch the side of the wall.  Greg was the first to do something.  He got up and left.  Then he went home.  He had his own things to mourn.  Mainly, to mourn of Ami.  How could he lose her now?  After all they had been through...
    Greg stared at the sun set.  Why couldn't he have done something?  He felt so useless.  But now, Ami gone?  That was a concept a little too deep for him at the moment.  He thought back to the good times, how he wished it could all be that simple.  Last time he left, on his own will he remembered how sad she had looked.
    Those eyes, the ones that held his gaze wherever she looked.  The sky blue eyes that shined with intelligence, and showed a sign of innocence. Ami's face and skin so delicate and soft, he remembered their embrace.  He remembered how he had just leaned down and kissed her on her lips.  She didn't object, but she didn't kiss him back either.   Then there were her other endearing qualities.  He remembered the way she looked at him the first time they meet.  Why couldn't life be simple?  It was then that he had a vision....
 
    A stone castle floating in the sky, then Ekomin is laughing at someone.  Then an evil looking man with thick blonde hair, who seemed to be talking with Rochelle.  A small blue pin is handed to the girl, who just nods.  But he can't hear a word!  What's going on?  He looks into the sky, and behind a cloud is a small stone looking spire, somewhat hidden by the sun's light.  Greg shook his head clear. What is going to happen next? Then he thought about what she looked like as an angel...

Mizzen's Fall - Part II
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