"No, not yet! You're going to be okay, and we'll get this planet and find one for you too."
"Get this planet�." Carnelian smiled weakly at her. "You will, I know it. Ame�, Daddy would be happy for you."
"And he'd be proud of you." Amethyst began to cry as Carnelian smiled even more sweetly and then closed her eyes. "Carni! No, Carni, wake up! Carni!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jasper didn't bother to explain to Night Angel that he was actually trying to help Puroko. Panicking at Night Angel's appearance and forgetting any plan to try and convert him to their side, he saw no choice but to engage the Knight in battle.
"Silent Storm!" he yelled, sending Night Angel a power attack.
Night Angel avoided the attack and took out his b�. Not a moment too soon, either. He raised it just in time to block Jasper's sword as he swung it at the Knight. The b� glowed slightly as it resisted the force of the sword. Jasper pushed him back a bit before swinging his sword at Night Angel again. And again, Night Angel managed to block the attack.
Realizing that he wasn't going to beat Night Angel this way, Jasper backed up a little to send another energy attack at him.
"Hurricane Blast!"
The attack was just about to hit, when someone body tackled Night Angel, pushing him out of the attack's way.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Seeing Night Angel was in trouble, Eryx flew at him, sending both of them flying out of the path of the tall blue-haired guy's attack.
"Eryx," Night Angel whispered. Eryx looked into his eyes with such desire, but she knew now was not the time.
"We have to save Puroko-chan," she said.
Night Angel nodded. "You free her. I'll take care of this guy!"
Eryx got off of him and ran to the chair Puroko was tied to. But she couldn't figure out how the little girl was bound. There seemed to be no straps or shackles of any kind. But as she tried to touch Puroko's hand, she felt something cut her. She realized that if she looked very carefully, she could see particles swirling around Puroko's wrists. It was like a really focused biting wind, she decided, remembering that the one girl's power was air-related.
Puroko seemed to be trying to decide which twin she was. She glanced at Eryx's hair and left arm before venturing a guess. "Neko-san? Did you come to save me?" Naturally, she knew that the twins, and her own sister, were Sailor Senshi. But while she had figured out which twin was which untransformed, she didn't have a clue which was Eryx and which was Electra.
"Yeah, it'll be okay. Don't move." She focused on the binding around Puroko's wrists and whispered, "Celestial Force," praying that she didn't hurt the girl in the process. Luckily, the strategy worked. Puroko rubbed her raw wrists as Eryx moved down to her feet. But before she even raised her hand to the air-cuff, a sunflower hit it, breaking that bind as well.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
As a Knight, Chibi didn't have power attacks the way the twins and Phoenix did, but his Dragon's Eye shirukens were very beneficial in a distance fight. He threw a few at the girl, who had identified herself as Amber, just as she sent him an attack. "Currents of Pain!" she cried.
Though the attack had hit and really hurt, he had inflicted far more damage to her. "Ow," she whined, "You're going to pay for that." She raised her arm, but winced in pain, as one of his shirukens had torn through it. "CURRENTS OF PAIN!" she shrieked.
He tumbled out of the way of the attack, and then threw another sunflower at her. His throw was perfect, and the javelin-like flower flew through her chest, pinning her to the wall, while it killed her. After a few moments, she evaporated, leaving behind only the flower and the golden necklace she had been wearing.
He left those where they were, dashing down the hall in the direction Eryx had gone. He found the room where he had seen Puroko and ran inside. A blue-haired guy battled Night Angel as Eryx tried to free Puroko. Figuring out about where Puroko's binds must be around her legs, Chibi threw a sunflower at them, breaking them perfectly.
"Well, this is certainly the most combat I've seen for a while," he pointed out to Eryx, as he joined her and Puroko.
"I want to help Night Angel. Can you take her out to safety?" He nodded. "Okay, take her outside and stay with her," Eryx ordered him. "There may be more villains around here, and I don't want her kidnapped again, alright?"
He agreed, and after offering Puroko a free piggyback, raced out of the building.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Electra met them outside. "Oh, you're safe!" she cried, giving him a big hug. Then, upon seeing Puroko, asked, "Where did she come from?"
"Oh, Puroko-chan got kidnapped too. Eryx and Night Angel are taking care of the guy who was guarding her. I already took out the girl who kidnapped her," he told her proudly.
Puroko looked up at him. "You beat up Amber-san?" she asked in reverent awe. "Good, she was mean, and she tied me up and hurt me, and I don't like her anymore!"
"Well, she won't hurt you anymore," he promised her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"So, no wonder you knew so much about us the other day."
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