�Kat, are you alright?�
�Yeah.� Kat didn�t know what to do. *Jian must be possessed by an evil demon or something, but if I attack him, I�ll hurt him as well.* She decided to transform at least. �Um, Angel, are you a Sailor Scout? Can you transform?� she whispered.
Angel looked down and shook her head. �Neither Puroko nor I were chosen to be new Scouts.�
Kat nodded in understanding and said, �That�s ok. Just stay here for a second then.�
�Eriks Star Power: Make Up!�
If she expected Jian to be surprised, she was out of luck. He sneered at her. �You Sailor Scouts are so predictable. I expected this from you. I�m only surprised that you took so long.� He released a black sphere of energy at her.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Where the heck was Kat? Sailor Electra couldn�t imagine why she hadn�t come as soon as the fight had started. Even if she hadn�t been around, Kat/Eriks still should have sensed what was going on, not to mention any pain that Electra was receiving.
She tried sending her a message as she fought the cymbal monster, but was surprised to find herself blocked. So surprised in fact that the it managed to hit her with a �DEAFENING CRASH� attack.
�Eriks, where are you?�
~*~*~*~*~*~
Where the heck was Mitch? Sailor Eriks couldn�t imagine why she hadn�t come as soon as the fight had started. Mitch/Electra should have sensed what was going on, not to mention the pain that Eriks was feeling.
She tried to sense her sister, but found that she was blocked!
�Oh, please! You two told me about your link. Did you really think I was going to let the two of you communicate now?� Jian-kun said, rolling his eyes. �There�s a force field around this room that your thoughts can�t penetrate. Don�t worry though. She and the others are busy fighting their own battle out there.�
She thought about the communicator watch that was in her purse. She had put it down when she was introducing Angel to everyone and hadn�t grabbed it before leaving the room. Now when she needed the watch, she didn�t have access to it.
Cut off from her two best friends in the world and enclosed in a relatively small place, Eriks found herself at a loss for what to do. She looked at Jian. He had to be possessed! If only she could get through to him.
�Jian, I know you�re in there! Please! Please, fight against the demon that�s possessed you! You can do it, I know you can! Please�.� Her voice broke as tears started falling down her face.
Suddenly she felt Angel grab her and pull her away. She realized that she had just narrowly missed being hit by another sphere of energy.
�You idiot! I am Jian-wa! You still don�t know who I am, do you? You don�t know what you did to my family?�
�But Jian�.� Eriks realized that she had never actually been to his house before. She didn�t even know who his parents were. ��I never��
�The Sailor Scouts destroyed my family and I will have my revenge. All the children of the original ten Sailor Scouts will die. Then my family�s honor and power will be returned. I will kill you all.�
�Your family?�
�Yes, the Sailor Scouts killed my father and took away my mother�s power. She died a little while later after moving to China to escape grief for the loss of Sapphire.�
�Sapphire? How can your father be Sapphire?� Eriks was confused. She was pretty sure that Sapphire hadn�t had a son. And she knew that it was Wiseman, not the Sailor Scouts, that had killed him. Where was Jian getting this info? Who was his mother?
�It�s true. Sapphire and Prizma were my parents. And the Sailor Scouts made their lives miserable. But I can regain their power if I kill all of their children either in person or with my monsters. All of you made it easy for me by being here together on the same night. I�ll have to get the other two later.�
Eriks looked at Angel. �Puroko and Princess Rini�,� she whispered.
~*~*~*~*~*~
That was the last straw. Nobody was going to hurt Puroko and get away with it. It didn�t matter that the guy had powers or that he was a black belt, whereas she had never had any formal training. Angel�s big sister instinct had kicked in. She rushed at him, fists clinched, ready to fight him to the death if need be.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The Sailor Scouts, Knight, and Starlight in the auditorium had actually managed to take out one of the monsters. After the guitar had sent an attack on Sailor Phoenix (Kim), Electra had kicked the microphone monster, who had just taken a hit from Dracona (Gaby) as well, into the line of fire. The guitar had demolished his own ally. Unfortunately, this ticked off the guitar, which sent a �STRUMMING VIBRATION� attack at her.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Eriks had wanted to believe that Angel would be able to hold her own against Jian. But it was obvious that the girl was fighting a losing battle. Eriks knew what she had to do.
�Please, please, don�t kill them,� she prayed, and then attacked. �Eriks Celestial Force!�
She succeeded in breaking them apart, but the attack had hit both of them. �Sorry, Angel. I had to do it,� she whispered.
She took the opportunity to concentrate on contacting Mitch/Electra while Jian was down. Directly communicating in this way required some concentration normally, but now she needed to focus all her attention on her sister. Focusing with all her might, she somehow managed to pierce through the field.
*Please, Mitch, can you hear me? I need yours and the others� help.* She realized that if Gaby came and used his anti-evil scrolls on Jian, he might be able to free him of the evil that possessed him. *I know you�re fighting too, so you could maybe send Gaby. If you don�t, Jian will�* Her message was interrupted as Jian yelled, �Die!� and sent a blast of energy her way. She didn�t have time to dodge, she closed her eyes and waited for it to hit.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Electra had finally heard from Eriks, though it was a very weak connection. She was relieved to hear she was ok, but disturbed by the message.
*Oh man! She�s in trouble. Jian too!* Send Gaby?! No way, Jos�! Not in this lifetime!
She could now tell where Eriks was and she was going to help them� er, once she finished beating up the drum monster.
~*~*~*~*~*~
She heard something swish through the air, but the attack never came. Eriks opened her eyes and saw a single blue rose, stem embedded in the ground in the path of the previous attack.
�What the�?�
She looked up to see Angel now dressed in a silvery blue ninja outfit covering almost everything but her eyes. Angel was now a Knight and looked very confused.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Angel was quite confused. One second she was fighting Jian-wa, and then she had been hit by some force that had thrown her into the wall. Within a few seconds, before she even knew what she was doing, she had thrown a rose that had magically appeared in her hands and actually succeeded in stopping Jian-wa�s attack.
Still a little dazed from hitting her head on the wall, she looked down and realized that somehow she had managed to transform into a ninja�s outfit.
