Angel (who had at some point untransformed, she wasn�t quite sure when or how) put her hand on her shoulder. �Kat, don�t,� she said gently. She was worried about Kat and her twin, but she also realized that Jian-wa was watching them and none of them were in any condition to fight him. To be truthful, she didn�t know why he hadn�t attacked them already.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The general realized that she had made a mistake. She had told Jian-wa to make sure that he and the yoma she had lent him killed the Sailor Scouts, or else he wouldn�t get his family�s power back. Now that the Mizuno girl had slit her wrist, he might not have any incentive to kill the rest of them. *Darn it!*
~*~*~*~*~*~
Jian-wa was torn. He didn�t know whether to help Mitch out or not. On one hand, killing the rest of them was pointless. On the other hand, he still wanted revenge for his parents. Yet, if everything he knew about the Sailor Scouts was wrong�. After all, she had seemed like a nice person�.
He realized that in all actuality, he didn�t want Mitch to die!
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kat looked at her sister�s wrist. The wound reminded her of the one she had received from the throwing star only a short while ago. She looked at her hand. Though still deep, compared to Mitch�s, her wound felt like it was hardly a scratch. *Dude, wait a second! No, it really isn�t as bad as before. It�s seriously healed a little!* She tried to remember what could have healed it, but nothing came to mind.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Angel was worried about Kat. She had suddenly become very interested in her own left hand. Worried that she might do something drastic like slit her own wrist, Angel took the hand in her own. �Hey, Kat, we need to get Mitch to a hospital as soon as possible before she loses too much blood. And you too,� she said gently.
�Yeah�,� Kat answered weakly. She looked at Angel�s hand and seemed to brighten a tad. �Hey, Angel! You can heal!� she whispered excitedly.
Angel looked at her as if she were crazy.
�No really, you healed my palm and the cut that Jian gave me. And you must have somehow brought me back from unconsciousness. You can heal her!�
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kat had heard stories of Prince Darien having healing powers, even before he was the prince. And Hotaru had had them as well. It made sense that one in the new generation of Scouts might possibly have them as well.
Kat was sure that Angel thought she had flipped, but she was upset and tired and Angel was obviously humoring her long enough to get them to a hospital, that was assuming, of course, that Jian would allow them to escape.
She looked at him as Angel scooped Mitch into her arms. He looked lost. She was unsure whether to do or say anything to him, unwilling to remind him of their presence. But she couldn�t leave him like that, either.
�Hey, Jian �?� she inquired quietly.
He looked at her and his eyes seemed to focus again. She steeled herself for the possibility of an attack, but it never came.
�I- I think I want to help Mitch,� he whispered.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Sailor Phoenix closed her eyes and waited for the attack she knew would come in a second. And waited. She cautiously opened one eye and saw that the cymbals monster had turned back into regular cymbals. She looked around and realized that all of them had turned back into their respective instruments. *What the�?*
Suddenly the door to the room that Sailor Electra had run into earlier flung open. Angel, Jian, and Kat all hurried out of it with an unconscious Mitch in Angel�s arms. Phoenix noticed that Mitch�s wrist was cut and she was losing a lot of blood.
The remaining Scouts untransformed and ran over to help. Kat looked like she could barely stand, but insisted on remaining with Mitch until an ambulance had come.
Kim found her purse and opened her communicator watch to call her parents (which was as good as calling an ambulance), when they heard the sirens of the ambulance coming.
The conscious Mizuno kids looked at each other and said in unison, �Dad!�
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kat went out with Angel to meet the ambulances.
�Daddy,� she pleaded weakly as her dad started to take Mitch from Angel, �please, don�t let Mitch die. Please don�t let her�
Then overcome with pain and exhaustion, she collapsed.
