This, ladies and gentlemen, is the tenth and final chapter.
And it's about time.
Nice to know I can built suspense and anticipation.
And everyone obviously doesn't get what they want. ^_^
especially not on the Black Moon.
"That's not fair! Just when I was finally getting to know him," Venus
grumped.
He wasn't meant for you anyway, dear.
Nope.
the agreement from her taller friend.
"Well, that'll certainly be the end of this little escapade." Luna
didn't like him, though she had never met him. From what she had heard,
he was a trouble maker, a criminal, a miscreant, and had a foul mouth.
Oddly enough, I sort of liked him.
Really? I made him to be the quintessential ANC. In fact, I originally
though that the chemical formula for cyanide was ANC and thats why I
named him that. Turns out I'm wrong though so never mind.
He smiled wryly for a second.
"I'll probably see you there."
"You can't stay? Even for a little longer?" Venus asked.
"Nah. I have to get back." Cyanide shrugged. 'I'm gonna die in about an
hour. Can't let the little buggers be around me then. Besides, Pluto
just might be able to save me.' He kept the real reasons to himself.
I think offsetting the thoughts in something other than single quotes would
be a good idea. It's slightly jarring as it is.
Don't really see any other way to do it. I'll space the two sets of
quotes out a bit though.
They were all walking together now. They were out from under the Tokyo
tower and were now making their way towards an open area.
"Were you hurt at all?" Moon stepped forward, looking him over
carefully.
"Just a few bullet holes in me. And who needs their lungs, anyhow?" Cyanide
replied.
Exactly. You've gotta be macho.
all Mercury could say, the rest being unable to
even say that. Cyanide's neck, back, legs, and arms were a solid mass of
bloody injury.
See. I was right. ^_^
I stand in awe.
"Yeah, I got busted up pretty bad."
"You need to go to the hospital!" Jupiter cried.
"Nah.
"Given how bad I'm messed up, I'd be better off heading for the morgue.
Probably drop dead the moment I get there. Save people from the
tranportaion hassle. I always try to help out others, don't you know."
Nope. He's not that nice a guy.
crashed into a tree. He fell to the ground in a pile and moved no more.
Sounds bad for the bugger.
Whole dying slowly and painfully bit.
T-101 at the center. Twisting its arm in midair, it cracked her like a
whip and swung her into the ground. She hit and everything went white.
As opposed to black. Interesting contrast to the usual description of
unconsciousness.
One time I feel unconscious in a similar situation, thats what happened
to me.
"Jupiter Supreme-"
Tuxedo Mask, realizing his love was only a few feet from this metal
horror, rushed forward, cane swinging. It bounced harmlessly off its
armored innards. The thing shot a hand out and grasped the front of his
tuxedo. Its other hand swung down and crashed into his stomach. The
metallic fingers served as knives as they plunged deeply into his
stomach, gouging a great wound.
Looks really bad for the crew.
Wait for it.
"Thunder DRAGON!" Jupiter released her lightening attack, hoping it
would make the thing back off. It didn't.
For a moment the visible metal glowed as electrical charges jumped to
the conducting metal. Then they flowed out, straight down through its
feet, and through Tuxedo Mask's body.
Oops.
Yep.
He screamed as almost fifty amps tore through his flesh, instantly
frying half his internal organs. He collapsed and shimmered for a
moment, finally hitting the ground as Chiba Mamoru. The smell of burned
meat filled the air.
Ah, well, I never liked him anyway.
Well, from the response I got, not many people did.
her Princess. As she tried to
tackle it from behind, she succeeded in making it release Moon.
It pulled both its hands free and reached behind it, digging its hands,
twisted like claws, deep into Jupiters' shoulders. Unable to penetrate
the material of the fuku, that fabric was pushed deep beneath the skin
of Jupiter as it closed its fingers around her shoulder blades. She was
swung up, and over it's
its
Sigh. I never seem to get those right.
"Diamond! Come quick!" One of Sodium's flunkies yelled.
"What? What have you interrupted me-oh my." Diamond was forced to
silence as he came around the corner and caught sight of the events
portrayed on the Great Scrying Glass. He watched in shock for a few
minutes. "Go tell them to release Sodium. He is not to be harmed."
The toady rushed to the window and looked out. "Milord. Too late."
"Oh. Damn."
Oops. Ah well. Better luck next lacky. ^_^
Got a few to spare.
After several seconds of wandering this decidedly non-crucial realm, he
decided that eternity was not going to be fun. In fact, it would quite
unpleasant.
"Death and eternity blow. This sucks."
"That because you haven't gotten to them yet. You're in a
hallucination."
Heh. So much for the white light, then
Doesn't he feel gypped.
with the one woman he
wanted to see least and most at the same time.
Ohh. A paradox. I like those.
The fic's full of them.
"No. I just came to talk."
Cyanide shot her a look of 125% doubt.
Pluto: You think that's tough. I can do 150%. Can you beat that?
Senshi. Always gotta one up me.
"I pulled you from your life, abused your love for me to make you come
back in time, risk death, help the one person you may truly hate, and
get injured repeatedly to help build something which will cause you more
pain and suffering than anything else in your life. I'm not totally
heartless.
But not so much that you can tell the difference.
Heh. Duty's duty
make a choice no one should ever have to make. You versus
her Queen."
"I should have won."
"Her service to her Queen was her life."
"Tough shit. I was her son."
And so now we know the secret. That's rough, yet explains everything. I can
see why he feels so betrayed, though.
I've never scene this connection to a Senshi. I'm sure ther people have
taken it, but I've never read a fic that has it. That I can think of
atleast.
was. She pretended that it was real mainly to give the dream something
to work with. Any moment now, any moment at all, she would rise from her
slumber to hear her mother calling her, to realize that she was late for
school.
And then the readers would be seriously pissed.
Hmm. Good point.
then we'll all be fine." Moon had finally figured out why she couldn't
wake up. She wouldn't be able to till
until
Acording to my pocket copy of webster, till is valid there.
The two heroines exchanged a look. Sink or swim, they told each other
in that glance. Now it was time for the final reckoning. There would be
not leaving this place.
As Moon swung a fist, Mars dove in to tackle it. She moved too fast for
it to react and just as Moon's blow hit its chest, Mars caught the back
of its knees. The two of them went down in a pile, which Moon dove into
in a moment.
It's not gonna work, girls. It never does. Too much time left in the fic.
Yeah. Has that ever stopped someone from trying though?
Moon jumped it, hoping to buy time for her friends to escape. She was
thrown into a wall for her troubles. Venus attempted to launch her
magic. A fist caught her in the face before she finished the first word.
Mars, now its target, did the sensible thing. She ducked to the other
side of the shaft, trying to escape. It followed her.
She bought the others time, at least.
Yeah. Of course, they aren't smart enough to run.
And he's right. That just might be enough to stop it.
Working te math for that fall, the end result should be rather
spectaular.
He smiled at the thought as he undressed and crawled into bed, without
brushing his teeth. He wiggled for a second, making himself comfortable,
and began to drift off.
"Hello, ass munch."
"Howdy, butt wipe," Argentium replied.
Butt goblin.
And the following scene degenerated rapidly into a series of Beavis and
Butthead quotes.
Cyanide smiled, a large, deep, and most unfriendly smile. "Would you
care to put any money on that?"
"Up to a thousand dollars," Argentium offered.
Two gets you seven.
>from Crystal Tokyo once, and
it'll be the death of me yet. But it'll be the death of you first."
Heh. nice line. So that was part of what he was thrown out for. Simple, yet
effective.
I think enough hints were dropped to make that unsurprising.
The guards rushing into the room to find a horrifying scene. It was so
unspeakably bad that I can't speak of it. Typing counts.
The ending seemed a bit abrupt, almost too fast.
To me, it just seemed a fitting way to end the story.
The revelation about
Cyanide's origins and true identity were nicely handled. I had him figured
more as a lover than a son.
See above.
Can't think of much more to say other than
overall this was a good work which I enjoyed reading.
Thats all I want to hear.
Though Ed McMann on the phone would be good too.
Thanks.
Miashara