Note to self.. don't play with something you want to keep...
Title: The truth
Author: Ree
Theme: Haruka/Uranus ("Remember" by Disturbed : day 24)
Genre: General
Version: Anime/Manga end of the SilMil - Fates story line, but can stand alone
Rating: G
This complex lady and her friends belong to Takeuchi Naoko. I just asked if they could play for a while.
The truth
Phoebe jerked to a stop. All around her, she heard screaming. Her eyes darted around the area ahead of her trying ot find the source. Slewing about, the Princes of Uranus checked on all her attendants. No one acted as if they heard anything, and not one of them looked scared. With the fear of that silent cry still echoing through her, Phoebe rushed to her control room leaving her attendants far behind.
Phoebe quickly checked the scanners set up around the room. Seeing no threat the first time, she looked back over them again, checking every section of the Kuiper belt and as far beyond it as her sensors could detect. 'Nothing... There is no threat visible. I wonder if Neptune has already taken care of it?'
The screams started again, louder this time. They almost drowned out the sound of Princess Rhode's voice coming through the speakers. "Uranus! What is happening? I can't pick up any threats on my scanners."
Looking at the vidscreen, Phoebe could tell that Rhode was hearing the screams as well. 'Then I'm not going crazy.' "I don't know. I can't find anything atempting to get into the Solar System, either." Their eyes locked for a moment as both of them had the same thought. Fear crossed over their faces, and they both started switching on the scanners that looked inside the system.
Staring at the battle that covered the Moon, Phoebe called out softly. "Uranus planet power, make-up." As she transformed she heard Rhode's voice echoing under the rush of winds that surrounded her. "Neptune planet power, make-up."
Neptune was the first to speak. "We have to go! We have to help!"
"We'll never get there in time." Uranus scanned through the external system scanners again. In a cold voice she continued. "And we have to watch the boarders. What if that is a decoy to pull us away?"
Neptune's eyes narrowed. "But our oath! We have to protect the queen and the princess!"
Uranus looked back at the monitor that showed the destruction that was covering the moon. Her heart felt as if it was being ripped out, or being pummeled in her chest. Hiding her feelings behind a cold wall, she shook her head no. "Our job is to protect them from far away. Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter are the ones to handle this. We need to make sure nobody tries to attack while they are doing so."
Another scream. This one was louder, longer and more heartbreaking than the rest cut through them. Neptune covered her ears in an attempt to block the sound. Uranus stared at scene on the Moon. 'Where are they? The guardian senshi... they have to win. So, where are they!?' Flipping through the images of the battle answered her question. Ruthlessly blocking the tears that were trying to fall, Uranus searched for the Queen. "Surely she is alive. Where is she?' As she looked, Uranus heard a soft choking gasp from Neptune. "Did you find Queen Serenity?" Even she was startled at how cold her voice sounded.
Neptune shook her head in denial, and her voice was shaking also. "They're all dead... All of them...There was no warning.. no time...."
Uranus tried to stop her heart for hurting. Surely there had to be a way to make it feel as cold, and numb as she sounded. Instead she felt a burning deep in her heart, and heard the wind keening, crying like she wished she could. Suddenly her Space Sword appeared before her, vibrating in the wind that rushed by it.
Raising her eyes to the vidscreen, she saw Neptune's Deep Aqua Mirror. The glass was rippling as if tiny waves were crossing it's surface. Looking past the mirror, she focused Neptune's eyes. "What is happ.." She was cut off as another cry cut through them. Forcing herself not to double over in pain, she checked the monitor. 'Queen Serenity!! No!! She was the only one left.' Catching her breath, she glared at the monitor. 'Someone will pay. The queen's death will be avenged.' Grabbing the pommel of her sword, she saw Neptune wrap her hand around the handle of her mirror. The keening of the wind stopped, and an utter stillness wrapped around Uranus.
Preparing herself for anything, Uranus looked back at the Moon's monitor. There, floating above the Moon's surface, was a senshi she didn't recognize. She held a tall glaive high above her head, and slowly let it drop. As it fell, Uranus noticed that her sensors were dying. 'Everything is ending.. No!!" Closing her eyes, she reached her hand out to Neptune. There was so much she wanted to say. So much she had yet to tell her partner. It couldn't end like this.
Uranus' eyes jerked open when she felt Neptune's hand wrap around hers. They were floating in empty space. Near them were two long threads, one blue and one aqua, twisted around each other and a large blade that was coming closer. 'It's over. Everything is ending. But I still have a chance.' Uranus pulled Neptune into a tight hug, dark blue wrapped around aqua. Looking down into her partner's eyes, she knew she couldn't hide it anymore. "I love you." Neptune's eyes widened for the briefest second, and then she smiled. "And I love you." As they shared their first kiss, the thread was cut.