The Other Scouts

[Jinks]

[glow=green,2,300]Chapter Three[/glow]

“I’ll get it!” Raye called as a knock was heard on the door. She opened it to reveal the girls from last night. They showed up like they said they would. “Please come in.”

The girls filled in one by one and headed towards the back of the house. There sitting around in the family room was the other scouts. Serena greeted them cheerfully.

“Let’s not waste any time. Your captor from yesterday was part of a group of people from the fires of malice. I don’t know if you can really call them people but you get the idea.” Aurelia paused slightly. She continued when she saw the scouts nod. “We think their base is somewhere in the mountains. That’s where we were coming from last night. We were trying to find it. We have had very little luck so far.”

“We can probably help with that.” Amy said.

“I wish Kaeli was here. There is only so much I can do.” Lorraine sighed.

“Why? What could Kaeli do that you can’t?” Mina asked Lorraine.

“I’m pretty good with technology and can use it to find their energy signature but it isn’t working. We can usually each use the powers we control to help us but they seem to be blocking that too.” Lorraine replied.

“But what makes Kaeli different?” Lita prompted.

“There is very little you can hide from the sky or should I say the wind.” Tyra answered the question. “It is said that the wind is very old and wise. Kaeli has mentioned in the past that the sky knows everything that has happened and is happening on the Earth.”

Emily spoke up to the scout’s confused looks, “The sky had been around since the beginning and there forth retains a knowledge of thing that have passed. Water and nature are the next ones to remember most things but even though trees can get pretty old they eventually die and new ones take their place. Just like the water is being recycled, going from a lake to rain back into the earth.”

“That makes sense. At least it does to me.” Raye said.

“Well we’re not getting much done here. If we are going to see if Amy can do anything we’ll need to go closer.” Lita spoke up.

“Yes, we’ll show you the way.” Aurelia agreed.

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“Jasper is that you?” a boy with dark brown hair that fell into his equally dark brown eyes asked.

“No it’s me Sage.” a girl a couple years younger than the boy with the same coloring walked into kitchen were Sage was sitting at a table with paper and books scattered in front of him. It was easy to tell that the two were related.

“Kaeli you’re home!” Sage had stood up just as Kaeli reached him and they embraced each other warmly.

“I’m sorry that we can’t talk of other things right now but tell me about Candice.” Kaeli said sadly.

“I didn’t find anything but Jason told me she went missing during the day and even during the night once for three days straight. He said he had asked her one time and Candice told him she had been at the library doing her homework. Jason said he knew that wasn’t true because he had happened to be there and you know how it’s not hard to miss someone that is there because it’s so small.” Sage sighed. “Do you really think she could be part of what is happening?”

“I would really like to think not but when her own brother came to me and told me he had notice something different in the way she was acting…I just couldn’t ignore it. Thank you for keeping tabs on her for though.”

“No problem. I just hope we’re wrong about her.”

“Me too,” Kaeli sighed, “I’m sorry I can’t stay longer but I need to go to the others.”

“I saw them leaving not that long ago.”

“What do you mean?” Kaeli asked her brother.

“We have some visitors next door. I saw them leaving with them walking off into the forest, in the direction of the mountains.” Sage replied.

“Oh no, that’s not good. I have to go.” Kaeli started for the back door.

“I know. Just come home. I saw Zephyrus trailing after them.” Kaeli just nodded her head before she slipped out the door.

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EndNotes: So I got this up way later than I thought I was going to. I've been so busy with school this last year, but it is summer break and I am really really happy. Sorry about the wait.

[Jinks]

[glow=green,2,300]Chapter Four[/glow]

“They knew we were coming but how?” Sailor Metal asked pacing around their enclosure her braid swinging wildly. The others where scattered throughout the imprisonment either sitting or standing. They had been heading back from trying to find the base, with no luck, when the enclosure of negative energy dropped on them by surprise.

“Why does this always seem to happen to us?” Sailor Moon whined plopping down on the ground next to Sailor Mars.

“You know they could have had this trap waiting for us to come back and spring it,” Sailor Gem said thoughtfully as she placed a comforting hand on Metal’s arm.

“Smart one aren’t you? That’s exactly right,” the Sailors could see the faint outline of someone walking closer through the darkness. A girl with jet black hair the glided past her shoulders and dark green eyes that sparkled with mischief stepped into the light drawing a gasp from the Sailor Warriors.

“Candice,” Sailor Nature whispered.

“So you know me. Then I don’t have to waste time with introductions,” Candice sneered.

“How long?”

“I’ve always belonged to Verdor but that’s not going to do you much good.”

“How so?” Sailor Fire asked jumping into the conversation.

“Because you are going to die here and now,” with that she reached a hand forward and the negative energy pulsated and then started to wrap around them, squeezing tightly. Their air supply was slowly being cut off and everyone was sinking towards the ground. Everything was going dark before the Sailors’ eyes when there was a brilliant flash of light followed by a booming. The scouts found themselves able to breathe and their sight slowly returned. Candice was snarling back at a big grey wolf holding a bleeding hand.

“Are you okay?” Sailor Nature looked up at the sound of a voice above her head and found her self staring into golden brown eyes alight with worry.

“Sailor Storm, you’re back!” she cried out throwing her arms around the dark hair girl. Sailor Storm carefully extracted the girl’s arms and stood up to face Candice.

“Why you little…” Candice began threateningly.

“Temper, temper, temper. You used to never get that mad easily,” Storm interrupted.

“What do you mean?” Candice interrogated Sailor Storm.

“I know who you are.”

Candice stared at Storm for a second something seemingly dawning on her, “The others knew who I was but you aren’t surprised, not like them.”

“No I’ve known for sometime. I didn’t want to believe it at first but after Jason came to me about it too…” Sailor Storm trailed off shaking her head.

“Jason?” Candice seemed to think about what Sailor Storm had said.

Sailor Water broke into the conversation before anything else could be said, “What do you mean that you belong to Verdor? Who’s that?”

“Verdor is the name of my people. You know us as the people from the fires of malice and we aren’t leaving until we get what we came for.”

“What are you here for?” Sailor Mars asked.

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” Candice smirked. It was then that a light seemed to go off in her head. She turned to Sailor Storm and said one word, “Kaeli?” Storm nodded her head.

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End Notes: I managed to get something done during my classes.