The night air was cold, the moon bright as the stars did their little twinkle of a dance. Luna and Artemis fell silent as the two of them had just witnessed and watched Scarlet devour Usagi like she was nothing.
"Usagi....No.." Luna spoke as she dropped down to her knees. "We lost..."
Artemis was silent still, he clinched his fists as he slams one against the outside wall of the warehouse.
Scarlet however smirked as she licked her lips. "Well whaddya know, Usagi tasted just like spaghetti and meatballs." She threw her head back and laughed, her eyes then glanced over to the brooch on the floor. She walked over to it and knelt down, she studied it for a moment before picking it up. "Well what do we have here?"
"Oh no, the silver crystal.." Luna mumbled under her breath. "She has it..."
Right as Scarlet was about to open the brooch. Nia came into the warehouse and stood at the entrance. "Put the brooch down Scarlet."
Scarlet raised her head up as she looked at Nia, she saw the Nibelcole clones with her as well. "Ara Ara, it seems like the last efforts of hope has came to me. But don't you worry. Usagi is in a....better place." She snickered and gave her stomach a firm pat. "Just like the rest of them."
Luna and Artemis jumped through the window and back into the warehouse as they were back in their cat forms. "You may have taken them all out, but you are forgetting one major thing....they were not the only Sailor guardians, the universe is vast and there are others who would take their place."
Scarlet chuckled, her red eyes glowed with malice and hunger. "Oh? But by the time they get here...you all will be dead and crawling at my feet." She eyed the two felines and then Nia. "I could give you all a handicap and let you all go. But where's the fun in that?"
The Nibelcole clones that were with Nia, took a step forward. Nia held her arm out, stopping them from going any further than they already had. Nia turns her gaze to Scarlet, a look of anger etched in on her face. "You're right, you wouldn't let us go on living life so casually. You're just a monster, inside and out."
Scarlet yawned as she mocked Nia with a hand gesture. "I know I am, I was born as one." She snickered and placed the brooch into her jacket pocket. "But enough about me, why don't we all dance?" She grabbed her scythe and swung it around. "Who is first?"
Luna and Artemis looked at each other, they both nodded lightly before turning to look at Nia. "We will sacrifice ourselves to stop her...don't worry about us...we will be with the princess and the others...in a new life in a different reality that is similar to this..."
Nia seemed to hesitate at first, but she knew that they were the only two left. Chibiusa and Setsuna were back in the future. Or whatever future was left for them to return to, everyone else was dead. "Alright, but you won't be able to slow her down..."
"I am aware, I can sense Usagi's life force." Luna spoke. "It's faint, but she's still alive inside that monster."
Nia looked away as she muttered something. "Not for long..." She turned her gaze to Scarlet, her face morphed into a stern look. "We will stop you, wherever these two fail at. We will pick right back up."
"Is that so?" Scarlet asked with a wicked grin. "I could always consume you all here and now, and have my belly full. But alas, class is in session for two felines." She turned her gaze to Luna and Artemis as she watched the two of them turn into their human forms. "This again? Didn't you learn the first time? You don't have powers or weapons in that form."
"That may be, but we will do all we can to stop you!" Luna yelled, she rushed forward towards Scarlet and went for a gut punching blow. But stopped as she felt herself being restrained. "What the?"
"Tsk tsk." Scarlet mocked wagging her finger. "Did you forget about the Grimm?"
Luna's eyes widened as she looked down seeing Grimm arms restrain her, immobilizing her and leaving her open for the killing blow. Artemis went to rush forward, but Grimm arms rose up from the ground and grabbed his legs. Which had caused him to fall face first onto the ground.
"All of you are missing the point." Scarlet spoke, her tone taking a slight turn towards a lustful and seductive tone. "There is nothing more greater for you all than to become part of me." She grinned widely as she snickered. "We Grimm know no bounds when it comes to our endless hunger." She took a step forward as she looked down at Luna and Artemis. "You two should feel honored. Just because you two are felines doesn't mean I can't have my way with you both." She knelt down and grabbed Luna's chin. "So, why don't you and Artemis be good little kittens and stay out of my way. This is between me and sister Nia. I'd hate to have to hurt two lovely kittens such as yourselves."
Luna growled as she looked at Scarlet. "We refuse to listen to a monster like you."
Scarlet lets go of Luna's chin as she stands up. "If that's how you want to be....then so be it." She then snapped her fingers. The Grimm arms that had restrained Luna and Artemis had gotten tighter, two more had rose up from below them and clamps to their mouths. "You two get to watch. Watch as hope dies....and despair rises from the ashes." The Grimm girl turned her attention to Nia and the Nibelcole clones. "Now then sister Nia, where were we?"
Nia was about to speak, but one of the Nibelcole's charged forwards towards Scarlet. Scarlet smirked as she dodged and tripped the Nibelcole, watching as she fell to the floor of the warehouse. Scarlet didn't give her time to recover from the fall and swung her scythe. Slicing the Nibelcole's head off.
"Oh no harm done here, they're just paper..." Scarlet mused and chuckled darkly. "Paper that doesn't bleed, but paper that has a soul." She watched as the body and head glowed a neon blue before turning into paper. "So, who cares to be next? I'll just use your paper bodies as paper mache."
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After what seemed like ages, Scarlet stood on top of a stack of papers that were once the clones of Nibelcole, she smirked as she glanced down at Nia. "It's just you and me now sister Nia."
Nia gritted her teeth and clinched her fists tightly. "If you let Luna and Artemis go, I will serve you."
Scarlet cocked an eyebrow up, she threw her head back and laughed. "Serve me? How tempting, but you see. I would have to decline." She jumped off the stacked pile of paper as she landed in front of Nia, their noses mere inches away from each other. "But where's the fun in that?" She balled her left hand into a fist and gut punched Nia, knocking the wind out of her lungs. "When I can do so much worse things to you?" She stepped back as she watched Nia collapse onto the floor. A wicked grin played at her lips. "Ara ara, a seat just for me? You shouldn't have." She turned around as she sat down on Nia's back. "Now then..." She closed her eyes for a moment, tapping her finger against her chin as she processed what to do next."
Luna and Artemis could only watch as Scarlet was lost in thought. But, something felt off. Scarlet knew something wasn't sitting right, a tear in time and space would usually open by now. Or Queen would appear to say or do something to slow her down. Yet, nothing happened. Scarlet opened her eyes as she looked down at Nia and then she glanced over to Luna and Artemis. A wicked grin danced across her lips, both Luna and Artemis didn't like the look they were seeing.
"Mm, let me think." Scarlet mumbled as she stood up, she turned her gaze back to Nia and knelt down. "I wonder..." She placed her hands on Nia's face, part of her told her to kill her. While the other half said not to, but what did she care. She needed to find the missing link as to why nothing was happening.
Suddenly, the silver crystal from Usagi's brooch began to glow. Scarlet turned her attention towards the brooch and reached over to grab it. Once she held it in her hand she popped it open. Watching as the crystal glowed. With a raised eyebrow, Scarlet had wondered if this may be that missing link. She stood up and carried the silver crystal to the shipping docks that were nearby, she did wonder if it could be broken. So, she tried to break the crystal against the wooden pole.
Luna's eyes widened as she wiggled and squirmed under the tight grasp of the Grimm arms, her muffled voice came out from her mouth that was covered. "MRPH!"
Scarlet pondered as she remembered Luna saying she could sense Usagi's life for from within her own body. The Grimm girl smirked as she chuckled. "Ara, it seems like my little treat has fight left in her after all. So I wonder." She smashed the crystal against the wooden pole again as it started to crack. "Ah, there we go." She continued to smash the crystal against the pole over and over again, until it shattered into pieces.
Luna and Artemis tried to break free from their binding hold, but it was no use. Once Scarlet had returned to the warehouse, she approached the two. Kneeling down, she looked at the two. "It must've been so important to you that the crystal needed to stay in tact. So tell me." She removed the Grimm claws that covered Luna's mouth. "What happens when it is broken?"
"You...you didn't." Luna spoke, her voice trembling with fear. She couldn't sense Usagi's life force anymore, her eyes glanced up at Scarlet and then to her empty hands. "You broke it...."
"Ah, so it was tied to Usagi. Like a source of life. Interesting." She chuckled and stood up. "Now that I know what it was, Usagi is officially dead." She chuckled again and laughed darkly, throwing her head back laughing more. "Oh how sweet it is. Knowing that a simple crystal held the very soul of the princess."
"You have no idea what you've done!" Luna barked. "Without the crystal, Usagi can no longer be reincarnated.."
Scarlet stopped laughing. "Does it look like I care? No." She walked back over to where Nia was at and looked down at her. "It seems you get your wish after all sister. You will live, but what will you hope to gain when you return to Tengu City?" She knelt down and whispered into her ear. "I'd advise you to not mention a single word of this to anyone back home, if you do. I won't hesitate but to make a meal out of you."
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Scarlet stood there in the center of the warehouse, the howling and roars of the Grimm. Distant and faint within Tokyo, Scarlet sniffed the air as a tear in space and time tore open behind her. Turning around, she noticed Queen.
"I was starting to get bored." Queen spoke as she walked towards Scarlet, stopping mere inches away as she looked down at Nia. "I was beginning to wonder if you preferred living in this world and not your own." She grins as she looks back at Scarlet. "But I seem to have misjudged you..." She reached for the hilt of her sword, but her hand came to a stop. "You've managed to make the mess of this world. Yet, you had let two Sailor Guardians escape." She knelt down and picked Nia up. "Why is that?"
"I didn't see no reason to. They came from the future, altering the past fixed that little problem." Scarlet spoke and gripped Black Rose. "Chibiusa no longer exists since Mamoru and Usagi are dead." Her crimson red eyes watched Queen for a moment as she noticed how she just casually tossed Nia into the tear in space and time.
"You're going to strike me aren't you? It won't do you no good." Queen spoke as she turned around. "This game of cat and mouse isn't over with yet Scarlet. I have big plans for you, bigger than you can imagine." She turned her head to the side and grins. "The next worlds you will find my scent at..will prove challenging for you. But I have left you some...companions, to work with."
Scarlet growled as she rushed towards Queen, tackling her as the two of them were swallowed up by the time rift. The rift closed, and now Scarlet had once again lost track of Queen, all she could do now was wonder where the hell she was going to be heading to next.