Thread: The Ultimate Blood Sport... (Zodiac and Cerberus)

With a reckless grin, she tried to appear strong even though Minako knew she barely had the strength to stand. Her heels stuttered against the metal floor, her hands in front of her as she watched the strange, beastly creature in front of her. The thing,she had no name for it, was dead at his feet and he towered over her a good couple of feet. Not that she hadn't ever been outclassed by someone in the height department before. Still grinning, her teeth became a white slash across a pale face, her blue eyes becoming blurry around the edges and then she saw it. Crimson red just beyond him. Suddenly, Venus forgot where she was. Next to the red was a forest green. Just the two. Usagi and Ami were no where to be seen and neither were any of the other senshi. Besides, all she could see was the red... the red coupled with raven black hair and features so fine that Minako almost envied them. R-Rei..., she whispered. Her eyes became glossy with unshed tears when the body didn't respond. And it was just a body because, because... Oh god, no. Forgetting about the hunter, she rushed past him, stumbling a few steps before forcing herself to her stand and run the rest of the way to Sailor Mars' side. She had been cocoon, but where the egg hadn't hatched for her yet... it had for her friend and the face hugger had done it's job. It had already fallen away at her friend's feet. Something red stained the white webbing of the cocoon. Tears. She couldn't see what. All she could think of was that Rei didn't deserve this. Rei, wake up!, she wanted to scream, but there was no response. Beating her hand against the wall, Minako suddenly grabbed the side of her prison and pulled, hard. Not strength. Pulling back, she held her finger out while another arm was crossed over it. Crescent Beam! Light in the form of a crescent moon shape shot out of her fingertip and with that single beam, she was able to use it as a laser to slice her friend away from the wall. She didn't know what the hunter was doing behind her, she didn't care. Minako caught Rei's body just as it fell to the floor and held her close. Brushing back the dark hair from her face, she shakily took in the vacant look of the senshi's eyes. What ever had been there was gone now. That fire that had burned so deep inside her second. Venus clutched the young woman's body to her chest, and shrieked in both sorrow and pain. A primal sound of utter loss that was soon fueled with the heat of rage. Sailor Mars was gone. Her chest a ravaged hole of red meat. The same for Jupiter. Venus didn't even check the room, but she would have found at least one other. Sweet, gentle Hotaru. Saturn. Rubbing her face, she turned her tear stained face up towards the ceiling, wishing it were the sky, suddenly, Minako stood with Rei in her arms. Looking at the beastly creature, she gave him a stare. Something that almost dared him to stop her. Barely able to support her own weight, she somehow found the strength to carry her friend from that place. It was too dark here. The smell of death too strong. She couldn't leave Mars here. They needed the rays of their native land, or as native as they could get, to spill across them. The moon was barely a silver disk hanging low in the sky as she laid her friend in front of a large window. Taking her hands, she crossed them over her chest, Minako's tears finally starting to drip across her face.