"They sure are walking a long way," Kasumi commented as they followed the guards to wherever they were taking Jackie...
"But I think they arrived," Makoto suddenly shouted. "Look over there!"
The soldiers stood in front of a big building that was by no means as big as a normal castle or palace would be, but it looked nevertheless like someone very RICH lived there.
Minako blinked. "My eyes! It's so bright, I can't see anything!"
Artemis shook his head. "We had gorgeous castles and houses in the Silver Millennium, but not as shiny and glittering as that building."
"Their planet may be small, but also wealthy," Makoto assumed.
The soldiers were opening a big door and led Jackie inside.
After the door closed, the Senshi and Jade looked around. "There are no guards in front of the mansion?" Minako wondered. "Lousy security..."
"Perhaps they don't need it," Kasumi said. "Perhaps they're all living in peace and harmony..."
"Well, at least the women," Jade grumbled. "Okay, if there are no guards, we can get in easily. We only have to find the queen's chamber... or the prison."
They carefully looked around and entered the big mansion.
Artemis sighed. "What's up, Artemis?" Minako asked.
"Oh, it's nothing," the white cat replied. "Although... I wonder what Luna is doing just now..."
Kasumi smiled. "You like her, do you, Artemis?"
He blushed under his fur. "Well, yeah, I think so... even if we squabble sometimes... But I hope she's all right. I think I miss her a little bit..." He chuckled. "Oh well, when she's back from Scotland... and we from outer space... I'll see her again. And then she can tell me..."
"IMBECILE! IDIOT! JERK!"
They all got startled when the booming voice suddenly echoed through the hallway. It came right from the door they were walking past.
"You don't suppose that..." Makoto mumbled and pointed at the door.
Quickly, they all pressed their ears against the wood.
"But your majesty," a whiny voice just said. "I won several prizes with this model back on earth."
"That's Fred," Jade said. "Let's take a look..."
"Be careful," Makoto said. "If they see you..."
Jade grinned. "Oh, they won't see me... Not if I have the Snake Talisman!" And, using the Talisman's power, she turned invisible.
Carefully, she opened the door, sneaked inside, and closed it.
She was standing in a big bedroom. Fred Frilly was standing in front of the queen, a quite... corpulent woman wearing a formal gown and a crown. Next to them stood an amazon wearing a dress - perhaps one of Fred's creations. On the bed, looking bored, sat a younger girl, reading a magazine. Two guards were standing at the wall. Jade noticed how the skin of the queen and the other girl was green, not blue. That means the girl must be the princess.
"I don't care," the queen replied in her screeching voice. "I just cannot say how ugly this dress is! This is Vyrx, planet of fashion! What may be chic from where you are from is only junk in my eyes! When I heard about you, I was hoping you would be better than all of the other designers on your miserable planet..."
She turned around to her daughter. "Don't you agree, sweetheart?"
The princess didn't reply.
Angrily, the queen pulled something out of her daughter's ears. "Quit listening to music when I talk to you!"
The princess sighed. "Yes, mom..."
The queen shook her head. "Now, let's take a look at the other two exemplars..."
Fred gulped and nodded. He waved, and the guards let in another girl wearing a skirt and a leather jacket.
"Teenaged girls on our planet seem to like this one, your maj..."
"NO! NO! NO!" the queen shouted.
"Okay..." Fred sweated. The next girl came in. "And this is my master piece..."
"AAAAAAAH!" the queen screamed. "HORRIBLE!" She fumed. "GET THIS IMBECILE OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
Jade sweated. That queen had quite an attitude. 'Looks like Jackie is not here,' she thought. 'Well, time to go...'
She turned around to leave, but accidentally bumped against a potted plant standing next to the door. It fell over with a loud 'THUD'. 'Oops!'
"Who's there?" the queen shouted. "Show yourself!"
The two guards looked around the room. "I can't see anyone, your majesty," one of them said.
"Activate your scanners," the second one said.
They pulled out strange devices that looked like colored glasses and put them on. They slowly looked through the whole room, until one of them pointed to where Jade was standing. "There! An intruder!"
Jade yelped as she realized that they could see her, deactivated the Talisman's power and ran out of the room. "Time to go!" she told her friends.
"After them!" one of the soldiers shouted.
Jade ran around the corner, screamed and came back. "They're coming from there as well," she shouted.
"Looks like we're surrounded," Minako said.
"I'm not going down without a fight," Makoto snarled.
They grabbed their transformation pens.
"JUPITER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!" "VENUS STAR POWER, MAKE UP!"
"Cooooool," Jade said in awe.
The guards didn't look impressed. They raised their spear-like weapons and pressed a button. Shimmering energy blades jutted out of their weapons, surrounded by a crackling field of electricity.
"Attack!" the captain shouted, and her amazon warriors stormed forward.
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(Posted Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:43)
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