"That dream again. Usako would kill me if she knew I was dreaming about another girl."
Standing up, he went to the bathroom and prepared for the day.
'Who is she? I've never seen her before. And, why is it that all I can recall from the dream is her face and a sense of danger?'
The memory of going over a cliff appeared in his mind. Remembered pain and disjointed images flooded his brain. Mamoru leaned up against the wall and put both palms against his face.
'Or have I met her? Maybe she's a key to my past.'
Mamrou finished getting ready and sat down on a chair in his living room. He thought about the dream he has been having.
"If I keep quiet, I'll never know and have nightmares about this for the rest of my life. If I do tell, Usako will probably get mad at me."
The person, who sometimes acts as Tuxedo Mask, sighed as he recalled the past. "I'm going to trust Usako this time. They should be having a Senshi meeting later today."
With that decided, Mamoru Chiba headed for the door. He hoped he would have answers later.
Late in the afternoon, at the Hikawa Shrine, five girls were idly discussing adventures they had while Sailor Senshi. Most of the girls listened to a blonde girl, who had a red ribbon in her hair. The conversation stopped as Mamoru Chiba entered.
"Mamo-chan," Usagi said. "What are you doing here?"
"I need Rei's help."
"Huh?" the shrine maiden asked. "My help? Why?"
Mamoru sighed and replied, "I've been having a dream about a girl. She seems familiar to me, but I don't recall meeting her. Every time I try to recall where I could have met her, I get flashes from the accident that cost me my memory."
Usagi frowned at her boyfriend and was about to say something, when she noticed dark rings under her boyfriend's eyes.
Rei pursed her lips and asked, "Can you describe her?"
"About as tall as Makoto. Long brown hair and blue eyes. Also there is a sense of danger, but from what I can't tell."
"That's not much," Rei commented.
Usagi interjected, "What if I used the Silver Crystal while you do a fire reading? Would that help?"
Rei closed her eyes and thought. After a second, she nodded. She motioned for the two of them to follow her to the Great Fire. After they had done so, with the rest of the girls following, Rei turned towards Chiba.
"Usagi, you hold onto Mamoru and get the crystal out. I'll start divining."
Usagi nodded and did as she was told. She was still feeling a bit of jealously at this unknown woman that had invaded her Mamo-chan's dreams.
"Let's do it," Rei said.
As the two Senshi used their respective items, streams of light came from the crystal and fire and formed a sphere in which images were shown. Sound also emanated from the sphere.
A station wagon was heading along a road that curved around a large hill. Inside the car were four people. An older couple, a teenage girl, and a young boy. The two younger passengers were in the backseat of the vehicle. The teen-age girl had long brown hair and blue eyes. Asleep next to her was the boy, who had black hair.
The older woman looked back over her shoulder and asked, "Mia, how's your brother doing?"
"Out like a light," Mia responded.
"Yeah. Well. Mamoru did have a busy day today," the man replied.
Mia smiled a bit and said, "Right, Dad. Trying to protect me. He kept saying that I'll be taken away today. That dream he had must have really scared him."
Whatever response was going to be made was cut off as a bolt of light hit the front of the car. The energy blast caused the vehicle to go careening out of control. The sudden jostling woke Mamoru up.
"It's happening. Just like my dream," he said.
Mia put her body over her brother's as the car hit the side railing of the road and went flying over the edge. As it descended, another beam of light had grabbed the tail end of the car and ripped the back part away. Mia heard her parents' screams as their half plummeted to rocks below. Swallowing heavily, she looked up and saw that she and her brother were descending slowly to where the dead bodies of their mom and dad were lying. A sudden jolt signaled that they had hit the ground.
"Mamoru, get out!" Mia yelled as she grabbed her brother and dragged him out of the wreckage of the car.
The siblings ran out of the vehicle and were confronted by three beings. A blue haired woman wearing a green jumpsuit was sitting on top of what appeared to be a robot. A tall man with blonde hair and a cybernetic eye was standing with them.
The girl gestured towards the car. "Yoldo, take care of that."
The robot fired a beam of energy that engulfed both halves of the car. The brother and sister gulped as they saw that.
"Mia," the guy began, in a hateful voice. "You are coming with us."
Mia defiantly said, "I'm not going with the creeps who killed my parents."
The man's features contorted with hatred as he launched a brutal punch to Mia's stomach. The girl collapsed to the ground, coughing. Seeing this, Mamoru charged the much older male.
"Leave my sister alone ugly," Mamoru cried.
The guy picked up the boy by the throat and stated, "My name is Gil Berg, brat. Tarsan wants your sister as raw materials. Now go away."
With that, Gil Berg threw Mamoru against the side of the cliff. The boy hit the stone wall headfirst. As he slid down, he left a streak of blood on the cliff face.
"Mamoru!" Mia yelled, as she tried to get up.
The robot put a foot against her back and pushed her back to the ground. A sudden electrical jolt from the mecha, knocked Mia out.
Gil kneeled before the prone form of Mia Chiba and said, "Soon, you won't have a family or memories. Tarsan will brain wipe you. You'll just be a machine that can be bought and sold."
As the sphere dissipated, Mamoru Chiba turned away. He didn't want to let Usagi see the tears that were forming in his eyes.
"It wasn't an accident. She's my sister," he whispered, as he walked away.
"Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked.
"I need to be alone for a little while, Usako."
"But...," Usagi began.
Rei put a hand on her leader's shoulder and restrained her from going after him.
"Leave him alone. He needs to come to terms with what he just saw. Besides, I think there is more for us to do."
"Huh?"
Rei said, "He shouldn't be having these dreams now, unless there is something he could do to help her. Or maybe, something we could do.Now that I have a better idea of who I'm looking for, I should be able to get a good reading from the fire."
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