Makoto winced as Rei was bending her limbs back into position.
"That man... OW!" (crack) "That man can't be reasoned with... he's all brawns and no brains. I don't think we... OW!" (crack) "Can convince him into giving the daimon to us..."
"Well, maybe he just took you by surprise," Rei muttered. (crack) "OW!"
"If we go together, we just may have a chance of getting that pig."
(crack) "OOOOOOWWW! OWOWOW!"
Rei grinned and stepped back. "There, as good as new..."
Makoto grimaced and stood up. Her limbs were still hurting... but at least they were bending as they're supposed to...
Rei looked grimly at the hotel. "So, this time, we're both going up there... together!"
Makoto blanched. "Up there? AGAIN? Rei, you don't understand... this guy's room is on the 89TH FLOOR!"
"Doesn't matter!" Rei firmly said. "Don't forget who we are! We're the Sailor Senshi... and a good Senshi never gives up!"
----
On the 57th floor...
"(pant, pant...) You were saying, Rei?"
Rei panted heavily as she leaned against the wall. "Well... I suppose it's a long way up, but... we have to do this!"
----
89th floor...
After catching their breath (which took them about 30 minutes), the two Senshi approached the door of Zangief's room.
Mars tried opening the door. "Good, he didn't lock it... We can go in!"
Jupiter peered inside the room. "It's pretty dark in here..."
Rei shrugged. "Well, perhaps he just went to bed... it's gotten pretty late anyway. I mean, if you consider the time I had to wait while you went up here, the time we took when going up here together, not to forget the time of your long drop..."
"Okay, okay," the pony-tailed Senshi grumbled. "I got it..."
On tiptoes, they went into the dark room. Rei considered making some light with her fire powers, but she didn't want to risk waking the Russian wrestler.
"Do you see her?" Makoto whispered.
"I don't know..." Rei whispered back. "I don't see anything... but I can feel something round... Perhaps the lock of her cage?"
"Well, try opening it, then," Makoto urged her fellow Senshi.
"Okay... here we go..."
Rei turned around the strange, round knob...
"GOOOOAAAAAAALL! GOAL! GOAL! The Nankatsu High soccer team under Captain Tsubasa Ozora is incredible! The Juuban Strikers didn't stand a chance when Tsubasa himself approached the goalie and scored his third goal this day..."
The lights went on. "What's going on here?" Zangief's gruff voice bellowed.
Mars grimaced... the knob she had turned around was the knob of the radio.
Jupiter smiled weakly. "H-hi there..."
Zangief frowned. "You again? Perhaps you need some more fresh air... and your friend as well!"
He grabbed them. "Hey!" "Lemme GO!"
He smirked. "Out you go!"
----
Rei whined as she plummeted down the 89 stories of the hotel. "Makoto... will it hurt much?"
The tall Senshi shrugged. "You know what? You'll get used to it..."
Some time later, the long drop of the two Senshi was over.
"My spine..." Jupiter whined out of the impact crater.
Mars gasped. "GAH! Are we in hell?"
Makoto shook her head. "No, the traffic lights are just flashing red..."
The two of them crawled out of the hole. "We have to... try again..." Rei groaned. "A good Senshi... never gives up!"
"You can talk..." Makoto groaned as she tried twisting her spine back to normal.
----
44th floor...
"You know what? I think it's getting easier with the time..." Rei said during her panting.
"Shut up..." Makoto grumbled.
----
Half an hour later, they once again were back inside the dark hotel room of the Russian wrestler.
"Perhaps we should try calling for the pig-girl?" Makoto suggested. "Maybe we can find her quicker that way?"
"You wanna wake that brute again?" Rei hissed. "No way!"
After searching through the darkness, Makoto felt something. "Hey, Mars..." she whispered. "Here's something else... feels like a round padlock, but it's on the other side of the room, so it can't be the radio."
"Okay, let's hope you're right..."
Makoto turned around the knob... and everything stayed quiet. Both of them sighed in relief... no radio this time.
"Hmmm..." Makoto murmured. "This is strange... I turn and turn the knob around, but I can't find the keyhole... strange padlock..."
"Perhaps it isn't a padlock after all," Rei said.
"Maybe... hey, could you make a tiny flame? I need some light..."
Rei nodded. "Okay, here you go..."
Calling upon her Mars powers, Rei summoned a flame similar to her Fire Soul, only much smaller... about as small as the flame of a match...
....
BOOOOOOOOOOMMM!
"WHAAAAAAAHH!" Zangief screamed as he jumped out of bed... and stared at the ruined walls and furniture. "W-what the... You're TERRORISTS?"
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT!" Rei yelled as she peeled herself off the wall, where the force of the explosion had thrown her. "YOU TURNED ON THE GAS STOVE!"
Makoto stared out of some rubble. "Heh, heh... sorry?"
----
In the impact crater in front of the hotel, Makoto's face was pressed against the cold surface of the traffic light, which has been drilled into the earth...
"You still wanna try again?" she asked after spitting out some dirt.
"Of... course..." Rei mumbled. "A good Senshi... never gives up..."
The pony-tailed girl groaned. "I hate you..."
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