Chapter 2 Before we begin the second chapter of this exciting saga, if you haven't read the first chapter, then stop reading now and GO GET IT! Or you won't understand anything that is happening. Now, for you good boys and girls who read the first chapter...*In bold, annoying action show narrator's voice* When we last left our story, the contest winners had all been loaded onto the spaceship and are now flying off to an unknown planet. Oh, and we can't forget our heroes, Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus, dangling from the spaceship c/o the love chain. Now...let the story continue... Moon: 'Oh, my arms are killing me.' Venus: 'I hope we're almost there, it feels like we've been hanging here forever.' Moon: 'Yeah...' *Looks at Venus, and bursts into laughter* 'HAHAHAHAHHA!!" Venus: 'What's so funny?' Moon: 'The worm slime makes your skin look green! HAHA!!' Venus: 'Oh yeah? Well you have worms sticking out of your meatballs!' Moon: *Stops laughing and pouts* 'No I don't...do I?' *Picks a worm out of her hair* 'Eww I DO!' Venus: 'Here, let me help you.' *As Sailor moon and Sailor Venus pass the time by trying to dewormify themselves, lets go to where the real suspense and drama is taking place...INSIDE the spaceship* Cluck: 'Now, if everyone sits nice and quiet, no one will get hurt...yet.' Lita: What do you want with us? And what the hell are you?' Ami: 'I believe it is a chicken.' Cluck: 'SHUT UP! You will find out what our leader wants with you soon enough.' *Cluck leaves the compartment of the ship, leaving the humans sitting chained in a cold, dark room* Lita: 'Hmm...' *Looks at her wrists* 'handcuffs...kinky.' Ami: 'Lita-' *Hears a familiar voice crying* 'Rae, is that you? Where are you?' Rae: *On the other side of the dark, crying room* 'Yeah, it's me.' Chad: 'Rae, please don't cry.' Rae: 'It's all my fault, if I was honest all of this could have been prevented.' Lita: 'What are you talking about Rae? You had nothing to do with this.' Rae: 'it's not that, I had -' *Rae stops speaking as Cluck and Armuck enter the compartment, each holding a lit candle* Armuck: 'These candles are so we can see the petrified looks of fear on your faces.' Lita: 'And what are you supposed to be?' Ami: 'It looks like a mix between an armadillo and a duck.' Armuck: 'My name is Armuck. And yes, I am a cross between an armadillo and a duck. See my back? I have natural hard, thick skin that acts as armor. And I have duck feet, feathers, and a beak.' Lita: 'So in other words...you're a freak too?' *The other chained people attempt not to, but they break out in laughter* Armuck: 'Who said that? I wanna know, what the hell is so funny?' *Voice breaks* 'All my life,' *Sniff* 'the other boys on the playground, would call me a freak! All I ever wanted was to be treated like an equal...' *Throws his candle down and waddles out of the room* Cluck: *Picks up the candle* 'Look what you did, you hurt his feelings! That's it!' *Takes a deep breath, extends his wings, and yells out a loud 'BAAAWWWK' as large, slimy worms fly from his mouth and attach themselves to Lita* 'There that'll teach you!' Lita: 'Eww...what are these things?' Ami: 'Those would be large, slimy worms.' Rae: 'Lita, are you alright?' Lita: 'I've just been slimed, that's all.' Cluck: *Blows out the candle* 'I'll leave you humans alone as you contemplate what evil things we are going to do to you.' *Walks out of the room, leaving the contest winners in total darkness once again* Lita: 'These worms, they're...they're crawling down my pants!' Ami: 'Wait! I have an idea!' Chad: 'What is it?' Ami: 'Lita, do you have a bobby pin in your hair?' Lita: 'maybe, but I can't put my hand in my hair or it'll get stuck.' Ami: 'Here, let me check.' *Grimaces as she feels around in Lita's hair for a bobby pin* 'Found one!' *Pulls it out of Lita's hair* 'Now Lita...' *Starts to fidget with the locks on Lita's wrists and ankles* 'When I unlock you, try and find the keys to unlock all of us. And if you can, eavesdrop and try and find out what is going on...and...' *Whispers in Lita's ear* 'You may want to transform.' Lita: 'Right, ok.' Ami: 'There.' *Lita's locks come undone* Lita: *Pulls her chains off and stands up* 'Alright, I'm going.' Rae: 'Good luck, please be careful.' *The others in the room also wish Lita luck* Lita: *Turns around before leaving the room* 'I will.' *Puts her ear to the door to make sure no one is on the other side, and walks out* Rae: 'I hope everything goes alright.' Ami: 'Oh no!' Chad: 'What's wrong?' Ami: 'the worm slime has stuck my hand to the bobby pin!' *Lita stands in the walkway, and observes the multiple doors and hallways* Lita: 'This could take forever...' Lita turns a corner, and grabs her transformation pen 'Well, here goes.Jupiter...star...power.' *When she finishes transforming, she debates on what she should do next* Jupiter: 'Well, I guess all I can do is wander around. But, maybe I can find the control panel, or who's driving this thing. Then maybe I can force them to take us back. Guess I'll follow this main hallway.' *Sailor Jupiter starts to hurry down the hallway, but hears Cluck and Armuck's voices. So she slips into the nearest room. She can vaguely hear their voices as they walk by* Armuck: 'And the guy says, 'Your sandal? I thought it was my lunch.' Cluck: 'I don't get it.' Armuck: 'He was going to eat it, because he thought it -- Cluck: 'I don't get it.' Armuck: 'No listen! The sandal was in his mouth, because he thought...' *Their voices fade away as they walk down the hallway. When Sailor Jupiter can no longer hear their voices she re-enters the hallway* Jupiter: *Shakes head* 'That was a stupid joke. Now...back to work...' *As Jupiter continues down the hallway, hoping she is on the right path, we take you back to Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus* Moon: 'OW!! STOP!!' Venus: *Rips another worm off of Moon's skin* 'OK done.' Moon: 'Ow...great now that you've ripped all my skin off!' Venus: 'Hey! It's not my fault those things are super adhesive!' Moon: 'Now I look like I have a deadly skin rash or something!' Venus: 'Oh well...it's...' *Looks up to the sky* 'What is that?' Moon: 'What's what?' *Looks up* 'Oh my God!! We're gonna die!! NO!! There are so many things I want to do!' Venus: *Snickers* 'Like what? Do Darien?' Moon: 'What makes you think I haven't already?' Venus: *Shakes head and looks back up* 'I know what it is! It's like a black hole.' Moon: 'And once we go in...there's no going out.' Venus: 'Well we're going in!' *Moon and Venus close their eyes, and when Sailor Venus reopens hers, she finds that they are in another universe* Venus: 'Look at all the planets...Sailor Moon, it's alright...you can open your eyes now.' Moon: *Slowly opens one eye* 'No, it's only ok if I am now eating in my bedr- hey where are we?' Venus: 'In another universe or galaxy I guess. And I bet we are going to land on one of these planets.' Moon: 'I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!' *As we go back into the spaceship, Sailor Jupiter has finally found the control room. She sees someone driving, while at the same talking to a screen. Which has the face of a strange woman on it* Jupiter: *Thinking* 'She has that black moon and black star on her forehead too...' *Turns around so they can't see her, and eavesdrops hoping to hear some valuable information* Maiden of Madness: 'Now,' *Stops herself from saying this servant's name. You haven't forgotten about this character yet have you? * 'Now, when you land on Black Island-' [Edited]: 'I have a question. Why is it called 'Black Island'? It's a planet not an island! You're the ruler, why don't you change it?' Maiden of Madness: 'SHUT UP!!!' *The screen shakes* 'as I was saying...when you get to Black Island, you will find all the brainwashing machines all in tact and ready.' Jupiter: *Whispering* 'Brainwashing machines...??' Maiden of Madness: 'So just load the humans into the machines and let the brainwashing begin. The process may take a while, so we must be patient.' [Edited]: 'Yes Queen.' *The Maiden of Madness disappears from the screen* [Edited]: 'How come Cluck and Armuck get all the fun? I want to see the humans we captured.' *Gets out of his seat and walks to the doorway* Jupiter: 'Damn it. What am I going to do?' *He exits the room, and sees Sailor Jupiter standing right there* Jupiter: 'Uhh...hi.' [Edited] 'Who are you?' Jupiter: 'That's for me to know and you to find out.' *Gives him a kick to the head, and he falls to the floor unconscious* 'That was too easy. Hey, what's that?' *Sees the keys hanging from his belt loop* 'Now we're talking!' *Takes the keys* 'Now, to get back to the others.' *Sailor Jupiter runs down the main hallway, and gets back to where the humans are locked up. But just as she bends down to start unlocking them, Cluck and Armuck enter the room* Jupiter: 'Oh...sh...' Cluck: 'Who are you?' Armuck: 'Whoever she is, I like her skirt!' Jupiter: 'I am Sailor Jupiter, and I will-' Cluck: 'Another Sailor Scout! I already took care of the other two.' Jupiter: 'What did you do to them?' Cluck: 'The same thing I'm going to do to you.' Jupiter: 'I don't think so! SUPREME...THUNDER...CRASH!!!!!!' *Cluck and Armuck fly away from the attack* Jupiter: 'Fine I'll do it the old fashion way.' *Runs up to punch Cluck, but he releases his worms with such force they blow Sailor Jupiter to the wall and she gets stuck to it* Rae: 'SAILOR JUPITER!!' Jupiter: 'Ahh...I can't move!' Armuck: 'Now my turn.' *Rolls into a ball so his armadillo skin surrounds him, and he throws himself at Sailor Jupiter's stomach* Jupiter: 'Oh...' *Coughs* Ami: 'He has knocked the breath out of her.' *As Armuck prepares to do it again, the ship shakes violently* Chad: 'What happened?' Rae: 'We must have landed.' Cluck: 'Lets keep the Sailor Scout too. The Queen will be so proud of me...maybe I'll get a raise.' Armuck: 'Servants don't get raises. And what do you mean 'me'?' Cluck: 'Yeah me! I'm the one who attached her to the wall.' Armuck: 'Whatever. Lets just go outside and check everything out.' *Looks at Sailor Jupiter and grins* 'Don't you go anywhere.' *Jupiter weakly opens her eyes and stares at Armuck as he and Cluck leave the room* Rae: 'Sailor Jupiter...I'm so sorry.' Jupiter: 'It's not...your fault.' Rae: 'Yes it is. I've been having visions for weeks that something like this was going to happen.' Ami: 'Why didn't you tell us?' Rae: 'I didn't want to scare anyone. I wasn't positive about it anyway...' Ami: 'Well what are they going to do to us?' Jupiter: 'Brainwash...' Rae: 'They're going to brainwash us, to work for this evil queen, her name is 'The Maiden of Madness'. She wanted the ones with the most talent, she wanted the best, so she chose the winners from the festival.' Chad: 'We can't let that happen. What are we going to do?' Ami: 'I don't know...' *Now we will go outside the spaceship, where Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus are debating what they should do next* Moon: 'I think we should go in.' Venus: 'No way, w don't know what's going on in there. We don't know what we're facing.' Moon: 'They could be dying in there.' Venus: 'No, they probably want them for something. I just wonder what.' *Just then the girls see Cluck and Armuck get off the spaceship* Moon: 'Hey look! It's the chicken!' Venus: 'We have to hide!' Moon: 'Let's hide behind those things.' *Sailor Moon points to the brainwashing machines. Venus nods her head and both girls run and duck behind one* Cluck: 'Well here's all the brainwashing gadgets like Queenie said.' Armuck: 'You'll never guess what happened to Fu-' Cluck: 'Oh him? What?' Armuck: 'I found him lying unconscious. When I got him up he said that Sailor Jupiter girl attacked him and stole his keys.' *Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus look at each other* Cluck: 'Well now we have her too. She'll be a nice addition to the rest of them.' Armuck: 'yeah, lets get the humans and start right away.' *The two go back in the spaceship* Moon: 'I can't believe it, they're going to brainwash all those innocent people.' Venus: 'Alright let's get in that spaceship while the door is still open.' Moon: 'Yeah let's go!' *The two scouts hop into the spaceship. But when they get there Cluck and Armuck are nowhere to be found* Moon: 'Where did they go?' Venus: 'There's too many ways to go. We may never find them.' Moon: 'Let's go right.' Venus: 'No, left.' Moon: 'Right.' Venus: 'Left.' Moon: 'RIGHT!' Venus: 'LEFT!' Moon: 'Or we could just go down that diagonal hallway.' Venus: 'Well, that sounds as good as any I suppose.' *Our two heroes go down that hallway, which is inevitably the wrong one. So while they wander aimlessly around the spaceship, let's go to the chained humans awaiting their cruel fate. We have them sitting in the dark, and Rae is looking around at all the people sitting in silence, and she can't help but be plagued with guilt* Jupiter: 'The keys...' Ami: 'The keys, what keys?' Rae: 'Look.' *Ami and Rae see a key ring lying on the floor* Ami: 'She must have dropped them.' Rae: 'Can you reach them?' Ami: 'I'm not sure, let me try.' *Struggles to reach the keys, and grabs them* 'Got them!' *Cluck and Armuck start to enter the room* Rae: 'Hurry, put them in your pocket or something!' Ami: 'Alright.' *Puts them in her back pocket* Cluck: 'Hello earthlings! Ready to be changed into followers of our queen?' Rae: 'You'll never get away with this!' Cluck: 'Oh really? Everyone get up!' *All the contest winners get on their feet. Cluck and Armuck rip Sailor Jupiter from the wall and she falls to the floor* Armuck: 'Wait a minute...hey you!' *Points to Chad* Chad: 'Me? What?' Armuck: 'Carry this Sailor brat out. Since she can't walk herself, you get to help out your hero.' *Chad walks over to Sailor Jupiter and does his best to cradle her in his arms* Cluck: 'Now march!' *As they file out of the spaceship, Rae turns around to see Sailor Jupiter being carried by Chad behind her. Jupiter sees Rae, and does her best to smile* Rae: 'I can't believe this.' Jupiter: 'Don't worry...it's not the end. Sailor moon and Venus are...still out there...they're alive...I know it. Have faith. They'll save us...' *Meanwhile at the back of the line, Ami is trying to unlock herself with the keys* Ami: 'There I'm free. Now...MERCURY...STAR...POWER!!!' *After transforming, she hears a scream come from the another part of the ship* *The scream was that of Sailor Moon's. She had clumsily stepped into a pile of Cluck's sticky slime* Moon: 'AHH!! Venus I'm stuck!' Venus: 'Quiet! You'll give us away!' Moon: 'Well sorry, but EWW! This stuff is oozing between my toes.' Venus: 'Don't you wish you had your boots now?' Moon: 'Yes...now help me!' Venus: 'Well, what can I do? I told you to watch where you were walking.' Moon: 'Well do SOMETHING!!' Venus: 'Wait, do you here that?' Moon: 'Hear what?' Venus: 'Footsteps...we're not alone.' Moon: 'And I'm stuck to the floor. This isn't going to be a fair fight at all!' Venus: 'Sounds like...one pair of footsteps. So it's outnumbered.' Moon: 'It's getting closer! Protect me Venus!' Venus: 'Oh you're such a baby. I'll protect you against-' *Looks to see who is walking towards them* 'Sailor Mercury?' Moon: 'Sailor Mercury! Thank God it's you!' *Sailor Mercury runs up to the other senshi, and attempts to explain the situation* Mercury: 'We have to hurry. They're going to brainwash everyone now.' Moon: 'Yeah well great except for one thing. I'm stuck!' Mercury: *Looks at Sailor Moon's feet* 'What happened to your boots?' Moon: 'It's a long story. Do you think you can help me?' Mercury: *Presses her earring to get her visor* 'Hmm...this is a complex glucose nucleic mixture.' Moon: 'Is that bad?' Mercury: 'It could easily be washed away.' Moon: 'With what? Water?' Mercury: 'That is correct Sailor Moon!' Venus: 'She can be taught!' Mercury: 'So here goes...SHINE...AQUA...ILLUSION!!!!' *Sailor Mercury aims the attack to the pile of goo at Sailor Moon's feet* Moon: 'Yes! Yes! I'M FREE!' Mercury: 'Now we have to hurry and save everyone.' *Looks around* 'This way!' *The three Sailor Scouts rush out of the spaceship and step onto the barren planet. They can hear Rae screaming, and see Armuck stuffing her into a machine* Rae: 'Sailor Moo-' *Armuck pushes her head in and locks Rae into the brainwashing machine* Moon: 'Rae...we're too late.' Venus: 'No...' *The scouts see that over half of the humans, including Lita and Chad, have been placed into the machines, while the rest remain locked up* Moon: 'This is it. Come on girls.' *The three scouts run up to the queen's servants* Moon: 'Hey misfits!' *The servants look at her* Moon: 'How dare you fool around with innocent human's lives.' Venus: 'You can't control what a person puts their heart and soul into.' Mercury: 'It's wrong to force someone to use their talents for evil.' Moon: 'In the name of the Moon...and other respective planets...' All: 'We will punish you!' Cluck: 'I thought I got rid of you two. And who's this third girl?' Venus: 'Ok I get Cluck.' Moon: 'I'll take the Armadillo duck thing.' Mercury: 'Alright I get the third one.' [Edited]: 'I have a name!' Mercury: 'Then what is it?' [Edited]: 'Well, it rhymes with Cluck and Armuck, and it starts with an 'F'. Venus: 'You mean your names Fu-' Mercury: 'Please...don't say it.' Moon: 'Enough of this talk! I'm going to get revenge!' *Moon runs up to Armuck and punches him* Moon: 'OWWWW!!!! You're hard!' Armuck: 'It's my special armor! Now time to die!' *Rolls into a ball and rolls after Sailor Moon* Moon: 'AHH!!' *Runs away with her pigtails flying around, trying to outrun Armuck* 'I have to get him to run into something, then I can use my wand.' *Sees the brainwashing machines* 'I'll just jump over one of those and hope he runs into it.' *Jumps over one of the machines, and hears a loud 'Thud' behind her* Armuck: 'Ow my head!' Moon: 'You should really watch where you're going.' Armuck: 'You stupid Sailor Scout...' *Tries to get up* Moon: *Whips out her wand* 'Who are you calling stupid?? MOON...PRINCESS...HALATION!!!!' *Sailor moon's attack gets Armuck, and now all that is left of him is a pile of feathers and that gross armadillo skin* Moon: 'Yes! One down, two to go.' *Walks over to one of the brainwashing machines, and looks down through the clear glass. She breaks out into tears* 'No....' *Sees Rae's body lying in the machine* 'Rae! Can you hear me? *Pounds on the glass* 'RAE!' Mercury: 'Sailor Moon! Here!' *Throws the keys to Sailor Moon* 'Unlock the rest of the people.' Moon: 'Ok.' *Runs to the people who have not yet been placed into the machines and starts to unlock them* Venus: 'Alright Cluck! This is revenge!' Cluck: 'BAWK! I am not afraid of someone who cannot fully dress themselves.' Venus: *Looks down to her bare feet* 'That is NOT funny! VENUS...CRESCENT V...SMASH!!!!' *The crescent V ends up blowing Cluck's head off. While the rest of his body continues to hop around* Venus: 'I heard that chicken's hopped around after their heads get cut off, but this is ridiculous.' *The rest of Cluck's body jumps at Venus and it's sharp claws rip at her bow and neck* Venus: 'Ah...ow get off me!' *Grabs the body and accidentally throws it at Sailor Mercury knocking her down* 'Oops...sorry!' *Venus puts her hand to her neck and peels some skin off* 'Oh I'm bleeding! Ah! And my skin is peeling!' Mercury: 'I could use some help here!' Venus: 'Oh, right sorry.' *Runs over to help Sailor Mercury* 'Now it's two against two!' Mercury: 'Well, actually it's two against one and two-thirds. Since Cluck is no longer a whole.' Venus: 'Well whatever. Let's combine our powers to get rid of them!' [Edited]: 'You can't get rid of me! For I am the ALMIGHTY-' Venus: 'Almighty and your name put together sounds really funny.' [Edited]: 'Don't make fun of me!' Venus: 'Oh a sensitive F****er?' Mercury: *Looks at Sailor Venus shocked* 'Venus! Watch your language! Remember, we are a children's show in the United States!' Venus: 'Well I'm sick of being a goody two shoes.' Mercury: 'Don't you mean goody no shoes?' Venus: *Looks at her bare feet* 'Ok I have had enough shoeless jokes for the day! Ready Mercury?' Mercury: 'Ready! MERCURY...BUBBLES...BLAST!!!!' Venus: 'VENUS...CRESCENT V...SMASH!!!' *Their powers combine to form one massive ball of energy that hits the two enemies killing them instantly* Venus: 'YES! That's what you get for scratching my neck!' *touches her neck, and looks at her blood drenched, scratched up bow. She falls to the ground* Mercury: 'Sailor Venus?' Venus: 'I feel dizzy...' Mercury: 'You've lost a lot of blood.' Venus: 'Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.' *Sailor Mercury helps Sailor Venus back to her feet* Moon: *Runs up* 'I unlocked the rest of the people, and told them to hide in the spaceship. Sailor Venus what happened to you? Are you alright?' Venus: *Nods* 'Yeah I am ok. Mercury, do you think you could re-wire the machines to get them back to their normal state of mind before it is finished?' Mercury: 'I might, but it will take some time to figure out.' *The three girls look to the numerous brainwashing machines, and suddenly the tops to the machines pop open* Moon: 'Uh-oh. Mercury, what does that mean?' Venus: 'I'm just guessing, but I think it means we're all going to die.' Mercury: 'Here they come.' *All the bodies come out of the machines, and they slowly walk towards the Sailor Senshi* Moon: 'They see us...and they don't look too happy to me...' Venus: 'They all have that black moon and black star on their forehead now.' Moon: 'Well what are we going to do? We can't hurt them.' Mercury: 'I'm sorry Sailor Moon, I just don't know.' Oh no! Our heroes are cornered by dozens of brainwashed citizens whose only goal is to kill. Could this be the end for Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Venus? And how will they save all the people without hurting them? And if they do get saved, what are they going to do about the Maiden of Madness? Find out in Chapter 3!!!