[Michiru is sitting in front of the TV. Haruka loads the LD player and sits down, and the player hums to life.] >Alex & Serena >Title: The Truth Comes Out >Episode: 4 >By: ImMoRtAl PeNgUiN > > It looked like the people out there named >this little story for me. Thanks, all of you! Haruka [ImMoRtAl PeNgUiN]: All two of you! > And >e-mail me if you want to! ;) Not the best work I'm >doing here, [Haruka stifles a laugh.] > but, these are just one of my days. Michiru: Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > "Serena!" I cried out. It was the same dream again. Haruka [Mamoru]: I couldn't understand why I kept dreaming that I was a 13-year-old kid, and Usagi was Artemis, but I was sure it had some sort of signifigance... > The unknown >stranger kissing my Serena! This time I got a clearer view. The man had >short sandy-blonde hair and I could make out the outline of the stranger's >body. He was real tall. > "Get away from her you son of a---" I started to say. Haruka [singing]: Johnny said "Devil, just come on back, if you ever want to try again. I done told you once, you son of a... Michiru: Stop. > "Stop it, Darien! It's over!" > I stopped and looked at her. She looked so beautiful in the moon- >light. The man pushed me away. I fell back, stunned. The stranger held his >hand out to Serena. She looked at me, her face an icy blank. Haruka: So? She's always like that. > "Good-bye, Darien..." > "NO!!!" I woke up, sweating. This has gone far enough! I have to see >Serena! A crystal rose materialized out of nowhere and I snatched it and >held it up. The transformation took longer than before. Usually it took a >few seconds, but now, the Power was relunctant. Michiru: Five hours later... > As soon as I had transformed, >I bolted. I had to get to Serena! Haruka [singing]: I drove all night to get to you... > I soon arrived there. The lights in her house was all out. Everyone >was asleep. Everyone but Serena. Her light was still on. > I hopped Michiru: Usagi and Mamoru are perfect for each other. She's named for a rabbit, and he's behaving like one. > up the giant oak tree in her yard and looked through the >window. She was crying. I kept on watching. She might've had the same dream >I had! Haruka: Of course! She's crying, and the only possible explanation would be that, against all odds, she had the same dream that he did! > Suddenly, I noticed something in her hand. A picture! Maybe a picture >of us? I leaned closer. Haruka: And fell right out of the tree. Michiru [Mamoru, dazedly]: Tsukino-san's going to have a fit about those rose bushes. > Then I wished I hadn't. I got a clear view of the >picture, alright. A picture of her and Alex. Then it all clicked together. >Sandy-blonde hair. Alex had sandy-blonde hair. Tall. Alex was tall. Michiru: A huge sword. Alex had a huge sword. A nametag that said "Ten'oh". Alex had a nametag that said "Ten'oh". Haruka: Oh, come on. It wasn't *quite* that obvious. > "No..." I whispered. I folded my cape around me. Haruka [cheesy vampire voice]: I never drink... vine. > I didn't want to >believe this. I wouldn't believe this! Haruka [Bob Hoskins]: Believe it, kid. > But yet, the truth was Michiru: Out. > there. There >was no way I could ignore this. I had to talk to Alex. I had to stop this. >I had to! Michiru [Mamoru]: Did I mention that I had to? > > > "Alex..." Michelle shook me. "Alex, someone's pounding on the door!" > "Let them pound for all I care." I wrapped my arms around Michelle >and tried to get her to calm down and sleep. I was too comfortable. Haruka: And I didn't wake up, and Mamoru eventually gave up and went away. The end. > "Alex, I think it's Darien." Michelle pushed me away. > "Open up this door, we need to talk, Alex!" It *was* Darien. > "I'm coming, I'm coming! Hold your damn horses!" I snapped. Then I >said softly to Michelle, Haruka: "Get your mirror, we'll take care of him once and for all." > "Go back to sleep, love." > "Will you come back?" Her voice quivered. > "Of course I will! What do you think I'm going to do, leave in the >middle of the night?!" I asked grumpily. > "Please don't leave." My eyes finally came into focus. Michelle was >crying. Then I remembered. Michelle and Serena. Serena and MIchelle. Doh! Haruka: DOH?!? Okay, that's it. Uranus crystal pOWWWW! [Michiru puts her mirror away.] Michiru: Not in the house. > "Oh, I'm sorry, love!" I embraced her in a hug. > "Open up this door at once, Alex!" I grimaced. Darien could be >really insistent when he wanted to. Haruka [Sylvester the Cat]: Open up! Open up I thay! Open thith door, or I'll knock it down! > "I'll be back after I see what that idiot wants, okay?" I wiped the >tears away gently. > "Open the damn door, Alex!" > "I'm coming you freak!" I kissed Michelle on the forehead before I >donned my robe Haruka: Maybe I should have just left the robe off. Michiru: Haruka! Haruka: What? It would have shut him up. > and walked out to open the door. > Darien burst Haruka/Michiru: EWWWW! > inside as soon as the door opened. > "Come right in," I frowned. "So what brings our prince to our humble >abode?" Michiru [Mamoru]: My feet. I didn't have enough money for a taxi. > "You stay away from my Serena," He hissed. > "Oh. So that's why you came." I poured a cup of tea for myself. I >would've offered Darien some but I didn't. Let him stay cold, I thought >bitterly. I sat down and sipped my tea. A few minutes passed. Haruka: A few minutes? They just... for a few minutes... doing nothing. > He was still >standing there shivering. > "So, are you going to answer me?" Darien finally broke the silence. > "I've finally decided what I should do." I said quietly. Haruka: Commit seppuku. > "What?" Darien asked. "Steal Serena away from me?!" > "No. I'm going to let her decide." I said. Michiru: What a radical approach! > "You just stay away from her! She's mine you hear? Mine!" He shouted >angrily. > "What makes you think she wants to be yours?" I finally burst, Haruka/Michiru: EWWWW! > my >eyes ablaze. Haruka [holding her face]: AAH! MY EYES! THEY'RE BURNING! > "What makes you think that Serena is a *thing?! What makes you >think Serena is a *something*, not a *someone*?" > "You shut-up!" He raged. Michiru: Such an intelligent riposte. > "She has the right to decide who to love! You're just like Raye but >worse!" I shouted, matching his tone. He suddenly crumbled, crying into his Haruka: ...hat. I couldn't figure out why. >hands. > "Please. Don't take Serena away from me. Please." He cried. "I can't >bear to live without her." > "Just like you can't bear to hurt her?! Almost everytime I see her, >she's heart-broken because of you! Can't you see that?!" I asked angrily. > "You have no right--" > "Yes, I have no right! Michiru [singing]: Yes, we have no bananas... > I've also hurt her before. But not as much as >you have." I glared down at him. > I opened the front door. The cold wind blew inside. "Get out of Haruka [Chris Farley]: ...the car! It's go time, you and me. Michiru: I imagine that there will be a fight between Mamoru and your double at some point, so why rush it? > my >house." > He stared at me sadly. Michiru: Considering the way he's been behaving, that should say "stupidly". > Then, wiping his face with his scarf, he >walked out the door. I closed the door and sat down on the sofa. The >clock ticked softly and Haruka: ...exploded. > I sighed. I heard Michelle crying quietly inside >our room. And I could almost see Serena, huddled in her bed, crying. Torn >between two lovers, I thought wryly. Then I stood up. This had to end. Haruka [Christopher Lambert]: There can be only one Highlander! > I raised my transformation pen into the air and transformed into >Sailor Uranus. Haruka: That was it?!? Where's my henshin sequence? Where's the music? Michiru: Calm down, Haruka. The less detail there is in the story, the shorter it will be. > I had to stop this. > > > Sailor Uranus slipped Michiru: ...on a banana peel. > out of the house. The streets were dark and >silent. As sailor-suited heroine dashed away, a man, shrouded by shadows, >followed behind, careful not to be detected. And soon, another figure joins >in the chase. Sailor Uranus, unaware that she's being tailed, continues on >to her destination. > > to be continued... Michiru [sobbing into her hands]: Please... no more... > >Author's Note: Those two figures, can you geuss >who they are? e-mail me and tell me if you want >and maybe I'll put your name on the next, and >the last episode of Alex & Serena. All things >must come to an end. [Haruka/Michiru cheer. Whistles, party hats, and streamers seem to have appeared from nowhere.] > *sigh* (It 's just so >sad! *sob*) C ya! > > > > > > > >--------------B9B717C53B4-- > > > [Scene change. We are now in the garage. There is a gunmetal gray box with wires sticking out of it sitting in the middle of the floor, and Haruka is busily banging away at it with a hammer. Michiru enters.] Michiru: What is that? Haruka: It's the Revengefic-o-Tron. You feed a bad fanfic in it, and a custom revengefic comes out. Michiru: Haruka, that's amazing! When did you learn about electronics? Haruka: Well, see, I never actually learned anything about electronics, per se. Michiru: Then who built it? Setsuna? Haruka: Actually, Hotaru-chan built it. Michiru: If you didn't build it, and don't know how it works, then why are you hitting it with a hammer? Haruka: I'm trying to make it turn on. [Haruka hits it a few more times, and the machine springs to life. Blinking lights, beeping, whirring. In other words, standard "weird machine" effects.] Haruka: Eureka! Okay, now we just feed in the bad fic... [puts the laserdisc in a slot on the top of the device.] [The machine produces grinding and smoking sounds, and then spits out the LD and a small sheaf of paper.] Haruka: Hahahaha! Vengeance at last! [scans first page and gets a repulsed look.] Maybe not. Michiru: Why? What does it say? Haruka: It's the first part of "That Girl". Michiru: I'd say the machine still has some bugs. Haruka: Indeed. Hotaru'll be dissappointed. [Haruka kicks the machine once for good measure and the couple heads inside.] [End of Part Four.]