"Shadows of the Past", Part 4
Written by M.H. Torringjan
MSTed by: G. A. Wildcat

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(1...2...3...4...5...6)

(Queue the partially-damaged bridge.  Tails is sitting on the
main console, while Razor has what resembles a modified bazooka
[with a laser cannon hotwired to it] pointed at Wildcat.  T-Bone
is standing nearby)

Razor: Alright.  Here goes.  All set, kid?

Wildcat: (tenses himself) Ready when you are.

Razor: (nods) Good.  Kopykat Kreator----FIRE!

(Razor activates the cannon, and a purplish-red laser literally
explodes from the end.  The beam nails Wildcat with pinpoint
accuracy....)

(Everything appears in shades of violet.  Wildcat's form assumes a
red outline, and two forms spontaneously materialize before him.)

Tails' voice: Great!  Who needs copy machines?

(Back to normal.  After a brief flash of light, the screen
turns pitch black.  We slowly get the "opening eyes" effect)

Razor: (puzzled) Anyone as perplexed about this as I am?

Wildcat: (groans) I feel as if something's been ripped out of
me...(staggers, then leans on the bridge console)

Voice: (Vegeta-esque; snide) Whatever gave you THAT idea?

2nd voice: (Garfield-esque) Originality, we were just ripped out
of his conscious mind.  He has a right to feel nauseous.

1st voice: (snaps) Oh, and I suppose YOU know how it feels to be
interrupted in the middle of a fight?

(The two unknown figures stand up: the first one who spoke has
jet black fur, while the other has pure white.  Besides those
differences, they resemble Wildcat down to the most minute
detail.)

(Tails steps backward, shocked.  T-Bone has an equal reaction,
followed momentarily by the aiming of his Glovatrix.  Razor is
examining the Kopykat Kreator)

Razor: (positively) Aha!  So THAT'S the problem.

Wildcat: (growls; regains his bearings) WHAT'S the problem, Razor?

Razor: I had the Kreator set on "Equinox".  That setting creates
real copies of your light and darker sides.  I meant to set it on
"Copycat", which would've made a bonafide clone of you.

(Wildcat looks oddly sick at this statement.  Tails sighs, annoyed.
T-Bone lowers his Glovatrix hand, taking in the situation with an
air of caution)

1st figure: "Real", nothing.  Without us battling inside the
conscious being that he himself generated, he loses a good deal of
his strength.  For instance...(turns to Wildcat) Try to transform
into the Original Wildcat.

Wildcat: (shakes his head) Based on what you've told me, trying to
do that would be a waste of my time.

T-Bone: (scowls; nods) Smart move; it creeps me out each time I see
him do that.

2nd figure: (to first figure) It's like I told you on the way out;
he's not going to scream and look like an idiot in the process.

1st figure: (snarls) He doesn't just look like an idiot, he IS an
idiot!  He says so himself at least once a week!

2nd figure: Look, I didn't force the issue.  You're the one who
wanted to find out, not me.  I'd much rather we just dropped the
subject and focus on the current situation...unless you'd rather
keep fighting until we dropped dead from exhaustion.

1st figure: (infuriated) Why, you little....!  Let me finish what
we started!

(Claws bared, the black cat rushes towards the white cat and swipes
at him.  The white cat leaps backward, barely dodging the attack.
The two of them disappear, stage right)

T-Bone: This could get tricky.

Tails: (looks at Wildcat) It already is, T-Bone.  It already is.

(After a moment of silence, the blaring of the sirens adds to the
seriousness of the situation)

Wildcat: Movie sign!  C'mon, you guys!  Let's go!

(Tails and Razor rush through the door.  Wildcat is about to follow,
but halts halfway there)

Wildcat: T-Bone, what's the condition of the Holocabana?

T-Bone: (checks something) Completely fixed as of 15 minutes ago.

Wildcat: Good.  Try to use whatever means possible to get the
Copycats in there, and activate the Superheroes' Free-For-All.  We
can't afford any more damage to the ship. (looks down the hall
sadly) I hope it does us at least some good.

(The sirens' wailing increases in pitch)

Wildcat: (flinches) And shut off those blasted alarms!

(As T-Bone moves to turn off the alarms, Wildcat doubles back
through the Hexagon Door)

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(6...5...4...3...2...1)

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(Everyone walks into the theater and takes their respective seats.
The lights and screen are dark)

Wildcat: Aw, man...what have I done?....Why'd I agree to do that?

Razor: Don't worry about it.  It's partially my fault for forgetting
how the controls on the Kopykat Kreator were set.

Tails: And T-Bone's alone, facing THOSE two?

Razor: No.  From what I saw, the white cat is more of a pacifist,
and he stands for justice.  The black cat stands for justice too,
but he prefers to see things done in his own way.  However, those
two personalities were clashing in order to gain superiority over
the other.

Wildcat: (to himself) A lot like me....(shudders)....those really
ARE the light and dark sides of my personality.....

Razor: There IS a plus side to all this, though.  The white cat 
will do everything in his power to keep the black cat in line, even
if it means working with T-Bone.  Besides, I have another plan to 
implement once we get past Part Six.

Tails: If we survive that long.

Wildcat: I sure hope so....for ALL our sakes.

Razor: (smirks) Trust me.  For now, let's continue with....what was
it you called it, Curtis?

Wildcat: Insanime.

(Razor presses a button on his armrest, and the movie resumes
a second later)

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>Part Four: The Cold Shoulder
>
>        Mina awoke early the next morning to a sleeping Artemis at
>the foot of her bed.  She sat up and rubbed her eyes.  She petted
>the tired cat, who yawned and stood up.

Tails: (Artemis) Another day, another youma.  Do I get paid overtime
for this?

>        Mina was in her kitchen, waiting for breakfast, in five
>minutes.  She didn't have much time, because she had slept a little
>bit late.  She couldn't wait long enough, so she just grabbed a
>toaster pastry to eat on her way to school.  

Wildcat: Pop Tarts rule.
Razor: (checks something) Yeah, the toaster's plugged in.

>On her way to school, she came across Andrew, who was going for a 
>morning stroll.
>        "I want to know if we can trust you with our secret," Mina
>said to him after they had talked for a little while.
>        "Hey, I've kept it this long.  I'm solid!  I would have no
>reason to tell anyone."  Mina was holding off on telling him about
>Michael until they were positive that they could trust him with
>everything.

Wildcat: Including the fact that humans are three quarters liquid.

>        "Well, I've got to get on to school now, so if you would
>excuse me..." Mina said.
>        "Well, don't let me keep you.  I'm going to some classes
>that I've signed up for myself."
>        "Really?  What are you going to study?"

Razor: (Andrew) Arcadeology 101.

>        "Computers.  I'm hoping that my parents will give me a job
>at their computer shop.  They might not, considering how I handled
>their arcade."
>        "Now, that wasn't your fault."
	
Tails: That's right.  It was Sandy Andrea's fault.
Wildcat: (chuckles) Close, but not quite.

>        "That's what I said, but they wouldn't believe me.  I told
>them that a monster and the Sailor Scouts had done it."
>        "Well, we could go and show them..." Mina began.
>        "No, thanks.  I don't want them angrier at me than they
>already are."
>        "Why would they be angry at you?"

Razor: (Andrew) Remember that lava lamp I asked you to buy?  It's
broken.

>        "Because they'd think that it was my fault, too."  A
>silence ensued which lasted for a little while.  Mina glanced at
>Andrew from time to time, watching his expressions.
>        "Well, I've got to be going on to school now," Mina said
>quickly.
>        "As do I," Andrew said.  "Later!"  They parted their ways
>and headed off in the directions of their destinations.

All: (as the Information Society; singing) "Walkin' away from, 
walkin' away from things that just won't last...."

>        Halfway across town, Serena was just waking up.  Amazingly
>enough, her alarm clock wasn't going off.  She attributed that to
>going to sleep so early.  Luna was awake as well, laying on the
>floor beside Serena's bed.  When Serena put her foot out of the
>bed, and it accidentally landed on Luna's tail, causing Luna to
>yell out in pain.

(Wildcat and Razor wince noticeably)
Tails: Two cats, seperate results.

>        "Oh, Luna, I'm sorry!  I didn't see you down there!  Are
>you all right?" Serena asked concernedly.
>        "I'm fine, just my pride that's bruised a bit," Luna said.

(Tails slowly reaches for Wildcat's tail, when....)
Wildcat: (without looking) Pull my tail, and I'll twist yours into a
double-knot.
Tails: (shrugs; settles back) Just wanted to see if the rumors were 
true, that's all.

>        "Honey, who're you talking to?" Mrs. Tsukino said, sticking
>her head in the door.
>        "I was just apologizing to Luna for stepping on her tail,"
>Serena said nervously.
>        "I thought I heard someone else, though..."
>        "You're dreaming," Serena said.  "You must have been
>hearing things.  So, what's for breakfast this morning?"
>        "You're actually planning on coming down for breakfast this
>morning?" Serena's mother asked, slightly amazed.

Razor: It's International Serena Day!  The one-year anniversary
of the day that Serena decided to come down early for
breakfast!
Tails: I'm putting a hole in the hose of sarcasm, Razor.
Wildcat: (chuckles) Give him a break, kid.

>        "I went to bed early last night, so I'm going to get up
>early this morning.  Unless, of course, you have anything against
>that..."
>        "No, of course not.  You come on down.  We're having
>waffles."
>        "Oh, boy!"  Serena jumped out of bed and got dressed for
>school as soon as her mother had left.  She went downstairs and
>was actually able to sit down at the table for once.  She had about
>fifteen minutes before she had to leave and get to school on time.

Razor: Beyond that was questionable, as it was a Saturday that day.

>        After she ate, she left the house at a leisurely pace, a
>rare occurrence for her.  She arrived with five minutes to
>socialize before class.  The first person who she talked to was
>Michael.
>        "Hey, Michael!  You seen Mina this morning?" Serena asked
>playfully.
>        "No.  I don't see her on my way to school.  I wish that I
>did, though.  Now, Rigel wanted me to talk to you about something
>Scout related."

Wildcat: (Michael) Were those outfits mentioned in the job
description, or did you just fail to read the fine print?

>        "Not so loud!  Do you want the other kids to find out about
>that?" Serena scolded quietly.  "Now, what did he want?"
>        "He wanted to find out if you could get me a communicator."

Tails: (Serena) Don't ask me, and we'll see.

>        "Sorry, but you're talking to the wrong person.  The
>communicators are Luna's and Amy's department.  They're too
>complicated for me."
>        "Okay, then how about this?  Can we arrange a meeting this
>afternoon after school?  I need to find out some things about our
>current mission."

Razor: (Michael) Like, what in the world is Rubeus doing, what with
going after the Crystal carriers and all.

>        "Okay.  I'll arrange that with the others at lunch."  Just
>then, the bell rang, and they were forced to sit down.  Michael
>took the seat behind Serena again, because Amy wasn't there still.
>Serena was dreading the quiz that day in math.  Luckily, the quiz
>was the first thing that they took.  Serena was able to leech a
>couple of answers off of Michael before Ms. Haruna began to get 
>suspicious.  She finished the test last in the class, and she
>thought that even Amy would have beat her out if she had been
>there.

Wildcat: And, the big deal with that is.....?

>        Rubeus looked through his mirror with attention to his
>next target.  It was the cat, Hercules.  It should be easy enough
>to take the cat.  It was fat and couldn't run very fast.  As an
>added bonus, the Scouts would be in school.  They wouldn't be able
>to stop any attempt to kidnap this Carrier.  He summoned the Scouts
>to him.

Razor: (as Hercule) Just let the world champ take care of this!
Wildcat: (as Vegeta) World champ?  I've known stronger
houseplants!
Tails: (shocked) Wildcat....your voice....
Wildcat: (chuckles) Not much of a difference, is there? *

>        "Yes, my master?" Jupiter asked.
>        "We await your command," Mercury said.
>        "I want you to go and capture the carrier named Hercules.
>It's an easy enough task, so don't botch it up."
>        "We won't," Jupiter said, eager to please her master.
>Mercury seemed equally as loyal, but inside, a battle raged between
>two opposing forces.  One of pure evil, one of good.  They fought
>for supremacy, and the evil side was winning at the moment.
>Mercury had a headache from the things going on in her head.

(Wildcat rubs his head absent-mindedly)
Tails: (Mercury) Nothing a little aspirin couldn't cure.

>        As the two walked past the prisoner room, a voice called
>out for Mercury.  It was Greg, who had been misbehaving all day
>long and all last night.

Razor: (Rubeus) Greg, put that Atari Jaguar away NOW!

>        "Mercury!  You have to listen to me!  You're not evil!  You
>just don't know it yet!  He messed with your mind, and you're evil,
>but it shouldn't be that way.  You need to fight the evil!"  He
>received a shock from Jupiter, who was passing the room, and
>slumped down on the side of the chamber, unconscious.

Wildcat: (fur flares wildly) Evil, evil, E-VIL!  BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Razor: Is this what your Dark Copycat is like, Curtis?
Wildcat: (settles down; embarrassed) Sorry.  I get a little carried
away sometimes.

>        "That takes care of that little nuisance," Jupiter said
>as Mercury followed her out.  "Now, let's get on with our mission."
>        "I want to know why we have to take orders from Rubeus,"
>Mercury complained.  "We're the ones who are doing the work around
>here.  It's not like he gets off his lazy duff and gives us any
>help."
>        "Mercury, we haven't done anything for him yet."
>        "It's just the principle of the thing.  We had better get
>some sort of reward for our services, or I'll do something that I
>may regret to Rubeus."
	
Tails: (Mercury) Like putting too much pepper on his pizza, for
instance.

>        "Don't worry.  I know for a fact that if we get the rest
>of the Carriers, then we'll be set for a month or so."  The Scouts
>got to the teleporting room, where they would have to teleport out.
>After all, they couldn't teleport by themselves.

Razor: At least, not without a lot of static.

>        Luna woke up again about an hour after Serena had left.
>"Well, it's back to the good old guard duty, I guess," she thought
>to herself as she ate some food.  She was able to slip out of the
>house unnoticed, as usual.  It was just getting too easy to get out
>these days.  She wondered where Hercules would be at that moment.

Tails: (Hercule) Yeah!  I'm the champ!  Yeah!

>        She wasn't watching where she was walking, and she wandered
>into the bad part of town for her.  As she looked around to gather
>her bearings, she noticed the fences lined with dark forms.  

Wildcat: (singing) Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats....Jellicle 
songs for Jellicle cats....

>She began to panic, and she ran down the 
>street in no general direction.  She just wanted to get out of
>there.  She wanted to be home, of course, but she had to find
>Hercules.  The best way to get him to show himself was probably to
>get in trouble with those other cats.  She stopped running, and let
>the other cats gather behind her.
>
>        Two cats stepped forward, one a Tabby, one a small Siamese,
>and they began to speak to her.  She hoped that her cat-ese was
>good enough to pass.

Wildcat: It SHOULD be. (looks at Razor) Right?
Razor: (shrugs)

>        "Meyow, merowww... mow-ow thrumm meow," the Siamese said.
>Luna translated it as, "You are welcome in our heap of toenail
>clippings and yogurt."

Wildcat: (falls out of his seat) AGGH!

>        "Meow, Mew, Marow," Luna replied.  She hoped that she had
>just said, "Thank you, I'll try to behave."  By the response that
>she got, she didn't think that she had just said what she had
>meant.  The cats started meowing at her all at the same instant,
>and they began advancing on her.
>        Just as the first wave was about to hit and roll over her,
>a fish's skeleton "thunked" into the ground in front of the lead
>cat.  Luna breathed a sigh of relief as she looked up and saw her
>savior on a nearby fence.  Hercules jumped from the fence and stood
>in the path of the other cats, just like he had done when they had
>first met.

Tails: (as Weird Al Yankovic; singing) "You know I'm big, I'm fat, 
you know it, you know...."

(Wildcat's eye twitches involuntarily as he struggles to get up)

>        Hercules meyowed an insult that Luna wouldn't dare repeat
>to the cats, and they dispersed almost instantly.  Luna looked at
>the obese cat as it stood there, as if posing for glamour shots.
>She couldn't believe the way that cat acted around her.  She wasn't
>sure if he knew that she had no interest in him except for a
>friend, if she was pressed for answers.

Tails: (still singing) "When I sit around the house, I really sit
around the house...."
Razor: Tails, stop singing, please.
Tails: Okay.

>        "Hercules, I'm here to protect you for a while.  I just
>needed that to get your attention and bring you to me, so if you
>could kindly get us out of here," Luna said.  He led her out of the
>neighborhood, blushing the whole way.  Luna was still trying to
>figure out how cats could blush.

Wildcat: (gets back in his seat) Who, moi?  How embarrassing.

>        As Luna led Hercules down the street, she caught sight of
>Amy and Lita walking towards them.
>
>        "Lita!  Amy!" she called to them.  They looked a bit
>different than usual.  Lita pointed at them and the pair rushed
>them.  Lita kicked Luna and tried to grab Hercules.  

Wildcat: (snaps) HEY!  PET ABUSE! (leaps out of his seat)
Razor: Kid, sit down.  She's not Lita's pet.
Wildcat: (seething; sits down) It's still horrifying.

>Hercules got away, and Luna followed him quickly.  When Luna 
>turned around, Lita was in hot pursuit.  Amy was nowhere to be seen
>until she looked in front of them.  Coming out of the alleyway in
>front of them was Amy.  Hercules showed no signs of slowing down
>as they headed for a collision course with Amy.  Suddenly, just
>before they reached Amy, Hercules jumped into a conveniently opened
>manhole, into the sewers.

Tails: I don't think Hercules would want much for jumping through
an open manhole.
Razor: (Luna) Just the cover charge.
Tails: Well, drop in sometime.
Razor: (Luna) Sewer.
Wildcat: (smirks) Groucho and Chico Marx live.

>        "Oh, no, not again!" Luna exclaimed as she followed
>Hercules into the manhole.  They found themselves in darkness when
>they landed, on their feet, of course.  It was a good thing that
>they were cats, and could see in darkness.  Hercules led Luna down
>the pathway towards she knew not where.  Soon enough, they could
>hear voices behind them coming their way quickly.  They were in 
>trouble, because they were headed down a dead end, and if they
>turned back, they would run into the crazed Scouts.

Razor: The crazed Scouts, and that bacteria monster that Dr. Viper
turned Morbulus into.

>        "Where did those cats go?" Lita asked as Amy and she stared
>into the manhole.
>        "In there," Amy responded as she tried to see where they
>had gone without actually going in.

Wildcat: Something tells me that Edd would like her.
Tails: Yeah, if you can get her near the cul-de-sac without running
into any Kankers.

>        "Of course they went in there, you dolt!" Lita yelled at
>her inferior.  "You think that I can't see that with my own eyes?
>Let's get in there.  You first."
>        "What do you mean, 'You first?'  You're going in first,
>fearless leader."  
>        "Look, we'll do this logically.  Who has the computer and
>visor that can give her infrared vision or let her see in the
>dark?"

Tails: You!
All: (singing) "SINDBAD, THE SAILOR!"

>        "Me, but..."
>        "Well, then, IN!!!" Lita yelled, pushing Amy in the hole.
>Amy fell in with a scream and landed soon thereafter with a thud
>and a pained exclamation.  Lita jumped in and landed beside Amy,
>but just barely.
>        "What did you do that for?!?!" Amy asked.  She grimaced in
>pain, rubbing her leg gingerly.

Wildcat: (Steve Urkel) Did I do that?

>        "What's wrong with you?" Lita asked.
>        "Broken leg, I think," Amy answered.

(Everyone flinches)

>        "Oh, get up!  It's nothing!  Besides that, we can get
>Rubeus to fix it when we get back with that cat, unless you want me
>to take you out of the running for the rewards that we'll get when
>we return right now."

Wildcat: (holds up his sword) Ooh, power-hungry, are we?  I can fix
that in a jiffy.
Razor: Kid, don't bother.  It'll just bounce off the screen and fry
you.
Wildcat: (puts his sword away) It'll make me feel a whole lot 
better, though.

>        "I can't walk by myself," Amy complained, on the verge of
>tears.  Her headache was getting worse by the second, and she could
>feel the bones grate against each other every time that she moved
>her leg.
>        "All right!  I'll send you back, for Pete's sake!"  Lita
>reached into her subspace pocket and pulled her teleporter out.
>She aimed it at Amy and turned it on.  Amy disappeared within a
>couple of seconds.  Lita turned down the sewer path in the
>direction that wasn't blocked off by a wall.  She held out her hand
>to let a ball of light appear in it, and she went down that way,
>careful not to slip into the water.

Tails: The floor was just waxed.  Please be careful.

>        After about a minute, she came to the dead end, where the
>two cats sat by the side, like lambs waiting for the slaughter.
>She reached into her subspace pocket again and took out her
>transformation pen.

Razor: (Jim Carrey) Hey, want to hear the most annoying sound in the
world?

>        "Jupiter Star Power!" she yelled, transforming herself into
>the new version of Jupiter, the evil version of Jupiter.  She stood
>in the outfit, staring at the cats, waiting to see if they would do
>anything.
>        "Hercules, what do we do now?" Luna asked, frightened.  

Tails: (Hercule) HERCULE MEGATON PUNCH!!!

>Hercules turned to the side of the water, and prepared to jump in.
>"NO!  That's not exactly in the top ten things that I want to do in
>this life time.  Actually, it's not in the top one-hundred or even
>one-thousand things."  He seemed bent on it, and it looked like the
>only plausible solution, so Luna gave in.  She joined Hercules by
>the side, and the two cats jumped in as the ball of light that
>Jupiter had been holding flew towards them.

Wildcat: "Who put the glad in gladiator?"
All: "Hercules!"

>        Jupiter stared in the water for a moment.  "I could send a
>shock through the current, but that might kill them.  Looks like
>I'm gonna have to go in after them.  The things I do for this
>job..."  She jumped in the water and looked around to see which way
>the cats had gone.  The water was too murky to see through, though.

Wildcat: If this doesn't remind you of Zoicite, nothing will.
Tails: All that's missing is the surplus of mice.

>       She could feel the disturbances from the direction that
>they had headed, and began to go that way.  Wait, she thought to
>herself, That's towards the wall, isn't it?  Unless...  She swam
>towards the direction that the disturbances were coming from, and
>she found a pipe in the wall just large enough for her to fit in.
>She went back up to the surface and got a full lung of air.  She
>took another shot at the pipe.  It wasn't a long pipe, thank
>goodness.

Razor: (whistles the "Super Mario Bros." theme)

>        She surfaced just in time to see the cats climb up onto the
>bank.  She followed in suit.  The cats started running down the
>sewer and came eventually to a manhole that would surface right
>near Serena's and Michael's school.  Jupiter wasn't too far behind
>them, so they had to scramble up the ladder.  Luna pushed Hercules
>up the ladder for going too slow.  Jupiter followed them as quickly
>and comfortably as she could.

Tails: (singing) "When I leave a room, first I gotta grease the
door..."
Razor and Wildcat: A-Hem....

>        It was lunch time, and Serena's class had been let out.
>Serena and Michael sat down to eat, and they were confronted by
>Rigel in the bushes.  Serena joined Michael to talk with Rigel.
>        "Hi, Rigel, what's up?" Serena asked quietly.

(A piece of the theater's ceiling, damaged by the meteorite
collisions, breaks loose and falls.  It misses Razor by a full
meter)

Razor: Loaded question.

>        "Not much.  What's the verdict on the communicator?" Rigel
>asked.

Tails: Your honor, we find the communicator guilty on all counts.

>        "Serena can't help us.  She's techno-illiterate.  We'll
>have to ask Luna," Michael answered before Serena could.
>        "Ah, crap.  How about the meeting?" Rigel asked in annoyed
>tones.
>        "I was about to call the others and set that up," Serena
>said.
>        "During school hours?" Michael asked.
>        "Why not?" Serena responded.

Razor: (Michael) Read the sign: "No cellphones allowed."

>        "Well, someone could take a communicator away for going off
>during class, or someone could find out about the others," Rigel
>said.
>        "Hmmm... You have a point there," Serena said.  "I'm a bit
>scatter-brained at times.  You'll have to excuse me."

Wildcat: "At times"?  Stuff it, Serena.

>        "No need to apologize," Michael said.  "We'll just call
>them up right after school's over."
>        Serena sniffed the air.  "What's that smell?" she asked.
>        Michael joined her in smelling the odor which had overtaken
>their conversation.  "I don't know," he said in response.
>        Rigel joined the two others.  "It smells like a cat
>drenched with sewer water.  No, wait!  Two cats drenched in sewer
>water.  And the additional scent of Serena means that it must be
>Luna, unless I'm mixing scents."

Tails: Two dimes, five nickels.

>        "Now, that's a set of sniffers!" Serena exclaimed, amazed.
>        "You're tripping, Rigel!" Michael said.  "If Luna is a
>cat, she wouldn't get into sewer water unless her life depended on
>it, maybe not even then."
>        "Well, it did," Luna said, stepping out of the hedge a
>little bit further down from Rigel, who was fighting to keep from
>laughing out loud.  "Now, if you two could come out here, Hercules
>and I need some help."
>        "What sort of help?" Serena asked.  A muffled meow was
>heard behind the hedge.

Razor: THAT kind of help.

>        Luna went back through, followed closely by Michael and
>Rigel.  Serena stayed behind, not wanting to mess up her outfit.
>Jupiter stood there, holding Hercules by the scruff of the neck,
>and holding his mouth shut so that no one could hear his pained
>yowls.  She pointed the teleporter at him and turned it on.  The
>fat cat disappeared in a moment, leaving Jupiter standing there,
>alone with Michael and Rigel.

Wildcat: (hisses) Get me out of here.

>        "So, do some pitiful humans want to mess with me?" Jupiter
>sneered.  She took a battle stance as the opponent took out his
>transformation stick.
>        "Europa Star Power!" Michael yelled out after checking to
>see that no one would see him transform.  Within a few seconds,
>Serena was with him, ready to brave the attacks sent their way by
>the now-evil Jupiter.
>        "Moon Crystal Power!" Serena yelled, transforming into
>Sailor Moon.  Jupiter laughed as she threw her hands out in a wide
>arc.

Razor: (Jupiter) I welcome you with open arms!
Tails: (Groucho Marx) Is that so?  How late do you stay open?

>        "Jupiter Super Shock, ZAP!"  A strong wave of electricity
>flew through the air towards the two Sailor Scouts.
>        "What was that?" Europa asked as the wave of electricity
>rolled over them and threw them to the ground.
>        "Darned if I know," Moon said woozily.  "Never had her do
>that before."
>        "Rubeus taught it to me.  He'll defeat you pitiful Sailor
>Scouts with the Super Shadow Warrior!" Jupiter taunted.

Wildcat: Super Shadow, nothing.  For all I know, RADDITZ would
probably beat it.

>        "Hey, you're a Sailor Scout, too!" Moon called out as sh 
>passed out.
>        "She's a Sailor Scout?" Europa asked in amazement.  He
>seemed on the verge of going out as well.

Razor: In an avalanche of glory, no doubt.

>        "Yeah!  Sailor Jupiter, or Lita in real life," Luna
>answered.  She turned to Rigel.  "Let's do the old healing power."
>        "Good idea," Rigel said.  A crescent moon appeared on his
>forehead as he turned toward Luna.

Tails: (Rigel; as the Cheshire Cat) It doesn't really matter which
way to walk.  I'm mad.

>        The crescent began to glow as Luna turned towards him, and
>hers did the same.  A beam shot from both of their foreheads and
>met in between the two.  When they met, a flash of light shone
>briefly, and a healing power went through the two Scouts on the
>ground.  Moon woke up and was on her feet, along with Europa, and
>ready for another shot at the errant Scout.
>        "Europa Earth..." Europa said, preparing his attack.
>        "No!" Moon said, stopping him.  "Do you have anything a
>bit... less harsh?  She is one of us, after all."

Razor: He's becoming "boulder" already.

>        "Okay, how's this?  Europa Sandstorm, Blow!" Europa said,
>pointing a finger at Jupiter.  A wind blew up, pelting Jupiter
>with sand particles that stung as much as bee stings.  Jupiter
>eventually had to retreat, but it was just to regain her sight.  As
>she rubbed her eyes, Moon took her brooch off of her oversized bow.
>The brooch opened, revealing the Imperium Silver Crystal.

Wildcat: (Johnny Bravo) Mmm....Crystally.

>        "Moon Crystal Healing, Activation!" she called out.  The
>crystal let loose with a power that purged Jupiter of any evil
>energy in her.  When the Crystal had finished its work, the brooch
>closed, and Moon replaced it on her bow.  Jupiter had collapsed
>from the exertion and the strength that the healing process had

Tails: ...drained from all the lemmings leaping into the ocean.

>taken from her.  When the Crystal stopped, it reverted her to
>normal, wearing her school uniform.  Sailors Moon and Europa
>reverted and went to check on Lita.
>        "Lita, are you all right?" Serena asked concernedly.
>        "I'm tired, Mommy, I want to sleep just five more minutes,
>please," Lita answered.

All: WAKE UP, SLEEPYHEAD!!!
(Everyone bursts into manical laughter for several seconds)

>        "Has she digressed to a younger age?" Michael asked.
>        "No, she's always like this in the morning.  Just give me
>a couple of seconds."  She leaned over to Lita's ear and whispered,
>"Lita!  It's Andrew!  He wants to talk to you about a date..." The
>instant that the words reached Lita's ears, she sat bolt upright.

Tails: (Lita) Forget dates.  I prefer raisins.

>        "Huh?  Where's Andrew?" Lita asked.  "Ooh, that was a dirty
>trick to play on someone.  I was just trying to get some sleep."
>She looked around and noticed Michael, Rigel, and the soaked Luna.
>"Serena, would you mind telling me what's going on here?"
>        "Lita, meet Michael Cross.  Michael, meet Lita Kino.  He's
>a Sailor Scout like us.  Sailor Europa."

Razor: Aae, Io, You, and Sumtimz-Why.

>        "Who's the dog?" Lita asked.
>        "I beg your pardon," Rigel said, "But I'm the guardian of
>Europa, named Rigel."

Tails: Species: unknown.

>        "Oh, man!  A talking dog who's on our side.  This'll take
>some getting used to."
>        "What do you mean?" Serena asked.
>        "Well, after living so long with two cats, it'll be a
>change having to deal with a dog," Lita replied.
>        "Nah, they're pretty much the same thing," Michael said.
>"They're furry and they talk too much."  Rigel frowned at the
>assessment, but decided to let it pass for the time.

Wildcat: (snarls) Hey....

>        "Now, what happened to you, Luna?" Lita asked, turning to
>the soaked, smelling cat.
>        "You don't remember?" Luna asked.  Lita shook her head.
>"You chased me and Hercules through the sewers, and we had to go
>for a dip to get here."
>        "Well, that would explain the smell on you and me," Lita
>said, wrinkling her nose at a whiff of Luna and herself.
>        "Lita, you go home for the rest of the day.  No one's
>expecting you at school, and you need a rest," Serena said.  Luna,
>Michael, and Rigel agreed with her.  Serena turned to Luna.  "And
>I'll need to give you a bath tonight."

Tails: (sarcastic) I'm sure she's thrilled about that.

>        "I don't think that I'll disagree with you there," Luna
>said, for once not running for the hills when Serena mentioned the
>dreaded "B-word" in conjunction with her name.  The bell for
>classes to start up again went off, and Serena and Michael headed
>inside.

Wildcat: (drill soldier) Hut, 2-3-4, shut your mouth and close the
door!  48...32...16...hut-hike!

>        Lita went off in the direction of her apartment building,
>hoping that no one she knew would find her.  Unfortunately, her
>hopes were dashed to pieces when she came across Andrew.  It was a
>good thing that she had Luna with her for moral support, or she
>would have keeled over dead right there and then.

Razor: Sad.

>        "My gosh, Lita!  What happened to you and Luna?  You look
>and smell like you were at the dump and it sank while you were
>there!" Andrew said.
>        "To make a long story short, we had some dirty Sailor
>business to attend to in the sewer," Lita said
>        "Well, you look like you went for a dip!" Andrew said.  He
>wasn't really helping Lita's self-esteem at the moment.

Tails: (Timon) Amateur.  Lie down before you hurt yourself.

>        "Actually, we did.  And I never plan on doing it again.
>Now if you'll excuse me, Luna and I have to get cleaned off."  Lita
>and the wet cat went off again in the direction of Lita's
>apartment.  Lita was incredibly glad to be home again.  She needed
>some time to relax after what she had just been through.
>        "Lita, what happened to Amy?" Luna asked.

Wildcat: (Lita) Chess tournament.  She insisted.

>        Lita thought for a minute, trying to remember what had
>happened.  After a few moments, she gasped in remembrance.  "I'm
>almost ashamed to say.  While I was under their influence, I pushed
>her down the manhole and broke her leg.  I hope that she's all
>right."
>        "Yeah, the Negaverse'll do that to you.  You feeling better
>now?"  Luna asked, waiting for the bathtub to get filled.  She
>really wasn't going to clean herself in this case.

Tails: I dunno.  She doesn't really seem like the type that
would rest on her laurels even when something happens to a team
member.
Razor: Repeat after me: "This is fanfiction."
Tails: Eh, forget it.

>        "Much.  Shall we?" Lita asked, indicating the way to the
>shower.  "You want to go first, or shall I?"
>        "After you, by all means."
>        Lita and Luna enjoyed getting cleaned off and sat around
>the house, sleeping for the rest of the day after drying off.
>
>End of Part four
>
>Coming soon: The Fires of Destiny

Wildcat: The Home for Infinite Losers.

>        Well, it's finished.  This part, at least.    If the Scouts
>seem to be acting strangely to you, think about it for a second.
>Their brains have been wiped clean and they've been made evil.  I
>think that they're going to be acting strangely. As always, E-mail
>your comments to: jmh6187@uncwil.edu.

Razor: Call now in order to reserve a one-way ticket
to....(eyes Wildcat warily)....that other place.

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* ---Note from Wildcat: I'm referring to the original Vegeta, not the
one in the later episodes with the deeper voice.

-------End of Part Four