Sailor Moon Silver Legacy

Act III: Blood Moon Rising (Part 4)

"How is he doing?" King Tanzan asked his chief healer, observing Alexandri's unconscious body floating in the regeneration tank.

"Better, My Lord," the healer replied, "but I'm afraid he's not out of the woods yet."

"It's been three days!" Tanzan growled, crossing his arms to keep himself from taking out his impatience on the laboratory or its occupants.

"Yes, My Lord," the healer continued cautiously, "but I'm—we're—optimistic that he will survive the process. It's a testament to his strength that he endured so much damage."

"What about energy collection? How is Morgan getting on?"

"Slowly but surely. It seems that gathering human energy without arousing suspicion is tricky business, My Lord. Some of her minions are better at it than others. The one called Jadeite brings in most of it."

"Keep me apprised," the king said in reply, leaving the room without another word.

Morgan's lieutenant was doing well. Meanwhile, Tanzan's most valuable servant, Alexandri, had put him in a bad position with the other leaders. On top of that, he might possess vital information about the Silver Crystal and its protector. His survival could give Tanzan a chance to secure the crystal. His death, however, would further damage the kings standing in the alliance, and they would all be back to square one.

Making his way back to his throne room, deep in thought, the king recalled the events that had triggered his return to Earth's solar system after living in exile for so long. He and his people, the Argentians, resided on a stark but habitable planet named Malanor, which they shared with the planet's native species, the Malanorians.

The Argentians had detected the presence of a meteor on a collision course for their great city, Argent. Surprisingly, the meteor had slowed on its approach and landed softly on the planet's surface. Realizing that the celestial body was in fact an alien mode of transport, King Tanzan and his warriors headed out to meet the invaders in battle.

However, only three lifeforms emerged from their space-faring rock. They were strange, humanoid-shaped, yellow creatures with eyeless, mouthless, gelatinous bodies. Two of them quickly expired from a combination of wound infections and malnourishment. The last survived long enough to share their experience using a form of telepathic communication that conveyed thoughts and images.

The aliens had been forced to flee their own planet in search of a new home. They had finally found a suitable candidate in Earth of all places. However, upon landing they were met by a group of female warriors who ordered them to depart. Tired after searching so long for a planet that could sustain her people, their queen chose to fight.

King Tanzan had recognized the warriors as Sailor Soldiers and the former guardians of the Moon Kingdom, but the aliens, it seemed, had no idea. Despite heavy losses, they overcame the Sailor Soldiers by sheer numbers and restrained them. That was until the alien queen targeted the leader of the warriors, a young woman who Tanzan immediately identified as a reincarnation of the Moon Kingdom's Princess Serenity.

He also noted the item in her possession—and what was surely the explanation for the reincarnation of the princess and the guardians—the Legendary Silver Crystal. The alien's memories became fuzzy at this point, but it was clear that the queen had succeeded. The soldier known as Sailor Moon had been killed. Unfortunately, her death triggered a chain reaction of jumbled images.

One of the warriors unleashed an incredible display of power and a devastating series of attacks. The alien forces were obliterated in moments, and the fall of their queen caused them to flee in terror. Less than ten made it back to their meteor-like ship and escaped the soldier's wrath. Just three survived the journey onward, where the lack of their queen and her ability to nourish them, had forced them to land in search of resources.