Sailor Moon Silver Legacy

Act X: Lunar Eclipse (Part 6)

"Come on. Come on, just a little more!" Ami coaxed, concentrating on pouring all the energy she could into her task, sweat dripping down her face from the effort. She kept her eyes on the power gauge read-out, if only to avoid looking in Rei's direction. The girl's skin was noticeably red and issuing smoke.

"Ami?"

"Jupiter!" said Ami, clearly startled by the unexpected guest standing in the doorway of her lab, worried about what it could mean. "Err, well done, you got most of them. Check the computer for the remaining enemies' locations and head back out."

"Ami, what is this?" said Makoto.

"Makoto, please, can't you see that I'm busy?"

"So, what Minako told me was true? You're trying to... And you're using Rei?"

"I went through all this with Minako!" Ami barked.

"I knew... I knew something wasn't right. What are you doing to her?"

"She's fine! I'm just borrowing her power—"

"She looks like she's burning, Ami!" Makoto yelled, horror-stricken as she moved across the lab, then pausing when she noticed the open container housing the cryo chamber. She caught a glimpse of what lay inside. "How is this possible? We buried her!"

"That's immaterial. The important thing is that I can bring her back. I've almost harnessed enough power to do it!"

Jupiter furrowed her brow. "You're a monster!" she declared.

Ami tutted loudly and shook her head angrily. "Why don't either of you understand what I'm trying to do here? The world needs Usagi! I'm doing this for everyone!"

"If that were true you would have told us what you were planning! You're doing this for yourself!"

"Don't act like you've never wished for Usagi back, Makoto! I can make it happen. I promise you I can do this, and things will go back to the way they used to be. Don't you want that?"

"Of course, but at what cost? Look at what you're doing to Rei! Look at what you're doing to yourself! What would Usagi say if she could see you now?"

A brief look of guilt on Ami's pained face turned to one of pleading. "Makoto, please," Ami spoke more softly than before. "When Usagi died...I died too. I've spent the last 5 years waiting for the opportunity to make up for my failure. I have to save her this time!"

With tears in her eyes, Makoto responded, "You can't save her now any more than you could have back then, Ami. She's already gone. You've got to let her go."

Ami's eyes watered too, and her bottom lip began to quiver, but then the lab computer announced, "Optimal power level achieved," and erased her moment of hesitance.

Summoning the last of her strength, she turned her attention back to the shining pedestal, and called out, "Please! Revive your fallen master! Revive our fallen friend! Moon Crystal Power!"

The Silver Crystal's shape suddenly changed, unfurling like a blooming flower, and the room was bathed in its blinding light.

Makoto clenched her fists tightly as she willed herself to do what she knew was needed. "I'm sorry, Ami, but Usagi wouldn't want this. Not this way," she said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Makoto, what are you doing? STOP!"

"Supreme Thunder!"

Sailor Jupiter's lightning was blocked by Ami's hidden barriers, so she continued the attack, targeting every machine in sight. They began to short-circuit and even explode. Eventually, the barrier generator was struck, causing the flickering protective walls to disappear, and Jupiter redirected her attack at the pedestal device and chamber.