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Chapter 8: Life, Death, and Everything Inbetween   

WB: 'Y'know, I always figured heaven would...have more chicken or something.'  

MART: 'Maybe we're not in heaven.'  

WB: 'Nobody's talking to you.'  

A lush, green jungle surrounds them. Bo walks several yards in front, then stops and  peeks through a thick wall of vines.  

BO: 'Oh my god.'  

WB flashes a smug grin to Mart.  

WB: 'See!'  

Bo turns around to the other two.  

BO: 'I've found...a clearing...'  

MART: 'It's about bloody time, we've been wandering through this jungle for...'  

Mart stops in mid-sentence and scratches his head. 

 MART: 'Hey, how long HAVE we been wandering through this jungle?'  

WB: 'I dunno, but don't you think it's funny we've never been hungry or felt the need to answer  the call of nature?'  

MART: 'I don't know about you two, but I learned to hold it as part of my training.'  

BO: 'Would it be too much to ask for you to save discussions on bodily functions for a more  appropriate time? I think you two should have a look over here.'  

WB and Mart peek through the wall of vines. On the other side, a massive clearing spans  roughly a mile out, with foggy mountains jutting off the horizon. In the middle of the clearing,  a waterfall with no apparent source flows down the side of a towering rock, standing alone in  the field. A rainbow stretches across its base, which culminates in a river that weaves around  the landscape. A light breeze sends ripples across the sea of grass and flowers.  WB: 'Hallelujah, we can breathe again!'  

MART: 'Last one in that river is a stick-up-the-ass!'  

WB: 'Don't bother Bo, you're too late.'  

Ignoring the comment, Bo continues to gaze at the scene in front of them.  

BO: 'I don't trust this.'  

ALETHEA: 'Your caution is admirable, but you have nothing to fear here.'  

The three whirl around to see Alethea standing behind them.  

MART: 'Sweet Jesus!'  

BO: 'Now we get some answers.'  

ALETHEA: 'Forgive me if I startled you.'  

WB brushes back his hair.  

WB: 'All is forgiven! So this is what the women in heaven look like, huh? I think I could get  used to this!'  

ALETHEA: 'Heaven?'  

WB: 'You mean this isn't heaven?'  

ALETHEA: 'I am afraid not.'  

WB turns seriously to the other two.  

WB: 'Now how do you like THAT? This is where you-know-Who hides all the dames!'  

MART: 'Lady, there's something I need to know right off: are we dead or what?'  

ALETHEA: 'Physically, yes.'  

BO: 'So you mean...this truly is the afterlife?'  

Alethea calmly shakes her head.  

ALETHEA: 'You do not understand. There is much to be explained, but that is best left for  another time. The reason you are here is because you are the weaker three.'  

BO: 'Weaker three?'  

MART: 'Weak?!'  

Mart cracks his knuckles and steps up to Alethea.  

MART: 'Would you like to prove that?'  

Unphased, Alethea smiles pleasantly as she looks straight into Mart's eyes.  

ALETHEA: 'You, Martin Braid, are the weakest of all.'  

MART: 'Up yours, sister!'  

With that, Mart slides back and throws a swift punch aimed at Alethea's face. His eyes  widen in astonishment as she grabs the punch with her left hand, still smiling as pleasantly as  ever. Thinking quickly, Mart counters with a low sweep-kick, which Alethea leaps over. Before  he can pull himself back up, Al nails him with a knee attack, knocking him into the air and onto  the ground. WB runs to his side as Bo pulls a gun on Alethea.  

WB: 'Oh man, I knew there had to be a catch! You OK, buddy?'  

Martin sits up and feels his face.  

MART: 'Hey...how come that didn't hurt?'  

ALETHEA: 'Your training begins now. Shall we step out into the field?'  

As Alethea moves toward the clearning, Bo blocks her path, aiming his pistol directly at  her forehead.  

BO: 'We're not going anywhere until we get some answers.'  

Alethea lowers her head in thought, then looks back up with her ever-present smile.  
ALETHEA: 'Very well, but I must make this brief. Please, follow me.'  

She gently pushes Bo out of the way and walks into the clearing. Mart, now dusting  himself off, looks at Bo.  

MART: 'So what do we do?'  

BO: 'Unless you have any better suggestions, we follow her.'  

WB: 'I can live with that!'  The three step out into the clearing.  
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Gibbon steps back and trips over his own feet in the complete darkness.  

GG!: 'Uh, Moon? Can you...turn the lights back on now?'  

MOON: 'I'm not doing this, the electricity must've blinked out. Maybe we can take advantage of  the situation.'  

GG!: 'Under normal circumstances, I would fully agree with you, but this is no time to be  thinking dirty!'  

MOON: 'No, etchi! Try to hit the guard with something!'  

GG!: 'But...it's daaark!'  

MOON: 'Hurry!'  

Gibbon gulps and feels his way to the bars.  

GG!: 'Excuse me, Mr. guard?'  

He winces as the guard swings a flashlight into his face.  

GUARD: 'What?'  

At that moment, someone from behind slams the guard's face into the bars, knocking him  out cold. As the guard's unconscious body hits the ground, Gibbon, stiff as a rock, stares into  the darkness ahead. Moon speaks out loud.  

MOON: 'GG? Did you get him?'  

GG!: 'Uh...well, I-'  

MOON: 'Great job! I'm gonna try picking the lock, although it'll be hard in this darkness...'  

At that moment, the door to Gibbon's cell swings open. Blinking stupidly, he cautiously  steps out, then leans down and picks up the guard's flashlight. He swings it around the hall,  but there is nobody there. Walking over to Moon's cell, he flashes the light on the lock.  

GG!: 'Does this help?'  

MOON: 'Great, just hold it t-'  

Stopping in mid-sentence, she looks up at Gibbon.  

MOON: 'How did you get out?'  

GG!: 'Um, well...y'know, don't underestimate me!'  

She gazes at him for a few seconds.  

GG!: 'Well, aren't you going to pick the lock?'  

MOON: 'Why don't you just get the key from the guard?'  

GG!: 'Oh...yeah...'  

Smiling broadly, Gibbon walks over to the guard and begins searching for the keys. The  first thing he finds is a chocolate bar in the guard's pocket.  

GG!: 'Yatta! This is really my lucky day!'  

MOON: 'Did you say something?'  

Gibbon continues searching for the keys.  

GG!: 'Yeah, I was just saying that you've got nothing to worry about as long as I'm around!  Yup, you're perfectly safe while I'm here to protect y-'  

MOON: 'What the- lemme go!'  

Gibbon freezes in terror as Moon lets out a muffled scream.  

GG!: '...you... Oh, no.'  

The flashlight shaking in his hand, he tiptoes over to Moon's cell and flashes the light  inside. The door is open, but the cell is empty.  

GG!: 'Ooooooh, crap...'  

Trying to hold the flashlight steady, he shines it down the tiny hall. To one side,  there is just a stone wall, and on the other, five small prison cells. On either end of the  stone hallway, there is a small door.  

GG!: 'M-m-m-moon? E-G-G-G-G-G?'  

Then the batteries in the flashlight burn out.  

GG!: 'Hahaha! Of course!'  

He runs like a fool to the unconscious body of the guard and commences slapping him  across the face...  

GG!: 'Hey, pal! C'mon buddy, get up! I'm scared of the d-'  

At that moment, the lights click back on. Gibbon looks around, then calmly lets go of  the guard. Clearing his throat, he rises to his feet and dusts himself off.  

GG!: 'Well, I guess...I should, uh... Go search for my travelling companions now. They take EG  and Moon, but apparently nobody WANTS me. Story of my life...'  

With that, he walks through the nearest doorway, which leads to a flight of spiralling  stairs going upwards.  

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Spam lies sound asleep in the tiny cage. As he sleeps, the NEO Crystal in the center of  the plain, metallic room begins flashing...  

~.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•~ <--(Cool dream sequence squiggles!)  

Gibbon, Spam, Eternal Gamer, Moon, Zero, Bo, Martin, WB, Delphine, and Alethea sit around  a large table, in the middle of which is a bucket of Fried Pikachu.  

SPAM: 'Hey, Zero! What are you doing eating with us, you're the bad guy!'  

Zero bites into a drumstick with her fangs.  

ZERO: 'This is just a dream, don't ask stupid questions.'  

SPAM: 'OK...but why are Del and Al here? I'm not even supposed to have met them yet in the  story!'  

Alethea smiles and wipes a smudge of mashed potato from the side of her mouth.  

ALETHEA: 'It's funnier this way!'  

At that moment, Dark Gibbon? bursts into the room.  

DG?: 'We've got problems!'  

SPAM: 'I'll say, you're not even supposed to appear until The Evolution!'  

DG?: 'Jim Doe is wandering around Grand City killing people where they stand, and Dreamer's  putting people to sleep while they're watching Slayers!'  

SPAM: 'They're not supposed to appear until The Evolution, either! This is all wrong!'  

EG: 'My God! This is terrible! We must do something!'  

MOON: 'There's only one thing TO do!'  

GG!: 'Yes, we must transform into our true identities and save Grand City!'  

SPAM: 'True identities? Eh?'  

Gibbon leaps into the air, and in a flash he appears in a tight-fitting blouse that  resembles a mix between a sailor suit and a Japanese schoolgirl outfit, a super-short skirt,  knee-length boots, elbow-length gloves, and a tiara.  

GG!: 'Natural Power...SAILOR GREEN GIBBON!'  

SPAM: 'Double G?! What the hell?!'  

Bo follows suit.  

BO: 'Gun Power...SAILOR BO BAYLES!'  

The trend circles around the table.  

ZERO: 'Molecular Power...SAILOR ZERO!'  

EG: 'Sword Power...SAILOR ETERNAL GAMER!'  

MART: 'Fighting Power...SAILOR MARTIN BRAID!'  

DEL: 'Stealth Power...SAILOR DELPHINE KIMINSU!'  

ALETHEA: 'Freaky Power...SAILOR ALETHEA!'  

WB: 'Chicken Power...SAILOR DUBBA-DUBBA-WB!'  

MOON: 'Mind Power...SAILOR-'  

The others glance at Moon, who responds with a wink.  

MOON: '...TSUKI-CHAN!'  

Spam runs screaming against a wall.  

SPAM: 'NO! No, please make it end! MAKE IT END, I WANNA WAKE UP!'  

SAILOR ETERNAL GAMER: 'Why, what are you talking about, Spam?'  

SAILOR TSUKI-CHAN: 'You can't leave now, we need your help!'  

SAILOR GREEN GIBBON!: 'After all...you are one of us!'  

Spam glances at himself to see that he is wearing the same Sailor Senshi outfits as  everyone else.  

SPAM: 'NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!'  

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ALETHEA: 'NEO Green Hill Zone.'  

Bo glances upward, having just emerged from the brush behind WB and Mart.  

BO: 'Huh?'  

ALETHEA: 'That is the name of this area. NEO Green Hill Zone.'  

MART: 'I'm afraid you're mistaken, that name was changed to the Aquatic Ruin Zone in the final  version of the game.'  

Alethea looks at Mart with a mildly perplexed expression.  

BO: 'NEO Green Hill Zone...aaand, where would that be in relation to the world we came from?'  

ALETHEA: 'It is on the same physical plane, but in a different dimension.'  

WB: 'How'd we get here? Last thing I remember was kissing the drink, I think we should be  dead...'  

ALETHEA: 'I brought you here. You are in need of training.'  

WB: 'Oh wait, I get it now! We've 'phased into the next dimension' and now you're going to  train us so we can defeat the Saiyajins heading to Earth, right?!'  

Everyone glares strangely at WB.  

WB: 'I think we've been censored by Saban.'  

More stares.  

WB: 'What?'  

Bo looks back to Alethea.  

BO: 'Why did you bring us here?'  

ALETHEA: 'There is a rather long story behind that, but you do have an undeniable right to know.  It is, I am sorry to admit, my fault I have to involve you in this.'  

As she turns her back to her audience and faces the immense valley, the pleasant smile on  her face fades for the first time. She takes a deep breath and shuts her eyes. A troubled  expression crosses her face.  

ALETHEA: 'Ten million years ago, I made a terrible mistake. As a result of my naivetι, all of  humanity on the planet you come from was destroyed.'  

BO: 'That doesn't explain why you've brought us here.'  

WB whacks Bo upside the head.  

WB: 'Hey, lose the attitude! Didn't yo' momma ever teach you how to speak to a lady?!'  
Alethea turns back around.  

ALETHEA: 'It is alright. I am afraid I have not been an entirely gracious hostess.'  

MART: 'You don't know your Sonic trivia, either.'  

Alethea's face grows straight, with a hint of anger.  

ALETHEA: 'Today, eons after my mistake, a byproduct of that error threatens to destroy humanity  again. I need your help to prevent it from happening.'  

MART: 'Whoah, OUR help? What can we do?'  

ALETHEA: 'I presume you are familiar with the Six Weapons?'  

Bo snaps his fingers as his eyes widen.  

BO: 'Of course! This whole time it's been nagging at me, and I just realized it! THAT's where  I've heard your voice before, in those dreams!'  

MART: ''The bond of friendship between six Receivers shall complete the design of these Six  Weapons, which collectively hold my own power. Together, they shall destroy the Parasite.''  
WB: 'Well slap mah fro, you guys had those dreams, too?! I thought I was just weird! ...darn,  there go my bragging rights...'  

ALETHEA: 'You are among the nine I have chosen. Together, you possess the strongest force in  this universe or any other.'  

BO: 'And that would be...?'  

MART: 'Lust!'  

WB: 'Gas!'  

MART: 'Ego!'  

WB: 'Chicken!'  

ALETHEA: 'Friendship.'  

MART: 'Or that.'  

WB: 'I think chicken is stronger.'  

Bo lowers his head in thought, then runs his right hand through his hair.  

BO: 'Let me get this straight...you want US to help you destroy something that could destroy  humanity?'  

ALETHEA: 'That is correct.'  

BO: 'OK, we're three...where are the other three 'Receivers'?'  

ALETHEA: 'They are all on Earth, you should be familiar with most of them.'  

BO: 'That's the Six Receivers, but you said nine 'chosen ones'. What about the last three?'  

ALETHEA: 'They are...different, but still important.'  

BO: 'And what about the Weapons?'  

ALETHEA: 'We have spent enough time discussing the situation.'  

The smile returns to her face.  

ALETHEA: 'Shall we begin the training?'  

MART: 'Wait, I still don't get it! You're throwing alot at us all at once, here!'  

ALETHEA: 'All will be made clear as it is needed. You have all the knowledge you can use for  now, so let us begin. We do not have much time.'  

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Moon hits the ground with a yelp, and promplty leaps to her feet and whirls around to  view her captor.  

MOON: 'Who are you, what's going on?!'  

The arena is obviously large, as her voice echos once off the far wall. But it's too  dark to see more than five or six yards away, and the only obvious light is an unearthly glow  with no apparent source. The floor is smooth and dark blue. The figure who dropped her still  hovers above, behind the veil of darkness.  

MOON: 'Come out, you coward!'  

VOICE: 'Hm...you've got as much nerve as ever.'  

Moon gasps and steps back.  

MOON: 'No...that's not possible!'  

VOICE: 'You're in no position to be handing out orders...dear sister.'  

The figure slowly hovers into the faint glow, and as the shadows on her face retreat, her  features become apparent.  

MOON: 'Sailor Evil! Damn you, I should have known you were involved in all of this.'  

SE: 'Now, what kind of way is that to talk to your big sister?'  

MOON: 'How could you survive? I saw you killed before my own eyes!'  

SE: 'I'm hurt. How could you be so ungrateful? After I pulled you and that cute gibbon from  those dreary prison cells.'  

MOON: 'What have you done with GG!?'  

SE: 'Don't worry, he's wandering somewhere around the base. My business is with you, but I  couldn't bear to see that kawaii little green ball of fuzz cooped up in that dirty old cell, so I  set him free.'  

Moon lets her guard down a bit.  

MOON: 'Whose...side are you on?'  

SE: 'Hahaha! Don't get too relaxed just yet, I'm not helping you. I wouldn't want Daddy to  find out I'm the one who freed you, so we must make our game quick.'  

MOON: ''Daddy'? You mean, our fa-'  

SE: 'That's right, he's the man in charge around here.'  

MOON: 'You told me he was dead!'  

SE: 'You believe alot of the things I tell you, Moon. I couldn't ask for a better little  sister. Hehehe...'  

Moon grinds her teeth and refrains from spouting some choice comments she would probably  have regretted uttering later.  

MOON: 'What do you want from me?'  

Sailor Evil stops giggling, but retains a smirk as she looks down at Moon.  

SE: 'A death.'  

MOON: 'A death?'  

SE: 'Yours or mine, it doesn't make much difference.'  

MOON: 'Are you saying you want me to fight you?'  

SE: 'There's no other way to kill someone, is there? This particular arena is free from Daddy's  magic barrier, you should be able to use your mind attacks.'  

MOON: 'That's suicide, Sailor Evil. You're no match for me and you know it.'  

SE: 'Well...let's find out, shall we?'  

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Gibbon emerges from the staircase and looks at the scene in front of him. It seems to be  some sort of large storage room, with a concrete floor, metal walls, and crates & barrels stacked  up in neat piles all over. There are a few guards standing around, and all of them seem rather  bored.  

GG!: 'Hey, I've seen this scene before...'  

Gibbon slinks from the doorway to a stack of crates.  

GG!: 'Yah, Metal Gear Solid!'  

He pulls out a handkerchief and ties it around his head like a headband.  

GG!: 'Look at me, I'm Solid Snake!'  

With a broad smile on his face, he happily trots from that pile of crates to another,  softly humming the Metal Gear Solid theme. He remains unnoticed despite his carelessness.  
GG!: 'I wonder if I get to see some anime babe in her underwear if I'm fast enough?'  

A displeased look crosses his face as he stops short.  

GG!: 'Hey, I wasn't strip-searched by an anime babe, either. This is all wrong!'  

Without much attention to his bearings, he turns into a small corridor and continues  talking lightly to himself.  

GG!: 'I wonder if could get Moon to strip-search me... Oh sure, I can picture that. 'Hey Moon,  why don't you strip-search me?!' POW! I'll never feel anything on THAT side of my face  again...'  

He turns down another hall, still paying absolutely no attention to where he's going.  

GG!: 'Not that it helps matters that I happen to look like Tails. Actually, Tails looks like  me. I've been around for about 9,999,994 years longer than he has. I wonder if he has as much  trouble picking up chicks as I do? Man, this sucks! How'm I supposed to hit on a girl who's  twice my height and about a dozen links higher up the evolutionary chai-'  

He walks head-first into a tall object. He rubs his nose and looks up to see an  impossibly large guard looking back down.  

GG!: 'Hey, haul it, Curly! I've got to make like Office Depot and start taking care of  business, so why don't you take your muscle show on the road and clear my path, hm?'  

The motionless guard simply stares back down at him.  

GG!: 'What are you waiting for, a bus? C'mon, shoo! Shoo!'  

The immense guard lifts Gibbon off the ground with one hand and begins walking somewhere  with him.  

GG!: 'Ah, good boy! Take me to your leader. But don't expect a tip for your services.'  

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Moon leaps into the air just in time to avoid a bright yellow streak that resembles a  laser. She raises her right hand in the air, sending the light ricocheting off the ground and  back to its point of origin. Sailor Evil jerks her head to the right, as the laser grazes her  left cheek. SE places her right hand over the wound and lowers herself to the ground. Moon  straightens her stance and fixes her hair.  

MOON: 'You have improved, I'll give you that much.'  

Sailor Evil chuckles and moves her hand back down, revealing the stream of blood  trickling from the cut.  

SE: 'And you've become noticably more arrogant.'  

Moon looks angrily at her sister.  

MOON: 'I have not!'  

SE: 'You're getting slack, too.'  

MOON: 'Huh?'  

Moon glances over her shoulder to see a small red orb.  

SE: 'Astral Burst!'  

The orb explodes, knocking Moon several yards away. She hits the ground on her left  side, and quickly struggles to her knees. Sailor Evil stares coldly from her original spot.  Moon thinks to herself:  

MOON: 'Wow, she's really improved. I'm gonna have to go all-out to beat her.'  

Bracing her left shoulder with her right hand, she rises to her feet.  

MOON: 'So this is the real thing, huh? Let's finish it.'  

SE: 'My pleasure. Plasma Wave!'  

A large, flowing stream of energy shoots from SE's outstretched hands and races towards  Moon, but the energy is blown away from its target like waves against a boulder.  

SE: 'What the...'  

Still bracing her left shoulder, Moon breathes heavily and gazes furiously at SE.  

SE: 'Plasma Wave!'  

Sailor Evil fires another energy blast, but this one is also blown away from its target  by an invisible forcefield.  

SE: 'Ah, so now it gets serious...'  

MOON: 'Id, the actions of instinct.'  

A translucent outline forms in the darkness above Sailor Evil. It takes on the shape of  an eye.  

MOON: 'Ego, the interface and balance.'  

A similar glowing outline forms in the air, this one taking on the form of a human hand.  MOON: 'Libido, the driving force.'  A third forms, into the shape of a heart.  

MOON: 'Delve now into the base of this psyche, the roots of this soul, the culmination of this  existence, and reveal to this person her true self! MENTAL REVELATION!'  

Sailor Evil watches in confusion as the the three images in the air combine, forming the  outline of a human brain. The illuminating outline lowers itself, and enters SE's body. She  begins glowing lightly.  

SE: 'What- what's going on?!'  

Her eyes widen as she cringes and covers her ears.  

SE: 'No! Stop it!'  

Moon stands completely motionless, gazing coldly at her opponent. SE thrashes her head  about wildly, wincing and screaming. Her unearthly glow continues growing brighter.  

SE: 'Stop it! STOP IT!'  

She falls to her knees, thrashing, screaming, and sobbing.  

SE: 'NO! STOP, PLEASE! STOOOP!'  

Moon winces as SE lets out a bloodcurdling scream.  

MOON: 'That's enough.'  

She raises her right hand in the air. The now blinding glow leaves SE's body, and rises  back into the air where it disintegrates. SE collapses onto the ground, curls up, and sobs.  Moon walks up to her fallen opponent, and kneels down beside her.  

MOON: 'That was the Mental Revelation, the most powerful attack I know. Rather than hitting at  a physical level, it breaches the psyche of its victim.'  

Pulling herself together, SE pushes herself up with her hands.  

MOON: 'It's said that any one man's greatest enemy is himself. The Mental Revelation reveals to  its victim what he or she truly is. The complete self, the truth behind your very existence as a  being in the grand scheme of eternity. NObody can handle seeing themselves as they really are,  because the more you think you know, the more you'll discover you don't, and wish you never had.  It's a mentally overwhelming experience that leaves its victim weak in both mind and body, but  it's never fatal.'  

Sailor Evil rests herself back down on the ground, and speaks softly without looking up.  
SE: 'Please, kill me.'  

Moon rises to her feet.  

MOON: 'I image yours inparticular was quite a show.'  

SE: 'Kill me.'  

MOON: 'No thanks, but since I've beaten you, I'd like you to show me the way out.'  

SE: 'KILL ME!'  

Moon looks back down. Sailor Evil's eyes are wide and desperate, with a frightening  maniacal look.  

MOON: 'Sailor Evil...are you okay?'  

SE: 'KIIILL MEEE!'  

She graps onto Moon's ankles, screaming like a lunatic. Moon breaks free and quickly  backs away.  

MOON: 'Get a hold of yourself!'  

With a frustrated scream, SE begins violently bashing her head against the ground.  

MOON: 'Stop that, you'll hurt yourself!'  

Moon tries to run over, but discovers she can't move.  

MOON: 'What's going on?'  

Sailor Evil continues bashing her head into the ground, creating a pool of blood. Moon  struggles to move, but is frozen in place by an unseen force.  

MOON: 'Sister, stop it!'  

Ignorning Moon's pleas, Sailor Evil continues her suicidal pounding. When the bloody  scene becomes more than she can watch, Moon shuts her eyes and turns away, then discovers she  can move slowly. Looking around, the blue walls and floor of the arena begin fading. Sailor  Evil lies motionless in the middle of it.  

MOON: 'Now what?'  

As the arena disappears completely, Moon regains full control of herself. She is in a  large room, but it's got a concrete floor and brick walls. In the center lies Sailor Evil - or  her body at least - drenched in a pool of blood. Moon runs to the body and gently pushes SE to  the side to see her face.  

MOON: 'Oh, God...'  The distorted face sports bloody features banged up beyond recognition. Moon rises and  steps back. Gathering her wits, she runs over to the one doorway in the room.  

MOON: 'I've got to find GG! and EG.'  

Before leaving, she glances back at the body in the center of the arena, and lightly  shakes her head. Just as she leaves the room, a short, dark figure slinks to SE's body. The  figure places a hand over SE's head, then looks up toward the exit. Its eyes flash a violet  color.  
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The really big guard carries Gibbon into a nicely decorated room. There are a few  cushioned chairs against the walls, a couple of potted plants, clean carpeting, and striped  wallpaper. There's a thick wooden door on the opposite wall.  

GG!: 'This looks like a waiting room sans the 35-year old magazines. You takin' me to see the  dentist?'  

Gibbon sticks his hand in his mouth.  

GG!: 'Y'know, I've had this tooth that's been bothering me back here, and-'  

The guard sets him down and handcuffs him. Gibbon glances with wide eyes at the cuffs.  

GG!: 'Oh man, is it gonna hurt THAT much?'  

At that moment, another guard walks in with his own captive...Moon.  

MOON: 'GG!?'  

GG!: 'Oh, THERE you are! Why'd you go and disappear like that, you had me all freaked out!'  
MOON: 'I got caught while looking for YOU!'  

GG!: 'Whoaho! Don't try to pass the blame on ME! You disappeared first!'  

MOON: 'That's not my fault!'  

GG!: 'And you never strip-searched me, either!'  

MOON: 'EXCUSE ME?!'  

GG!: 'I said you never strip-searched me!'  

MOON: 'You certainly have chosen a FINE time to get WEIRD...'  

GG!: 'Let's talk about weird! You-'  

The 'conversation' is interrupted when the large wooden door opens.  

VOICE: 'Send them in.'  

The two guards escourt their respective captives toward the door.  

GG!: 'I'm going, don't shove!'  

The next room is small, with a large desk in the middle. Full-wall windows in the back  reveal a sparkling cityscape against the nighttime sky. A tall chair turned away from the  entrance hides the speaker.  

VOICE: 'Leave them, I shall handle things from here.'  

The two guards walk out, shutting the door behind them.  

GG!: 'Nice place, but the service is severely lacking.'  

VOICE: 'Ah, Green Gibbon! How long has it been?'  

GG!: 'Where have I heard that voice?'  

VOICE: 'Oh, come now. Don't tell me you don't know the voice...of your own brother?'  

The chair whirls around, to reveal another Tails look-alike, only colored purple.  

MOON: 'Aaaah, there are two of them!'  

GG!: 'Purple Baboon!'  

PB: 'It is indeed a pleasure to see you again, dear brother. And who might your lovely  ladyfriend be?'  

MOON: 'Where's Eternal Gamer?'  

Purple Baboon gets up from his chair and unlocks Moon's handcuffs.  

PB: 'Now, what's the rush? Introductions first, then we can get down to business.'  

He moves on to Gibbon and unlocks his handcuffs.  

PB: 'So much more can be accomplished once the ice has been broken.'  

GG!: 'That's not the ONLY thing that's gonna be broken around here unless we get some answers!'  

PB returns to the desk.  

PB: 'You always were the violent type. But I believe you are entitled to an explanation. But  first thing's first. Let's call the entire group in, shall we?'  

PB pushes a button on a mechanism on his desk, and the large wooden door opens. In walk  Eternal Gamer and a completely unharmed Sailor Evil.  

GG!: 'EG!'  

MOON: 'Sailor Evil?!'  

Gibbon runs toward EG.  

GG!: 'Hey, what the hell happened? Where've you b-'  

He stops short as EG draws his sword and points it threateningly in Gibbon's direction.  
GG!: 'EG?'  

Sailor Evil chuckles at Moon's disbelieving stare.  

SE: 'Something wrong, sister? You look as though you've seen a ghost!'  

MOON: 'This is some kind of trick!'  

Purple Baboon stands up again.  

PB: 'Well, since it seems that we are all well aquainted...shall we get down to business?' 
 
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