As the Nibelcole clones began to take make their assault on Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. Jupiter slowly stood up, clenching her stomach.
"D-Dammit..." Jupiter mumbled under her breath. She glared over at Scarlet who was still standing over Nia with her foot on her. "I-I have to step my game up..."
Scarlet glanced over at Jupiter and smirked. "Did you say something? I'm sorry, I can't hear you with a collapsed lung. You're gonna have to speak louder." With a wicked grin smirk still plastered on her face, she removed her foot from Nia's body. Cocking her leg back, she kicked Nia towards Jupiter. "Here, catch!"
Jupiter gasped as she braced herself. Despite her injured state, she attempted to catch Nia. But, with the force of how strong Scarlet had kicked Nia. It knocked the wind out of the unconscious spirits lungs, and upon contact with Jupiter. Jupiter gasped. "Nrgh!"
Scarlet chuckled, she slowly walked towards towards them, but snapped her fingers as one Nibelcole came floating over to her. "Yes mother?"
"I want you to go up there to the apartment. Bring me my scythe, I'm gonna need it." Scarlet spoke as she watched as the Nibelcole nodded her head and flew up through the sky, towards the gaping hole that led to the apartment room that was once shared by Saturn, Uranus, Pluto and Neptune. Now an empty room full of destruction.
As the Nibelcole entered the apartment, her eyes scanned the room as she spotted Black Rose, she floated over towards the scythe and picked it up. Turning around she flew out of the gaping hole. "Heads up!" She tossed the scythe down towards Scarlet.
The Grimm girl caught the scythe, smirking widely. Her crimson red eyes glowed as she began to laugh. "Now then, should I cut you both down to size and make chopped liver? Or...." The blade of Black Rose shined and shimmer as the light reflected off the blade. "Should I just go for the killing blow?"
As Jupiter set Nia down. Her body began to spark, gritting her teeth. Jupiter clinched her left fist, her right hand clinching her side. "You're sick and twisted. If I have to sacrifice myself to stop you, then I will." Her eyes sparked with green electricity.
"Oh? You want to try? You will fail miserably." Scarlet spoke with a small purr in her voice. "Do you hear that old so fearless leader of the Guardians. Jupiter wants to sacrifice herself to stop me."
Sailor Moon stopped in her tracks as she turned her gaze towards the three, her blue eyes widened. "No, I can't lose you as well Jupiter!"
Tuxedo Mask defended Sailor Moon from an on coming attack from a Nibelcole clone, a monster as well as one Grimm. However, he hadn't expected for another Grimm to sneak from behind and slashed its claws at him. Letting out a painful scream, Tuxedo Mask stumbled back. His tuxedo torn and ripped from the Grimm's attack.
"No!" Sailor Moon cried loudly. She shoved the Grimm away from Tuxedo Mask, but it didn't faze the Grimm. It snarled as it lunged at her.
Sailor Moon's eyes widened again as she braced herself. Blocking the sharp claws from the Grimm as it slashed at her, all while Scarlet just chuckled at the sight. But her gaze returned to the unconscious spirit and the weakened Jupiter.
"Tonight I dine on Sailor soup." Scarlet spoke with a murmur, she swung Black Rose as the sharp blade cut Jupiter's stomach. The same spot she had cut from their first encounter, blood trickled down the blade of the scythe. Smirking Scarlet brought the blade over to her face, her tongue licking the blood from the blade. "Delicious."
Jupiter cursed under her breath, she kicked Scarlet as hard as she could, the kick barely did any harm to her, within such a injured and weakened state. Scarlet caught Jupiter's foot between her arm and the scythe. A sinister grin played across her lips as she spun Jupiter, the blade cutting into her skin. Jupiter cried in pain as blood trickled down her leg and the blade.
"I wonder." Scarlet spoke softly, she turned her gaze towards Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, before turning her attention back to Jupiter.
Tuxedo Mask swung his cane staff at the Grimm as it shattered the Grimm's skull, the Grimm stumbled and fell over. "She's plotting something, but we can't get to her in time "
Sailor Moon raised her rod up before spinning around. "Moon, spiral. Heart Attack!" A giant pink heart came flying towards Scarlet. However, Scarlet took notice and smirked.
"Nibelcole's come shield your mother!" Scarlet barked as the Nibelcole clones all flew towards the gap between the giant heart and Scarlet, making a barrier shield with their bodies. Taking the attack head on.
Sailor Moon gasped as she took a step back. "Y-You..."
Scarlet shook her head and laughed. "They can be replaced. Unlike your friends and loved ones."
Tuxedo Mask stood beside Sailor Moon, his arm out in front of her. "Go, you need to survive."
Sailor Moon began to shake, her eyes became glossy as she stated to cry. "I....I can't..I won't leave you."
"Usa...." Jupiter spoke. "Listen....listen to him..." She gritted her teeth and lunges at Scarlet, tackling her to the ground, she pinned her down as she jerked her head up. "GO!"
Sailor Moon hesitated for a moment, she quickly turned around, her blonde long twin tails swayed as she ran off.
~~~
Sailor Moon had ran all the way to Rei's temple, reverting back to Usagi. She nearly slipped over the wet pavement of the shrine grounds as it had started to rain, Usagi panted and took gulps of air to catch her breath. But when she saw Rei's dead body laying there motionless. She puked, clutching her stomach and covered her mouth, the stench and smell that came from Rei's body and the metallic smell of blood lingered.
"Oh God...." Usagi murmured. "Rei...." She cleaned what vomit was left around her mouth with her sleeve. The rain poured down hard as Usagi's golden blonde hair got wet and damp. She searched around the shrine grounds, hoping to spot Rei's grandpa, her blue eyes shrank in horror as she felt a chill blow past the nape of her neck. She turned around quickly expecting to see Scarlet, but she didn't.
"Hello?" Usagi whispered with a small whimper. "Anyone there?"
A soft giggle could be heard in the darkness that clouded the shrine. The rain continued to pour as lightning and thunder flashed and boomed in the sky. Usagi yelped as she glanced around, she slowly walked around. Her heart was pounding in her chest rapidly.
"Found you~" Nibelcole spoke as she floated from the rooftop of the shrine as she floated down towards Usagi, she circled her like a shark eyeing its prey. "Did you think you could get away that easily? Mother had me tailing you."
Usagi gulped nervously. "She isn't your mother...she's a monster, who doesn't have any soul."
Nibelcole grins as she giggled. "She does, she has two, one on each shoe."
Usagi raised an eyebrow up curiously. "Huh? No I didn't mean shoe soles. I meant an soul, like I have.."
Nibelcole chuckled as she stopped in front of her. "Oh I know what you meant, I'm just being a bit silly." She leaned over and flicked Usagi's forehead. "But, she doesn't want me to kill you...not yet."
Usagi backed up, nearly tripping over Rei's body. "She's just going to toy with me? No... I won't let her.... I-I have to stop her."
"Oh you can't do that meatball head. She'll be peeling you like a ripe banana." Nibelcole spoke as she grins. "In fact, she's enjoying her feast as we speak, poor Jupiter. A shocking treat for her and Tuxedo Mask...his punishment was a....hard dive. A swift chop to the back of his neck." She watched Usagi's face morph into pure shock and horror. She giggled and laughed a little seeing Usagi's face. "Don't look so blue, you'll be blooming like a flower in no time."
Usagi shook her head as she didn't want to believe it. "You're lying. They would never let her get to them...not like that..."
Nibelcole stopped laughing as she gave Usagi a stern look. "But I never lie. There isn't a single lie in that meowtain of words that speak the truth." She watched Usagi still, seeing her back up more. Stepping over Rei's body and into the blood stained pavement of the temple grounds.
"No....it can't be...." Usagi sobbed as tears rolled down her face. "Everyone..."
The thunder crashed as lightning lit up the sky. Scarlet descended from the dark nasty sky, she was holding Tuxedo's body as she had a good grip on his cape. "Tell me, what should I do with the rest of him?"
Usagi's head shot up as Nibelcole glanced up as well, the Nibelcole clone chuckled a little. "Leaf him go and let the hard pavement rock his world."
Scarlet didn't seem to say anything about the jokes and puns Nibelcole was saying, yet she dropped Tuxedo Mask as his body fell and sure enough hit the pavement hard. A sickening snap and thud echoed in the air as Usagi gasped with horror.
"Whoops, my finger slipped. I'm so not sorry." Scarlet spoke as she snapped her fingers. The rest of the Nibelcole's surrounded Usagi. "Then there was one..."
"What happened to Nia! What did you do to her?!" Usagi barked between sobs.
Scarlet raised an eyebrow up but snickered. "Worried about the sister spirit? She's fine...for now, it won't be much longer until she regains consciousness." Once she landed on her feet. She walked towards Usagi. "Forgive me if the place is a mess. I so do hate leaving food out and unattended to." She reached down and grabbed Rei's body by her arm. "Even though I had my fill, there's no point in letting such good food go to waste."
Usagi gagged and went pale as she could only watch as Scarlet devoured Rei right in front of her. With a sickening slurp and gulp, Rei's body vanished between the Grimm girls lips. Usagi felt like she wanted to vomit again, but nothing came out. Her skin went pale and cold at the realization of the situation, she was the only one left alive. Pluto and Chibiusa had returned to the future. But even then...with how Tuxedo Mask had laid there motionless. Usagi knew the future was starting to change.
"A little bit of an odd taste, but I guess that's what happens when you leave raw meat out in the sun for so long." Scarlet spoke with a wicked grin. "Now then, what to do with you... princess?"
"How....How did you know I was a princess?" Usagi asked with a shaky tone in her voice. "I-I never...."
The Nibelcole from before, the one who had followed Usagi spoke. "Oh we know everything, it just takes a good twig snap to break the silence out of your friends before they're decomposed into fuel."
Usagi shook her head, her pigtails swaying as she did so. She didn't want to accept this. This was a nightmare, it had to be. "No....no, everyone they're...."
"Dead...devoured....eaten..." Scarlet spoke with a purr in her voice. "Well all except you and that spirit. Don't worry, Luna and Artemis are unharmed. I'm not that cruel to harm animals." She took a step forward as she noticed Usagi step back. The more she stepped closer to Usagi, the more Usagi took a step back. This was perfect, to watch Usagi stumble down the long stairs of the temple grounds until she was a broken mangled body would make things so much easier. But alas, Scarlet nods as the Nibelcole clones grabbed Usagi.
Usagi gasped as she was grabbed, she wanted to yell but Nibelcole covered her mouth as Usagi's scream was muffled. "Mmmrph!"
Scarlet leaned over as she put a finger up to her lips. "Shhh, no one can help you now." She trailed her other finger along Usagi's face and down her chin. "It'll be over soon, just you wait." She snapped her jaws close to Usagi's ear as she moved away from her. "Take her to a warehouse. I have a feeling Nia will be waking up soon. Wait for me at one of them, I'll have to a bit of a tango dance with the sister spirit."
The Nibelcole's nodded in agreement and understanding as they all looked at each other and then back to Scarlet. "Understood mother."
~~~
Scarlet wandered around the empty streets of Tokyo, her nose picking up the smell of Nia. She stopped by an ice cream shop, stepping inside. Scarlet took a seat at one of the tables, she sat there waiting as if right on queue, Nia walked in, looking like she had seen better days. Her gaze fell upon Scarlet as she walked over to the table she was at. Taking a seat across from her, the spirit let out a sigh.
"Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?" Nia asked.
Scarlet looked at her and smirked. "Kill you? I don't want to kill you." She leaned back in her chair as she summoned Beelzebub. "I'm not like Westcott." Her crimson red eyes looked at Nia for a moment before looking back at the book. "I just needed your power, if I had killed you and Finished chasing Queen down. I'd be on death row by Shido and the other spirits. Even if they're in no shape."
Nia raised an eyebrow up. "Then why?"
"Why torture you? Why kill Usagi's loved ones? Why everything?" Scarlet asked, she kept her nose in the book as her eyes scanned each page. "It's simple really. There are certain task that seems to be taken care of, before I can proceed to wherever Queen may have gone to next."
Nia scoffed as she adjusted her glasses. "Yeah well, look where that got ya. No where, I still see you being the murderous Grimm you were raised to be. You may be married and have a kid, but is this really needed? Let go of what you're after, and focus on what you have."
"Oh yeah? And how do you expect me to do that huh?" Scarlet asked as she shut Beelzebub. "Last I checked, my mother left Tengu City in ruins. Salem won't stop, no matter how many times I kill her. Queen will just drag and drop another version of her into Tengu City." She leaned over the table and grabbed Nia's collar. "So don't you tell me to let go of what I'm after." Her eyes bore into Nia's eyes. Staring each other down, like two predators eyeing one single prey.
Nia removed Scarlet's hand from her collar as she sat back. "You may not be Westcott, but you certainly are acting like him." Her gaze looked at Scarlet as she crossed her arms. "You and him are two sides of the same coin. One wanted power, to kill Shido. And you, you're chasing a spirit to get revenge on her for what she's done." Her short whitish silver hair swayed as she shook her head. "By the time you reach Queen, Salem will have Tengu City as a wasteland. And it won't be anyone's fault but yo-" Before she could finish speaking, Scarlet smacked her hard with Beelzebub, knocking her glasses off her face and breaking her nose.
"Shut up, I don't know who is worse. You or Cinder. Not knowing when to shut your damn mouth." Scarlet hissed, she pinned Nia down onto the floor as she wrapped her hands around her neck. "I should take back what I said and kill you here and now."
Nia gasped and gagged, she smacked the floor with her hand, searching for something to hit Scarlet with. Her face was starting to turn purple as her eyes began to water, eventually she was able to feel for a knife that was laying on the floor. She grabbed it and stabbed Scarlet in the neck repeatedly. The Grimm girls black inky blood began to spill and splatter all over the place, then with one final push. Nia stabbed the knife so deep and so far into Scarlet's neck, it got stuck and caused Scarlet to foam at the mouth before falling over. Her grip on the spirits throat came undone.
Nia rubbed her sore throat as she sat up, watching as Scarlet was laying in a puddle of her own blood. She coughed and slowly stood up. "I'm going to go save Usagi, by the time you regain your footing. Your plan will be blown out of the water. I hope you enjoy keeping my powers as your own. I don't need them to show how much I've grown." With that said, the spirit walked out of the ice cream shop and disappeared into the stormy weather.