Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Sailor Moon Legend of Zelda ❯ Corage is down! ( Chapter 42 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

By: Mykan

For those of you who remember the Armageddon movie... yep... one of the shuttles is going down, and some chatcers will bite the dust.

Poor things, Ganon will pay for this!

Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Horror / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 05.23.2007 | Pages: 11 | Words: 8.4K | Visits: 347 | Status: Completed

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

The two shuttles remained in orbit, and the crews were reading from resetting of the fuel. Only, Link and his team were rather enjoying the excitement and joy of being weightless.

“Wee… whoa watch out Rei.” cried Mina.

They bumped into each other and giggled.

While onboard the Light…

Link, and Amy were helping Speed and Renee with the equipment, they all couldn't help but notice Serena and Darien were playfully dancing as they floated.

“Who are you really, and what were you before?” Darien asked playfully. “What did you think, and what did you do?”

Serena giggled. “We said no questions.” she said.

Darien laughed and pecked her nose. “Here's looking at you, kid.”

Link couldn't help but smile, seeing them together reminded him of Him and Zelda… and the wonderful, and romantic times they had together… and he was hoping…

No… hoping was wrong… he intended to make certain that he and Zelda would be able to have all that they longed for still.

Eventually the refueling was complete, and now came the long part of the flight. The Sixty hour flight towards the moon, that was two and a-half days. Not too much to do except study as much about the Asteroid as they could.

Apart from finding Ganon's castle… they had a landing felid all plotted out where they could easily do their drilling, but they had to run through their simulations many times, because if they missed their landing field…

No… it was best not to think of it. All they could do now was sit, and wait.

Meanwhile, in Ganon's castle…

Well aware of the two shuttles on their way, Ganondorf was watching the whole thing through his Spy-Window. “Hmm, mm, mm… it's only a matter of days now.” he chuckled. “Finally, I get to finish what I started, Ten-thousand years ago.”

Ever since that horrible day, when Link and Zelda beat Ganondorf and tossed him into oblivion, thus ruining his plans… he had been restless and infuriated plotting the day when would exact his revenge and take back all that he had lost.

Finally Link, Zelda, and the Sailor Scouts would be out of his way. The Three Triforces and the Universe would belong to him, and Tuxedo Mask… well… he could use an extra slave.

For now, all he could do was wait. He got up from his throne and stretched his arms. He ordered his guards to watch over Zelda. “Make certain she does not escape.” he said. “For the first time in Ten-Melina I shall sleep well.”

After Ganondorf left for his resting-chamber, the monsters began to discuss their secret plan. Each of them had come up with a diabolical plot to kill Link and the others before they even had the chance to land on the Asteroid.

Zelda heard everything they said, and she held her hand to her throat. “No.” she cried. Link and the others would be heading straight into a trap, but there was nothing she could do to warn them as the gem was blocking her powers.

The only way she could escape was either if Ganondorf let her out, or he was weakened enough so he couldn't keep the spell working, and the way things were spread out, she didn't know rightly what to think.

All she could do fall to her knees and cry in worry. “Please… Gods of Legend… guide Link and the others to safety.” she prayed softly.

As it happened, she wasn't the only one praying for the safety of the mission.

On Earth…

People all across the world were praying that the mission would succeed and that the Asteroid wouldn't make it and strike the Earth.

Still… nobody… but nobody in the entire planet were as worried and stressed about as the families and friends in Tokyo.

Ikuko had been bawling her brains out worrying about Serena. Her little girl was in space, with no one to really look out for her that much.

Sammy couldn't believe it either. He got way better grades than Serena did, and yet he was down on Earth about to get wiped out by a huge rock from above, while she was up there trying to prevent that from happening.

What if she didn't make it? He would be an only child, and as much as Serena got on his nerves, she was still his sister, and he couldn't live without her.

The other families were all tuned into the TV stations and radio broadcasts that was giving them all a live word-for-word of the mission, as well as keeping track of the Asteroid.

Only less than three days before impact, and all everyone on Earth could do was sit and wait what seemed like endless hours to see if they were doomed or not.

Two and a-half days later…

The whole world was still focused on the mission, and today it was time to begin the main-part of the mission.

The medias all over the world were giving their reports…

“So while the consciousness of the entire planet is focused on the mission right now taking place in the vast ocean of space. We are now in the final hours of the mission as the Light, and Courage prepare to slingshot around the Moon.”

TIME TO ZERO BARRIER…

13 hrs… 53 min… 47 sec…

TIME TO IMPACT…

17 hrs… 50 min… 47 sec…

In Houston…

Yamato and his team were all up and about keeping a close eye on both the shuttles, which were now nearing the dark side of the Moon.

“All right everyone… we have a big day.” Yamato said. “Stand by for Radio interrupt.”

Once the two shuttles got on the dark side of the Moon, communications and contact would be out of action as the Moon itself was blocking the view of the Earth.

“That's it, were out.”

Meanwhile, in Space…

It was time for the part where they had to hold on really tight. They were going to be going super fast… so fast that you would say “Whoa… what was that?”

“Booster sequence confirmed.” said Speed.

“Copy that, Light.” Kata said over the intercom. “Stand by for Lunar-Roll.”

The Two shuttles were finally in orbit around the Moon, and began to roll in their flight as they began to speed up. Then it would be time to fire the heavy boosters and really go fast.

“If I don't live through this, I just want to say it's been great knowing you all.” said Lita.

“Same here.” said Rei.

All of them made sure they were fastened in tightly. Finally, the Shuttles were going as fast as they could with their normal thrusters, it was time for the big push.

“All right you guys…this is what we trained for. Now just suck it up!” said Shana.

They all crunched their fingers into their seats, and shut their eyes tight. “On the mark.” said Renee. “Five. Four. Three. Two. One!”

POW!!!

The two shuttles fired all their rockets at full power and ZOOMED in their flight.

“Is this supposed to be like this?!” cried Mina.

“Don't worry. This is normal.” said Ryua.

“How would you know?!” snapped Rei.

The speed meters kept on climbing, and they kept going faster, and faster every second. By this point they had reach 15,000 MPH

“How long does this last?!” growled Link.

Faster, and even faster. Now they were up to 18,000 MPH.

“This is getting really heavy!” cried Mina.

“This isn't normal!” cried Ryua.

“What do you mean `Not Normal'?” cried Lita.

“THIS IS WAY WORSE!!!”

So fast now… so incredibly horribly fast. Up to 20,000. “We're not going to make it!!” cried Darien.”

“Are we going to die!” cried Serena.

“This… is… too… fast!!!” squealed Navi.

All of them began squealing as they ZOOMED along, and finally. “We are maxed at 22,500 MPH!” said Speed.

The rockets calmed down and the ride became a little smooth again as they came around the bright side of the moon.

“Light and Courage. This is Houston, do you read me?”

“Affirmative, Houston. We have come out of lunar roll safely.” said Speed, and then suddenly. “We have visual of the target.”

They could all see the tail of it, and bits of debris hitting the Moon's surface, and then… there it was.

GANON'S ASTEROID

Everyone was at a loss for words.

“You see that?” asked Link.

Everyone had a look of “Wow” on their faces.

It was so huge. So incredibly huge. “Houston… you have to see this to believe it.” said Renee.

Now it was time to head in, and the two shuttles turned on their radars to watch out for the flying pieces for debris. “Everybody, hang on. This could get a little rough.” said Kata.

As the two shuttles headed straight into the tail…

In Ganon's Castle…

The monsters, who were guarding Zelda in the tower, saw this was the signal to put their plan into action. “Fire the debris.” And they kept on launching more and more rock fragments straight towards the shuttles.

Zelda pounded nervously on her crystal prison. “No! Link… Sailors!” she cried.

Ganondorf, unfortunately was still enjoying his Sixty-hour nap, when suddenly, the firing siren sounded. “What? What's going on here?” he grunted.

Meanwhile…

“Hold on!” cried Kata as the shuttles swayed here and there, up and down to avoid the flying rocks. “We're going in… coming in hot.”

They decided to lose weight by dumping the auxiliary boosters. They were dumped, and exploded as the hit the rocks behind, but it didn't help much… there just too much debris.

“Courage… you must maintain your present heading!” cried Speed over the intercom.

Shana finally snapped. “There's too much debris! We have to peel off!”

“Negative!” cried Kata.

Rei turned her head to look out the nearest window. “LOOK OUT!!!” she screamed.

WHAMM!! A huge rock just slammed into their backs, causing the thrusters to go haywire. “WE'RE HIT!!” cried Kata.

Everyone onboard, Light here horrified, and so were all the people at Houston.

“Mayday! Mayday!” cried Kata.

“We've lost the thrusters!” cried Shana. “Mayday, Light, mayday! We are out of control! We're going down! Repeat… We are going down!!”

Courage began to hurdle out of control and it flew right past, and over top of Light, and the force of Courage's flaming tail pushed it out of it's flight path a bit and caused it to head straight for another huge rock.

Speed pulled up as much as he could, but it wasn't going to be enough. “WE'RE GOING TO HIT!!” he yelled.

They were able to pull up high enough, but not as far to avoid being scrapped and bumped by jagged rocks from below, which really stressed the systems out.

They were still roughly okay, but Courage had had it. “Everybody! Go to your own life support!” cried Shana. “Get your suits on! Bail out! Bail out, now!!”

The girls sprang out of their seats, and for extra protection, they transformed.

“MARS STAR POWER. SAGE OF FIRE!!”

“JUPITER STAR POWER. SAGE F FOREST!!”

“VENUS STAR POWER. SAGE OF SPIRIT!!”

They quickly grabbed their collar packs, hit the buttons, and got on heir bubble suits. “Hurry!” cried Jupiter. “This way!!”

Ryua was having some trouble with her suit. “It's no working!” she cried. “I CAN'T GET IT ON!!”

Speed could see Courage up ahead and there was no doubt about it. “Houston, Courage is a dead stick. They're not going to make it!” he said.

Serena, Darien, and Amy were horrified.

Kata looked through the windshield as it began to shatter as it was being pelted and he saluted. “Good luck, Light.” he said.

“Oh, no… this is it!” cried Shana.

Then suddenly… SMASH!! A Huge rock bashed the windshield wide open causing the whole inside to act like a vacuum.

Kata and Shana screamed and screamed, and then… they got yanked out of their seats and flew threw the hole, right into space. They had had it.

Then Sparks began flying everywhere as the shuttle began to break up. Glass flew everywhere, and the walls were beginning to break open.

Ryua finally managed to get her suit on… too late. Her chair was blasted off it's hinges and threw her clean back into a big mess, while the Mars, and Venus locked themselves in the cargo bay, and Jupiter was still stuck up on the bridge.

Link looked out his window and saw the hurdling shuttle ahead of them. “Speed, what the heck is that… is that the Courage!!” he yelled.

“No!” cried Serena, and the images of Rei, Lita and Mina flashed before her eyes.

Meanwhile, in Ganon's castle…

The monsters were still launching more pieces of debris, and they were bombarding the shuttles even more.

“Come on. Let's get the other one before it lands.” one of them cried out.

Zelda was horrified to see the Courage going down, she couldn't tell if Link was onboard or not. If he was, did he get off okay?

Ganondorf kicked the door open as he entered. “What is going on here?!” he bellowed.

“The Master!” cried the monsters.

Ganondorf moved over to them both. “What are you-two doing?!” he bellowed, but then he saw it happen. “What?!”

Courage smashed its wings against two cliffs, and then CRASHED hard onto the ground . “Houston… Courage has gone down.” said Speed.

Ganondorf was outraged. “YOU IDIOTS!!” he screeched. “What if the boy was on that ship? What if you've destroyed the Triforce of Courage?!”

Meanwhile…

Thanks to Ganondorf giving those two monsters a hefty beating, the debris stopped flying at Light, but still, with their bottom side all stressed out the shuttle was hard to control.

“All right… when I touch this baby down, full reverse throttle!!” said Speed.

Finally, they could see the ground coming, but because of their bad stressful flying, according to the landing screen “Houston, we've overshot our landing field.” cried Renee. “Repeat, we have overshot our landing site.”

“OH, NO!!” Navi squealed, knowing fully well what this meant and how bad it was.

The shuttle seemed to be heading straight to a landing site very close to where the Courage had crashed. “All right… FULL REVERSE THRUSTERS!!” cried Speed.

The Shuttle gave a huge HEAVE and stuck out it's landing feet. It hit hard against the ground and skidded across shattering the ice as it went by.

Everyone onboard were being rocked like being inside a dishwasher in a washing machine. “WHOA-OA-OA!!”

“Y-Y-Y-Y-YEOW!!”

Finally, they came to a complete halt and the engines powered down. Everyone was breathing very stressfully and heavily, and the emergency lighting came on.

Renee flipped on all the scans to see which parts of the shuttle were damaged. They had to make certain they could still get off that rock.

“Is everyone all right?” Speed asked as he got up.

Lin k un-strapped first and let Navi loose.

Navi was still panting and she flew hovered wearily. “Where's--” she panted, “Where's the other shuttle? What happened to the other shuttle?”

“Courage is off the grid.” Speed said, but as he got up to walk away Navi flew in front of his face and spoke very sternly. “Off the grid? What are you, a robot? What the heck does that mean?!”

Estevan approached the angry fairy and said calmly. “Hey… you saw it yourself, right? They're gone.”

Serena and Darien couldn't believe it. They wouldn't believe it.

Tears were cascading down Amy's cheeks. “No.” she sobbed.

Link pulled out his rock with the Medallions on it, and suddenly he smiled. “No. It's all right, look.” he said as he showed them that all six of the Medallions were still in tact.

It meant that at least their friends were still alive.

Serena fell back into her seat, letting her tears of relief fall from her eyes, and Darien could see the wreckage of Courage just on a mountain top to the West of them.

“All right let's move.” Link said. “We have ten hours. Let's get this job done and go home.”

Meanwhile…

The news had spread across the world.

“We have just received word that the shuttle Light has landed safely on the Asteroid, but sadly, the shuttle Courage has gone down, and the chances are that no one survived.”

“We have lost all contact with both shuttles, but are trying to reestablish to determine what happened.”

When that news hit Tokyo, none of the families knew what to think. They knew at least Serena, Amy, Darien, and Link had to be okay… but like they said before. “The chances are that no one survived.”

Meanwhile…

“Let's get the tools unpacked, and fire up the Armadillo.” Link said as he and Darien readied the equipment, the other were all trying to determine where they had landed after overshooting their planned landing site.

“I know where we are.” Navi said, but nobody seemed interested in what she had to say.

“Radio signals' dead.” said Speed. “We've got to try contact Houston, maybe they can help us.”

“I said I know where we are.”

“Please, not now.” replied Speed.

Amy and Serena hadn't the slightest of where they landed, and finally, Navi lost her patients and slammed some maps onto the table. “We're right here!” she snapped, capturing everyone's attention.

“We're in Segment 202, Lateral Gird-9, Site 15-H, T-32 give or take a few yards.” Then she stared angrily at Speed. “Capitan America, here blew the landing by 26 miles.”

Amy checked the map, and Navi was right.

“How the heck did you know that?” Speed asked.

“Because… I'm magical.”

Renee and Estevan came back to the bridge. “The gauges will not read.” said Renee. “They're all peaked like we're plugged into some sort of… magnetic field?”

Navi put her hands on her hips. “A magnetic field, eh? Well, who on this spaceship wants to know why?” she asked around.

“By all means… do enlighten us.” said Speed.

Now Navi looked concerned. “The reason we shooting to land on Lateral Grid-8, is because thermo graphics indicated that the ground on Grid-9 was compressed of Iron Ferrite.”

Amy dropped her mini-computer… Darien popped his head up… and all the rest of them had wide eyed expressions.

“Which means that you just landed us on a great big Iron-Plate!”

This was bad, very bad indeed. If the ground out there was really comprised of iron, then that was going to make it extremely difficult to drill.

“All right, you heard her.” said Speed. “We need that remote Satellite now.”

They decided to commence the project anyway, and they still had to hurry and pick up the others from the Courage to see if they were all right.”

Meanwhile...

Courage was totaled… it was smashed and busted up. a few small fires, sparks flying everywhere, and all the drilling equipment had been destroyed.

A hand popped up from the rubble. Sailor Venus, wearing her bubble-suit, grunted, as she dug herself out and made her way over to a body she saw.

“Ryua! Ryua! Can you hear me?” she cried, Lt. Malfoy lay perfectly still. Her face was all bloody and scared, and she wasn't breathing.

Tears spread Venus's face. “Oh, No!” she wept, and she looked around the mess she was in. “Hello! Anyone… is anyone else alive?” she cried. “Somebody help me!!”

Then someone did pull themselves out of the rubble. “Venus!” Mars cried as she waved on. “Over here.”

Venus put Ryua's body. “Mars… there's no one else.” she cried. “There's no one else.”

“I… I know.”

But actually just at that moment, they heard a faint voice over their radios. “Awe… Ow.” They knew that voice anywhere.

“Jupiter, where are you?” Mars called.

“Mars… Venus.” Jupiter cried. “I'm in the shuttle. Help.”

They found her and dug her out of the mess. “Jupiter.”

“Are you all right?”

“I am so glad to see you guys.” Jupiter said. “I never thought I'd be so happy to see you in my whole life.”

At least they had survived, and the other shuttle was just down the slop from where they were, so they quickly got together what little supplies were left and headed out.

TO BE CONTINUED…

HERO AND SAILORS SAY

Link:“We lost good people today. Colonel Kata Xerxes, Pilot Shana Elmsford, and Lt. Ryua Malfoy. May they rest in peace.”

Serena: “We are very grateful to them, for helping us train and prepare for the mission, and for getting us on the Asteroid.”

Amy: “Even though we feel like it was, it's not really our fault that they died. They were the ones who wanted to go, and it wasn't up to us to decided whether or not they did.”

Rei: “Besides... now we have something to fight for even more, avenging the deaths of those brave souls who helped help us save the world.”

Lita: “That is sometimes how heroes are made. They save the world, or die trying, but either way, their noble efforts never go unnoticed.”

Mina: “Thank you Kata… Shana… and Ryua… we won't forget you for this.”

(Darien sings Rocket man, Stewie Griffin style.)

(Darien)

She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space

On such a timeless flight

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no, no, no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time...

Author's Notes:

I swear… Ganondorf and his monsters will pay for what they've done. Those Characters will be avenged, and maybe… maybe even better…