Royal Flush the Sequel- Part 6
By: Alexis-chan
E-mail: aqua_moonstone17@hotmail.com
Rating: PG


Chotto minna-chan! The battle heats up! I know a few of you are wondering if 
their going to discover who everyone is, or what’s going to happen. Well, 
guess what.........your just going to have to read and wait! I’m evil ain’t 
I?? *laughs*

Disclaimer: Okay, am I the only one that thinks that this is getting old? I 
don’t own Sailor Moon! Don’t own Royal Flush. Don’t own the characters 
(except for the baddies, not including Beryl, Zoicite, and Malachite).

Alexis-chan thanks too: EVERYONE!! I love all the e-mail I’m getting! And a 
special thanks to: Angel, Brianna, AG, Alex, and Mako.

Royal Flush the Sequel- Part 5

Five Scouts and one guy in a Tuxedo stood facing the cards/monsters. Five 
other people stood huddled against the back wall, staring at their friends.

“Jupiter Thunder Crash!”

“Mars Fire Ignite!”

“Venus Crescent Beam Smash!”

All three attacks were going in all direction, hitting card after card. 
Tuxedo Mask helped by throwing a few roses and Sailor Moon took out a few 
with the help of her tiara.

One by one the monsters went down, until there were none there. Suddenly, 
Gambina appeared once more to them. They all stepped back, protecting their 
friends from all harm.

“Do not worry Sailor’s. I do not wish to hurt your pitiful friends, it is 
you I want. Or rather, that Beryl wants.” She hissed, an evil grin coming to 
her face.

“And what makes you think that we want to see Beryl?” Sailor Moon replied 
defiantly.

“Oh, Sailor Moon, I do not believe you have the option. Once I am done with 
you, there will be no more Sailor Moon.”  With that, a large, clear 
cage-like thing surrounded the Scouts, separating everyone from Sailor Moon. 
While they were busy trying to find a way out, Moon had turned to Gambina, 
anger clear on her face.

“Let them go.” She commanded through gritted teeth, taking a fighting 
stance.

“Ha! You think your pitiful threats scare me?” She slowly lowered herself 
till her feet touched the floor with a ‘clicking’ sound. “You will never 
defeat me, that’s for sure.”

“Oh, we’ll see who’s going to beat who.” Those were the last words spoken as 
Gambina shot a beam of light from her hands at Sailor Moon, who dodged it 
easily. Jumping up quickly, she shot her tiara out, missing Gambina. As it 
returned, Gambina threw out about a dozen playing cards, much like Tuxedo 
Mask threw his roses. Sailor Moon managed to jump out of the way just in 
time as the cards embedded themselves in the stone walls.

>From inside their cage, the Scouts could do nothing but watch helplessly. 
They had already tried their powers and Tuxedo Mask had tried his roses. 
Nothing worked. Mercury’s computer couldn’t even figure out what the 
substance was that surrounded them.

“Your computer hasn’t found anything at all?” Mars asked again as they 
watched Mercury typing away furiously at her mini computer.

“No, I’m sorry. The readings show that the substance this cell is made of is 
far beyond our technology. It’s main components aren’t even from Earth!” 
They all sighed as they turned to watch their leader and best friend fight 
for her life.

Tuxedo Mask pounded his fist against the wall. There was nothing that he 
could do to help his love. It was so aggravating just not being able to 
speak to her.

‘Please, Serena, don’t give up. We have faith in you.’ Tux whispered, 
praying that by some miracle she would be able to hear him.

And it seems as though fate was  not on their side. As Sailor Moon lay on 
the floor, she heard his voice enter her thoughts. She glanced up just in 
time to see a large beam of light heading straight for her. Before she had 
time to move out of the way, the beam struck her.

The Scouts all gasped in shock as they watched Sailor Moon get hit. Tuxedo 
Mask slumped to the floor and closed his eyes, fighting away tears. Andrew, 
Greg, Chad, Ken and Rita all gasped.

Gambina slowly floated above Sailor Moon, smiling evilly. “So much for the 
champion of justice.” She laughed and kicked Sailor Moon. She glanced up at 
the others, trapped behind the crystal wall.  She raised a hand in the air, 
and in that instant, the wall had disappeared.

Noticing this, the Scouts and Tuxedo Mask rushed over to their fallen 
friend. Tuxedo Mask gently knelt down beside her and cradled her in his lap. 
Her fuku was torn bad and her face was ghostly while. His blood ran cold at 
the site of her and what that one blast had managed to do.

“Ha! I’ve let you say good-bye before I finish her off, then it shall be 
your turn!” Gambina laughed, but the Scouts weren’t paying attention. They 
were all focused on Serena.

“She’s very weak, but she’s alive. That blast took quite a lot from her.” 
Mercury whispered. They bowed their heads in silence, praying to who ever 
was listening to grant them something, although they weren’t sure what.

“Dar....Darien?” A very faint voice was head. Tuxedo Mask’s eye’s popped 
open as her stared into a pair of crystal blue eyes.

“Oh god Serena, I’m so sorry.” He whispered back, holding her close. “I wish 
I could have been there. I should have been.”

“Do not worry my love. Everything will be okay.” She whispered back, her 
hand gently caressing his face. She smiled around at all of her friends. “I 
promise you all, soon everything will be okay.” With one last smile at 
Darien, her eyes fell shut.

“No!” Darien cried, pulling her closer. He pulled off his cape and wrapped 
it around her body, holding her close as he could to his body. The Scouts 
felt tears running down their faces.

“Well now, I hoped you had enough time to say good-bye.” Gambina’s face was 
full of evil. The Scouts turned around to face her and her hands flew above 
her head and a large  ball of energy started to collect there.

Suddenly, another large flash of light appeared in the room. Five to be 
exact. Two screams were head in the room and they glanced over to see Rita 
and Greg, slumping to the floor, holding their chest. Within moments, two 
more crystal’s had joined the others, and Greg and Rita slumped back, 
breathing heavily. No one knew that was going on.

Gambina broke of the power source as her hands dropped to her sides.

“What on Earth?” She mumbled.

“The Rainbow Crystals!” Sailor Venus breathed. Sure enough, seven 
multi-colored crystals were circling around one another, slowly coming 
together. Within a few minutes, they had joined, forming a beautiful while 
crystal.

“It’s the Imperium Silver Crystal!”

Slowly it descended until it settled it’s self on Sailor Moon’s Moon healing 
wand. The Scouts stepped away from her, but Tuxedo Mask still held on to 
her.

And bright light surrounded the pair, and soon, filled the entire room. Once 
the pure white light hit them, the Scouts began remembering things.

Days at a grand castle, running in the fields. Royal dances and balls. 
Princes and princesses.

Once the light disappeared, the Scouts stared at their leader, who was now 
wearing a long white dress. Her hair, still in meatball’s, had two pearl 
strands wrapped around each meatball, and two small clips on each side of 
her head.

Darien was now wearing a black royal outfit. Silver shoulder blades were 
attached to it, and a long cape flowed down his back. Instead of a cane, a 
long sword was attached to one hip, and his mask and top hat were gone.

A groan was hear as Serena slowly opened her eyes.

“My prince.” A small grin found it’s way onto her face. Memories of a 
thousand years came rushing back at once, and she knew by the look on his 
face he was remembering their love to. “Endymion.”

“I knew there was something special about you Serena.” He whispered, as 
their faces came closer. “Or should I say, Princess Serenity.”

“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the little Moon Princess.” Gambina snorted, 
breaking up the romantic moment. Serenity and Endymion rose to their feet, 
facing the enemy.

“Do you still think that you can defeat us now?” Serenity said, confidence 
in her voice.

“Why of course Princess. After all, your mother couldn’t stop us from 
destroying the Moon Kingdom a thousand years ago, so why do you think that 
you are able to stop up?” Gambina laughed.

“Tell you what. I’ll give you one chance. One hand of draw poker, double 
deal, duces wild.. No tricks, no nothing. Winner takes all.”

“What’s that suppose to mean?” Serenity asked.

“Meaning if you win, which I doubt very seriously will happen, you and all 
your friends can leave unharmed. If I win, you die and I get the crystal. 
Deal?” Gambina had slowly made her way towards the prince and princess and 
extended her hand to Serenity.

“No tricks right? Playing fair and square?” Serenity asked again. When 
Gambina nodded, Serenity stuck out her hand and they shook.

Within moments, there was a small table standing in the middle of the room. 
Serenity and Endymion allowed their new transformations to slip back into 
Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask as the other Scouts joined them. Though they 
were still in shock from the recent discovery of their missing princess, 
Venus managed to speak.

“Are you sure you know what your doing?” She asked the question that was on 
everyone’s mind.

Sailor Moon turned to look at her friends and shrugged. “Beats me.” But 
there was a certain tone in her voice that startled the Sailors.

“You can deal if you still don’t trust me.” Gambina said, holding out the 
deck to Sailor Moon, but she just shook her head.

“No, let’s just get this over with.” Her voice was hard as steel. Two of the 
little playing card minions rushed over and pulled out their seats. The 
Scouts watched every move it made while it was near Serena.

The room was totally silent. Greg, Ken, Chad, Andrew and Rita had all walked 
up behind their friends and was now regarding the scene with some interest. 
The only sounds were of Gambina shuffling the dark green cards in her hand.

With a quick flip of her wrist, send a card flying towards Serena, and then 
placed one in front of her. She repeated this until both had five cards. 
Sailor Moon studied the cards carefully, before pulling three out and 
tossing them in the center. Gambina followed in suit, also tossing three 
out.

The second was passed out, three to each. Everyone was holding their 
breathe, looking for some reaction from their leader. Tuxedo Mask was trying 
desperately to see if he could talk to her in any way, still in shock from 
the recent discovery of his past.

This time Sailor Moon tossed out two cards this time, while Gambina only 
threw out one, a cocky smirk on her face. The final hand was laid out and 
for a moment Sailor Moon just starred at the three cards in her hand. Then 
gingerly, she reached out and picked up the last two cards, and looked at 
her hand. The hand that decided the fate of her and her friends.

The Scouts were looking for any reaction from her, and they finally got one. 
Though not the one they were looking for. Sailor Moon turned her head to 
face them, her eyes wide and her entire face was full of a mixture of fear, 
regret, and pain. The Scouts gasped as Gambina let out a sound of laughter.



**Cliffhanger!! (well, I tried to make one!) I can’t believe it! I’m almost 
done! It’s taken almost a year to finish it ^_-    But it’s almost done!! 
*cheers* Remember, send any comments, suggestions, or flames (but hopefully 
there won’t be too many...^_^)  to:
aqua_moonstone17@hotmail.com

~Alexis-chan~