Hi, there. It's a bit long in coming and it's a bit long, period, so 
this episode (#14) is in two parts. Hope you enjoy it. I'm trying to get 
to do more fanfic writing these days. I've been lagging a bit. Anyway, 
the epsiode after this should prove worthwhile, too... Amy finally finds 
out that her tentative love interest, Chris, is actually the evil 
mastermind and her arch-enemy, Frost. And if he isn't her arch-enemy 
yet... he is now.

This and, as usual, much more. Lita's on the rebound - Mina and Alex are 
dating, and for them, ignorance is bliss - Darien should recover from 
injuries in this episode soon. No problem. Andrew's fiancee, Rita 
(Reika), is back from Africa for a while - but that's another episode, 
probably #16.

I mailed my older fanfics to White Wolf earlier. If they're not in the 
remailer, and in proper order, tell him. Otherwise, if you want all my 
episodes, I can oblige. They're going up on web pages, now, so you 
should see them around. If anyone can tell me where to get in touch with 
"Luna and Artemis" running that Prodigy SM fanfic page, let me know - 
they have only the first 7 of my 14 episodes.

Hino Rei


"And One for All"

The mystic circle burned bright with heated flame. Bishoujo Mask was 
sweating, hard, under the strain of the summoning. Every effort she made 
seemed to be under incredible stress. Her breathing was labored, and her 
eyes focused.

Her blood froze when she heard a deafening howl from beyond the 
flames... Only then did she realize that this was the first time she had 
actually summonned a full demon. Great timing, Bishoujo, she thought. 
Now you figure that out. She had to finish this, though. There was 
simply no alternative. She was simply stunned at the power of the act...

The circle was intentionally made large. It was really nothing more than 
a carefully drawn circle of rare pigments, and Bishoujo Mask was not in 
any sort of danger. The portal simply needed to be large enough. A shape 
began to form within the flames, the shape of the monster she had 
summoned.

---

Alex's ring was pulsating madly, having absorbed Rei's energy. The ring, 
forged of heavy gold, glowed with an eerie light. Something was very 
wrong here...

---

Zeus found himself lying in a room by himself. At a glance he knew it 
was an improvised medical chamber. He'd helped build it himself. He 
found himself awake now, after a long sleep. What awoke him was a 
strange sense, a sense of great power in the air...

---

The moon was midway to its zenith, and was in its full glory.

---

Alex was in great pain now. He was clutching his wrist, and had no idea 
what was going on. Then everything turned white...

---

Serenity was surprised to see Zeus not only up and about, but 
struggling, staggering, through the doorway to the medical chamber. He 
said to her, "Prometheus is in trouble."

---

The pain in Alex's hand subsided. He asked himself, "What was that?" The 
ring's symbol was still vaguely glowing.

He was still under cover. The appropriate thing to do was to bring Rei 
back to the Temple. He lifted her over his shoulder, her long dress 
dangling in front of him, and he began to carry her off.

---

The creature emerged from the flames...

Before Bishoujo was a powerful monster. It was some sort of werewolf, 
and Bishoujo Mask could sense it was female, although a powerful and 
highly aggressive one. The creature was taller than her, covered with 
red fur, very muscled, fairly flat-chested. The creature had crimson 
eyes that glowed fiercely in the firelight. The werewolf kneeled before 
her, acknowledging her master.

Bishoujo skipped the pleasantries. "Your mission is to gather the souls 
of humans so that I can use them with the Dark Crystal." The werewolf 
responded in a shallow growl, "As you wish." Bishoujo didn't want to 
mess around with the creature very much. She wasn't in the mood. She 
said passively, "Once you're done, have fun. But if you meet a tall guy 
in black throwing roses, don't finish him off." The werewolf asked, "Why 
is that?" Bishoujo Mask answered, "If anyone finishes him off, it will 
be my priviledge, not yours," she said with a scowl.

The werewolf said, "As you command."

---

Chad's expression was one of great shock when he saw Alex coming to the 
front of the temple. Alex said to him, "She had a vision, and 
collapsed!" Chad said, "Quick! Bring her inside!"

---

Rei was unconcious as she lay on a futon, with Serena and Amy beside 
her, very worried, as Chad put a cold cloth on her forehead to try to 
make her feel better, for all it was worth.

Mina was outside, talking to Alex. The wind was becoming cold as the 
full moon rose. Her wind was flowing in the breeze. She was very 
worried.

She tried to get some more information from Alex. She asked, "So you met 
Rei?" Alex said, "Yeah. We were walking back here when she had some sort 
of vision." Then, he looked to the side, and said, "I guess it was too 
much for her for some reason." Mina said, "Maybe there's trouble coming. 
You should go home. I have to stay here with my friend." Alex said, "I 
understand."

Mina pressed further, "Rei was out before, earlier today. Then she came 
back, helped take care of Lita. Did you hear what happened?" Alex 
nodded. Mina asked, "Then she went out again. What's up with her?"

Alex told Mina about Rei, and about how she was crying, probably for a 
long time, and that she blamed herself for what happened. Mina gasped 
when she heard that. She said, "I had no idea."

Alex said, "I think she'll get over it. How's this Lita girl?" Mina 
said, "She's not going to win the marathon, but she's up and around. 
Look," she said, turning her head, "there she is." Lita, in a temple 
robe, was going to see Rei, and seemed hurt and saddened by this.

Alex said, "I should go..." Mina said, "Okay. But once everyone's 
better, let's go out sometimes." Alex nodded, and said, "Sure. It's 
about time." Mina said bye, and Alex left.

Mina thought that she should be going inside, and it was getting chilly 
with a stronger wind. She just stared longlingly after Alex as he walked 
away...

---

It was a beautiful night. A cute young couple were walking by some 
shops, commenting about the cold, which was starting to get 
uncomfortable, although it wasn't so bad. It wasn't warm, though, and a 
girl in a short skirt would have quite a chill, as the girl of the 
couple was shivering.

A woman walked not far behind them. She was in an ordinary-looking suit 
with a red slip and black shoes. She had long black hair. Looking 
closer, her brown eyes suddenly glowed red...

She continued to follow the couple as they turned into an alley, taking 
a shortcut home.

Not far away, Darien walked out of a local shop, and sensed a strange 
presence nearby...

---

Hikawa Shrine

Now that things were calming down, the Sailor Senshi were having a 
meeting, minus Rei, where Rei would normally be doing her fire readings. 
Even Jupiter was here. She was closing the room off, so that no one 
would overhear their conversation. This was mainly because Luna and 
Artemis were also here, and were obviously here with something to say.

It went unsaid that everyone was worried. Whatever had happened to Rei, 
it wasn't good, and it was more than likely connected with the Dark 
Senshi. The problem was that Rei was a valuable source of information at 
times like this.

Luna said, "Rei must have sensed a powerful monster. But why would she 
collapse?" Artemis asked, "Maybe it's worse than we thought?"

Mina pitched in, saying, "If something's wrong, then it's probably a 
youma attack, and we need to respond." Mina had a talent for stating the 
obvious. Serena, though, wasn't convinced, "But, like, Mina, how? 
Without Rei, how are we going to find... whatever it is?" She was very 
puzzled. Mina said, "Amy can help, right, Amy?" Amy looked down, for a 
brief moment, and didn't look very confident. She looked back at Mina, 
and said, "Maybe. I can try to track whatever this is down, but I may 
not have much luck."

Lita said, "You three go ahead. I'm going to stay back and try to do a 
fire reading like Rei taught me." The others gasped. Serena blurted, 
"You can't be serious!" Amy said, "It's way too dangerous. We can't let 
you do this!" Artemis added, "You're too weak to do it." Lita disagreed 
strongly with that. She answered, in a defiant, almost angry, tone of 
voice, "I'm not strong enough to fight, but I sure am strong enough to 
do a fire reading. That's the mind, not the body."

Serena pleaded, in a soft voice, trying to reach out to her fried, 
"Please... don't do this."

Lita's expression melted from anger into understanding. But she had to 
do this... "Serena, you guys might need more than Amy's computer this 
time. I"ll keep in touch with my communicator and try to guide you to 
your enemy. It's the best I can do."

Her friends saw the sheer determination behind the gentleness and 
kindness of her friendly face. It was then that they knew that she was 
right.

Mina said, "Alright, let's get going. We have a lot of ground to cover 
and the enemy's one step ahead of us. We have to find them before they 
hurt more innocent people."

Luna said, "I'll stay behind. Artemis, go on ahead with Mina."

Amy said, "Wait. Something else..." Everyone turned their heads towards 
Amy. She got up and walked over to get her napsack, and dug in it. While 
she was busy with her hands, she said, "I have something that will be 
more useful for you two." After a few moments of not understanding, Luna 
said, "Us?" meaning herself and Artemis, who were the two most 
identifiable "couple" here and were the topic of conversation at the 
moment. Amy nodded, while she was still kneeling with her back to them. 
She turned around, holding two collars in her hands.

Artemis asked, "Now, what is this all about..." in a rather displeased, 
even concerned, tone of voice. Amy just giggled, and said, "These are 
your new communicators." Everyone else lit up. Lita said, "That'll be 
great!" Mina said, "Now, if they're in trouble, or find trouble, they 
can call us right away!" Serena said, "Beats bailing them out of trouble 
all the time." Luna sneered, "I can't remember the number of times I 
bailed you out, Serena." Serena just stuck out her tongue. Mina laughed, 
and told Luna, "I know she's just joking. I don't know what I'd have 
done without Artemis when I was Sailor V, and even now. But the collars 
are a great idea."

Lita said, "Alright, you'd better get going."

---

Another victim. Another scream.

The werewolf was a fine stalker of prey. It had already drained the life 
forces of eight humans, and this was the ninth. At this rate it would 
become unstoppable, taking only a fraction of the power of these souls 
for itself. She released this latest prey, a young man who had simply 
been no match for her size and strengh. She tossed him aside, and he 
bounced upon the ground, the pressure opening his eyes to reveal a pale 
blue glow. He was now an empty shell, easily manipulated and controlled 
- simply not by her. She could not control him, for the simple reason 
that he was still alive.

She resisted the urge to howl, as that would spread fear among the 
populace, too soon, and would drive them away. She wanted to play on 
their sense of trust, not fear. It was time for her to transform. Her 
skin folded, her fur vanished, and she reverted to the form of a 
long-legged, long-haired red-head, not dressed aggressively enough to 
draw undue attention, certainly not dressed repulsively, though, so she 
would be just properly outfitted to pass as a normal, though beautiful, 
young woman. It amazed her how easily these humans fell for such 
deceptions. She tossed back her hair with a flick of her wrist, and 
walked away, leaving the soulless body that she had ravaged behind, 
twitching.

---

Tuxedo Mask knelt down near another of the victims, one of a couple, a 
boy and a girl. His cape fell behind him, touching the ground, folding 
under its great lengh. He studied the boy closely. His eyes were 
completely blank, softly glowing, eerily in the moonlight, since it was 
the darkness of the body, not the eyes, that provided contrast against 
the ambient light.

Tux thought to himself, "Not good." A predator was out here. He would 
have liked to contact the Sailor Senshi, but that wasn't... how it was 
done. They'd find him, maybe, if he was with this creature. He had to 
track it down, first, and hold it off, at least long enough for Sailor 
Moon to arrive. If he stalled, more people would get hurt. He had to 
move quickly.

---

Sailor Venus was pacing through the wider streets of the suburbs with 
Artemis striding beside her, Venus' long blonde hair blowing in the cold 
wind as she rushed to cover as much territory as she could. She was in 
very good condition physically, a natural athlete who could run 
marathons. This wasn't a marathon: it was a race against time.

She was hoping that Artemis could sense evil energy if they came close 
to it, but it wasn't up to them to track their enemy down. They were out 
to find either victims or flush the monster out, depending on the 
situation. One could also say they were sitting ducks out here alone. 
They were the decoys.

---

Lita adjusted her dress for the final time as she knelt on the fine 
wooden floor of the sacred chamber where the sacred flame burned. She 
looked hard at the fire, convincing herself that this was the only way. 
She had to do it. She didn't have any choice in the matter. They were 
depending on her.

Deep inside, she was turning sick with fear. She'd never admit it, but 
losing control like that was one of the most frightening things she had 
ever experienced in her life. She was completely helpless. For her, that 
was not a good feeling. She thought at the time she even liked it, but 
the fact was, she may have, she might even have been completely 
infatuated with that man, so tall, so handsome... but everything about 
that whole event, earlier today, was an experience alien to her. What 
frightened her was that there were things out there that she could not 
face, well, not defeat, because facing them may well be what she was 
doing now... if anything went wrong, she was done for. And that was just 
the point: she had no idea what might happen. Now she wondered how Rei 
ever managed.

That was her whole style, her whole way of doing things. She was a 
priestess. She dealt with evil, with spirits, with fortune and fate. 
Lita? She busted things up. Well, there was more to her than that, of 
course, but especially with her powers of thunder, that was her 
specialty. This wasn't her thing, it wasn't something she was good at. 
What she was frightened of the most was... not knowing, not being able 
to face what was out there. There were demons out there, and instead of 
blasting them with her thunderclap, she was going to face them in a 
battle of the mind.

No, there was something she was afraid of more.

Letting her friends down.

Okay, she thought to herself, take it easy, Lita. You've got only one 
shot at this, so do it right. Forget the pressure - it's not that bad. 
There's nothing out there that Rei didn't take care of. If you were out 
cold for two hours, think of what the target felt.Was he enemy? Hey, 
Lita, she berated herself, doesn't matter. What you're doing isn't that 
hard. You just have to look for general things, look for where that 
monster is.

She took one last long breath, shutting her eyes. Then she brought up 
her hands, put them together, and opened her eyes. She began to 
concentrate, to think of the fire, and to search for that monster.

---

Number eleven fell to the ground as the werewolf drained the second of 
two young girls. So easy...

Not anymore. The creature's keen ears heard something passing nearby. 
Something small just flew past. The beast turned around.

A rose?

The werewolf sniffed the air, and turned its gaze to its right side, 
upward. So this was whom the Masked Lady had been talking about.

Standing on top of a lamppost, casually, it seemed, with his cane, a 
perfectly balanced Tuxedo Mask, his cape flowing in the wind showing its 
powerful red color, beared down upon the werewolf. The werewolf's answer 
was to begin a blood-freezing howl that could be heard for many blocks.

After it had done, an unfazed but inwardly cautious Tuxedo Mask said, 
"You won't be hurting any more people."

The werewolf's eyes glowed bright crimson, and it dashed towards the 
post which Tux was standing on. Tuxedo Mask jumped from it, 
sumersaulting in mid-air and landing far away, behind the werewolf. It 
simply charged right in, and swiped its right claw at the steel pole 
with its claw. The beast simply tore out three-quarters of the pole's 
depth, and the pole immediately began to fall. The werewolf stepped to 
the side and pushed, and the pole almost crushed Tuxedo Mask before he 
jumped away.

Maybe this wasn't going to be as easy as Tux thought...

---

It wasn't much to go on, but Lita had some idea where that creature was. 
Ten second later, Sailor Mercury's wristwatch began to beep. She asked 
to it, "Jupiter? Is that you?" Lita, on the other end, said, "Yeah, it's 
me. Okay, I can give you some directions, but nothing concrete so far." 
Mercury said, "That's enough. I can do the rest by computer." It didn't 
take long for Lita to give her instructions. Mercury signed off.

Sailor Moon, who was standing beside Mercury, asked if this was good 
news. Mercury nodded.

---

Another rose flew past the beast. The problem was, the beast was too 
fast, and nearly disemboweled Tux this time. The latter barely managed 
to get out of range. Tux fought back by parrying with his cane, striking 
the monster, but it was only a momentary setback. The creature leaped at 
him, forcing Tux to jump away. That thing was fast. Its claws dug into 
the concrete as it turned to follow.

The beast's eyes flashed, and it opened its mouth. A stream of 
supercharged fire streamed at Tuxedo Mask. Tux tried to protect himself 
by drawing his cloak over him. To the Abyss with Masked Lady's orders if 
he was going to stop the mission, the beast followed. Tux extra crispy, 
she thought. Tuxedo Mask disappeared from sight as the flame erupted all 
around him, and engulphed him with the force of ever-burning flame. The 
werewolf stopped the blast, and since there was nothing combustible - 
besides Tuxedo Mask - nearby, the flames simply escaped to the sky and 
dissipated. The beast began to laugh.

But Tuxedo Mask was still there.

And alive!

The beast stopped laughing, and was suddenly enraged. The cloak! 
Impossible! It completely blocked the flames! Fine, then, the beast 
decided. She'd have to do this the old-fashionned way.

She leaped fifty feet into the air, over Tuxedo Mask, and roared as she 
came downwards, her claws extended far out so as to finish him off. 
Tuxedo Mask dodged out of the way, and she ripped into the walkway. She 
turned, her eyes the darkest red Tux had seen so far tonight, and her 
mouth dripped with saliva, her fangs aggressively bared.

---

Venus was coming through on the commnicator. "Guys," she said, "you 
should see this."

Mercury answered back, "I'm finally getting a fix on the enemy's 
location. Looks like a single monster, but is emanations are unusually 
strong. We need you here." Venus retored, "What I've found is very 
strange." Artemis chimed in on his new communications system. "The 
victims look like they had the life sucked out of them." Mercury 
replied, "Well, that's not new. We really sho..." Artemis cut in, "Their 
eyes are completely blank, and they're glowing a light blue. This is 
serious." Mercury wondered aloud, "What could possibly cause such a 
thing?"

Luna, who was listening in, answered, "You'll have to help them 
afterwards. If you wait much longer there will be a lot more of them," 
she said in a tone of urgency. Everyone agreed - they had to move.

Lita listened impatiently, and tried to get more information from the 
fire. She sensed someone was in danger...

She got a clear vision. No! Tuxedo Mask! He was in serious trouble!

---

Tuxedo's cane was broken, shattered into four pieces, two long ones and 
two smaller splinters. His shoulder had deep claw marks right through 
his clothing, and his cloak was in shreds. He was clutching his 
shoulder, his top hat long knocked off. He was breathing hard, and in 
his other hand, the one not clutching his wound, he had a rose in his 
grasp, but he was kneeling on one knee, breathing hard. He couldn't take 
much more of this, he thought to himself. A backhand swipe had cracked 
two ribs as far as he could tell. 

The werewolf wasn't even scratched.

Eager for the kill, it moved forward. Then she realized that she 
couldn't finish him off. She cursed silently to herself. Masked Lady 
would kill her personally if she finished him off.

Fine then. She said killed. The werewolf could break an arm or two. 
No... that wasn't what she meant. Beating him into unconciousness would 
be satisfying enough. If Masked Lady wanted to wake him up, she'd have 
to do it herself.

No, it smiled inwardly. She said he was to be alive. But she didn't say 
that his soul was off-limits. The beast chuckled greatly, advancing 
towards the injured opponent. Oh, this was too evil. She would feast 
upon him, and would be in ectasy. She would know true pleasure as his 
soul left his body. The pain he would know... before he would know no 
more, because he would know nothing.

The beast took another step. Tuxedo Mask looked at it. He wasn't done 
yet. This beast was underestimating him.

Tuxedo Mask transferred the rose to his good hand, the one with the good 
arm. He threw the rose straight at the monster. It wasn't scared, this 
was even slower than usual. Tux was tiring now. But the rose erupted in 
bright red energy, obscuring the vision of the creature. When the glow 
subsided, Tuxedo Mask was not in front of her. Her ears were twiching 
though...

She turned to her side and blasted fire.

Without his cane, without his cloak, and not expecting that fast a 
recovery, Tuxedo Mask took the hit. He covered his face as he screamed 
in agony as he was knocked down on his back by the force of the gaseous 
flames. He was struggling to get back on his feet, to no avail.

And so it ended, she thought.

She was wrong. Not that she had much warning. All she heard were the 
words, "Shabon Spray!" and she was surrounded by a cloud of wet fog. Not 
that she was cold. That's what fur was for. She couldn't see, though, 
and was caught by surprise by the next attack. "Crescent BEAM!!" A flash 
of light came from the side, and the beast screamed as the shot scored a 
direct hit in the side of the chest. It didn't penetrate, but it left a 
painful burn.

The beast breathed fire, and steam surrounded the area. Another crescent 
beam penetrated the steam, but the werewolf wasn't there.

Sailor Venus was wondering, "Where'd it go?"

Sailor Moon was just about to give her speech, but the steam cleared and 
then she saw Tuxedo Mask. But no werewolf. Mercury was already using her 
VR vision, but couldn't find any trace of her. Sailor Moon rushed 
towards the fallen Tuxedo Mask, urgently pleading for him to give her 
any sign that he was alright. Venus looked at Mercury, but she didn't 
return the gaze. She was frantically trying to find the creature with 
her computer.

---

Lita sensed what was going on. It was a good thing, too. If she didn't 
act fast that thing would be long gone. She radioed Artemis first, and 
told him, "Artemis, the creature's bailing. She's heading west from 
where you are. It's going to get more power by stealing more souls. What 
if it doesn't want to fight you?" Artemis spat back, "It doesn't have 
to." He turned to Venus and Mercury, and said, "If we don't find that 
thing now we're going to lose it."

They went over to Sailor Moon. Darien's mask had fallen off... or maybe 
she had taken it off, they couldn't tell. At any rate Tuxedo Mask was 
almost limp, and certainly in pain. He was saying, "...you have to go on 
without me, find that thing." Sailor Moon turned to the others and said, 
"I'm not leaving Tuxedo Mask." Mercury said, "We need you." Artemis 
said, "We don't have time for this. Stay with him and make sure that 
thing doesn't double back on us and finish him off. Let's go, girls." 
Artemis was feeling rather authorotative tonight.

Sailors Venus and Mercury ran off, with Artemis behind them.

---

Luna asked Lita, "Do you think they'll find that creature?" Lita said, 
"I don't like this..."

---

Venus gasped as she saw two more victims as they were on the werewolf's 
trail. One was a young man, and he was simply unconcious against a 
parked car, maybe his car. Not far off, laid down on her side, was a 
young woman. Mercury was checking out the man, while Artemis was looking 
around for the creature. Venus was looking over the woman.

A red-haired woman.

---

Lita screamed through the communicator as soon as she got the feeling 
going on red alert inside her head, "VENUS!!! GET AWAY FROM THAT 
GIRL!!!"

---

Mercury was starting to stand up. Oh no, she thought. Venus asked back, 
"What do you mean, Jupit-" The eyes of the girl snapped open, cutting 
Venus short of breath. The eyes had nothing but the eerie red glow in 
them, the glow of the werewolf. But it was too late. The girl reached 
out with both hands, clasping Venus' wrists. Venus screamed with all her 
lung power as her energy was drained out of her.

She was too strong to give up her soul just yet, but she was an 
excellent power source. The werewolf picked her up, though she was still 
in woman form. Then, she tossed Venus aside, and began to grow in size. 
Fur covered her skin, and her clothes shredded as her red fur covered 
her once more. She was now fully morphed.

>From the side, Artemis leaped through the air at the creature. Without a 
second thought it swung her left hand at him, backhanding him twenty 
feet back. Artemis tried to get up from the ground, but had no strengh 
left as he groaned in pain.

---

Lita said, "I'm losing the picture," in a tired voice. She said, "I'm 
drained... I can't get anything now." Luna was worried...

---

Sailor Moon was horrified. She had heard Venus' scream, in full, over 
her communicator. She was almost panicking... until Darien grasped her 
hand. She looked into his eyes. He said to her, softly...

"Serena, you have to go. I'll be okay." Serena didn't want to hear it, 
she was too worried about him. That's why he needed to put it this 
way... "No matter how much you care for me, you have to think of all 
those other people who are counting on you. You've got to help them. 
You've got to leave me behind."

Serena said, "No! I can't do it!" Darien said, "They're counting on you! 
Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury could get killed if you don't save 
them!" She said, "But what about you?"

He drew her close...

"You have to go, Sailor Moon. Come back to me..."

He was right. She had to go. And he called her Sailor Moon... oh, how 
could she have been so stupid! She let her love blind her. What was she 
thinking? If she really cared for him she should have been gone a long 
time ago, moon-dusted that monster, and come back already. Those people 
were counting on her! And her friends...

"I'll be back. Count on it." Then she left.

---

Mercury blocked another blast of fire with her bubbles. The creature 
wasn't making much progress. Her fire attack was useless against this 
water witch. She was small, though, and weak. One good shot was all she 
needed to skewer her. Not seeing any particular reason not to, she 
charged Mercury. Mercury had to leap out of the way.

"Shining Aqua Illusion!" Mercury tried to freeze the beast in ice, but 
flames erupted around it and her attack was broken. Then it tried 
attacking her again, her jaw wide open, dripping drool, out for blood. 
Mercury used her shabon spray and knocked it back in mid-air, but it 
wasn't enough. It charged again. She tried her shabon spray, but the 
beast just leaped to the side. Then it came close - too close - and 
Mercury barely ducked out of the way as the werewolf flew over her.

Before she could recover, it turned back and breathed fire on her, 
singing her somewhat. She wasn't badly hurt, but the werewolf was almost 
on top of her now...

She tried using her shabon spray, but the werewolf was too close. It 
began draining her energy. Mercury couldn't fight it, and collapsed. The 
werewolf stopped, and stood up, looked at the full moon, and howled.