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A slow ticking noise was barely audible. A single thin red-colored 
plastic needle moved incrementally with every tick clockwise, a quarter 
way to pointing straight up. This was a small timer, with a white face 
and red lines indicating just how far the needle had to go, trimmed with 
a thin rim of black plastic. The timer continued to tick away, fifteen 
seconds left.

The last few weeks had been hectic for the Sailor Senshi. Jadeite had 
come back and with him he brought an enormous ammount of trouble. The 
Dark Senshi were strong, even though the Sailor Senshi had won several 
victories. Their luck might go on.. but luck was not really part of this 
equation.

Ten seconds left.

No one really knew what the Dark Senshi wanted anymore. No one really 
asked, and no one told the Sailors. They had been too wrapped up in 
individual battles. Lita had been assaulted in her own mind. Rei had her 
own inner demons to fight as she struggled to regain control over her 
abilities as a priestess, to decipher her visions and learn the secrets 
of the Dark Senshi. Mina was in her own romance, as was Serena, but both 
had to help the others fight against these evil threats, and both did 
so, willingly, knowing what was at stake.

Five seconds...

The day before they had saved Rita, who was turned back once again into 
a Shadow Warrior by the new generals of a new Dark Kingdom, but that was 
a relatively easy fight. Infinitely more disturbing was what had 
happened to Amy. She discovered that the guy that she seriously had a 
crush on, the brilliant genius Chris Kazuko, was in reality the 
cold-hearted and completely evil Frost, the one who had killed Jadeite, 
the one who lost his hand when he could not handle the power of the 
Silver Moon Crystal. He might have killed Amy, if it was not for Tuxedo 
Mask and Sailor Mars. Frost was probably seriously injured, although no 
one believed he was dead. Not for a minute.

But the way Frost had revealed himself to Amy was absolutely horrible. 
He revealed his mechanical hand by removing the synthetic skin that hid 
it. It was about as cruel as he could possibly have done it.

Three...

The Sailor Senshi were fighting back though. They were hot on a few 
leads. Amy was so determined now. She was at her computer school now, 
doing research on her own.

Two...

Rei was at the temple researching in her own way. She also had plenty of 
chores today. Mina, though, was with Artemis. They had something special 
in mind. 

One...

The one Dark Senshi they had pinned down was a public figure, Lance 
Stockton, otherwise known as Apollo. So Mina was spying on him. It 
wasn't hard to slip onto a movie studio for her at the time. Or so she 
had said. The others weren't so sure of that, but Mina said she could 
handle it.

The needle of the timer reached its peak. The timer emitted a loud, 
attention-grabbing, "PING!" as it stopped.

Lita yelled, "SERENA! DINNER'S READY!"