TRIO:
			   WHISPERS OF THE PAST!
				  Part 2:
			       THE DARK TRIO

	Ami felt something cold brush against her forehead as she started to 
come to.  She squirmed slightly and she heard someone say, "I think 
she's waking up."

	Ami thought she had recognized the voice but her thoughts were so 
scrambled she couldn't place it.  She was thinking about the girl she 
had seen that had caused her to faint.  It was just impossible!  It 
couldn't have been Usagi.  Usagi was dead.  Killed right in front of 
her.  She slowly, hesitantly opened her eyes and standing right in 
front of her, a damp washcloth in hand, was a concerned looking Usagi.
  "Oh Ami," her brain told her, "this is your only warning before you 
pass out again," just before she did so.

	An hour later...

	Ami started to wake up again.  "My goodness," she thought, "that had 
to be the strangest dream I ever..."

	At this point, Ami had opened her eyes and once again saw Usagi over 
her and once again, she fainted.

	Another hour later...

	Ami woke up.  Saw Usagi.  Goodnight Ami.

	Over the course of three more hours...

	Wake up.  See "dead" friend.  Pass out.  Repeat.

	"Ridiculous," Troy whispered to Susan, "isn't it?"

	Aloud he said to Usagi, "Okay, that's it.  Time for you to get back 
to work."

	Usagi looked up and asked, "What about her?" as she indicated the 
unconscious girl.

	"Do not worry about her," Susan replied, "We shall see to her well 
being."

	In other words," Troy said as he started to gently push Usagi out of 
the office, "Shoo.  Scat.  Off with you.  Nothing more to see here.  
Get."

	Over Usagi's protests, Troy managed to get her out and working and 
then he went back into the office and closed the door.  He looked at 
Susan aka Setsuna with an expression that said, "Well?"

	"This complicates things Trunks," Setsuna finally said.

	"No kidding," Trunks replied, then added, "This girl IS who I think 
she is, right?"

	Setsuna nodded once and said, "I will talk to her when she wakes up.
"

	"Again," Trunks added.

	Setsuna half smiled and replied, "This is probably quite a shock for 
her.  After all, it is not everyday when someone you thought died 
right in front of you, is alive and well and standing right in front 
of you."

	At Eclipse Tower....

	The remains of the slain T-Rex had been removed and the mess its 
death had caused was cleaned up.  Blade Bot was still trying to get 
the gunk off his wrist blades and he grumbled in frustration at his 
inability to do so.  "I'll just have to dunk them in the acid bath 
later," he thought.

	Samaron had better luck cleaning off his katana and he placed it 
back in its scabbard.  Seer waited impatiently as he tapped his foot. 
 Lujane was placing some blood samples of the dinosaur in tubes onto 
her belt and she began to think about how she could use them to make 
new and improved Genetiks.  Warp simply stood there, amazed at what 
this new found power could do.  When all was in order, Eclipse Lord 
spoke.  "Shall we try again," he asked sarcastically, "and could you 
make it something a little less.. volitale this time?!!"

	Warp came back to her senses and replied, "O..of course master."

	Warp concentrated again and an image appeared in the throne room.  
It showed the battle when the Trio had fought Snatcher.  It was at 
the point where Sailor Moon was about to throw her tiara and at that 
point, Warp pulled the battered android through.  Snatcher (from 
waaay back in chaps. 1&2) landed on the floor, on his bottom, with an,
 "Oooff."

	He stood and took in his surroundings.  He bowed low as he saw Blade 
Bot and then turned to Warp.  He said, "Umm... I don't mind the save, 
but where the hell am I??"

	"You," Eclipse Lord said, making Snatcher turn in surprise, "are in 
my throne room.  Several months after your defeat."

	"DEFEAT?!" Snatcher yelled in shock.  Then he remembered his manners 
as he bowed and said, "I apologize for my outburst master."

	"It is understandable," Eclipse Lord replied with a wave of his hand,
 "however, this demonstration has given me an idea.  Warp!"

	"Yes my lord," the garishly dressed woman replied.

	"I want you to call forth two more of my greatest servants, who were 
lost in battle."

	Warp nodded and after two more sumonings, Camele and Magico joined 
their comrade.  Eclipse Lord looked on in satisfaction and said, "The 
time for the defeat of the Trio is at hand.  This collection of 
warriors, this... Dark Trio, shall be my instrument of revenge."

	Let's check on Ami now...

	Ami awoke (again) with a groan.  This time however, Usagi was no 
where around and so Ami was able to retain consciousness.  She took 
in her surroundings and saw she was lying on a couch.  "Oh dear," she 
thought, "it seems that at least the passing out part of my 
experience was real."

	Someone handed her a cup of tea and said, "This will make you feel 
better."

	Ami, recognizing the voice, took the cup and replied, "Thank you 
Setsuna.  Now, if you don't mind me asking..."

	"Just what is going on?" Setsuna finished.

	Ami nodded vigorously and Setsuna sighed as she replied, "It is a 
complicated story."

	"I have the time."

	"Very well.  To start, that girl you saw before IS Usagi.  Please do 
not pass out again, this story is long enough as it is."

	"Don't worry.  I think I'm over that now."

	"Good.  As you may suspect, Usagi was not killed but accidently 
teleported here to New York.  Do not try to approach her though, she 
will not remember you.  Her memory is almost totally gone."

	"How is that possible?"

	"The condition of the teleport was very crude.  It is amazing that 
she and the other two survived with only losing their memories and 
came through physically intact."

	"'Other two'?"

	"I was coming to that.  Usagi was not alone in the portal.  Two boys,
 their names are Gohan and Ranma, were brought along as well.  The 
three of them are working together to fight a group known as the 
Eclipse Syndicate.  That is the group Snatcher and Warp were and are 
working for.

	"That brings me to my main reason for wanting to talk to you first.  
You must not, under any circumstances, tell Usagi about her past."

	"WHAT?!!?" Ami screeched, "Why?  Do you know what kind of shape the 
others are in?!!  To be able to get Usagi back..."

	"That," Setsuna interrupted, "is my point.  Think what would happen 
if Usagi got her memory back."

	"She would want to go home!  She'd have every right to!"

	"I am not disputing that.  However, if she left, Gohan and Ranma 
would have to fight alone... and they would lose.  Only the three of 
them, working together, can defeat the Eclipse Syndicate before it 
becomes unstoppable."

	The silence that followed stifled the room.  Ami thought and thought.
  She thought some more and finally asked, "Can I at least tell the 
others, when I go back, that she's alive?"

	Setsuna replied, "Of course.  Contrary to what Rei might say now and 
again, I am not a complete 'cold hearted, unfeeling witch'."

	Ami giggled and said, "I don't believe Rei used the word 'witch'... 
although it did sound similar to it."

	That night...

	Camele moved from rooftop to rooftop as she followed her victim.  
"Ssssilly girl," the Genetik muttered, "don't you realize that 'do 
sssimply makesss you childsss play to sssspot."

	Usagi entered the restaurant and sat at the table.  She ordered a 
hamburger and when it arrived, she prepared to break a new speed 
eating record.  Before she could do so, Gohan ran into the restaurant 
and came over to her table and said in a hurried whisper, "Usagi.  
Ranma got attacked on the way home and needs our help."

	Usagi looked up in alarm and asked, "Where?"

	"Thirty second and Main."

	Usagi slapped down money for the food and even though her stomach 
protested loudly, she walked as fast as she could, without looking 
like she was running, out of the restaurant.

	As soon as she was gone, Gohans look changed from one of concern to 
one of malevolence.  He picked up the burger and bit into it.  
"Gohan" (who in truth, was Gohan-Camele) smiled and said, "I think I 
should stick to fresh meat."

	With that, Gohan-Camele exited and went to join the other members of 
the Dark Trio.

TO BE CONTINUED...