Wow....

David Robbins (the creator of the Endwold Series) LIKES my 
Endworld/SM story!  He thinks I have a great sense of humor AND he's 
gonna send my some more of the books in the series because I sent him 
the whole "Endworld: Moon Run" series.

Wow....

To put it in simpler terms, that's like Rumiko Takahashi liking your 
Ranma fic or Naoko Takiuchi liking your Sailor Moon fic and sending 
you stuff you want.

Wow...

Oh, BTW, here's the next chapter of TRIO.

The Flashman

May The Spirit Preserve You!

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				   TRIO:
			   WHISPERS OF THE PAST
				  Finale:
			     THE BATTLE ENDS

	Yin Yang-chan nodded and smiled at Sailor Moons concern for her as 
she jumped towards Broli.  She had to give Pluto the time she needed 
to power up something called a "Time Vortex" and Sayaman was in no 
condition to do the job.  Kunzite teleported in front of Sailor Moon 
and the Senshi yelled, "Alright Kunzite, where's Mercury?!"

	"Why, she's right over there," Kunzite replied as he gestured to the 
right.

	Moon looked and saw her friend hung up on the wall.  "Sailor Moon," 
Mercury said, "help me!"

	Sailor Moon raced for where Mercury was but Kunzite teleported in 
front of her again and shot a pulse blast at the bun headed Senshi.  
Sailor Moon dodged out of the way and removed her tiara from her head.
  Concentrating slightly, she turned it into a golden discus that she 
flung on the command of, "MOON TIARA ACTION!"

	Kunzite grinned and teleported out of the way.  He appeared behind 
Sailor Moon and as she started to spin around, he hit her with a hard 
punch to the jaw, making her fall to the ground.  "That one," he 
growled, "was for Zoicite."

	Sailor Moon managed to pull herself to her feet and pulled out her 
scepter.  "MOON PRINCESS HALATION," she cried.

	Kunzite raised his shield and groaned as the attack slammed into it. 
 "She has gotten stronger," he thought, "but not strong enough."

	Yin Yang-chan meanwhile, had hit Broli with several different 
attacks that had absolutely no effect.  "AMAGURAI KEN," she cried.

	Yin Yang-chan felt her stomach clench as Broli easily blocked every 
one of his punches.  Yin Yang-chan however, didn't give up.  She 
jumped over Broli and gave him a kick to the back of the head.  Broli 
turned and snarled in annoyance.  "That's it," Yin Yang-chan thought, 
"follow me."

	Broli took a swipe at Yin Yang-chan and the young cursed martial 
artist dodged.  Even though it wasn't much of a move, to Yin Yang-
chans surprise, it was enough.  "HIRYU SHOTAN HAAAAAAA," she yelled 
as she thrust a fist skyward.

	The tornado blasted upwards, stronger then it had ever been.  Broli 
howled as it tried to pull him upwards.  He planted his feet and 
fought against it with all his might.  Unfortunately, that same might 
also powered the tornado and he was slowly sucked in.  Broli was 
flung a mile high into the air and came crashing down to the ground.  
Yin Yang-chan stood ready, waiting to see if Broli would rise and for 
a second, it seemed that he wouldn't.

	However, it was only for a second.  The area that surrounded Broli 
exploded and the mad Saya-jin stood, anger etched in his features as 
his golden aura pulsed around him.  His teeth were gritten in fury, 
his eyes pupil less points of rage.  
"GGGGRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR," Broli roared as his chest 
heaved up and down.

	Sailor Moon meanwhile, had both her tiara in battle mode and her 
scepter drawn and ready.  Kunzite raised an eyebrow and said, "A 
double strike?  This is interesting."

	"Never tried something like this before," Sailor Moon thought, "here 
goes nothing."

	Sailor Moon flung her tiara and then fired her scepter as she cried 
out as quickly as possible, "MOONTIARAACTION!  
MOONPRINCESSHALATION!"

	Kunzite blocked the scepter shot but he didn't see the tiara as it 
reached its true target.  The tiara hit the wall holding Mercury and 
in a magic flash, it was disintegrated.  Sailor Moon caught the tiara 
on its return flight and Kunzite shouted in anger, "Curse you Sailor 
Moon!"

	Sailor Mercury fell to her knees as she massaged her arms, trying to 
get the feeling back in them.  Sailor Moon ran over to her and asked, 
"Are you okay?"

	Mercury nodded and replied, "Thank you."

	"No problem."

	They both heard Broli roar and Moon corrected, "Make that a BIG 
problem."

	Mercury got to her feet and crossed her arms across her chest.  
"SHABON... SPRAY," she cried as she whipped her arms out and the 
bubbles she launched covered the area in a dense fog.

	Broli growled low in his throat as the fog overtook him as well.  
"HEY," Yin Yang-chan yelled, "who turned out the lights?!"

	Pluto smiled slightly under the cover of the fog.  She was almost 
ready for action.

	Seeing that Broli was the more dangerous threat, Mercury spun 
towards him and shouted, "SHINING AQUA ILLUSION!"

	She whipped her hands at Broli and a concentrated stream of water 
zoomed out of them.  It hit Broli and froze him solid for exactly 
three seconds, before Broli shattered the ice which surrounded him.  
He looked around with hate filled eyes.

	Eyes that finally locked on to those of Yin Yang-chan.

	When the fog started to clear and Yin Yang-chan saw the silouete of 
Broli, she started to plan.  "Maybe another Hiryu Shotan Ha will do 
the job?  Or maybe..."

	Then the fog cleared totally and their eyes met.  "No," she thought, 
"not now."

	Looking into Brolis soulless eyes touched something in Yin Yang-chan,
 a part of her that was still the frightened victim of Woe Bringer, 
and multiplied it.  Yin Yang-chan fought against the fear.  Tried to 
push it away, ignore it, do what it took to keep her bravery up.

	Her fists clenched and unclenched.  Her breath escaped through 
gritted teeth.  Her whole body shook one second and stiffened the 
next.  Her eyes switched from determination to despair and back again.
  The eyes of Broli had done this to her because they contained the 
same look hers had when she had been that terrible creature of anger 
and destruction and it caused her to delay.

	The delay proved almost fatal.

	Broli caught sight of the annoying mosquito that had been bothering 
him and decided to swat it.  He rushed at the frozen Yin Yang-chan, 
full tilt and hit her with a strong punch.

	The crack of breaking bones echoed through the air as Ranma-chans 
jaw shattered from the force of Brolis strike.  The blow sent her 
flying through the air, into and through the wall of a long abandoned 
building.  "NO!" Sailor Moon cried out as her heart leapt into her 
throat.

	Pluto winced at the anguished cry from her Princess.  It was almost 
time.

	"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," Moon shrieked as she unleashed the power of her 
scepter at the mad Saya-jin, she hadn't even needed to say the words 
to activate the attack.

	Broli grunted, surprised at the new annoyance that attacked him.  
Kunzite floated up into the sky and watched the proceedings from high 
in the air.  Sailor Moon willed as much power into her attack as she 
could as Mercury stood by her side and fired her Shinning Aqua 
Illusion at Broli as well.  Broli stalked towards them, negating the 
attacks as if he was walking through a weak current.  Finally, 
Mercury's attack died out, as did Sailor Moons a minute later.

	Sayaman opened his eyes.  He felt as if twenty Blade Bots had danced 
all over him.  He looked up weakly as he saw the two Senshis' attacks 
fade out.  He tried to shout out a warning but his throat lacked the 
sufficient moisture to do so.  He had to do something.

	Broli raised his right hand and green energy began to gather in it.  
He grinned evilly and focused the ki into a small ball.  Mercury 
pulled out her mini computer, put on her VR visor and analyzed the 
ball that Broli had in his right hand.  She gasped at the power level 
that her computer analyzed.  "Be careful Sailor Moon," she warned, 
"if that thing hits us, we're dead."

	Broli roared and threw.  It was slow, yet powerful and the Senshi 
dodged the attack.  They had just started to breath a sigh of relief 
when they barely heard Sayaman whisper as he crawled out of his 
crater, "No... watch out... back blast."

	The small ball smacked into the ground and expanded until it 
enveloped a five yard area.  Sailors Moon and Mercury were hit hard 
and screamed as they fell to the ground.  The blast hit Sayaman as 
well and he was flung back down into the crater.

	Kunzite smiled as he looked at the havoc that lay before him.  
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury were both sprawled out on the ground, 
Mercurys' arm at an unnatural angle.  Sayaman also had lost 
consciousness, his costume top shredded and burn marks covering his 
chest.  Yin Yang-chan was still lying inside of the building that she 
had been punched into.  Trunks had not been seen since Broli had 
knocked him over the horizon, and Pluto...

	Pluto was surrounded by a field of multicolored energy.  She raised 
her Time Rod to the sky and calmly said, "Perhaps if it had been you 
alone Kunzite, the Trio would not need this.  However, Broli is too 
powerful to be contained in this time period, and thus must be sent 
back," then she commanded, "Time Vortex."

	A large, swirling, rainbow colored portal opened in mid air and 
Kunzite screamed, "NO!  THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"


	He aimed his hand at Pluto but a fist from the returning Trunks 
knocked him several yards.  "I'm... not... out of... this... yet," 
Trunks said as he took in deep breaths.

	He drew his sword and rushed towards Broli.  He swung but the strong 
Super Saya-jin grabbed his arm as Trunks swung.  Broli pulled Trunks 
forward and gave him a knee in the gut.  Trunks went wide eyed and 
fell back, gasping for breath.

	Suddenly, Broli felt something pulling at him.  Many energy streams 
had come out of the Time Vortex and wrapped around him.  Some had 
come out and gone for Kunzite as well.  Trunks managed to get himself 
together enough to fly over to Sayaman and placed a hand on his 
friends shoulder.

	Sayaman suddenly came to life, grabbed Trunks wrist and squeezed, 
thinking Broli had moved in to finish him off.  He looked up and 
loosened his grip as he saw Trunks standing over him.  While spots 
still floated in his vision, he asked through split lips, "Whas.. 
goin'... on?"

	Trunks replied as he tried to breath through a wounded solar plexus, 
"Time Vortex.  It grabs anything that's not from this period and 
sends it back where it belongs.  Unless you're the one forming the 
portal, like Pluto, or you have one of these," he held up his right 
arm and pointed to a silver wrist band, "it negates the effects.  I 
only have one, so I want you to hold on until the portal dies out."

	"B... b... but that..." Sayaman started before he began to cough.

	Trunks frowned, he knew he couldn't hold back that little bit of 
information any longer.  "That's right," he said, "you're not from 
around here."

	Kunzite tried to fight against it.  He grabbed on the side of a 
building and as he tried to pull against the energy streams that 
reeled him into the gaping maw of the Vortex he roared, "No!  Not 
like this... Zoicite!"

	Then, the wall Kunzite held crumbled and he was sucked inside.

	Broli however, was proving to be a problem.  He pulled and raged 
against the energy streams.  He fought with all of his enormous might 
and he seemed to be winning.  Trunks and Sayaman hobbled out of the 
crater and together they watched the struggle.

	Plutos brow was covered with sweat as she continued to force her 
will into maintaining the portal.  Broli heaved again and she groaned 
at the stress that he caused.  Trunks and Sayaman nodded and, as one, 
they cried, "KAME... HAME... HAAAAAA!!!"

	 Trunks was limited by the fact that they could only use one hand, 
his other holding up Sayaman and that Sayaman was almost completely 
tapped out didn't help matters either.  Still, they forced what 
energy they could into the united blast and hoped it would be enough.


	Slowly, Broli was being forced back.  However, the heros didn't have 
enough energy to keep it up long enough to push him all the way in.  
Still, they tried...

	...and prayed.

	Sailor Moon groaned.  She tried to lift her head, but her muscles 
didn't have enough strength for the job.  Her entire body felt as if 
a giant monster had used her for a trampoline.  She managed to get 
her arms to respond and started to push herself up.  She slowly got 
her head to look up and she watched Sayaman and Trunks trying to push 
Broli into the Vortex that Pluto had created.  Her thoughts were a 
jumbled mess, "What's going on?  Where's Mercury?  Ranma?  Is he 
alive?"

	Tears came to her eyes as she thoughts became more aware and self 
acusitory, "This is my fault.  I should have helped Ranma with Broli. 
 I should have freed Mercury sooner.  I should have done SOMETHING 
better. Now, Ranma could be... he..."

	She looked down as her scepter began to glow.  Her concern for Ranma 
and the others coming out in palatable waves.  To her amazed eyes, 
the scepter changed.

	Sayaman felt his Kame-Hame-Ha starting to die out.  He couldn't keep 
the attack up any longer and the way Trunks was panting, told him 
that the other Super Saya-jin wouldn't be able to either.  If only 
Broli could be moved back several more inches, then they would have 
had enough energy to push him in.  The way things stood, they would 
come close, so heart breakingly close and yet not close enough.

	Suddenly, a giant, glowing pink, heart shaped projectile smashed 
into Broli and pushed him back slightly.

	It wasn't much, but it was enough.

	Finding a second wind, Trunks and Sayaman put the last of their 
strength into the united Kame-Hame-Ha and forced Broli inside the 
Vortex.  Broli roared in agony as the temporal forces tried to push 
him away to his own time.  His aura ignited around him and Sailor 
Pluto dropped to her knees, screaming in agony.  "He... he," she 
rasped, "is... fighting.  I must... Vortex... Collapse!"

	With a shrieking howl of wind, rushing in to fill the void, Broli 
and the Vortex vanished as the mad Saya-jin let out one last echoing 
cry of, "KAKAROTOOOOO!"

	Pluto leaned against her staff as Trunks collapsed to his knees, 
holding the unconscious Sayaman in his arms.  "Hey... Pluto," Trunks 
called in between breaths, "you... okay?"

	"Yes..." Pluto replied, equally exhausted, "I... am... and... your...
 friend?"

	"Gohan's... exhausted," Trunks smiled as he looked down at his 
sleeping friend, "should... be... okay... once I... give... him a... 
seznu."

	Pluto and Trunks turned their heads as they heard a soft whisper of, 
"Ranma," come from their left.  They turned and saw Sailor Moon, down 
on the ground but holding up the Heart Scepter.  She reiterated, 
"Ranma... hurt... help hi..." then she passed out.

	Trunks reached into the pouch on his waist and looked into it.  Then 
he cursed, "DAMN!"

	"Something is wrong?" Pluto asked with concern.

	"We've only got two senzu left.  I'll give one to Ranma, because 
from what I saw, he's going to need a full one," he threw the other 
to Pluto as she stood up, "and you split that one and give it to the 
others."

	Trunks wabbled as he lifted off the ground but he managed to keep 
himself straight enough to fly to where Ranma-chan lay in the rubble. 
 "He must have hit his ring when he crashed into the wall," Trunks 
thought.

	As he got closer, Trunks frowned in worry.  He landed next to her 
and surveyed the damage.  Ranma-chan was a bloody mess as cuts 
covered her entire face, arms and legs.  Her jaw was visibly broken, 
more likely shattered, and her back was bent funny.  "Is he even 
alive?" Trunks worried.

	An almost silent groan from Ranma-chan was enough for Trunks to 
breath a sigh of relief.  Ranma-chan may have been 90% dead, but as 
long as she was alive, it would be enough for the senzu to do its 
magic.

	Trunks forced the bean into her mouth and then held her nose so that 
she unconsciously swallowed.  Then he stood back and let the bean do 
its work.

	Ranma-chan had been clocked out ever since Broli had sent her into 
the wall.  Blackness filled her vision and pain beyond anything she 
ever felt before racked her frame.  Suddenly, she felt a presence 
besides her and she tried to say anything, do anything, but all that 
came out was a pathetic sounding groan.  Something was forced down 
her throat and for a second, panic filled her.

	Then, a surge of energy rushed through her and she grit her teeth as 
her bones and flesh painfully mended themselves back into their 
normal, healthy positions.  She snapped open her eyes and jumped to 
her feet, her breath rushing in and out, adrenalin pumping through 
her veins.  She turned towards Trunks and grabbed him by the collar.  
"Usagi, Gohan," she growled, "where are they?!"

	Trunks replied as he held his hands up in a peaceful gesture, 
"They're okay.  Just exhausted."

	"Broli?"

	"Gone."

	"Kunzite?"

	"Gone too."

	Ranma-chan let out her pent up breath and asked, "Where am I?"

	"You're in the side of a building about a block away from where the 
fight was."

	"And I'm still alive?!"

	Trunks nodded and said, "The senzu can bring back any one, in any 
condition as long as they still have even the smallest spark of life 
in them."

	Ranma-chan asked, "Could you help me down from here?"

	Trunks grabbed her around the waist and they floated down to the 
ground.  They ran over to where Pluto was trying to give aid to the 
others.  Trunks asked his partner, "Well?"

	Pluto replied, "They will be fine.  The senzu pieces have healed 
their injuries, but they are still exhausted and will be sleeping the 
rest of the night and, most likely, till tomorrow afternoon."

	Ranma-chan meanwhile, had gone over to where Sailor Moon lay and 
looked down, a sad smile on her face.  "I tried," she whispered as 
she cradled the sleeping Senshi in her arms.

	As if on cue, the rain stopped and the moon and the stars twinkled 
in the, rapidly clearing, night sky.

	At Eclipse Tower....

	Camron landed on the out stretched arm on Blade Bot.  Using the 
holographic technology that Blade Bot had installed in him, Camron 
replayed the events of the battle between the Trio and Broli.  After 
watching it, Blade Bot analyzed it, factored in all the random 
elements, and came to a simple conclusion.

	The master, would NOT like this one little bit.

	Elsewhere....

	"You're serious?" Trunks asked.

	"Quite," Setsuna replied as she sipped her tea, "Broli's leaving of 
this time period has damaged the Time Stream.  It will take a while 
to repair itself and in the meantime, anyone who tries to traverse it.
.."

	Trunks finished, "...will find themselves up to their necks in It."

	At Eclipse Tower....

	Lujane found herself trembling as the events were retold to her by 
Blade Bot.  She also found herself agreeing with Blade Bots 
conclusion.  "I was left in command," she thought, "if the master 
learns I have failed him...."

	As if answering her thoughts, Samaron said, "Fear not, my love.  
That incompitant, Kunzite, was the one who failed, not you, and that 
failure has brought its own price."

	"Yes," Lujane replied, her nerves eased, "However, the Trio is now 
more vulnerable then ever.  WARP!"

	The un-color coordinated warrior replied, "Yes?  What is it you wish?
"

	"Call forth, something, ANYTHING and drop it into our time, right on 
top of their heads!"

	Warp bowed and concentrated on using the Time/Space Device she had 
been connected with, to call forth a creature of the past.  "I know," 
Warp thought as an image focused in her mind, "another T-Rex would do 
the..."

	That was when something went wrong.

	A blaze of white energy shot out of the Time/Space Device and 
blasted Warp.  The Eclipse Syndicate servant fell to the ground, her 
scream never getting the chance to escape her lips.  Then, the white 
energy blasted all over the room, making the Inner Four dodge for 
their lives.  Everything the white energy touched, it fried.

	Worse, when it hit a computer screen or an electrical system, it 
would carry through the wires and destroy other systems in the 
building.  Finally, the Time/Space Device was unable to throw off 
enough of the temporal energy it had been force fed and exploded.

	When the smoke started to clear, Lujane barked, "What (cough) what 
happened?!"

	Blade Bot replied, "My best guess is that something was screwy with 
the Time Stream and the machine couldn't handle it."

	"And what of Warp?"

	Samaron pulled himself up and moved over to where one of the 
greatest members of his Department lay and checked the pulse on the 
side of her neck.  "She is alive, but most likely comatose."

	Lujane growled and then asked, "Can we still send something to 
destroy the Trio with?"

	"No," Seer said, "whatever kind of temporal energy that was, it has 
disturbed the aura in the area.  I can not cast a spell stronger then 
a light spell until it clears... which may take a week or more."

	"Blade Bot?"

	The head of the Robotics Department laughed, "I wish.  I'm getting 
reports right now, we're seriously damaged here.  I'm gonna probably 
be spending the rest of this week just trying to assess the damage.  
Then, it'll probably take ANOTHER week to repair it all, WITH the 
help of all the Warriors and Genetiks we've got helping out."

	Lujane slammed her fist on the ground and, without saying a word, 
stood and walked out of the room.  She reached a stairwell and went 
up.  When she reached the top, she opened the door and walked out 
onto the roof of Eclipse Tower.  She then walked to the edge and 
looked out over the New York cityscape.

	Lujane took a deep breath, opened her mouth, and....

	A man, along with everyone else in a ten block radius, looked up and 
he said, "That has GOT to be the loudest profanity ever shouted."

END OF EPISODE

Next: Ami and Dr. Tofu return to Japan, and we go with them.  Find 
out how the other Senshi, the Nemira Gang and the Z Warriors have 
been faring since the disapearence of their friends.

Next time on TRIO: "The Home Front: Where Are They?