Rubeus smiled at his work. "I've done it. I've turned Prince Diamond's greatest enemies into his greatest assets. It's a complete success."

"Don't forget about the part I played in this, Rubeus.", Sapphire interjected. "Besides, I wouldn't celebrate just yet. I can't establish any clear contact with our forces in the 30th Century."

"Who cares?!", Rubeus laughed. "We've succeeded. When this ship returns to the future, we'll be hailed as Prince Diamond's number 1 heroes."

Sapphire sighed at this. "I suppose we'll have to see." He then set the ship's compute to return them to the future. "But I'll be the one explaining to the Prince how the operation went down."

"Tell him what you want.", Rubeus smiled. "As long as we get a hero's welcome, I'm content with my success."


But when the two returned to the future, they saw it was not what they had departed from. The stars in space were now much fewer, with the planets they flew by having massive fires on them. "This isn't right.", Rubeus said with fear. "We have to be in the wrong year."

"We aren't.", Sapphire told him, anxiety forming on his face. "The spacial-temporal coordinates are correct. This is the 30th Century."

As if on cue, a huge spacefaring object, made of pure crystal, appeared in front of them. "Attention Unidentified craft, you have entered into the realm of the Silver Armada without a permit from the Almighty Queen Serena. Transmit proof of your identity or be annihilated."

"That's not good.", Sapphire noted. "Does this bucket of bolts have any weapons that we can use to defend ourselves?"

"Nothing that can be used offensively against those guys.", Rubeus said with some anger. "We're sunk!"

"Firing in three, two, o-." The crystal ship was ravaged by a wave of energy, sending it crashing into the planet below. Rubeus and Sapphire looked out of the video screen to see another Sailor Scout they didn't recognise, with green hair and a darker complexion, wielding an elaborate rod.

"You two, let me into your ship.", she stated, clearly angry with them. "We need to talk about your plan to turn the Sailor Scouts evil."


Sometime later, the ship landed on a nearby planet, one that was devoid of all signs of life. But one that seemed familiar to the two piloting the ship. "I… know this planet.", Sapphire exclaimed.

"So you should.", the new Sailor Scout commented, any emotion absent from her voice. "This is your home planet, Nemesis."

Rubeus was shocked to hear this. "No, it can't be. How could the planet have changed this much as a result of what happened in the past? Tell us!"

The woman sighed. "I knew I'd have to share the truth with you two eventually." She used her rod to generate images of the events in the past, as she described them. "As you planned, the corrupted Flame Lady and Freezing Lady used the orbs they were given to corrupt the other three Sailor Scouts over to their way of thinking. But without you to give them orders, the girls decided to act on their own to conquer the world. When new threats showed up to try and conquer the Earth, the Sailor Scouts should've stood in the way to stop them. Instead, they offered alliances with these threats, with the ones who disagreed being destroyed and their powers taken. Any one else that could've stood up to them was brought under their sway through the same brainwashing process. Then the corrupted Sailor Moon, or as she chose to be known, Dark Serenity, used the power of the Silver Crystal to re-corrupt those who had been cleansed of their negative impulses in order to build an army. Seeing that their leader held that much power, the other corrupted Scouts tried to fight her for it, resulting in a massive 7-way war that ravaged the entire universe over the next 1000 years. Now, only Serenity Lady remains as the unchallenged dictator of the entire universe. But since the war destroyed the only way for new life to come into the universe, she delights in restoring her enemies to life purely to kill them again. Only a few pockets of resistance remain and even they won't be around for much longer."

Sapphire was enraged to hear this. "So our actions to create a better world for our people… instead created a world where the once altruistic Neo-Queen Serenity is now a petty tyrant who wouldn't even allow our own people to live?" He then started to laugh at this. "What a joke."

Rubeus was also angry, but he at least thought of something. "Maybe if we went back and prevented one of the other three from being corrupted, they could then prevent this future. But my ship's ability to travel through time has been used up."

"I can open the door of time to send you back to the 20th Century. But not for long.", the woman informed them. "Your ship can still fly, can't it?"

"Yes it can.", Sapphire realised. "We just need to get it off the ground and then we'll be able to fix this mess."

"I'm afraid I can't allow you to do that." The three turned around to the source of the voice, who suddenly descended from the sky. The figure resembled Neo-Queen Serenity, but with a black dress with yellow highlights and the inverted crescent of the Negamoon. The Silver Crystal was around her neck, but it now wasn't glowing at all, appearing to be more of a dull grey. "After all, the world you've created is good for me, so I won't let you change it back."

"Serenity.", Sailor Pluto said in shock. "You need to shake off this evil spell and remember who you are. Please wake up."

"I'm wide awake and all I see is a couple of losers.", the corrupted Sailor Moon snarled. She then aimed her staff, zapping dark energy towards them.

"Get back!", Rubeus called out, jumping in front of the energy as it caused an explosion.

When the smoke cleared, there was nothing in front of Serenity Lady except for a small, burnt patch. "I thought they'd actually be tough.", she said to herself. "Oh well." She proceeded to walk away, assured that nothing could oppose her now.