[Warhammer staggers out again.]
	WH: Seeing all that's happened, wouldn't you want to say 'Stop the 
world, I want to get off.'?

Teknos Warhammer presents

For the Love of Ragnarok:
Part 6:
Reunion:
Luna and Artemis

A Sailor Moon/Teknoman Crossover
Written by Christian Clark


Date: April 12, 2100

	Seeing everyone go through this war has got to be one of the hardest 
things that I had to watch. Even though Artemis and I have over 2000 
years of experience underneath our belts� if we had any� it didn't help 
in the least seeing our students die one by one. 

	But when we finally got word of Darkon's demise, hope began to come 
about. But, instead of what we wished were the end of this accursed war, 
those last three teknomen still created havoc. No matter where you were 
or went, you were always considered one of their targets.

	We of the Solar Moon are fortunate enough to not worry about such 
things. Yet, in our attempts to give help and relief to those suffering, 
those teknomen and their spidercrabs persist in making the lives of the 
innocent miserable. 

	Fortunately, not all the recent findings have been bad. About a week of 
so after Nephlyte left to search for Darien and Reeni, we got a message 
from him. He found Reeni! It appeared that she found safety with a small 
band of orphans that had been able to survive ever since the invasion 
began. When we last talked with him, we expected to have a few extra 
guests to be brought back when Nephlyte was to return. Everyone agreed 
that we would take care of these children to the best of our ability 
until proper foster parents would be able to take care of them. 

	Going back to the bad news, there's a separate malignant being creeping 
around where ever we are. Mina spoke to Artemis and I about it from time 
to time, and at first we thought that gaining the dark side of her power 
must have made her hallucinate. Now, I can say that I don't doubt her 
any more. 

	For some odd reason, ever since I detected this presence on my own, 
it's been paying a little extra attention to me. I wondered why as I was 
heading into one of the safer towns in my human form.

	I found a small capsule, about four centimeters long and two 
centimeters wide in Amy's room. It seemed like it was simply discarded, 
and was nearly empty save for the small traces of its former contents at 
the bottom. I would have thought nothing of it, but given my limited 
knowledge of such things, I needed to see someone who knew better than 
I. And I had a feeling that it would be best to see someone not of our 
own. 

	As I was passing by a playground, I noticed a single figure, appearing 
to be about early to mid twenties. But that wasn't the thing that stood 
out. The person had absolutely no color on his� or her person. I 
couldn't even tell what gender this person was. Given the somewhat large 
set of clothing on the stranger. What was worse was that this stranger 
smiled at me, waved, and went back to staring at the sky. 

	I had a bad feeling about this person, and so I ran as fast as my human 
body could. After gaining a good distance from where this stranger was, 
I turned a corner and lo and behold, the stranger was waiting for me. 

	"Remember Luna." Was all the stranger said in a gentle, yet strong 
voice, tapping my forehead. Then, I passed out, only to wake up about a 
half an hour later. Then, the memories that had long since been 
forgotten returned to me. 

	During the Silver Millenium, we of the Moon Kingdom had limited 
relations with the Teknos. Although Queen Serenity and the one named 
Neigas understood each other rather well, there was not really that much 
need for them here. So, as a gesture of good will, he left with us five 
of his greatest warriors, as a way of giving us assistance to help us 
from Beryl and the Dark Kingdom. 

Surprisingly, the Teknos priestess, Salian was among his group when they 
came to visit us. Artemis and myself introduced ourselves and I 
discovered that she and Artemis met a while before he met me. Artemis 
simply left without a word to her. I figured that their last meeting 
didn't go well. A few months after she and Neigas left, the Dark Kingdom 
attacked.

	Those brave warriors did not seem to last that long against the power 
of Metalia and the Dark Kingdom. Yet, we would have suffered much more 
had it not been for them. I remembered that after the sealing of the 
Dark Kingdom and Beryl, there were only two of them left. Tarxis and 
Aust were their names I believe. 

	Also, being loyal to Serenity, they lent their remaining power to her 
so she could send us all from the moon to Earth. I only wish I knew what 
became of those two, but it was most likely they perished along with her 
highness. 

	There was another memory, but it went far beyond the time of the Silver 
Millenium. It was much farther still. 

	There was this being. A being of immense power, that simply did as it 
wished about galaxies. It was one of many who did the same around the 
universe. This being, as it was, cared for nothing about life. Many 
suffered because of this. But, it's reign of terror ended when a large 
precession of monks that lived in this system, sealed the monster. Soon 
enough, the rest of that being's race was sealed up in a very similar 
fashion. Even then, the being would not be deterred, so, it split up 
it's power into one child from every planet of the Solar System, 
proclaiming that one day, it would return. 

	Fortunately, the few remaining monks found the children and brought 
them up into the light. And ever since then, those descendants of those 
children were named the Scouts of the Solar system. Up until this 
present day, we never knew where our powers came from. What makes matter 
worse, this being's influence seems to be surfacing into our own scouts. 

	And I hold the key to awakening this monster. But why? Why is it me? 
There has to be a reason. 

*************************************************

	Why I found myself heading to the Space Knight command center, I had no 
idea. Luna said she had some business to take care of in town, and since 
everyone else is about as tense as a long tailed cat in a room filled 
with rocking chairs, there was nothing else to do. Not only that, there 
was this odd person that told me to remember. After that, I fell asleep 
for a while, and thought nothing of it until later.

	Walking along the mountains, I noticed a single man, performing katas 
along the edge of the mountain range. I tired my best to be quiet, but a 
sliding rock ruined my chance to get past him and I slipped. 

	 Would have fallen all the way down to the bottom of the mountain 
range, had it not been for that pig-tailed boy. I could have sworn that 
I've seen the guy before. Either way, the guy said how cute I was and 
carried me down to the edge of the facility, where I was able to escape. 

	I was able to sneak off with a spare uniform and change into my own 
human guise, making going about this place a bit easier. As I sneaked 
through their facility, I couldn't help but notice a familiar presence, 
one that I haven't felt ever since the Silver Millenium. I could have 
properly pinpointed, but after seeing a rather unusual sight in one of 
the large rooms. 

	The two people within the room were a short space apart. The a rather 
lean and feminine man, with short red hair, was stepping in front of a 
slightly shorter Japanese woman, with long purple hair, playful eyes, 
and a rather feline look about her. It looked like the woman was just 
learning to walk again, and the man was teaching her how to do it, like 
as if that poor girl was paralyzed for a while. 

	I smiled to myself and let them be, searching for that odd presence. 
Although the crash, the cry of pain, "OW, MY FOOT!" and the apology, 
"Gomen, Merril!" surprised me, I decided not to follow the matter. And a 
gut instinct reinforced that decision. In all the years I've lived, you 
NEVER ignore your gut. 

	When I found her, she seemed to be in the middle of some kind of 
meditation. I slowly stepped into the large room whose only other exit 
was the large window to the outside. From what I remember, the Priestess 
Salian hadn't changed a bit. In appearance maybe�

	"So� you're still around, eh?" She said to me.

	I nodded.

	"Doesn't make sense that you should be. Animals of your origin don't 
last THAT long." She said, turning to me with a rather suspicious glare. 
There was no doubt about it. She had never really changed since we last 
met. 

	"There's a long and complicated explanation for that." I replied. Not 
even knowing that she could kill me at the drop of a hat. She only 
smirked back at me.

	"I have the time. Why not tell me? After all, you told me everything 
when we finally met in the flesh all those years ago�and especially 
after we met." She noted, bringing back a rather bitter encounter to 
both of our minds. 

I begrudgingly remembered the reason why I changed myself into a cat. A 
rather bitter affair with a certain priestess had driven me past the 
point of insanity and the only way to bring my mind back was to transfer 
it to the body of an animal. So it could receive the proper amount of 
time and the right environment to heal. 

By the time the healing was complete, my first body had long since 
turned to dust. So, I was trapped in the body of a Methusan Cat. Doomed 
to live for as long as some of the monarchs of my home system. For 
nearly three centuries, I stayed within a monastery, cleansing my mind 
and soul for the horrid things I did. 

Then, I met Luna and Queen Serenity. I found a new purpose. Guiding the 
sailor scouts of the solar system into the ways of good and light. Luna 
was there for me when I needed help, and for that I would be eternally 
grateful. With the time that passed, I got used to living as a cat, in 
fact, I didn't even mind it at times. 

	So, I told Salian of all that happened since our little tryst, how I 
constantly regretted ever meeting her in the first place, and so on. She 
seemed a little distraught about losing her five friends that decided to 
stay with us. It was rather surprising that this�  no, you only drag 
yourself down when you hate someone. I had no intention of losing it 
after so long, and getting a body back. 

	"So, considering what I've been through, you got off pretty easy." I 
sneered. 

	"Easy? You've got some gall to say that. If you know what I went 
through, then you'd think differently." She retorted.

	"I'm so sure." I growled back.

	"You don't know where I came from. After I was born, bruises around my 
body was a normal thing. The reason being that every one of our youth is 
put through strenuous training to make us all strong. Regardless of how 
much it hurts. And because I was built more similarly than you apes, it 
hurt much worse for me than a normal child of my race. I received no 
sympathy from almost anyone at all, no matter how hard I tried, how hard 
I pushed; I was insulted. 

	"The only member of my family that I received any kind of love was from 
my father. It cost him his honor to defend the weak little whelp that 
was his daughter. He did his best to make sure that I grew up to be a 
good person, and warrior.

	"But when I was chosen by the Mother to become a member of the Teknos, 
my entire home town was outraged. Claiming that I was too weak to be one 
of them. For receiving the dream alone, I was disowned by my own people! 
Once more, my father rescued me from certain death, by taking me with 
him and living where no one else did. 

	"For the rest of my father's life, he took care of me until he 
perished. I can never forget how different his training was compared to 
the traditions of my people. He preferred patience and gentleness rather 
than swiftness and ferocity. I almost didn't want to continue living 
after I discovered one morning to find he didn't stir, nor would he 
ever. 

When I was on the verge of death, Neigas came and took me from that 
wretched place after giving my father a proper burial. 

	"Other then my father, Neigas was the only one who treated me well. I 
was still relatively young when I became a Teknos, so Neigas became my 
surrogate father until I was more than capable of going about by myself. 

"I didn't know how much Neigas knew about matters of the heart, but a 
short while before he perished, I could almost see something more in his 
eyes when he looked at me. I too, felt the same for him. I wondered if 
he wanted to treat me more than just a ally in his cause and dream. But 
by that time, Darkon had ruined it all. He killed the only one that I 
ever had any feelings for."
	
	By this time, my patience with this woman had grown thin, she had a 
rough life true, but that gave her no excuse to ruin mine! "This is nice 
and all, but I'd rather get straight to the point of my visit." I lied. 

	Her dark scowl returned as I continued, "Where's Slade?"

	Silence, as I figured. 

	"Salian, I know people that can help him recover. There's no need to 
let time do it when we can heal him right now." My argument was suddenly 
silenced when Salian's fist punched through the wall beside my head and 
she was growling in my face, with her sharp teeth baring

	"He WILL heal. But he does not need help, especially from you or your 
precious princess. When he recovers, he will make his presence to you. 
But in the meantime, if you wish to end your life right here and now, 
continue to pester me with your needless questions!"

	I could say nothing, nor did I dare. So, in a complete hate for this 
woman, I left the compound. Not even caring that people gave me odd 
looks as my feline portion of my body started to make itself known. 

*************************************************

	Luna sat in the darkness of Amy's room in her human form and in a 
rather miffed mood. When she did reach town, she discovered a rather 
interesting fact about that substance that was in the small canister. 

	It was an insert canister, used by people with artificial limbs to 
inject stimulants into the body. The reason being that it could keep the 
contact between the rest of the body and increase performance between 
part and body. The only problem was that this particular substance was 
many times more powerful that the standard type. In fact it had a name 
from the days where it was used more frequently, or should she say, 
abused. 

	The most common name it had over a century ago, was 'dope'.

	Amy was injecting illegal drug into her body, without even telling 
anyone. An explanation was definitely in order!

	The very second the door opened, Luna hid more in the darkness and 
watched one of her finest students. Getting on her bed, Amy reached into 
the nightstand and pulled out three small canisters, filled with the 
same substance as before. A small hole appeared on one of the plates on 
her shoulder, and with her right hand, inserted them all, one at a time. 

	With that, she leaned against the bed frame and winced in pain as the 
drugs slowly took effect. 

	"AMY!" Luna cried, stomping out of her hiding place.

	The accused looked in horror as Luna stood by her bed and hissed, "What 
in the name of the Creator are you doing?!" 

	"Luna� you don't understand�" she tried to get out, but was interrupted 
as Luna continued. 

	"Try me Amy. I've heard a lot in my lifetime." Luna growled. 

	Quivering, Amy replied, "The implements my computer placed on me were 
using older models for cyborg parts. When I discovered that I needed to 
continue using these stimulants, it was too late. I wanted to quit using 
them, but the only way to make these cursed parts work properly was to 
continue using them. Now, I have to inject this poison into my body, and 
the amount only increases with every week."

	By then, Luna's anger was suspended when she asked, "Haven't you been 
able to find a way to discontinue your need to use these?"

	Any's real eye widened and let loose several tears as she cried, "Don't 
you think I've tried?! But with the aliens and everything else, I can do 
nothing. Not only that, not matter how much more of the drugs I take, 
the pain is only growing. I want to stop, but I can't. IT HURTS LUNA!!!"

	With that, the woman once known as Sailor Mercury began to cry with no 
control from her only real eye. All the while mumbling, "� it hurts�"

	By then, Luna had forgotten her anger. Instead, she crawled onto the 
bed, and repositioned Amy to lay in her lap, letting the crying woman 
sob on her shoulder. Luna kissed the top of her head and stroked her 
hair, wanting to make the pain that made Amy cry to go away. Sadly, 
doing that seemed to be the only way that could have brought any sort of 
comfort to the disfigured Amy.

End of Chapter 6
[WH comes out again.]
	WH: Before you say ANYTHING, behold. [Brings out a mirror and places it 
on the wall.] 
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall�
Who's the most evil author of all?
Mirror: Even a blind man could easily see, the most evil author is thee.

YES!! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Now, I am not going to kid you folks, I want your 
flames. I want 'em BAD!! I've taken your precious senshi and put them 
through the worst of all hells! Now, I want to hear your wails of 
anguish, your cries of defiance, hoping that this is just a nightmare 
that you are witnessing.

	And the odd things is� I bear no hatred against the senshi/scouts. In 
fact, I like them a lot. But when you write stuff like this, you gotta 
push your preferences aside if you want to write something good. But, 
keep in mind that I will find a way out of the pit I dug them all in� I 
hope.

	Now, I doubt that Naoko really went into the pasts of the cats that 
much, so I incorporated it into a story that brought Artemis to Luna. It 
also makes for good angst. I might come about Luna's past in another 
fanfic, so watch for it. 

	The being that's been harrowing the cats will be explained soon. I 
promise. So will this being from which the senshi got their powers. 

	BTW: The little crash that Artemis saw was supposed to be Nuku nuku and 
her boyfriend from Z-Tron Dreams. It looks like she's gotten back on her 
feet again. 

	On a final note, the whole idea from which Mercury using drugs to keep 
using her cyborg parts was inspired from the anime that you can watch on 
the Scio-Fi channel '8-Man After'. 

	Be prepared for the next chapter where more fighting and revelation 
comes about in the form of Solar. Be prepared!

[Warhammer returns to the light, laughing maniacally.]

Teknos WarHammer-
"Life is strange, isn't it? We're born, we grow, we live, we kill, and somewhere in that equation, we die."
-Raye Hino, Chapter 5 from 'For the Love of Ragnarok'.
                                     

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