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Sailor Moon Defenders
By AmandaDoE
Chapter Forty-Three: Introduction To The Team
Mandrake looked on in surprise. "You said O' Connor?"
"Yeah." Amy nodded.
Mandrake looked around as Lothar, Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna were sitting on the sofa, listening intently on the conversation. Then he looked as Kshin and Hotaru were looking on intently as well. He then looked back at Amy. "You are not by any chance, related to Cathleen O' Connor, aren't you?"
"Yes." Amy nodded. "She's my mother."
"I knew it." Haruka muttered.
He looked at her in surprise, which lead to a moment of stunned silence. Lothar only stood in surprise while the Outer Guardians appeared to be suspicious of her. On one hand they had their right to feel that way but on the other hand, they shouldn't outright jump to conclusions. Just because the girl had Cathleen for a mother didn't mean she was manipulative and evil like she was.
"That's a surprise," Mandrake finally spoke up, "but I regret to inform you that she has died recently."
Another pause of silence came as Amy looked down for a moment. He couldn't tell if she was saddened by this or disappointed.
"That's not the reason why I'm here." Amy explained, breaking the silence. "She left me years ago and I never knew why. I remember her mentioning you before so I decided to come here for answers."
"How old are you?" Mandrake asked.
"Fourteen."
The timing seemed quite right. Cathleen left him over fourteen years ago and she must have been pregnant shortly afterwards. He took a deep breath before asking. "Did your mother ever mentioned anything about your father?"
Amy shook her head. "No, but I have come here for answers."
"Right." Mandrake placed an index finger to his chin. "I happen to have questions of my own. We'll get the answers eventually but in the meantime, I shall introduce you to everyone."
He pointed towards everyone in the room, starting with Lothar. "Allow me to introduce you to everyone here. This is my long time friend Lothar Kewabe, who also knew Cathleen. The two young ones are my adopted son Kshin Hai and his friend Hotaru Tomoe."
He then glanced towards the Outer Guardians. "The three girls here are also our friends. They are Hotaru's guardians: Haruka Tenoh, Michiru Kaioh and Setsuna Meioh."
"Nice to meet you guys." Amy shyly waved her hand.
Mandrake chuckled nervously as the three young women remained silent towards the new girl. He then looked at her as he spoke up again. "The rest of the team should be back home soon and you will meet them then. Is there anyone you need to call?"
"No thanks." Amy shook her head. "I doubt my foster parents will miss me at all."
"Well," Mandrake replied, "I will have to at least call the authorities to let them know where you are."
"In the meantime," Lothar said to her, "I will take you to a room where you can settle in."
"Thank you." Amy nodded before she followed him to where her room would be.
Mandrake sighed before looking puzzled by this sudden revelation.
"Do you really think this girl is your daughter?" Michiru asked.
He turned to look at the three girls looking at her.
"It is possible, Michiru." Mandrake stated. "She does look like Cathleen and the timing is right."
"How so?"
"Cathleen left me a little over fourteen years ago." Mandrake answered. "Shortly after that, she must have gotten pregnant, but I will need a paternity test taken to be sure. As soon as she settles in, I'm taking her to the doctor's office to get that paternity test taken."
He looked down in anger over an awful possibility. "This is surely unforgivable if she really walked away carrying my child without telling me, even though I could have forgiven her before."
He looked back at the Outer Guardians who evidently weren't changing their expressions.
"Even if she is your daughter," Haruka stated, "we have to be cautious of the girl, especially after everything Cathleen had put us through."
"Agreed." Setsuna nodded. "We can't let our guards down, no matter what."
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Mandrake looked around nervously at the doctor's office. They had just taken the paternity test and soon he would find out if Amy was his daughter. Amy was in the waiting room, waiting on him.
He looked up as a doctor entered the room. "Well doctor, what's the news?"
"Congratulations." the doctor answered. "Amy O' Connor is your daughter."
Mandrake looked on in surprise. So it was true after all. Cathleen had become pregnant with Amy shortly after leaving him. This angered him because if he had known, he could have taken her in with no question. None of that mattered now because there was nothing he could do about it. Cathleen was dead.
"I know it's a lot to take in." the doctor spoke up, pulling him from his thoughts.
"It is indeed." Mandrake nodded. "Mainly because of the circumstances that brought me to today."
"I see." the doctor looked at Mandrake before suggesting. "What you can do for your daughter now is give her the support she needs. She looks as if she had been through a lot."
"I can tell." Mandrake replied. "That is exactly what I intend to do. I intend to give Amy the best life possible."
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Amy stood up as Mandrake walked back into the waiting room. He looked at her with a small smile.
"Well," Mandrake stated, "you can officially call me Dad now. The test came back positive."
She smiled. So it was true that he was her father all along. She didn't understand why her mother would keep this from her and opted to put her in the foster care system. That was something she would never understand.
"So, what happens now?" Amy asked.
"Amy," Mandrake answered, "I'm going to give you the best life possible and to start off, I'm going to introduce you to the rest of the team. They should be home by now."
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Amy walked into the room that was revealed to be Monitor. This was a big place with a big computer and other technology. She looked around in awe. She stood next to her father as she saw Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Lothar, Kshin and Hotaru along with the rest of the people in the room.
She looked at each individual carefully, starting with the younger group. There was a blonde girl with buns, who appeared to be caring and sensitive, a man with dark hair seemed to be nice as well, another blonde girl with a red ribbon appeared to be friendly, the blue haired girl appeared to be thoughtful, the raven haired girl appeared to be bold yet friendly at the same time and the brown haired girl seemed to have an assertive nature.
She then looked at the rest of the other team along with Kshin. The blonde man looked distant for some sort of reason while the blonde woman wearing a blue jumpsuit appeared to be kind and friendly. The man in the purple jumpsuit only looked at her as she couldn't tell what he was thinking. The other young blonde woman, who appeared to be older than the girls on the other team seemed to be distrusting while the young black man appeared to be friendly.
"So, who's this new girl, Mandrake?" the blonde woman asked.
"Defenders, Sailor Guardians," Mandrake announced as he gestured towards Amy, "I took a paternity test today and I just found out that this young lady is my daughter. She's also Cathleen's daughter."
"So Cathleen decided to keep her from you?" the blue-haired girl asked.
"That's heartless of her!" the brown haired girl added.
"I'm sure you'll be a great father to her, Mandrake." the bun-haired girl stated.
"Better than what I assume Cathleen would ever be as a mother," the older blonde retorted, crossing her arms.
"April!" the ribbon-blonde girl exclaimed. "You need to keep in mind her mother is dead and she just found out Mandrake is her father!"
"Well it doesn't stop me not liking her for the hell she put my brother through!" April exclaimed.
"Guys, settle down!" Lothar got the group to be quiet.
"As promised," Mandrake stated, "I shall introduce you to the rest of the team, starting with my team: the Defenders of the Earth and then the other team known as the Sailor Guardians, who came here from Japan to help us out."
"These are the rest of my teammates of the Defenders of the Earth: Flash Gordon," Mandrake gestured towards each of his teammates, "his girlfriend Sheila Oceanna Dewindt and the Phantom. The young lady here is April, Flash's daughter."
"And this is LJ," Lothar glanced at his son, "he is my son."
"Nice to meet you." LJ spoke kindly. The others greeted her as well, some more enthusiastic than particularly Flash and April.
"Now for the group known as the Sailor Guardians." Mandrake glanced towards each of the Outer Sailor Guardians, "You already met the Outer Sailor Guardians: Haruka known as Sailor Uranus, Michiru known as Sailor Neptune, Setsuna, known as Sailor Pluto and Hotaru, known as Sailor Saturn."
Mandrake then gestured towards Mamoru and the Inner Guardians. "Now let me introduce you to the Inner Sailor Guardians. This is Mamoru Chiba who known as Tuxedo Mask, Ami Mizuno is known as Sailor Mercury, Rei Hino is known as Sailor Mars, Makoto Kino is known as Sailor Jupiter, Minako Aino is known as Sailor Venus and finally, Usagi Tsukino is known as the one and only Sailor Moon."
Amy was amazed on the Sailor Guardians being present. She was wondering who the girls were, especially the three who barely said a word to her. She had heard about these legendary Sailor Guardians but had thought they were only a myth as her foster parents once pointed out in the past. Now, she was seeing them, albeit in their civilian forms for the time being.
"Was it a good idea for her to know the identities of us so soon?" Haruka muttered.
Amy glanced at the Outer Guardians. She wasn't wrong for feeling the way she did but why was she acting this way? Why were she, Michiru and Setsuna not giving her a chance? At least Hotaru was giving her a chance, even if she was weary.
"So, she's a part of our team now?" April asked.
"Very much so, my dear." Mandrake answered.
"Fine." April huffed. "I just hope she doesn't do anything like her mother had done."
"Don't pay her any mind." Usagi assured her. "She's on edge with her brother Rick leaving the team along with his girlfriend Jedda."
"And that also explains why Flash here is distant." Mamoru added. "Anyways, welcome to the team, Amy."
"Thanks." Amy made a small smile. She wondered how she would fit into this team, well the Defenders of the Earth anyways since that was her team. She hoped the heroes would accept her, especially her own team.
He pointed towards everyone in the room, starting with Lothar. "Allow me to introduce you to everyone here. This is my long time friend Lothar Kewabe, who also knew Cathleen. The two young ones are my adopted son Kshin Hai and his friend Hotaru Tomoe."
Let me talk of the last names of Lothar, LJ and Kshin. Tumblr gave out the revelation of the last names of those characters. I first learned Lothar and LJ had the last name of Kewabe and I thought of this as their official last name. Most recently, it's been decided that Kshin's last name was Hai like his grandpa, which is Chinese for Ocean. I decided to go along with that too.
"Now for the group known as the Sailor Guardians." Mandrake glanced towards each of the Outer Sailor Guardians, "You already met the Outer Sailor Guardians: Haruka known as Sailor Uranus, Michiru known as Sailor Neptune, Setsuna, known as Sailor Pluto and Hotaru, known as Sailor Saturn."
Mandrake then gestured towards Mamoru and the Inner Guardians. "Now let me introduce you to the Inner Sailor Guardians. This is Mamoru Chiba who known as Tuxedo Mask, Ami Mizuno is known as Sailor Mercury, Rei Hino is known as Sailor Mars, Makoto Kino is known as Sailor Jupiter, Minako Aino is known as Sailor Venus and finally, Usagi Tsukino is known as the one and only Sailor Moon."
Amy was amazed on the Sailor Guardians being present. She was wondering who the girls were, especially the three who barely said a word to her. She had heard about these legendary Sailor Guardians but had thought they were only a myth as her foster parents once pointed out in the past. Now, she was seeing them, albeit in their civilian forms for the time being.
I wasn't sure how I was going to let Amy know about the Sailor Guardians but in the end I decided since she is living with them, it would be better that she knows about them.
"Was it a good idea for her to know the identities of us so soon?" Haruka muttered.
Amy glanced at the Outer Guardians. She wasn't wrong for feeling the way she did but why was she acting this way? Why were she, Michiru and Setsuna not giving her a chance? At least Hotaru was giving her a chance, even if she was weary.
This is a good point to make here. This is a good scene to describe Amy's slight frustration at their reaction towards her.
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Chapters
Volume One
Using the power of the Necklace of Oros, Queen Hadea conquers the galaxy. The Defenders seek help from a group called the Sailor Guardians.
Rei notices the effects of battle on Usagi. Meanwhile, both teams make desperate efforts to end the clash. The Sailors approach Hadea's temple, and Flash's daughter returns to lend her aid.
Each side becomes more powerful.
Issues in Jedda's past and present lead to a monumental decision.
Princess Jedda begins embracing Hadea's cause. Ami and Rick continue to bond.
Members of the Sailor Outer Senshi join the battle. Princess Jedda is faced with a decision as a ruler. Later, she explores a startling possibility.
Now divided, the teams fend attacks off while struggling to reach Hadea.
As Rick and the princess finally reunite, a climactic showdown with Hadea begins.
The Guardians and Defenders continue their clash against the queen.
In the aftermath, revelations emerge and choices are made.
Volume Two
The younger team members begin adjusting to the changes. Others strive to fit back into normal society.
As his companions reflect, Mandrake begins to sense a mystical disturbance.
Mandrake is reacquainted with a major figure in his life.
Ming returns.
The group scrambles to counter Ming, who is aided by Krotan.
16: The First Abductions: LJ and Mars
Once again, Krotan makes his move on Jedda.
17: Closure For Rick and Mercury
The groups scurry to save their friends. Ami and Rick have a personal discussion.
As Minako and Jedda connect, Krotan continues closing in on members of the group.
Krotan has an enticing proposition.
The Defenders and Guardians make their stand against Krotan.
Volume Three
Rick's dreams signal a great change in his life. Mysterious figures begin moving behind the scenes.
Rei and Rick sense more darkness on the horizon.
Ming and Galaxia engage in discussions.
An unexpected battle occurs at a concert.
Rick considers the effects of his transformation.
The team has a confrontation with a group knows as the Three Lights.
Rick's abilities make him a target.
As Rick continues healing, the Sailors assess the situation with the Starlights.
Rick is targeted by the Sailor Animamates.
The team searches for Rick, along with information on their new opponents.
Volume Four
As the struggle against Galaxia continues, Hadea and Jedda discuss the Netherworld's future. Meanwhile, Usagi's power grows.
Cathleen initiates her effort to control Rick.
The team manages to locate Rick and his manipulator.
Rick frets over his mutation while others seek to reverse it.
The Sailors and their allies face a new threat in Tin Nyanko.
Nyanko becomes the latest to seek Rick's power.
As Rick's humanity begins slipping away, his friends continue their quest to cure him.
Rick runs amok, and a massive battle against Nyanko begins.
The Sailors make a stunning discovery.
Jedda and Rick take a huge step forward.
Volume Five
Rick and Jedda begin their new lives.
A girl arrives to meet Mandrake.
The group begins getting to know the newcomer.
Rick is visited by a servant who gives him access to valuable information.
Amy's special abilities are revealed.
Rick learns more about his power, and how it might relate to the current events. Hadea attempts to console him later.
The group endeavors to rescue Mamoru from a mystical prison.
Usagi and her friends confront Mamoru's captor.
The battle in the dream realm reaches a conclusion.
The aftermath of the dream clash brings several people closer.
Volume Six
Rick senses that the Netherworld could face an imminent attack.
The groups begin learning more about the Kings.
Hadea and her companions take preemptive measures against Zorelda.
Hadea and Phantom explore their bond, as do several others throughout the day. First appearance of Tori Gordon.
Rick and Jedda work to resolve recent issues. Minako explores life in the Netherworld.
Ming reenters the fray as the Kings converse with Zorelda.
The groups decide that it's time for the confrontation.
The Guardians and Defenders engage the Kings in the Netherworld.
The Kings begin to realize the truth.
With Zorelda seemingly thwarted, the groups begin moving on. A woman named Rachel arrives at Monitor.
Everyone begins learning more about Rachel.
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