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Gelria had a new target. It was his first sighting of someone chaos since he had started patrolling again, and he had nothing but murder in his thoughts. If he could pick them off, little by little…then he could eat away at the darkness that lived in this city.

And if he could do that…well.

That would just be delightful.

He moved quickly, coming out of the shadows and aiming a punch at the weaker senshi’s face. “I feel death in the air tonight~” He said, laughing. He was full of excitement, full of purpose.

“I don’t like you. Any of you or your kind, and I’m oh so eager to see the end of at least one of you.”

He didn’t have much sanity in his eyes at the moment. All of the anger, all of the annoyance that had built up over the past few months seemed to be coming out now. Coming out as he attacked this poor, lone senshi.

Oh well. He had it coming. They all had it coming. And the it was himself. Chaos wouldn’t last very much longer if he had his way.

“Any last words, you b*****d?”

Mmmrrr... The bus was running late again...

Basyl peeked his head from beneath the sheltered overhang of the bus stop and peered down the street. If he’d gotten out earlier, he would have been able to take the quicker route that left almost directly from the hospital’s entrance and deposited him almost exactly in front of his house. Unfortunately, it didn’t run all night, and when rotations kept him late, Basyl had to pick up a route that wasn’t anywhere near as convenient or as bathed in the bright lights of an always-operational hospital.

Fidgeting, he checked the time in his phone, tilted his head back to observe the dark swath of sky overhead, then glanced down the street once more. Still no telltale sign of oncoming headlights, and Basyl wasn’t exactly thrilled to be out in the elements of a blustery March night.

Alone.

In the dark.

At least he could distract himself with any number of apps on his phone, but even that wasn’t able to set the young man completely at ease. Not when he knew how crazy Destiny City could get and how much worse it became at night. There were all kinds of people who came for treatment at the hospital who claimed to have seen funny-looking people or a monster- And sometimes the marks left behind looked like they may as well have come from a monster. Basyl didn’t have any especially odd experiences himself.

And he wanted to keep it that way.

The sooner he was home, the better. If only this stupid bus would hurry up and get here so he at least wouldn’t be waiting outside in the cold, dark, quiet-

A sound like a dull thud, followed by ringing laughter. Basyl was more focused on the road than his actual surroundings, but a quick glance around showed that behind the bus stop, in a segment of grassy alleyway, there were two other young men. Neither looked familiar to Basyl, because no one typically did unless he worked or went to school with someone, but they did look suitably odd. Not someone he would actively engage, especially if they were just going to get in some kind of tussle here on the street. With a wary whine, he pressed his back to one of the poles holding up the covered roof of the bus stop and tried to look small and nonexistent.

For a moment he thought he might have stopped the attack from continuing, he even took the time to get to his feet, but then they seemed to snap out of it. Shouting about what he'd done to them - wasn't it obvious? He didn't answer the questions from the other senshi, he didn't get much time to anyway.

What was that? It didn't take more than a few moments for him to tell what was in his face - cinnamon. Why cinnamon? Coughing and rubbing at his eyes, which were already starting to burn, he reached out and went to use his own magic - again. He needed to get away. He needed to live, he couldn't die here and now. He didn't think he could manage his magic again, a third time, but he at least could do it twice and maybe this second time would get him an escape from this.

Why was the other immune to this mess in the air anyway?

Prowling through the evening streets was a dangerous predator, stalking his prey, waiting for the perfect moment to strike...

...

Also, Chip was testing a new idea for a scanner, which he had placed on top of his hat. So far, it hadn't panned out very well, while making adjustments, he caught wind of two auras nearby...dark and light. Now that might be interesting, so he made his way there.

And what he found was two senshis fighting, and a random regular person trying very hard to not be noticed. Oh, but he noticed, oh yes. There was something there. Something useful. The little kitten smiled to himself, and quietly padded over to the man, and hopped up onto a spot on the bus stop so his presence would be unmistakable.

He waited until he had attention, and with no preamble at all said in his small, child-like voice, "Ya don't see that every day, do ya?" He giggled, and sat on his haunches. "But what I'm interested in is you, little human~"

A little scuffle didn't concern him, oh no, not at all. Though, it was perhaps the only reason he could notice this guy. He seemed...older than he'd have thought for this. No matter!

He'd moved to be ready, to at least be alert to what was happening around him, even if Basyl knew he didn't want to be the one who would actually do anything about it. He could at least call the police, if things looked like they were going to get really out of hand and dangerous. It felt like it was his civic duty to at least do that much...

And then, before he could dwell on it too much longer, a kitten in a top hat popped into his vision, perching on the bus stop bench and angling vivid green eyes at him. Basyl blinked and tipped his head. "Oh, a kitten!" A cooed softly, reaching to rub the small creature's chest fur as he did. After the initial start of hearing it speak, he decided it must have some kind of speaker on it. Basyl was even fairly certain he'd seen drones with a set up to manage the same thing, and it did look as though the hat had some kind of device on it.

"You must have an owner somewhere, hm?" He prompted, ignoring the kitten's spoken words in favor of his own concerns. "I don't think anyone would let a kitten wander around if it was carrying technology... So who is it, I wonder."

"Huh?" A girl had appeared, and though Basyl had grown accustomed to people loitering about looking as though they were talking to air with the use of earbuds, her focus seemed a little too on the kitten to not be acknowledging it. "Is he yours?" He asked, cocking his head in question. "You know they do have cute cat harnesses that would at least keep him from running off."

Kelly looked at the cat in surprise and frowned slightly, quickly powering up. “He’s not my cat, but he’s told me what I need to know, would you like to come and help me save him?” She gestured towards the male in the black who was still being bullied by the other senshi. “Because, if what this cat says is correct…you can help. Just like I can.”

She held a hand out towards Basyl and nodded towards the mirror that was softly glinting, hiding in a bush. “Come with me.” Her eyes inched to the top hat clad kitten and she sighed. “You can come as well, at least then we’d know what his name and powers are…would you? Please?”

Her eyes were imploring, and when she saw that the senshi in white had tensed at her sudden power up she stiffened. “We don’t really have much time to think on it. I think this might be a life or death thing for that guy…I'm Sailor Kibirev, and I have done this before, so you don't have to worry. It's not even scary!"

He could feel it - other signatures. He might have said something, might have called for help, but he was rather busy with the senshi beating on him. He wasn't able to do much - they were stronger. He was trying though but the senshi of fairy rings was getting tired, he'd never been the physical sort. Sports and such wasn't his thing, even if they all had to participate in gym and other things in school. If he could keep this going...keep this senshi distracted the cat and his fellow dark mirror senshi could do whatever they had to do, as he was sure something was going on.

Swinging at the super senshi, wanting to keep their attention on him, Itokawa was hoping to at least do some damage to the senshi. He was tired of the beating he was taking - and he felt it. Maybe he could get Clue to bandage him up after this? He really needed to talk to the other about things....and soon. Sooner was better that was for sure.

Kibirev suppressed a shudder at the idea of a General getting ahold of this young man, and just nodded. “I know it’s strange to think of, but with Chip here…we can do this. It’ll be quick, easy and we can save him. We have to!”

Quickly, she scooped up the cat and took the male’s hand, tugging him with her. Her eyes searched for a mirror that she knew was hidden in a bush and when she found it, she gave a relieved sigh, tugging the both of them with her into Mirrorspace and pausing for a moment, glancing at the civilian. “Um. So, both of you…this is Mirrorspace. Welcome…we won’t be here long.”

The large black mirror was in front of them and she nodded towards it. “So, this is easy, all you have to do…is walk through that. And then you’ll power up, and Chip here can give you…your things when you’ve come out!”

That was how it had worked with Blair, and that time they hadn’t had the luxury of a cat.

“It’s very quick, and then we can get back and swoop in and…and save the day!”