Desperately Alone Part 6 By Tisha At around the time Usagi was seven months pregnant the injections didn't seem to have many side effects on her anymore. Instead she could more feel it actually affecting her baby. She didn't even know how she knew it, but somehow she could feel that the baby was definitely being hurt. She had sat in her room for months thinking of ways to get out. Now that she was only less than two weeks away from her due date she had finally come up with something, although it wasn't much. But she knew that if she had her baby in this place it would die so she had to get out. Mamoru had been skeptical about her plan, but he told her to give it a try anyway. She was going to convince Koeda that she and the baby needed to get some fresh air. The baby was the only thing he cared about so she hoped it would work. Once she got to go outside hopefully she could somehow make contact with her friends. It was not likely at all but it was the only plan she had been able to formulate so she had to try it. It took her a while to work Koeda around to accepting the idea of taking her outdoors. When he finally agreed he refused to take her to Tokyo, so instead they went to a park just outside of the city. Usagi tried her best to enjoy the fresh air- she actually had been growing claustrophobic being indoors so long- but she was still anxious about getting this plan to work. She tried to stay away from him, not wanting to have to talk to him or act civil towards him. Being outside really made her miss her freedom and all of her family and friends even more than she did every day already. Just as Koeda was getting aggravated and saying that they had to head back, she saw Ami across the street. She hoped her friend would notice her but she had to try to not look in that direction so that Koeda wouldn't notice. She slowly followed Koeda as he headed from the park and when she'd managed to fall a few steps behind him she glanced back and her heart skipped a beat when she saw that Ami was standing and watching her. Usagi quickly nodded at her friend, hoping she would do something- *anything*- from that point. Usagi caught back up to Koeda and was pleased to see that he hadn't noticed any of it. She didn't risk looking back again, but she just had to hope that Ami would be able to do something to help. As she was locked back in her room she finally had hope for herself and most of all for her baby's life. ••••••••••••••••••• Mamoru was very relieved to hear that Usagi's plan had actually gotten them somewhere. Now sitting and waiting for their rescue was harder than anything else. Mamoru spent his visit to Usagi's room with both hands on her stomach, feeling the movement inside. He couldn't imagine loving the baby any more than he did, even though it wasn't really his. Maybe it was the fact that he'd only been able to see Usagi for ten minutes a day and that those visits were very treasured. And for the past few months he would love to just feel the baby alive inside of Usagi, although he was very worried about both of their health. ••••••••••••••••••• "I think I had completely lost hope." Makoto admitted after Ami had gathered everyone to tell them of her discovery. "Well it's not like we have much time. Usagi was huge. She must be due any day now." Rei was deep in thought. She still couldn't comprehend how Usagi had been gone for so long and today by some miracle they had located her. "So she was just with some guy- most likely her kidnapper- and that was it?" "Yeah. When she saw me she just nodded at me and kept walking. I don't exactly understand everything myself. But now that we know where he is keeping them, we have to do something, and soon." Everyone nodded. Luna studied them all. "Are you girls up to a battle?" Minako sighed and shrugged. "I guess we have to be, right? We need to get Usagi back. It has been quite a while, and we might be a bit rusty, but we have to try." Makoto nodded. "We're going to do more than try, we're going to succeed." ••••••••••••••••••• Koeda unlocked the door to Mamoru's cage, handed Mamoru the key to Usagi's room and turned away to something he was working on. Mamoru headed to Usagi's room quickly, wanting to be able to spend all the time he had, but then the door down the hall was suddenly blown open and Mamoru stopped dead to see the four sailor senshi come in. Koeda ran past Mamoru to see what was happening and Mamoru snapped out of it and unlocked Usagi's door. "Usako." He called inside the door softly but urgently. Usagi went to the door and looked down the hall to see what was happening. The senshi had spotted Mamoru as soon as they were inside the door, which had answered their questions as to whether or not he was with Usagi and whether or not he was even alive. And then they had also seen Usagi exit her room and all four of them faced Koeda and took their battle stances. Koeda looked totally stunned that they had managed to find him, especially when his plan was so close to becoming reality. "*How* did you people find me?" "Your little walk in the park the other day was a pretty stupid decision." Mars answered. Koeda turned to glare at Usagi before turning back to the senshi. Mamoru stepped in front of Usagi, discouraged that Koeda was between them and the exit. Koeda started to concentrate his power, obviously trying to get enough power to cause some damage, but luckily it seemed to take him lots of time and lots of concentration. While he had his eyes closed, concentrating on the creation of a power ball, the senshi had a perfect opportunity to attack him. "Flame Sniper!" The attack hit Koeda dead on, causing him to lose his concentration. He growled at them and started over again at trying to create an attack. "Venus love and beauty shock!" "Jupiter oak evolution!" Jupiter and Venus double attacked him and he was thrown to the floor. He blinked his eyes repeatedly, obviously caught off guard. He was struggling to stand up when Usagi suddenly cried out. Everyone turned to her in surprise. She was breathing heavily and holding her stomach. "I think I'm in labor." She said to Mamoru just above a whisper. Koeda looked at her with his eyes large and he tried harder to get his shaky legs to hold him. "Shabon spray!" Mercury called out, filling the hallway with thick fog. "Mamoru, get her to a hospital!" Mamoru took Usagi's hand and tried his best to guide her toward the exit on the side of the hallway where the senshi had been. He managed to make it there and him and Usagi wished the senshi luck before heading to the hospital. The fog started to dissipate and the senshi exchanged looks. "Let's get this over with so we can go to the hospital." Koeda had finally gotten enough strength to stand up and he looked furious that Usagi had escaped. He suddenly hurled an energy ball at Mars. She jumped just in time to miss it but it still grazed her leg. It was painful to continue to stand on it but she bit her lip and stood on it anyway. Koeda threw another energy ball and everyone managed to dodge it. They all wondered how he was suddenly producing these attacks when it had taken so much energy before. "Jupiter oak evolution!" Jupiter's attack managed to knock him off of his feet once again and the other three girls used the chance to attack him while he was down. "Mars flame sniper!" "Venus love and beauty shock!" "Aqua rhapsody!" The barrage of attacks was enough to knock Koeda out. Mercury went to feel for a pulse and found none. The four of them untransformed and headed to the hospital. ••••••••••••••••••• Ami, Rei, Makoto and Minako got to the nearest hospital as fast as they could. They were directed to the maternity ward and once there the nurse gave them the number to Usagi's room, but she said they couldn't go in. Discouraged, they all went to sit in the waiting room and they found that Usagi's parents were there also. "What's going on?" Ikuko sighed sadly. "Last I heard they had to do an emergency cesarean section because the baby was breached. Mamoru is going to tell us when it's over." They waited about fifteen minutes until they finally saw Mamoru. Everyone stood up, wanting to know everything. "It's a boy. He's only four pounds and he is having trouble breathing on his own." "Why? How is he so small? He's not early is he?" "It's probably because of the injections Koeda was giving her. He wanted to weaken the baby so that he could take its powers." Mamoru suddenly realized that Usagi's parents were present but they didn't seem to be reacting strangely to what he had said so he figured they knew. "How's Usagi?" Ikuko wanted to know. "They had to clean her up and then they'll let you in to see her. Emotionally, she's not so good." He stood there silently for a minute before saying "I'd better be going back in with her now." Everyone nodded and let him go. Usagi was cleaned up but she was crying. "Mamo-chan, they won't let me see him. I'm scared." Mamoru pulled a chair up to the bed and sat down. "I know, I am too. But at least we got out of there just in time." Usagi nodded, wiping at her wet eyes. "Is everyone here?" Mamoru nodded. "Do you want me to get them?" She nodded again and Mamoru headed back to the waiting room to tell them that they could come in. The small room got quite crowded with all seven visitors, but Usagi was happy to see everyone. "I'm sorry I didn't believe you Usagi. Your friends told me everything." Ikuko told her. Usagi smiled. "I understand. I guess you never expect your daughter to tell you she's Sailor Moon." Ikuko reached for her hand and squeezed it. "I think you'll be a great mother." Usagi looked at Mamoru and bit her lip, hoping that she would get a chance to be a mother. Everyone was silent for a minute and then the nurse came in with a clipboard. "Do you know what you're naming your baby?" Usagi looked at Mamoru again. She had thought of many names for both boys and girls in all the time she was locked up. She and Mamoru often discussed them on their daily visits. They had finally decided that Mamoru could name it if it was a boy and Usagi could name it if it was a girl. Mamoru sighed before answering "Tokashi." It had been his grandfather's name. The nurse nodded and wrote it down. "And the father's name?" She looked expectantly at Mamoru, who looked at Usagi. Usagi was certainly not going to put Koeda's name on her baby's birth certificate, so she said "Mamoru Chiba." The nurse wrote it down and nodded. "Very good." With that she headed for the door. "Wait." Usagi said, stopping the nurse, who turned with her eyebrows raised in question. "When can I see him?" The nurse looked at her clipboard again. "I'll get someone to bring in a wheelchair. You and the father can go and see him, but nobody else." Usagi nodded, glad that she'd at least get to see her baby more than the glimpse she got when they had first whisked him away. She was kind of afraid of seeing him looking so small and sick but she knew she had to be able to be near her baby. To be continued...