The lone Sailor Soldier raised her white-gloved hands level with her eyes aglow and turned to face the approaching darkness. Her fingertips flared with the lick of a white flame.
Cosmos Rossellius! she cried out. A hot wind raised her pale blue hair and sent the tails of her belt swirling behind her.
The stream of fiery white energy streaked towards the dense cloud looming in the sky before her palace. The blast was absorbed into the darkness and penetrated deep into its form. Sailor Sun leapt into the hazy orange air as the sunspot below her feet crumbled into the molten surface. From the ominous cloud, a low rumble grew stronger until the mortar of the palace began to disintegrate behind her. With a few more vaults, she distanced herself from the collapsing structure. Her chest felt like a solid, aching weight as she watched the pillars sinking into the molten surface. It hurt to breathe.