A distant voice caused the petite girl to stir from her sleep, slowly lifting her head and looking around the room- it was too dark. Her head pounded and the room was so dark it was taking a few minutes for her eyes to adjust. A lazy hand reached over to where her nightstand should be, but it wasn't there. Suzu blinked hard, as if it would help her see through the darkness, it helped slightly, and she abruptly sat up off the rigid hard mattress. The room was cold and unfamiliar, sending a shock up her spine when she realized she was in an empty room on a mattress in the corner.
Suzu leaped up to her feet and looked to the left, seeing the entire wall was glass and there was nothing but space and stars outside. An unintended gasp escaped her throat and she whipped her head around, now seeing the room was entirely empty other than the large door on the side opposite the wall.
A few moments of sheer terror went by. Where was she? How could she be in space? Where was her family? Was this the doing of the CIA? The blue haired girl's heart pounded heavy in her chest as she stared at the door, like it would answer her questions. She was supposed to be at the airport to leave for the Mew Project, but couldn't remember anything after getting into her parents vehicle.
Suzu cautiously tip toed over to the door, feeling like her heartbeat was so loud that someone could hear it from outside. The door and walls were steel, it all was cold and the aura was ominous. She gently reached out and touched the door, as if it was a dangerous animal she should't be near.
She practically whispered,
"Hey…Is there someone there?"
Her voice almost cracked it was so hushed- a child afraid to get punished for speaking up. Suzu glanced back over her shoulder, now seeing the empty room and mattress behind her lit up barely by the starry sky outside. So many questions and thoughts raced through her mind, she couldn't find the answers here.
…
"So you're our resident alien, huh?"
The redhead bluntly stated, puffing out her busty chest as she meandered up beside the gaunt faced Corvus. The behemoth alien barely glanced over at her with his narrow eyes,
"That I am dear. And you are Mew Rambutan?"
"Felicia for you, honey. What are you making?"
The alien's eyes moved back to his various skillets and small stovetop grill. The alien was making fresh grilled sausage and homemade pancakes.
"Sausage and pancakes."
Felicia chuckled and leaned against the counter next to him, eyeing the strange being cooking for them. What a life, to get yanked from everything you knew, to now be here beside an alien who was cooking like it was nothing. Though she wouldn't say she missed her old life. It was midmorning and she usually slept till at least noon in the 'camp' she lived in previously.
The sound of movement caught her attention off to the right of the kitchen, on the east side of the building: the small reading/breakfast nook with the view of the ocean. There were large tan couches surrounding a rectangular table and the British mew was seated with a book in hand. Felicia sauntered over and leaned in the nook in the doorway, making her presence known to the curly haired girl. Unimpressed amber eyes moved up to the intruder, and the two stared at each other for a few moments, but Lucy finally piped up,
"Can I help you?"
Felicia gave her a snarky grin,
"Just here to say good morning, what are you reading?"
Lucy looked beyond irritated like someone had just gone streaking through the room,
"None of your business really."
Felicia seemed unimpressed and backed up a step as she snapped back,
"You don't have to be a bitch, especially if we're going to be teammates."
Lucy stared as if Felicia had just slapped her, in awe as the red head turned on her heel and went back to the kitchen to where Corvus and Amira were now chatting. The quick wit of Felicia had thrown her off completely.
…
3 Days Later…
A low tone alarm began sounding off, echoing through the steel halls of the rig. Skye about fell out of her chair where she had been perched on her computer, causing her to brush long blond hair out of her face. All the girls all made their way into the main room, eager and nervous faces were all around. Corvus and Mike made their way into the room last, and Mike immediately addressed the issue at hand.
"Get your pendants girls. It's go time."
The cheesy comment didn't earn him even a smirk from any one of the girls, they were all hiding their inner terror- knowing this meant it was time to fight. For the first time.
Mike had a wide kind smile and made a grand gesture with his hand,
"Take care of 'em Corvus! No one falls behind."
The bald alien gave him a quick nod and glanced around to the unsure young women, eyeing him for answers. He calmly spoke to them,
"Transform."
Once all the girls transformed, they didn't have time to even ask what to do next. A huge oval shaped teleporting warp appeared on the floor beneath them and they fell downwards. The free-fall ended abruptly, and they found themselves in a rural neighborhood with immaculately kept yards and sidewalks. The girls glanced around, but heard a loud crash and a monstrous creature caught everyone's attention. What looked like a Manticore was looming over the houses, breathing fire and singing the shrubbery in a couple yards about a quarter of a mile down the road.
"What the fuck is that?"
Addison jerked her head towards Corvus, expecting an immediate response. He provided one,
"It's a Chimera Anima. That one looks like a Manticore, head and body of a lion, dragon scales as hard as iron, and a deadly scorpion tail. Surprised me with the fire breathing though."
Lucy scoffed, "This isn't the time for jokes!"
The lime green mew darted forward, sprinting ahead of the group and summoning her weapon. Felicia followed suit, summoning her throwing knives and feeling a rush of power through her shoulders to her fingertips. The fire breathing lion monster barreled around a house, taking off the corner of a roof towards the red and green mews. Corvus chuckled to himself as he flew up into the air,
"He knows we're here now."
Skye held her hand with her palm towards the sun,
"Ribbon Pineapple Hula Disc!"
A large glowing yellow hoop appeared above her head, and with a swift swing of her arm, she launched the enormous disc at the creature. The energy hoop exploded on it's right shoulder, earning her a roar. The vocalization was short lived when three small red throwing knives stabbed into the left side of it's face. The creature surged down to the left and breathed a slough of fire towards the snake mew.
"Ribbon Starfruit Boomerang!"
As the creature lunged at the red haired mew, a green boomerang hurled through the air at an alarming speed. The Chimera didn't have time to even look towards the attacker before the lime green blast smashed into it's right eye, blinding it on that side.
Jyoti clenched her staff, a few houses away from the several story tall creature. She had never before seen something so enormous and frightening. Lucy trotted passed her,
"Come on Jyoti! We've got this."
With a wiggle of her right hand, a two foot long cepter with a hazy white crystal ball on the end appeared in Lucy's hand. White smoke billowed out from beneath the crystal ball and Lucy flew up into the air beside the second floor of the crumbling home the creature had struck. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Jyoti leap onto the rooftop and run towards the monster to time their attacks together. It was good to see the youngest mew step up to the plate right at the beginning,
A blast of fire from the creature made Lucy gasp and stop where she was. A sudden hail of thin wooden brown spears rained from above, raining down onto the chimera. An earth shattering roar boomed through the small town neighborhood. The faint sounds of screams inside homes finally caught the girls' attention.
The elongated splinters speared through the behemoth Manticore, earning an even louder roar that caused windows to shatter. Corvus had flung down the spears from above all of them to stop the animal from moving somewhat. Lucy shouted down to Jyoti,
"Do it now!"
Jyoti nodded and swung her spear like a baseball bat, and a beam of light orange energy beamed out of the end in a wide ray. The ray of orange energy whipped at the creature as Lucy timed her attack alongside it, aiming her cepter at the monster,
"Ribbon Cream Blast!"
Lucy's attack was more of a beam, and blasted the creature, burning it's hair and flesh, and Jyoti's attack sent the animal toppling over onto it's left side. Amira sprinted passed them across the rooftop as the creature kicked and scrambled to get back to it's feet- blowing fire in almost every direction. Addison charged up another boomerang attack as she saw Amira leap off of a rooftop- Scimitar sword in hand. The Manticore leaned up towards her, jaws wide and a glowing light appearing in it's throat. Amira couldn't avoid it now that she had leaped off of the roof already, Addison launched another boomerang attack and knocked the lion head back away from the violet mew.
Wild violet energy coated the curved sword in Amira's hand and she swung the blade down, decapitating the Manticore and causing it to break into dust and disintegrate into the air. Once the spirit particles of the creature disbanded, the girls rejoiced in the middle of the small street, seeing relieved citizens peering through windows and cracked doorways- eyeing their saviors. Amira smiled and practically squealed she was so thrilled, Felicia hugged her from the side and chuckled along side her. Addison brushed back her wild half shaved head, looking over to the wonder on Skye's face as she waved as the various residents of the neighborhood. Jyoti blushed and elbowed Lucy as Corvus landed beside them,
"Thanks for the uh… heads up back there."
For once, Lucy gave a genuine smile to the younger girl, nodding at her,
"You did good."
Without warning, Corvus teleported the girls out of sight, back to their temporary home in the Atlantic.
…
Suzu yanked and struggled against the cream haired alien as he dragged her down a dimly lit hall. He had overpowered her and bound both of her wrists together in these metal bands, similar to handcuffs. Suzu had been yanked out of her mattress by this unfamiliar person, and he had not said much to her other than to stop fighting him.
Cray dragged the fired up girl through a set of double doors and around what looked like a couch, and shoved her to the ground in a small circular center part of the room. This section of the floor was set lower than the rest, and she whipped her head back towards the alien like a fighting mad cat, glaring holes through him. Two other figures caught her attention, seated on the curved couch. Cray stood beside the end of the couch in front of the doorway they had come from.
It was still for a few moments, and her heart was pounding out of fury. This alien was going to treat her like she was a rag doll and toss her around, it infuriated her. She cursed inwardly, thinking of how she could over power him despite her stature, if only she didn't have these metal bands on. A voice broke the silence, it was a condescending tone,
"So this is the one you took? Of all the ones we could have… you pick the smallest one?"
Cray let out an obnoxious chuckle and reached over the edge of the couch to flick the speaking alien in the left ear. A muttered curse escaped the seated alien's mouth as he grabbed at his ear. Cray snapped back,
"You're the smallest one here don't forget."
Adube hissed back at him,
"I could kill her in a heartbeat and you know it. Watch yourself Cray."
The final alien finally joined in the conversation as well, shifting and taking a sip of an unknown beverage. This alien on her far left was heavier set and seemed far more focused on her than the other two,
"I'm sure she'll do just fine. She's rather cute, so very petite."
His words made her stomach churn, it was slimy sounding and made her feel sick. Suzu gave him the most dastardly glare she could. Adube and Cray glanced over at Flavin, but the small fiery mohawk bearing alien piped up,
"Oh no, Flavin, you're not going to wreck her before we get to use her for what she's needed for."
Cray turned his attention to Suzu,
"You hear this girl?"
The blue haired girl didn't respond, but stared at him like she was a venomous snake. Daring him to try and touch her again. He rolled his eyes and continued,
"You're working for us now, you got that?"
"No I'm not. I'm a part of the Global Mew Project. You don't own me."
Her sudden spunk caused Cray to be taken aback, and earned her a gruff chuckle from Flavin. The rust haired alien motioned at her with his drink,
"She's got fire in her- I love it."
Adube rolled his eyes and stood up, meandering his way towards the door.
"I don't have time for this, good luck with the bitch."
Cray gave a huff at Adube before he walked out the threshold of the door. The cream haired alien turned back to Suzu, now speaking to her in a more threatening manner.
"I'm in charge here, no matter what you think. If you defy me, or fight me in any way. If you don't fit here like you're supposed to, I'll kill your parents and string them up in your room."
A cold feeling settled down on her heart, making her feel like she was sinking in the ocean. Her narrow eyes widened and she didn't dare move, like her presence would be offensive to him and he would immediately be able to make true of his threat. The insinuation that he had her parents made her feel locked in place. She had to get her family back, though they weren't that close, they were family. She knelt quietly, hands kindly on the tops of her thighs. She forced herself to soften her gaze, but kept it stoic.
Cray saw her mood change, even though it was forced. His face twisted into a malicious smile as he looked down on the helpless mew,
"Ah...now you get it."