Order 03: A Mew Sighting

By this time, police have arrived and began evacuation of the area- even pulling the girls off the scene. They managed to cordon a perimeter off the beast- about one kilometer around, since it was not moving and had specialists ready just in case it moves or attacks.

"I wish the Mew Girls were here..." one officer accidentally puffed into his radio as the ushered group passed by- hearing it since they were a well known "task force". "They would have taken this brute moments ago..."

They silently agreed on the situation, since the entire city still does not know who they are- a bit safe for them. Meanwhile, Sally was nearing her house when suddenly; a faint but clear sound reaches her ears- the sound of fleeing people. Taking some things from her bag and vanishing into an alley, she then quickly rushed to where the sound was.

"We have a situation!" the police radio began to act up- urgent. "The target is now moving north towards us! All units please be advised that the containment radius is now at five! The creature is now berserk, attacking everything it..."

The line was cut by a scream and silence- the officer that just puffed about the girls was hit and out for the count- creature headed towards them. Police and civilian alike were fleeing as the girls stood firm, placing their hands on their pockets- taking out the one thing they have not used in years- their golden pendants (and making sure that no one was looking as well).

"It's Show Time!" Arua thought as she saw the glint. "Once again..."

"Mew Mew Strawberry..." Ichigo opened.

"Mew Mew Mint..." Minto followed.

"Mew Mew Lettuce..." Retasu added.

"Mew Mew Zakuro..." Zakuro spoke as well.

"Mew Mew Pudding..." Purin followed suit.

"METAMORPHOSIS!" All of them spoke in unison, transforming them.

The chimera heads for them and smashes its paws on where they stood, cratering it with damage. A police helicopter flies overhead, checking on the situation.

"Command post, this is Shiro..." the copilot radioed, using his chopper's name. "No sign of stragglers as of now and... Wait a minute!"

"Report... What's down there?" the chief in charge replied. "Do you see something?"

The copilot adjusted his camera zoom to get the best image while the pilot flew the craft. And what he saw lifted his spirit- five familiar girls fighting against the chimera.

"Sir, the girls are here!"

The chimera somehow senses the flying intruder and the back hairs became stiff, deadly flying spines, aimed against the now evading craft.

"Shiro, get out of there before you get hit by those spines!" the operations chief barked as he himself witnessed the attack. "Get out of there, now!"

The chopper was having a hard time evading the volleys of stiff hairs; eventually allowing one to hit the tail, causing it to go out of control- Mew Ichigo sees it.

"Mint, the helicopter!" she called to the flying member of the group.

"I'm on it!" Mint replied, taking off towards the two policemen that had bailed out at too low a height.

With greater speed than three years ago, she manages to catch them by the straps of their parachutes, as the aircraft crashed into a creek and exploded.

"You're in safe hands..." she assured the two pilots as she placed them on the ground. "Now get away from here as far as possible!"

The chimera now heads for them and Mint replies by takingsummoning her bow and firing her "RibbonMint Echo" attack- no positive effect except irritating the monster more.

"It had no effect- Aaah!" she commented as she was slammed into the street.

"Lady! Aaah! The two cops could only shout as they too were hit and slammed into posts- stunning them.

"Mint!" Ichigo alarmed as she fainted near them, making no choice but to be on her tail- literally with her weapon. "Strawberry Bell! Ribbon Strawberry...

But before she could charge for her check, the chimera again lands a cratering slam on the road, the force hitting Pudding dead-center, stunning her without a chance, now enraging Zakuro- who also by chance has a little sister with almost the same bubbly attitude as Purin- though she rarely sees her.

"Why you... take this! Ribbon Zakuro Spear!"

The light whip hits the beast, but to no effect as well, now making the remaining girls wonder.

"No effect... not even a scratch..." Zakuro spoke, assessing the situation.

"Hmm... magic-resistant skin... I've seen that kind of resistance before... but where?" Arua thought as she herself monitored the actions- up on the roof of one of the houses. "That's magic alright- but not arcane for that matter- more like extra terrestrial."

Then, her suspicion was cemented into hard fact when the creature casted on to the ground- where the girls were standing on, a familiar earth spell but with a color that suggested otherwise.

"Green flamestrike... just as I thought! Flamestrike on earth is colored normally (reference: fire)... but green..." Arua again thought as the spell hits Zakuro full force, scorching her a bit and burning bits on Lettuce and Ichigo. "All magic is constant wherever it is used- but indications on what seems to be similar effects will determine the spellcaster's source of power... this one's Kyrelian..."

"Don't worry about me..." Zakuro assured, as the flames died down. "Take it down!"

"Leave it to Mew Lettuce to save the day!" Lettuce took up her usual guise and took up her castanets. "Ribbon... Lettuce... Rush!"

The water-based attack still had no effect except pushing the chimera away a bit, further enraging it and retaliating with its hairy spines. The spines hit Lettuce, injuring her and sending her to the ground like the other three- making Arua worry a bit. The creature now sizes Mew Ichigo for what seemed to be another attack.

"This is not good... I decided not to bring mayhem into their lives and this happens..." she thought as she readied her staff- the central gem now starting to glow. "If they fail, I may have to purge the area clean of life... and recover anything that needs..." she then spots something or someone in a white trench coat running on the sides of the houses, approaching. "What the..."

"Cover your eyes!" the coated person yelled as she threw into the scene a canister.

That canister my friends, was a flashbang grenade- the sound and light it produced momentarily blinded and deafened the monster- and partially hazing Ichigo's sight and hearing. As soon as the light and sound haze disappeared, Ichigo looked at the newcomer- a long, golden-haired girl in a white trench coat and pants, with that seemed to be a couple of Tek-9s on her hands and the most strange features- white cat ears and a tail. Even though she was looking behind the newcomer, she was puzzled and left into thought. The stranger began to shoot at the monster, diverting its attention away from Ichigo. Even though she wanted to say that any attack they made was of no use, her mind shifted its priority from that to assessing her friends. The stranger was in the middle of reloading beside the wall when the monster struck- Ichigo tried to warn but the attack made the mark, covering the scene in dust- but no matter, because out of the cloud, the stranger emerged, miraculously climbing up the wall unaided. With reload finished, she gunned for the top, flipping over the monster and again shooting, now revealing to Mew Ichigo the monster's weakness.

"A shield... must break that!" she thought as she went near Mint. "Mint, are you okay?"

"I'm okay..."

"I've found the weakness... we need the others!"

But that notion was no longer needed- for the rest were already okay and standing.

"Who is she? She looks a bit familiar..." Zakuro asked as they saw the stranger. "Never mind that... she's helping us right now!"

"We need to trust her right now... and she's no alien..." Ichigo replied.

"How can you be sure?" Lettuce asked.

"Look, cat ears and tail!" Pudding replied as the stranger holstered her guns and took out a knife, landing herself a few feet from them and taking a stance. "But that means..."

"Follow my lead then!" Ichigo quickly spoke as she saw what she (the stranger) was doing- gathering energy on the knife. "Pudding, lock in!"

"Pudding Ring Inferno!" Pudding quickly barked, locking the creature down.

Then as if on cue (and on another hidden agreement), the other three attacked- all directed towards a single spot.

"RibbonMint Echo! Ribbon Zakuro Spear! Ribbon Lettuce Rush!"

"Axium Lightspear Strike!" the stranger barked (as if on cue with the others), throwing her energetic knife towards the same spot where the three attacks were still battering, hitting it and to their amazement, broke the monster's anti-spell shield- time for the mewberry rod.

"Mewberry Rod... Ribbon Aqua Drops!" Ichigo barked as she executed the act- emitting an altogether different effect.

But it was effective though, hitting the monster and vanishing it into light- but not with the effect they had expected, for instead of returning the monster to normal, only a black crystal remained, floating ever gently to the ground. A figure in the shadows frowns at this development and decides to pick the crystal up- but not before having a view of each other- the girls and him in black.

"We will meet again, Mew Girls..." he uttered as he quickly vanished.

"Who was that? And what happened?" Mint asked.

"Where's she?" Lettuce asked, since the stranger in white was gone as well.

"More importantly, who is she?" Ichigo asked as they reverted to human form. "And those characteristics- similar to mine... is she a Mew Mew too?"

Andronfelt house, moments later. The now normalized stranger- now in home attire and carrying a bag, arrives to the worry of her uncle and aunt- the stranger was none other than Sally.

"Where were you? We are worried sick since that chimera showed up! What would I say to your father if you were injured or even worse, killed!" Julius asked. "But luckily, the Mew Girls and a stranger in white were there..."

"Stranger in white?" Sally asked.

"By the way he acted; he seemed to be one of your father's men. And he even threw the shining knife that broke the monster's defense..." Masako replied.

"Really? A 'shining knife' you say... that might be the lightspear strike that can break thru any field..."

"Okay, okay... let's eat and no further discussions of the news..." Julius concluded.

Later in her room, Sally laid down on her bed, thoughtful of what just happened- and her actions.

"I shouldn't have rushed in like that-makes me feel like I'm capable of anything, and that's including foolish ones..."

Then from her bag, she took out a piece of jewelry that is very familiar to the Mew Girls- a transformation accessory.

"'Mew Mew' huh?" Sally spoke as she viewed her reflection on the accessory. "Let me try it then..."

Back at the scene of the chimera attack, the police had cordoned the hit areas and repair had commenced at the areas where a sweep had been completed. A much more senior figure in white with black shades had replaced the operations chief and his head motion was no worse than the area itself.

"Commander White Knight, the 'monitor' has been here again..." one of his people reported.

"So what?" he replied in a sharp tone, all the while sniffing his white rose. "He or she only watches- we can find no connection from her to any anomaly that has occurred here since the aliens had invaded."

"But what if the 'monitor' is a spy for the enemy?"

"We'll take him or her down as well." he replied coolly, pocketing his white rose (and not knowing that he was being watched). "Take care of the site for me okay- I want it spotless and normalized by tomorrow- I have girls to take care of... it's been a long time since I heard or seen them... And that pretty business partner of mine may be getting lonely."

"You wish..." Arua puffed as she vanished from another roof.