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Chapter Ten: New Lettuce Confused

The sounds of Lettuce's uniform shoes splashed through all the puddles while she ran in the pouring rain. What the aliens were waiting for all along had happened. The throbbing of the gash on the back of her leg had worsened while in the kitchen. Before she knew it the pain was becoming too deep to ignore and she fell to her knees. Her eyes widened while she clenched her teeth. Old Lettuce was putting up such a fight, but the enzyme was stronger. Curling up on the floor of the Café, the gash on the back of her leg containing the enzyme finished infusing with her body. She no longer had control. New Lettuce did. A smirk came across her face when she rose to her feet and looked around the kitchen.

"Time to go," she chimed to herself while pulling off her work uniform and pulling on her school uniform. The clock read 11:25 pm, five minutes to closing, but like she cared anymore. She started to walk towards the back door.

"Lettuce," a voice announced that made her stop dead in her tracks. Turning around she noticed it was only Ryou. Her hair was covering her eyes only showing her mouth along with her nose. "You're leaving already?"

The look on his face was surprised but seemed to show a slight bit of sadness. With her new found personality, she appeared to have gained some new found powers as well. She could see right with his tough exterior to see he was a little saddened to see her leaving so soon.

A small smile came across her face as she blew him a small kiss before exiting the café into the rain storm outside. After her exit, a sigh escaped Ryou, while he deciding not to mention any of this towards the other Mews.

The rain continued to poor down hard while Lettuce stood underneath a huge, oak tree in the empty park. Usually she would be shivering from the cold but instead she looked around keeping her guard up for her "new friends".

"Jeeze," a high pitched obnoxious voice yelled from the tree behind her, "We didn't think ya would actually have the guts to show up!"

Her eyes widened as she whipped around to see Tart, Pai, and Kish floating above a tree branch behind her. Tart and Kish had huge smirks on their faces while Pai looked down at her with no emotion as usual.

"Why would you think of something like that," she protested with the anger of the enzyme growing inside of her. "Are you idiots going to help me or not?"

They all looked down upon her in shock, especially Pai. He had just taken this sweet, caring girl and turned her into another one of the snarky aliens he was aiding in the destruction of earth with.

"Do you wish to aid us in the destruction of the pink Mew Mew," Pai asked trying to keep his mind on track. If the enzyme had taken full effect then she wouldn't have to think twice before coming onto their side.

"You bet," Lettuce replied with a confident smile on her face, "When do I start?"

"Now," Kish commented as he swooped down grabbing her by the waist. With a snap of their fingers, they all disappeared into the rainy night sky. The rain stopped as soon as they had left earth.

Before Lettuce knew it, she as on the ship along with the aliens. All their plans were neatly scattered around the main room. There were endless hallways all around them and no one appeared to be around. Her soaked clothes dripped on the metal floor as a shiver ran up her spine. The place was far from cozy. Everything was grey or black.

Placing her arms around her to keep warm, she glanced around her new surroundings only to see nothing and no one around her. Footsteps echoed behind her. Her eyes widened as she decided she needed to get out of there and fast. Mind racing she sprinted down the nearest hallway.

All she could hear was her footsteps pounding against the metal floors, the person's footsteps keeping a steady pace behind her, and her heart going faster then usual. How could she let this "new personality" take her over completely? Now she was stuck in the worst of situations. Tears began streaming down her face when she reached a dead end. Now the tears were becoming heavier as they turned into tears brought on by panic and remorse.

The person behind walked slowly towards her coming to a stop behind her. All Lettuce did was stand facing towards the wall in too much fear to turn around. I wish… I had never cut my hair and felt jealousy towards Ichigo. She has Masaya…Ryou I wish I- Her eyes widened in mid-thought. A sharp pain like the one she had felt from the spine of the plant shot through her body. Closing her eyes, she fell to the floor in front of her with Pai looming over her holding an injection of the enzyme she had been under.

"Did you do it already?!" Tart yelled with his mouth full from a cookie he had pilfered from the kitchen.

Pai gazed down at Lettuce for a moment before turning around in the direction of Tart, "Yes… it has been done."

To Be Continued…

Yeah… It's been a very long time. If I had a good excuse besides having an active social life, doing schoolwork, being a teenager, and running cross country. Then I would give it here.

I wrote the beginning of this chapter a very long time ago and I think I was in a grim and depressive mood. I dunno, this entire chapter kind of freaks me out a little. I just added onto it trying to bring up the emotions I had from about two weeks ago. I'm sorry for the delay and now I'm more in a writing mood so you should be expecting more updates.