Melody Mew Mews
Chapter 10
Kisshu can be a nice guy too.
" Saline, the most horrible thing just happened!" Saline, who had just strolled through the Café doors, was thrown off balance by Crystal's wail. Gripping the edge of one of the many glittering white tables of the Café, she managed to keep from falling over.
" You don't say?" the tired brunette replied, disinterested and slightly irritated at Crystals boisterous behavior. The was worry in Crystals tone but Saline could feel the excitement savagely radiating from her shorter friend.
Crystal nodded, lips twitching to conceal her hidden smile behind a tormented façade and continued exactly what she had rehearsed in the Café bathroom mirror for the past hour before Saline had arrived.
" Piggie!" Erin, who had just exited the kitchen, squealed while leaping across the room to where Saline and Crystal were standing. Cutting Crystal off, Erin glued herself onto Saline much to Crystals anger. Partially shocked, Saline remained in Erin's death until Cassidy, upon hearing the commotion, rushed into the room to peel Erin off.
" Oh, uh, Saline!" Cassidy exclaimed. Her hazel eyes darted from Saline, to Crystal and then toward Marissa and Angelica emerging from the kitchen.
Smoothing out the wrinkles in her V-neck, Saline gave an inquisitive look to Crystal and slightly motioned her head toward Erin. Before Crystal could respond, Angelica jumped right in having seen Saline's motion.
" The latest member of the team!" Erin beamed as Angelica pet her light brown hair.
" And my pretty princess name is Sugar!" The tiny girl jolted, causing Angelica to retract her hand swiftly.
" Pretty princess?. . .oh! You mean mew mew name." Saline tilted her head to the side in confusion.
" Nooooo! I mean pretty princess name!" Erin pouted, folding her thin arms stubbornly across her chest.
" Right. . ." Saline smiled ackwardly and nodded, fully used to Erin's childish antics.
Crystal scowled, teeth clenched in anger at what she considered stalling on her friends behalf. Roughly
Pushing Erin aside, Crystal resumed her place in front of Saline.
" HEY!" Erin wailed, glaring with a flared temper.
" Dustin got attacked by Kisshu!"
" What?!"
" Yeah we found him bleeding on the street!"
" Oh My God!" Saline frantically stuttered and squeezed arm with one hand. " What do mean he got attacked? H-how?-wha-? WHEN? Why aren't you saying anything?!"
" Because you're AMPUTATING my arm!" Crystal struggled to pull her arm away as Cassidy snorted along with Angelica. Saline let go, clearly not amused and sunk into a chair.
" It's okay, he's at the hospital now." Marissa reassured. " He only got some stitches on his arm, otherwise he's completely okay."
" Oh no." Saline whimpered in her hands.
" Honestly, he's going to be alright."
" God. . ."
" Saline! It's going to be okay!"
" NO! No it's not!" Saline growled making the other five flinch. " Kisshu saw us together and that's why he attacked him! Because of me!"
Crystal frowned and patted Saline's back.
" Calm down." She urged quietly.
" Dustin isn't even a part of all this! He doesn't deserve to be attacked by some psychopath!" Cassidy opened her mouth to speak but Saline continued to yell. " We're sworn to protect the people of the world from harm. We all are a part of this so no one else has to be! So no one else gets hurt!"
" That's right." Marissa solemnly nodded her head in agreement.
" So how. . ." Saline sighed, gaining her composure. " How do we fulfill that commitment if the people around us are harmed anyways?"
No one answered.
" First it's out friends. . .then mothers, fathers and baby siblings." She clenched her fists, feeling her palm pressed against her nails. " Nothing will keep them from attacking those closest to us. So how do we protect them?"
Crystal cringed as a lump formed in her throat. Cheeks flaring and mouth dry she felt her eyes glisten and reality hit her.
" I don't want to do this." Crystal mumbled. The others turned to look at her.
" None of us do." Cassidy whispered, unaware of the true intent of Crystals words.
' Why darling, you have no choice.'
Crystal shook her head softly.
' The plan is going more smoothly then I imagined.'
Nibbling on her lower lip she felt her foot tap without her consent. Caramel colored eyes popped open; her foot wouldn't stop. She wasn't the one moving it.
' You're not in control any more.'
The effeminate voice cackled cruelly in the depths of her mind. Crystal shivered, wrapping her arms around herself .
" You should go see him. . .at the hospital." Crystal muttered.
". . .Right. . . now?" She raised her eyebrow in consideration. " What if his parents are there. . .that'll be awkward."
" Say that you're a friend."
" Uh. . .I don't know. I want to see him but . . .maybe, sure."
" I'll come with you!" Erin volunteered, jumping so fast that her chair fell over.
" Nah, it's okay." Saline shrugged. "You guys go home, it's getting late. Besides, I told my parents that I might be going to the movies with Chris and Gigi tonight, so they wont get worried if they call home and I'm not there."
" But. . .the hospitals far away and it's getting really dark outside." Cassidy cast a wary glance outside. " You should use the buddy system."
Saline snorted.
" Bye you guys."
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After getting lost a few times in the various hallways, buildings and doors, Saline cautiously walked into the main entrance of the Tampa Genral hospital which she had found just a few seconds earlier. The inside was completely white and filled with tired and sickly people and patients. She slowly walked pass the gray cushioned chairs and small black television screens decorating the interior white like dark stains. Making her way pass an elderly woman asleep in a wheel chair, a middle aged man with bags under her eyes and a younger lady rocking back and forth in her seat, she finally made it to the counter where a plump elder woman was busily looking through manila folders.
" Uh. . .I'm here to visit a patient?"
The lady looked up after a moment, her dull blue eyes boring into Saline's chocolate ones, intimidating her a bit.
" And what do you need?"
". . .to know where he is. . .?"
The lady sighed and began to hit several keys on her keyboard.
" Floor?"
" I don't know. . ."
" Name?"
" Dustin Spencer."
" Are you his sister?"
". . .No, I'm his friend. . ."
" You can't visit this late without an adult, sorry hun."
" Oh. . .alright. Thank you." She began to walk away but stopped abruptly and turned her heel.
" Can I visit him tomorrow?"
" Yeah."
". . . Can I send him flowers?"
The lady looked up and stared for a while.
" Yes."
" Alright, so which floor is he on?"
The woman sighed and rolled her eyes, sneaking Saline a look or two.
"Ah, here. Floor 6."
" Which room is he staying in?"
" You can ask tomorrow when you visit."
Saline pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes at the woman.
" Sure, thanks."
Walking out of the building, she took a sharp turn to the right and went around the building to find another entrance.
" There has to be another way in." she mumbled to herself, breaking out into a slight jog. She snuck in through a vacant door while another couple walked out trying to appear as casual as possible.
" Where the hell are the elevators?"
" They're around the next two hallways."
Saline swiveled around and jumped back, letting out a yelp.
" Kisshu!"
" I thought we were past the first name bases, honey." Kisshu gave a sly smile and pushed her roughly against the wall. Saline struggled but made a mental not of how strong Kisshu was despite his lean body.
" You do know that talking to yourself is the first sign of insanity?"
" You would know!"
" I'm not insane, only crazy for you."
" Ugh!"
Kisshu snickered and moved in closer causing Saline to squirm awkwardly and shrink into the wall behind her.
" First you attack Dustin and now you're stalking him?" Saline hissed, trying to pull her wrists out of Kisshu's hands.
" Why would I stalk him?" Kisshu cackled. " He's pathetic! Did you not know that he was a pansy or are you just into guys like that?"
" Just because Dustin isn't some creep who carries around daggers doesn't mean he's weak!"
" Doesn't mean he's strong either." He grinned, pulling Saline's chin harshly towards him. " One cut on the arm and he fainted."
" Of blood loss!"
" Shut up." Moving in he caught her lips with his and continued to pin her to the wall. Running a pallid hand through her curls he brushed the knuckles of his other hand against her cheek and to her hip. Pulling away he smirked evilly at her. Mouth slightly gaping and eyes wide, Saline felt her cheeks warm and averted her eyes from his.
" I'm not such a bad guy, you know." Kisshu cooed into her ear. " If you want me to not hurt your friends anymore then all you have to do is be mine."
" I think I can manage, thank you." she mumbled, face red but expression slightly scowling.
" Well then please except my gift."
" Gift?" Saline looked up in surprise and soon heard various moans through the hallways.
Kisshu snickered and moved back, placing his hands on his hips. " Bye kitty."
Saline looked around, the moans began to sound closer. She reached in her pocket for her pendant and slightly shook. She hated hospitals; the feeling of death it held was overwhelming and how quiet they really were was intimidating.
" What?!" Saline fished around in her pocket again, and then switched to the other ones. Nothing. She felt around in her back pockets and even looked in her shoes. " No!"
The light above her head slightly flickered off and back on, and in an instant the other lights fallowed in suit. The hallway was now dimly lit and offered only a thin source of light. Saline gulped in fear, the slow, dragging foot steps and low moans so close that she could practically feel fingers on her arms.
' Just what kind of Chimera anima did Kisshu create?!"
Turning left and right, squinting her eyes and catching a glimpse of white dresses and green pants she saw the dozens of moving figures. Breath hitched in her throat and body stiff, Saline managed to let out a scream.
" ZOMBIES!!!!!"
Haha, second chapter this week. Wrote it in two hours. Yikes, I gotta get faster at writing.