Chapter 12: Escape
Marie waited patiently for one of the aliens to feed her. It became routine for them to feed her twice a day. It was mostly just rice but she was hungry enough to eat it. Kish and Tart were the only two so far who served her. She took note that Pai had her pendant in his pocket. She waited for him to eventually serve her.
"Here, Mew mew," Pai said as he quickly slid her a bowl of food. Marie seized her opportunity and grabbed Pai by his collar.
"Wait!" She shrieked quickly. She pulled him to a stop.
"Let go of me! What do you want?" He barked at her.
Marie sighed sadly. "It gets so lonely you know? Sitting in this glass cage with no one to talk to." Marie wrapped her arms around his arm and pressed her chest up against his side. He gave her a bored stare.
"I don't care."
"No? But I care and you want me to fight for you guys so shouldn't you give me any reason to want to be here?"
"Listen, Mew mew-"
Marie interrupted him by shoving her lips against his forcefully. Pai stumbled over himself and she grabbed her pendant from his pocket. She immediately took advantage of his dazed state and ran.
"Men," Marie mumbled as she kissed her pendant.
She transformed and locked Pai inside of the glass cage. She cut off the oxygen in the cage and ran off. She hoped she could find the exit before it was too late. She felt so lost.
"Ah fuck!" Mew Suika stopped and looked around. She wasn't sure which way to run but she picked a quick direction and ran that way. She wasn't sure what to do. The aliens had such a large ship it was hard to navigate. She took a deep breath and kept running.
"There has to be some way to get out of here." She stopped for a moment and realized her situation. She turned around and went the way she came. She ran into to Kish suddenly.
"You bad girl! Running off so suddenly!" He grabbed her by the neck.
"S-sorry! I wanted to find you!"
"What?"
"I need you to take me home because my weapon is at home."
"You think I'm really that stupid?"
Mew Suika hung her head shamefully. 'I am never going to get out of here…'
Back at Café Mew Mew, Ryou was searching for Marie's current location.
"Did you find her yet?" Ichigo asked eagerly as she leaned forward towards Ryou's computer.
"Not yet. It's hard to search for her when she's so far off. I just wished her pendant would send out a distress signal," Ryou replied.
"Maybe we can contact her through Masha."
"Good idea. I'll hook him up to the computer."
Masha was quickly hooked up to the computer and they almost immediately received a signal from Marie's pendant. Ryou and Keiichiro narrowed their eyes.
"Well that's an odd place to be located."
"What? Where?" Ichigo pushed them out of the way to get a good view. She suddenly gasped.
"She's been captured! That's the same place we had to go to save Masha when the aliens took him from us! We have to save her and bring her back home!"
"Okay, gather up the girls and go rescue Marie."
Ichigo ran out of the lab to inform the other members. They all understood her and made their way to Marie's rescue.
Mew Suika found herself stuck in the glass cage again. The only bright side of her situation was the fact that she had her pendant back in her possession. She decided to attack and paralyze the aliens next time they approach her.
"This is the worst." Mew Suika heaved another sigh.
"Marie! It's me," Ichigo whispered loudly. Mew Suika looked up and excitedly placed her hands on the glass. Ichigo put her finger to her lips as if to tell her to be quiet. Mew Suika nodded eagerly. Ichigo made a hand motion and Zakuro opened the glass cage door. Mew Suika quickly ran out and they led her to freedom.
"Thanks for saving me, guys," Marie said as she hugged her friends. "I better get home. See you later!" Marie left the café hurriedly.
Marie slept soundly that night. Her bed never felt so good.
The next day Marie stood outside on the school roof. She looked over the city and felt strange. That was eerie presence in the air and she wasn't sure what it was. She felt the hair on the back of neck standing up.
"Marie!" a voice called out at her.
Marie looked down and was shocked to see Kei.
"Get to class you bimbo!"
Marie frowned at him. "He must've of been the disturbance." Marie snarled at him and walked away. She looked down and the jump she was about to take was going to be a big one. She leaped over the roof and landed perfectly on her feet once she hit the ground. She felt that strange feeling again. Something bad was going to happen. Her instincts told her to run somewhere. She picked up her feet and hopped over the school fence.
"Why do I feel this way?" Marie muttered to herself as she ran with all her might. She ran down a busy street, dodging people and animals, in a hurry. She brought herself to a stop and found herself in front of Biscuit's Burgers.
'What? But w-why here?' Marie took a deep breath. She had really bad feeling about entering the restaurant. She grabbed the door handle and cautiously opened it. She looked around and saw only a few customers.
"Hello?" She called nervously.
"Fisblood? What are you doing here?" A former co-worker said as she came out from the back.
Marie took a step back. "Is everything okay here?"
"Everything's fine. What's with you, you looked disturbed."
"I uhh… where's Mr. Kitsune?"
"He's sick today. He stayed home."
Marie took a deep breath. "Mind if I look around! I'm feeling extra nostalgic!"
"Fisblood, you don't work here anymore!"
"Excuse me a sec."
Marie immediately started searching all throughout the restaurant. She looked in both bathrooms and through the kitchen. She ventured into the storage room and the office. She took a deep breath and she couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.
"Looks like someone's hungry," a familiar voice said behind Marie's back. Marie immediately turned around.
"Kish! You asshole! What are you doing here?" Marie barked angrily.
Kish shut the office door. "You little traitor! Always running away!"
"When the hell are you gonna learn that I won't join your stupid team! I'm a Mew Mew and Mew's fight for justice, animals, and the Earth! I won't be on your side no matter what! Get that through your thick skull!"
"Alright, Tiger! It seems you have your mind set and so do I! I'll make sure to bring you to your knees then! Tata for now!" With that as parting words, Kish left the office. Marie leaned back on the office desk and her elbow knocked into the something. She heard something shatter.
"Oh no!" Marie looked to see a broken picture frame. She quickly picked up the picture frame and there was a picture of a little girl who was posing with Hiro. She took a deep breath and noticed how much alike they looked. "Is this his daughter…? Or-"
"Fisblood!" Her former co-worker barked at her suddenly.
Marie jerked up in alarm.
"What are you doing!?"
"Oh uh I… I was looking at this picture! Do you know who this girl is?"
The former co-worker glanced at the picture. She heaved a long sigh. "That's just Mr. Kitsune's sister. You need to leave."
"Right. I'm sorry. I'm going now." Marie left the restaurant shortly after. She felt overwhelmed and she wasn't sure what to do about the threat Kish imposed on her. She had to be prepared no matter what.
Her cell-phone rang and interrupted her thoughts. She answered it quickly.
"Hello?" Marie muttered awkwardly.
"Hey, it's me. I was wondering if you wanted to meet up at the park tomorrow after you get off of work," Hiro's sweet voice made Marie smile.
"Yeah… yeah that sounds awesome."
"I'll see you then. Bye Marie."
"Bye Hiro."
