Chapter 21: Final Battle--Bridget, Nya!

Bridget (AN: Who was now Mew Lettuce… kay?) was running down the corridor as she then saw a light at the end of the tunnel. She soon stepped through the light and out of the corridor, only to see herself now in a room similar to what Kikki had been in.

"Wow… how beautiful," Lettuce muttered with slight awe as she walked to the middle of the room.

Lettuce then saw one, single flower that stood out from the other flowers. It was a baby blue gym sock flower; she remembered Double D talking about them once, as how they were his favorite kind of flowers.

Lettuce seemed to start tearing up from the little memory as she walked over to the blue flower "Double D…"

"Aww, is little Lettuce lonely now?" questioned a familiar voice behind her as she quickly turned around to see Crizum standing behind her closely, "I can make an arrangement for that."

Suddenly, Lettuce thought she heard footsteps behind her as she then turned around; her heart was beating faster than it was before. Lettuce's eyes widened with surprise at who was behind her as the tears came back to her eyes.

There, standing not too far away from where she was, was Double D. He was dressed up in his Ruby Knight clothes and had out his razor ring that he usually kept around his belt. His head was hung down, as if he were tired.

"D-Double D!" Lettuce gasped with shock and happiness as she ran over to the brainy Edd, "Double D, are you feeling okay? Please, talk to me!"

"…" he soon looked at Lettuce as he lifted up his head. That's when he did something she would have never suspected for him to do; Ruby started to slash at her with his razor ring like someone would do with a knife as Lettuce was able to get out of the weapon's way just in time.

"Double D?!" Lettuce questioned with shock as she continued to dodge his fast, slashing attacks, "Please, please don't do this!"

Ruby finally stopped his assault to catch his breath; you could see an angry expression on his face, along with narrowed eyes. It was then that Lettuce saw something that terrified her; his eyes were hollow, black and dead.

He was possessed.

"Double D… No…" Lettuce muttered aloud weakly, "It can't be…"

"Oh, but it is true!" Crizum said as he then appeared hovering over Ruby's head; a smirk was intact on his face.

Lettuce glared at the red haired teen, "What did you do to him?!" she asked angrily as Ruby got back into an attacking position.

"Why, I'm controlling his mind, little Lettuce," Crizum said, a wicked chuckle escaped from his mouth, "But this is enough chit-chatting now," he continue to say as a malevolent smirk came across his face once again, "Finish her off."

Without another word, Ruby lifted his razor ring, ready to give Lettuce a fatal blow, but the young female wouldn't move. The razor blade then comes hurling down.

A spilt second passed. A hand came shooting out. Lettuce grabbed Ruby's wrist; stopping his razor ring less then an inch from her head. Lettuce held back Ruby's new raw power.

"… Double D… can you hear me in there?" she said; her voice was growing weaker and weaker by the second. She was using all of her strength to hold Ruby off, "… You don't want to do this… you would never do this."

Ruby's face remained void of that kind and gentle boy Lettuce was calling out too. His razor ring blade inched closer to her chest but she continued to struggle; she was now losing her strength from trying to hold off the razor blade, "The Double D I know would never do this! You'd never do this to Ed or Eddy! You would never do this… to me…" tears appeared as they streamed down her face, her hand began to quiver.

Lettuce's grip was slipping. The razor blade started to break free. But still she held onto Ruby's hand; her strength quickly escaping from her. Her tears dripped onto the grassy ground.

"… I… I-I love you, Double D…"

Those words escaped her lips just as her hand let go for Ruby's wrist. Her body finally gave out as Ruby's blade came slicing into her left shoulder, missing its original target; her chest. He then extracted the blade from her shoulder.

"…"

Ruby's eyes blinked rapidly. His body felt numb and empty for just a moment before he regained his full senses. Ruby's hands were still on his razor rings's handle.

"… Get away from us!!"

Ruby screamed as he turned around and flung his razor ring up in the air, up into Crizum, who was above him. Its blade sliced Crizum right down the middle of his body. He yells out in pain as he disappeared into dust in the air; Ruby's razor ring impaled itself into the ground. Ruby fell to his knees, looking down at the girl he almost killed.

It all happened so fast; like a late miracle. Ruby's body was his own again just as he extracted the blade out of her shoulder.

"… Bridget?" his hands were shaky as he placed them on the young girl's back. He gently picked her up and rested her head on in his hand. Her face stained with tears; the wound in her shoulder looked bad and looked to be getting worse. The most frightening thought crossed Ruby's mind.

"… Bridget…? Did I… do this -- t-to you?" his body started to shake, "Are you…?!"

She wouldn't answer.

"… No… please don't do this…" Ruby held her in a tight embrace, "… I'm so sorry… I-I didn't mean too--"

"… I… know you didn't…"

Ruby's eyes perked up as you could see his clothes changing back into Double D's clothes. He looked to see Lettuce's, who was now Bridget, eyes gazing up at his; her shoulder looked like it was healing up by itself, "… I know you didn't mean it…" she was smiling.

"B-Bridget, I-I'm so sorry…" Double D continued to say with tears going down his face. He held her close, "I-I didn't mean to hurt you!"

"… I… knew you would come to, Double D…" Bridget stated, "Can you… help me up; please?"

"O-Of course," Double D said as he helped Bridget up to her feet. He then took her left arm and puts it across his back to his left shoulder. He soon also takes his right arm and constricts his right hand under Bridget's right arm. This helped Bridget into standing and walking upright, "T-Thank you… Double D," Bridget muttered as they then walked off towards the exit of the room.

Geez Louise! This took a while to come into play. D: Next, we'll have Eddy and Raiki's encounter...