Chapter 36 – Jeremy's Final Battle With Death
Jeremy grabbed a sword, a gun, and an MP3, and went outside. There were dents in the door, and Mew was nowhere to be found. He scanned the area from the hilltop, and found Mew using her psychic powers to renovate buildings which had fallen apart. Looking up, she spotted him, and frowned at his gear. Going somewhere? She asked with a depressed sigh. "Yeah," Jeremy said, "But why are you so sad?" Mew sighed, stopped her work, and turned to face him. It was also written that the hero of the prophesy would have to make a choice between himself or his friends, and neither of them may come back from the dead when the choice is made. Jeremy frowned, but brightened. "Then it looks like we won't be seeing each other again, he said, eyes drooping. Mew, a tear to her eye, said Yes. It was clearly written in both of their eyes. They loved each other deeply. Mew turned away and continued, and Jeremy, still crying on the inside, went back to the castle, and into the secret palace. Mew, meanwhile, gasped as a hand clamped over her mouth and dragged her away...
Jeremy found Death at the Wall of the Prophesy, smirking. I thought you would arrive soon, he said, grinning evilly. "Why, Death? If you had left me alone, then I would have left you alone." Jeremy cried. Death frowned, and replied I do not care. I must conquer you to attain the ultimate power I have been seeking. He then brought out Mew, tied and squirming, to the horror of Jeremy. "What did you do to her?" He screamed, his voice reverberating around the room. Death grinned. She has been injected with a serum that will kill her in five minutes. Now, fight me! He rushed at Jeremy, who quickly defended himself. A dark power was blazing around Death, and he was much stronger. Fool! Death shouted triumphantly. I was holding back all those times earlier. Now see my true power! Death expanded, until he was no longer ten feet, but ten thousand. Jeremy brought out his MP3, and set the screen to Una Notte E Forse Mai Piu. He then battled Death again, but Death was stronger. Jeremy was losing badly, and he needed to kick it into high gear. He landed, and set the screen to a new song...
"LEEERROOOOOOOOYY JEEENNNKINNNNS!" Jeremy yelled as he slammed into Death, taking him by surprise. This was the song that was playing, and it was giving Jeremy so much power...He had hardly noticed that his powers of music had reactivated, instead concentrating on this final battle with his greatest adversary. Death was pummeled under a furious frenzy of blows, and appeared to stumble and trip, destroying most of the palace. He returned to his normal size, and said, You have beaten me... But you will not beat this: The antidote to your friend's poison is your soul. Death collapsed, and finally died, never to return to this universe. Jeremy screamed his pain, and in that moment, something snapped. He took out his old knife, the one he had used that time way back when he was still officially alive on Earth, and said aloud: "I love you, Mew..." before stabbing himself in the heart. He saw red, and thought he saw Mew getting back up...He smiled, and closed his eyes.
Mew got up, groaning. She knew that she had been drugged, but she felt better. She looked around, and gasped as she realized what had just happened. She flew over to Jeremy, and shook him. He didn't move. She used Thundershock, to shock him into living. She used a 1Up Mushroom, which did nothing. Finally, she collapsed over Jeremy's dead body, sobbing He's gone...and he can never come back...WHY?! She screamed, lashing the walls with her tail. Just then, she heard yelling in the front hall, where she saw the citizens she had calmed earlier furiously beating Nick and Magnus, who were both yelling for help. She pulled them out, and fought the intruders. There was the light of madness in their eyes, and she responded appropriately, by kicking them into a pit and shouting THIS...IS...MEWTOPIA! However, it didn't make her feel any better. Just then, Arceus came galloping down from a rip, and simply asked, What is wrong, my child? Mew sniffled, and pointed to the prophesy room. A look of understanding passed between the two, and Arceus told her this:
There is only one way to fix this... by completely recreating his soul.
Mew gasped in shock.