New Worlds

(A Mew Mew Tale)

"Betrayal!" Ume thundered. "A betrayal like none our race has ever seen!" the powerful lady paced in front of the three, shamefaced, young aliens. "However, it is you I am most disappointed in." she turned to Kish, who bowed his head lower. "To fall in love with one of those pathetic beings is absolutely unforgivable. You were supposed to destroy them all, and yet you left the entire planet as if you'd never been there. Disgraceful!"

"Lady Ume, we were-" began Kish, but Ume cut him off.

"I don't care one little snippet what you were! Why didn't you ready our earth for us?" Our earth was how the aliens referred to their previous planet.

Pie looked up at his leader. His face was worn, as though he hadn't slept. "Madame Ume, the Mew mews gave us a mew-aqua. With it we can replenish this haggard old planet so that it may be habitable."

Ume regarded Pie with her thoughtful, slanted eyes. Then she stepped over to a floating chair and curled into it like a cat. She closed her eyes and stayed there for several minutes. Finally she opened her eyes.

"Tart," she said, "where is your say, young sir?"

Tart hesitated slightly, then said, "It's true, we have a mew-aqua for our world." Ume looked tense, as if bordering on indecision. Then suddenly decided and determined, she looked at pie and gave a nod.

"Our world will be cleansed."

At the door, a shadow backed away silently. A small knife flashed once, then disappeared beneath a long cloak.