The next day at the café went as smoothly as the last couple, Zoey then saw Warren on his break and wondered, "I wonder who Warren is, where he came from and all that…maybe I should ask him."

Warren saw Zoey approaching and as if he could read her thoughts said, "Let me guess…you want to know my background, you want to know who Warren Jackson is and where'd he come from?"

Zoey looked surprised at Warren, but nodded, Warren gave a sigh and said, "Okay…I guess I have to get this out of the way sometime, can't hold back. I came from a middle-lower class family, got kicked out at the age of 14. Stayed with a few of my friends from school until I was 16, I knew how to ride a bike so I didn't stay in one area too long, got a bunch of odd jobs as I traveled."

"Wow, to be kicked out by your own family and then raise yourself on all sorts of jobs." Zoey mentioned, Warren nodded and said, "Yeah, work was murder." At the mention of 'murder' Warren laughed to himself.

"Then where do you live now? An apartment?" Zoey asked.

Warren sighed and said, "Actually…I've been living in and out of Hotel rooms the last couple of days—." Suddenly he saw Corina getting up and heading for the bathroom, Warren then took out a paper bag and said, "Hold that thought for one moment."

Warren then took out a tube from the paper bag and a trowel, he then squirted some clear, gelatin-like liquid from the tube onto the chair Corina had been sitting at, then he used the trowel to smooth it out until it was hardly noticeable. Then he quickly returned over to Zoey and said, "there…now where were we? Oh yeah, I've been living in and out of hotels for the last few days, it's not as bad as it sounds but I'd like to sleep somewhere where I didn't have to fuss around with the heating/AC."

Warren watched as Corina sat back down, "What did you put on that seat?" Zoey asked.

"Oh just a little carried out threat, don't worry…it'll sink in as soon as she has to go to the bathroom again, or has to get up to re-fill the teapot." Warren told her, then he looked at his watch, "Oh, I better get back to work…nice talking with you—." He looked at the name-tag, "Zoey."

"Wow that's harsh, to be growing up living on your own…my parents may not be willing to take him in, but maybe one of the other girls would?" Zoey thought to herself.

Within two hours Zoey found out what Warren had been waiting for when Corina gave out a yell of anger, the other girls ran over to find the chair stuck to her butt. "I don't know what happened, I just wanted to use the bathroom again…then all the sudden I realize the chair won't let go."

Warren walked out, a confident smirk on his face, "Maybe the chair likes your ass so much, it can't stand to let it go." He said with a laugh.

Well Elliot and Wesley tried to pull her off but to little avail, Elliot then looked at the others and said, "Okay…Renee, Warren…you two pull from one end, Wesley and I will pull from the other. All you other girls continue serving tables, this is a café after all."

"Okay boss-man." Replied Warren as he and Renee grasped hold of the chair legs, Wesley and Elliot grabbed on to Corina's wrists and both groups pulled away from each other, within five minutes the chair finally came loose, but there was also the familiar sound of tearing fabric with it. Renee and Warren fell backwards on their butts, Elliot and Wesley fell back with Corina landing on top of them.

Suddenly Renee looked at Corina and while blushing said, "Oh dear." Warren looked and just gave a ripe barrage of muffled laughter.

"What—What's so funny?" Asked Corina angrily (try picturing one of those 'ticked off' marks on her fore-head with this as well).

"Here I'll put it into poem, 'I see London, I see France, I see Corina's underpants!'." Warren said giggling like a madman, Corina then felt back there and wouldn't you know it, the back side of her dress had torn off and was still stuck to the chair. Corina blushed in embarrassment, looked at Wesley and Elliot and asked, "May I please be excused?"

"Sure." Wesley told her, Corina then turned…but then stopped at Warren's left side and whispered, "I know this has something to do with you, I don't know what you did or how you did it, but I do know this…I will get even!"

"That'll be the day." Warren thought to himself, "I have no idea what you're talking about. But you're blaming the wrong guy." He whispered back in mock sweetness.

Near the end of the day Zoey explained to the other girls what she'd learned about Warren, "Wow, poor guy." Said Bridgette.

"He must cry himself to sleep every night, or so I'd imagine." Kikki added.

"Oh come on, you guys can't be feeling that sorry for him…if you ask me he got what he deserved!" Corina argued.

"Well what's the point in telling us this Zoey?" Asked Renee.

"Well I know my parents probably wouldn't let him stay at our place, so I thought that maybe one of your families could house him for a bit. Just until he could find himself somewhere else to stay." Zoey told them.

"Well don't look at me." Objected Corina.

"I'll talk to my parents about it, I'm not saying it'll be an immediate yes…but it'll be worth a shot." Bridgette told her.

"Well I have a few guest bedrooms at my place, he'd be welcome to stay with me." Renee added.

"Thanks." Zoey told them.

Meanwhile Warren/Htarw was walking the city streets, "I have to come up with another Metallosite, but this time a large crowd has to see it…but how am I going to that? It's not like the answer is just going to appear right in front of me."

Suddenly a large sheet of paper blew up in the wind and hit him in the face, "BLWA—AARGH!" He exclaimed as he got it off, he looked at it and looked at it, "Bing-go!" he thought to himself, he snapped his fingers and then disappeared.

The next morning Warren came in and asked, "Hey fellow co-workers, I was wondering…are any of you fans of Sting?"

"Why would you ask?" Zoey asked in response.

"Well I went for this contest and wouldn't you know it I won the grand prize, 6 backstage passes…now one is for me so question is who do I want to take with?" He then looked at them and said, "Well the concerts tomorrow night, so I'll think about it." Suddenly he was heading towards the kitchen when Corina yelled out, "WARREN WAI—!"

But it was too late, as soon as he stepped in, "Huh? ARRGH—HUUYAH, COLD!"

He stepped out, a furious look was in his eyes…he was wet, a few goose bumps appeared. He shuffled his way over to Corina, she looked nervously at him and said, "Oh yeah…about that, well yesterday I felt pretty ticked about the super-glued chair so I sort of rigged a bucket of ice-water to fall on you, no hard feelings right?"

Warren swiped away the wet clump of hair from his eyes and said, "Wrong, I told you I didn't do that…and just for that, consider yourself screwed out of getting one of these passes."

"Oh crud! Good going Corina!" She thought to herself.

The rest of the day Warren was constantly confronted by Zoey or Kikki, both of whom were trying to win over Warren's decision. Bridgette then confronted Warren. "Look, my decision is my own and I'll make tomorrow when I come for work…so you can just buzz off!" Warren yelled at her.

Bridgette looked hurt, but said, "I wasn't going to talk to you about that, it's just…yesterday Zoey told us about how you've been living in and out of hotels, and I talked to my parents, and there willing to let you come over to my place and stay, until you find a place of your own."

Warren gave her a look of 'She must want one of the passes if she was offering this?', but Bridgette said, "Now I'm not doing this so you'll give me one of the passes half-heartedly…in fact I won't be disappointed or hate you if you don't choose me, just think about that okay."

As she turned to leave Warren said, "Bridgette…I just want you to know, you're the first person in this restaurant that's been completely honest with me, I just want you to know that."

The next day Warren asked all his co-workers to gather, "I've come to my decision…it wasn't easy for me to make, but here it is…the first two passes I give out…"

Zoey and Kikki nearly crowded him, "go to Elliot and Wesley…mainly because they didn't bug me about them the whole day."

He then took out another and said, "This one also goes to someone who didn't gripe me the whole day…Renee, this one's for you doll."

Renee took the pass and said, "Oh, and if you ever call me doll again, I'll kick you so hard you'll be flying westward over the next several time zones."

"Dearly noted." Responded Warren.

He then took out the last two and said, "Now these two, I was going to give to one person so he or she could bring someone else along…and that's why I chose you Zoey."

Kikki looked dumbfounded, Bridgette gave a faint smile, "Now the reason I didn't choose you two is for these reasons, Kikki…I'd have chosen you, but this concert is going to be really long and you're a little too young to stay up that late, and Bridgette…you told me you didn't care if I chose you or not."

Later that night Warren was the first to arrive (or at least he thought he was) by the backstage entrance, he showed security the pass and they let him right in. He made his way to the stage when he saw Elliot and Wesley. "Well I guess I'm not the first one here after all…shame on me." Warren said, laughing to himself.

"Pretty impressive light setup…don't you think?" Wesley asked Elliot, Elliot nodded, "Walter was a big Sting fan too…he would've killed to be here."

"He knows Elliot…because he's closer than you think. And he's somewhat touched that you'd remember what he liked." Warren thought to himself.

Renee was the next to show up just as the stadium was being filled, "Nice that you could join us do—," he stopped himself though and said, "Uh, Renee…It's nice that you could join us Renee."

"Thanks for inviting me along Warren." She told him, Warren blushed a bit…but then realized what he was doing and quickly regained his previous poise, "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? YOU CAN'T HAVE FEELINGS FOR HER…SHE'S THE FRIGGIN' ENEMY!" He heard that little voice inside him yell at him.

Zoey was the last to arrive, Mark was with her…he thanked Warren for giving Zoey the two passes so she could give one to him. "Think nothing of it, I just want you two to have a good time is all." Warren told them.

Soon the concert was underway, and wouldn't you know they did have a good time, there was a point where Mark and Warren found themselves singing/whispering the lyrics to 'Every Breath You Take', Renee even asked for a slow dance during the song 'Fields of Gold' which Warren agreed to do.

During an intermission, Warren said he had to use the little boys room…but he'd be right back.

Well about 20 minutes later when Sting stepped back out onto the stage, the entire stage went dark save for an eerie blue light.

"Okay…who in the bloody hell is messing with my lights?" Sting asked irritably.

"Shut up, you old prune of an Englishman…I'm running the show now, and I'm calling the shots!" Echoed the voice of Htarw.

"Okay so where the hell are you?" Sting asked, but there was no answer.

"Come on…you coward, where are you hiding!" Sting asked again…trying to keep his temper leveled.

"I'm here!" Called Htarw to the left of him.

"No…I'm here!" Htarw called out, this time from the right.

Suddenly the canvas background shot a huge image of Htarw's head, "No…right here." said the giant head, Sting looked into the figures eyes and said, "What in the name of God?"

Htarw rolled his eyes into the back of his head and the giant image, along with the lights…cut out, it was dark again. Suddenly the normal lighting came on and Sting found Htarw standing right in front of him.

"Who the hell are you and what the hell do you want?" Sting asked.

"Name's Htarw…I was actually a big fan of yours, still am—but what I need is something I know you won't give up on free will alone. So it has to come down to this, don't worry…this'll only hurt a moment." Htarw told him.

Within a minute Sting fell backward, Htarw holding Sting's spirit in his right hand, and a Metal Infusor in the other. "Everybody watchin', no good guys lookin'…good, now let's combine these two things and let's get cookin'."

Zoey and Renee watched as the infusor formed a small metal orb around itself and Sting's spirit, then watched as a mass of metallic goo formed around the sphere, and to top it off, the good took the form of a giant metal wasp.

"Oooh, an insect-type…that's new if not interesting." Htarw said lounging against the drums. He looked over and saw Zoey and Renee watching.

Renee saw Htarw's eyes and knew what he was thinking, he was thinking: Come on Renee…you want to save all these people from a deadly fate, all you and Zoey have to do is your little Mew Mew Transformations and come out onto stage and stop me?

"Zoey we have to transform, we have to stop him before he has a chance to use his new toy." Renee told Zoey.

"Oh who am I kidding…nobody's going to save you people, so why don't we skip the waiting and go right into shoot to kill." He then looked up at the metal wasp and said, "Okay my metal fellow…let's play a game of human target practice."

Suddenly the metal wasp stopped hovering in its stationed spot and started swooping left and right of a fleeing crowd of people, green laser beams shot out of its stinger as it flew past.

"Ladies, Mark…I think it's time we got out of here." Elliot commented ushering them along, Htarw saw them leaving then pointed them out to the metal wasp. The wasp turned to face them and fired off two shots, one struck Mark directly in the back, while the other winged Elliot's right side.

Zoey could only watch as Mark fell forward, "MARK!" she cried out.

"Oh too bad, so sad." Htarw said with mock sweetness.

Wesley helped Elliot up and while he slung Mark's arm over his shoulder said, "You two better get out there."

Zoey and Renee went through their little transformation deal and went out on stage to face Htarw, he looked at them, "Well, well, well…aian't it two-fifths of the Mew Mew Fluff Squad."

"We're not going to let you get away with this Htarw!" Zoey told him sternly.

"Oh my dear, dear Mew Mew…if you haven't looked around, I already have." Htarw told her.

"You take on the bug-boy…Htarw's mine." Renee told Zoey.

"Are you sure you can take him on alone?" Zoey asked.

"Worth a try." Renee answered.

Zoey headed towards the giant metal wasp while Renee clashed with Htarw, Htarw leapt up and landed on the scaffolding that held the lights up, Renee jumped up after him. "You dare face me alone? Foolish girl…I cannot be defeated."

"Everyone has a chink in their armor…I've yet to discover yours." Renee told him.

Htarw then unsheathed Requiem, but suddenly it started shrinking down until it was the size of a dagger, "I think you'll find my armor, whether physical or mental is quite flawless."

Meanwhile Zoey was having some trouble defeating the Metallosite, it either dodged her attacks or exploded into that metallic goo only to reform, and those laser blasts coming from its stinger.

Renee on the other hand was having some trouble with Htarw, though his sword had now shrunken down she still had to go on the defensive…and every time she attacked Htarw parried or blocked the attack and knocked her away with a karate chop to the shoulders or a kick to the gut, "Give it up girl…and face it, I've already won this night. Tonight I conquer this stadium, tomorrow the city…and then the world shall be my 13th pearl…for isn't the universe all but one giant oyster? An oyster which Deep Blue and I plan on ruling, and who knows…if you become my apprentice Renee, maybe I won't have to rule it alone."

Renee gave a bitter laugh and said, "As long as there's a single breath left in my body I'll never join you!"

Htarw then vanished, only to reappear behind Renee and grab her from behind, holding his dagger version of Requiem to her throat, "You don't get it…all this time I've been going easy on you girls. You think you've seen my full power? HA! You haven't seen anything as of yet, you've only seen 10-15 of my full power. Think about it dear, I made your weapon, you think that little cutting ribbon attack is the only thing it can do."

Htarw held her close, Renee tried to get out of his grip…but found he had her against him pretty tightly. He continued, "Who knows my dear, if you were to join me and become my apprentice, with your beauty and my raw power we'd be unstoppable, Deep Blue may welcome you with open arms like a father would welcome back a long lost daughter. The Cyniclon would take you in a girl and transform you into a young woman, just like they did for me…I was a boy when Deep Blue took me under his watchful eye and wing, and when it was done…seven years later I return here a man."

Renee finally found the strength to push herself away from Htarw, turn around, and give him a kick to the right side of his head. Htarw lost his balance and fell off the scaffolding, but then quickly used some gymnastic-like moves to bring himself around to the other side and kick Renee in the back, forcing them both to fall off.

Meanwhile Zoey was still having trouble bringing the Metallosite down, she knew what she had to find…the Infusor Core, but she'd already destroyed this thing five times. But every time she did it just kept reforming, "Come on where is it?" she asked herself.

Htarw got up and said, "If I was you little girl I'd be more worried about my friends than that thing…because remember when it zapped those two humans as they tried to flee, that blast wasn't so much a laser than a sort of cybernetic venom that now flows through their veins. My guess is they only have another 35 minutes to live until that venom kills them, sad fate really…but I guess it's like the saying goes, 'it is better to have loved and lost, then to never have loved at all'."

"I can't listen to him, I have to clear my head of his voice…wait a minute, that's it…that's where it has to be!" Zoey thought to herself.

Suddenly Htarw felt something grip him from behind, he turned to see Renee. "Did you miss me?" she asked with mock sweetness. Htarw pushed her away and said, "I've had enough…it's time to end this!"

Renee and Htarw then started running at each other, as soon as they were but several yards away from each other they leapt up into the air, there were two quick flashes of light, then both of them landed…as Zoey destroyed the Metallosite and found the broke the Infusor Core Renee fell to her knees, Htarw turned around and said, "You didn't even touch me."

Renee looked back at him and said, "Don't speak so soon…look at Requiem."

Htarw looked at it and saw that there was a small crack on its side, he quickly restored it to its full size and re-sheathed it. He then ran towards Zoey who was just about to catch the Metallo Chip when he beat her to the punch.

"Guess you weren't betting on Renee cracking your sword like that?" Zoey asked.

Htarw laughed and said, "Little girl, you have no idea of what I have planned…so don't try and figure it out, you might hurt yourself."

With that Htarw disappeared, Zoey helped Renee up, Sting came too, saw the both of them and said, "Okay…now will somebody please tell me what's going on!"

Zoey was worried that Mark might be dead, but she saw him walking back, she returned to her human form and hugged him, "I thought you were going to die." She said to him. "I almost did, but then I just thought about you and that's what kept me hanging on."

"Looks like when I destroyed Htarw's Metallosite the cyber venom wore off…that's good if anything happened to Mark I'd—." Zoey thought to herself.

Warren came rushing back, a piece of toilet paper attached to his left shoe, "Hey what's going on did I miss anything?" he asked them.

"You missed one hell of a show, but it's over now…you should've been here Warren." Renee told him, she then had the nerve to ask him, "Warren…if you need a place to stay for a bit, you're free to stay at my place until you find your own apartment."

"You know, you're the second person to offer me a place to stay…you've given me something to think about." Warren told her.

When the concert was over Warren slipped away from the crowd, "So what's next General?" Asked Dren.

"I don't know my comrade…but I'm formulating a plot to break the Mew Mews once and for all, and that's all you do need to know." Htarw told him.

Answering Review's:

Tylec Asroc: You're right…my bad, but I had a really bad case of writers block (it happens to me more often than you realize). So to you and Mr. E…I am truly sorry, I won't try to do it again.

LordTerminal: You know…it's people like you who really get me upset, I watch the 4KidsTV version and have been to other websites and have seen what they've cut out and I'm as pissed off as you are…I guarantee you the producers at 4Kids would've probably left it as it was if not for a certain Super Bowl accident (Thank you very much you FCC Blow Hards) so I know what they altered or cut out, and I'm as pissed off about it as your are…but for 'Jesus-Christ-Jumped-A-Train car-and-is-living-in-Santa Fe' sakes, don't target me…it's not my damn fault! (Oh, and on pronunciation: Hit-tarr, the 'w' is silent.)