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Five Elements; The American Mew Mews
Chapter 10: Basilisk Type I; Too much to handle?
Mew Pyro gulped and took a step back. "Grant, do you think you have the strength to fight? Because at the moment I'm a bit sore from the beating you so soundly gave me."
Mew Sonic smiled and gave the victory pose. "Not a problem, I'll end this in one hit!" Though in the back of his head, he was screaming at himself for being such an idiot and wasting almost all of his power trying to kill Bruce.
The creature that rose out of the ground had to be at least ten feet tall, and though it was vaguely humanoid there was no way that Mew Sonic was going to try and compare this monstrosity to a person. Its entire body was made of strangely corded plant matter, which apparently was trying to resemble human muscle. With its wide shoulders and massive chest, the Basilisk seemed far too buff to be a plant. The center of its headless body opened enough to reveal a strange toothed chest cavity that reminded Mew Sonic of the mouth of a Venus Fly Trap that he had seen once. Letting out a bellowing roar of rage, the Basilisk charged towards both of the boys like a freight train.
"Scatter!" Mew Pyro leapt one way, while Mew Sonic leapt the other, leaving the Basilisk to run right through the goal post between them like it was a blade of grass.
("That thing just ran through freaking metal like it was paper…great…") Mew Sonic gritted his teeth and felt warmth run up through his muscles. "I've got it!" Screaming, though whether because of the heat of battle or because he couldn't believe he was actually charging this thing, no one knew except him. As he got within ten feet of it the Basilisk turned to face him, its chest cavity mouth opening and letting out a hissing roar. He responded by punching its corded muscle chest as hard as he could…
The Basilisk barely noticed the impact it had taken, though it was more than glad to respond to it with a powerful punch right into Mew Sonic's ribs with a fist that was nearly as big as the boy's whole torso.
For a few moments Mew Sonic felt his mind shut down from the pain, and then when he came to he was lying face-first in the dirt across the football field from the creature, which was charging towards him and roaring again. ("Oh hell, I pissed it off!") Then he rolled on the ground, feeling the earth shake as the creature tried to change the course of its run to trample him. But luckily it wasn't that physically swift, so other than brushing past his back it get going and charged through the stands, literally.
Mew Pyro just stood there, mouth hanging open. ("This monster is incredibly strong. With its physical strength, I'm not sure even if I felt top notch that I would be able to do anything to it.")
"Don't just stand there Bruce, do something!" Mew Sonic rolled to his feet and smacked his fist into his open palm. "I'm ready to throw it all on the line against this thing, what about you?" Then he looked at his wrist, and saw the display on his transformation device/watch. ("6:30? That means that some students will be arriving within fifteen minutes!") "We need to hurry, Bruce!"
Mew Pyro stepped forward slowly, and nodded. "Y…Yes, let's not waste any time destroying this monster."
"It's okay…I'm scared of it too." Mew Sonic could hear the fear in his rival's voice, and for the first time in a long while he agreed with him. This monster was something they weren't really ready for. For some reason he believed that every monster he would fight was going to be like Aizen had been, incredibly strong compared to the normal human, but when pitted against a Mew Mew it would fall. But this changed his whole outlook on that. This monster was far above anything he could hope to do in the fighting department. "What do you think, have you discovered something about a Mew Mew that can possibly beat this thing?"
Mew Pyro slowly shook his head. "Beyond my Inferno Punch, I'm assuming my powers are about the same as yours. Therefore, we'll have to use our weapons against this thing." Slapping his palms against each other, he closed his eyes and focused. "Pyro Gauntlets!" A pair of fire-red armored gauntlets formed around his hands. "Ready? We'll take it out in one shot!"
"Right! Come on out, Sonic Jammer!" Mew Sonic felt the guitar materialize in his hand. Hefting it and pointing the head at the hole where the Basilisk had gone through, he took a shuddering breath. "When it pokes its head out, blast it."
"Right." Mew Pyro felt his drained energy protest at the fact that he was trying to use this attack, but he knew it they didn't then that thing would just run them over.
A loud roar came from the hole and the Basilisk came charging out, cavity open and droplets of green liquid sliding down its abdomen.
"NOW!" Mew Sonic aimed the head right at it and ran his fingers across the strings. "Sonic Wolf's Howl!" A ball of sonic energy shot out of the head, hurtling towards the beast and slamming right into it, forcing it to stop its charge.
"Burn, you abomination! Pyro Tiger's Roar!" Mew Pyro's gauntlets exploded, releasing a blast of burning fire that swallowed the whole monster up. "Got it!"
The Basilisk roared in anger and charged, still on fire.
"GAH!" Mew Sonic had to leap out of the way to avoid getting tackled by the now on fire monster, but Mew Pyro wasn't so lucky. The Basilisk bounced him off of its shoulder, sending him flying across the field, through the chainlink fence, and into the stands. ("What's the matter with this thing? Doesn't it know you're supposed to stay down when you get hit by our best attacks?")
The Basilisk dropped to the earth and rolled about, quickly extinguishing the fires that covered its body with ease. Then it leapt to its feet and turned to roar at Mew Sonic.
"Let's go, freak show!" Dropping his weapon, the boy charged right at the monster screaming wildly. ("I won't lose to you, mindless vegetable!")
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Caitlyn cheered quietly as she watched Mew Sonic go berserk on the Basilisk, pounding it as many times as he could. "Come on Roger, kick that thing's…"
"Such words don't become a lady." A quiet voice spoke off to the side of her.
Caitlyn nearly leapt out of her skin in fear that it was Magnolia or that other child, but when she turned her head a big gasp escaped her lips. "It's you again."
Mew Terra nodded, hands folded in front of his chest. "Those two won't be able to win this if they keep fighting that monster like that."
"Then why don't you help them, aren't they your comrades?" She wanted to slap the masked cowboy look-alike, but knew that wouldn't be wise.
"I have no…" Mew Terra went silent as he noticed that Caitlyn smelled the air. "Something the matter?"
"Is that Morning Dusk?" The girl leaned in a little closer. "Why are you wearing perfume?"
"Uhh…." For a few moments, the calm gunman seemed to be unsure what to say. "Nevermind that, don't you care what happens to those two?"
A loud scream that grew rapidly louder could be heard, and then Mew Sonic joined their conversation as he went head-first through the chain-link fence that Caitlyn had been standing behind as a cover. He was halfway through it, every of him the waist up dangling between the two. "Ow…."
Caitlyn grabbed Mew Sonic's head and tilted it towards Mew Terra. "Hey Roger, what does that smell like?"
On instinct, the boy sniffed the air and his eyes widened. "Huh?" He realized it was Mew Terra and a deep frown creased his face. "You're a girl?"
"What are you talking about? Don't I look like a man? What makes you think I'm a girl?" The gunman took a few steps back, suddenly very uncomfortable.
Mew Sonic wrenched himself free of the chain-link fence and stood up, brushing himself off. "I know a man's scent when I pick it up, and that isn't a man's scent at all. You're disguised…"
Mew Terra went silent and then glared. "Impressive reasoning skills…"
"Yeah, just shut up and reveal who you are." Mew Sonic felt edgy around this person, because they pissed him off.
"Now isn't the time. I've watched that monster slap you and your friend around long enough. Now then, I'll help you out, alright?" Mew Terra offered his, er their, hand out. "Deal?"
Mew Sonic slapped the hand away. "Why are we shaking on it? Let's just go already!" Then they both leapt up into the air, and ran towards the football field.
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Mew Pyro back-flipped a couple of times and snapped up his Pyro Gauntlets. "Pyro Tiger's Roar!" An explosive spray of flame shot from his hands and swallowed up the Basilisk, but the creature didn't seem to notice as it charged into him again. ("What amazing resistance to pain. Why does this creature not burn away when exposed to my attack?") Bouncing across the ground, the boy felt pain spike up his chest from where the creature had hit him so many times with its shoulder.
The Basilisk rolled out the fires and stood up again, starting to approach Mew Pyro. Lifting up its claw, it prepared to end it…
Mew Terra appeared in front of it, their eyes determined. "Let's go!" Then they kicked their foot right into its abdomen, forcing it to double over from the strength of the blow.
Mew Sonic appeared behind it and tackled the creature, sending it face-first to the dirt. Then he was flying away as seconds later it back-handed him.
"Don't try and exchange blows with it, stupid!" Mew Terra brushed back their coat and pulled free their revolvers. "Terra Pistols! Terra Fox Storm!" Then they unleashed a flurry of shots that pummeled the creature mercilessly. "Now, finish it off Mew Sonic!"
"Right!" Mew Sonic leapt into the air above it and slammed his elbow down into the top of the creature's body as hard as he could.
Mew Terra face-fell. "What was that? I meant take it out with your finishing attack!"
"You mean the Howl?" Mew Sonic nodded and ducked under another back-hand thrown by the Basilisk. Snapping up his arms, he formed the Sonic Jammer. "Sonic Wolf's Howl!" There was an explosion that blew him backwards as the blast of sound energy connected with the Basilisk at point-blank range. When the dust cloud cleared though, it revealed the Basilisk still standing, though now it was stumbling. "Hey, why isn't it gone yet?"
"Because you haven't used your finishing technique against it! Hurry up and end it!" Mew Terra leapt back and continued to fire, the shots of the Terra Pistols blowing little holes in the body of the monster.
("My finishing technique?") Mew Sonic looked down at the Sonic Jammer and raised an eyebrow. ("What finishing technique?")
"Hurry up, it won't be stunned for long!" Then Mew Terra kept firing away, even as the older holes were already closing up along the body of the Basilisk.
Mew Pyro stood up and nodded. "Once more, Pyro Tiger's Roar!" A jet of fire launched from his hands and engulfed the creature once more, though this time it wasn't able to counterattack or try to put the fire out. "Hurry up and do as he says, Grant!"
"How?" Mew Sonic looked down at the guitar and slapped its frame a couple of times. "Come on, do whatever they want you to do!"
"Don't you know how to use your finishing technique?" Mew Terra gasped as the Basilisk charged and tackled them, sending the superhuman flying away into the stands.
"Damn it Grant!" Mew Pyro charged in and unleashed a flurry of kicks on the Basilisk. "Now isn't the time to tell us you don't know what you are doing!"
"I don't though!" Mew Sonic shook the Sonic Jammer a few times. "Please…work!"
("This is pointless, he obviously has no idea how to do the technique. So be it.") Mew Terra leapt into the air and aimed their revolvers both at the Basilisk. "Out of the way, cat boy!" Both of the weapons started to glow slowly, though they were quickly gathering up energy.
Mew Sonic stared at the Sonic Jammer like it was betraying him. ("Do it already! Come…") His whole body froze as he felt a tingle run up his spine. ("What was that? And more importantly…") Every part of him felt stronger momentarily. ("Is…is this the finishing technique?")
"Ribbon…" Mew Terra froze as they felt a surge of power coming from Mew Sonic. ("What's this?")
Mew Sonic slowly lifted his eyes to look at the Basilisk. ("It's like a song…almost. But it's too chaotic, too many notes to make any sense.") His fingers glided along the body of the guitar. ("No! I'll play this song…and I'll kill this thing!") He hit the first note, and a blast of sound shook the earth around them all. "This is it!"
The Basilisk turned and roared right at the boy.
Silence held around Mew Sonic, and then he held up the Sonic Jammer. "Ribbon…" His fingers became blurs, and the air around him grew hazy. "…Sonic…" The whole distortion around him seemed to flow out around the Basilisk. "…Dissonance!"
Roaring in pain, the Basilisk shuddered and then its whole body dissolved into specks of dust.
Dropping to his knees, Mew Sonic smiled tiredly. "Cool…guitar solo of…doom…" Then he collapsed, changing back to Roger in a flash of light.
Mew Pyro and Mew Terra both stared at the spot where the Basilisk had been in amazement. ("What was that?")
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Magnolia frowned and tapped her heel against the lamp post she stood on a couple of times. "Well isn't this just lovely, he's got some kind of new super attack."
Ivy giggled and looked over her sister's shoulder. "Well, should we make our move now?"
"Yeah." Magnolia and her sister both disappeared at once.
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Caitlyn ran over and helped Bruce get Roger to stand up. "Come on, easy now…"
"I'm fine…" Roger popped his back and stood up, glancing over at his rival. "Hey, now we can fight those things, can't we?"
"Yeah…" Bruce smirked calmly. "I'll figure out how you did that, and then once I use mine I'll prove that I am the strongest of the two of us."
"I'm sure that you will, but until then…" Roger stumbled as a wave of dizziness hit him. "I need rest."
"There's no time for that." Mew Terra slowly turned around, narrowing their eyes as both Magnolia and Ivy appeared on the field. "What do you two want?"
"Us?" Magnolia snapped up her whip, forcing Mew Terra to leap out of the way. "We're just here for our objective!"
Ivy vanished and then appeared behind Caitlyn, grabbing the girl's waist and then disappearing back to her sister's side with the girl over her shoulder. "Mission number two accomplished, sister!"
"Good job." Magnolia had to laugh at the look of burning anger that crossed Roger's face. "Sorry boy, but she won't be fighting back. Ivy, like myself, can produce powerful toxins and like we did to you, we did to her. She won't be moving until we administer the antidote."
"What do you want with her? I thought I was your target!" Roger started to run forward, but his legs gave out on him and he fell face-first to the ground.
"Our boss told us to capture this girl, not why to capture her. So don't bother asking me for things I don't have to give." She gave a little bow, not at all afraid of the guns aimed at her. "We'll meet again soon, so get some rest." Then she and her sister disappeared.
"Caitlyn!" Roger tried to stand up, but passed out from the stress of doing so.
Bruce just stood there, fists clenched. "Dirty cowards…"
Mew Terra glanced back at the two boys. ("I have no choice, I must take them to somewhere to recover before Roger's wounds catch up with him.") Turning, they slowly approached the two boys.
To be continued…
And so the real objective is revealed. What does the mystery man want with Caitlyn, and what is the identity of Mew Terra. All this and more will be answered in the next chapter.