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Five Elements; The American Mews
Chapter 22: Bio-Demon Diamond Armadillo
Poison laughed at the success of his creation and pointed at where Bruce had been thrown. "Your target is there, go Diamond Armadillo!"
Roaring, the creature curled into a ball so that the shell of diamond it had covered all over it like a smooth ball. Then it launched in an insanely fast roll towards where Bruce had crashed.
Anne screamed as she realized the creature was headed right for her.
Poison smiled slightly. ("This is the end for all of you…all of you humans. Diamond Armadillo is the perfect defensive weapon…he'll crush all of you in this whole structure…")
Right before the thing reached Anne, Bruce came flying out of the rubble of the booth. "HEY! That hurt you jerk!" Then he slammed shoulder-first into the creature. A loud crack noise resounded across the mall, and then Bruce was pulled underneath the creature as it rolled over him. However, his body's shape sent it slightly off course, and the Bio-Demon rolled right into a nearby store, tearing the tile of the mall up as it went.
"Bruce!" Anne knelt down next to the boy, who was already unconscious. His left arm was completely out of place, and was bent as some wrong angles in certain places. "NO!"
Poison spat onto the tile. "Amazing…even as a human he can still protect these creatures. Diamond Armadillo!"
A roar came from inside the store and the diamond roller-ball came spinning out towards Anne again.
The girl blinked as suddenly she was moving. She looked up and realized that someone had put her under their arm, with Bruce under the other. "Who are you?"
Walt gritted his teeth and tried to ignore the fact that the crazy pinball was right behind him. "That's really the last thing I'm worried about answering right now! So please just hang on and don't squirm!" He looked up at the balcony over his head and saw both Alicia and Caitlyn standing there, mouths agape. "Is this really the time to just do nothing, you two?"
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Alicia glared at him and stuck out her tongue. "I was just wondering how stupid you could be to just throw yourself into harm's way like that! That's all!" She looked over at Caitlyn, who looked really hesitant. "Don't worry about it, if a push comes to a shove I'll be glad to completely take over. No one expects you to do great on your first try."
Caitlyn still looked hesitant, but finally she nodded resolutely. "Okay, let's go!"
Alicia pulled the girl over out of sight, in a little alcove located between a pair of shops. "Let's do it!" She snapped up the wrist device she had gotten from Ellen yesterday. "Mew Mew Terra, METAMOPHORSIS!" The ground around her trembled as her entire body was surrounded by a powerful cloud of dirt and dust. From within it her entire body changed at once, her clothing forming into the jeans, white under-shirt, and jacket of Mew Terra. Her eyes turned brown and her hat formed in her hand. Pulling it onto her head, she felt her fox ears and tail spring out as well.
Caitlyn looked down at the little device nervously. ("No…until Roger comes back I can't be afraid! Bruce needs my help!") "Mew Mew Aero, METAMOPHORSIS!" An explosion of greed wind leapt up around her, blowing away her clothing and instantly replacing it with the light green singer's dress of Mew Aero. The transformation continued, a pair of light green bird's wings popping out of her back, along with the tail feathers of the tiny songbird she shared genetics with. Tilting back her head, she sang out and the air wrapped around her hands and formed gloves. It swirled around her feet next, creating a pair of heeled boots. And then she opened her now green eyes and brushed back some of her green hair. ("I can't be afraid.")
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"This is not how I envisioned my day was going to be!" Walt huffed for air and kept running, Diamond Armadillo hot on his heels. "Just leave me alone, you stupid pinball!"
"What did you call me?" The Bio-Demon growled, somehow able to be heard through its shell. "For that insult I'll run over you twenty times!"
"You'll have to catch me first, you…" Walt gulped as he tripped. Even as he saw the ground rushing up to say hello, he knew he was doomed. ("I should have had something better than just coffee for a last meal…")
"Gotcha!" The glittering roller-ball bounced into the air, planning on dropping right onto the teen. "It's the end for you!" Then a pair of spiked heels slammed into it and sent it rolling back the way it had come uncontrollably.
Mew Aero and Mew Terra both landed in perfect unison between Walt and the now out of control creature.
Walt breathed a quick sigh of relief. "It took the two of you long enough, jeez."
Mew Terra turned and kicked him in the shin sharply. Then she turned and pointed at the uncurled Diamond Armadillo, ignoring Walt's muttered curses. "Hey, what gives you the right to attack people?"
"Right?" Diamond Armadillo tilted its head to the side. "What's that?"
Mew Aero sweat-dropped and then pointed right at the creature. "Regardless, I can't forgive you at all for involving these people!" She struck a rather strange pose that someone might call dramatic…maybe. "Since Mew Sonic isn't here, I'll be the one to promise to kick your ass!"
Mew Terra blinked at the other girl, and then smiled. "Yeah, what she said! Are you ready to be defeated?"
Diamond Armadillo growled and clawed at the tile floor beneath it. "Screw you both! You won't stop me from doing what I want!" Then he curled into a ball again and shot towards them both. "Just try!"
Mew Aero and Mew Terra both leapt to one side, letting the giant ball shoot past them.
Walt yelped and threw himself, the still dazed Anne, and Bruce out of the way. "Don't save us just to put us in danger again!"
Mew Terra winced unconsciously and apologized mentally to Walt, and then she drew her revolvers. "Terra…" Her eyes widened as something blurred into existence right in front of her. It looked like some kind of blue-skinned human wearing white, purple and red robes. "Who are…"
"Poison." The Demon Lord's outstretched hand unleashed a powerful blast of blue energy that slammed into the girl and sent her crashing into and through the mall's structure. "Not that it matters to you."
"It does matter." Mew Terra said from her standing position on the railing above him. "Because you won't beat me that easily."
Poison smiled calmly and placed his hands behind his back. "I won't need these to beat you."
"Is that so?" She snapped both of her revolvers up at once. "Terra Fox Storm!" A flurry of compressed air bullets exploded form the barrels of both weapons, pummeling the stone around the Demon Lord.
Poison opened his eyes as soon as the attack had ended. "What was that? Some kind of ritual you humans do right before you begin a fight?" Then he formed a dark blue spear out of thin air. "Let's begin!"
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Mew Aero ran as fast as she could through the mall, with the Diamond Armadillo right on her tail. "On second thought, I don't even know how to fight!"
"You should have thought about that before you went and made me mad!" The creature growled out and continued to roll after her, tearing up the ground with its diamond shell.
"Somebody help me!" Mew Aero yelled out as she ran for her life.
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Mew Terra landed, barely stopping herself from slipping and falling to her side as exhaustion assaulted her senses. It felt like she had been fighting for an hour, when really she had been against this guy for thirty seconds. But he moved so fast and every action and attack of his had the power in it to kill her if it connected fully. The wounds she had taken were mostly scratches and bruises luckily, so she could still fight…but at this rate winning was impossible. "What are you?"
"I'm a demon, plain and simple." Poison lifted his spear up to cut her down. "Now you die, female weakling. I thought that you were stronger, but apparently Seraph was right. No human, Mew or otherwise, can match our divine power!" Then the spear dropped towards the girl's face at a speed far beyond her ability to dodge or use her fox illusion ability.
A loud clang rang out and a few sparks floated past Mew Terra's eyes.
Poison gasped and tightened his grip on his spear as the sword that had blocked it pushed against him. "Who are you?"
Mew Terra slowly looked up from her kneeling position at whoever had come to her rescue. Before she could lock onto what they looked like, they were moving. Their elbow crashed into Poison's chin and sent the Demon Lord into an insane spin into a wall. ("Who's this?")
Her savior lowered his sword, revealing that it was a curved blade, like a scimitar almost. Now that she could see him, and she was sure it was a him, she knew something about him was special. He had a head full of golden blond hair, and his emerald eyes reflected a strange determination she had never seen before in anyone, whether they were a fighter or an artist. He wore white clothing that covered his entire body, and a white cape that draped across his shoulders. Lifting the sword up, he pointed it right at Poison. However, he didn't say anything. He just stood there in silence.
Poison grunted and stood up, snapping up the head of his spear. "I'll crush you, fool!"
The young man turned on one foot and slashed right through the spear, leaving Poison holding a piece of wood and a very small spear. "You are disarmed."
"So what?" Poison snapped up his hand and fired his energy blast right into the young man's face. "Annoying…" He froze as he felt a blade press against his neck.
The young man stood next to the Demon Lord, pressing the blade of his sword against Poison's unguarded neck. "Don't move, or I'll kill you."
Mew Terra stood up, mouth hanging open in amazement. "Who…who are you?"
"That's a good question…" Poison growled out through clenched teeth. "Who are you, interloper? Why would you interfere with us?"
"Why?" The young man's emerald eyes burned with that strange intensity. "Because you are threatening lives that have meaning to them. Everyone deserves a fair chance at love, hate, all of it! Your actions rob those chances from people."
"What kind of diluted answer is that?" Poison sucked in his breath as the sword edge pressed deeper into his neck.
"It's the answer you deserve, monster." The young man glanced at Mew Terra. "Excuse me miss…"
The girl blushed slightly. "Umm…" Miss was not something anyone ever used to identify her with. "Yes?"
"Shouldn't you go save your friend from that creature?" The question immediately brought Mew Terra back to reality, and she turned to dash towards where she had seen Mew Aero go last.
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Mew Aero rolled out of the way as the 'pinball' shot past her again. "Don't you get dizzy ever?"
"Dizzy? What's that?" The Bio-demon turned once more and hurtled towards her like a wrecking ball. "Prepare to be crushed, annoying little brat!"
Mew Aero was about to leap, but she realized that at the angle she was standing Diamond Armadillo would go shooting into the food court if she dodged. ("Innocent people are still in there…they might get injured…") She turned and green air formed around her hand. "Aero Microphone!" The air formed into a bright green microphone that she snapped up in front of her like a baton. "Aero Barricade!" A green bubble of air formed around her right as Diamond Armadillo crashed right into it. Then there was a clash of power, but it was quickly working against her because of the fact her enemy was round. Because of this, he was using her own air energy to keep his roll going. ("I…I can't win this fight…") She closed her eyes and prayed that something would happen, that Roger would show up and save the day…
"What did I tell you before?" He snapped his head around and screamed right in her face. "This doesn't have anything to do with you anymore! Now it has to do with me…and him." He pointed over to the small crater where Olson had finally hit the earth. Then he looked away from her defiantly.
Suddenly a large vein bulged out of her forehead. "Roger, you stupid…" The barrier strengthened. "…arrogant…" It pushed the Bio-Demon backwards rapidly. "…jerk!" With one loud scream she leapt forward, kicking the monster like it was a soccer ball. Diamond Armadillo hurtled through the air and slammed into a wall, creating a small crater from the force of the blow.
Mew Aero snapped up the Aero Microphone. "You never listen to me! And you're such a crazy loser! Why would anyone care about you?" All around her, the air shuddered and started to distort.
Diamond Armadillo unrolled, its eyes spinning in their sockets. "Whoa…whoa…whoa…stop the spinning…"
"So just go and stay with that woman for all I freaking care!" She held the microphone up to her lips. "Ribbon Aero Symphony!" Her voice went into the device, creating a powerful melody that formed into a huge crescent slash of green air that dropped down and slashed right through Diamond Armadillo. Letting out a howl of pain, the Bio-Demon disappeared in a burst of purple smoke. When the smoke cleared, the wind chime shop owner could be seen unconscious on the ground, restored to normal thanks to the Mew power used on him.
Mew Aero turned and stomped off, ignoring the applause from the people in the food court who thought that whole thing had just been some kind of show put on by the mall staff. "Stupid, lousy…no-good…"
Mew Terra just stood there in mute shock, her jacket hanging enough to reveal one of her shoulders. ("Jeez…that girl…is scary…")
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Poison felt the drops of sweat on his forehead increase as he felt his precious Bio-Demon get destroyed. "Why are you helping…"
"You asked me that already." The young man pressed the sword just a little more into the demon's neck, watching a thin line of blue blood slide down the blade.
Mew Terra walked over slowly, one of her revolvers dangling from her index finger. "So, what should we do with blue boy?"
Mew Aero crossed her arms across her chest and sneered. "Maybe we should chase after him with a giant pinball for a little while…"
Poison growled darkly. "We'll meet again, and next time you will all die!" Then he disappeared, his whole body dispersing like a shadow.
The young man sheathed his sword and turned to go.
Mew Terra stepped forward and tugged on his cape. "Who are you? Seriously…you're incredible and we could use your help…"
"I am Mirage." The young man brushed her off of him and walked away. "We will most likely meet again…"
Mew Terra just stood there, her eyes watching the man's back up until the point he disappeared into thin air. Then she turned and came face to face with a smirking Mew Aero. "What's that look for?"
The other girl giggled. "He's a pretty cute guy, huh? Heck, he might even rival poor…" She gasped and ran off. "Walt! We forgot all about him!"
Mew Terra followed, trying to hide her blush.
They turned a corner and both blinked at what they saw.
"Hang in there Bruce…" Anne sat in the ambulance as the doors to it closed and it drove off.
"Bruce will be alright…but what about…" Mew Aero looked around the gathered crowd, eyes wide. "Walt?"
The eldest Grant was nowhere to be found.
To be continued…
A new ally, Mirage, has come out to help against the threat of the Demon Lords. But what happened to Walt, and when will Roger's training finish?