What ever it will take to be with you

Authors Notes:

Chapter17.:Sacrifice

What...?" The four Mew Mews screamed in unison. He had it all. The sword, his outfit just the color of his hair was black and his eyes were not the same, who looked Zoey in the eyes so many times when she needed him. His eyes were cold end empty, Zoey could recognize it. He took a few steps in Zoeys direction, leveling her gaze on her.

„So you´re the girl who has been exterminating our predacites for such a long time... you don´t look very strong. Zoey took a step forward fisting her hands.

„That only means yout predacites were so weak ..." Zoey went silent at the sight of Deep Blues expression.

„I must say you have courage, but how brave are you without your friends?"

„What do you mean...?" A circle formed above them and slowly landet down, separating Zoey from the rest of the group. Zoey runned against the transparent wall the circle made, but as she touched it, a bolt of electricity ran throught her body and she immmediately let go. Confussion was reflected on her face, her eyes looking past the barrier on her friends, not knowing what to do next. She went absent. /What am I gonna do without everybody... I can´t fight even Pai, how shall I defeat Deep Blue all alone/

„Zoey pay attention... turn arround!" Zoey snaped out of it just in time to turn off the attack, that should kill her.

„No way! It´s not gonna be that easy to kill me!" She clenched her Strawberry Sceptre in her hand, praying for it to work.

„Show what you can." He snapped his fingers and a blue beam hit Zoey with immense power. She knelt on all four and started coughing. Her eyes went black at the sights of blood on her hand. „So...What are you gonna do girl..." Zoey stood up whiping the blood from the corner of her mouth with her hand.

„Strawberry Sceptre..." Deep Blue watched her intently searching for the weakpoint in her attack ... till he found it „... Blue Aqua Drops!" Zoey leveled her Strawberry Sceptre in his direction and the beam of Blue Aqua hit him and made him flinch.

„That´s the way Zoey! You can defeat him! We know you can..." The voices of her friends soundet muffled throught the barrier, but were loud enought to let Zoey know she´s not alone.

Deep Blue suppresed the beam and stood straight again snapping his fingers and the beam flew throught the centre of Zoeys Strawberry Sceptre ... letting it crack in pieces. Zoey stood there, the pieces of her Strawberry Sceptre falling on her, her expression blank.

„You won´t do that a second time.." His voice was low, dangerous and had a track of triumph. He snapped his fingers and the beam hit Zoey full force, she didn´t even manage to suppres the attack. She flew throught the air and collapsed on the ground.

„Zoey!" Zoey openned her eyes, determined to fight for her friends. She stood up, once again coughting blood. The riboon on her tail lit up and Zoey took the Strawberry Bell it offered, combinating it with her wings she became from Elliot and that made it a Rosebell. „Im not giving up.. not as long I have friends I can fight for! Wesley, Elliot, Bridget, Kikki, Corina and Renee... and Mark are counting on me I can´t and won´t let them down..."

„You´re pathetic! You can´t win with such a fluffy toy." Zoey stood straight, she turned her head to look on her friends and then on Dren.

Her gaze pierced throught Dren, letting him feel how much she hated him from the bottom of her heart. He returned her gaze, feeling uneasy at the hatred reflexing in her eyes. Zoey looked back at Deep Blue challenging him.

„Rosebell!"

„Not like that!" He snapped his fingers, the attacks collided with eachother, throwing both backwards into the barrier. Zoey screamed in pain, at the electricity shooting thought her body and fell limp on the ground.

Unlike Zoey, Deep Blue stood up unaffected throught the electricity. He went across the circle in Zoeys direction, when he reached her he stomped on the Rosebell in her hand and kicked it away. He the knelt next to her and took her chin in his hand and made her look at him.

„Is that all you can do?" She slapped his hand away and fell again an the ground. Deep Blue stood up and took one step back, looking with disgust down at her. Zoey raised herself to her knees as he snappped his fingers and a blue beam shot out of them.

„Zoey!" Zoey looked one last time on her friends and them closed her eyes, waiting for the end. But it didn´t come. Zoey opened her eyes to find Dren shielding her from the attack.

„Dren!... no!" He turned to look at her, his eyes full of concern and detemination as the attack hit him, but didn´t do really much.

„So you´re a traitor Dren?" Deep Blue took a few steps in his direction. „You can still save yourself.. just sacrifice that girl."

„No.."

„What?"

„No I´ve made my choice." Zoey was speechless, she didn´t know what to do /He really wants to save me? After all he did to kill me.../

„But why! Her voice echoed throught the room and all eyes were aimed at her. Deep Blue snapped his fingers and pointed on Zoey, when the attack shot in her direction.

For some reason everything slowed down for Zoey. The attack came right on her when Dren pushed her out of the way and the attack hit him... not her. Dren was thrown of his feet and even he was now coughing blood.

„Dren..." Zoey hurried over to him, turning him on his back.

„Zoey there´s something important you need to know..." Zoey leaned closer to him. „... Deep Blue is Ma..."

„No you won´t!" Deep Blue appeared above them throwing Zoey away from him and stabbed Dren with his sword.

„No! Dren!" Zoey crawled over to Dren, tears raining on the groung. „Dren..." she reached out and pulled the sword out of his chest, feeling the esssence of his life quickly faiding away.

„Zoey..." His hand was reaching out to her, but didn´t made it. Her name was his last word and that torn Zoeys heart. She closed his eyes... leaving his side telling one last Thank you as she took the sword with her...

Last chapter is coming...please review

In the final chapter are things going to take an end...I hope you remember the ring Zoey got from Elliot in the very first chapter of this fic...It really is disastrous