Description: Zakuro demands to see Deep Blue, but Osirus isn't having it. Tart makes an appeal to Master Deep Blue to have the girls sent to their ship to help do tedious work and have lab experiments performed on them. Deep Blue is reluctant, but makes a surprising decision.

Rating: T cursing, violence, suggestive themes.

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"When you've lost absolutely everything, there is no where to go but up."

-Me

Slowly amethyst eyes opened to the dimly lit room. A mess of blond hair was curled up next to her on the huge bed. Her eyes burned from all the crying, now that she had slept she felt better. The tall mew sat up slowly and crawled out of bed, trying not to wake up the young girl beside her.

Zakuro walked across the room and looked out the huge wall of windows into the starry scene before her. The room was cold, she held her arms close to her body to keep herself a bit warmer. Her mind went back to Mint. The wolf mew shook her head and lowered her head slowly, there was nothing she could do. Or was there?

Within a few seconds she was knocking on the steel door to her room gently, trying to get Osirus' attention. The alien was a mean one but might listen to her because he usually did.

"Osirus!"

She called quietly, the door slid open and he stood in the doorway, eyes locked on hers. The blond mew opened her eyes and stared at the two of them, silent as the grave.

"I want to see Master Deep Blue."

Zakuro's tone was cold and harsh, she stared at him after making her demand. The alien stared at her for a few moments,

"You think you can just ask for whatever you want around here? You think that's how this is going to work?"

The wolf girl felt his tone get a tad threatening so she took a deep breath and stood her ground. Osirus gave her a disgusted look up and down before continuing,

"If I was permitted to beat you senseless I absolutely would. Sit the hell back, you're not seeing anyone."

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A young alien was doing exactly what Zakuro wished to be doing. Tart stood in the huge throne room of his leader, his body trembling slightly. All the aliens were afraid of him. Deep Blue wasn't like the queen had been, she was kind and sweet. Deep Blue wasn't a menace until she passed away, he was bitter and seemed to be heartless now.

"M-Master Deep Blue! I just wanted to make a request to you, sir."

The alien ruler stared at him with a slightly skeptical expression, he was leaned back in his throne chair. Tart shifted uncomfortably under that stare, he knew his ruler could and would kill him without a second thought if he got agitated. The black haired alien made a slight motion with his hand as if to motion him to continue, Tart hesitated,

"We… Well… I understand you have three of the mews. Pai, Kish, and myself would like to ask that you send them to us to perform research on them. Study their DNA and keep them for other work we need done. Pai and I feel like they are wasting away here in cells, why not put them to work sir?"

The ruler resisted the urge to smile, he knew what was going on. Deep Blue sat in thought for a few moments, he knew what Tart wanted. He just wanted his monkey girl, Pai would be the one administering tests. The tall alien wasn't here so it obviously wasn't his idea.

This whole situation humored him, but the young alien had a point. He opened his mouth to speak, and thought for just a moment before actually talking.

"Tart. I grant you permission to take back the mew. The blond one. The other two are to stay on my ship, is that clear?"

Tart had to fight his grin, he couldn't believe it. He felt like there was no chance of him getting Purin and yet here his ruler was, giving him permission to take her away.

Deep Blue smiled to himself as Tart left the throne room. He wasn't sure why he did it. Perhaps it was because he didn't give a rats ass what happened to the youngest mew. That girl posed no threat to him. He also wouldn't have killed her. Not personally anyway. The girl was young, almost the same age as his daughter, just a bit older than Ivory. He didn't have it in him to watch a child die before him. Deep Blue did not want Mint or Zakuro to leave. He had heard of the incident with the blue haired girl and wasn't pleased with a human trying to escape him.

Zakuro was his as far as he was concerned. He felt like that girl was now his property. She belonged to him. Whatever it was about her that drove him crazy, it made him want to keep her a secret. It was as if she was a delicate toy being kept in a box by a child, no one could touch it or look at it. Deep Blue took a long deep breath, his eyes shifting out his huge window.

This entire situation was taking a toll on him, he hadn't slept in a few days. It had been a couple days since he had seen the wolf girl, but every day her fiery eyes were burned into his mind. He knew this girl posed a bigger problem than he thought, he knew this would be a huge problem later on. But this alien, this leader, couldn't bring himself to rid the world of her yet. Something about her made him want to keep her around.

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.Kish groaned as he hovered over the cafe, Pai by his side.

"Do we seriously have to take them? Why can't we just leave them here to die?"

Pai brushed off his question with a low mumble and kept his eyes on the cafe,

"Deep Blue wants to make sure there is no resistance to him when he sends in the troops."

The younger alien shook his head, part of him felt it was wrong. He didn't want to kill Ichigo's family and have her hate him even more so than she already did. Pai teleported, the green haired alien followed reluctantly, his thoughts preoccupying him.

Lettuce and Ichigo immediately moved to transform, they didn't care that people were in the cafe. Ryou was halfway up the stairs, he heard the teleportation warp. Customers began screaming and jumping out of their chairs, bolting towards the exit. Pai lunged down and grabbed Ichigo by her uniform and yanked her up into the air with him and Kish.

The cat girl fumbled around in her pocket to grab her pendant as Lettuce transformed. In the back, the brunette chef knocked through the kitchen saloon doors and launched a dinner plate at the aliens. Pai moved and before Kish could react the ceramic plate smashed on the side of his head, breaking into a couple pieces and flying everywhere.

Kish let out a sharp yell as his hands flew to cover the spot above his right eye, it bled through his fingers and down his face. Keiichiro ran out and went in front of Lettuce,

"Take me instead of Ichigo!"

Pai ignored him and stared at Kish's bloody face. The younger alien grit his teeth and rushed down, he crashed down onto he chef. The both of them fell to the ground and struggled, Ryou ran out and grabbed Lettuce's hand and led her away. The remaining me tried to resist,

"We have to help them!"

Ryou snapped back at her as they ran out the back entrance,

"There is nothing you can do against them both. We have to get help!"

Lettuce felt her eyes tear up as she ran after the blond man, she was so frightened. They stood almost no chance now with Ichigo gone too. Pai yelled down at the struggling duo angrily, with Ichigo struggling in his arms,

"Kish grab him and lets go, we'll take them both."

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Zakuro had to be held back by Osirus as Tart took Purin. The older mew struggled and yelled to fight for her. The blond girl smiled once at her sheepishly, following the young alien out of the room. Zakuro bit down on Osirus' wrist, earning her a smack to the cheekbone.

Zakuro released his wrist from her jaws, his wrist bleed a bit from her teeth marks.

"You wretched thing. I hope you're ready because I'll do your execution myself."

He spat the words down at her as if she was a misbehaved dog. The girl grit her teeth, she really hated this alien.

"If I ever get the chance, I'll kill you myself."

Her words were like ice, earning her a hard glare from him. The alien pushed her down onto her back and walked out of the room in a fuss. The large steel door slammed behind him, leaving her alone in the cold room.

…..

The leader of the mews flailed and fought Pai as he took her through the halls of Deep Blue's ship. Her resisting was getting on his last nerve. Kish walked behind Pai, dragging Keiichiro by his bound wrists. The brunette chef had been rendered unconscious to make things easier. Pai rounded a corner and opened the steel doors, a small holding cell was in the room. Bars closed in the cell while a guard alien sat outside the small cell.

The guard alien observed as the two humans were thrown into the room,

"So these are who I'm guarding? Thats fun."

His sarcastic tone earned him a glare from Pai as he slammed the door behind him. Kish stared through the bars as Ichigo dove over onto Keiichiro,

"Akasaka! Get up! Please wake up are you okay?"

Kish couldn't help but feel guilty, he stared until Ichigo turned to look at him. The blood was dried and cracked as Kish changed expressions. Pai spoke with the guard alien for a few moments, giving Kish just a second alone with her. He mouthed words to the angry girl,

'I'll come for you.'

Ichigo twisted her face in a look of half disgust and half shocked. Her glassy eyes boiled over with tears as she looked back and continued shaking the older man in the cell with her. Pai motioned for Kish to follow him as they exited the cell together.

The guard alien lazily looked over at the humans, he shook his head,

"Pity they're gonna kill you girlie. You're cute."

Ichigo ignored the alien and cried on Keiichiro's chest, his breathing was slow and controlled. How were they going to get out of here. Ichigo didn't realize, that in the next room, was her blue haired comrade.

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Mint stared out into space, her knees to her chest. The guard alien in her cell kept glancing over every so often to make sure she wasn't doing anything. He scanned through a magazine he had handy.

"No body is coming to save you so just give up. Jeez."

He sounded exhausted and frustrated with her. The bird girl shook her head and lowered it, she didn't want to get in an argument on top of being in this cell. The alien chuckled,

"If you could read our writing I'd let you read this, but thats just too bad ain't it?"

Mint clenched her jaw and turned to look at him, his eyes on the magazine.

"Shut up."

She demanded, glaring in his direction. The alien laughed and looked over at her,

"You think you intimidate me human? You're lucky I don't come in there and snap your neck. Damn."

Mint stood up in a rush, and walked over to the edge of the cell near the bars. She wanted him to kill her quickly. This girl had lost the will to live, she didn't want to be in this cell for the remainder of her life. The aliens would kill her and not think twice about it, it made her sick. Her heart started beating fast when he stood up, a small devious smile on his face.

"You're trying to get me mad at you aren't you? You want a reaction huh?"

Mint twitched slightly in anger, she didn't know what to say. She felt different, she felt as though the planet Earth didn't exist at all. This was her life now, and she didn't want any part of it. The bird mew spat at the alien, and continued glaring at him. The alien looked down on his uniform where she hit him, he made a disgusted expression.

"You know… You humans are disgusting. That's probably why every alien race wants to destroy you."

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Three days later…

Ichigo was about to be driven mad with the amount of time she had spent in this cell. Her body ached from sleeping on the floor, there was no bed. Keiichiro sat beside her in the cell, just keeping quiet in his thoughts.

The cat girl just stared at the starry view, at least there was something to look at. The steel doors startled her, her eyes fell on the doorway. A familiar alien entered the room, her muscles clenched in anger. The green haired alien smiled weakly at her before turning to the guard alien.

The guard had a skeptical look on his face,

"What are you doing here?"

Kish nodded,

"Nice to see you too. I came to relieve you, Osirus needs you in the main hall."

The alien stared at him quietly, their eyes locked on each others. The alien stood up and shifted about uncomfortably,

"You're serious? Because if you're joking I'll pull your ears off man."

The green haired alien shrugged,

"I'll go tell him you wont come if you want me to. I'm sure he'll appreciate that."

The alien shook his head quickly,

"No it's fine, I'll go. Watch them until I get back, Kish."

The guard practically spat his name as he exited the room. When the steel door closed, Kish snagged the keys off the guards chair and opened the cell. Ichigo and Keiichiro stared at him quietly. The brunette man knew they had no where to go, no use in running out. He saw where he had hit him with the plate, it had a small bandage over his eye.

Ichigo stood up, her back to the wall. Kish looked around as if he was in trouble,

"Listen, we have to go now. If they come back and I'm in here they'll probably kill me."

Keiichiro stood up and looked down at the alien, his expression one of confusion.

"What do you mean Kish? Where?"

Kish rolled his eyes,

"I don't want them to kill you guys. Come with me back to my ship before anyone finds you, we will find what to do with you after we get there. I need you to just trust me for once."

Ichigo shook her head, but then felt in a panic. She glanced up at Keiichiro, he seemed bothered.

"Well… Ichigo-"

He looked down at her with a kind expression,

"I'm afraid they'll kill us either way, at least this way we have a shot."

The cat girl looked down, her eyes on the steel floor. Kish grabbed their forearms and teleported them both out of sight. Pai wasn't going to be happy about this.

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MewMid: Oooh Kish is a little trouble maker! Gotta love him!

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