Melody Mew Mews
Chapter 13
Something Out of Thriller
" UGH!" Cassidy shrieked, and another flailing corpse tumbled onto the ground with a gut wrenching grunt. She hobbled into the wall and after maintaining a steady grip, she bolted forewords in an effort to escape the hordes of zombies. She had long transformed into Mew Papaya, and whilst slipping into the strangely dark hospital, she had been mauled thrice in only a matter of minutes. Her fingers clutched the neck of her wooden guitar and her lips tugged downwards into a snarl.
" Great weapon, Ryou." Cassidy muttered darkly. " A freaking lime green guitar is going to fend off a horde of zombies. . .genius, just freaking genius."
Her peripheral vision caught a faint flicker of a shadow from her left and she reeled to the side. A rotting nurse threw herself in Cassidy's direction, jaws snapping at the brunettes nose. Cassidy shrieked once more, swinging the guitar and throwing the nurse onto the cold tile. The corpse clicked her tongue and squirmed on her back, nails clawing at Cassidy. The brunette raised her guitar over her head and with clenched eyes and hitched breath, she repeatedly bashed in the nurse's head. She backed away, red fluid seeping towards her boots.
" Ugh," Her lip quivered in disgust. " That's damn nasty."
Holding her guitar up defensively, she inched foreword and soon heard the faintest tapping of shoes against the floor. Her shoulders tightened up in panic, and she raised her weapon higher with swifter steps. Reaching the corner she swung, and was met by a loud clanging noise. Her guitar had hit a slight glimmering of metal and the guttural scream of a female.
Cassidy screamed as well, her voice high pitched and wavering; opposite of the battle hungry person in front of her. Cassidy swung once more, advancing on the stranger who blocked her attack easily and was kicked under the rib cage. Coughing, and breath forced out of her mouth, the green eyed girl hit the wall behind her. Her guitar was suddenly light and she knew at once the base had been smashed off. Something struck the wall beside her head, and turning to look she felt her hair being tugged. It was an ax, and her hair had been caught beneath it. The owner retracted the weapon, and slivers of Cassidy's hair fluttered onto the ground as she cried out.
" Cassidy?" The ax had lowered. " Cassidy? Oh my God, is that you?!"
Cassidy glanced up, her wailing caught in her throat, and saw her coiled haired friend staring down at her, trembling.
" Saline?" Her voice came out in a pathetic squeak. " Selin?!"
" I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" Saline bent down and came to eye level with her friend.
" Am I alright? HELL NO!" Cassidy's hands clung to her hair, pulling. " You almost KILLED me!"
" I'm sorry! I though you were a monster!" Saline's eyes widened. " I'm so sorry!"
" God! You CRAZY bitch!"
Saline shook her head, muttering apologies. Her shoulders shook as she did so, and Cassidy didn't catch the droplets of water dripping onto the ground at first.
" Give me a moment, let me take in the fact that I'm still alive." Cassidy sneered, resting against the wall. Her breaths coming out heavy and short.
" I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry!"
" Okay, okay. . .I get it!" She sighed, wiping her forehead with her hand.
Saline, shook her head even more, shoulders shuddering spastically. Cassidy leaned foreword.
" Saline. . .?" Her voice came out barely audible. " Saline. . .?"
Then a choked cry came out, and she began shaking more fervently.
" Saline. . .are you crying?" Cassidy couldn't help but ask, eyebrows knit in concern. " Saline. . .what happened?"
" I just want to leave. . .I want to go home." A pitiful sob came from her, as she finally lifted her arms up to shield her teary face. " I don't want to be here."
" Okay, calm down, we're going to go home, okay?" She urged, trying to calm her leader down.
" You don't understand. . ." Saline sobbed, voice dripping with a deep hallow. " You don't understand. . ."
" Understand what?" She urged.
" You don't understand. . .I killed people. . ." Struggling to muffle her cries, Saline bit into her arm.
" You what?!"
A nod.
" How? God, Saline! Why?"
" The zombies. . .they were attacking me!"
" Wait, those aren't chimera anima?"
Saline paused, lower lip quivering and eyes puffy.
" They are, Chimera's made from human."
Cassidy gulped, thinking of the nurse a few halls down.
" So they're real people?. . ."
" Yes! Yes! Cassidy, they're real!"
The hospital took on an unsettling silence, and the voices of the undead could be heard from through out the building. An unfocused creaking played in the background, and Saline's sniffles provided the only closest sound.
Cassidy gulped, her stomach strangling itself.
They were real people.
" Oh, SHIT!"
Wiping her eyes, Saline looked up at her puzzled.
" Damn, oh damn. . .ugh!" She tugged on her hair once more. " I think I killed someone as well . . ."
Saline's eyes grew.
" Yeah, I thought it was a chimera anima. . ." Cassidy's eyes also began to prickle with tears. Salines arms outstretched, and grasped both of Cassidy's shoulders.
" Okay, so you killed someone, and I killed someone." Her voice continued to waver slightly, though she managed to keep it steady. " It's alright, we were just defending ourselves, right? Right. Maybe they'll be okay once Kisshu turns them back to normal, right? Right. So we just have to find Dustin and leave."
The green eyed teens head snapped up in disbelief.
" Wait, What?!?"
" I can't leave Dustin here. . ."
" Like hell you can't!"
" Cassidy, it's our responsibility to save people, and right now we have to save him."
" We are not risking our lives just because he's your boyfriend!"
" I know, but I'm breaking up with him after this is through. . ."
" What? Breaking up!?"
" Yes, it's the reasonable thing to do. . ."
Saline pulled Cassidy up, and down the hallway, with the ax back into the palm of her hand.
" I don't have my pendant as you can see. . .but I was thinking that we have to find Kisshu. Defeat him, and we defeat the chimera animas? I think that's how it works. He always makes his appearance during our fights, so he has to be around somewhere. . ."
" And what about Dustin?"
" I know I may be asking to much, but could you go find him?" Saline winced automatically; Cassidy's eye twitched in a bubbling anger at the demand. " Just listen, we're on the second floor and he's on the sixth. If you take the emergency stairwell, you should be able to get up there. I don't think there are any. . .zombies. . .up there but it's pretty dark. Taking the elevator isn't an option as the powers off. I don't know what room he's in, but take this. . ." Saline handed the large ax to Cassidy who marveled at it's large frame.
" What about you? You can't even transform."
" It's okay, don't worry about me. When you find Dustin, lock the door and remain with him in the room. Move some furniture if you have to, to barricade the door. If he's a zombie or you're surrounded, I want you run as fast as you can. . .if you're confident then jump out the window. . .your mew powers should grant you that privilege."
" And you? Saline, you're defenseless!"
" It's okay, really. . .You two are more important, and I'm almost positive that Kisshu will come."
" Almost positive?"
" I'm one hundred percent positive, okay? You happy?"
" This is insane."
" Just do it."
The command caught Cassidy off guard. The tears that had long turned cold, remained perched on Saline's lashes and dried on her cheeks but it seemed that the mild break down had gotten what ever it was out of her system. She lightly pushed Cassidy and ran in the opposite direction, taking the main stairs instead. Cassidy shuddered, and once again she cursed Ryou for the skimpy outfits he'd provided them all. The hospital was cold and damp, but she slowly opened the door to the emergency stair well and slipped inside, cautiously listening for distinctive grunts, groans or moans. Finding none, she carefully inched up the steps.
Meanwhile, Saline ran up the stairs as well as running into a few Chimera anima; few being an understatement. The first mob had been difficult to fight off, but she had managed, now she found herself in their grasp once more. Nails grazed her skin and hands pulled back her hair as her body squirmed against their touch. One zombie chuckled mockingly. Saline's eyed widened. A zombie chuckling?
" Look at you kitty, you've made it for this long."
Kisshu.
" Let me go, and let them go!" She yanked against them once again, eliciting another chuckle from the golden eyed alien.
" Now why would I do that?" He stalked closer, hand slipping under her chin. " Look at me kitty, look."
She glared up at him, but silently a strange relief had overtaken her.
" Do you finally see what I'm capable of? A weak human boy looks pathetic in comparison, does he not?"
A smirk flashed on his pale face, bordered by strands of emerald.
" What the hell are you trying to say?" She spat, fists clenched. " You did this just to show me how much better you were than Dustin?"
The smirk on his face faltered, and his golden irises widened in a slight fluster.
" Ha, don't flatter yourself." His smirk returned, and his body inched closer. " Though you are cute, I wouldn't go through all this trouble just for you."
" Just let them go. This is ridiculous! There are sick and elderly people here."
" Was there some point you were trying to make in that statement?"
She struggled once more, one hand breaking free from its restriction. She reached out to grab him, but he pulled back teasingly.
" Kitty, were you crying?" Amused, he cocked his head to the side.
Saline's jaw clenched, and her brown eyes narrowed at the sight of his contempt.
" You sicken me, you repulsive jerk!" Yanking side to side, the zombies strengthened their grip.
Kisshu's smirk had disappeared, and his bright eyes had in turn narrowed as well.
" I sicken you?" He chuckled with no humor on his face. " I'm repulsive? And to think, I was going to let you go."
" Yeah, right." She spat, her body remaining still in the crowd.
" You dieing would be a pity, kitten." He stood before her, barely inches away. " But you're not that important; a toy can be easily replaced."
" Shut up!" She yanked his shoulder, and he stumbled foreword. Their lips crashed against one another, and even the zombies had hushed themselves. Kisshu, eyes wide in unsuspecting shock, had begun to close his eyes and ushered the zombies to let Saline go, so he could pull her closer. In turn, she brought her arms around his neck, slipping her fingers in his hair. In a flash, Saline's knee connected with his groin, and Kisshu let out a gasp of pain. Laughing, she swiveled around him and ran down the hall, making her escape.
" Goddamn you!" Kisshu, on his knees, clutched his lower body; eyes experiencing stars. " Get her!"
The zombies limped forewords, and the bright eyed alien picked himself up.
Looking up, the coiled haired girl saw two shadows moving towards her, one clad in green and the other in a red shirt.
" Hey! Saline! Look! Look!" Cassidy lunged, jumping in front of Saline, and strummed her guitar loudly. A wave of sound echoed through out the halls and the chimera anima were blown back, skin exploding. Where they landed were unconscious humans, groaning in their sleep.
" Isn't that awesome? And see! My guitar fixed itself when I summoned it again!"
" Um, gee, that's great. . ."
" Haha, yeah, sorry for not realizing this earlier."
" Oh, no. It's no problem at all. . ." Saline let out an uncomfortable laugh.
" Um, hey." She turned to see the blonde boy adorned with a thick bandage on his arm.
" Dustin. . ."
His eyes were wide with anxiety, as if something was gnawing at him from the inside.
" You guys, come one!" Cassidy yelled, running while strumming her guitar. The zombies fell left to right, turning back into regular people. Even the nurse Cassidy had attacked was restored to her regular self, alive much to the two mews relief. Dustin ran beside Cassidy, careful to avoid Saline who continued to glance over at him nervously. Finally, blasting every zombie back to their original forms, they skid out of the front doors of the hospital, falling to the ground in exhaustion.
" Woo, we're out." Cassidy heaved, holding her knees with pale hands.
" Yeah. . ." Dustin replied, his face a few shades paler.
" Dustin. . ." Saline started, her mind racing with various words ' Let's break up?' ' We can't be together anymore?'
" Saline, I don't think this is going to work out."
Saline's eyes widened, her gaze locked with the ground. Cassidy, mouth gaping, snapped her head up.
". . .What?"
" I'm sorry." He continued, eyes avoiding her gaze. " I really like you but. . ."
" But?"
How could he explain? He had been feeling as if he was being stalked ever since he had begun to go out with her? He had experienced the wrath of the undead, which he was sure had something to do with her as well. . .Not to mention the voice of a male had muttered obscene threats to him when he was drifting between unconsciousness and consciousness after being attacked by the elf.
". . .Things have been complicated lately. It's not you, it's me." He paused. " Damn, that sounded lame. . ."
"No, that's fine. . ." Saline whispered. " Things have been complicated for me too."
" We could still be friends. . ."
' You sound reluctant of that' She thought, heart squeezing inside of her.
" Mhm. . ." Was her only verbal response.
" Perhaps you should go back to the hospital. . ." Mew papaya snapped.
" What? No!" Dustin's face grew alarmed, as he snuck a quick glance at the now bright hospital.
" It's okay, everything's back to normal now." Cassidy sighed, annoyed.
" No way, I'm going home. . ."
" What ever." She rolled her eyes, and got up. " I'll walk you home."
It sounded more like a chore than a favor.
" Thanks. . .Saline, you should come too, it's not safe to be alone." He muttered, looking at her with shy eyes.
" Um, that's okay, I'll just walk to my parents restaurant. It's only twenty minutes from here." She turned to walk down the opposite side of the side walk.
Cassidy sighed, and pulled Dustin.
" Come one let's go, and I DO NOT want to hear any questions from you. . ." She scolded. " None of how I got my tails and ears, or my kick ass guitar or who I am in general. Got it?"
Dustin nodded meekly, face disappointed, and trailed behind her under the dark street lights.
Yes, finally updated. I'm so happy I got this out finally. . .I feel as if a heavy burden has been lifted off my shoulders. Yeah so please review, constructive criticism welcome. Letting me know what characters you like and dislike always amuse me, so go ahead with those opinions as well.