chapter 4- "You're a mew mew, Abbie."
Corina, Bridget, Kiki and Renee watched Elliot and Wesley guide the stranger to their office.
'Whose she?' Corina asked the others as Wesley shut the office door.
'I wouldn't know, but it seems important.' Bridget replied in curiosity repositioning her glasses on the bridge of her nose.
'Wesley mentioned something about a visitor the other day, didn't he? Maybe she's the visitor.' Renee mentioned flicking her purple hair to the side.
'What if she's for the LEHO (local environmental health organisation) we are due one soon.' Bridget said.
'I know! She's Wesley's new girlfriend!' Kiki shouted excitedly.
'Kiki... enough of your ridiculous conspiracies!' Corina scolded.
'I don't know... she seems like his type...' Renee said in Kiki's defence.
'See!' Kiki stuck her tongue out at Corina.
'We haven't even talked to her... you can't just go off looks...' Corina explained smugly.
'Wouldn't Wesley tell us though?' Bridget defended Wesley. Click. The sound of a door slowly closing caught the attention of all four mews. Their eyes turned to face a perplexed Wesley. They smiled sheepishly at him.
'Do you girls need something?' Wesley asked the girls who were staring at him.
'Who's the girl you and Elliot are in their with?' Corina was quick to quiz him, resting her skinny arm on the table in front of her. Wesley's expression turned serious.
'Everything will become clear soon...' he told them as he made his way through to the kitchen. All of a sudden, he was halted in his tracks as a excitable Kiki jumped in front of him. He looked down to reach the small blonde's sly glare. He gulped.
'Is she your girlfriend?' She interrogated. Taken back by the little one's questions, Wesley didn't know what to say.
'I-erm...N-' Wesley stuttered scratching the back of his head but was swiftly cut off.
'Oh she is! Wesley why didn't you mention it!' Kiki shouted loudly, bouncing around the room like a kangaroo on exergy. Wesley tried to get her to tone it down by frantically putting his index finger over his mouth while cursing under his breath. 'sound the wedding bells someone please! Corina, you can be in charge of outfits! Bridget, you can write the menu! Renee, you can be in charge of décor! And I can do the entertainment! Oh, when's are you going to propose?!'
'There will be no wedding!' Wesley shouted quietly.
'Ohh... I see, you want to settle down for a few months first! Sm-'this time Kiki was cut off.
'There will be no settling down either! She's not my girlfriend Kiki!' Wesley scolded. Kiki looked disappointed.
'Told you...' Corina muttered under her breath as she rolled her brown eyes.
'I was onto something there... couldn't you have at least gone a long with it?' Kiki sulked.
'No I couldn't, now can I get into the the kitchen please?' Wesley requested. Kiki stepped a side to let Wesley through. He went straight for a small cupboard in the corner of the kitchen, there were 3 golden locks on the handle which Wesley unlocked with ease.
'So, who is this girl then Wesley?' Renee repeated Corina's earlier question. Wesley debated with himself about his response as he pulled out a medium sized silver box.
'.. like I said, everything will become clear soon,' Wesley began to make his way out the kitchen, 'but be nice; you'll be spending a lot of time around her.'
'I know! She's Elliot's girlfriend!' Kiki announced.
'Kiki… I would watch what you say.' Wesley scolded and walked back towards the office carrying the box. The four mews exchanged looks with each other.
Elliot and Abbie sat in the office. It was a large office but had very little furniture. The walls were dark blue and there were no windows. It was very dark with one dim light. 4 well equipped computers stood in the corner of the room, flashing up various alerts. One had a map of the city, one had another map but had multi coloured curved lines across it, the other two had various graphs displayed. Elliot and Abbie sat at a round black table that was occupied by three chairs. Silently, Elliot stared at her, watching her twiddle her thumbs while they waited for Wesley to return.
'Sound the wedding bells someone! Oh, Wesley why didn't you tell us!' Kiki's voice echoed through the walls. Elliot cringed and went a mix of crimson and fuchsia pink.
'Whose getting married?' Abbie asked looking surprised. Elliot scratched the back of his neck.
'Eh, no one. There's-um- one of the um girls out there has err... well- a rather- uh how do I put it-... wild imagination...' Elliot stumbled turning a brighter shade of crimson.
'Are they on about me?' Abbie chuckled slightly. Elliot put on an awkward face.
'Erm-I-well...not-ugh maybe.' He cringed slightly.
'I know! She's Elliot's girlfriend!' more of Kiki's conspiracies echoed through the walls. Elliot went the brightest shade of red possible. Abbie snickered slightly although she turned slightly red herself.
'You know I was looking to redecorate my room and that was just the shade of red I was looking for!' Abbie said jokingly. Elliot raised an eyebrow at her while straining himself from laughing. Their eyes met suddenly. They gazed into each other for what seemed like hours. Neither could break the stare. Neither wanted to break the stare. Slowly, Elliot began edging slowly forward towards her, moving his left arm across the back of her chair. She simply sat there; frozen by his movements, not sure how to react. She couldn't speak nor breathe. Her eyes never left his leering stare. 'What's he doing, is he going to kiss me?! No this can't be happening, not now.'She panicked still frozen. Their faces were inches away. A creek of the door handle interrupted them. Elliot quickly tried to regain his composure before Wesley caught him leaving Abbie looking dumbfound. Wesley opened the door and stepped inside, the open door let in a short break of light but was cut off as he closed the door. Elliot looked sheepishly at the ground around him trying to avoid eye contact with Him. Wesley looked at the pair quizzically but shrugged his suspicions away swiftly as he turned his attention to Abbie.
'Abbie, you mentioned about a strange scar earlier?' He asked placing the metal box on the edge of the table.
'U-um yeah... I did.' Abbie stuttered snapping out of her thoughts. Every small noise in that room seem to ring in her ears. A clicking noise echoed as Wesley turned a key in the box.
'Do you mind if I-we... take a look?' Elliot stammered as he shuffled his chair slightly closer to her. Their eyes met again, but this time Abbie quickly turned her eyes to the floor. Elliot turned slightly red.
'O-of course...' she said nervously. Cautiously she slid her shirt slightly over her shoulder to reveal the scar that sat on her collar bone. As far as scars go, it was rather pretty, majestic almost. The scar was golden and closely resembled the wings of a peregrine falcon. Mysteriously, it was completely flat almost like a tattoo. Elliot slid his hand over the scar three times. His warm touch sent shivers down her spine. He turned to Wesley, giving him a sturdy nod. Wesley open the case fully, swinging back the lid. Inside was a small golden pendant. A light pink bow like symbol was on the front. He took the pendant out the case.
'Abbie, we're pretty certain that that
isn't a scar…' Wesley stated sternly. Abbie cocked her head to the side.
'Well it's not a tattoo.' She said sarcastically.
'No, it's not,' Elliot chimed in, turning to face her, 'it's what we call a mew mark.'
'A what mark?' Abbie question raising an eyebrow.
'A mew mark. It appears on the body of anyone with samples of animal DNA in their own human DNA.' Elliot continued to explain. 'To test what really happens when this occurs we injected it into a couple people, but we only managed to track down one of them.'
'Wait, so you infused me with this 'animal DNA?'
'No, we had never seen you before last week.' Wesley responded sharply, 'its likely that you were born with it already infused.'
'But that still doesn't explain what happened in the accident or why the mark only appeared after the crash?' She continued to question the two men.
'We're not to sure why it was then and there you were protected from injury but we think one of your powers may be to protect yourself and others from harm. And the mark may have only appeared then because it was the first time your powers were actually used.' Elliot explained.
'Oh… wait what powers?!' she exclaimed. Wesley threw the golden pendant across the room towards her which she caught in her hands.
'That's your power pendant.' Wesley stated, 'this may sound crazy but you're a mew mew, Abbie.'
'Your right it does sound crazy.' Abbie stared at him puzzled. 'This sounds like some power rangers shit…'
'It kind of is... just... you're not a power ranger.' Elliot shook his head. 'Those girls out there are mew mews too, they have been for two years now. The five of them have been fighting against evil to protect the earth. It's been a success so far.'
'Five? I swear there were only four out there...' Abbie commented. Elliot turned his attention to the computers, his face completely blank.
'Quite right, but there are five; the first mew, the one we injected, she was the strongest out of all of them. She, zoey, defeated the first enemy with the others. At the time, we thought they were the only enemies, so we let her go to America to study with her boyfriend. But recently a new enemy has shown up, so we brought you in, until zoey returns.' Wesley explains. Elliot snaps out of his daydream.
'We believe you're the strongest we're going to see.' Elliot turned around, 'quite frankly, you have powers that not even yourself can imagine.'
'So I'm a superhero...'
'Yeah if you put it that way.' Elliot said. 'Now this base acts as a hide out for our activities, however it still acts as a café, so you will be working here.'
''Cool.' She says still trying to get her head round everything.
'Oh, and on top of that, your going to have live here.' Elliot said casually.
'Eh what?!' Abbie exclaims.
'Well like I said you have powers not even you can imagine... the enemies are bound to want them. We need to protect you as much as possible... this is the only way. And plus it will be a lot easier for working here.' he explained casually.
'But... what about-' she mentioned sadly, looking at the ground.
'You can see Mr Leevars as much as you like. As long as he doesn't find out about any of the mew mew business.' Wesley butted in.
'Exactly. Oh, and you will be sharing a room with me.' Elliot grinned.
'And that's meant to make me feel safer?' She asked sarcastically.
'Hey what's that meant to mean!' Elliot said trying to look hurt. 'I'm not a paedophile you know…' Abbie just rolled her eyes in return.
'Fine, fine. I will put up with it, as long as I get a pay rise for it.' She sighed.
'Good.' Elliot stated. Abbie's eyes moved to the floor as she ruffled her skirt in her hands. 'Is something the matter?' Elliot asked looking rather concerned.
'We could die. Couldn't we? i could die. And others get hurt as well. People I know could get hurt.' Wesley and Elliot looked at each other. It was the first time they had thought about the mew project like that. Wesley walked towards her and stopped just in front of her. He looked down at the small girl, smiling. 'What if the enemies are really dangerous and- uh-' Abbie was interrupted by Wesley placing his hands gently on her shoulders. He lowered him self so their eyes were level. 'Abbie, look at me.' Abbie lifted her head slightly to meet his big brown eyes, he gave her a warm smile, 'I will protect you. We will protect you. We've been running this project for nearly 3 years and I haven't once seen anyone get seriously hurt. I promise, we won't let anyone or anything hurt you badly and I don't brake promises. Do I Elliot?'
'Well… there was that time you promised to bring me a Chinese but you brought me an Indian…' Elliot remarked.
'That's beside the point!' Wesley said frustratingly. Elliot just smirked.
'Thanks Wesley.' Abbie smiled Wesley pulled back and glared at Elliot.
'I already clarified this, but you got an Indian because the Chinese was closed!'
'Yeah, yeah whatev's.' Elliot smirked at him. 'Anyway, don't you think we should introduce Abbie to the other girls?'
