And another great melee as Flame and Mew try and fight against their elder selves. And it has a grand ending, hence the title.
Episode 134: A Grand Ending
There were several screams and blasts before it all feel silent again. Eventually the mutated Charmander appeared in the doorway again, covered completely in blood. I had a nasty hunch that it wasn't his.
"It was a dead-end," he said with a smile, "cornered bastards are so cute when they try to fight back."
"Oh, that is just plain wrong," my Mew muttered as he floated over so he was beside me, "why can't you sort your difficulties out over a pint?"
Mew then had to duck under a fireball, as the other me ran off down the corridor again. Mew's other shot off after it, leaving the two of us alone.
"Why didn't you just kill it when it was still sleeping?" Mew asked, the question making me wince.
"I'm no murderer," I replied slowly, "I will not do anything that makes me one."
"Sorry Flame," Mew muttered, scratching the back of his head, "I guess I'm a little cranky. It's been a hard week. I'm overworked, even without the death cults and whatnot too. Celebi really does pick the worst times to pull a stunt like this."
Mew spun around suddenly and threw both paws forwards. I heard a loud boom, probably more but my ears were still stinging from the first so I missed them, and suddenly there were several pieces of metal floating in the air just in front of us.
"Never ever shoot at a psychic, especially when he's cranky from lack of sleep," Mew muttered to the Human that was holding the black object, I gawped at the sight of the Human quivering there.
"Fuck, I never should have taken this job," the black haired guy muttered as he dropped the black object, this made Mew smile.
"I love it when you guys make the smart choice in the end," he laughed telepathically, which made the Human blink in surprise, "you can go now, just watch out for the other me. If you come across him, you really are screwed."
The Human stood there for a few seconds, trying to decide if what Mew has just 'said' was real. He eventually gulped and ran, making the cat chuckle.
"Nothing like stopping bullets to scare the crap out of guards," he giggled as the metal objects fell to the floor, "if he had kept firing, I probably would have sent them strait back at him. But that Human had some survival instincts."
"What happened to the other me?" I asked, worried that I'd end up in the same position. I ran my claws along shoulders, making sure that there was nothing there.
"I'm not sure how they did it, but they managed to bypass the second stage of your evolutionary cycle. That mutation would have hurt, being forced instead of natural. Plus the fact that your evolved cousins are notorious for being very aggressive, he snapped and is going on a killing spree. A Charizard's power in a Charmander's body, something that should never have happened. At least I cannot evolve, so my other self won't have that problem."
"They're both crazy!" I interrupted, "they'll kill everyone."
"This is not our reality, Flame," Mew sighed.
"But it is real. I don't want to be the reason that innocents died no matter if they are from a different time!"
"You have a point," Mew smiled, "I made a promise that those worth saving would be, there has to be someone in this realm worth saving. So let's get to work and rope in those two crazies!"
I nodded and we both headed into the corridor, Mew headed left after mentioning something about 'avoiding the dead end' while I followed without question. It didn't take us long before I realised something.
"We're going around in circles."
"No we are not," Mew chuckled, "more like a square."
"How are we going to find them if we are not getting anywhere?" I yelled, my temper flaring up.
"I'm trying to concentrate so I can get a fix on where our elder selves are, you being loud is not going to speed up the process," he replied, glancing over his shoulder at me.
"Sorry," I muttered sheepishly.
"No worries," he laughed, before stopping dead in his tracks, "bingo. Found our mutant Charmander, chances are that the Mew is nearby."
He pointed at a solid wall, "They're that way."
"Through solid steel, right," I replied, "we need to find a door."
"You forget who you are with," Mew laughed, "you might want to stand back a little."
An energy ball shot forth from Mew's paws and there was a small explosion. When the smoke faded, a hole had appeared in the wall.
"Now we're playing with dynamite," Mew laughed as he headed through the hole, "perfect, links us with the corridor that leads strait to where our two elders are fighting."
"How do you know?" I asked, heading through after him. The question was stupid as the answer became clear, I could see strait ahead to where the older Mew stood and was yelling something.
"Call it a hunch," my Mew chuckled as he dashed forwards, with me trying to keep up behind him.
"Slow down!" I called after the floating feline, "some of us have to use our legs."
"Shit!" The other Mew yelled as he was forced back by repeated fireballs, his psychic barrier barely holding.
"Need a hand?" My Mew asked as he jumped beside his other and added his own power to the barrier, allowing them to hold strong as I arrived.
"What are you two doing?" Mew's other asked as their combined power allowed the barrier to push forwards, despite the pounding it was taking from my mutated elder self.
"Saving you," I replied, launching a few fireballs myself and having to dodge the return fire. This had the effect of taking some of the attacks away from the Mews, giving them a breather.
"It's what we do!" Mew laughed, "Now, let's take this flying lizard down."
Mew's other looked at the two of us for a few seconds before nodding and summoning two energy balls.
"Maybe I judged you too hastily," he smiled as he dived out from behind the barrier and threw them at my other, who became airborne and easily evaded the blasts.
"You'd be amazed at how many people do that to me," Mew replied as he did the same, the two of them pelting the other me with energy balls while I cut off his escape route.
"Get out of my way!" He yelled as he shot towards me, energy balls filling the air around him.
"Make me," I called back, charging forwards with claws ready. He dived low to the ground as we halved the distance between us in seconds, the energy balls no longer being launched for fear of hitting me instead.
As he bared his teeth and claws, I dropped into a skid and managed to slide under his swipe that would have taken my head off if I had not evaded. I used that advantage well, forcing my claws upwards and into his chest as he shot overhead. He yelled out in pain and dropped to the ground, skidding a little while before coming to a halt. Mew helped me up and we both turned to watch the other me try to push itself up, before the other Mew blasted it in the back of the head with an energy ball. The Charmander collapsed and finally lay still; the bloody wings limp at last.
I looked up at Mew, who was breathing heavily.
"Isn't that it? Did you say that if the other me died, we'd get back to our own time?"
"It isn't that simple," Mew sighed, "there is still one last thing to tidy up."
"Me, right?" the other Mew said as he floated over. They really did look identical, it was only instinct and my one's bandage that allowed me to tell them apart.
"I can't kill you now; you are actually sane," Mew sighed, "so I guess we are stuck here."
The other Mew looked at the two of us in silence, a blank expression on his face before he suddenly formed two energy balls that began to grow in size.
"Whoa," I muttered, backing up and was about to flee when Mew looked strait at his other.
"You would do that?" He asked, getting a nod in reply.
"You helped me," the other Mew smiled, "now it is time for me to do the same."
It finally clicked what was about to happen, I felt a lone tear roll down my cheek and Mew was just pouring them out.
"Oh come on," the other laughed, "it's not like this is the end of the species. There is always you, baby me."
"Float over here and say that," Mew chuckled, wiping the tears away, "but it still is hurtful to see someone as cool as me sacrifice himself."
"Call it my destiny," the other replied, "just make sure that you beat up the damn fate fairy for me, I still owe him an asskicking."
"I will," Mew promised, "may the darkness take me if I don't."
"Then goodbye, untill we meet in the afterlife," the other smiled before ramming the two energy balls together and vanishing in an explosion.
"Goodbye, Mew," Mew muttered as the whole world turned white once more.