Yeah, that's right, I'm writing a sequel to To Hell and Back! This story has a good amount of potential, but let's just hope I don't waste it. Oh, and sorry I haven't uploaded anything in a while.
Gray was all I could see as I stared at the cold, hard wall. Its horrid condition matched exactly how I was feeling. I sat, motionlessly, in an uncomfortably small room. The walls were scratched with paint peeling off, the bed was ripped into practically nothing, and one of the bars on the armored door confining me in this place was bent. The room was terrible, but did anyone care? No. I was nothing but a filthy criminal to them, and they didn't care how bad my living conditions were. Then again, how could I blame them? I caused nothing but trouble for the world.
Turning my head, I looked at a mirror one of the guards had tossed in here with me, for the sake of "letting me see what a monster I am." It had been nearly a year since I transformed with Chemical X, and I was still in this monstrous form. They tried to find a way to fix me, but the substance was a part of me now. It couldn't be removed...at least not without killing me. Sighing, my thoughts soon turned to two familiar faces. My ki-...um...Bubbles and Boomer... I thought, and even corrected myself. They weren't mine...no matter how much I wanted them to be. Though...that didn't stop me from missing them. Not long after I was put in this place, I felt an uncontrollable urge to see them. To hold them, and make them feel safe...but no. They hate me...
"Hey, you. Over here," A voice said. After a moment, I reluctantly stood and looked through the small window of bars on the door. I saw what looked like a green monkey with a cape, in the cell in front of mine. Then I remembered that he was arrested about three days ago. I stared at him, waiting for him to speak. "Let me guess, you were placed in this prison by none other than the Powerpuff Girls, am I correct?" I nearly twitched at his reference to them. When I heard their name, I thought of Blossom and Buttercup. Two of the people who refused to let me have Bubbles and Boomer.
"No..." I said. Technically, it wasn't them who put me here. I surrendered, but I was starting to regret it.
"Oh...well, it is obvious that you do not favor the conditions of this establishment, right?" I didn't say anything. I really did hate prison life, but I didn't know exactly where he was going with this conversation. He must have taken my silence as a yes. "What if I told you I had the ability to remove you from this place?" My ears perked up as I continued to listen to him, but by the smirk on his face I could tell that he wasn't going to help me for free. "I will get you out of here, and in return you must assist me in my plans. You will do whatever I command of you until I feel you are of no use to me anymore."
I didn't like hearing that. There was no way I wanted to work for someone, especially someone like him. But...I really wanted to get out of this prison. It was a horrible place, and it even caused me to almost kill myself a few times. Sometimes I wonder why I didn't just do it. It's not like I have anything to live for...but still, no matter how bad my life got, I never once actually wanted to die. I just wanted to not live in the current situation I'm in. "...Fine," I told him, knowing that getting out of prison would be a major improvement.
"Excellent," He said with a smile, then reached behind him and pulled out what I believed was a makeshift bomb. "Just a second..." He placed it near the entrance of his cell, then got as far away from it as he could. In seconds, there was a huge explosion, blowing a hole in his cell just as planned. He rushed out and quickly stuck a small, metal rod into the lock on my cell. After some fumbling, it opened. "Hurry! We've got to get out of here before our escape is discovered!" He shouted, but as he turned to run towards the exit, he was greeted by several guards all pointing guns at him...well, mostly me, since I looked more threatening.
"Don't move!" One of them shouted, and I knew exactly what was going to happen next. They were gonna force us back into our cells, or maybe even throw us in solitary confinement. ...No... I thought, as memories of sitting in a cell, alone for months entered my head. I won't go back in there...I won't... Subconsciously, my body began to glow. The next thing I heard was bullets being fired at me, though I could barely even feel them. Suddenly, a bright beam of light shot from my body, forcing all of the guards to the ground and blowing a hole in the unarmored ceilng. Seeing my chance, I grabbed the green monkey's arm and leaped through the hole. Once on the roof, I jumped to the ground and ran as fast as I could. I probably could have taken them all out, but I really wasn't in the mood for a battle. I just wanted to be out of there.
In a few minutes we reached a forest, where we lost anyone who may have been pursuing us. I was breathing heavily from all the running I did. I looked down at the monkey when I heard his excited voice. "That was magnificent! You were unstoppable back there! Where did you receive so much power? And for that matter, where did a creature like you come from?" I didn't want to tell him my life story, so I just lied.
"I was born like this...and I don't remember much about my past." He seemed to believe it. "By the way...what's your name?" I asked.
"I am the world's supreme intellectual, the master of evil, king of destruction. I am, Mojo Jojo!" I just stared at him for a few seconds.
"Ok...Mojo." It was an odd name, but I didn't really care. "So, what exactly do you want me to do for you?"
He smiled. "You'll find out...now follow me." He walked off in a random direction. I followed him, curious about where he was going. It didn't take long for us to exit the forest, but when we did my heart nearly skipped a beat. We saw a town...but not just any town. Townsville. The location of the two kids I so desperately wanted to see. My first thought was to go to them, tell them how much I missed them. But then reality hit me. They didn't want to see me. My thoughts of them were interrupted when Mojo spoke. "I need to go retrieve something, so I need you to meet me at the Townsville bank in five minutes. Good luck." With that said, he walked into the city.
I didn't want to go. I knew everyone was gonna stare at me because of my hideous form, and most likely call the military. But Mojo seemed like a really smart guy, and the last thing I needed was a genius monkey holding a grudge against me. Sighing, I ran into the city, trying to get to the bank as quickly as I could. I ignored the screams of people who saw me dashing through the streets, since focusing on them would probably only increase their fear. I was almost there, I could see the bank ahead, when suddenly an explosion erupted to my left. I was sent into a car, crushing it slightly under my weight. When I looked up, I wasn't so surprised to see a helicopter. It had a large gatling gun, and several missiles under its small wings.
Before I could even move, a missile was sent straight at my head. I lunged to my right, barely avoiding the explosive. Retaliating, I jumped towards the flying machine and violently swung my fist at it. Unfortunately it was fast, and quickly moved out of the way of my attack. Just as I reached the ground again, it fired its gatling gun at me. The bullets were much stronger than the ones those guards fired at me, and were enough to make me stumble back. Quickly, I flipped a car onto its side, and used it as a shield. I could feel it shake as the bullets tore into it.
By then, everyone had fled the area to avoid getting hurt. Getting an idea, I lifted the car up and tossed it at the helicopter. It easily dodged it, and continued to fire at me. As the bullets roughly impacted my skin, I could feel rage building up inside of me. A ball of concentrated energy began to form in my hand. I shielded my face with my arm, and prepared to launch my attack. However, before I could, I saw bullets come from my left. They tore through the copter like it was nothing but paper. It spun around a few times, attempting to stay in the air, before accepting defeat and crashing into the ground. Whoever was in it was obviously dead.
I turned around and saw Mojo in a large, robotic machine. It was just slightly bigger than me. "Not bad, you did very well. But your primary weakness seems to be speed," He said, causing me to look at him suspiciously.
"Wait...are you saying you sent this thing to test me?"
"No, of course not, you have already displayed your strength to me. That is a military helicopter, sent here to capture or kill you for escaping prison." That made sense, so I believed him. After all, he was the only person I could consider an ally. "Now come on, we have work to do," He said, before going over to the bank. I followed him, realizing exactly what his plan was. He was gonna rob the bank. Just as I expected, he smashed a hole in the wall and entered. I tried to follow him, but he motioned for me not to. "You stay out here and guard the entrance," He said, going to get the money.
This didn't make sense to me. He only wanted me so I could guard the door? No, he had to have some better reason for enlisting me. Despite my confusion, I did as he said. In a few minutes, Mojo came back out carrying bags of money. I turned to him. "This was your plan?" Suddenly, I heard a strange sound behind me. And Mojo smiled.
"No," He said. "This is." I gave him a confused look, before I heard three familiar voices behind me.
"Not so fast, Mojo Jojo!" I knew exactly who they were...but I wasn't expecting them to show up. I mentally slapped myself when I realized that I had forgotten they were Townsville's protectors.
"Who the heck are you?" I heard the one known as Buttercup ask. I knew she was referring to me. They must not be able to remember me just from seeing my back...slowly, I turned around to face them. They all gasped when they saw my face. The first one of them I looked at was Bubbles. She had the most surprised expression out of all of them. They thought I was dead.
"It's...you..." Blossom said, but I continued to stare at her sister. Bubbles looked significantly older than she did in the past. Slightly more mature, and her pigtails may have been a tad longer. She was adorable. Her sisters must have noticed my gaze was on her, since they both stepped up and glared at me.
"I don't know how you survived, but we're gonna have to destroy you all over again!" Buttercup said, and I could tell she was ready to kill me. Blossom didn't say anything, but I knew she agreed. But Bubbles didn't look so sure...all she did was look down at the ground, away from me.
"Hehe, silly girls," Mojo started. "You have not yet seen his true power. This creature possesses the strength and energy to finally put you in your place."
"Oh yeah?" Buttercup said, smirking. "We'll just see about that!"
"Indeed we will...now, destroy the girls!" He shouted to me, shooting a missile out of his robot suit to start the battle. They must not have expected the sudden attack, because it exploded right in front of them. I nearly gasped when I saw Bubbles get sent back, and skid across the street. My anger flared up, as Mojo laughed. "If you girls can't even take my missiles, then when you fight my new accomplice he'll-" His gloating turned into a gasp as I grabbed the robotic suit he was in. "What are you doing?" I didn't speak, I just slammed him to the ground and began stomping on him. Not long after I started, smoke began coming out of his suit. Once I felt I did enough damage, I ceased. Mojo was pressing a big red button, trying to get the suit to do something, but it wouldn't respond. "Curses!" He shouted.
When I turned to look at the girls, they were all staring at me. Surprised looks on their faces. I couldn't control myself anymore, and began walking over to Bubbles. She started backing away from me, and I started extending my hand towards her. However, in an instant, her sisters were in front of her, giving me harsh glares.
"Stay away from her!" Blossom shouted.
"Yeah, after all this time, you still don't wanna leave her alone?" Buttercup said, making me think. Was I...obsessed with her and Boomer? No...I couldn't be. I love them, but I'm not obsessed.
"Let me see her..." I said, quietly.
"No way! After everything you did to her, you really expect us to just let you talk to her?" I could tell Blossom was really mad. More so than Buttercup.
"Get out of my way," I said, taking a step towards them, only to have Blossom roughly push me back. At that moment, my rage shot up again. I needed to talk to Bubbles, and her sisters were getting in the way...that's all they ever did. Suddenly, I grabbed Blossom's arm, shoving her to the ground before slamming my fist into her back. "Stop getting between us!" I roared, loud enough to hurt even my own ears. When I stopped, I looked at the other two Powerpuffs.
"Blossom!" They both shouted, both with looks of fear...but Bubbles's face caught my attention the most. She looked so innocent...so afraid...and then I realized I was the one who caused her fear. The thought nearly ripped me apart. But I didn't have much time to think about it. In a flash, Buttercup sent a punch to my face. I stumbled back, but still refused to look at anything other than Bubbles. She was just staring at me like I was some kind of monster...but I was. I was a monster, and I couldn't change that. I never did anything for Bubbles and Boomer other than bring them pain. I could feel my sorrow spreading from my mind to my body, causing it to shake slightly. The world hated me, wanted me dead...and it would be better off without me.
Unable to bear the look I was getting from Bubbles, I ran off. It was the only thing I could think of doing. It was better than staying there and hurting Bubbles's real family. The family she actually loved. I was just a monster to her...and that's all I would ever be...
To Be Continued...
