Authors note: Hello all, this is my first fanfiction, I hope you all enjoy it. I don't know whether to continue or not, let me know in a review!
It was a calm night in the city of Townsville. All day, the sky had been obscured by the clouds that loomed the full moon, almost looking like a fishing bobber drifting along the beautiful sea of clouds. The fall season was beginning to come to an end. Winter was around a week away. However, though the peace of the cold environment was broken by the sounds of a loud roar piercing the air in part of the town. One tall monster was causing havoc, appearing to be an oversized lizard that was smashing a building.
"How many does this one make?" one girl's voice rung out. She had short black hair that reached her shoulders in length, and she was wearing a green coat that had black vertical lines in random patterns on it. Her bright green eyes looked at the beast from afar as she stood beside the remnants of a destroyed fountain. She was Buttercup of the Powerpuff Girls, the self-proclaimed toughest of the group.
"This will be the fourth monster this week," another young girl's voice chimed. She had long orange hair that ran down her entire back, and she was wearing a red bow in her hair, and a thick pink dress that had a pattern of black flower petals randomly put across it. She was Blossom, the leader of the Powerpuff Girls. Her high intelligence had somewhat unintentionally earned her the position, despite butting heads occasionally with Buttercup.
"Can we just hurry and get rid of it? I want to go back to bed," a softer voice said. Behind them was a girl with short blonde hair done up into two pigtails. She was wearing a blue sweater that had black circles randomly across it. She was Bubbles, the sweetest of her sisters. She was more timid and shy out of the three of them. The triplets had been trying to slumber that night, but one phone call later and here they were across town around one in the morning. Blossom did feel bad, seeing her tired blonde sibling. If the monster was a minor threat, she would have handled it herself, but by working together, the three of them made quicker work of the beasts.
"I'm with Bubbles. Let's go," Buttercup grinned while cracking her knuckles. Their orange haired leader sighed. She normally didn't agree with the rushed approach, but the monster seemed slow enough.
"Alright, get its attention," Blossom insisted they were ready. Bubbles watched the raven haired girl look around briefly before she approached the sidewalk. There was an abandoned car there. Any civilians nearby had made haste to evacuate the second this monster appeared. Buttercup picked up the car, pulling back her arms, putting all her super strength into one throw, sending the vehicle flying. It crashed into the back of the monster, which seemed to get it to quit roaring, but the car just bounced right off, turning into scrap metal before crashing onto the ground. They saw the giant scaled creature turn around, stomping on the wrecked car and flattening it. It glared at the three girls.
"Right, girls. You know what to do," Blossom reminded. They saw the monster swing one of its huge claws down at them. They all scattered to various directions, letting the sharp claws penetrate the ground, breaking the concrete with them. The three girls had flown into the air, doing their best to surround the beast.
Bubbles fired a ray of heat vision, blasting the back of the beast. However it did no harm to it. Those thick scales appeared to make for a good armour source. The monster turned around and smacked her away with its tail. She squealed, flying onto the side of one of the many buildings, leaving an imprint of herself in it. She groaned, trying to climb out, but the monster was charging at her now while her guard was down, ready to squash her like a bug.
"Knock it off!" Buttercup growled, darting in front of it with a green streak of light behind her. She caught the monster with her arms and hands. It took a lot of effort, but she managed to halt its movement. She then punched it in the chest, though her attack did not do much to it. All it did was hurt the green puff's hand. The scales must really have made for great armor.
"Quick! Bubbles, go grab the sharpest object you can," Blossom ordered, though saw Buttercup fly between the claws of the next attack, seeing the practical dinosaur getting angrier by the second. Bubbles nodded, flying back down to the streets below. She looked around, aware they needed to pierce its sturdy scales. She looked at one of the many streetlights. She used her heat vision to cut the top of one off before she pried it from the ground, ripping out the wires and concrete it was attached to.
"Got it!" Bubbles called out. She hated damaging any part of the city if she could help it. She kept her grip tight before beginning to fly up in attempt to attack, though as she got to the head of the monster, she saw it open its mouth wide, revealing its razor sharp teeth. It sent out a chill of fear through her body. The oversized reptile emitted a huge blast of fire, completely engulfing the blue powerpuff. Her scream of pain echoed as she dropped the spear of a streetlight. Buttercup had to save her fast, quickly flying down below and catching the streetlight. She immediately ascended once more.
"Big mistake!" Buttercup threw it as hard as she could, watching it impale the monster in the side of its head. The monster fumbled down from the intense blow. Blossom saw the streetlight jutting out of the side of the beast's head. Before it could do anything, the green powerpuff had darted straight at it, kicking the bottom of the streetlight as hard as she could, sending it skewering through the brain of the monster. They saw its flames vanish as it let out one last roar before falling onto its stomach. Its landing sent out a shockwave like a short but violent earthquake.
"Bubbles! Are you okay?" Blossom went to her sister, seeing her with a few new bruises and burn marks over her body. Bubbles nodded.
"I'm fine… I was too tired to react in time," the blue powerpuff apologized. Her sister patted her on the back, assuring that it was fine. Soon enough, they could hear cheering and applause. The civilians started to come back upon realizing the monster had died. Buttercup was standing on the head of the beast, basking in the glory. Usually whichever powerpuff killed the monster would be the one to receive the praise.
"Your burns don't look too bad. I'll treat you when we get home," Blossom said. Bubbles smiled, appreciative to her. Their leader knew more about medical treatment and usually handled their injuries when their father was unable to. However, all in all, the blue puff felt a little down. She hadn't really garnered any recognition in quite some time from all this monster fighting. She didn't want to verbally complain about it, but she gained more applause from her kindergarten teacher than any of these townsfolk. The longer it went on, the more effort it took to deny the feeling of lacking appreciation. The two saw the green powerpuff approach them.
"Alright, I'm ready to go," Buttercup stretched. The town usually could handle the monster clean up job themselves. Bubbles and Blossom were ready, too. The three girls flew off into the air, leaving a pink, light blue and light green streak of light behind them. As they flew, Bubbles was mostly lost to her own thoughts. The flight was pretty uneventful and quiet. The sky was cleaning a little, though the chance of rain tomorrow still seemed pretty high.
When they got back to their home, they had entered back through their bedrooms window. Their room looked nice and recently cleaned. There was a dresser next to the closet, and there was a pile of plush toys resting near a toy chest. Most of them belonged to Bubbles, but her favourite was the small stuffed octopus that rested on her part of the bed, which was purple and had a top hat on its head. Their bed had a blanket of three different colours, pink, baby blue and light green; their favourite colours that they chose to sleep in.
"I'll go find the first aid kit," Blossom said before walking out of the room, not turning on any lights. They were doing their best to try and stay quiet, not risking to wake their creator. Bubbles sat down on the edge of the bed, reaching over and grabbing Octi, pulling it close before wrapping her arms around the doll.
"You're a bit more down than usual. Those burns hurt bad?" Buttercup asked while going over to the dressers, throwing her coat aside to the floor carelessly and beginning to rummage around the drawers, wanting to find her nightgown.
"I don't wanna talk about it…" Bubbles responded. She was presuming it was just jealousy over the glory her sisters had been receiving lately. She kept mentally telling herself that she might get that same recognition eventually, but every day she told herself that seemed to feel less and less reassuring. The black haired girl stopped her rummaging, sighing. She never was good at cheering up her sisters. Sometimes she made the situation worse, but she knew she would regret it if she didn't say anything.
"You mean, you do want to talk about it, but you're saying you don't want to?" Buttercup corrected, seeing her sister sheepishly hugging the plush octopus a little tighter. The blonde girl nodded slowly, seeing her sibling sit on the bed.
"Alright, well what's wrong?" Buttercup insisted for her to open up. Bubbles tried to relax. She couldn't tell Blossom, because if she did, their leader would just give her a speech about how they fought crime to protect the city, and in a sense help keep the world safe. They were doubtful that the military even would be able to handle half the monsters they fought.
"I've been messing up all our fights lately. You and Blossom are doing all the work and getting the fame for it," Bubbles explained. She felt insignificant. Buttercup initially wanted to shoot down that claim to fame, though the powerpuff girls were a well-known name, but that was because of combined efforts despite their mistakes. But the green puff was able to easily recall all the mess ups lately. She was trying her best to be helpful about this.
"So what? It's impossible to win a fight without hurting something, and sometimes those people cheering give me a headache," Buttercup claimed. She wasn't the best at brightening others' moods, at least like this. Bubbles was wondering if she was just making stuff up off the top of her head to try and cheer her up.
"I just don't know what I'd do if either of you got hurt, just because I'm too weak to help," the blue puff added. Her fears weren't insane as much as they were understandable. Her green sister grinned.
"That'll never happen! You just gotta go with your gut! Don't hold back! The next monster that comes up, you brutalize it! Then the one after that! Keep that up, until you're tough enough to take on five by yourself," Buttercup stated. That fiery look in her eyes showed how much pleasure she got beating things up. Bubbles smiled to her.
"Alright… thanks, Buttercup," she said, reaching over and wrapping an arm around her. She was feeling a lot better, but those words rung out in her head and was giving her an idea. Just then, the two saw Blossom enter back into their room, closing the door behind her.
"Sorry about that. I had trouble finding it," Blossom apologized while carrying the red box which was the first aid kit. She was happy to see her sisters getting along. This type of peace was rare, but extremely welcomed, even if they were all tired. The clock on the wall showed that it was 2:29am. She brought the box over and opened it.
"It's fine," Bubbles smiled while they broke their hug, resting Octi aside. They had to get all the burns on her body treated. Buttercup went back to trying to get back to sleep, she and Bubbles keeping their conversation private, ready to get past this night and move onto hopefully the start of a weekend tomorrow.