The Powerpuff Girls
End of Days

Chapter 1: Crime Never Stops

The city of Townsville. You will never find another town that represents the American Dream that it does. The friendly neighborhoods, the white wicker fences, kids playing in the backyard, the constant sound of cars driving through downtown accompanied by the sound of people walking to and from stores on every block. Over the years the town has had more stuff put in, whether it would be stores, a convention center, you name it, but for what it's worth, Townsville is mostly the same. The only other thing that hasn't changed is the constant rate, which speaking of, there appears to be a robbery happening at the Townsville bank!

"Alright everybody this is a robbery!" said one of the masked man, holding up a rifle. "We do this nice and easily, we can all go home peacefully." Meanwhile the other two men had everyone on the ground while the teller filled up a bag with cash. Things were going smoothly for them but…

All of a sudden there was the sound of broken glass. "Not so fast fellas!" a familiar voice rang out.

The three masked men looked over and almost dropped their weapons. "Oh no it's the Powerpuff Girls!" The leader then facepalmed. "I forgot they're older now too!"

"That's right boys," Blossom said with a smirk on her face as she, along with Bubbles and Buttercup once again did the usual smackdown. Once that was over, the police arrived and took the criminals to jail: the same formula that's been going on since they were five. Now however they were sixteen, going to high school, doing now what most girls do at their age. Despite all that, crime never stops in Townsville but the girls' loyalty to protecting their home town has never wavered.

Luckily for the girls it was the weekend which meant they didn't have to worry about school. Being in high school meant they couldn't just leave the middle of class unless it was a dire situation. Soon the girls would have to think about college. Well, Blossom at least was thinking about that; she wasn't so sure about Buttercup or Bubbles. And also because they were sixteen now, they now had separate rooms, which forced Professor Utonium to move most of the stuff either in the attic or down in his lab. The laboratory was now a little crowded.

"I can't believe now we're all sixteen…" Bubbles said, drawing a picture in Blossom's room. Perhaps if she so desired she could get into art school. She's taken two art classes already in high school.

"I know," Buttercup replied, sitting by the window. "It seems just like yesterday we were young and fighting crime without a care in the world." Buttercup in her spare time has been taking martial art classes to perfect her fighting skills as well as trying to control her anger, which over the years has subsided somewhat.

"We're still fighting crime," Blossom said, lying on her bed. "But it's what we do, we made that promise. Although I guess after we turn eighteen who knows? We may not be here by that time." She sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "We're just gonna have to… blend in with society."

"You mean no more flying?" Bubbles asked.

"Well I'm sure we can still do that," Blossom replied.

"No more kicking ass?" Buttercup asked.

"Well… possibly that too," Blossom stated. "But we're going to then be on our own, having a career in life… maybe even have families."

"I'd want a family," Bubbles said, continuing to draw. "But that's all in the future. Right now you two and the Professor are all the family I need."

Blossom and Buttercup both smiled. "Yeah, same here Bubbles," Buttercup said.

All of a sudden they heard the front door opening. "Oh girls I'm back from the store and have groceries in the back!" the Professor called.

"Coming Professor!" the girls said, going downstairs.

Meanwhile, on the outer reaches of space, something was afoot. A lone dreadnought was flying through space, on course for a certain system. The ship itself was massive, but oddly enough there was only one being flying it, if you didn't include the AI on the ship.

The being's name was alien but to most languages he was known as Drex and he was a cybernetic from a planet way out in the Milky Way. Part of a top mission from his world, he was being sent to "investigate" a planet in the Solar System, one by the name of Earth.

"Merlin," he said, speaking to the ship's AI. "Give me an overview of this planet."

"Certainly sir," the AI said in a cheerful voice. A holographic image of Earth appeared. "Earth, third planet of the system known as Sol. It appears to be the only planet in the system that has sustainable life. From what has been gathered, civilization has lived here for generations but only until now have they achieved technical advances."

"So it has plentiful resources?" Drex asked.

"Correct but, interestingly enough, only parts of the planet have these technical advances. Parts of the planet, of their civilization, are more tribal. Also parts of the planet show that resources have been totally consumed."

"So it's not as perfect as Command states," Drex replied, disappointed. "Tell me Merlin, is this planet worth the trip?"

"Yes," Merlin said. "While not fully advanced, the planet has huge potential, and the resources it contains are mostly underground, which would sustain our planet for generations to come."

"Good," Drex replied. "How long until we reach Sol?"

"We are about fifteen lightyears away; converting that into cycles on Earth: about seven days."

"Seven days…" "Then let us send scouts to observe the planet before we reach our destination; mingle with the population if necessary."

"Yes sir but there is one other thing and I believe you may find this… interesting."

A file was brought up for Drex to see and while looking at it, he offered a small smile. "You're right Merlin… this is interesting indeed…"

(A/N: Yeah so I know I've been gone for awhile and I know this is new but… an idea popped in my head and I thought why not give it a try? Anyway, if you're not a fan of the Powerpuff Girls, don't read it but I can say it's a more mature version of the characters you're used to. Well, not too mature that is. And yes I know the title's a bit cheesy but when have I ever been good at titles?))

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