A/N- This is the continuation for "PPGR: Realities- Ch22: Heart´s Dainty" this chapter is kind of strong… it contains more psychological harassment, torture and well more stuff… but well this is also the first chapter of "PPGR: Reminiscence" which is of course the arc following "PPGR: Realities" thanks for following my story until this point, hope you keep liking it as much as I love writing it! (:
The "-" means that they are talking to the other ex. Haru to Boomer or Boomer to Haru and no one else can hear.
The "XXX" means a separation in P.
The "000" means a restart which only happened in the déjà vu kind of chapter of the other story but just if it happens to occur here and so you know.
The " ***" means dream starting point or ending point.
"=" is for memory start point or ending point.
Note: Memories and dreams have text in italics
PowerPuff Girls R: Reminiscence
Chapter 1: Heart´s Torment
-Kai… hey man, what´s the matter with you?- I asked looking a bit confused at Kai who was incredibly silent and well he was emitting a great deal of dark energy which was at first like whatever but it suddenly started to make me feel kinda heavy, like gravity was pushing me down.
-What´s the matter huh… I wonder, I thought leading a life where I gave my all was worth it you know- said Kai in an unspecific way which was kinda odd since he was saying depressive stuff.
-What? No, I mean, what the hell is up with you?! You reek of dark energy like fuck… that´s not you at all dude- I said finding myself weird for saying those things.
-Isn´t darkness what surrounds us all…? We are actually nothing but mere puppets for life to play with- said Kai as he looked upwards.
-What? Shit, dude what crap stung you? You are a fucking mess…- I said really at loss of what to think about Kai.
-Just stare above… we are just pawns in this game the bastard above calls life, this is not life this is hell- said Kai as he smirked and released a chuckle.
-Man, stop thinking that way okay? You are creeping the hell outta me" I said to him while looking kind of troubled at him.
-Humans are here just to entertain that one who watches us intently… pain is everything, misery is- he said as I interrupted him by punching him, he then knelt down and looked at the dark space below.
-Pull yourself together, stop spitting shit so half heartedly- I said irritated- Hell, it´s incredibly amazing to beat the crap out of people and monsters but don´t say that kind of bullshit; you are always giving your best, what changed? Misaki´s death doesn´t mean everything is lost dude! You just have to learn to let things go and move forward-
-Move forward? I once tried to move forward on life… I gave my all despite everything that tried to hold me down, I didn´t have a lifestyle like the others but you know? I didn´t care! All I ever asked in return was my brother´s company! Life could batter me and I didn´t care! Even if I ended half dead, as long as I could go on and keep my brother safe… that was all for me-
-No wonder Misaki is gone- I said looking irritated at him not even trying to sympathize with him.
-What…- he murmured sounding a bit shocked about my response.
-Your life matters too, dude, you treated yourself like crap- I said- Misaki is not guilty about it, you are but hey, I believe he was taken away for your own good; you need to get that you need to stop being so selfish on yourself-
-Don´t give me that crap…- said Kai as he stood up and glared at me- You say life took my brother away just to teach me a lesson? A crappy lesson like that one? That´s what´s nonsense; life is nothing but complete bullshit-
-Man, what´s gotten into you, you don´t react that way! At least try to think about what I said before going mad! I´m the one who should get angry not you! Fuck, I feel so stupid ranting this way!- I said a bit frustrated as I saw his mouth turn into an evil smirk, this is not Kai is he…
-Human misery is what entertains that being above, Misaki was taken so I lost it, I was coping with it so it was unacceptable, it grew frustrated that I managed to continue sane so it did what was most likely going to work on me- said Kai- What would you understand? You have not gone through crap or seen your siblings die; you know nothing about how I feel!-
-What…? Man, of course I know how you feel- I said a bit upset about the memory I had to see a while ago:
="Brick… Butch… I´m scared" said Boomer as he sniffed and sobbed, I turned my head towards Boomer´s direction and saw how he trembled as he intensely cried.
"Boomer, man up! Stop crying, you are only doing what that crab wants!" I said as I tried to squirm out of the restrainers.
"Butch, knock it off, there´s no way you´ll escape with the wounds on your body not mentioning your broken bones" said Brick "Boomer, don't cry, I´ll figure something out"
"Yeah dude, how the hell will you if you can´t even hear us?" I said while looking tearfully at Brick on my right whose ears still leaked blood, he was deaf now…
"What?" asked Brick while looking annoyed at me, yeah he was probably finding irritating the fact he couldn´t hear at all.
"All right, I give in, there´s no way we´ll be out of here… I cannot move that much, you are deaf and Boomer is blind…" I said while gritting my teeth, it was so awful to see them this way, Boomer lost his sight as one of the injections side effects and Brick´s ears blew up… how I hate this monster, can´t he leave us alone?
"Ah! No, no! don´t!" squealed Boomer as the crab dude came closer to him and grabbed one of his arms.
"Leave him alone you fucking pedo! You already left him blind! Stop injecting him your shit!" I yelled enraged as I saw Boomer struggling to free himself as the crab monster took out a syringe with a weird substance in it.
"No! Please! No! I´m exhausted I don´t want more injections! Brick! Butch! Please…I…" yelled Boomer though he was lowering his voice as the monster injected him some weird crap "No…"
"Boomer…" I muttered as I saw him closing his eyes and remained half lidded as the monster pushed everything in, what´s going on? What did he inject him…? "Ah! Hey, what are you…?!" I exclaimed shocked as he turned his claw to a human hand and opened Boomer´s mouth wide putting in a pill on his tongue.
"Ah…" murmured Boomer in a daze probably unaware that he was being forced to take a pill.
"No! take that fucking thing away! Stop doing weird shit to my brother! He is an idiot and whatever you want but he doesn´t deserve this kind of crap!"
"Fuck! No! Him stop treating Boomer like a fucking lab rat! Do whatever with me I don´t give a damn but stop it, damn it!" yelled Brick also scared of what was going on.
"Knock it off or I´ll beat the crap out of you until you-!" I said cut off by Him making Boomer gulp it down.
"Ngh…" groaned Boomer as he opened his useless eyes "Ah!" he exclaimed as he tugged his shirt in pain "My heart aches…"
"Boomer, what´s wrong…" I asked him really worried since he started to pant like if it was too hot or something.
"Let me see boy" said Him as he took Boomer´s arms and moved them upwards to take his t-shirt off leaving him with his arms behind his head, I believe it was to avoid Boomer from smacking him but still this was way too annoying!
"Uhmm no… ah… I can barely breathe…" said Boomer as he winced.
"Damn pervert! Don´t fucking touch my brother you hear?! I´ll blow your damn head off!" I exclaimed along with Brick.
"Is it here… boy?" asked Him to Boomer as he poked his chest making Boomer release some uncomfortable groans.
"Damn bastard…" I said while hissing pissed off at him doing that creepy poking making Boomer yelp time to time.
"Butch… Brick… I can´t keep…" Boomer struggled to say as he was then interrupted by a black thing coming out of his mouth "Nahhh… " uttered Boomer as he opened his mouth releasing that black thing, he then started to choke and coughed roughly for a while until he abruptly stopped "I can´t feel my heartbeats… I´m so dumb aren´t I…" he murmured while surprisingly smiling, he then blew up splattering us with a black substance leaving us paralyzed in raw fear… =
-Then why don´t you understand?- asked Kai as he looked at me while frowning.
-Because there´s no use getting depressed okay! I saw more crap happen to Boomer and I´m not beating myself over it!- I said irritated.
-I also thought that way… what is the point on being depressed? But, how can I think like that now…?- Kai asked me looking like he was about to break into tears.
-Kai, jeez… cry all you want ok, just turn back to normal when you are done- I said while sighing- Just think on how concerned Misaki would be if he saw you like this- I said while looking away uninterested.
-Misaki… my dear brother…- murmured Kai surprisingly more calm now- I can´t promise you anything… but, I´ll try and calm myself, I might be troubling everyone now…- said Kai.
-Well, I´m honestly surprised that you calmed down so suddenly… I think it´s stupid to sulk the way you are doing and hey, it´s freaky to be in a pitch black place- I said as I sat Indian style not looking at anything in particular, I mean… everything was pitch black so what could I stare at anyway?- Kai, you are a tough guy, what´s the use on throwing everything away just like that? Be an example to your brother you- I said startled by Kai suddenly hugging me.
-Thanks, Butch, sorry for troubling you… I think I will just need a bit more time- said Kai as he squeezed me, jeez, since when did he turn so affectionate? Hell…
-Man, you are still behaving weird… you´ve never really showed your appreciation that way- I said a bit confused.
-I´m not really like all the other guys you know… I don´t mind showing this kind of gesture to people close to me- said Kai.
-Should I take that then like you accepting me or some crap?-
-Maybe- said Kai, he then released me and sat against my back.
-Say, what´s up with this… I can´t hear or see a thing going on outside our mind- I said puzzled, why couldn´t we? I wonder if we are unconscious right now…
-Yeah, I can´t see anything…- said Kai sounding a bit concerned.
-Kai, don´t take too long dude- I said a bit troubled, hell, I wonder what I would be doing if I was awake; if that is even possible…
XXX
"Butch, stop, please…" I murmured while groaning slightly as Butch injected me something weird thing into my neck which was making me go dizzy, why was it working so fast…?
"Yeah, I´m done with that" said Butch as he pressed the syringe and jerked it out brusquely causing me to wince, I could feel the blood leaking out from the wound though my dizziness numbed the pain somehow…
"Butch… what did you inject me…" I said as I started to pant for air since I suddenly felt really hot.
"Does it matter?" he said as he turned around to look for something.
"Yeah, I don´t feel good…" I said as I stared with my eyes half lidded at Butch who turned to face me holding a pair of scissors "Huh… what are those for…"
"Your hair has started to bother me, don´t worry I will just give you a new haircut" he said while smirking.
"Eh…? No…" I uttered as I saw him approach me, he then thrust his finger in the wound he had done with the syringe making circles possibly to enlarge it "Ungh… No…" I murmured as tears formed in my eyes, the pain had been dulled yet I still felt a stinging sensation.
"You´ll be okay with the haircut otherwise I will have to enlarge this wound…" he said as he pressed the wound making me hiss.
"Butch… come on, wake up… I beg you…" I said weakly as he started to cut my hair; as I saw the golden hair locks on the floor I started to sob painfully.
"Shut up" he said while kicking the chair to a side causing me to fall with it hitting my head "Hey, you look better with that haircut"
"Mngh…" I uttered while closing my eyes unwilling to see Butch doing more things to me; though I couldn´t manage to keep them closed for long since I suddenly felt how he pulled my pants startling me "Butch! What are you doing?!"
"What does it look like?" Asked Butch as he threw my pants away leaving me with only my boxers… I don't want to know what he is going to do next…
"What else can you do to me? You already harassed me enough!" I said irritated though I froze at seeing him taking a bucket filled with ice cubes.
"Heh, you have no idea" He said while smirking though for my surprise he put them aside and resorted to tickle me instead.
"Hahahaha stop! Stop! Butch! No! hahaha!" I started laughing at the way he was tickling me though after a while it turned unpleasant and my stomach started to hurt "Butch! No! stop! Hahaha, it hurts!"
"That´s the idea, dumbass" said Butch as he kept at it; I was actually incredibly scared and I really wanted Brick to come back…
XXX
-Brick, don´t you feel that?- asked Ressee sounding worried –I think something might have happened…-
-Ah? Yeah, I wonder… I hope Boomer didn´t let go Butch loose- I said a bit worried- Hell, I´ll beat him up if he dares hurt Mikie!-
-Let´s hurry!- exclaimed Ressee making me nod, I then hovered to the sky and flew full speed towards Ressee´s house-
-I kind of feel bad for getting Misaki an extra size- I said flatly.
-Yeah, we couldn´t help it though… Mikie took us by surprise…- said Ressee.
-She sure did… let´s go pick her up after we deal with whatever is going on at home- I said as I had my eyes focused on the way; what was that uneasy feeling?
XXX
"Butch… stop… please…" I struggled as I remained sprawled lifelessly on the floor, Butch was pulling my arms backwards probably trying to snap my bones as he straddled my back; he still had that mad expression on his face…
"What, you are so weak that you feel like crying? What a loser" said Butch as he stood up and bent down to grab me by the hair tightly, he then started to pull from it while arm locking my head.
"Ah! No! No! It hurts! It seriously hurts! Stop!" I yelled as I groaned in utter pain, I can´t seem to take in the fact of him wanting to kill me…
"What a sissy you are" He said as he pulled off a punch of hair and then threw me against the table´s pointy corner causing me to gasp and remain awkwardly on the floor.
"Butch, at this rate I may- ah!" I said interrupted by him kicking me on the face hardly causing me to roll over, I felt so pathetic and weak right now… "Nn…"
"So? Feel like talking?" He asked jeeringly as I shut my eyes tightly and shook my head lightly "Hmm? What´s that? I didn´t hear shit" he said as he took me by the arm and pulled me up to then punch me repeatedly and kick me towards the sofa; I couldn´t move anymore, I couldn´t say anything else…
"Ah… No…" I muttered as I groaned and heard Butch´s amused snickers "Brick…" I uttered while sniffing "Brick…"
"Hmm? You are calling for Brick? From all the things you could come up with, Brick was your best shot? Now, aren´t you laughable" said Butch mockingly as I tried to crawl away from him, I only managed to fall from the sofa and wince momentarily before Butch focused on what I was trying to do.
"Hmn…" I uttered as I looked ahead and to the sides trying to find a way to take.
"Yeah, like I´d let you go after this much fun" said Butch while smirking, he then straddled me and punched me over and over on the face, I tried to counter but my strength diminished gradually to the point of not being able to move my arms at all; I thought we couldn´t die… but I guess that´s a lie I just like to believe in…
"Butch… come back…" I struggled noticing Butch stopping momentarily to stare at me.
"You are still going on with that… you fucking idiot!" He said as he grabbed my neck and pressed it with his thumbs.
"Ngh…" I uttered as my vision started to blur, was this over for me? Why did Butch has to vent all of his anger at me? "B-Butch…"
"What, you can´t go on? Should it end like this?" He said while grinning madly.
"Where is Butch…? Who are you…?" I managed to utter before being startled by Butch being thrown against the wall by a red beam.
"Butch! What the fuck are you doing?!" shouted Brick as he approached me "Boomer, thanks for holding him back"
"Thanks…? There´s nothing to thank me for…" I said as I noticed Butch attempting to punch Brick though Brick grabbed him by the collar and threw him against the wall.
"Butch, I get you hurt him and shit for fun but why the hell is he just on his underwear?" asked Brick honestly puzzled, heh, seems that´s what´s really bugging him…
"Don´t worry Brick, he didn´t rape me or anything like that…" I said. He didn´t rape me physically… but I´m starting to think he might have raped me emotionally…
"Hell, don´t lie, you look like a tattered doll. It´s embarrassing like fuck but if he did rape you just say so" said Brick sounding serious.
"No, Brick… he didn´t, ungh…" I uttered as I felt myself vanishing… everything was turning dark "Don´t hurt Butch… he is… not himself…." I said as low as a whisper and then everything went dark.
XXX
"Butch, what the heck is this" I said while pointing at Boomer on the floor, he was torn in many ways, he was completely battered "Seems you enjoyed it a little too much"
"Yeah, you are right, I enjoyed it until you came" Butch said while smirking.
"He is a dumbass but there´s no way he deserved all the fucking torture" I said while glaring at Butch.
"Says who? The one who could give a rat´s ass?" said Butch while looking at me with derision "We mean nothing to you, why do I have to give a crap about you two?"
"What? Who says I don´t care?" I said honestly surprised at him bringing that up right now.
"Oh, please" said Butch while looking sarcastically at me "I don´t like you, you don´t like me. That´s it"
"Butch, stop spitting bullshit" I said while looking warily at him "Are you trying to say you were only demonstrating your hate by beating the shit out of Boomer? Yeah, right"
"I was almost done with him, I then planned on finishing you" said Butch.
"What?" I said while arching a brow frankly baffled "Finish us? How did you plan on doing that? You can´t finish Boomer dude, you have no-" I said interrupted by him showing me a spoon.
"What do you think this is for?" said Butch as he held it between his fingers.
"What… you can´t seriously mean…"
"Exactly" he said flatly.
"Man, you are even more messed up than what I thought" I said noticing his eyes changing to a yellow color "Huh?"
"Ngh…" muttered Butch as he winced and held his head in pain with a hand "Dude, what´s going on…?"
"Huh?" I murmured perplexed, what is he doing?
"Huh…? What the hell happened to Boomer?!" exclaimed Butch seeming sincerely shocked, he then shook his head and smirked back at me the same way he was doing before.
"Oh no, you are not going to tell me you are not conscious and shit" I said looking sarcastically at him.
"Knock him out"
-Huh? Ressee, did you say something?- I asked him confused.
-No… I didn´t say anything…- murmured Ressee.
"Knock him out"
-There it is again… can´t you hear it then?- I asked Ressee, he should be able to listen as well.
-What are you talking about? Brick, are you okay?- asked Ressee sounding kind of worried.
-Alright, I´ll just do as that strange voice wants; It´ll be my pleasure- I said while smirking slyly at Butch. I then got behind him and voiced out what I had said before causing him to faint once more.
-Whoa! Brick, this is not becoming a habit right…- said Ressee a bit startled, he then looked concerned at Butch.
-Hope not, I don´t like doing this… after all, that same thing made him blow up once- I said as I stared at both Boomer and Butch unconscious.
XXX
"Uh…" I murmured painfully, I massaged my head for like a minute and then sat up to stare at Brick who was sitting sideways on my bed while staring at Butch on the bed aside "Brick…"
"Hey…" Brick murmured without looking at me "Say, I´m sorry, okay?" he said while closing his eyes and sighing.
"Sorry? Why?" I asked a bit confused.
"Why? That´s… I got here a little too late" said Brick.
"Hey, it´s no big deal, I´m fine" I said while trying to smile.
"Yeah, you look great" said Brick sarcastically "The bald patch really suits you and the incredible amount of injuries are really fashionable"
"Right?" I said while grinning stupidly.
"Dumbass" said Brick giving me a punch on the face "If I hadn´t gotten here you would be dead or at least blind"
"Geez! Don´t hit me! Butch already did that you asshole!" I said while frowning at him.
"Yeah, I know" said Brick, he then lightly punched me on the shoulder "I´m really sorry, idiot"
"Oh…" I murmured looking at Brick´s guilt filled expression, I smiled and slowly leaned sideways against him "That´s alright, though…"
"Yeah?"
"Next time you will babysit him" I said while looking at Butch wondering if he´d be the same when he woke up.
"Yeah, I´ll do that at least" said Brick "geez, he better be ok when he wakes up… otherwise I´ll beat the crap out of him"
"Yeah, I kind of want to kick his ass too" I said frankly "It wasn´t nice to be kicked around by him"
"Huh? You are always being kicked around…" said Brick looking dully at me.
"You know what I mean!" I said while staring the same way he was doing.
"I guess. He didn´t rape you, right?"
"Huh? Why are you so stubborn? No, he didn´t, fortunately he didn´t" I said.
"Anyway… Boomer, go back to bed, I believe you won´t leave that bed for some time" said Brick
" In fact, I think we´ll take you to your so loved hospital so you can be checked and stuff"
"Eh? But I-"
"You have no say on this" said Brick "For now just go back to sleep, you must be hell sore"
"Kinda… but…" I murmured uneasy.
"Boomer!" Brick said while staring annoyed at me, I then sighed and nodded.
"Alright… I´ll go back to sleep…" I said while laying back down.
XXX
-You wanted to hug him… why didn´t you just hug him?- asked Ressee.
-I don´t know, felt weird, that´s all…- I said honestly not knowing why I couldn´t really do that.
-You don´t have to be mean to him all the time, you guys are family, it´s normal you want to hug him out of concern…- said Ressee while smiling gently.
-Geez, it´s not that simple, hell, I have no idea why I just can´t so just deal with it- I said while looking away annoyed.
-Your ego doesn´t let you- said Ressee.
-I don´t know and I sincerely could care less- I said while staring at Butch- Incredible how he can be even more of a beast like that than in his older form-
-Yeah though you are aware that Butch wasn´t being himself- said Ressee- which reminds me… what was that before? The mysterious voice you mentioned…-
-Oh, that… well, it was a strange voice, but I don´t think you should worry about it, I can´t hear it anymore so I was probably just too stressed or something- I said while eyeing Boomer.
-Uhmm right…- said Ressee sounding unsure- well, it must have been quite a scare to see Boomer like that-
-Right…- I said while rolling my eyes- say do you think this will be permanent or something?
-Huh? What do you mean?- asked Ressee sounding confused.
-You know, us being kids- I said, it was kind of annoying to be like this…
-Who knows… it was Mikie who did it, it would be odd It lasted more than a day- said Ressee- she got powers really randomly, I doubt she knows how to control them… just like she said, she has no idea how to turn you guys back and I seriously doubt she knows how to maintain such a spell for so long-
-I wonder… I hope the effects wear out soon, they are causing a great deal of stress not only to us but to Kai as well, she sure picked the wrong time to shoot an accidental spell- I said.
-Well… everything will turn out fine, we are here now so Boomer won´t be harassed anymore and hopefully Butch will be okay now that he wakes up- said Ressee cheerfully.
-I guess, just hope it´s as you say- I said, I then walked away to the kitchen "Boomer, if you are conscious, we´ll go to the kitchen to bring you something so if anything happens be sure to yell or something" I said before leaving.
XXX
"What a nice display of insanity, it was really inspirational" said someone I couldn´t recognize.
"Who, who are you?" I said as I stood up, Kai looked at me really puzzled and just remained staring at me like if I was going nuts.
"Butch, who are you talking to?"
"Man, I have no idea" I said kinda confirming I was mad or some shit.
"Who knew you had so much evil inside you, I like you" said the mysterious voice.
"Hell, stop being a coward dude! Show yourself!" I shouted as I looked around trying to spot the one talking to us; how was that even possible? We were in a dark corner inside our minds or some shit, it was impossible for this being to talk to us yet he was doing so anyway, hell…
"How can someone be here anyway?" asked Kai as he stood up and looked around without questioning me about me going crazy anymore.
"Beats me but something tells me this thing is evil as fuck" I said.
"Oh, so now I´m evil…" said the voice releasing a short snicker at the end "You really amused me back there"
"Amused you? When? The hell, what did I do?" I asked confused.
"You saw it didn´t you? How your brother was beaten and tattered on the floor; it was incredibly amusing" said the voice with a tone of malice.
"Wait a minute dude… are you saying I´ve been moving even when neither of us was conscious…?" I said completely freaked out, if we weren't conscious… what moved us then…? What spoke for us? Shit this was freaking weird.
"Butch… what are you saying?" asked Kai sounding confused and slightly scared by what I said.
"Kai… can it really be that we were moving…" I said shocked, it wasn´t possible… right?
"Butch, that´s not possible, if we are unconscious then we should be unconscious on real life as well" said Kai sounding a bit nervous.
"Says who? Ask your brothers if you want, specially the blonde one, he can assure you that everything I´m saying is true; it doesn´t matter if you don´t believe me, it was really entertaining to see, I´m fine with just that" said the voice. Kai got startled; seems he heard the voice this time…
"What do you want exactly?" I asked irritated.
"What do I want? That´s pretty simple actually, I just want to have fun and humans fulfill that for me" said the voice.
"Humans…? Are you trying to say you are not human…?" asked Kai looking incredibly nervous.
"Correct. Should I give you a cookie for that?" said the voice with a tone of mockery "Oh poor boy, are you scared little one? You can´t stop trembling so I guess you are scared as hell; isn´t that right?"
"Butch, he is scaring me…" murmured Kai.
"Oh? I´m scaring you? My bad… yet I´m flattered, do I look scary to you?" said the voice then suddenly appearing in front of us causing us to fall on our butts.
"Geez, you bastard!" I said annoyed at him and myself for getting startled like that, so pathetic of me.
"Who are you?" asked Kai.
"I am you" said that thing.
"Huh?" we murmured confused, what does that mean?
"Are you serious…?" asked Kai a bit puzzled.
"No, not really" said that thing indifferently.
"Oh… so what the hell are you doing here anyway? And how the fuck you got in?!" I asked pissed.
"However… you remind me of someone I profoundly dislike" said that thing as he pointed at him while staring down in disdain.
"Me…?" asked Kai confused. I was still irritated for the monster ignoring what I have asked.
"Hey you weirdo! I asked you something for fucks sake!" I shouted angrily.
"Quiet" said the monster as he looked coldly at me "I can´t kill you but no one says I can´t kill him" it said as he smirked at Kai.
"What?" I murmured confused, he couldn´t kill me? Why the hell not? "You won´t do shit to Kai, I can guarantee that"
"Oh really…" said the monster "I really wonder how you would pull that off, if I wanted you would be dead already"
"You talk big for someone that looks like a crappy intent of villain" I said while smirking.
"Is that so…" said the monster "I do not like what you are saying, pest" it said as he suppressed a snicker.
"So? What are you waiting for? Hit me if you can fag!" I yelled at it.
"Haha you are so feisty, let me give you a reward for entertaining me" said the monster as it chuckled slightly, it then looked at me slyly and flung his arm; nothing happened, what?
"Are you just fooling around or what?" I asked not getting the intentions of this thing.
"Oh, I wonder… patience is a virtue, or so I´ve heard" said the monster. After some seconds, Kai then screamed and fell to the floor grabbing his arm.
"Huh?!" I uttered surprised at this, I then knelt down to check on him; his arm was heavily bleeding, it was a deep cut that if it had been slightly deeper… he would have lost his arm.
"B-Butch… sorry, this is nothing..." said Kai while groaning, I noticed tears on his eyes, it´s obvious it had hurt and was hurting like fuck.
"Kai… but, how can this be… aren´t we inside our minds? Can we seriously bleed here?" I said confused, how was that even possible?
"Hahahaha humans are so naïve and dumb" said the monster as he cackled amused "Of course one can bleed here, haven´t you heard of brain death? Maybe you are not bleeding externally right now, but if I kill him inside his mind that means he would die from brain death"
"No way…" I muttered while gritting my teeth, we were in a pitch black place; there was no way to take him to a hospital and shit…
"This could actually relate to dying inside a nightmare" said the monster.
"Well, if you wanna kill Kai, you´ll have to kill me first" I said as I stood in front of Kai shielding him, he couldn´t kill me, so as long as I stall this thing until we wake up… it should be fine, right?
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"Brick…" I murmured as I opened my eyes and sat a bit sore on the bed, what had happened before had been so awful… yet I decided I wouldn´t resent Butch since he wasn´t himself; it may be too nice of me but he didn´t intend to hurt me, right?
"Ugh…" uttered apparently Butch who was on the bed aside, I turned to see him wondering if he had woken up but instead I found him coughing something black…
"Ah! Butch! What´s wrong?!" I exclaimed scared wincing a bit for moving a little too rough.
"Ngh…" uttered Butch as he groaned in incredible pain, seems he was still unconscious…
"Boomer, hey, did something happen?" asked Brick who came in looking a bit worried, was I too loud? Well, Brick has super hearing so yeah there´s nothing to be surprised about.
"Something is wrong with Butch" I said as I looked at him wondering what to do.
"Yeah, I already know that dumbass, you sure took your time in noticing" said Brick making me look at him sarcastically.
"Hey, I´m not talking about that…" I said irritated "Just look at him, he is spitting this black stuff"
"Huh? Black stuff?" murmured Brick confused as he turned to see Butch "Whoa! Dude, what´s that thing?!"
"See? I told you so!" I said while I looked at him still irritated "What should we do?"
"Hmmm…" murmured Brick as he approached Butch and moved the pillows to put Butch in a sitting position "At least he won´t choke on his own stuff, maybe vomit?"
"I doubt that´s vomit… I mean, look! That stuff is black!" I said really disturbed by the sight.
"Butch! Stop doing a show and wake up loser!" said Brick angrily as Butch kept groaning and coughing that thing.
"Brick, I think we should take him with the PowerPuff Girls, he is starting to perturb me" I said.
"With the girls? What? We can´t do that! That´s like-" said Brick interrupted by Butch roughly coughing.
"I don´t think Butch can wait…" I said wondering what else we could do.
"Besides, what if they don´t know what to do? Then what?" asked Brick.
"Huh? Brick, I think they know… they have more experience on this and…"
"I don´t know, I rather go talk to Him than them" said Brick.
"Huh? But-" I said interrupted by Brick.
"I´ll go to find Him or something, if Butch goes mad again then you can go away, no need to hold him back" said Brick then leaving.
"Huh…? And you said you wouldn´t leave me here…" I said while pouting towards the window "I guess I´ll have to take you with me to the girls house then" I said as I turned to see Butch.
-Hmm guess Brick is a little weird…- said Haru sounding troubled- I can´t decide whether he is worried or if he just doesn´t care enough.
-I wish I could answer you that… but I don´t know either, I just hope Butch is alright and we can solve the problem of us being children- I said.
-He really gave you a beating… I find surprising that you don´t resent it whatsoever- said Haru.
-I would though, the only thing that prevents me from hating Butch is that he wasn´t himself, that wasn´t Butch; I don´t know… I just couldn´t recognize him, I´m sure it wasn´t him- I said a bit uneasy about my reasoning.
-Still…-
-Don´t misunderstand me, it affected me but what can I do? I cannot blame Butch for something he didn´t do; I´ll just have to forget about it, besides… I´m angrier at myself for not being able to counter- I said.
-Your brothers really look down on you, you are strong you know?- said Haru happily.
-Well… I try to…- I said- Well then, let´s take Butch with Bubbles-
-Right, hope it´s not serious though…- said Haru as I moved Butch on to my back as to take him over to Bubble´s home.
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"You shall not take any other angel sphere, not when I´m present" said Raguel.
"Look at this… you think it´s wise to show yourself to me? I´ll go looking for you next; of course, when I finish this first" said the evil being.
"I cannot remain passive when another angel is in peril" said Raguel as it looked at the other with a cold expression.
"Oh, why… how noble of you isn´t it" said the being with a smirk "To think that´s how you looked here, I frankly never suspected you"
"Quiet" said Raguel "I will stop right here and right now"
"Heh, so naïve, you think you can stop me by yourself? Don´t make laugh, I thought angels were not supposed to be arrogant" said the being as it stretched an arm to launch an attack.
"Do not tempt me, you know what I am capable of" said Raguel as it threatened the other by pointing with its gravel "I can judge and submit you to the most severe punishments"
"Like that mattered to me" said the other with a smirk "But well, I don´t feel like playing right now, so I´ll leave then; but beware since my next target will be you and only you"
"Disappear" said Raguel as it made a holy seal appear below the fiend´s feet, unfortunately, it escaped before the attack could touch it "…To think that rumor was real"
The angel turned to face the child on the bed; it looked compassionately at him and curled his lips into a warm smile "Oh young soul… your absence is creating conflict and bringing sorrow to your loved ones" the angel said as it caressed the child´s face "You are not mistaken for leaving yet your presence here is required"
As the angel said this, it covered his forehead with his hand and closed his eyes.
"I see that your soul has not reached the other side completely, therefore… I will grant you another chance at life, not because you have anything to achieve but because others need you as means to fulfill theirs… Your life is grand and so is your soul, to live a life of service is one of the highest challenges a soul undergoes for its own growth; I will support you my dear friend and as I stated before coming here: "I will not leave your side, you can call me and I´ll be right here"
Please support others as much as you may, I will make sure your half remains safe and thus I judge and dictate that your half of the angel sphere will allow you to stay"
It whispered this and so added "You cheater, I won´t let you go yet, you said we would do this together right…?"
"Ungh…" uttered the child as he opened his eyes a bit noticing the angel in front of him.
"Sariel… be more careful, alright? I cannot prolong your life with my powers over and over" said the angel while grinning at the child.
"Uh…" murmured the child "An angel…"
"I´m glad you are awake now, I will come meet you in person some other day; until then… be strong and keep on living since your life is one of the most precious things to me" said Raguel as it vanished. The child closed his eyes at this and fell into deep sleep once more.
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"Sariel! What are you doing?! We are going to be late!" said a boy as he stood in front of a house while tapping his foot on the pavement.
"Raguel? Hey! Wait for me, I´ll be right there, just give me a minute…" said another boy who glanced over from a window on the second floor, he looked troubled and nervous.
"You… I told you I was coming in like 5 minutes! Speed it up you bum!" shouted the boy looking a bit irritated at his friend.
"Ah! Don´t get angry… I´ll go in a bit…" muttered Sariel.
"Well then… Hurry up! And come!" shouted Raguel as he then remained quiet listening to something rolling down the stairs and causing a loud ´´thud´´ "You fell again didn´t you…"
"Ah!" I exclaimed as I sat down on the bed, what was going on? "Boomer? Kai…? Anyone…?" I murmured as I looked around kind of dizzy.
"…" I remained quiet for a while and noticed there was no response.
"Guess they left…" I murmured a bit irritated, they always seem to be ditching me in this hell whole, what am I? "I´m so fed up of being left here…" I muttered and then noticed my legs were longer as well as my arms "Huh…?" I uttered surprised. I was completely naked and so I freaked out.
I looked around and found a gift, I got surprised and so I leaned to get it; thing that caused me to fall. I winced and so tried to stand, I knew it was impossible but I tried to imitate what the guys did when they were standing and surprisingly I stood.
"Amazing! I can- whoa!" I exclaimed as I fell backwards and smacked my head against a hard surface making me wince "Jeez, walking is not easy is it… huh?" I murmured noticing myself levitating; I wondered how come I could do that but I dismissed the thought for a bit so I could look inside… fortunately there was clothing inside! But… it must be kid size… there´s no way that´s going to fit me, these horriby sucks…
"Oh man…" I said as I bitterly took out what I expected to be child shorts to find they were bigger, I was surprised by that and so held hopes for them to fit me; I put them on and so found out they fitted me! Well, they were a bit big but they managed to at least cover what I really needed to…
"Just… what the hell happened to me?"
A/N: Hello there! This was the first chapter from the second arc of Townsville, I know I said I would update the other story but I seriously needed to finish and upload this chapter to rest in peace and allow myself to submit the other story. I will continue this one after a while so I really appreciate your patience x3
If you have questions pm please :D if you are someone who asks anonymously then I´ll answer it in the next chapter. :3
And yes, I know it´s short again, I promise I will make the chapters longer after this one :D