Villains of the Darker World
Disclaimer: I do not own Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z. This is made for entertainment purposes only.
5 years ago…
"Sir, multiple figures heading your way." One operator said from an aircraft carrier.
"Like I don't know that! I am trying to fight them off for Pete's sake." An unknown officer being chased uses his body energy to create an electric charge and blasts one of the figures, but the rest still follows.
"Sir, I am heavily outnumbered here, where is the back up you promised me?"
"Additional forces have been sent to the base, but have encountered heavy resistance in the north sector."
Hearing this, the young officer heads to the north sector and meets up with the team, easily dispatching the enemy forces attacking them.
"Man I am glad to see you guys here." The officer remarked.
"Same here, with us now together, we can secure this enemy base before nightfall."
"I don't think so." A voice stated.
A red alert was sound and the base security was activated. Attempting to get out of the sector, the team moves to the nearest exit, but the wall platforms suddenly transformed, revealing machine guns underneath and easily kills off the team with the exception of the officer, who destroys the guns using the same attack, but later finds himself surrounded by four dark concealing figures.
"You didn't think we would make this easy for you did we?" One figure said.
"Ha! No matter what situation, I will never let you invade Earth you scoundrels!" The officer yelled.
"Why don't you make it easy on yourself and become our prisoner. If you do, I promise that you will be the only individual we won't enslaved once the Earth's resistance fall before us."
Much to their surprise, the officer smiles in response. "Sorry, but I don't take prisoners."
The officer drops a device that started beeping once it hits the ground.
"You fool! What have you done?" Another figure screamed.
"If I have to die, then I am taking all of you with me!" The base explodes, killing the officer and the four figures that surrounded him.
Back in the aircraft carrier, the general waits for the results, but a desperate operator barges in to tell him the bad news.
"Sir, a detonation has occurred within the base with mostly enemy casualties, but we lost our best soldier as a price."
The general turns to the operator. "It was a foolish mistake to sent even the strongest alone in a suicide mission. Maybe next time, our superiors would think twice before sending even a super soldier alone to a heavily guarded enemy base."
"But sir, he was our last super-soldier working for us in this base, where are we going to find another?"
The general points to the screen, showing a young boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
"His name is Ethan Wright, a 9 year old boy living in New York City, whose father was killed by the same aliens that killed our young officer. After his father died, he was the last person injected with Chemical Z as a toddler in case we ever needed another super soldier. With the enemies plot foiled for the time being, we will allow him to live a normal for a little longer until he is ready."
The operator protested. "But sir, the Chemical Z is a secret project made by our scientists for our super soldier project. What if the people find out?"
"Our superiors ordered the cancellation of the super-soldier project due to the harm it does to the person, with the exception of Ethan, and our young officer that was just killed due to improved chemical properties in the substance."
"Officers also have Intel that Professor Utonium in Tokyo City is experimenting with the Chemical X for the time being, which is the bases for Chemical Z. What will happen then?"
"Seems like we are the first to came up with the substance, but if another makes it make sure it to let his colleagues know to tell him to test it, although it will probably take several years for him to figure out the formula, which is the same time it took our scientists to figure out."
"So he is basically making the same kind of substance as ours without knowing it has already been made?"
"The super-soldier project has been active for more than 20 years, studying different chemicals and the effect it has on us, but that is how long this project has been kept secret. If word gets out then so be it, nothing last forever and the professor himself will have to figure out that we were ahead in making the substance he desired. Give a job offer to Ethan's family to move to Japan in case the project is considered for a revival."
Today…
It has been 3 months since HIM was defeated and sent off into space and the Powerpuff Z are currently out taking care of Mojo, who was caught using his robot to steal the fancy gourmet food made in a cooking competition, feeling that he deserved to have an adequate meal.
Momoko is pissed off the most, seeing all the good food stolen by Mojo.
"How dare you take all this food Mojo! Release them or you will pay."
"Hahaha, I would like to see you try Mojo."
"Okay, you ask for it." Momoko, as Hyper Blossom, takes out her yo-yo and spins it towards Mojo's machine.
"Chocolate Cake Shoot!"
Kaoru, as Powered Buttercup, takes out her Daruma Otoshi hammer and swings it towards Mojo after being knocked down by Blossom's yo-yo.
"Swing Sonic." Kaoru yelled while knocking Mojo further back.
Miyako, as Rolling Bubbles, takes out her large bubble staff and swing it.
"Bubble Champagne."
Mojo is caught by the super-powered bubbles and lifts him to the sky.
"Where did I go wrong? Mojo!" Mojo screamed as he continues being lifted up by the bubbles.
Once the girls return back to their normal forms, Momoko immediately heads back to the cooking competition.
"Hurray, now I get to try the free samples."
"Hey Momoko, wait for us." Kaoru said as she and Miyako ran to catch up.
Once they head back to Utonium's lab, Peach excitedly welcomes them back. "Did all of you have fun? Wan!"
"We sure did and here, we brought some food with us for you guys to eat." Momoko replied as she handed Ken and Professor the boxes of food.
"Mojo tried to cause a ruckus again didn't he?" Ken asked.
'Yeah, but we took care of him. He was no trouble at all." Kaoru then later helped herself to the fridge for a drink.
Miyako was more relieved that not too much damage has been done during Mojo's rampage. "At least Mojo is getting easier to defeat each time we face him."
Professor becomes concerned by their presence here. "Hey, shouldn't you girls be home before your families become worried about your whereabouts?"
With the girls suddenly reminded, they desperately gather their things and head home to avoid missing their curfews.
Before exiting through the door, Miyako turns back one more time. "We'll see you tomorrow okay?"
"Just try not to let the girls get in trouble once you are together again." Ken replied.
"All right, see you." Miyako then runs off home.
With the girls gone, Peach senses something and becomes a little concerned.
"What is it Peach?" Ken asked.
"I can smell something affected by Chemical Z. Wan!"
This also surprised the Professor. "How can this be? I thought we got rid of all the Chemical Z during the final battle against HIM."
"We did, but we probably missed one or someone else might have made the substance. Wan!"
"But we are the only ones who knew how it was made. Are you saying that there might be someone else who also made it?" Ken yelled.
"I don't know, but don't worry, because whatever it is, it smells like it was only hit by white Z-Rays so only good things should happen. Wan!"
"We won't call the Powerpuff Z then, but still we got to be careful. We don't know what has been hit."
The next day, the girls face trouble even as Powerpuff Z. The mayor called about a new enemy attacking the city and shows them the footage that they were able to get, showing a humanoid metallic being with great ninja-like stealth and agility, dodging military fire, shape shifting its hands into blades, easily cutting through their armor.
"It's weird. Wan! There are no black Z-rays in this enemy. Wan!"
"This is bad, it looks like we have a new and more dangerous enemy to face. Peach, call the Powerpuff Z." The Professor ordered.
"Powerpuff Z da wan!"
Once the girls are alerted, they immediately transformed after excusing themselves from class and become worried after finding out that their enemy maybe the hardest one they ever faced.
Once the girls reach town, they finally caught up with the enemy, who in turn, stares them down, even though it does not have eyes.
"What is that thing?" Momoko asked Miyako.
"I don't know, but if we don't take him down, it will destroy the city. We can't let that happen."
"We won't." Kaoru takes out her hammer and smashes it to the ground.
"Graviton Drive!" Shock waves were created upon impact, heading towards the being, but it was easily dodged by jumping."
"Let's see you dodge this. Strawberry Mochi Ice Cream Shoot!" Momoko launches her yo-yo towards the strange being.
The being also evades the shot and starts shooting metallic spikes towards Momoko. Luckily, Miyako reacted quickly and took out her bubble staff.
"Bubble Boing."
Strong bubbles coming out of the staff protected Momoko from the barrage of spikes, but Miyako warns her that the bubbles won't hold, causing Momoko to retreat.
"I won't let you get away." Kaoru attempts to swing her hammer towards the being.
"Hurricane Lutz!" Kaoru spins around nonstop with her hammer, but not knowing that it can read her movements, Kaoru is stopped on her track when she felt her gut being kicked and was later tossed through a glass building.
Momoko attempts to ambush the being and successfully landed a strong kick on to the head, sending it down backwards crashing into some of the vehicles.
"I did it!" Momoko screamed as the girls regroup, but her moment was ruined when the being gets back up without a single scratch.
"What will it take to defeat this thing?" Momoko yelled, as Kaoru and Miyako become worried.
Before the being could fly back up, a small item hits it in the back of the head. The being picks it up to observe it, but before it could react, the item exploded, destroying it once and for all.
The girls were shocked by what has transpired.
"What exactly happened?" Miyako asked.
"I don't know, but if it was only targeting that "thing" then whoever it is shouldn't be all bad. We'll think more about this later, come on let's head back to class." Kaoru flies off with Momoko and Miyako following.
An individual is later seen from a building behind the attack site, revealing to be a young man dressed in a business suit holding a M32 Multiple Grenade Launcher.
"General, you are right, it appears that the Invaders are striking back again, but even more surprising are the three heroines that fought against the android, the Powerpuff Z as people called them."
"How did they handle against it?"
"They fought well sir, they were able to hit a strong blow against it, even though I had to intervene."
"It looks like Ethan won't be alone once his turn arrives to save the world. Allow Ethan to live his life a little longer and keep your eyes on the girls every time they come. General out."
"Yes sir."
Once the girls got back to class to begin a new period, Miss Keane is about to introduce a new student to the school.
"It is an honor for me to introduce a new student into our class, so students please give a warm welcome to your new classmate, born all the way from the United States, Ethan Wright.
The 14-year-old teen comes in wearing dark blue jeans, a black adidas track jacket, and sporting partially curtained hairstyle.
"Would the new student like to say a few words?" Miss Keane asked.
"Thank you. Hello class, my name is Ethan Wright. I was born in the U.S., but I lived in Japan for several years and kind of grown accustomed to the country. Please treat me well."
Half of the girls in the class immediately fall head over heels for him with Momoko having heart covered eyes over the sight of him, but did not act as obsessed over him like some of the girls who are already infatuated with him, who immediately rushed over him to ask questions. Miss Keane told the girls to get back to their seats and told Ethan to sit anywhere he wants. He spots an empty seat next to Momoko and head towards there.
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" Ethan asked Momoko.
"No, it was empty for quite a while so go right ahead." Momoko gave a straight answer out of her infatuation.
"Thank you." Ethan takes his seat and allows the class to continue.
The same man who saved the Powerpuff Z earlier went into the attack site and spot three slightly mutilated bodies near it.
"I definitely hope these girls can rise to our expectations. I can't bear to see much more of this brutality."
I decided to put a darker tone in the PPGZ series to mix the elements of the original cartoon and the anime, along with some elements coming from darker superhero and martial arts series and films such as the Dark Knight, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, and the Blade films with this chapter also influenced by another fanfic Heart of Metal. I am sure that you can tell that it also has a bit of Captain America influence. This is a preview and if enough people like this, I will make more chapters.