A/N: Based on an RP with AnnaleaseTurner we did last summer, we only own our OC's, this is the first part of Telephonies, read & review!
'The City of Townsville, a peaceful quiet...' the narrator started, stopping when his phone rang. 'Oh, excuse me...' he says. He then answered the phone, only to be answered by a obnoxious sounding voice.
"Hello? You stink, I can smell ya over da phone!" the voice says, making the Narrator mad. It was revealed by the Narrator to be Ace from the Gangrene Gang. After it had finished he hung up and started to laugh with his gang.
Meanwhile a girl with Blonde hair and bi-colored eyes walked along the street. She was in a soft lavender-colored workout suit.
"Yeah, what a dope!" Snake snickered.
"Hey, Ace, Ace, do another one, huh?" Arturo jumped up and down rapidly.
"Yessss, yessss, do another one!" Snake jeered with the other members of the gang.
Ace laughed. "All right, all right... Let's see..." he says as he picked up the phone and called a French restuarant.
A Maitre d' answered the phone "Cafe de Paris..." he says.
Ace smirked. "Yeah, listen. do you have Frog's Legs?" he asks.
The Maitre d' answered kind of patronizingly. "But of course..."
Ace smirked wider. "What do you hop to work? Jerk!" Ace says, sounding annoyed and hung up. He started off laughing with the gang.
Sakura was making her way to go to visit the woman who had been like a mother figure while she stayed in Townsville, Ms Bellum. She heard the gang laughing and winced. However she carried on, preparing to try to get past them. The others laughed wildly enjoying this. Ace asked who was next which made them all go, but it was Arturo's turn.
Arturo was eager to have his turn, knowing exactly what to do to the next sucker on the line. "Shh, it's ringing!"
Ace and the other's listened.
On the other side of the phone, a man answered. This man was Professor Utonium. "Hello?" he asks.
Sakura started to sneak past the gang. She hoped none of the smarter ones saw her, they'd try to bring her in as she had argued with them many a time.
"Hi, am I speaking to the man of the house?" Arturo asked, trying to hold in laughs. This was even better since he had the Professor on the other line.
The gang tried to keep quiet from hysterical laughing while Arturo had the Powerpuff Girl creator on the other end. Ace hid his laugh. He saw Sakura, and nudged Snake as he was the one closer to her.
"Yes, by golly, you are." the Professor answered cheerfully.
Sakura tip-toed by though it kind of looked amusing.
Arturo quickly finished his prank call. "Well, then... You just won ten million dollars!" after the Professor was excited to find out he won that much money, completely fooled. "Please hold!" he said, then gently hung up so the Professor would keep holding.
"Oh, noesss..." Snake glanced at Sakura.
Ace started to laugh with the gang. He nudged the guy again to tell him to grab her while he prepared for another call. Sakura flinched at the laughter. They sounded so obnoxious. Her bi-colored eyes flickered to them and quickly away.
"You think this is easy, huh? I'd like to see you try a prank call." Snake taunted.
"Yeah!" Billy agreed, laughing dumbly.
Ace gave a thought of a number as he picked the phone up again.
Sakura stopped aware that she could've been caught. "Who, me?" she asks, her eyes wide.
"Oh Snake, she is too chicken, bawk bawk!" Arturo taunted.
"Chicken Girl!" Billy added, laughing stupidly.
The others laughed at her wildly.
Sakura rolled her eyes. She wasn't 'biting'. "Shut up, you morons..." she says. She didn't notice Ace had put the phone back on the machine a moment and sneak up on her.
"Hey there, why don't you hang with us?" Ace asks and wrapped an arm around Sakura's shoulder and pulled her towards the gang fully. He then picked up the phone again. "Okay! Who's next?" he asks.
The others called for a chance to place a prank call. But it seemed like Billy had the phone now and he was eager to give this a try. "Hi..." Billy greeted the woman on the other line.
Snake and Grubber groaned that they didn't get turns. Sakura tried to get from under Ace's arm. She managed to as he was concentrating on listening to Billy making the call. Ace was grinning.
The woman answered "Who is this?" she asks.
"Billy..." the cyclops member gave his name to the woman.
Snake tried to contain his laughter from the possible joke.
"Billy who?" the woman asks, sounding confused. She didn't know a Billy that sounded like that.
Sakura looked slightly relieved and slowly started to move back, away from the gang of teen misfits. Ace still grinned, but clapped a hand to his forehead.
Billy paused before answering, then got nervous. "Big Billy..."
"Hey, is this some kind of Crank call?" the woman asks, kind of annoyed but very slightly amused.
Ace noticed Sakura was gone from under his arm and looked. Sakura was out of arm's reach from him.
"Yes..." Billy admitted, feeling ashamed.
The other guys watched her leave, failing to impress her with their childish pranks.
Ace frowned and grabbed the phone as he said. "Aww, come on, give me that!" he then put the phone to his ear. "Uh... Prince Albert in the Fridge!" he says before hanging up. "Idiots, don't let her go, she knows we're pranking people!" he growls at the members of his gang.
Sakura looked slightly relieved as she managed to get out from between the group. She turned and started to walk away. Grubber used a glob of spit to make her stumble. The group quickly apologized and they promised to do better again next time.
"It ain't the joke it's the pranks, they're too small-time, we're the Gangrene Gang for cryin' out loud! We need something big, something the whole city won't forget..." he rants. He caught Sakura as she stumbled, smoothly moving her so she was being carried over his shoulder. He could be quick when he wanted and/or was mad.
Sakura blinked at how fast she was put into the position she was in. She started to try and get down and as glad she didn't have a skirt on. The boys all paused to think.
The Mayor was in his office minding his own business. He had not seen Ms. Bellum today yet so he was practicing golf on his desk. "Hello?" the Mayor answered his phone, hearing his secretary. "Ms. Bellum, you need me to leave my office?"
Ace jolted her so she would stop squirming. He then listened in with the others. Sakura exhaled as the air left her from the jolt. She had to stop to gain it back.
Grubber was speaking like Ms Bellum. "Mayor, we need you to come cut the ribbon at the new Mini-Mall..." he says. He then pulled the phone slightly away from him so the Mayor could hear the 'crowd'. "Hurry, Mayor, the crowd is getting restless..." he says, making her voice sound slightly worried.
The gang shouted out about how they wanted to shop.
Grubber then finished by adding a worried sounding "Hurry!"
Despite what a lot children were told to not do, the Mayor was running with a giant pair of scissors, not noticing anyone on the street beside him and headed right for the Townsville Mall, leaving his office doors unlocked. Ace led the gang, still carrying Sakura into the Town Hall.
"Stupid jerks..." Sakura huffs under her breath.
In the Utonium house, the Powerpuff Girls were staring at the Professor as he was on hold, still completely unaware of the prank.
"Should we see if he's okay?" Bubbles asked, sounding concerned.
Just as the other two were about to answer, the Hotline started to ring.
"An emergency! The Professor will have to wait!" Blossom says, firmly. She flew over to the phone and answered it hearing the 'Mayor' talking about some kind of trouble. This apparently was caused by Mojo.
"Hurry!" Grubber calls before hanging up, sounding like the mayor.
The gang all laughed, ignoring the fact Sakura looked uncomfy and annoyed by them.
Mojo was asleep in his observatory, a newspaper over his face. The Girls flew over to Mojo's place. Unfortunately for the primate, his nap would have to wait as the Girls charged in and started beating him up. They didn't stop to listen to him and kept badly battering him, but eventually they stopped and he wasn't injured too bad like times with them before.
Sakura was forced into acting like a leg rest. She managed to text her friend though, hoping he could find a way to help her. 'Kenny, i've been press-ganged into hanging out with the Gangrene Gang... HELP! -S. Xx' she wrote.
Kenny was at Malph's shopping and humming a familiar song. "Love, Love, L-L-Love, makes the world go 'round..." he hummed, then felt a vibration. He took out his cell phone to see Sakura's message and quickly texted her back. 'Where are you, boo?' he sent back.
'In the Mayor's office.' Sakura replies. She then blinked as her phone was suddenly gone from her hands.
"Who ya talkin' to?" Ace asks nosily as he looked through her phone. "Ya boyfriend?"
'I'll be there as soon as I can ASAP!' Kenny sent as quick as he could, feeling anxious for Sakura.
'Don't botha Jerk! Ya won't be able ta get her' Ace replies on her phone, his style of texting way different than Sakura's.
"Give it back, you greasy-haired git!" Sakura huffs, trying to get her phone back.
Arturo took the phone and threw it to Billy who then ate it.
'That must be that phony baloney Ace from that sickening Gangrene Gang'. Kenny thought to himself, now really angry about Sakura's condition. "I got to do something..." he growled, then rushed to the check-out line to see how huge the check-out line was and groaned as it was the only open one at the moment. "Oh, crap..." he muttered, nearly slipping on the floor in front of his cart in dismay.
Ace laughed, nastily. He felt it was payback for her calling him a name like that.
Sakura looked at Billy with a look akin to sorrow. 'My phone...' she thinks in despair. She pushed Ace's legs off her, her sorrow and anger giving her a bit more strength. She then went to punch Ace. Grubber called the Powerpuff hotline again, thinking of another prank to ruin the Girls' day.
"Don't play dumb we know you've got some Evil plot underway!" Blossom shouts.
Mojo glared at the girls. "What are you talking about?" he asks angrily, before answering no to each question they asked.
"Oh, like you don't have a giant robot ready to smash Townsville?" Buttercup huffed.
"No..." Mojo answers.
"No diabolical scheme to destroy the world?" Blossom asks.
"No..." came the curt reply from Mojo.
"Turn everyone into zombies and you scare people!?" Bubbles asked, nearly shrieking in fear.
"Oh, for crying outloud! No! I had no intentions of committing any crimes... Today." Mojo yells.
Blossom frowned slightly. "Then what were you doing before we got here?" she asks, not believing him.
"Sleeping!"
"Before that!" Buttercup demanded, still suspicious.
Mojo held up the paper. "Reading the newspaper..." he grumbles.
Blossom looked deflated a little. "Oh... Well you better behave yourself... Or we'll be back!" she says, firmly trying to hide her embarrassment.
"Oh goodness... I better not snore!" Mojo retorts sarcastically.
The Girls glowered at him, then flew back home. Once they came home, they felt embarrassed for breaking in on Mojo like that and he didn't even do anything. the Girls still saw the Professor on the phone, grinning and eagerly waiting his prize money that would never arrive. "Huh?" they all wondered just moments before their phone went off again.
Ace didn't catch the first punch but did the second. He wrestled with her a moment. "Snake, help me stop her..." he growls quietly so the Girls couldn't hear.
Sakura was struggling like a wildcat. Snake hissed and went to pounce against Sakura. Ace was actually surprised how much strength she had. Sakura smacked the glasses off his face, still struggling though she was starting to chill out she could never be angry for too long.
Blossom frowned slightly, but answered the phone. This time the Mayor was talking about Fuzzy Lumpkins going 'plumb crazy'. So she took the girls off to fight the villain.
"Hurry!" Grubber told Blossom in the Mayor's voice, then hung up laughing.
Fuzzy was soaking in his bathtub, looking content. The Girls went for Fuzzy and beat the tar out of him for many reasons they said as they bashed him.
"This is for anything you broke!" Buttercup punched.
Fuzzy was crying out in pain each time.
"And this is for anybody you hurt!" Blossom tells him angrily, pulling his antennae.
"And this is for taking a bath!" Bubbles remarked, bashing the fuzz creature's banjo over his head, making him go under his tub water.
The water started to bubble furiously. All the Girls realized he was actually just taking a bath. He stood up, looming over them, his whole being a bright red from anger, though luckily there was something to give him more decency.
"Uh-oh... I think maybe he was just taking a bath." Buttercup said nervously.
"Fuzzy...?" Bubbles gulped.
The Girls saw Fuzzy standing over them, turning red and they laughed a little nervously and decided to get away from him before he could do something terrible to them. Fuzzy growled at them, and watched them leave. They flew home and to in front of the TV. The Professor was still standing there on the phone, smiling. The Professor is still on the phone, completely unaware of his surroundings.
"Strike two for the Mayor!" Buttercup remarked.
"Yeah, first Mojo's innocent. And then Fuzzy Lumpkins is clean. What next?" Blossom asks.
The phone buzzed so she answered it. Grubber told her about how Him was causing trouble. He hung up after, laughing again. Blossom hung up too and looked at her sisters, kind of scared.
"Is he pulling our leg again?" Buttercup nearly fumed. This felt like the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Bubbles looked just as mad, not having time for fun and games from their childish head of the city.
Blossom shook her head. "No. This time it's serious..." she starts. She brought her fist up slightly. "It's... 'Him'." she says her voice going slightly menacing.
Both sisters looked and got worried.
"You mean the evilest of evil?" Bubbles asked, not shivering as badly as she used to around the demon villain.
"The cruelest of cruel?" Buttercup added.
Blossom nodded. "The Mayor wouldn't joke about this one. Come on! Let's go!" she announces. She took off with them.
Snake wrapped himself around Sakura like a natural snake and Billy went to flatten her.
"Ooh, this is one tough chica!" Arturo remarked.
Ace stopped Billy, if the girl was flattened it would be no fun anymore. He picked up his glasses and put them back on his face. He grabbed her chin once Snake had restrained her. Sakura struggled a little but with her restrained and Ace grabbing her chin her anger ebbed to be replaced with uncomfortableness and slight fear.
"We don't want any trouble like that again... It won't be pretty for you, ya got that?" Ace asks, his voice soft and dangerous.
Sakura had to look up into his shade-covered eyes. She managed to give a tiny nod.
"Keep a hold of her a while..." Ace tells Snake, using his most authoritative voice.
Kenny finally got out of Malph's and looked around for where he parked. He made it to his car, put his groceries away and started to head for Town Hall, but now he was stuck in a traffic jam.
Ace saw Sakura had been about to go off in a rant and covered her mouth.
Sakura growled from behind his hand. 'Kenny, where are you?' she thinks.
Kenny growled. "Forget this." he muttered, got out of his car and ran down the Town Hall as fast as he could.
Ace smirked slightly, she was finally sedate and quiet. Sakura grumbled from behind the gag. Billy was fast asleep. Snake was coiled like an actual snake with his napping. Arturo was on top of Billy, sleeping. Ace put her inside the cupboard the Mayor had. It had just enough room to keep her standing up. Sakura huffed unable to do much else.
An Aerobics instructor was suddenly talking, giving whoever was watching the instructions. The Girls flew to HIM's lair and nearly broke the door down in anger. They then looked surprised to see HIM was in a workout outfit on the floor actually doing exercises and not evil plotting like the Mayor said he was.
"Hello, girls!" HIM greeted warmly. "What a pleasant surprise! Oh, what's the occasion and where is your sister? She's late today..."
Blossom's eyes were wide. "Uh... We don't know... But we were wondering..." she trails off.
"How your sister and I stay so fit?" HIM asked as he did push-ups. "Well, now you know!"
"Uh... No, actually, did you do anything evil today?" Blossom asks Him. She didn't understand how Sakura wasn't scared of the 'man', but he was a lot better since he met Sakura.
"No, not today," HIM said as he was touching his toes, looking back at the three Girls and not the one he was specifically waiting for. "Why do you ask?"
"No reason, just wondering..." Blossom says, sounding a little uncomfortable.
HIM was now jogging behind them. "This figure doesn't come easy, you know. I took a little time off to get into shape." he answered to Blossom while Buttercup and Bubbles were just standing there with her awkwardly.
"So... You haven't been..." she asks.
"Nope!" HIM assured her.
Blossom laughed nervously. "Okay, I guess we'll see you later... Sakura should be home by then..." she says, also nervously.
"Goodbye Girls, come back soon," HIM told them as they left to get home themselves. "Goodbye..." he then decided to make some personal phone calls since Sakura wouldn't answer her phone and Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were just here. Something seemed fishy to him and he had to get to the bottom of it. He decided to call Mojo, but had to wait a bit since he was already on the phone.
Ace was dozing off, not fully asleep yet, after all he guessed the 'Kenny' that Sakura had texted was still on his way.
'What the heck does the Mayor need a cupboard that could fit only one human standing in?' Sakura thinks to herself. Stupid Gangrene Gang.
Kenny still hadn't arrived. Ace didn't actually know about the way Him and Sakura were together and so wasn't worried about getting into too much trouble. Ace heard the buzzing from in Billy's stomach and launched his shoe at it to switch the phone off. Sakura shifted uncomfortably. It was cramped and dark in there. Ace shifted to get comfy himself. Sakura rested her head back against the wall, trying to wiggle out of any of her bonds.
