Author's notes: In light of the new DC Universe Animated Original Movie "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1" I put together this new story featuring none other than the superpowered triplets themselves.
So, basically it's the Powerpuff Girls as teenagers who have retired from their superheroic duties, but all of the chaos and destruction causes the girls to remember what they were meant to do when they were five years old. They once deicated their entire lives in fighting crime, but now they've lost their powers due to the evolution of their bodies. So, when they tried to fight crime again, they are now from superheroes to superzeroes.
The Powerpuff Girls and other characters belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network.
*Story is loosely based on Frank Miller's best selling graphic novel "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns."*
The City of Townsville...
A monster suddenly pops up in the city. It has sharp horns and lobster like claws and it roars as he shows up.
...IS UNDER ATTACK!
Many citizens on ground run for cover as the monster begins tearing everything he sees apart. That is until three streaks of light come racing through the distance. One pink, one blue and one green. It's Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, better yet known together as the Powerpuff Girls! They charge at the rampaging monster and beat him up like they usually do to the other monsters they fight. And as always the monster was no match against the three fantastic little girls. After one more punch in the face, the monster collapses to the ground and the crowd cheers on for their heroics.
The City of Townsville...
A giant robot pops up in the city. It is obviously Mojo Jojo due to it's appearance.
...IS BEING ATTACKED BY MOJO JOJO!
The robot fires everywhere at several buildings as they shatter in ruin and people running for their lives. Mojo laughs inside the cockpit but then catches his eye at the blue Powerpuff, Bubbles who is floating up at his face. She then punches the robot all the way to a building. The robot starts shooting lasers at Bubbles with its turrents, but she dodges them without a struggle. Blossom and Buttercup fly in and smash the turrents off and destroy the robot. It collapses and Mojo is left half beaten. The police arrive and cuff him. The people once again praise the magificent trio for saving them. Bubbles waves at the cheering crowd and giggles.
The City of Townsville...
A giant fiery phoenix with monsterous sharp teeth flies in and starts breathing fire onto the buildings causing people to run again.
...IS... Oh you get the picture.
The Powerpuff Girls arrive once again to challenge the phoenix. The phoenix breathes its flames at the group but they dodged. Buttercup swoops in and uppercuts its chin, Bubbles kicks its face and Blossom rams into its stomach. The phoenix gets mad and breathes fire at Blossom. She on the other hand takes a deep breath and blows out her ice breath. Her cold blizzard of ice englufs the flames of the phoenix and the phoenix runs out of breath. With a concerned look on its face, Blossom delievers the final blow on the bird and sends it flying into an ice cream factory. The phoenix jumps out of the factory covered in ice and flies away. The crowd once again cheers on for the Powerpuff Girls while the girls settle down on a park bench with ice cream in their hands.
A montage of various monster attacks and villain rampages plays on, while everyone of these scenes involve their ultimate defeat against the Powerpuff Girls. Soon the montage ends with Professor Utonium taking a photo of himself and his daughters. On the photo, the girls laugh in the background. "I wish we can do this forever!" Coming from Bubbles' cute squeaky voice, but the voice echos when it said 'forever'. And we cut to black.
12 Years Later
The city of Townsville is being shown and a bunch of races cars drive down the freeway bridge. The red car is going extremely fast and the driver of the car appears to be an older Professor Utonium, about in his late 40's and has a white mustache and is wearing a helmet. He driving fast on the freeway and someone talks to him through speaker.
"Professor, this is Jen. You have to slow down, you're going too fast!" Professor doesn't listen in and as someone continues talking to him he pulls out a cable from his radio. "It isn't programmed to... Professor?" The Professor coax the car more and he pulls the wires from his dashboard. "Oh, Professor you son of a..." And the communicator cuts off and the car starts heating up to the temperture he wants it at. The car starts overheating, the Professor's face inside the helmet starts sweating up and the car's engine starts to ignite. It suddenly explodes and Professor tilts his car over and it starts rolling over and over until it halts completely.
The car goes over the freeway and crashes onto the road below. The car is now up in flames and the Professor lies unconsciously from far away from the burning vehicle. And the car explodes.
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS RETURN
Chapter 1: Teenage Lives
News Station
Footage of the burning car is shown on TV.
Male Reporter: As it turns out to be one of the famous cars to be experimented, Professor Utonium escaped from the collision just before the impact. He was testing out a new type of Carbon powered cars using a thermal version of nitro power gas, but failed as his escape left him with superficial burns. Lauren?
News Anchor: Thanks, Bill. I'm surprised anyone can even think of sports in this weather. Right, Dean?
Dean: That's right, Lauren. At Townsville's magnificent new Twin Towers it's ninety-seven with no relief in sight.
Lauren: Thanks, Dean. According to News groups around the city it is said to be the hottest summer in Townsville history. Leaving most families to get out with their kids and have some fun in the sun. On another note, another victim has fallen by the hands of Townsville's newest and vicious gang, The Green Gang. The gang that has inspired the notorious Ganggrene Gang. The Mayor of Townsville on the other hand is facing election charges for retirement, saying that he doesn't want to go and judging by the footage of what you're about to see, you'll know why.
Mayor: (Hanging onto his desk while and older Ms. Bellum tries to pull him.) I DON'T WANT TO GO! MAYOR DON'T WANT TO GO!
Lauren: Yeah, still acting off of his age. Which brings us to our biggest story. Where are they now?: The disappearances of the Powerpuff Girls, Townsville's once and greatest superhero trio of all time. They have won many battles, overcame many obstacles but there was one thing they didn't dodge; growing up. The last time we saw the Powerpuff Girls was during their Eighth birthday celebration. But then... after that, nothing. This marks the eighth anniversary of the last recorded sighting of the little girls we knew and love and so far there is no sighting of them what so ever. Here are the people's reaction.
Man 1: Oh, gee. I haven't seen the girls for a long time. I hope they're doing okay?
Teenage Boy: Powerpuff Girls? Man, those girls were yesterday's heroes. Today's new hero is about skateboarding!
Girl: Last Halloween, I dressed up as Bubbles. Now, I'm gonna do it, every year. POWERPUFFS RULE!
Boy 1: Well, I miss them. But now I stick to my own heroes now. Action figures! And Race cars! Vroom vroom!
Teenage Girl: Like, those girls are so lame nowadays, what reason would we want to sit our butts down to watch some kids beat down a forty-foot Godzilla just to teach it a lesson? Nah, man. That is just not right! They could like, get hurt or something.
Boy 2: The Powerpuff Girls were my heroes. Look, I even drew a picture of them when I was five. I'll never throw this picture away. My heart will belong with my heroes. POWERPUFFS 4-EVER!
Woman: Let's admit it, the girls have grown up into responsible young ladies. And it's their creator's fault for letting them go out on to street to make them fight some random monster attack.
Man 2: Ha! Good riddance. It's about time those girls are gone. We had enough love in our hearts to say this. If we ever see the Powerpuff Girls again, then we're nothing but a bunch of little-
Lauren: Okay! STOP! We cut there! Phew. Anyway, it said by our polls that 60% of the population wants to live on without the Powerpuff Girls while 40% of the people wanted them back. But where are the Powerpuff Girls? Are they socializing as we speak? Or doing what normal people do?
Normal view
We cut to see a high school in Townsville, and in the high school are many teenagers hanging by at the lockers. Among those people is a teenage girl with long red hair and a pink tank top with red track pants, red shoes and a bracelet and no fingers. She closes her locker after grabbing her bag and as she turns around it is Blossom who is now all grown up as a 16 year old teenager. She walks down the hall while chewing gum and blowing a bubble, passing many students.
She exits outside and starts talking to herself.
(Ah... What a new start.)
She walks down the steps.
(Summer is finally here and school is nearly over. I wonder what I should do, go meet up with some friends and watch a movie or go to the mall? Hmm... maybe both.)
She sees her friend and waves.
(Oh my gosh! It's Chloe. Her dress looks so wrong yet so cool.)
"Hey, Blossom!" Shouted Chloe coming over to her.
"Chloe! Oh my gosh, you look so wrong in that shirt!" Said Blossom.
"I know! Who still likes the Beatles anyway! I mean they are so 1960." Said Chloe as she complaints about her Beatles shirt.
"Girl, you've got to listen to Simple Plan. Everyone like, totally listens to Simple Plan other than the Beatles." Said Blossom. "Anyway, got any plans for the summer?"
"OH MY GOSH! She is so wrong in those pants!" Chloe didn't pay attention to Blossom.
Blossom's phone rings. "Oh hang on." She answers. "Yeah?" ... "Oh my gosh, I was wondering were you were. Where are you?"
"Behind you." Said another voice behind and Blossom turns. Both girls then shriek of excitment of seeing each other and then they hug.
"Casey!" Shouted Blossom. "Blossom!" Shouted her other friend Casey.
(Both Chloe and Casey have been my friends since the first day of High School. We talked and we talked, about phones and magazines and we never get tired of it.)
Blossom walks with her friends.
"So, I was thinking about breaking up with Chad." Said Casey.
Blossom gasps. "No way! Why?"
"Yeah, you two have always been such a cute couple." Said Chloe.
"I know, I know, it's just, he's been paying attention to his video games. You know what, I think he's cheating on me." Speculated Casey.
The two girls gasp.
"Get it! 'Cheating?' As in you cheat on a video game. He's cheating on a video game for me?" Said Casey.
The two girls then break out in laughter.
"So, what's your plans for summer, guys?" Asked Blossom.
"I'm just gonna chat with my friends all week on my phone. I feel like talking with them." Said Chloe.
"I'm gonna go to the beach to work on my tan." Said Casey.
"Oh my gosh, the beach is so hot. Why would you want to go there?" Said Chloe.
"Because I want to be as tany as I can get." Said Casey. "What about you Blossom? What are you doing for your summer?"
Blossom was about to say something but something else came into her mind. "I- Uh...?"
(Gee, this is like so hard. All I ever do on my summer breaks is just take long walks around the city and watch TV all day. I never went to the beach or went to any fairs all the time. All I keep thinking is the days I spent as a kid. Fighting evil and tyranny. All I do now is shop till I drop and already I'm hesitating to talk to my friends.)
Casey gasps at the sight of someone. "Oh my gosh! It's him! And his brother!"
Blossom and the girls look directly and a couple of teenage boys who are obviously two of the Rowdyruff Boys; Brick and Butch. In slow motion they walk towards the girls. Brick is wearing a red jacket with a hood, has red hair, red sneakers and jeans and his trademark hat, and Butch is wearing a green jacket, jeans, green sneakers and has black spikey hair. Blossom just gets lost in their eyes.
(Brick and Butch... two of the Rowdyruff Boys. Our most fiecest opponents we've ever faced. Brick is obviously my counterpart and suddenly I feel lost in his eyes. For the first time in my whole life I feel lost in his eyes.)
Brick and Butch stopped by.
"Sup, ladies?" Said Brick in a calm manner.
Chloe faints and falls to the ground.
"Hey... Blossom." Brick said to Blossom who looks away.
"Hey, Brick." Said Blossom.
(This is so wrong, I'm actually talking to my most fearsome arch counterpart who is suddenly all calm and nice now. Either that or he's trying to flirt with me.)
"So, you wanna hit the pizza parlor with us?" Asked Brick while Blossom tries to look away hard.
"Well..." As Blossom thought about it.
(Oh my gosh this is so wrong but I can't help myself so what the heck.)
"Yeah, sure!" Answered Blossom.
"Awesome." Said Brick.
"Let's take my Escalade." Said Butch.
"WOW! You have your very own escalator?" Asked Casey.
"No, it's an Escalade. You know the car?" Said Butch.
Casey pauses and then goes on. "Tell me more about it."
Blossom and her friends drive with Brick and Butch in the Escalade to the Pizza Parlor.
At the parlor, they chat, while they drink soda, eat pizza and listen to the jukebox.
Blossom holds her glass up in the air and shouts. "TO US!"
And the rest of the gang does the same. "TO RETIREMENT!"
"To the Powerpuff Girls!" She says. They drink up and and Butch belches. They start to chat.
"Man I remember the day I met the Powerpuff Girls." Explaining Brick. "I always remembered them to be a bunch of sissy little girlys."
Brick's friends laughs with him and somehow it upsets Blossom.
(The way Brick remenices about our times back as kids was just plain rude. Thinking about it was even bad.)
"Yeah! It's good that they retired. Right, Casey?" Butch says to Casey who is once again lost in his eyes.
"I'm grateful they survived retiring." Said Chloe. "Right, Blossom?" She turns to her. "You're one of the Powerpuff Girls. One of the three anyway."
"Well, the Blossom I am now is still very much alive." Blossom said.
"That's great!" Chloe said.
"You also learned how to hang out for once." Brick said. "You know, the old days, Blossom? How you always have to save this town from certain doom? You told me about it when we were in the fourth grade."
(At the fourth grade, I remember. Brick, one of my dangerous foes on the Battlefield was in class with me. He used to pick on me, spitballed me, he was a bully, before the incident. But eversince that, we suddenly started to fall in love with each other, despite being old enemies.)
"Yes." Blossom said with a worried look on her face. "But that was just twelve years ago. I'm a new girl now. I am no longer a Powerpuff. I am a teenage puff."
"What about your sisters?" Butch asked. "Spoken to them lately."
"You know I haven't." Blossom answered.
"How long has it been since you girls saw each other?" Said Casey.
(I don't know if I could tell them. It's been eight years ever since I saw my sisters. Bubbles usually sends letters to me once in a month and often e-mails me. When she turned 13 she travelled to New England with a sudden interest in Archaeology. At the age of 15, she became a tech expert and is interested in making electronics. Buttercup, well after our fight 2 years after the incident she flew to China where she could train to be the toughest girl in the world. At the age of 16 she is now a weapons expert and has an interest in making her own weapons. Buttercup rarely sends e-mails to me but since last year I've got none. As for me, I stayed at Townsville, took a trip to Hawaii last year and learned about anicient heroes. I have then become an editor for the school newspaper, I do gym and karate and I'm also the smartest student in Math Class. Yep, the life of a normal teenage girl.)
"Oh, well, like... so long..." Blossom said.
"Still, huh?" Brick said as he looked down. "I'm damn sorry about that. Especially what happened to Robin."
Blossom pauses with sudden shock upon hearing that name and gets up from the booth. "Blossom? Where are you going?" Chloe asked.
"Sorry, Chloe, but I think we should call it a night." Blossom said.
"Okay, we'll hang out another time." Chloe said waving at her. "See ya, Blossom." While the boys watch her leave.
On her way home, Blossom walks through crowds of people, thinking about the past with a sad look. She walks past a person with a sign with the words that reads "Townsville is Towns-hell!" She talks to herself again.
(When I left, I couldn't stop thinking about my greatest friend. Robin Snyder. Me and my sisters met her when we were... still young... Once our enemy, Princess Morbucks, tried to steal her away from us and tattled on her. We hanged out a lot, until that day happened.)
Flashback
Eight years ago in the city of Townsville. The Powerpuff Girls were eight years old, are in elementary school and still looked a bit the same. Except with real shoes and dresses with bow-ties of their colors. They were sitting in the table with the birthday cake of candles in front of them. Alongside them are the Professor, Mayor, Ms. Bellum, Ms. Keane, Talking Dog and everyone else.
(Eight years ago. Our eighth birthday. Many of our loved ones were there, except for Robin.)
The girls pick up their 'ears' and hear someone crying for help. "HELP! HELP!"
And the girls rushed right out of their table and over to the skys of Townsville.
(We heard our friend Robin calling for help. She was in trouble. Her screams were horrific.)
They arrived at Mojo's Volcano Observatory and crashed through the roof and Blossom shouted "Mojo Jojo!"
(Mojo had her. Holding his laser gun to her. Said he will kill her if we can for once surrender to his evil might. But we thought he was bluffing.)
"POWERPUFF GIRLS! For once in my entire and evil life, all I ever wanted was to destory you and takeover Townsville. But you won't let me and don't know, in your entire minds of the situation, when to learn! Well, I, Mojo Jojo, will start right now! If you don't let me destroy you now, then your friend dies at my hand. And if you do, then I'll spare your friend and Townsville will be mine!"
(Mojo said, but we charged right at him at quick speed.)
The girls ignored his warning and charged right at him. Causing him to aim his gun at the girls and fires his laser gun which misses the girls, but the beam bounces off many shiny objects and right at Mojo. However instead of hitting him the shot hits Robin. Once the shot hits Robin, the girls gasp in horror and she falls to the ground. She was dead.
(At that moment... Robin was gone. All because of Mojo.)
Mojo is shocked in horror of his sudden action and turns to the Powerpuffs who are extremely mad at him. He steped back a bit in cowardness. "I... I didn't... mean for this to happen." He said. "As in I didn't want to kill her but kill you but since your sudden action made me turn the gun on you I just had no choice and now you... are... mad... at... me..." He droops down and the girls burst out with anger and scream. They roared as they charged at Mojo and beat the crap out of him. Blossom kicks his gut, Buttercup breaks his arm and Bubbles uppercuts his chin causing blood to spit out and rain on Bubbles face. Blossom then lays three punches on Mojo. One to the cheek, and one to the brain helmet causing it to shatter and expose his large brain and one to the stomach which makes him cough out his own blood. Finally, Blossom takes out all of her rage and lays one massive sucker punch to Mojo's chin causing blood to splatter on Blossom's face and Mojo falls to the ground, knocked out, with a bleeding gum. His unconscious body twitches as the girls look at him.
Blossom turns to her dead friend who lies motionless. She lands right next to her and gives her a final blessing. "I'm sorry." She whisphers and Bubbles and Buttercup look to each other and bob their heads in sadness. Bubbles would most likely cry at these times, but this time, she doesn't.
The Flashback ends.
(Robin died when we were eight. She'd still be alive now if it wasn't for maniacs like Mojo. After that very night, we did what we had to do. Got Mojo some help. We took him to a rehibilitation clinic and has said to have recovered from all of his sheer desires of revenge. But right after that... the era of the Powerpuff Girls... ended.)
The teenage Blossom looks at her surroundings and sees many teenagers smoking, a guy walking a dog. And in her path a couple of Green Gang Members who came up to her.
"Hey, babe! Want to get together sometime?" One of them asked the unamused Blossom. "I know you want it."
Blossom then justs walks past them, leaving the men to whistle at her and make noises at her.
(Townsville has turned into Stinksville. For real this time.)
Blossom stops at a lamppost. The subway train passes by on a bridge above Blossom and a newspaper flies to the ground in front of her that reads "Family murdered, Greensters are suspected." Blossom widens her eyes a bit and closes them again.
(Greensters is another name for the Green Gang. Eversince the Ganggrene Gang broke up, teenagers painted their skin green to look like them. Cause you know what most teenage boys are nowadays.)
A couple of Greensters come out of the dark and approach Blossom who suspects them with a gasp.
"Ay, she sees us, go 'round behind her." One of them said, drawing a knife.
"C'mon, honey, slice and dice!"
"I don't know, man, she looks like she's into it."
Blossom glares as she looks at them.
"Forget this, man! It ain't fun when they into it."
"Let's hit the arcade then, man."
"Yeah, always fun at the arcade!"
They leave Blossom alone and run off. She on the other hand breathes deep and lies down in agony as she watches crimes, vandalism, murder and drugs. They overflow her mind with so much devastation it makes her clutch her head in pain as if she's drowning in despair. After a moment of listening to the cries of many people, Blossom lets go and sheds a tear.
(In my thoughts, the people wanted the Powerpuff Girls to come back. But what they don't know is that I need the Powerpuff Girls as much as they need them.)
News station
Reporter: ...Butchering of every member of the family, The Green Organization is believed to have committed this atrocity for money the family had... something under twelve dollars. This is considered a drug related crime at present, but surely this hot summer is a factor. Right, doc?
Doctor: Absolutely, Bill. Rough month in the big town. Right now the mercury is climbing to an unseasonal one hundred and three degrees. And it looks like it's gonna get worse before it gets better...
[The entire city is shown with massive heat coming from the sun.]
Doctor: Fortunately this isn't the first time Townsville suffered a heat wave. Though the cause was the result of a fireball that was heading towards Townsville about 12 years ago, but luckily, with the help of Blossom's ice breath, the fireball was destroyed. But this is beyond different than expected...
Reporter: This just in- A dead cat was found stapled to the door of City Hall... the Green Gang is suspected.
Normal view
At the Townsville Mental Asylum, we see Mojo Jojo in cell number 601. Sitting in his cell playing with his harmonica.
(Mojo spent the last eight years in a mental asylum to cure his thirst for vengeance against us. He was so consumed by hate and rage, the doctors had to send him here so he can cooperate easier. Now, he spends most of his time inside his cell, half insane, while he keeps having tests.) Told Blossom.
Some doctors pass by his cell as they talk.
"I've got no water in my home now. Can't even take a shower this morning. You want to know what else I hate about the heat? It's that your underwear sticks to your-"
"Shut up."
They pass on by his cell. Next to him is another cell with Princess Morbucks, who is now 15 years old, has red hair tied as curls and a yellow dress. And it looks like she's gone off the deep end way too much. She keeps muttering "What I do to ever become a Powerpuff Girl." over and over again while rocking on her seat.
(Princess Morbucks, now a teenager has gone clinically insane after several attempts of becoming a Powerpuff Girl, which she can't. She was in when she turned 9 and is still under medical treatment. I don't think she'll ever change, looking at her now.)
"How long has she been like this?"
"She's been saying the same thing ever since she got in six years ago. Look at her."
"You look at her. She makes me sick."
"Yeah, well, being crazy has it's moments."
"As if these freaks ever had moments."
The two doctors walk away and then two doctors walk along from her cell and come across another cell. And in it is Fuzzy Lumpkins, another one of the Powerpuff's Rogues. He's in his cell playing with his banjo in a pretty stable state. He doesn't seem to be crazy at all as he smiles while playing.
"Look at him. He seems to be coping just fine."
"This guy, Dr. Jonas? He was crazy as hell when anyone came across to his property."
(Fuzzy Lumpkins, a pink fiend that causes us trouble. One time he turned Townsville into meat and even turned Bubbles' hair into meat. Thinking about that day makes me... nostalgic. After that, he's been doing all kinds of misdeeds like being the Mayor, attacking the town and even tried to marry the Professor. But after Robin's death we got him to put that evil inside out for good and placed him here as well.)
"Acording to his record he's killed two birds, injured a squirell, skined four skunks and roasted a live pig in his fireplace."
"He hasn't killed any people." Dr. Jonas said.
"No. But he did ate some of them when he transformed Townsville into meat twelve years ago.
"I assure you. He's ready to fit back into society, no matter what the Mayor says." He pleaded calmly.
"Hm... Acording to the list that he has been sane since two years and is seeming to be well behaved now. You're right. I think it's time we let him go."
They move to his cell and opens the door. Fuzzy looks to the doctors as he stops playing his banjo.
"Congratulations, Fuzzy Lumpkins. Your rehibilation is complete. You are now free to move on in your own time." The doctor said.
Close up on Fuzzy as he gives off a big smile. "I don't know what to say?" He talked.
"Say 'thank you'." Dr. Jonas said.
News station
Lauren: A new life begins today for local Townsville criminal, Fuzzy Lumpkins. Fuzzy was released with the charge of good will and stable mentality, and is in good health to be walking the streets without causing us fear. Many of you know Fuzzy famously for his alleged attempt to turn Townsville into packs of meat using a ray gun of what he calls the 'Meat Gun'.
[Footage of that incident involving a meat gun is shown on the TV.]
Lauren: After losing his mind over a jam contest, he went into a murderous rage and using a meat gun to turn Townsville into meat. But thankfully, our heroic little warriors, the Powerpuff Girls apprehended the pink freak and saved Townsville. Two supporting doctors, Andrew Jonas and Nathan Matthews had this to say.
[The two doctors are shown through the footage.]
Doctor Jonas: Fuzzy is ready to see the new world. He's gonna step out there and say 'Hey, Townsville, I'm okay.'
Doctor Matthews: And he looks great too.
Lauren: Fuzzy had this brief statement to the media.
[Fuzzy is shown on a podium and many of the press flash their cameras.]
Fuzzy: Today, Townsville. I am no longer the maniac you thought I was. I am a new kinda guy and I'm ready for the living. I don't ask of you to forgive my crimes, for this is the end of my long nightmare. I'm on the road to absolution. Before I go, I just like to thank my doctors; Matthews and Jonas for giving me another chance.
Press: Fuzzy, it true you tried to eat the whole town?
Are you sure the Fuzzy Lumpkins we knew is gone?
How can you be so sure?
Do you feel good?
Do you like nachos?
[Fuzzy holds his boomstick up in the air and it shocks the audience, but he snaps it in half and throws it away and the audience applaudes.]
Normal view
We see Blossom's home, it looks a lot like her old home but more classy. It has a living room, fancy kitchen, multi-colored and zebra striped beanbags, basically everything in her home is like royality. We then see Blossom in her bed, having a bad sleep. She tossed and turned under her sheets and acts like she's in pain when she groans.
She dreams about her younger self, five years old, frolicing in a grassy meadow full of pink flowers and blue petunias. She giggles as she skip and hops through the meadow. But suddenly she falls through the flowers and through the ground. She falls endlessly down to a bottomless sky and sees many things that strikes her past. A flying dragon-like monster flies into her and roars but she misses. She starts to weep and cover her eyes in fear. She is then grabbed by a squid monster who suddenly transforms into the zombie magician; Abracadaver who roars at her and drops her into his mouth. She falls through an endless tube of despair until she sees the bottom which is a giant monsters mouth with sharp teeth and it closes down on her as she enters. The last thing we hear is the sound of blood splattering and the dream ends.
Blossom opens her eyes with gasp and sits up straight and feels her head and moans. She looks at the time and it's 3:17 in the morning. She gets out of her bed and walks to her bathroom. She may have no hands or fingers but she definitely has feet but no toes. She walks to the bathroom, turns on the lights and looks at herself in the mirror. "Oh my gosh. I'm a mess." She says in a weak tone. She grabs a cup, opens the tap and fills it with water. She drinks her cup and puts it down. When she opens her eyes again she sees in the mirror an image of Mojo Jojo behind her and gasps in a heavy tone. She turns back and see that there is no one in here but her. She then sighs sadly and walks back to her bed.
The next morning we see another fancy home. And inside the bedroom lots of stuffed toys and an alarm clock with an octopus on it that looks like Octi. And of course a girl with blonde hair is sleeping in her bed. The alarm clock triggers and plays a xylophone and chiming music and it plays like a baby's tune. And arm with no fingers presses the snooze button and she gets out of her bed. She then takes a nice warm shower to smell clean for today. She then dresses up in a blue tank top, puts her hair up like pigtails, and puts on some blue pants and heads to the kitchen. The toaster pops out a pair of toast and land on a plate. She then puts some jelly on it and enjoys her breakfast. After breakfast, she grabs her purse and heads out of the door and her face is revealed. It's Bubbles as a teenager. A car pulls up at her home, it's some of her friends.
"Hey, Bubbles! C'mon!"
She gets into the car. And the drive off.
(Ah, finally, summer. The best part of the year. No school, no homework, no noisy teachers. Just going to the mall with my bestest friends.)
"So, Bubbles, did you hear the news?" Said one of her friends.
(Jenny, one of my friends asks me. We've been friends for three years.)
"They released that pink fuzzball, Fuzzy Lumpkins out of the nuthouse. Can you believe it?" Jenny said to Bubbles.
"Yeah, but I'm sure Fuzzy has learned his lesson by now." Bubbles said.
"Hello? Have you forgotten what he did to your hair?" Jenny says to her.
(I remember that day. When he attacked Townsville using a meat gun, he turned my hair into a greasy and disgust chicken leg. I was so mad that day, I gave Fuzzy a beating he never forget.)
"That was when I was like five, Jenny. Things have changed now. I'm sure he'll be nice" Said Bubbles.
"I doubt it, girl."
"*giggle* Whatever you say, Jen."
They reached the mall and Bubbles and her friends shop for clothes, shoes and sunglasses. They eventrually have lunch at the food court. They talk with each other.
"So, Heather was thinking about getting a summer job. She tells me she has some money problems or something. I don't know. She wouldn't say." One of the girls talks.
"So, Bubbles..." Jenny asks Bubbles before taking a sip of her soda. "What are you doing for your summer vacation?"
(Gee, I haven't thought about my plans. All I ever do now is make devices and phones and I was planning to see the Techno Festival this Friday at the convention centre. But the rest of my vacation is all but a big mystery. Back then I used to stop criminals and save the town. But those days are over.)
"I haven't thought about it yet." Said Bubbles and eats a french fry.
"Well, you're going to that Techno Festival right? We would like to come with you." Said Angela, one of her friends.
"Oh, but..." Bubbles starts to speak up but stutters.
"But what?" Jenny asked.
Bubbles hestitates to talk and after a brief moment she talks.
"I've only got one ticket. The rest were sold out."
Her friends were baffled. "Sorry." Bubbles apologizes.
"No no no, it's cool, girl. I mean, what's so good about tech anyway?" Angela acts like she understands. "I mean, it's tech!"
Bubbles and her friends look at Angela and start to think she went crazy after hearing what Bubbles said.
"What?" Angela asks them. "I'm not angry. In fact, I'm leaving." She gets her bag and walks out of the table. But comes back for a moment.
"Oh yeah, and if you girls want to keep your physique outlook of your body I suggest you stay away from the french fries." She tells the other girls who were about to eat some of the fries and they drop them back. They seem to have eating disorders. Bubbles looks down in sadness and looks at Jenny.
"I'm sorry, Jen." Bubbles whisphered in her high but soft tone.
"Y'know, your tone almost matches your youth." Jenny points out and Bubbles feels her chest and looks down at it. "Yeah, your usual high and squeaky voice."
"I never thought my voice was still squeaky." Bubbles said.
"You know, Bubbles. When I was a little girl like you, I worshiped you. I saw you on TV whenever you go out and fight crime. Whatever happened to those days?" Jenny asked her after giving her feelings to her.
Bubbles stood silent for a moment and said. "We all changed."
(Change. Another word for growing up. How I missed those days so much. And how I would like to see them again. Just one more time.)
It's night time again and we are back at Blossom's home. She is seen on her couch lying down, in front of her television all bored and flipping through channels.
First channel flip:
"...A few rain storms are about to come in. It looks like we might all see some thunder as well-"
Second channel flip:
"...Okay, Micheal, all you have to do is spin the wheel and-"
Third channel flip:
"...But Diane, how will I ever see you again."
"Don, you will always see me, for the person I truly am."
Fourth channel flip:
"Coming up next on Cartoon Network; Foster's Home for Imagin-"
Fifth channel flip:
"...were found murdered this afternoon." Blossom becomes shocked again. "The two were identified as the sons of the family who were missing for three days and were thrown into the streets. The Green Gang is suspected."
Sixth channel flip:
"I am on the road to absolution."
News Station
Fuzzy: I am on the road to absolution.
Lauren: Those were Fuzzy Lumpkin's last words before he somehow disappeared from the podium at City Hall. Professor Utonium, who supported in Fuzzy's rehabilation had these words to say.
Professor Utonium: We must all believe that Fuzzy himself and the evil inside of him has been compelled. Even we ourselves have evil in our hearts. But we can all fight our demons as well as he did.
Normal view
Blossom switches the channel while she sweats, becoming scared.
"We interupt your daily viewing for these breaking news! The First Townsville Bank is being robbed, not by the Green Gang but by the worst, The Bankrobbing Gang."
She widens her eyes and keeps flipping channels and most of them all involve the Green Gang's crimes.
"Two kids were last seen with two young men."
"A giant monster has just crushed memorial bridge."
"Rain is coming to Townsville to break down the heat for tonight."
"Three were found dead and no one was there to stop it."
Blossom is just about losing it. She then listens to all of the cries of helpless people. She places her hand over her eyes.
"We are all doomed!"
"Won't someone help us!"
"Think of the children!"
"We'll all die!"
"Help us!"
"I just pooted!"
Blossom's eyes widen and she shuts the TV off. She breathes as if she's stressing out and sits up. She tries to calm down but hyperventilates. She runs to her kitchen and grabs a paper bag from the table and breathes through it. But by breathing into it, it explodes into an ice cloud. She watches the snow fall and then she hears a voice in her head.
(You tried to hold me back for eight years, but you know in your heart you can't break it.)
This isn't Blossom's thoughts, it's her other self's thoughts. She clutches her head as if it was in pain. She sheds another tear while she endures the pain and looks at her TV which is off. And it comes back on like magic. Static is shown.
(You tried to live like an normal girl, but you're not. This is the real you.)
The static fades and shows a moving image of Blossom when she was five years old, flying through the skies of Townsville. The older Blossom watches as she continues to clutch her head. She sees her younger self uppercuts a bank robber. She shuts her eyes for a second and tries to fight it. She then sees herself again punch the jaw of Sedusa and blood spruts from her mouth. Blossom kneels down on the floor as if she couldn't take it anymore. The young Blossom then punches a monster to the ground. As it impacts the ground, Blossom finally opens her big pink eyes and gasps in horror. She gets up and runs to her backdoor and gets outside to where her swimming pool is.
(You know you can't escape me. I am your soul.)
Blossom stops at her pool and gets down to the ground.
"No... You... GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" She shouts.
She looks up at the night sky and the stars form a constellation in the shape of Young Blossom.
"I am forever inside you." Her younger self says. "You are nothing but a hollow shell, a rusty trap that cannot hold me. You cannot stop me, not with friends, not with TV, not even the weight of your age. You cannot stop me but you still try and still you run."
The older Blossom looks up and gazes at her young self.
"Remember, the one and only reason why you were brought into this world." She continues to talk as it begins to rain and thunder.
Blossom re-enters her home and takes a few steps to her mirror in the bathroom. She tried to splash some water on her face but when she wipes her face and looks at herself again, she sees herself. Five years younger, with her little body, pink dress and red bow. She feels her face and closes her eyes tight. After a few seconds she opens them again with a glare and wipes the lipstick off her mouth.
(The time has come. You have dedicated your life in being a crime fighter and protector of the innocent when you were born. Now it's time to re-awaken of what you have been doing since. Finish what you have started. Embrace that feeling, Blossom. It's the feeling you have hold so dear.)
Blossom tries hard to open herself again.
(The feeling of love. Everyone's love. Embrace it, Blossom. Embrace it...)
Blossom clutches her hand tight.
(Open up like the Blossom you are.)
Blossom opens her eyes again and sees her younger self speak again.
"Now FIGHT."
Blossom then pushes her fist forward and smashes the mirror to pieces as thunder strikes. After that, she takes breaths to let out her stress and anger and then looks up to the mirror she shattered and sees herself for who she is.
Blossom then enters her room and sees the wall that views many of her acomplishments back in the days. She walks up to the wall.
(Never again, I will let this town burn.)
Blossom looks at her little costume, complete with the pink dress, red bow, white socks and black shoes.
(Too little for me. But I need something better. And when I do, I will never again leave my duties.)
She glimpses the night sky of the city skyline and her mouth quivers with her glare of anger.
(Never again...)
Scene goes dark with a flash of thunder and a whisper is heard.
"Powerpuff."
End of the first chapter.
Hope that was something. I took some memorable moments from the DKR book like the news segments and the conversations. We'll see some action in the next chapter where Blossom will go out onto the streets as the savior she and her sisters were meant to be.
References in this fan fic are from "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" and belong to Frank Miller and DC Comics.
The idea of this story also came from that episode from the Powerpuff Girls, "City of Clipsville" where at one point the girls remember that they travelled through time and they were teenagers and fell in love with the Rowdyruff Boys.
And I know the villains in the show aren't insane but I thought this could be a touch for the story.
Hoped you enjoyed it!