Chapter 2

Brick comes home to the place where he and blossom planned to spend the rest of their lives. It was a nice family home just blocks away from pokey oaks kindergarten. The beautiful home had everything; it was painted white with a red roof and a white picket fence. There was a front lawn and a huge backyard with a Jacuzzi and a large barbeque station for cookouts or picnics. Brick never thought he could live like this, but being with blossom made it enjoyable. Brick walks into the house and sees his wife is nowhere in sight. He goes over to the stairs and up to their master bedroom. The second he opens the door, a large paperweight comes flying at his head. Brick ducks and sighs looking inside the bedroom "hello buttercup".

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Buttercup fumes "blossom's been waiting for you all night".

Brick glares at her as he enters the room "you really need to work on those sudden fits of rage woman".

All 3 powerpuff girls and one baby occupied their bedroom, blossom frowns at him "she's right though I called you hours ago".

Bricks eyes soften on blossoms worried face "sorry I got caught up and lost track of time".

Bubbles jumps up and gives him an excited hug "hey bricky".

Brick fights the urge to cringe, he hated the squeaky perky way her voice sounded when she was happy "hi bubbles" he says dryly as he moves away from her and goes towards blossom. He sits next to her on the bed and smiles at her, she in turn smiles back.

Buttercup rolls her eyes "you are far too nice to him". She then sees baby Megan crawl up to brick and makes herself comfortable on his lap "you too, little brat, besides you really need to get your ass in gear".

Brick picks up Megan and smiles at her as she coos and giggles "your mommy's busting my balls today is she? Yes she is….yes she is…" Megan giggles even more and brick hugs her.

Bubbles hops in the spot next to brick and loops her arm around his "so daddy you happy about the new life you're bringing into this world?"

Brick gives bubbles a grin "you kidding? I'll have the chance to unleash my demon seed on an unsuspecting world. Why wouldn't I be happy?" Bubbles and blossom chuckle and buttercup sighs and picks up baby Megan from brick.

Buttercup goes over to the nearby car seat resting on the floor and buckles Megan in "anyway, your wife has something to tell you. Come on bubbles lets clear out".

Bubbles gets up and follows buttercup out the door "bye guys, see you tomorrow blossom".

Blossom nods "thanks for today girls".

Blossom and brick are finally alone; brick bends down and kisses her tummy "I should get to work on a nursery for the baby".

Blossom smiles a bit "yeah but there's a catch".

Brick nods "oh yes, you mentioned that over the phone, what is it?"

"Well I paid a visit to the professor today" blossom says "he not only told me I was pregnant, he also found traces of…..um" she hesitates on telling him the next part.

Brick gets even more nervous "traces of what?"

"Antidote x in my system" blossom finally says "there's a chance that our child could be born without powers".

Brick looks at her for a moment "blossom, it's because of what I did to you is it?"

Blossom really didn't want him to feel guilty or anything about the time he tried to get rid of her and her sisters. It was the massive amounts of antidote x he injected in her that was the cause of this problem they are facing now "brick don't be hard on yourself".

"I'm sorry" brick says "I did this to our child".

"Brick" blossom tries to reassure him "we don't know for sure what will happen, we just have to wait and see". The two sit there in silence pondering their child's future.

[The next morning]

Bubbles rings her hands nervously as she sits on boomer's living room couch, today was the day she would finally get to meet boomers mother, Elizabeth. At this moment all sorts of thoughts ran through her head, what if she doesn't like me? What if I don't like her? What if she has some kind of Barbadian accent and I can't understand her? What if I embarrass myself trying to mimic her accent? Her thoughts are interrupted when she hears a knock on boomer's door and instantly fixes her clothes. She mentally and emotionally tried to prepare herself for Elizabeth's arrival which is why she didn't go with boomer to pick his mother up at the airport. She had on a baby blue dress with a black thick belt around the waist. The outfit reminded her of the dress she use to wear when she was 5, that's why she was so fond of it.

She opens the front door to see a very bashful boomer standing there with a couple of suitcases in his arms "sorry I forgot my house keys at home".

"It's ok, ummm… here let me help you with those", Bubbles grabs a couple and goes to his room. Maybe she wasn't ready to see Elizabeth after all.

Elizabeth walks in smiling "wow, it's been a while since I was last here".

Boomer helps her with her jacket "well mi casa es su casa".

Elizabeth turns to him as he hangs up her jacket "ok where is she?"

Boomer smiles "she's putting away some of the bags".

"By herself?" Elizabeth's eyes widened "I thought I raised you to be a gentleman. Those bags are entirely too heavy for her to lift on her own".

"Trust me mom" boomer says "that won't be an issue with her".

Bubbles comes walking out and stops in her tracks looking straight at Elizabeth. Elizabeth looks straight back, Bubbles suddenly smiles "hi, y…you must be boomers mom. I'm bubbles", she extends her hand in greeting.

Elizabeth gasps and ignores the hand, going straight for a hug "OH MY GOD…..boomer, my grandchildren are going to be beautiful".

Bubbles turns pale "g….grandchildren?"

Boomer laughs "mom please don't freak out my girlfriend".

Elizabeth holds bubbles possessively "well I can't help it, she looks like a Barbie doll, my grandkids will be adorable".

Boomer chuckles "look at her she's frozen in fear".

Bubbles tries her best to recover as Elizabeth lets her go "no I'm not, I'm ok really, and it's a pleasure meeting you Mrs. Del Tora".

"Oh please" Elizabeth grins at her "young lady while you're in my presence you will refer to me as momma". She picks up her hand bag and goes toward the guest room "now just let me put my stuff away kiddies and we'll be on our way", she goes off to the room and closes the door.

Boomer looks over at bubbles concerned "you ok? My mom gets a little over excited sometimes".

"No...No it's fine" bubbles says trying to stay chipper "she's very nice and I'm glad she likes me".

Boomer smiles and holds her hand "I'm glad she likes you too".

Bubbles blushes but gave him a nervous smiles, she is then roused from her thoughts when Elizabeth comes back to them smiling excitedly "well then shall we?" the 2 blonds nod and all 3 walk out the door.

[1 hour later]

Bubbles, Elizabeth and boomer are sitting at a very lavishly decorated table in a 4 star restaurant. They were all laughing at the stories from boomers childhood while eating. Bubbles found out a lot about Elizabeth, first off she was from Barbados, yet she was half Guyanese. She and her parents moved to the states when she was 8 years old. Second she worked as a registered nurse at the age of 22 and by the time she hit her 30's she had become a social worker making sure that children weren't being abused by adoptive parents, third of all she knew boomer was a rowdyruff boy all along.

Boomer looks at her shocked "I never asked you how you knew who I was".

"Well" Elizabeth says "I do read the paper honey, you're not as well known around the world as the powerpuff girls are but anyone who pays attention to the papers and news should at least get an idea of who you and your brothers are. Besides, a 5 year old blond boy falls from the sky just days from the final defeat of Mojo Jojo, it wasn't that hard to put 2 and 2 together".

Boomer gaps at her "so…why did you take me in?"

Elizabeth smiles "I always felt that children are not evil or bad, they just have bad upbringing, I wanted to see what type of person you could grow up to be with a little love and nurturing. You turned out to be 10 times better then I ever imagined you could be". She pulls him in and kisses his cheek and boomer hugs back "my only regret is that I didn't get to meet you sooner, I would've had enough room for you and your brothers".

Bubbles eyes welled up with tears; this was the most heart warming scene she had ever witnessed in a long time "I think that would have been too much trouble for you".

"Nonsense" Elizabeth takes a sip of her wine "children just need attention, order and guidance…. And a good ass whooping doesn't hurt either".

Both blondes nearly choke on the drinks mid laughter bubbles chuckles "I don't think I could do that to my future kids".

"Well we're not talking about abuse", Elizabeth says "we are talking about firm discipline with a steady hand" she looks over at boomer "sometimes upside the head, we've had those moments".

Boomer chuckles "don't remind me", he then gets up and excuses himself "I'll be back ladies".

As boomer leaves to go to the men's room, bubbles follows his retreating figure with her eyes wishing he hadn't left her alone with his mother. Bubbles looks over at Elizabeth who smiles at her pleasantly "soooooo, you're retired right now right?"

Elizabeth nods and smiles at her "yes I am". She analyzes bubbles for a moment before speaking "you know you can relax with me? I don't bite".

Bubbles chuckles "sorry, I've just been a little nervous, I was worried that you wouldn't like me".

Elizabeth smiles and holds her hand comfortingly "don't worry so much, I'm having a wonderful time and you're a very nice person, you're perfect for boomer. I know you will take good care of him". They were silent for a while quietly enjoying each others company when Elizabeth breaks the silence "sooooo, how many kids do you plan on having in the future?"

"Uh, um well I…" bubbles stutters nervously.

Elizabeth laughs "I'm kidding relax". Bubbles chuckles a little also.

Suddenly the lights dim down in the restaurant and a spotlight appears in the center of the room, Boomer walks into the spotlight holding a microphone and smiling at the crowd "excuse me everyone sorry for disturbing your evening, but I would like to dedicate this small song to my girlfriend, it's incredibly corny but it's one of her old favorites".

Bubbles looks over at Elizabeth "what's going on?"

"Shhh just watch" Elizabeth says.

Boomer takes a deep breath before singing

"L" Is for the way you look at meeeeee

"O" Is for the only one I seeee

"V" Is very very extraordinary and

"E" Is even more then anyone then you adore and love is all that I can give to you.

Love is more then just a, catchy tune

Oh if love can't make it, take my heart but please don't break it.

Love was made for me and youuuu.

Everyone in the Restaurant laughs and claps their hands, Bubbles chuckles hysterically "he's right that was corny".

Boomer walks through the crowded restaurant and the lights go back on, he smiles and blushes giving her a kiss "I'm glad you enjoyed that a lot more then I did".

Bubbles wraps her arms around him and kisses him back "thank you, that was so sweet".

Boomer smiles then separates from her "I have another surprise for you". He bends down on one knee and pulls something out of his pocket. He holds the black ring box in his hand "I've had the opportunity to experience things in life that I normally never would have had I not met my mom, but now all I want to experience is a long full life with you. Will you marry me?"

Bubbles looks at him for a while, the shock of this whole thing had made her frozen on the spot. She then gets down on her knees and kisses him passionately on the lips, when she separates from him she looks into his eyes lovingly "yes". Boomer stands up lifting her and hugging her close as everyone else around them claps congratulating them.

Elizabeth gets up and hugs them also "I'm so happy for you two".

Boomer wraps arms around her and hugs them both, he then puts the ring on Bubbles finger "thanks mom".

Bubbles gazes at her new ring and smiles even more "oh my god, you've made me the happiest girl in the universe". They embrace again as everyone around them applauds their happiness.

[Meanwhile]

Butch was cranky the entire day; the shield boomer put around him didn't wear off until 5 am this morning. He took a nap in his office at work so he felt a little better but still messed up. Now he needed to get to buttercups apartment and he was late. He gets in his car and drives off, after a while of driving he notices something in the distance. Miles ahead of him was a person, he couldn't tell whether they were male or female, he swerves his car to the side and keeps driving. Suddenly the figure fly's up to his car and jumps on the hood pressing its grotesque face against the windshield. It screams like a banshee and butch screams also losing control of his car. His car screeches to a halt in the middle of the street stopping traffic. Butch dashes out of his car only to see that the figure was gone, he stands in the middle of traffic confused and freaked out by what just happened.

[30 minutes later]

Butch knocks on Buttercups door; the raven haired woman opens it and glares at him "you're late".

"Yeah no shit" Butch pushes pass her and heads for Megan, who is resting in her car seat in the living room. She coos in delight at seeing him, he sighs in relief and grins at her "good she's ok".

Buttercup notices his worried state "you alright? You like shit".

Butch walks up to her and hugs her "yeah, I'm cool for now, but I don't know for how long".

Buttercup quirks an eyebrow t him "what happened?"

"You're going to think I'm crazy" butch says picking up Megan and holding her to him protectively.

"I already think you're crazy" Buttercup says "I don't think you can get any crazier".

Butch takes a breath and says it "I think I was attacked by a ghost".

"Wow" Buttercup says "that is crazy".

"Told you" Butch picks up the car seat with his other hand and goes over to the kitchen "it jumped on my car and mentally fucked me over. I was so freaked out that I flew over here".

"A ghost huh?" Buttercup grabs her handbag and heads to the door "that's weird but not a good excuse as to why you were 2 hours late" She goes over to the door "but if you see it again let me know, I'll contact ghost busters".

"Fuck you buttercup" butch glares at her "I know what I saw, I'm not that crazy".

"Whatever" Buttercup then gets serious "maybe I should stay the night".

Butch glares at her "go….. She'll be fine, trust me for once".

Buttercup actually felt bad for a moment there "um…ok I'll see you tomorrow".

"Don't bother" butch says cradling Megan in his arms "I'm spending the day with her tomorrow". He doesn't even look at her as he puts the baby car seat on the kitchen counter, then goes about preparing a bottle for her "later chick".

Buttercup looks at him a bit saddened that she upset him, but as usual she wasn't going to admit it "later", was all she said as she left.

Butch fills a pot with water and heats it up to make formula. Once buttercup taught him how to make a baby bottle, he pretty much knew how from then on. He sighs and looks at Megan "you believe me, do you Megan". Megan gives him a look that pretty much says "shut up and give me my bottle".

Butch scowls, able to read the expression on her face "you've been hanging around buttercup for too long". He goes back to making her bottle, his queen was hungry.