Wowie!
I didn't think I would be updating this so soon. But after a couple of days of posting the first chapter, I had this sudden burst of inspiration. So I wrote down the main ideas I wanted and then began to write. I also started to think about ideas for the 'Chapter 3'... if I end up posting it soon is because of the SUDDEN INSPIRATION, THIS USUALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN. Maybe it's because I haven't started college yet...
So... that, hehe. I hope you guys enjoy this one.
Oh, and to 'Black Cat Angel', thank you for the small review. I still can't believe someone found my silly crossover fic and finds it interesting. I hope you like this chapter :')
Neither "TMNT" nor "Powerpuff Girls" belong to me
[CHAPTER II]
Megan woke up feeling tired. After the incidents of last night, chasing Mojo Jojo in New York only to find the monkey had tricked them and escaped. She still wasn't sure what he was planning this time, was he really making better plans? Thinking carefully about the situation so he could be one step ahead of them?
When they returned to the laboratory it was 2 am, the Professor could clearly see how tired they were so he took the Metal Alayna had in her hands and told them that for tomorrow in the afternoon he would have answers. And with that said the Powerpuff Girls returned to their respective homes to sleep... or at least sleep as much as they could, they had their graduation from High School that day.
As the redhead slowly got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower, she couldn't help but remember. From that moment, her normal life stopped and began to have a double life, like a comic book.
Megan Alvey never expected her life to make such a turn. She liked her normal life: her parents are lovable, fights with her little sister but both still love each other very much, enjoys eating sweets and can be quite geeky at times. Most people think she's dumb because she gets distracted easily in some of her classes and there was a moment during her adolescence when she would get a crush on almost every attractive guy she sees. But in reality, Megan is actually very smart, just prefers not to show off in school except in History and Science which are the subjects she excels at.
It was at the age of twelve when everything changed. Megan was returning home from school while enjoying an ice cream cone (it happened in the middle of Spring) when she suddenly spotted a white ray falling from the sky and towards to a little girl. She wasn't sure of what would happen but nevertheless, moved quickly, dropping her ice cream, to protect the young one. The light struck her and turned her into a superhero, with the pink uniform and a yo-yo as a weapon, of course not counting her other abilities like flying, ice powers and such. Megan, confused, was picked up by a man in a van who soon introduced himself as Professor Utonium, who apologized for the incident but also explained to her what happened. In an hour and a half, Megan wasn't alone anymore, two other girls of her age were in the same scenario. Protecting children, having superpowers, a lot of confusion.
It was a lot to digest. The Professor accidentally created the Chemical X when experimenting to create new ways to help hospitals, and in an explosion, the man created not only forces of good, but also a lot of forces of evil. Soon the villains would be known around the city for causing chaos, Mojo Jojo, Princess Morbucks, HIM, The Gangreen Gang, Fuzzy, the Rowdyruff Boys, the list goes on... The three became the Powerpuff Girls, protectors of Townsville from all evil. That day, Megan met who would become her best friends, and coincidentally went to the same school as her.
Alayna Gosselin is the daughter of two very famous French fashion designers who are constantly away from home, so she lives with her grandmother and, her sweet and gentle nature made her one of the most popular kids at school (especially with the boys). Kaoru Matsubara came from a family of mostly men, who moved from Japan to the United States thanks to her father's job; she grew up surrounded by testosterone and sports, with a father who is a fighter, a loving mother, and two brothers; she's not very girly and even despised the fact that the superpowers came with a mini skirt for a uniform.
Megan chuckled while turning off the water. She could still remember the first time she saw Kaoru angry and giving an uncomfortable look at the miniskirts. By now she got used to it, but on her daily life, you'll never catch the best female football player of the school in a dress or a skirt.
After taking the bath and dressing up, the redhead went down to have breakfast while also texting Alayna about going during the morning to see the Professor. They only hoped Kaoru was awake and not fast asleep.
Between 10 and 11 am, the Powerpuff Girls and the Professor gathered together in the lab. Some more awake than others, since Kaoru as soon as she arrived went to make herself a cup of coffee to keep herself awake.
"Do you have any idea what Mojo might be planning, Professor?" Megan asked the man who was typing non-stop on the keyboard, in front of him there was a giant screen which displayed various analysis of the metal.
"I can only theorize about it." He began, his own cup of coffee just a few centimetres away from him. "But what you girls brought me last night was Tulio. A very important metal to make X Rays and lasers, but it can be also used as a source of energy thanks to one of its isotopes."
"So..." Kaoru talked while drinking coffee. "Mojo is making yet another big laser. That's easy to take care off."
"Or not. Maybe he needs energy for something." Aly added, looking worried at the rest. "He managed to escape from us last night, what if he will look for more of this metal?"
"That's something I thought about as well Alayna." The professor turned to his machine and began to type once again. "It's very possible that he might return to New York if he needs more Tulio, the building where he found it last night holds lots of amounts which are usually saved to improve the X-Ray technology around the area."
"What should we do?"
"Beats me." Kaoru sighed while crossing her arms. "It's not like we can chase him every day and night across two cities, we'll get tired and might not defeat him. Which sucks."
"You're right. Not to mention that there's a chance that he might be working with other villains as well. Like Princess, of the Ruffs..."
Meg was meditating about what to do. Mojo Jojo can be difficult to handle if his plans do actually work at first, especially when he joins forces with any of the other villains. Between them, the villains of Townsville may not like each other very much but they shared one common enemy, the Powerpuff Girls. And while the number of attacks and crime percentage has decreased in comparison to previous years the girls never let their guards down.
And Mojo is no stupid monkey, his big brain isn't just there as an accessory. Countless of times he has proven to be very smart and that he doesn't require help to put on a fight against the girls. But that hasn't stopped him before of joining forces a few times in the past, not to mention he's technically the father of the Rowdyruff Boys.
What was the right answer? Megan wondered long and hard. Until she finally came up with an... an idea, at least.
"Maybe..." She began, turning to her friends. "Maybe we should go to New York. Go and stay. Rent an apartment for all of us so we're closer to the enemy."
"Right after graduation?" Kaoru had her eyebrows raised. "What do we tell our families?"
"We're finishing High School, I'm sure they won't mind if we take time to ourselves before starting college."
"Yeah, that's what you would say." The green-eyed sighed, finishing her coffee. "You may have your future already planned out Meg but I haven't. I'm still not sure what I will do if I wanna go to college or not..."
"Or—" Aly joined the conversation. "We could say that we want to celebrate our graduation together by going on vacation together."
"Your grandma won't mind?"
"I would have to talk about it with her but, I think she wouldn't say no to the idea."
"Still..."
"Meg's plan is not a bad one Kaoru." Utonium joined their discussion as well. "Being closer to the possible near danger will work in favour to you girls. And we can always keep contact in case something happens here in Townsville."
The three girls nodded in silence. Their logic made sense, they were all aware of it. The only problem was what to tell to their families to make it work.
"Alright." Megan took a step forward to her friends. "We'll try. Let's talk about the idea with our families and see what they think. If even one says no, we'll think of another way. Sounds good?"
Her only answer was a nod from Alayna and a thumbs up from Kaoru. But it was decided. The girls had a plan, now it was a matter of time (just a couple of hours) to see if they can scrap the possibility of a plan B.
"Wait." The blue Powerpuff stop her friends when they were about to leave the lab. "What about last night?"
"What do you mean?" Megan asked.
"What… we saw. Did we really imagine it, or was it real?"
Nobody needed an explanation to know what she was talking about. Last night, after giving the professor the metal, they also told him that they saw something strange. First the noise, then four pair of eyes staring at them, but since it was so dark they couldn't see who or what was looking at the girls. But they all felt the same, whatever was hiding in the shadows wasn't normal.
"Well…" Utonium called their attention. "After finishing my research about the Tulio I did some investigation apart. To see if New York City had any register of strange activities."
"And?" Kaoru asked, wanting to get to the point.
"In the past couple of years, the city was attacked twice. First by the Foot Clan, a famous terrorist group who are also ninjas, and then aliens. I couldn't find much information about the latter, nor who stopped both instances."
"So, the short version is that there're vigilantes in New York. Just great." She rolled her eyes.
"What should we do if we come across those… vigilantes?" Aly asked hesitantly, unsure of what the answer could be.
Megan meditated for a moment - that was a good question. If there're really vigilantes in NYC and were those who they saw last night, it might change what will happen in the future. Sure, the professor said were vigilantes, but were they good? Did they fight for what is right and had a sense of justice?
"Time will tell." The redhead began to talk. "Nothing assures us that we will ever encounter those vigilantes. But if it happens… we'll be cautious."
"They could be friendly." Aly tried to be optimistic.
"Or not…" Kaoru, on the other hand, didn't trust some random vigilantes.
"Exactly. We don't know." Meg looked back and forth between her friends. "If we don't run into then, nothing changes. If we do… we'll see if they're friend or foe."
The graduation ceremony took place during the afternoon and it lasted at least two hours. It was a big group of students who were finishing their last year of High School studies. All the teachers were there, and the students were wearing semi-formal attires plus a blue gabardine with the hat.
Megan, Alayna and Kaoru were sitting a few rows away from each other but still very happy about the whole moment. The director was congratulating first the students with the highest grades, to which Megan was the last being called from the TOP 10 (and she barely got in, to be honest); then later there were honorary medals for the sports team and one extra to Kaoru, for being a stand out for the last three years and winning lots of trophies on her own and in teams for the school (and yes, Kaoru was wearing jeans and boots to be 'a little formal').
Alayna was elected from her class to make a farewell speech and read it that day. Her speech was simple but had a lot of heart in a way that only Alayna Gosselin can convey. She wondered if that's why she was chosen to deliver the speech because most people in her class are friendly to her and Aly would never display negative feeling unless the other person is being mean to her or her friends (which only happens when Princess Morbucks gets too annoying). And even then, she always tries to approach conflict with peace and logic.
Once she finished everyone clapped and gave her a standing ovation, which made Aly felt shy out of the sudden while going back to her seat. Megan and Kaoru only smiled at her while clapping like the rest, but also winking and giving her a thumbs up. Just a few more words from the principal and then all the graduated students were throwing their hats up in the air, cheering, screaming and laughing at their success. Their families were all clapping alongside the teachers. And the students were hugging each other, ending a chapter in their lives to start a new one.
Megan, Alayna and Kaoru were hugging each tightly, with their respective families near them and cheering as well.
An hour later the three families went to celebrate together to a very nice restaurant to commemorate the occasion. The friends were sitting next to one another, enjoying the meal while their families were having like three different conversations at the same time.
"The torture that is High School is finally over!" Kaoru cheered while drinking a cup of wine.
"Oh, come on Kao." Alayna giggled, with her own cup of wine. "It wasn't that bad. You were the most athletic female in out grade, and you got two honorary medals for that."
"Yeah… I guess not everything sucked." Said medals were still hanging from her neck. "But there's one thing I'll definitely won't miss."
"What is it?"
"Seeing Princess Morbucks five days a week for most of the year. If I ever cross paths with that spoiled brat it'll be when we're fighting, and me punching her face."
"Well." Meg joined the conversation. "It's true that I won't miss her."
"But now we can look forward to the future. There are many things we can do now." The blonde smiled. "I can't wait to enrol myself in fashion design courses. This is the start of my journey to be like my parents."
As she spoke, Aly turned to the 'parent side' of the big table where she could see both her mother and father, as well as her grandmother, smiling and enjoying the moment with the parents of her friends. She was so happy when her grandma told her they would be able to come to her graduation, it made the event even more memorable for her. With how little they see each other, this meant a lot to her.
"Have you decided what you want to do?" She asked her friends.
"I've been thinking about what to study and to be honest I haven't decided yet. There're so many opportunities. I mean, there're mayors in science, astronomy, chemistry, medicine." Seeing Meg talk about the subjects she always enjoyed the most made Aly and Kaoru smile. "I've talked about it with my parents and, I think I'll need some months to decide. So, after the break, I'll start helping around the bakery."
"Sounds neat." The raven-haired girl nodded, sipping on her wine.
"What about you?"
"Me? I…" She looked away in direction to her family. Of the three, hers was the loudest on the table, with her mother and father talking lively with her friend's parents, and her brothers being playful with Meg's young sister Karen. "I'm… not sure yet. Don't know what I want to do with my life if to study something or get a job right away." Sighing, Kaoru turned to her friends. "What about what we talked this morning? My parents don't mind the 'vacations with friends away from home' history."
"Really? That's great." Aly's smile grew. "My grandmother agrees too!"
"Then it's settled then." Megan smiled as well. "My parents also agreed. They even told me that a cousin is not using his apartment at the moment and that he can let us use it. There's enough space for the three of us. The only thing we'll have to worry about is the food and that stuff."
"We can try and have part-time jobs. Since we don't have to pay for rent it's one thing less to worry about to spend money in. It'll be just the basics."
"Exactly. Isn't it great?"
"Better tell the Professor about it." Kaoru added. "We have to keep contact with him in case something big happens."
"Good idea." Meg agreed. "If Townsville is attacked while we're gone we have to be quick and fly back here quickly." She whispered so nobody else would hear, but there was a hint of sadness in her voice.
It hurts the girls, to lie to their families about the secret identities. At first, when everything began, they refused to let anyone know for the risk of putting that person in danger. But it's been years since then and the lie is still there. No one, not even their families, knows about the superpowers, all the adventures, anything they've done over the years for the city. That it was them and no one else.
The girls wished they could stop the lies, be honest about everything and not keep anything from their loved ones, but the life of a superhero is difficult. And thus, only the professor, the mayor and his assistant (Miss Bellum) know everything.
"A-Anyway." The redhead ended the awkward silence. She knew they all thought the same a few moments ago. 'How horrible it is to lie to your loved ones', she thought. "My dad said we can leave to New York any day we want, he can take us."
"Makes things easier for us. Awesome." At this point, Kaoru had finished her glass of wine.
"I can't wait to go to New York." Aly exclaimed.
Three days later, Meg, Aly and Kaoru were sitting together on the back of a van, with Megan's father driving it. Their adventure to New York City had just begun and the Powerpuff Girls were both excited and unsure about the future. Sure, they had fought Mojo Jojo countless of times before, but what if he succeeds this time? What if, whatever he's planning, works?
The girls held hands as the vehicle made its way out of Townsville, taking the route to NYC. They had said goodbye not only to their families but also to the Professor Utonium as well (that happened early in the morning, before they started to put their luggage inside the van). This could be their biggest threat, or not. Time will tell. And that includes the burning question on their minds, will they cross paths with the mysterious vigilantes?
So... what do you think?
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