The hall was much smaller than the one they had come from, there was strange crystals glowing around on the walls, Ace spat out his toothpick and wiped his glasses once more to make sure they were clean, he sighed and said," How long is it going to take to get out of this place, and where is the next room?" Buttercup growled and said," Ace just suck it up you weak ass!"
Blossom shouts," Buttercup watch you language, do I have to tell the professor again?" Buttercup sighed and stayed quiet, Blossom said," Ace It shouldn't take much longer but I really don't know, just wait it out." Ace nodded and placed another tooth pick in his mouth. Snake turned and said," Ssso bubblesss how is everything with your sssisssterss, I heard Buttercup got in trouble for sssaying foul language?"
Bubbles smiled and said," Nah it is fine, I just wish they wouldn't fight so much, what about you Snake, do you have any trouble lately?" Ace smirked and said," Whatsss me no everything isss fine, me and Accce found some good work for our group, we ssstarted lassst week." Blossom shouted back," Hey Bubbles I need to talk to you really quickly, come here?"
Bubbles waved, Snake whispered," Sssee you later then." Bubbles walked up to Blossom and asked," Yes Blossom what is it?" Blossom asks," What was that all about, how do you know Snake?" Bubbles blushed a bit and said," Oh that is nothing, we just met one day on the street and decided to talk, we became friends after that and talk to each other whenever we can."
Blossom smiles and says," well at least your talking to a nice member and hanging out with a nicer person, Buttercup is always with the wrong crowd, do you think you can try and help her when we get out?" Bubbles shrugged and said," I'll try and help but Buttercup is different and won't react quit as well to my way."
Blossom nodded in understanding and walked away, Ace rolled his head back and popped his neck growling he said," alright this is really starting to annoy me, Blossom please tell me you see something other than this cave ahead?" Blossoms responds," There is a light ahead." Ace shouts," Oh come one damn what is with this…. Wait you said there is a light, finally the exit!"
The party rushed out into the blazing light ahead, inside of it there was a strange metal device in the middle, below it were strange doors sealed shut. Blossom walked slowly out as did the others, stepping in front of the metal contraption she placed her hands on it, it seemed to glow at the touch, pulling back she said," Big Billy would you try and pull this up."
Big Billy walked past her and grabbed it with both of his hands, pulling with all his might the contraption began to lift, suddenly the metal door which had been shut tight began to reel open, Blossom shouts," Wait Billy!" Billy seemed to not hear her and pulled the last of it up, reviling a similar stone to the one they got except it was strangely cut.
Ace snatched up the rock and said," well that was easy." The door behind them suddenly slammed shut, the doors below were filled with water and it seemed to splash up, Buttercup shouts," Is the water rising!" Blossom shakes her head and says," No it is much worse Buttercup it's not raising." Suddenly a large tentacle shot out of one of the holes, three more followed out of the others, rolling Blossom dodged the first strike and shouted," run and avoid it's attack, I need to find a weakness." Doing as she said they began to dodge the creatures attacks, Big Billy was thrown to the side from a powerful hit to his stomach, Buttercup was launched back and hit Bubbles, rolling quickly they dodged the crushing blow heading towards them.
Leaping towards it they both slammed the large tentacle aside and crashed it to the ground, swiping quickly it knocked them away, ace and snake both launched their own attack and did nothing to the creature, scratching her head Blossom looked around, shaking her head she shouts," Big Billy, Buttercup, use your combined strengths against the middle object, the sound might harm the creature!"
Doing as asked Buttercup hopped up with Billy and they both crashed down on the middle mechanism, a very large and loud shockwave burst through the air as they sent a large crack all the way to the top and the floor began to crumble, a door on the far side came down as well, shouting Ace said," there look another way out!"
The ceiling crashed down on them as they avoided the debris, rocks crashed through the floors were the creature below roared in anger, leaping over his fallen tentacles they managed to get into the door, water began to fill the room from the destroyed roof, pulling up the knocked down door Billy and Buttercup slammed it back into place to block the entrance.
Blossom smiled and said," nice going guys thanks for the help." Ace nodded his head and said," So is this the way out?" Blossom said," Only one way to find out, no turning back now let's get going." It took over thirty minutes for them to finally reach the way out and they were relieved to find land, Ace smiled as he laid down, he said," finally sweet land, never thought I would miss it so much."
Suddenly red smoke appeared and Ace instantly jumped up to regroup, the others well aware of the danger present, Him walked out of the smoke as it began to clear, he said with anger all through his voice," Well it seems you managed to get two…. Well that is alright we still have time for fun." Buttercup says with a laugh," Please Him your nothing but an old and ragged enemy, you're not even good enough to defeat three girls, why don't you give up and just let us out, we will just beat you again later if you really want."
Him's eyes opened fully, his left eye however twitching, he said," You think you've won you insolent little girl" Hatred flooded from his mouth, laughing dementedly he said," Oh that is it I have toyed with you long enough, it's time for the final round enjoy the fun…." He vanished quickly in smoke as his claws snapped, suddenly everything around them, the desert, bay and beach disappeared.
Lava erupted around them as the land became scorched and lifeless, streams of magma flowed from the kingdom in front of them, Blossom said," Whe-where are we?" The others seemed as surprised as her by the sudden canary change, Him's laugh echoed around them as they entered the kingdom, the door behind them slammed tightly shut.
Him's voice appeared again, he said," Now for the final trial, there is one last stone crystal you need to open the gate, which of you will find it and which of you will be able to live through this place, have fun…." His voice dragged out much longer than usual at the end, suddenly holes appeared below each of them and they were all separated from each other.
Blossom landed hard on her backside as she finally arrived wherever Him placed her, looking forward she could see only one long corridor, sighing an rolling her eyes she walked through it, there were strange statue's around her, each an exact replica of Him, fire erupted from their eyes and lit the long hallway.
Blossom finally reached a large and abandoned room that only had a strange pedestal in it, she angrily stomped over and was surprised to see the stone piece there, not snatching it she quickly looked around to try and figure out exactly what was going to happen when she did, breathing slowly she reached and snatched it up, there was a sudden grinding noise and she prepared to fight.
What infuriated her the most was that it seemed to be the passage way out, she walked out of the door and found a set of stairs, as she went up she could hear strange noises around her, each in a different language but one in English she could clearly make out before it left," What am I doing here and what the hell do you want demonic scumbag!"
The voice quickly faded but she could tell it was her sister, rushing up the stairs she burst through the door at the top, she was surprised to see a strange door with symbols all across it, along it were three missing pieces in the middle, she rushed over and said," Oh no I need all three of these crystals." "Well then I guess you're glad we made it huh?" Ace smiled as he flicked one piece in his hands, Snake held the other, Big Billy rushed out of one door followed by Bubbles and Little Arturo.
Blossom said," wait how did you all get here?" Ace grumbled and said," It was a total bummer, there was nothing, absolutely nothing anywhere when I entered this strange room, after entering another door I quickly sprinted up the stairs and found you here." Bubbles says," Hey that happened to me too." Big Billy nods as well.
Blossom drops the rock as it clattered to the floor she says," Oh no, where is Buttercup?" The others glance around, Blossom picks the rock up again and looks around as well, she shouts," Buttercup where are you!" Suddenly a loud and agonizing scream burst through the halls, five minutes later Buttercup came rushing out, Blossom hugs her and asks," what happened Buttercup, where were you?"
She have no response but instead held her throat, Blossom asks," What happened?" She points her head in the direction she came, pointing to the door she pointed to the rocks and moved her hand fast to tell her to move quickly, doing as she instructed Ace placed the rock in its spot, Snake placed his and it followed with Blossoms', the rocks shimmered and brightened, now that they were together they spelled out HIM.
The doors slowly started to open; they each smiled towards each other, Blossom said," finally we get to go back to the real world." "You will all suffer, especially you Buttercup err…. This isn't over by a long shot you bitch…." Him slowly crawled out of the hallway, his lower half was completely destroyed as well as his right hand was melting away, he was slowly pulling himself as the world around him began to fade, his form slowly fading as well, as the party jumped into the portal.
Ace was lying on the ground near where the girls were as well, as he began to stand the others slowly arose as well, rubbing his head he said," Man going back was much harder than going out, my head hurts like hell." Blossom said," Well everyone seems ok, is everyone alright?" She heard murmurs turning she asked," Buttercup are you all right?"
Buttercup was still speechless only rubbing her throat again, Blossom asks," What did Him do to you?" Ace snarled," Why don't you ask him yourself?" A figure groaned in pain on the ground, blackish blood was pouring on the ground where his legs were missing and his right claw bubbling away leaving the claw behind.
Snatching Him up by his shirt Blossom shouts," What did you do to her Him?!" Him smirked weakly and said," I slit into her throat and used my powers to stop her voice from working, I sealed the hole up as you can see, I err… am quite proud of my work young Blossom err…" Him coughed out blood which hit Blossom's front, she shook the feeling of disgust off and simply tossed him to the ground.
Blossom rushed over and quickly snatched up her sister, helping her to their home she was hoping the professor would know what to do.
The Present…
Shaking the thought away they approached the fiend responsible for destroying the town hall, Mojo smiled and said," Well girls it seems you have finally arrived, came and have landed in the desired spot in which I, Mojo Jojo am waiting for you." Bubbles smiled and said," Why don't you just give up Mojo, you know you can't win and I really don't want to hurt you."
Mojo chuckled and said," Please me, Mojo Jojo I would never degrade myself as to give up to such a creature such as you three girls it is absurd, crazy, and downright ludicrous." Blossom was shocked that Mojo would not back down, usually Bubbles little sweet persuasion would cause him to back down, she thought," something doesn't add up here what is going on?"
Mojo pulled out a strange weapon, firing it once he managed to hit Buttercup who became angered very fast, surprised by her speed Mojo was sent hurdling back. Firing rapidly he tried to take them all down as fast as he could, Buttercup dodged his attacks and struck him in the face, nailing bubbles with a hit blossom quickly swooped in an kicked him in the jaw spiraling him into buttercup who socked his stomach and kicked him, Bubbles floated back up and simply slammed him to the ground.
Mojo was spinning still as he moved to get up, his voice was much more pained them would have been thought, there were large scars across his back that were now visible, he had a large scar running down his face, Bubbles flew down and they each stepped around him, Blossom asked," Mojo where did you get those scars."
He shook again and shouted with is earlier tone," I would never tell such stupid and insolent little girls such a thing as to jeopardize my goal, plan and main mission in this plot against you." Buttercup quickly jabbed out and placed her hand against his head, speaking quickly and precisely she used a strange chant that not even her sisters were aware she knew, suddenly the colors of Mojo's eyes brightened from there duller color as he grunted with pain.
Blossom asked," what was that, and how did you speak?" Buttercup shook her head, signing she said," It is called chanting Blossom, I studied it and was able to actually use an inner part of my mind and voice to use it instead of my whole voice, I was not really speaking it was more like transferring the words to the person but it is also heard by others around me, I thought you guys knew I could do that?"
Blossom shook her head and said," No I was not aware, what exactly did you do?" Buttercup responded signing," I thought he might be being controlled so I used this chant to repel any type of evil attachment." Blossom asked," Mojo who gave you those scars?" Mojo responded weakly," It was…. Hi" He didn't finish before a voice rang out and said angrily," Great so you know how to chant now, well that doesn't matter (ragged cough) I will do whatever it takes to get you girls, especially you (ragged cough) Buttercup!"
Pink smoke began to form around them swirling around Mojo, then to Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. Ending in th sky above the it began to swirl faster until a being formed from it, his eyes a dark green from years of isolation, they were quiet surprised to see their most challenging opponent, Him.
