Chapter 4:

By morning the Powerpuff Girls agreed that they would give the Rowdyruff Boys some Chemical X, and if they were to come out of HIM's domain alive, then the girls would go home and prepare for the certain betrayal.

"I still think this is a stupid idea! If we know they won't keep their promise then why give them what they want?" Buttercup pointed out.

"I'd feel bad if the boys... died just because we wouldn't give them any Chemical X," Bubbles stated.

"You never know, they might keep their promise!" Blossom said hopefully.

"Well, then I'm not going, Mojo and HIM will trap us and we'll be outnumbered and Townsville will be doomed!" Buttercup pouted. She sat firmly on her side of the bed, with her back to her sisters and her arms crossed. Her sisters took her by the arms and dragged her out of bed onto the floor.

"We can't do this without you!" Bubbles reminded her. Buttercup pushed her sisters away and she gave them a detirmined look,

"You just wait! You and I know that Mojo and HIM will never quit being evil just like THAT!"


The sun was about to set, and in the Professor's labrotory in the basement their father took out a bottle containing Chemical X: the special ingredient that gave the PPGs their superpowers. "Would you like me to come along with you so I know you'll be safe?" Professor Utonium asked nervously.

"It might be better if you don't, so they can trust us," Blossom reasoned. The Prof. nodded and proceded to unscrew the lid of the bottle. Then he carefully poured some of it into three thin test tubes that were on the table until each test tube was nearly full. Finally he screwed on the caps of the tubes as tightly as possible.

"There. One for each of them, be VERY careful," the Prof. warned. He handed one to Blossom, one to Bubbles and one to Buttercup, who hesitated before taking the container.

"Don't worry Professor, we won't be long," Bubbles promised as the girls flew away from home. Twilight was fading and soon it was replaced with a starry sky, with each of the Powerpuff Girls silently hoping they were doing the right thing. Even if they've been mean to us, why shouldn't we do something nice for them? Blossom reasoned with herself.

I hope the Rowdyruff Boys say "thank you". It wouldn't be very nice of them if they don't, Bubbles thought in her mind. I bet those stupid boys will slap away the Chemical X before we give it to them! Buttercup pondered. Sure enough, when the sisters landed in front of HIM's entranceway, Black was there pacing back and forth, and his eyes brightened upon seeing the girls.

"Thank goodness; my brothers are even worse, they don't have much time now," Black warned them.

"Did Mojo and HIM agree to everything we said?" Buttercup asked quickly. Black nodded and confirmed,

"Of course they said 'yes,' come on, the others are inside." With the new Rowdyruff Boy in the lead, the four children rushed through the doorway and headed inside HIM's lair. The walls of the house were such a deep red color it hurt the heroes' eyes and they had to squint as they passed each room. Bubbles noticed that HIM's vanity was quite dusty, he probably hadn't used it for awhile. Down a hall, past an elegant dining room and lastly through a crimson hallway and the four were in the bedroom.

Mojo and HIM were pacing to and fro the room, and they stopped and smiled at the girls and Black with joy. The two obviously hadn't slept for a few days as their eyes had dark circles underneath.

"We cannot thank you three enough for agreeing to Black's idea, we had no doubt you would do us this great kindness despite all of the times we have battled each other!" Mojo said cheerfully. He shook each of the suprised girls' hands.

"The boys are in my bed, you go on ahead," HIM sniffed, motioning to the bed where the boys lay. Black was not lying when he said his brothers were worse than before; somehow they were even more pale, Brick looked completly out of it, he started blankly at the ceiling and was muttering some gibberish. Boomer had his eyes closed, his breathing was fast and shallow. Butch's eyes were half open and he was shaking violently. Their distaff counterparts could not help feeling extremely guilty.

The Powerpuff Girls hovered over and they landed softly on the blanket in front of the sick boys. They each unscrewed the caps on their test tubes and they leaned over the boys. Blossom pulled Brick up more upright and the pink PPG held the test tube up to Brick's lips, letting him drink a bit at a time so he could swallow. Bubbled fed Boomer the Chemical X like a baby bottle with the test tube, while humming the tune to 'Rock-a-Bye Baby,' which seemed to calm down the slightly suprised Boomer.

Buttercup held down Butch with one hand to slow down Butch's shaking, then with the other hand she forced her counterpart's mouth open and dumped the chemical into his mouth. With the empty test tubes in their hands the PPGs floated away from the bed to the middle of the room with Mojo and HIM biting their lips in anxiety.

Very quickly color was returning to the children's faces, Brick made eye contact with the girls for the first time, Boomer had opened his eyes and blushed when he saw Bubbles, and Butch stopped shaking. The Rowdyruff Boys gradually sat upright and blinked at the girls,

"Powerpuff Girls?" they exclaimed, their voices cracked from possibly a long time without speaking. The simian and the demon rushed to the boys' sides with Black joining them, and the girls were shocked to see them... embracing the first 3 Rowdyruff Boys. As Brick stood up on the bed Mojo began wiping away his tears of joy and Brick patted his creator's shoulders. Boomer leaped into HIM's open arms, the two squeezed each other tightly, HIM was laughing with happiness instead of evil triumph. A now energetic Butch pushed Black down and gave him a playful noogie, which made them both laugh.

Several minutes of this touching reunion went by, and finally Brick, Boomer, and Butch detatched from the rest of the family to face their female counterparts. Brick broke the silence,

"Wow... after everything we did to you... you still saved us anyway..." he said.

"It makes us feel bad for all the stuff we we did," Boomer added.

"...Not," Butch finished. The three boys simultaneously howled with laughter, Butch laughing so hard he fell back onto the bed. Mojo, HIM, and Black snickered, but in a playful tone as they watched the Powerpuff Girls glare at them and scowl.

"Of course our sons are grateful for what you have done tonight, and this is their way of expressing it," Mojo said to the girls, "Again, we cannot thank you three enough for keeping our family together!"

"You won't have to worry about us again, and we're all so sorry for what happened last month," HIM apologized.

"WHAT?" The Powerpuff Girls exclaimed. Black flew over to the heroes,

"Of course we're agreeing to your treaty, what were you expecting us to say?" the green-skinned boy asked.

"But-but-" the girls started to say when Mojo Jojo interuppted by pointing out,

"The Professor must be starting to worry about you, why don't we escort you outside?"

"I'll do it. You five can be by yourselves," Black offered to the others.

"Goodbye and thank you so much... Blossom! Bubbles! Buttercup!" HIM called out cheerfully as Black led away the superheroes out of the once-evil lair. Outside, Black turned his head to the entranceway, then back to the girls,

"Let's hope all seven of us are in the same class this year!" he wished joyfully. He started to fly back inside the house, waving goodbye to the Powerpuff Girls before he was completely gone. The sisters lingered right where they were, processing in their minds what just happened.

"Did we just see... all of that?!" Blossom spoke up.

"I thought the boys would be a little nicer to us," Bubbles admitted.

"Maybe I was wrong, but THAT was weird!" Buttercup stated. Deciding to continue talking once they returned home, the trio quickly left the premise. Although a couple of questions were answered, more of them surfaced and the triplets wanted them answered even more than before, some old questions still needed to be solved and the sisters' minds ached from thinking about them.

As the girls flew inside their home, the Professor met up with them and gave them a quick hug.

"Did it go well?" he greeted.

"Yeah. Too well," Blossom replied.

"They agreed to everything," Buttercup added.

"But the Rowdyruff Boys were SO ungrateful!" Bubbles cried with disgust.

"I wouldn't give it too much thought. Just be glad it was easy," their father yawned, "Goodnight girls!"

"Goodnight Professor!" his daughters called back. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup sleepily brushed their teeth and put on their pajamas, but they couldn't go to bed yet, they still had those unanswered questions still fresh in their minds. "Who agrees that we should find out why our enemies acted so nice?" Blossom asked the others.

"I bet the answers are somewhere in Mojo's house, tomorrow let's sneak in there and get some answers!" Buttercup suggested.

"What if they come back there while we're looking around?" Bubbles fretted. Buttercup scoffed, replying,

"They'll be spending all day at HIM's house hugging each other." The other two agreed with the toughest fighter.