Jade Onyx
Interlude 1
A RECOUNTING OF
EMERALD FALL
Ten years in the past…
The City of Townsville
The City of Townsville is in trouble, a number of monsters from Monster Island have fallen upon it to wreak havoc and destruction. Buildings are falling, houses are burning and people are screaming in terror and panic.
What has brought these monsters to Townsville in such large numbers?
Why me of course, a soft feminine voice spoke. It was a sickly sweet voice filled with pure hidden venom and its owner was the living embodiment of evil.
HIM…
A being so disgustingly evil his name could not be said by any save the purest of beings. To say his name would place one under his thrall and imperil their very soul.
Most of the planet had been spared his more potent machinations because he was solely focused on destroying Three of the smartest, sweetest and strongest beings on the Earth. Beings who at every turn thwarted his plans and allowed civilization to continue.
The beings were of course
The Powerpuff Girls
Ever since Professor Utonium had created, the three perfect little girls with ultra super powers evil had found itself losing on every front.
It had been three years since the girls were created, three years in which they had fought and saved the City of Townsville from alien invasions to all out hooliganism. When the monsters came, the Mayor did not hesitate to reach for the hotline and place a direct call to the girl's home in the suburbs of Townsville.
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Beep…Beep…Beep the hotline blared.
A Pink streak of light raced through the bedroom and grabbed the phone.
'Hello Mayor" Blossom Utonium said. "What's the emergency?"
"Help Girls Townsville is in trouble" The Mayor screamed hysterically
"Calm down mayor, and tell me what is going on" she tried to calm the leader of Townsville down.
"Monster's Blossom, hundreds of monsters attacking the City" he said out of breath. "I've never seen such a thing. Come soon girls the City is being torn apart" he finished.
"No worries Mayor, the Powerpuff Girls are on the way" Blossom reassured him and she put down the phone and went to gather her siblings.
"Come on girls, the City is in trouble" she said as she zipped down the stairs into the living room.
Three Streaks burst out of the Utonium home, green, pink and blue and they headed towards the imperiled City.
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They had waded into the press throwing fierce kicks and punches at the monsters that had fallen upon the city in such force but even though the monsters went down, they did not stay down.
Over the years the girls, powers had grown and so they were able to take on anything their enemies could throw at them.
"Blossom!" Buttercup shouted at her sister even as she delivered a powerful uppercut to a monster sending it straight into the sky. "There's something wrong with these monsters"
"What do you mean?" Blossom questioned she was also fighting a Godzilla like monster with huge back ridges, large gleaming teeth and flame breath.
"They are being controlled somehow" Buttercup said.
"How can you tell?" Blossom said as she gave the monster a hard spinning kick to jaw sending it flying into several other monsters.
"I can't explain it… it's a …a feeling" Buttercup tried to explain
"Bubbles what can you sense?" Blossom directed a question to her sister who was holding up pretty well against two monsters.
"Can't tell…" she said. "Too much going on" she banged the heads of the two monsters together taking them down.
"We have to find the source controlling them" Buttercup said. "It's coming from the north…I'll hold them off you guys go there and see what you can do"
"How can you hold them off on your own? There's too many of them." Bubbles said to her sister worrying about her.
She did not answer in words instead, she gathered her energy and moving at an extremely fast speed, she knocked down the monsters that were still on their feet. "Go!" she said. The two did not waste any time and they headed north at breakneck speed. She saw them go and then she smiled at the monsters.
I knew this day would come. He grows in power and he marshals his forces against us...
She powered up again and went to fight the monsters after all she was the toughest fighter…
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Buttercup had been right. There was something controlling the monsters and to hers and Bubbles horror, they found out what it was.
HIM!
Their arrival had been might by a mighty blast that had caught them off guard sending them to the ground. They had quickly recovered and launched a counter attack at the supernatural being, only to fail.
They were down now at his mercy and there was nothing they could do. He towered over them about to deliver a brutal blow when three balls of energy collided with his form sending him flying out of the city.
Blossom looked up and relief flooded her being.
"Took you long enough" she said to the new arrivals
The Rowdy Ruff Boys
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Her panic increased when she felt the Boys energy. It was all going terribly wrong. They were not supposed to be there. They were not strong enough not yet…too soon…to face this evil.
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"Need a hand" Brick said to Blossom as he extended his.
"As a matter of fact I do" she raised hers and he clasped it firmly pulling her to her feet.
"Are you alright Bubbles?" Boomer said lifting her up and putting her on her feet. He began to dust her off, checking to make sure there was not any permanent damage.
"I'm fine Boomer" Bubbles said her cheeks flushing a slight crimson.
"Where's Buttercup!" Butch voice cut in.
"She's n the city fighting off the monsters" Blossom filled him in.
"You left her alone!" Butch said disbelieving.
"She told us to come here" Bubbles spoke in a soft voice.
Butch calmed down a bit and then he turned to the city "We have to go back and help her" he said to the group.
"What about HIM?" Brick questioned his sibling.
"Well worry about him later. For now let's go help Buttercup" Butch powered up and he began to fly towards the city.
He had no chance to defend himself from the red mouth blast that hit him, his fall brought shock, and fear to the assembled children for that was what they were… eight year old children.
The Devil had returned and he was pissed.
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She sensed their powers growing faint and she knew what she had to do.
She then began harnessing her Ki, her life energy and she began to transform. Her eyes became a solid green and her power increased exponentially.
"Green rain attack!" she screamed as she showered the monsters with a green energy attacks. Taking them down for good.
I know I shouldn't have sent them alone, I just hope they are okay
She raced north to the defining battle of her young life.
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They lay battered and beaten on the floor. All of them were no match for their opponent and he had simply toyed with them as he took them down.
"Is that all you've got little boys and girls. I was expecting so much more. Once I destroy you, I will conquer the world" he mocked.
They did not even have the energy to answer. In a few minutes, they had been completely outclassed.
He readied then to deliver the final attack.
"Flame of the Underworld" HIM whispered and he opened his mouth and the attack cam.
They all shut their eyes awaiting the end, but it never came.
Instead of an intense red flame, they saw a gentle green light covering their bodies and healing them of their wounds. The Light was soft and warm inviting them to forget their troubles and to focus on life.
"Your battle is with me now" a quiet voice said to HIM.
"You managed to take down those monsters all by yourself and you stopped my attack…it seems I underestimated you." HIM said.
As they all looked up they saw Buttercup and they realized that she was the one protecting them and healing them with her power.
She turned around and she had a wistful smile on her face. "This is my fight now…rest" she told them and at her command they felt their arms leaden and their eyes droop and one by one they fell asleep.
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"So you are the Chosen One. I would thought it was the blue one seeing as she is so pure and warm-hearted" he spat.
"For the longest time my anger drove. I have revelled in the pain and destruction I visited upon my enemies and I realize now how wrong it was" she said in a voice that belonged to an older person, one who had lived to an old age and seen many joyful and many sorrowful things. It did not belong to a girl of eight years. "We existed long before the incident in our father's lab. He gave our Spirits physical form, not to defeat our enemies but to save them." She was quiet for a long time and after glancing at the figures on the floor she turned to HIM and said, "I forgive you"
"Shut up, you worm!" HIM screamed, "I don't ne…ed your forgiveness!" the tone of his voice was changing from its usually effeminate tone to a deeper more sinister one. His form was also changing, his arms bulged, horns sprouted from his head and a long tail grew from his lower back. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" he boomed at Buttercup.
"Saving the world… I'm a Powerpuff…its what we do best" she said sadly. She then focused her powers onto Him and slowly she approached.
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The Green aura began to crystallize as it surrounded HIM and he quickly took to the skies to avoid it. When he looked down, he found that his foe had disappeared. Frantically he searched for her but to no avail.
Ice-cold shock flowed through him when he felt two small arms encircle his back.
"This is the end" the voice said…
A Bright Emerald Green Light blinded his vision.
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They had woken up to see HIM in the air surrounded by a Bright Green Light and pain flowed through them.
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An old monk stood outside his monastery watching the intense green light and sorrow filled his old bones. Even though the moment was painful, he still smiled.
"You are going home Grasshopper" he whispered to the winds.
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Professor Utonium stopped dead in his tracks, dropping the glass test tube in his hands.
What is this terrible feeling...? It came to him after awhile…Buttercup.
He rushed to his secret compartment and he took out a device that resembled a small wristwatch. Strapping it on, he then pressed a red button on it. Immediately a silver battle suit covered his form and utilizing the perpetual energy rocket boosters he blasted to the Northern Outskirts of Townsville.
As he got to the sky he was blinded by an intense green light and coldest dread flowed thorough his veins.
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The Green Light coalesced into a solid pillar stretching from sky to earth but the ones who had been in that conflagration were gone.
EMERALD FALL
That was what it was called to honour the small girl who had saved the world.
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The City mourned for its loss and over time, the pain healed. It was an expression of gratitude for she had died so that they could live.
For the Utonium's the pain did not go away… how could one find closure to the loss of a cherished loved one?
The Rowdy Ruff Boys officially became defenders of the city after that. Aiding the girls in their fight against evil.
Butch though stood apart and as time went on, he would come to that place… to sit and be with her…if only for a little while.
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-This being a recounting of Emerald Fall
The Death of Buttercup Utonium
Miss Sarah Bellum
AN: This is like an interlude to sort of explain what happened so that Buttercup was gone for 10 Years.
Buttercup.babe pointed out that my story seems off with the timeline. Think of this as a huge flashback chapter. I'm going to delete the review but its still in my mailbox. So thanks.