A/N: I am SOOO sorry! I know it's been over a year since I last updated but I have good reason! I've been lazy and busy. I'm preparing for anime expo by making cosplays so that does take awhile. Plus being a full time student with a part job and a boyfriend takes away a lot of my time. Anyways, the point is I'm here now and ready to give you guys a good chapter!

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(Do NOT Own Powerpuff Girls)

Chapter 4: Minus One

A giant rock monster smashed one of the buildings.

Blossom gasped as the giant rock creature walked over Townsville, slamming its fists into more buildings. People screamed as they ran through the town and store managers locked their shops and braced themselves.

A pang of helplessness entered the girl. She knew she couldn't help them now. She clenched her fists and glared. "Grrr….why do they always choose the worst days to destroy Townsville?"

Brick keep his eyes narrowed at the creature. "I don't know but now's not the time to think about it. You need to get out of here."

"I will do no such thing!" Blossom reported.

"Oh yes you will!" He stated, quickly tossing her over his shoulder before she blinked. He flew into the sky, leaving a trail of red behind.

"Put me down!" She pounded her fists against his back.

The redheaded boy didn't say a thing; instead he ignored her yells and screams the entire time. Once they were miles away, he landed on the ground where others were running.

He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Call your sisters and tell them to get my brothers. We'll need all the help we can get."

"That's exactly why I should stay!" She stated as she took his hands off her shoulders and grabbed the middle of his arms with her own hands. "I might not have my powers but I can come up with a strategy to defeat this thing."

He shook his head no. "Don't be ridicules Blossom. We're short on people without you and there's no way one of us can stay back and babysit you. Just evacuate the city like everyone else and don't come back until its safe. Got it?"

"I can-"

"I mean it Blossom. Stay out of the way." Her eyes widened at Brick's harsh tone. But the boy didn't look apologetic like the other times he did when he said something out of hand. He was serious; everything in his face said so, especially his eyes.

Deep inside she wanted to fight back, argue more about her worth but common sense was kicking in and she knew Brick was right. She bit her lip, looking down in defeat. "Fine."

The male gave her a small smile, his face softening. He ruffled her hair and the female gave a 'hey' of protest.

"Be safe." He whispered before blasting off, leaving a trace of red behind.

The girl stayed back, watching the red disappear in the sky. She paid no attention to the screaming around her.

Then it was silent. The roars of the monster heard miles away along with Brick's punches and the loud frequencies made by Brick's flying.

She took a step back and half turned the other way when she heard something else.

Blossom looked up into the sky and saw four new beams of lights: two greens, one darker than the other and two blues.

She watched as they made it to the monster and began to assist the red Rowdyruff boy.

The redhead started to run the opposite direction. But after 10 paces, she stopped. She bit her lip. Soon, she took a deep breath and faced back. Her eyes showed a new determination.

"Sorry Brick but I can't just leave."

She ran towards their direction.

(Scene Change)

"You're positive Blossom's safe?" Buttercup inquired, before clenching her teeth as she tried to break the monster's arm. So far only small pieces were crumbling.

"I left her close to the ship. She should be on it by NOW!" Brick yelled as he assisted Buttercup.

"For your sake she better be!" The black haired girl warned; both tightening their eyes as they gave one final pull. However, only pieces tore off his rock 'skin'.

"Fuck."

"Why won't it break?! It's only dirt!" The toughest member of the Powerpuffs screamed.

Butch gave the creature a powerful kick to the head and pulled back, watching as a small portion chipped off. The creature groaned and glared at Butch.

It grabbed the Rowdyruff boy and threw him to Bubbles and Boomer, who were using their lasers around the stomach area.

Butch made contact with Bubbles before the two crashed into Boomer, crashing onto the ground.

"Bubbles!" Buttercup cried as she and the redhead zoomed down.

Buttercup pulled Butch up, tossing him to Brick. Luckily, Brick caught him by the shoulders and steadied him. Butch shook his head to get rid of the dizziness.

Bubbles sat on Boomer's lap, both rubbing their heads to get rid of the slight pain they were feeling.

"Bubbles, are you okay?" Buttercup asked.

The blond haired sister nodded. "Yeah."

"How do we defeat this thing bro?" Boomer asked, looking at Brick. The greens and Bubbles also turned their attention to the redhead.

He let out a grunt of frustration. "I don't know; this thing's hard to beat."

"Tell me about it." Buttercup sarcastically replied as she folded her arms her over chest.

"Our attacks aren't completely leaving him unfazed. We'll just have to keep attacking him the way we are, even if it does take longer." Brick stated.

"We better not miss lunch," was all Buttercup said as she shot up into the sky. Everyone else followed.

(Scene Change)

"Ha! And the professor said I wouldn't know how drive yet!" Blossom triumphantly stated as she continued to step on the gas pedal and swerve around fallen objects.

If it was any other situation, Blossom would have never stepped into the vehicle, mainly because it was considered stealing. But this was an emergency; she needed to get there quick.

One moment there was a road with a fire hydrant to the side and the next, a giant foot landed a few yards in front of her. She screamed and stepped on the brake. This caused her vehicle to sway to the side.

The passenger side of the vehicle hit the monster's foot. That part of vehicle crumpled as the driver airbag collided with the Power puff.

Blossom slowly opened her eyes, feeling the pain throbbing through her body. She groaned, pushing away the airbag and opening the door; collapsing to the ground as she did. She placed her hand on her head.

"Okay…maybe I'm not ready to drive…" She grunted.

The ground vibrated underneath her and she noticed that the monster was lifting up his foot. She ignored the strands of light in the sky, only focusing on the foot that was about to come down on her.

Blossom opened her mouth to scream but her voice was lost. Her expression was one filled with pure terror.

But before the foot came down on her, she felt something collide with her side.

The redhead opened her eyes and saw the sky. The winds were brushing against her face; the Powerpuff was so confused that she failed to notice she was in someone's arms.

"Hey there toots."

She turned her head to the side and met a pair of deep green eyes. "Butch?"

He gave her a smirk. "The one and only."

Realization hit her. "You…you saved me!"

This caused the Rowdyruff boy to roll his eyes. "No shit. And people say you're the smart one."

Blossom glared at her savior. "I am. That's why I'm the leader of the Powerpuff girls! I'm smart and come up with the plans to defeating the villains of Townsville."

"If you're so smart then what were you doing getting yourself killed?" He spat. The girl opened her mouth to reply but closed it at the end. She merely glared.

He landed on the roof of a building and placed her down. Before anyone could say a word, the roar of the monster was heard. They turned to it; Butch watching the entire exchange between his brothers and the monster while Blossom could only see their blue strides. The Green Rowdyruff watched the monster slam his brothers with the back of his hand, making them land next to the remaining Powerpuff girls.

Blossom gasped when she saw the streaks of blue and red fly backwards; Butch growled. "Fuck."

"This is bad!" The pink Powerpuff girl stated, her eyes locked onto the monsters form.

The male sneered. "Did you barely figure that out?"

Blossom turned to glare at him; she was about to wittedly reply when she noticed how tense the boy was. His body was rigid and his clenched fists were shaking. Slowly, she began to realize that his bad attitude was coming from the frustration he was feeling.

They were both silent for a second before Butch spoke. "Stay here til the heat cools down."

'Heat.' The girl's face instantly brightened and a wide smile appeared. "That's it!"

The Rowdyruff boy raised an eyebrow, confused. "What?"

The girl looked around, finding three shiny glass buildings that hadn't been destroyed yet. "Butch! I need you to tell Brick-"

(Scene Change)

Brick opened his eyes, glaring at the creature that refused to go down. Nothing was working. Their attacks were only doing minimum damage and if they didn't do something fast Townsville was going to collapse by the end of the day.

"Brick!"

He turned to the left, spotting his black haired brother flying over to him. Once he reached him, Butch stood in front of his floating brother. "Blossom knows how to defeat the monster." He said confidently.

'Blossom?' His eyes widened as he grasped the fact that his pink eyed crush was in area. He instantly began to look for her, but Butch appeared in front of him, blocking his view.

"Don't worry. She's safe." He stated. The red head looked at his brother. He knew that Butch's definition of safe was different; for him, it could mean hiding in garbage can! But he remembered that the Green Rowdyruff was aware of his feelings towards the leader of the Powerpuff girls. And Butch himself was in love with one of Blossom's sisters. Blossom meant the world to him and Buttercup, and there was no way Butch would leave her in a dangerous situation.

"What did she say?" Brick asked.

Butch smirked, knowing full well that his brother trusted him. "She said to use that," He pointed to the sun. "To crack that." Then he pointed to the monster.

Brick raised an eyebrow before it all clicked. Of course, it all made sense to him now. Using the sun would harden the monster's body but hardening it enough would cause it to start cracking, making it easier to break.

His eyes caught something shiny and noticed the glass buildings. 'Perfect.'

Before he could give his next command, Bubbles flew past him and crashed to the building that was behind Butch and Brick.

The blonde rubbed her eyes and was about to attack again when Brick's voice stopped her.

"Bubbles!"

She approached the two boys with a confused expression. "Yes?"

"Butch, Bubbles, go to those buildings over there and cut out three giant pieces of glass. And I'm serious; those pieces need to be BIG!"

Bubbles and Butch looked at each other before flying to a large glass building Brick pointed out.

The leader of the Rowdyruff boys watched them go before turning his gaze back to the monster. He looked around the creature, looking for any traces of his red headed crush. Finding the region secure, he sighed and went back to helping Boomer and Buttercup.

(Scene Change)

"I wonder why he needs them." The blonde girl wondered out loud.

The male only snorted. "Whatever. Let's get this over with. I want to go back to fighting that monster!"

Bubbles frowned. "Ok. Stay here." Before the green eyed boy could reply, Bubbles had already broken into the building.

Butch pouted, crossing his arms. "What's with everyone telling me what to do today?!"

Suddenly, laser beams blasted through the building, almost hitting the boy. Luckily he was able to dodge it as the lasers began to cut a large circle of glass. Once the circle was complete, the house size glass fell and Butch was able to catch it.

"Yo Blondie! Next time give me a warning won't ya?" Butch complained. Bubbles only giggled, finding it amusing. "Sorry."

She repeated the process only this time saying "heads up" when the second one dropped.

Butch carried two, one in each hand and when Bubbles finished with the third one, she flew outside and caught it while it was over her head.

"Let's get this to Brick." The Rowdyruff boy stated before the two blasted towards their siblings' direction.

(Scene Change)

'Leave it to Butch to leave me somewhere with no shade.'

Blossom wiped the sweat coming down her forehead. The heat was beating on her, but her determination to see what happens is what kept her on the roof. Unfortunately, that determination was beginning to dim.

She watched three of the superheroes stay behind and continued to fight the rock monster while Butch and Bubbles flew away.

'Good…Butch told him.' She thought as she saw the two cutting giant circles of glass from a building.

The pink eyed girl licked her lips, trying to get them moist. The heat was really getting to her.

She knew that if she stayed on top of the building, that she would be able to watch everyone's movements. But staying up there meant she could also have a heat stroke or have little chance to escape if the monster approached her.

If Blossom went to the bottom of the building, she would have shade and access to run if the rock creature approached her. The only problem would be that with the buildings surrounding her, she would not see it until it was either right next to her, or worst, already stepped on her.

Both choices were hard to make a decision on.

Her gaze shifted back to her sisters and the Rowdyruff boys. She bit her lip, unsure what to do. Should she stay up and burn, watching to see how her siblings and friends are doing? Or should she get down and run, not knowing if they'll need any more help? She decided when a single thought crossed her mind. 'They can handle it.'

(Scene Change)

"We got them!" Bubbles announced as she and Butch arrived. Brick, Buttercup and Boomer circled around them.

"Boomer, take one from Butch." The redhead stated. The blonde and he took both from Butch's hands.

"Now what?!" An annoyed Buttercup asked.

Brick looked at them as he started to shift the glass so he had a better grip of it. "Boomer, Bubbles and I will use these "mirrors" to reflect the sun's rays into the monster's chest. Once it starts cracking, Buttercup and Butch will start beating the shit out of it. For this thing to collapse, we only need to break the body. Got it?"

The greens smirked and the blues smiled and nodded.

They all went behind the creature; then Brick, Bubbles and Boomer lifted the giant pieces of glass over their heads. The sun's rays bounced off the glass and into the monster's back. The rock skin began to chip off.

'It's working.' The red Rowdyruff boy thought as he watched the rock crack more and more. "Now!"

Buttercup and Butch swerved straight into the monster's back, punching it and leaving two giant holes.

"Mine's bigger than yours!" Butch taunted, which got the black haired female fired up.

"Oh yeah! Bubbles shine me some more light!" Buttercup commanded; the blonde turned the large piece of glass to where her sister was.

"Boomer, shine it right over there!" The green eyed boy instructed and watched as his brother did so.

"Will you two cut it out?!" The teen with the cap stated.

For the rest of the battle, Brick, Bubbles and Boomer used the sun's rays to crack the monster's skin and Buttercup and Butch continued their competition, breaking and smashing the creature into pieces.

The people of Townsville cheered from the boats, watching the damage that was happening to the rock monster.

But no one seemed to care that as the punches continuing, the monster took large steps, crushing buildings as he moved.

At last, Buttercup and Butch threw their last punch and watched the monster crumble. The citizens cheered, seeing the rock creature break.

Brick and the blues dropped their building parts as the greens came to them.

"Ha! I told you I'd win!" Buttercup taunted.

Butch snorted. "And who the hell gave you that idea?! I kicked your ass!"

Their bickering would have continued if it wasn't for Bubble's scream. They all turned to the blonde, who was pointing at the ground with a terrified expression.

"Blossom!" She cried.

Brick's head snapped to where she was pointing and the moment he saw long red hair, his instincts took over and he flew straight towards her.

Butch paled, fear washing over him. 'She wasn't suppose to be there.'

Buttercup looked liked she didn't know whether to panic or scream in frustration.

However, once the greens and Bubbles collected themselves, they were about to join Brick when Boomer shouted, "Cover him!"

While they paused to register what he said, Boomer flew down and smashed one of the giant rocks that were about to hit Brick from behind.

Bubbles, Butch and Buttercup followed his example.

(Scene Change)

'This isn't happening.' The pink eyed girl screamed in her mind. She was running, doing her best to avoid the rock pieces falling from the sky. It didn't make sense to her. The moment she was off the building she ran in the opposite direction of where her sisters were. So why was it this close to her?

She let out a yelp when a large piece crashed behind her. She ran faster but the extra amount of force only caused her to trip.

Blossom collided with the ground, scraping her knees and elbows. She released a grunt before lifting herself up.

/Snap/

Not liking the sound of that, the female looked up and saw that one of the light poles was coming down on her.

She gasped and lifted herself enough to jump out of the way. The object nearly hit her, landing a foot away from her feet.

Relief entered Blossom as she continued to pant. With building parts and rock pieces continuing to fall, she stood up and began to run again.

A giant piece of the monster's leg fell in front of her, causing her to gasp and too late to stop herself from hitting the rock.

But before she knew it, something strong wrapped itself around her and they both flew straight into the rock piece, though her body never made contact with the large rock piece. Someone else had taken the hit with their back.

Blossom opened her eyes. Her body was shaking but it was held in place against another's. There was a strong arm wrapped around her waist and another around her shoulders. When she noticed her face was being pressed against a red jacket, her reaction was to look up.

"Stay down!" Brick commanded. Blossom closed her eyes again, tightening her clenched fists.

The red Rowdyruff boy clenched his teeth, avoiding the rocks with his back to them. He didn't want her to be hit by anything.

Suddenly, a large piece of a building slammed itself to his side, causing Brick to swerve to the ground.

The moment his back hit the ground, his arms automatically opened, accidently releasing his counterpart. His body skipped on the ground until he landed on the hood of a sports car.

Blossom groaned, forgetting where she was momentarily. She slowly lifted herself up, placing a bleeding hand on her injured head. She coughed and looked behind her.

Her eyes grew large and a horrified expression appeared on her face. A pile of giant rocks were coming down on her.

(Scene Change)

It was silent.

Brick moaned, pushing himself up from the sport car's hood. He held his head in one of his hands while his other hand rested on the broken car.

His brothers and two of Powerpuff girls landed next to him. Buttercup and Butch looked anxious while Boomer and Bubbles looked worried.

"Are you okay?" Boomer asked, trying to see if his brother had any injuries.

"Yeah…" The redhead mumbled with his eyes closed.

"Where's Blossom?!" The toughest Powerpuff demanded, though a hint of panic could be traced in her voice.

Brick's red eyes snapped open. "Blossom!"

Almost like instinct, everyone's eyes turned to the giant pile of rocks that was only two miles away from them.

A/N: Once again, sorry it took so long to update. If they were was any part you didn't understand, feel free to ask. I tried to apply as much physics as I know so it can be realistic but I didn't want to lose the Powerpuff Girls cartoon logic. Hopefully I balanced the two out.

I don't know when I'm going to update again so don't expect it to be so soon. I have homework to do and other chapters to write for other stories.

I hope you've enjoyed this chapter and please review. I want at least seven reviews. I'm looking forward to hear what you have to say :)

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