Me: Hey there. Sorry but my internet has been down. That means more time to focus on my stories! ^_^ On the bright side there were no more distractions. No funny videos, no e-mail, and no friends taking my attention. You know who you are!
Bubbles: Then what was the downside?
Me: No funny videos, no e-mail, and no friends taking my attention.
Bubbles: Oh.
Everyone stared as she dropped three babies onto the platform with them.
"Babies?" Buttercup said.
"B-but why are babies in, Hell?" Bubbles said feeling sad.
"And in the Lust ring?" Butch added. Cleopatra laughed.
"These are the children who were never able to be born, or had the privilege but never were baptized, cleansed of the sin and shown the light of Paradise. They reside, forever trapped inside the Limbo ring of Hell," The babies exchanged sounds to themselves as if holding a private conversation. Their backs still turn towards our heroes.
"You poor things," Bubbles walked up. Boomer jumped towards her.
"Bubbles don't!" The baby in the middle turned around and Bubbles gasped. It looked as if its eyelids were ripped off and its mouth resembled Cleopatra's. She backed away. The baby slowly stood up and turned around. Everyone gasped again. Everything from its elbows on down was a long blade that reached the floor. Everything under it's bellybutton and over its knees were town to where you could see the nerves and muscles on the other side. Its umbilical cord wrapped around its body like a belt. It waddled towards them and the other two got up and followed.
"Aaww. Not on your high horse anymore are you?" Buttercup snarled knowing she was talking to her.
"Come on guys toughen up! Their just babies, we can take 'em!" The babies shrieked and ran towards them, using their blade arms for extra speed. With a quick slash Buttercup had a small cut on her side.
"Buttercup!" Butch yelled. Buttercup prepared to attack the baby that struck her, but she felt a sharp pain in her side. She turned to see the other one had walked by, blood dripping from its blade. She fell to her knees as Butch grabbed her.
"Buttercup! Buttercup are you okay?" Butch said. Buttercup only looked up at him. He swung off his shirt…jacket…thing and wrapped it tightly around her. Everyone rushed to their side as a shadow swept over them. They looked up and Cleopatra dropped six more babies on the platform. They instantly began slashing at the towering teens.
"Dammit get back!" Butch yelled shooting a laser at a charging baby, protecting Buttercup from further harm. It hit the ground hard and simply got up and returned toward Butch.
"Why won't you stay down?" Everyone did all they could to at least slow down the little demons. It was getting harder as Cleopatra dropped three to six down every five minutes. Bubbles only watched as the little demons and her friends ran around, shooting and slashing at their opposes. I…I can't do it. I can't hurt them.
She wanted to cry as her friends started wearing themselves out. A little demon walked up to her. She looked at it and she saw cold, soulless eyes stare back at her. It launched itself at her, preparing to rip her to shreds, and this time, no one was close enough to save her. She panicked and swung her Bubble Blower.
"Bubble Popper!" The Bubble caught the baby and it screamed. It screamed louder and louder, over all of the commotion going on. So loud in fact, everyone stopped and looked to see what was going on(even the demon babies). The baby had a white light coming from inside its body that seem to swell and swell until it exploded out of him. Bubbles' eyes watered.
"I didn't mean to. I just wanted to stop it. I didn't mean to kill it," She wailed as everyone watched.
"What? How can you absolve someone? How do you have that power?" Cleopatra shrieked. Bubbles sniffled.
"I,…I don't know. What does absolve mean?" Cleopatra hissed at her.
"You have the ability to set them free from Hell!"
"I, I do?" The babies charged at her, jumping up to hack at her.
"Bubbles Popper!" The bubble caught them all at once and the light returned. They screamed and exploded, their souls slowly raising before vanishing out of sight.
"Gaah! How dare you?" Cleopatra yelled. Buttercup slowly stood up.
"Buttercup! Are you okay?" Butch said preparing incase she fell again.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me," She said slowly walking towards Cleopatra. "I'll be fine," She ran towards her with energy in one hand and her hammer in the other. Cleopatra tried to slam her hand down on top of her but she shot the energy at it, knocking it over Cleopatra's head. Before she regained her balance, Buttercup slammed her hammer on the hand she used to hold down the platform. Cleopatra fell down the tower screaming. With out her weight holding it down, the platform shot upward, practically making them all fall flat on their faces.
The platform reached the top and filled in the hole. Everyone looked around.
"Well…what now?" Brick asked. There was no way down and they were over the clouds. Suddenly, the tower shook, and Cleopatra climbed back up.
"How dare you!" She shrieked.
"Hey! You attacked us first! We had the right!" Butch yelled.
"Oh please. You have the right to jump into the never ending vortex. That's where you belong," She said hissing on the last sentence.
"If you're going to fight us hurry the fuck up so we can go," Brick said walking up. She hissed again. She suddenly jerked her head forward. She did it again as if she would throw up. They watched as she opened her mouth and a warrior jumped out. The lower half of his face was torn off so you could see his muscles and teeth in his mouth. The upper half's skin was being held down by to hands that grew out of his shoulder. He was five feet taller then them all. The top half of his body was twice as wide as his bottom.
"Your highness, let me take care of these peasants for you," The warrior bowed at her before turning towards everyone else. She thought for a second before answering.
"Very well, Anthony,"
"Thank you my love," He said slowing approaching them.
"My love?" Blossom repeated.
"That is not gonna work out," Brick said shaking his head. Anthony pulled out a sword and shield and ran towards them.
"Look out!" Butch sidestepped as Anthony slammed his sword at him. Butch charged energy into his hands and slammed it into his face. Anthony grabbed his arm and swung him across the platform.
"Butch!" Butch clawed at the ground to stop himself in vain. He slid right off the edge and fell towards the bottom.
"Butch…" Buttercup said under her breath.
"Bro…" Brick said before taking his hat off and putting it by his heart.
"It can't be over like this…" Boomer said standing there awestruck.
"How dare you," Buttercup whispered. Anthony turned towards her.
"I'm sorry peasant, what was that?" Buttercup grabbed her hammer.
"How dare you!" She slammed her hammer on the ground and Anthony flew into the air. She spun in a circle and hit him upside his head, sending him flying. He however, dug his hands into the ground and stopped himself.
"You can't stop me now. My power is to great,"
"Oh really?" Buttercup asked. She tightened the grip on her hammer. "We'll see about that," Buttercup charged and slammed her hammer against his head. She swung it again and hit him in the stomach. He was sent flying and landed on his head. He got up laughing.
"I told you your powers suck," He said charging towards her. He slammed his shield into her sending her flying. He grabbed her leg and swung her across the platform into her friends.
"Stand back, I got this," Boomer said. He took a deep breathe and concentrated. Quicken. He shot forward where no one could see him. He punched Anthony square in his face and became visible. He and Anthony stood in that position for a few seconds. Anthony adjusted his head to see him.
"Uh, aren't you supposed to do something?" Boomer's body quivered as his hand started bleeding.
"Ow ow ow ow ow! That hurt! Shit what are you made of, a fucking steel wall?" Boomer yelled holding his hand and hopping around. Bubbles and the others rushed to his side.
"I told you, your powers are nothing to mine," He took his sword and made a X on his chest. "Come on, right here, hit me right here,"
"Okay, everyone at attack at once!" Boomer and Brick shot full powered energy waves while Buttercup shot a Swing Sonic and Blossom shot her yo-yo. They all made contact and Anthony slid across the floor. When the finally stopped. He laughed. He had blocked the attack with his sword instead of taking it head on.
"Hey! You said you would take!" Buttercup yelled.
"Oh I don't want it. I'm just holding on to it for you, but I'll be happy to give it back," Anthony swung his sword and the energy created a wave that spread across the entire platform. Everyone was knocked off their feet. Anthony walked over to Buttercup first. She could barely move.
"How do you like my abilities? I take your powers, triple it, and use it as my own," Buttercup snarled.
"That's it Anthony. You have my power, now finish them!" Cleopatra yelled pulling up her hand. She had a green energy ball in it. Blossom studied it and noticed Anthony's forehead had a jewel emitting the same power.
"B-Brick. He's getting h-his powers from her…" Blossom choked out trying to get up.
"Really? To bad I can't do anything about it," Brick said struggling to sit up.
"Finish them!"
"Yes my queen!" Anthony raised his sword over his head to strike. Buttercup closed her eyes and waited for the cold iron to rip her in two. Just then, a miracle happened.
"Hey! Leave my girlfriend alone!" Butch was charging head first towards Anthony, falling from the sky. He landed on Anthony's face and jumped towards Cleopatra. "Take this!" He shot an energy wave at her hand she used to hold her self up and once again fell over the side of the tower.
"My queen!" Anthony screamed preparing to run towards her. Buttercup grabbed his leg and pulled, causing him to fall on his face. She and everyone else slowly got up.
"Not so tough now, are you?" Anthony quivered and screamed as Buttercup threw him high over their heads.
"Okay, now I got him," Boomer concentrated again. Quicken. This time Anthony got knocked around like a rag doll before being slammed into the ground. Butch walked over to him. He put his hand to his face.
"Payback is a bitch isn't it?" He shot green energy all over his face leaving him barely conscious. Buttercup ran to Butch's side.
"How did you survive?"
"I sorta grabbed on to a branch on the side of the tower," Butch was interrupted as Cleopatra climbed back up.
"No!" A dark cloud surrounded her and then came to on the side of Anthony. When it faded she was there.
"Anthony! Anthony speak to me!" He spat up blood.
"You…you said we'll be together…for all…eternity…" His eyes then slowly wondered away, in a cold lifeless stare.
"Anthony…" Cleopatra sobbed. She looked up and snarled at Butch.
"It wasn't suppose to end like this. We had a deal!" She slowly rose up and walked towards him, moving her body like a snake. Butch's pupils shrunk and he walked towards her.
"Butch? Butch don't!" Butch walked up and Cleopatra grew fangs. She held on to him and vice versa. Buttercup ran to help him but Cleopatra was already in position to bite…
Me: Whoa. I feel sorry for who ever can't go on. That cliffhanger is murder!
Buttercup: Do I still get to punch something?
Me: As long as its not me.
Buttercup: Cool! *looks at Butch*
Butch: 0_0 shit. *runs away*
Buttercup: Get back here! I wanna hit you! *chases him*
Blossom: They need to get along…
Me: Well anyways, review please. P.S. I sorta forgot to include the Limbo ring, so I'm gonna stretch it and make another story after I'm done with this one.
