Ch.7 Boomer gets Busted
At the Townsville Hospital, Butch was laying down on a gurney with casts from head to toe. Butch moaned in pain as Blossom, who was in the patient room with everybody else, said in a bit of a happy tone "Gee, Butch. Sorry about that sudden misfortune. All I wanted was to punch you for getting me into trouble, I didn't mean to let about ten, twenty, or thirty building bars to come falling right on top of you."
Butch then muffled from under the cast that was covering his mouth "Could you please not mention that? It's still giving me the willies thinking about it...! Ow!"
Then, someone knocked on the door. "Yes?" Blossom answered.
A nurse came in saying "I hope I'm not interrupting anything. Am I interrupting anything?"
"Oh no, it's okay. We were just talking, having a merry time." Said Bubbles.
"Oh good." Said the nurse. "Oh! Good day, Butch. And how is the patient today?"
"I'm suffering from broken bones, loss of energy, and humiliation, would you like to hear the weather report too?" Butch answered as he felt another sting of pain in his bones, making him groan in pain.
"Hm... sorry to hear that. Well, not to worry! Time heals all wounds!"
"Easy for you to say!" Butch whispered.
"Well then, I suppose I'll be on my way." The nurse was about to leave, until she realized that she forgotten something. "Oh! Before I forget, Ms. Kean is here to see you."
"Ms. Kean?" Blossom asked in confusion. "What could she be doing here?"
"She said that it's very important. Can she come in?"
Everybody looked at each other. Then Blossom answered "Uh... sure. She can come in."
A few seconds later, Ms. Kean walked in and said "Good day, class! Well... less than half of my class, anyway."
"Hi, Ms. Kean!" Boomer said. "What are you doing here?"
Ms. Kean answered "Well, you see, I heard of what Butch did today, and I must say that I'm impressed! And Blossom, I'm sure glad you taught him a thing or two! And so, I've decided to give each of you, one good-noodle star!" Blossom made an excited and happy smile and so did Butch, however felt pain in his bones yet again when he was about to leap.
"Gosh. Thank you, Ms. Kean!" Said Blossom.
"It's the least I could do to award you!" Said Ms. Kean.
Then, a more mature woman's voice said "Yes, it is the least she could do."
Everyone looked and saw that the voice came from Ms. Bellum. "Ms. Bellum? Your here too?"
The nurse, who was behind Ms. Bellum answered "On behalf of the Mayor, yes! Sorry that I didn't mention that there were two guests."
"It's okay!" Bubbles replied.
"What are you doing here Ms. Bellum? Where's the Mayor?" Blossom asked.
"Oh, you know him! He's all caught up on something important, if you know what I mean."
Meanwhile, at the Mayor's house, the Mayor was playing Super Smash Bros. on the Wii, and he was having some difficulty playing as Bowser fighting Sonic. He threw a bomb, only to have Sonic grab it and throw it back at him, sending him flying off the screen. "Oh, blast it! I hate that hedgehog!" (No offense to Sega fans. I like Sonic too, ya know!)
Back at the hopsital. "Anyway..." Ms. Bellum continued. "I've come on behalf of the Mayor to congratulate you girls and your new friends."
"Thanks, Ms. Bellum. But, we couldn't do a thing to stop Mojo." Blossom explained. "Butch was the one who saved the town by himself."
Butch crossed his arms and turned away saying "I was not saving the town, he... he just said somethings that made me mad, that's all!"
"Well, wether you didn't try to save the town or not, you were a hero, Butch! And so, I do believe that I, on behalf of the Mayor, here by award you with this medal of honor!" Said Ms. Bellum as she showed the medal of honor.
"Whatev... Wow! That does look shiny." Said Butch.
"See Butch? And you thought that doing good deeds has no rewards." Said Boomer.
"Yeah? Well the only good deed in my book is strangling you for tricking me!" Said Butch as Ms. Bellum placed the medal of honor on his chest, making him yelp in pain. "Ouch!"
"Oh! Sorry. My bad." Said Ms. Bellum as everyone laughed except Butch.
Just then, a news crew came in and went right to Butch. The leader of the news crew came in front of the camera saying "We're here at the Townsville Hospital to hear what the hero of the day, Butch Jojo, has to say about his heroic deeds!" The news lady held her microphone up to Butch. "Butch, we have just received word from the citizens that they witnessed you beating the life out of one of Townsville's most dangerous criminals! What's your comment on that?"
Butch was surprised at what was going on. "Uh... What's my comment?"
"Yes! We're wanting to know about what you think about what you just did!"
Butch then made a sly look saying "Well, if your dieing to know, it goes something like this..."
Meanwhile, back at the RowdyRuff Boys house, Brick was board out of his mind, flipping through channels. "Where the heck are Butch and Boomer? They've been gone for hours now! If there is anyone who knows, I would be happy to hear about it!" That's when he flipped to one channel, he saw Butch all in casts. Brick widened his eyes in surprise to see Butch like that. He laughed at what he saw and said "Oh ho, man! I was hoping that the girls would dress his hair up, but this is even better!"
Then Brick heard Butch say "You see, that over grown banana for brains wasn't as smart as he believes he is!"
Confused on what he just heard, Brick thought to himself "Huh? Is he talking about Mojo? Why would he pick a fight with that mad monkey?" Then he spotted the medal of honor on his chest. Brick was now even more confused. "And what the heck is he doing with that thing on his chest?"
"He said some things to me that really, really ticked me off, so I decided to give him a response!" Butch said as he put his hands behind his back, cringing in pain afterwards.
"I see. So you only saved the town because he made you mad? What exactly did he say?"
Butch was about to say something, but hesitated with a guilt expression. "It... It was something personal. Let's leave it at that."
"What made you fight along side the Powerpuff Girls even though you deem them as your enemies" The reporter asked further.
"Ask Boomer! He's the one who tricked me in a dare! And because I lost, I was stuck having to be with those girls all day! Of course, being with them now, they actually seem pretty okay."
"What?" Said Brick, not believing what he was hearing. "What is all of this?"
The news lady then said "Well then, let's hear what the young man known as Boomer has to say." The camera turned to Boomer, showing him happy with the PowerPuff Girls.
Brick, surprsied at this, leaped from his chair in anger and said "What the crap? What the heck is Boomer doing with the PowerPuff Girls?"
"Boomer, we all understand that you and your brothers had been criminals ever since you were first created. What made you change?"
"Well... Uh... I... uh..."
"Come on now, don't be shy. Go ahead and tell us."
Brick pointed at the television in anger threatening "Yeah! Come on, Boomer! We're all dieing to know here!"
"Well... okay... Here goes..." Boomer breathed in and out some air, still a little nervous as he explained. "Do you remember how I said some insulting things that made Blossom really, really mad and made her say horrible things about me and force jawbreakers into my mouth?"
"Well, yes. We heard that you had your feelings hurt, you even cried. You poor thing."
"Tch! I would have expected much! The big cry baby!"
"Yeah... but, she apologized and told me the importance of feelings and the negatives and positives about them. And..."
"And?"
"And... I've reflected on all the bad things I've done and realized that everyone hates me for it. Then Blossom told me if I want to have people like me, I have to do good things for them."
"Well, she's right. You did some good things for us recently and we've all grown to love you." Said the news lady.
Hearing that made Brick look at the screen in utter surprise and even more angry. "What?!"
"So, about you and Blossom, what's your relationship with her now?"
Boomer thought about it. Then he blushed saying "Well, I guess you could say that, I look at Blossom as if she was my older sister."
"Aw..." Everyone in the room, except Buttercup, Bubbles, and Butch said as Blossom put her arms behind her back and blushed. Brick stuck his tounge out in disgust.
"Well, what about your eldest brother Brick? I mean, you got Butch into joining the PowerPuff Girls in the fight for justice. So why not Brick?"
Boomer's happy face disappeared and then put his hands in his pockets, narrowing his eyes with a mad look. "I doubt it!"
"What do you mean?"
Boomer let out a sigh and mad a sad look said "Well... He really hates the PowerPuff Girls, and... he's always been a jerk to me. Of course, Butch does that too, but..."
"But what?"
Boomer then crossed his arms with the mad face again. "But... Brick's much worse! He's all cocky, stubborn, and selfish, and, and he always puts me down. And he hates admitting anything!" Brick clutched his fists hard with anger hearing Boomer talk negatively about him "I've been keeping my friendship with the girls a secret form him ever since Blossom apologized."
"Well, do you think that you could at least try something?"
"Well... I guess... but, I might have to think about it..."
"Well, you heard it here, folks, coming to you live from..." Brick turned the T.V. off and showed that he was super angry at what he just saw.
"Yeah, I've heard enough! So... he thinks that since I've always been pushing him around and just because Blossom was so 'nice' to him that he'd rather hang out with her than hang out with me? I don't think so! Somebodies gonna be in hot water when he gets home!"
Unaware to Brick, HIM was laying on the top of the building. He heard everything that was going on in there. He made a sinister grin, chuckled evilly and said "Well, this should be interesting...!"
Later that night, loads of rain came coming down as lighting struck. The PowerPuff Girls took Butch inside their room at their house as Butch groaned in pain "Ow! Be careful!"
"Quit your whining!" Said Buttercup.
They carried him over to the bed and as Blossom said "Careful... Put him down gently..."
Bubbles then dropped Butch's head on the bed as he moaned in pain. "Oops! Sorry..." Bubbles said.
"Man... If he keeps moaning like this it's gonna drive us all insane!" Said Buttercup.
"Now, Buttercup! I was responsible for his misfortune!" Blossom reminded. "I figured that hospitality at our house is a good way to pay him back for that accident."
"Yeah! Accident, my butt! Ow!" Butch shouted. Then a moment of awkward silence took place. Butch decided to break it by saying "So... uh... About Mojo creating you girls... does that mean we're like... siblings?"
The Powerpuff Girls looked at each other with shocked expressions. They never really thought about it that way, having a common creator meaning that the Rowdyruff Boys were their brothers, and it made them feel guilty. "I... I guess it does." Said Blossom.
Butch looked away with mixed feelings of guilt and regret. "Butch? Are you okay?" Bubbles asked in concern.
Butch looked over to them and then back at where he was looking. "I'm fine. I'm just... Thinking."
Buttercup approached Butch and said "Look, if it means anything, we want you to know that we forgive you for all the bad things you did. And we're sorry for what we thought about you guys."
Butch just shrugged as he said "Nah, water under the bridge. And... Thanks... Sis." Buttercup felt as if lifted up from hearing Butch call her sis. She even smiled.
The Professor came in and said "Good afternoon, everyone! I saw the news, and was happy with what I saw! And Boomer, that thing you said before, about you seeing Blossom as an older sister?"
"Uh... Yeah?" Said Boomer. "Was it wrong for me to say that...?"
"Oh! No, no!" The Professor waved his hands, telling him to not get the wrong idea. "I'm actually glad to see that you like Blossom very much. You see, Blossom's been talking about you these two in a half weeks."
Boomer turned to Blossom in wounder saying "You... You really like me too?"
Blossom then held Boomer's hand, looking at him with a gentle smile and said "Yeah. I guess you could say: I don't want to be enemies with you anymore. I want us to be friends."
"I think you two should be closer than friends. What I'm trying to say is..." The Professor knelled down to Boomer and placed a hand on his shoulder saying "Boomer, I was wondering if you would like to be a part of our family."
Boomer then felt a stroke of happiness inside of him as he said "You... you mean... me...? A part of the... family...?"
The Professor made a kind smile and nodded yes. "You see, I do love my girls, a lot. But, I've always wondered what it would be like to raise boys."
Boomer, after hearing the Professor referring to more than one boy, said "Wait! Butch too?"
"Of course! And Brick as well!"
Hearing Brick's name, Boomer's happy face suddenly turned upside down. "I don't know... I don't think... Brick is just..."
Then Buttercup went up to him and said "Boomer. I know that your trying to avoid this situation."
"Yeah... But I have a good reason to..."
"Boomer. You can't keep this secret from him for long." Buttercup interrupted. "You'er going to have to tell him. Sooner or later. Because keeping it from him would also be kind of selfish."
Boomer made a face of realization of what Buttercup said. "I hate to admit it, But she's right." Butch said in addition. "Heck, I was ticked when I found out you've been hanging out with the girls. Even at Mojo for not telling us he helped their dad create the girls by accident and tricked them in building his observatory made me really ticked!"
Remembering that made Boomer feel bad. He then sighed and said "Okay, I'll tell him in the morning! I'd better..."
Buttercup then nodded her head from side to side as she said "And by sooner or later... I meant now or never."
Boomer looked down in sadness. Then he looked up with a serious look saying "Maybe your right. It's about time I told him the truth!"
"You might need us there if he tries to hurt you!"
"No! I'll be fine." Said Boomer "I'll face him... alone." With that said, Boomer flew out the window, leaving everyone worried for him.
Blossom saw Buttercup, looking all guilty and said "Hey, don't worry. I'm sure he can do this. He's gotten stronger since then."
Buttercup looked at the floor in guilt saying "I hope you're right, Blossom. I just that hope I didn't make a big mistake..." Blossom placed a hand on Buttercup's shoulder, saying that they have faith in what is yet to come.
(R&R)
