Episode 9: Powerpuff for a Day
The city of Townsville: Protected by our beloved Powerpuff Girls... um, let's see how they've been doing lately since... the incident...
Bubbles was really the only one who got over what happened the previous week; after all, all she had to blame herself for was leaving Blossom behind in the fire. But, Blossom ordered her to get out of the building, so, Bubbles was able to find peace after a few days knowing that her sister made it out alright, at least, on the outside. Her sisters, however, still took the blame that they may or may not have inflicted upon themselves.
The Powerpuff Girls went to rescue Ms. Keane from their former first-grade teacher, Mr. Tremblay; but, a fire had appeared out of nowhere in the building they were in, forcing the Powerpuff Girls to escape with their teacher, the collapsing rubble crushing the teacher in the process. Buttercup blamed herself for starting the fire after responding to an insult Mr. Tremblay threw at her, and Blossom blamed herself for not rescuing the teacher, known as the Crusader in some circles, in time.
Every day for the past week, Blossom and Buttercup were in two minds. Blossom would tell herself, He kidnapped Ms. Keane, and who knows what he did in the past? He deserved what he got. Buttercup would remind herself of what the Professor and Ms. Keane told her: The fire was from the building itself, you had nothing to do with this. Still, they couldn't block the nightmares of the fire consuming the sketchy arena Mr. Tremblay had built, and the sounds of the fan crushing his body.
All three girls had to stay home a couple of days afterwards; but, the Professor and the girls eventually decided school would help them get over their pains. In school, the Powerpuff Girls and Ms. Keane never spoke of the incident as if it had never happened, changing the subject whenever a curious student would inquire of how it felt to be kidnapped. Slowly, but surely, the girls were able to push the incident out of their heads for longer periods of time.
"Hey," their friend Robin Snyder noticed their quietness one day, "Is something wrong?"
"Yeah," Bubbles admitted,
"It's fine, though," Blossom reassured her,
"It's all part of the job..." Buttercup finished with a sigh. At the end of the school day on Thursday, the Powerpuff Girls were stepping out of the lobby and onto the pavement outside. Amidst all the buses and cars waiting to pick up the students, one vehicle stood out: A long, white limousine stretched out across several parking spots, a chauffeur stood outside shooing away any children who only wanted to have a close look at the limo.
The Powerpuff Girls instantly recognized the owner of the limo; the window on the side facing the triplets rolled down, and Princess Morbucks leaned over from the inside, staring at the sisters with a mischievous grin on her face. Hesitantly, the girls hovered closer to the vehicle and Princess,
"So, Powerpuff Brats," the spoiled girl greeted, "Have you noticed I haven't come to this little itty-bitty school yet?"
"Yeah," Buttercup huffed, "We've noticed how much nicer the teachers are without having a student like you." Princess squinted at the toughest fighter, her grin only widening,
"Good for you, then!" she snapped, and then, recomposed herself, "Anyway, I thought you might like to know I convinced Daddy to send me to a very special and very expensive school where only the rich kids like myself can afford to attend!"
"But, does a private school offer a better education than a public school?" Blossom shot at her.
"Better than a school called Pokey Oaks Elementary," Princess retorted almost under her breath. Irritated, the Powerpuff Girls folded their arms,
"Um... what brings you here?" Bubbles was trying to be polite, but even she was growing sick of Princess flaunting her excessive wealth like always. Princess stepped out of the limo wearing her usual yellow super-suit, complete with a couple of laser guns strapped to her legs.
"I can't believe I didn't realize this earlier," the spoiled brat explained, "But, I finally realized the key to being a Powerpuff Girl!"
"What?" the girls asked together,
"You fight monsters and super-villains on a regular basis," Princess pointed out, "And all through brute force, no money or nothing like that."
"Duh!" Buttercup groaned, "What's your point?!" Suddenly, Ms. Keane and the principal appeared in the lobby behind them,
"Powerpuff Girls!" the principal cried at the top of his lungs, "Another monster's making a mess in Townsville!" Princess eagerly gripped her blasters,
"It's time for me to do the dirty work!" she exclaimed valiantly, "Let me take down the monster by myself; then, I'll have proved myself to be a true Powerpuff Girl!" The sisters glanced at each other, not sure how to respond. They huddled together,
"If she thinks she's all that," Buttercup whispered, "Then I say: it's time for Princess to learn a lesson for once!"
"If she get's hurt, it's all our faults!" Bubbles said to her sister sternly. The two looked at Blossom, waiting for her response,
"It depends," the leader finally replied, "If the monster doesn't look too bad, maybe we'll let Princess take care of herself... and then what?"
"She should get thrown around enough so that she's too scared to ever want to be a Powerpuff Girl again," Buttercup smirked,
"Princess shouldn't have to risk her life just so she can be scared away from heroism!" Blossom almost shouted,
"She deserves it," Buttercup stated.
"Ahem!" Princess intruded, "I can hear everything you say from here, let's get moving!" Grudgingly, the Powerpuff Girls flew with Princess to Townsville. Rolling around the ground was a hamster creature that was foaming at the mouth; it was surrounded by a clear, plastic looking ball with air holes around it.
"It's kind of cute," Bubbles remarked quietly. Princess didn't wait for the Powerpuff Girls' approval, instead, blasting away again on her fake wings with her lasers in her hands. Without a word, the sisters hovered out of the way beside a building so they could nervously observe not only Princess and the hamster beast, but also so they could see any people still in the area.
The hamster beast screeched at Princess, beginning to roll towards her at a startling speed. Princess easily flew over the hamster, and while it's back was turned she began firing her two laser guns at it like no one's business. Unfortunately, every laser blast bounced off the transparent shell; the Powerpuff Girls immediately dove down to carry away a woman and her baby carriage before one of the lasers could hit them.
The Powerpuff Girls were starting to fly closer to Princess, when the spoiled girl stopped them by shouting,
"Wait! I've only just started, you're not giving me a chance!" Reluctantly, the triplets flew back to the building, continuing to scout for any unlucky citizens still in the area. The hamster screeched again, trying to leap from inside the ball at her,
"You can't catch me," Princess taunted the monster, "Na na-na-na-na!" blowing raspberries at it in the process. The hamster, who was foaming at the mouth even more, pushed on a tiny button from the inside, and part of the ball cleared out enough for the hamster to crawl out. Princess aimed at the hamster once more; but, the creature leaped up, startling Princess so that she missed her target by a long shot.
Princess tried to fly away; but, the hamster managed to clamp onto on of her artificial wings and swung it's head, throwing Princess off of her flying gear. The Powerpuff Girls managed to catch the screaming child in midair and took her away from the monster, setting her gently on the ground,
"You've done enough," Blossom informed her, "We'll take care of the monster!" Her face crimson red, Princess pushed away the Powerpuff Girls and stood up, gripping her guns even tighter,
"Now you think you're gonna take the glory away from me!" she growled, "Well, I'm not about to let that happen, not when I was so close!" The hamster beast began charging towards Princess again, and this time, she was ready for it. Princess fired one shot at the hamster, hitting it at it's shoulder. Surprised, the hamster whimpered and recoiled towards his ball.
Quickly, the Powerpuff Girls picked up the hamster and threw it back into it's ball. Before the creature could escape again, the triplets hurled the ball over Townsville in the direction of Monster Isle where it most likely came from. Princess walked over to her mangled up, slobbery flight gear, leaving it alone after realizing it was beyond repair. She glared at the Powerpuff Girls,
"Spotlight stealers..." she sighed, "Oh, well, you gotta admit you couldn't have done it without me!" her smile faded, and she noted, "But, you just threw that hamster thing away. I thought you usually destroyed the monsters." The Powerpuff Girls looked at each other, realizing she had a point.
"Uh, I thought the monster was too cute to destroy," Bubbles made an excuse, "So, we decided to spare it." her sisters nodded. Princess scoffed,
"If I were a Powerpuff Girl, I wouldn't show mercy to anything..." she looked at the girls with a confident expression on her face, "So, if that wasn't awesome enough to become a Powerpuff Girl, I don't know what is!" Blossom finally had enough,
"You still don't get it!" she suddenly snapped, "You have to have so much on your shoulders; you can't just be the guardian of Townsville, you have to protect the world! Not just anyone can call themselves a Powerpuff Girl just because they destroyed a big bad monster, if we weren't around, someone else might have died; but, did you care? No!..." Buttercup put a hand on her shoulder, telling Blossom that Princess would never understand in her present position.
Ignoring Blossom's rant, Princess threw her head back up to the sky, and shouted at the top of her lungs at the cosmic entity above them,
"Alright, Narrator! I deserve some credit here!"
Fine... and so, once again, the day is saved, thanks to: The Powerpuff Girls... and Princess Morbucks too...
"Hey! You should have put my name first, you jerk!"
