Disclaimer: Do I look like a Japanese animator or writer to you?
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Specials"
"Specifics or more than one"
The Magic and Science of Good and Evil!
Chapter 9: Do you like being alone?
Part One
The City of New Townsville and although our heroes aren't here the RowdyRuff Boys seem to be adjusting to their new home. Despite their hatred toward chores and work they seemed to be getting along fine with the neighbors, even Barry. Although the boys were adjusting that didn't mean they weren't up to their old tricks. While Butch and Boomer were out with Mona shopping, Brick and Blight were sneaking into Barry's files
"So this is Barry's computer huh?" Blight asked
"Yeah, his password and stuff were easy to figure out." Brick explain as he typed
"So what's this thing you want to show me?"
"THIS!"
"Huh… DUDE! SERIOUSLY? AW SICK!"
"Ha ha ha! What do you think?"
"Come on man, geez… what Barry looks at is none of our business! And besides this is… that is… ARE THOSE EVEN REAL?"
"Oh come on man, I was curious and besides Barry's cool."
"Yeah, but looking at this doesn't make him seem as goody-goody as we thought."
"Maybe he's just lonely, I mean he is the main guy taking care of everything… then again… I wonder what else he has stored in here."
"EH-HEM!" A voice called making the boys frightfully turn around only to see Barry holding back his anger "And what might you under aged boys be looking at on mycomputer?"
"Well uh you see uh…" Brick stuttered "You tell him Blight!"
"Yeah, well it's uh…" Blight staggered "Maybe you should tell him!"
"Hey guys what are you looking at?" Blitz entered the room forcing the whole group to block the computer
"It's none of your business!" Brick panicked
"It's not for you!" Blight followed
"THAT'S IT!" Barry's had enough as he pushed all the boys out the door "EVERYBODY OUT OF MY ROOM, NOW!"
"Barry wait, let's talk!" Brick said as they went past the door "Are… are you lonely?"
"WHAT? Of course not, I live with all these people and you guys."
"No, I mean… do you have a girlfriend?"
"I… uh… well… you see… That's not important; I've been watching over this family even before I became Building Manager!"
"Don't you make time for yourself?" Blight interrupted
"I can't, between my job and watching this place it's not as easy as it looks to do what I want."
"OH!" Brick and Blight got it
"Is it true that you have a crush on Kelly Stain?" Blitz blurted out
"I… WHAT, WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT?" Barry yelled as his face turned red
"I saw a book that said "Bunny's Diary" and it said: Dear Diary, I love my big brother he can do just about anything, but I wonder why he can't tell Kelly how he feels about…"
"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH!"
"SO, you do have some one in mind!" Brick teased
"Yeah but Kelly is…" Blight pointed out "She's hot and you're… not."
"Don't remind me." Barry sighed
"Why don't you let us help you?" Brick said
"NO, NO GUYS Uh… that won't be necessary!"
"Why not?" Blight asked then looked to the side "In fact… KELLY, OVER HERE!"
"HEY STOP, DON'T…"
"Hey guys what's going on?" the nurse said adjusting her glasses and her long black hair
"Uh hi Kelly… I uh…"
"He wants to know when you're available!" Brick interrupted
"SHUT UP!"
"Barry?" Kelly teased "Are you asking me out? Hee hee!"
"NO, I MEAN YES, I MEAN… if you're not busy."
"I'd love too!"
"See I told you she wouldn't… wait… y-you would?"
"Of course but… I figured you were so busy you'd never have the time. You do so much for all of us Barry and I think it's good that these boys are bringing you out of your shell."
"Kelly… I… I'LL MAKE THIS THE BEST TIME YOU'LL EVER HAVE, JUST LEAVE IT TO ME!"
"Tee hee I know you will, thanks Barry!"
"Woo hoo!" Blitz called
"Way to go big man!" Brick cheered and Blight whistled
"Oh you boys." Kelly giggles then turned serious "By the way I've been looking in to Mona's condition."
"Yeah, poor kid I wouldn't wish that on anyone." Barry explained "According to her, her adoptive father just wanted to use her and took advantage of her. You know what I'll do to him if he ever shows his face?"
"I know Barry, I'm just glad she has you to look over her."
As the pre adults talked, the boys stood stunned and turned to each other
"So is Ms. Mona okay or not?" Blight brought up a point
"Do you think this is one of Him's tricks?" Brick asked
"But what would he gain?" Blight pointed out "I mean he's gone forever right?"
"I hope so… but still… we promised to protect Ms. Mona for as long as we live, RIGHT GUYS?"
"RIGHT!" Blight and Blitz said
The brothers put their fists together to note their promise as the home prepared for another day
"RAWR!" said the Dragon toy
Huh? Oh sorry Burns I forgot about you… maybe next time okay?
"Grr!"
Later back with the girls
"YAY, WE'RE GOING TO THE BEACH!" Kasey cheered
"Cheep!" Bullet followed on her shoulder
That's right, while the adults were away the children will play! On the boardwalk the eight teens, two kids, Poochi, Bullet and Computress all stared out at the grandeur of the fresh clean beach. As the teens looked on, Dexter in his street clothes walked slowly behind looking down, but this did not go unnoticed
"Dexter?" Blossom spoke "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I was just thinking?" Dexter explained
"Dexter, I told you… If you need someone to talk too, I'm here!"
"Thank you Blossom, I'll tell you later… I promise!"
"Anytime Dexter, now let's have some fun in the sun!"
Blossom rejoined the others, but Dexter walked slowly and continued to think
'My promise…"
*Flash Back*
Two years ago in Dex-labs, Dexter and His grandfather were working on a new machine for the next S.O.T.I.
"This is the best!" A thirteen year old Dexter cheered "I can't believe I'm the co-owner of the most advanced robotics lab in the world, I can build anything to my heart's content and best of all… NO DEE-DEE!"
"I'm glad you're happy Dexter." Dexter's grandfather explained "No come here we need to talk."
"Huh… about what grandpa?"
"Dexter, I trust you can move Dex-labs into the future and the world will one day rely on Dex-labs. I named it after you because, I believe you can see a better tomorrow."
"Thanks grandpa!"
"But boy, I don't want you to do it alone."
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"Dexter, I wish you would at least give the human side of science a chance."
"Humph… you mean make friends? Don't worry Grandpa, I won't be alone… watch! Computer?"
"Yes Dexter?" A female computer voice spoke from the speakers
"Begin download!"
"Yes Dexter!"
The machines whirled, the electricity sparked and the lights all shined as Dexter continued typing in the final components.
"Download complete!" The computers voice explained
"Excellent!" Dexter said as he removed the drapes over his newest invention "BEHOLD!"
Standing there was a blue female robot with hovering abilities and a screen showing her face
"Dexter… this is?" The computer's voice came from the robot
"It's your very own body my dear!" Dexter explained "What do you think? Now you can go anywhere you want, whether it's right by my side or not."
"I am very grateful Dexter! Do I get a new name too?"
"Um… pick one."
"How about… Computress?"
"Computress it is! See grandpa I don't need any human friends, I have Computress."
"That's not what I meant Dexter." The old man explained "One day you will be in charge of Dex-Labs, but I don't want you to be alone."
"I don't see the problem Grandpa, I like being alone."
"But… one day you'll understand, for now just promise me something."
"What's that?"
"Promise me that you will never turn your back on Dex-Labs and you will never let anyone take it from the world."
"You bet Grandpa, I promise!"
The two shook hands and all seemed to go well… until…
One month later
"FIRE, EVERYBODY OUT!" a man who worked there called and in a panic the whole team fled "Wait, where's the boss?"
"Forget him!" Another random worker yelled "He'll be fine, now let's get out of here!"
The whole staff escaped as the whole building went up in flames, fire fighters arrived at the scene and Dexter arrived to see the devastation. Shocked and scared Dexter didn't know what to do, but then he saw the workers and ran to them
"Is everyone all right?" Dexter asked in a panic
"We're all okay?" one worked stated
"Good… wait… Where's Grandpa?"
"We don't know, we couldn't find him!"
"What?" Dexter panicked and raced over to the building only to be stopped by the police "Grandpa?"
"Stay back it's too dangerous!" an officer said
"Grandpa! GRANDPA! GRAAAAANDPAAAAA!"
Hours later
Dexter sat by the police as the last of the fires were put out, Dexter could only hope and pray that his grandfather was okay when suddenly
"Dexter." A tall blonde man with blue eyes and a big chin came "Hello there, I'm a friend of your grandfather and his lawyer. My name is William Oliver Rights."
"Hi." Dexter said rudely but gave him his hand to shake
"I know you're worried about your grandfather."
"Is he… okay?"
"I don't know, but I have confirmed with the workers here that they did not see him escape."
"Was he still inside?"
"… I… I don't know, but listen… Your grandfather is a brilliant and good man, I know that he's entrusting you with the future of Dex-Labs. But maybe you should live out your young life first."
"Humph, sorry Mr. Rights but I don't need a young life. What I need is science, nothing more… Besides, I like being alone."
"… Very well Dexter, here's my card." The man said as he walked away "Something tells me we will meet again, good bye Dexter."
"Thank you sir… good bye!"
The two gone their separate ways, as the man disappeared Dexter went over to the rescue officials to get the news. Dexter was left in shock, then he suddenly broke down in tears, there was nothing else he could do after hearing that Dexter's grandfather never left the building and was found trapped in his office… dead. Dexter was in deep depression for some time, but soon after the quick repairs by the robots Dex-Labs was back on its feet, but now without its proper owner; Dexter, knowing his grandfather left Dex-labs to him if something happens, took command. However having a young boy take command of such a large robotics factory was not as amazing as it seemed, Dexter did his best to gain the trust of the human workers. But being adults they had trouble adjusting, Dexter wasn't bad at managing or helping but he wasn't perfect either, Dexter's antisocial nature kept him from understanding anything they needed. While some adults never took Dexter seriously, others took advantage of Dexter as he did his best to be reasonable and others just left feeling distraught by working for a child, so they either quit or just got lazy. No one seemed to care about the stress, anxiety or pressure Dexter felt, until one day they all just… quit. Dex-labs was in trouble again but Dexter remembering his promise made as many robots as he could keeping the company up, with no human support.
Months later at the S.O.T.I. meeting
"Hello there, Dexter." Professor Protozoan met Dexter as they sat in his office "Long time no see."
"Like wise sir." Dexter said as he shook his hand
"So, how's Dex-Labs."
"It's doing great, stocks are up, supply and demand is at an all time high and I have needs to expand if and when needed!"
"I see, by looking at the reports it seems that Dex-labs is improving."
"Yes it is, but to be honest it was not easy at all."
"Well Dexter, that's why I've been meaning to talk to you."
"What do you mean sir?"
"Because of the fire your grandfather is no longer with us."
"…Yes I know"
"And all of your human staff never took you seriously and either left or was fired."
"Yes"
"And Dex-labs is being worked with by nothing but machines?"
"Yes."
"And so I have a proposal… I would like to buy Dex-labs."
"WHAT?... But I… (Sigh)… I'm sorry sir, but Dex-labs is not for sale."
"Humph, I figured you would say something like that. You have to understand, your grandfather works for me. Thus, Dex-labs belongs to me."
"That can't be, Grandpa never told me this… do you have proof."
"As of right now no, however I am your grandfather's boss. Thus, everything that he says is his is actually mine. Now explain to me why you won't give Dex-labs to someone with more capable hands."
"Because I am more than capable of handling a business as vast as Dex-labs… besides, I made a promise to my grandfather."
"Really?"
"Yes, I promised that I would never turn my back on Dex-labs and I would never let anyone take it from me or the world."
"Hmm… Well then this changes everything… You realize that you just explained that you work for me now!"
"What?"
"You see your Dexter, legally you as a child have no say. Plus your grandfather was also my friend and as his friend I believe you are incapable to fully take control of this business. If you truly want to hold on to this, you will do exactly what I say."
"But sir I…"
"No buts! You think that just because you have a gift, that you can do whatever you want? The S.O.T.I. is facing a financial crisis and the best solution is to make something that sells, that's why I need you to make… Weapons, the more destructive the better."
"But Dex-Labs is not a weapons manufacturing company."
"It is now! Get back to work."
"NO! I WON'T DO IT! Dex-Labs is for the betterment of the future not the destruction!"
"Humph."
"I'll do whatever it takes to prove that and to prove I can take care of Dex-Labs."
"…"
"…"
"Very well Dexter, you can have your little company… However, if I see you being irresponsible, incapable or too indecisive, it will be mine. Your life belongs to Dex-labs now, any friends or plans of a normal life are now outside the window. Not only that but if I don't obtain the rights to Dex-Labs… No one will… Get out of my office."
"That won't be a problem sir, I don't have any friends any way and a normal life is out of the question… Besides, I like being alone… Good day sir."
Dexter left the office full of rage which he needed to vent; suddenly in front of Dexter was a familiar figure
"Dexter." Mr. Rights spoke in a comforting tone "How did it go?"
"I didn't want to believe it but…" Dexter trailed off "You were right, he is just after my company… but he was my Grandfather's friend, you don't think he…"
"It's possible Dexter, as much as I don't want it to be. So are you going back to work? It doesn't hurt to get some air and make some friends every now and then."
"Mr. Rights, I'm happy with Dex-labs and all it has to offer. I don't need anything or anyone, I finally have what I've always wanted… true solitude. With that alone I can prove I'm more capable than Protozoan will ever be, I may run the whole S.O.T.I. one day."
"But Dexter…"
"Don't worry Mr. Rights, besides… I like being alone."
And with that Dexter left, off to run Dex-labs to the fullest. With no distractions and no worries Dexter and his robots ran the company smoothly expanding it greater than anyone could imagine, nothing seemed capable of stopping Dexter… until that faithful call for help from Professor Utonium.
*End of Flash Back*
Dexter walked behind his friends with his head hung low as he thought, suddenly Computress came over to talk
"Dexter?" The machine asked "Is everything okay?"
"Huh… oh… yeah… I was just thinking." Dexter explained
"About what?"
"About my promise to Grandpa, I promised that I would never turn my back on Dex-labs and I would never let anyone take it from me. I also remember telling everyone how I liked my solitude… But now look… Computress, I have friends! Bubbles and Bunny think I'm amazing, I can play and hang around Ken and Kasey like a big brother, Cody, Jack, Buttercup and even Mitch thinks I'm cool…Me… COOL! And most of all… Blossom… I feel… compelled to her, I mean I feel like we've been friends all our lives! She's smart, she's fun, she's…"
"Pretty?"
"Beautiful! Inside and out, look at her eyes, her hair, her smile and her personality! Computress, I don't want this to change! But… then I'd be turning my back on Dex-labs… and Protozoan will have it and I'll be left with nothing. If I don't keep my promise, I'll lose everything… either way, I'll lose my friends… and I'll be alone again."
Dexter grew teary as the distance between him and his friends grew wider, he then looked to his creation with a cringed face full of tears from knowing what the future holds
"Computress." Dexter said with a heavy heart "I hate being alone."
Computress didn't know what to do, she's never seen Dexter so down before. She was however able to calm him and herself down with a simple gesture of bringing her hand and putting it on his shoulder, making the young man look at her.
"Dexter." Computress began "I'm happy that you found something you like on the outside world. But you shouldn't worry about that yet; you should go and be happy with your friends! You'll cross that bridge when you come to it, just like you always do."
"Computress?" Dexter looked up at the machine to show his happy intrigue he then turned to his friends who were all waving, telling them to hurry and join them "You're right, I'll make these moments with my friends more memorable than anything else in my life! Thank you Computress!"
Dexter now full of vigor happily ran to his friends. Computress became happy knowing she made Dexter happy, even if it's only for a little while
'As much as I don't want to tell them, I have a feeling that they will understand.' Dexter thought as he caught up to see all of their friends happy faces 'Computress is right I should make myself happy as much as I can. Besides I'm with all the people that make me happy, what could possibly go wrong?'
"HIIIII DEXTEEEEER!" A voice called making Dexter fall flat on his face
"No, it can't be!" Dexter said as he got up and looked behind himself to see "DEE-DEE?"
"Long time no see bro!" Yup it was in fact Dexter's older sister now wearing a white tank top, daisy duke shorts, sandals and a straw hat with a gym bag around her shoulder "Ha ha I knew I'd bump into you sooner or later."
"No way!" Blossom spoke in shock "Dee-Dee, what are you doing here?"
"Well, the girls and I all have a ballet recital on Wednesday near this very beach. One day I saw a poster for that S.O.T.I. thing and I thought what if I run into you, I almost didn't recognize you until I saw Computress… What's with the clothes?"
"What?" Dexter complained "Is there something wrong seeing your brother in normal clothing? Wait, you said the girls and I right? Does that mean?"
"Yep, we're here too Dex!" A tall black teen girl with puffs in her hair explained "Nice to see you again!"
"You've grown Dexter!" An Asian teen girl followed "I'm glad we ran into you after all!"
"Mimi, Lee-Lee… hi!" Dexter spoke up
"Who are they Dexter?" Blossom asked from behind
"Oh… the dark one is Mimi and the Asian one is Lee-Lee, they're Dee-Dee's best friend and they are also in the ballet team. Don't worry, they are nowhere near as dumb or as destructive as my sister… but they are just as annoying."
"Who's that?" Mitch asked as the group stood separate from Dexter, Blossom and Dee-Dee's friends "She's hot."
*BONK*
"That's Dee-Dee, Dexter's sister." Buttercup explained after hitting Mitch on the head "Trust me, she's nothing but trouble."
"Oh yeah, we're not the only ones here Dexter!" Dee-Dee explained
"Huh, who else is here?"
"TA-DA!" Dee-Dee spoke as she moved to reveal a young gothic looking girl with black hair in a Bowl cut but with two long pig tails, sharp blue eyes and dark clothes staring deep onto Dexter. Even thought she was with Dee-Dee, she was the same age as Blossom but as tall as Princess
"DAAAAAH!" Dexter screamed as he panicked and hastily backed away "La-uh… LALA! Uh… hi uh… long time no see right? Eh heh heh heh."
The girl stood quietly as she turned away from Dexter making him give a sigh of relief, messing with the mood again Dee-Dee began franticly looking around
"So if you're all here…" Dee-Dee explained as she looked around "Then where's my little…"
"SIS, I found a spot!" Kasey called as she ran back to the older kids "There's room where we can play and everything and… Huh… AHH!"
"YOU'RE HERE!" Dee-Dee called as she franticly ran over to the now frightened little girl with hearts in her eyes "MY ADORABLE LITTLE KASEY, I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! I JUST GOT TO GIVE YOU A HUG MY LITTLE BUNDLE OF CUTENESS!"
"AHH SIS, HELP ME!" Kasey yelled as she ran away from the frantic teen and over too her older sister and hid behind her legs "The scary lady is after me again (sniff)!"
"Oh poopy!" Dee-Dee pouted
"Cheep!" Bullet spoke making Dee-Dee look
"Did you're doll just… talk?"
"UH YES WELL YOU SEE UH…" Dexter panicked then thought of a lie quick "I used science to make Bullet here come to life eh heh heh heh."
"Bullet huh… well that was nice of you Dexter… BUT THE DOLL MAKES KASEY SO MUCH CUTER!"
"All right everyone, calm down." Computress called out "As I see it we are all here for some fun in the sun. Why don't we just go to the beach and enjoy ourselves?"
"Okay!" the youngsters all called out
"Um Computress." Ken interrupted "The signs say that nobody under the age of eighteen can enter without an adult, how are we going to go in? I don't think, they'll allow robots."
"Don't worry Ken, I took that into account." Dexter explained "Computress, if you may."
"Very well Dexter, activating holographic disguise." Computress stated as her blue body was covered in lights, after sometime the lights dimmed and disappeared and revealed a grown woman with light brown hair wearing a blue bikini over her fit body "Is this more like it?"
Compuress asked as the whole group stared
"It's a new feature I added to her not to long ago." Dexter explained "Now she's in the form of "Aunt Connie" okay, no one will suspect a thing. Now… LET'S GET TO THAT BEACH!"
"YEAH!" The whole group cheered and ran to do what they all came to do… HAVE SOME FUN!
"You and I need to talk." Lala sternly said as she walked by the now nervous and stunned Dexter
"...Hoo boy." Dexter sighed
Later on the beach
The boys were finishing unpacking the towels and setting up the parasols and beach chairs while they waited for the best part of the beach… the girls.
"Alright, I think we're done." Dexter explained with his purple swim trunks with a big green atom on the sides "Compu… er I mean Aunt Connie, should we start the barbecue?"
"Yes, Dexter!" Connie said as Dexter still with his techno-watch on pushed some buttons and brought out a grill and some coal and lighter fluid "I will begin shortly."
"Wow, what a beautiful beach!" Ken stared in awe in his blue and white full body male swimsuit "I can't wait for Kasey and the others to get here!"
"RUFF, Hurry up girls!" Poochi called out
"Take your time Connie." Cody said in his dark blue swim trunks with a claw design on the sides "We'll be here all day."
"I got the drinks!" Mitch called as he passed around sodas in his Black swim trunks with a skull and cross bones on one side "Look at what we have here… palm trees, GIRLS, pineapples, GIRLS, surf boards, GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS and best of all SWIM SUITS EVERY WHERE! MWA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"Dude, chill!" Jack spoke with his red swim trunks with a black Chinese symbol for dragon "Why aren't the girls back yet?"
"Bah you know women, they love taking their time… all of their time!"
"Sorry we took so long." Bunny called in her purple one piece with a white rabbit design on the each side while the white straps around her neck it still showed a good amount of her back
"As I was saying, here's our first contestant." Mitch said as he held his drink like a mike "Here we have Bunny, although white and nerdy may be a downer for most males this brainy beauty proves them wrong. What do you think Dexter?"
"Speaking from experience, there's nothing wrong with being nerdy." Dexter spoke imitating Mitch with his own mike drink "In fact I think glasses add a bit of charm to the wearer!"
"Um s-should I have worn uh a shirt?" Bunny nervously asked
"It don't matter Bunny." Cody reassured "What's important is that you have fun!"
"I agree!" Jack spoke as he sat on a towel "Besides you all look good no matter what."
"Speaking of which, here comes Buttercup!" Dexter explained as he sat down along with the other boys "Wearing a green and yellow full back showing one piece, this daughter of a pro wrestler shows her sporty side."
"Come on guys, what do you think you're doing?" Buttercup asked
"They're just joking around by judging our swimsuits." Bunny explained as she giggled with flattery
"Oh really, come on boys tell me what you really think!" Buttercup teased as she posed
"Look at her go, with her sense of style she's showing the world that beauty can be dangerous." Cody explained
"I guess you could say this fire cracker is too hot to handle, am I right?" Jack spoke and Buttercup couldn't help but giggle
"I agree." Mitch spoke up making Buttercup blush "Then again even with her being so mannish, it's real surprising she could pass on as a real cutie!"
"I'LL SHOW YOU MANNISH!" Buttercup yelled as she chased Mitch on the beach
"AHH I WAS KIDDING!" Mitch yelled as he ran for his life but the others laughed
"So… how's mine boys?" Bubbles spoke in her strapless bubble patterned two piece with yellow frills on the top of the top and a Yellow and green skirt on the bottom of the bottom
"Whoa! If cuteness was a super power… my Bubbles would be a goddess!" Cody spoke all flustered
"If cuteness is power then…" Jack spoke then paused "We'd all be in trouble."
The whole group busted out in laughter at the joke, except for Buttercup and Mitch who were still chasing each other
"Hey boys , what do you think?" Dee-Dee called in a pink cleavage exposing bikini
"Wouldn't you rather have three girls who are closer to being adults?" Mimi asked in a blue tankini
"Come on, tell us we're sexy!" Lee-Lee pleaded in a green swimsuit that looked like a one piece from the front but a two piece from the back
"Plain." Dexter unenthusiastically stated
"Ordinary." Cody followed
"Meh." Jack continues
"Dull." Ken added
"Boring." Poochi finished
"You're all mean!" Dee-Dee whines
"Relax Dee-Dee we're just joking, you all look fine." Dexter spoke as the others agreed
"AHH I like it AHH." Mitch said as he paused then ran again
"Come back here!" Buttercup called
"Anyway we still have one more left!" Dexter explained
"Oh, I get it!" Cody teased "You can't wait to see Blossom, right?"
"Well uh no, I mean yes, I mean… s-shut up!"
"Sorry we took so long guys!" A young girl's voice came making Dexter look
"Che chi!" Bullet chirped
"Looking good Kasey… huh… uh… where's Blossom?"
"Oh she went to get Ice cream for me and her." Kasey explained in her new orange patterned two piece with a sun flower in the middle of the top "She'll join us later… Huh… EEK!"
"CHEE!" Bullet followed
"SO… CUTE!" Dee-Dee practically growled with excitement as she literally drooled at the sight of the little girl "MUST… HUG!"
"AHH!" Kasey yelled as she ran for her life
"Your sister won't save you now! Bwa ha ha… huh?"
Dee-Dee froze as Kasey hid behind Dexter in the same fashion she would do with Blossom
"Sorry sister, no hugs today." Dexter said as he turned to comfort Kasey "Come on Kasey, I'll play with you, Ken, Bullet and Poochi till your sister gets back okay?"
"Okay!" Kasey smiled as she gave Dexter a hug and wiped the fear of Dee-Dee away "Thanks big brother Dexter!"
"Maybe later Deedee." Dexter spoke as he noticed Dee-Dee giving him a strange look "What's with that face… jealous?"
"Uh no… it's just…" Dee-Dee said stunned
"Forget it, KEN, POOCHI LET'S GO!" Dexter called as the group all separated leaving Dee-Dee perplexed
"Big brother Dexter?" Dee-Dee thought out loud "Nah, it couldn't be… could it?"
"What's wrong Dee-Dee?" Mimi asked
"Come on, let's have some fun!" Lee-Lee spoke up
"Yeah!" Dee-Dee cheered up to stop her friends worrying but still couldn't help thinking about what just happened
The whole gang was having the time of their lives, Dee-Dee, Mimi and Lee-Lee were all splashing each other in the ocean, Mitch (With some bumps and bruises) and Buttercup were playing Volley ball against Cody and Jack while Bubbles and Bunny cheered them on, meanwhile Ken, Poochi, Kasey and Bullet were burying Dexter in sand and shaped it like a body builder
"Wow, you look big and strong now Dexter." Ken teased
"How do you feel?" Poochi asked
"RARW KRUNK SMASH!" Dexter said in a gruff voice making the children laugh
Meanwhile Dee-Dee couldn't help but stare at them
"What's wrong Dee-Dee?" Lee-Lee asked this time "Are you sad because you wanted to play with that little girl?"
"Well a little actually… it's just that…" Dee-Dee couldn't help but look at Kasey as she seemed to sparkle in the sun "I CAN'T STAND IT, SHE JUST SO CUTE!"
"Calm down girl, your nose is bleeding!" Mimi called out
"Who knew Dee-Dee had such a Loli-complex?" Lee-Lee joked "But come on Dee-Dee we can tell something else is bothering you."
"She's right girl, so spill it!" Mimi insisted
"Well you see…" Dee-Dee talked to the girls while Dexter played with the kids
"So what should we do now?" Kasey asked
"Cheep!" Bullet followed
"Hey kids!" Dexter spoke up still buried "I have an idea, listen up!"
The kids walked closer to Dexter as he explained the plan
Meanwhile Blossom was picking up Ice Cream for herself and her sister
"Here you go!" Said the Ice Cream Man "Did you enjoy your cone!"
"Yes sir, thank you." Blossom said in her pink and blue with yellow strapped top that showed her belly button with a pair of white and red short-shorts with a small blue belt and a heart shaped buckle
"Glad to hear it, here's your vanilla cup with chocolate sprinkles."
"Thank you sir!" and with that Blossom walked back to the beach
"Excuse me." A girl called making Blossom look, she wore a dark purple one piece with a see through stash around her waist and she held a red umbrella "You're that girl who was with Dexter right?"
"Yes I am… oh you're one of Dee-Dee friends, um… Lala, right?" Blossom said trying to stay clam from the dark girl
"Actually that's what Dexter calls me; my real name is Olga Astronominov."
"My name is Blossom. So why does Dexter call you LaLa?"
"It's short for my stage name, Lala Vava."
"Oh, so you and Dexter are friends?"
"We use to be… my older brother hates Dexter, I want to be friends but I also love my brother, even though he is a pain."
"But Dexter wants to respect his wishes."
"Yeah, plus he likes being alone."
"He doesn't have to be."
"But he will… once he goes back to his lab."
"Huh?"
"You know Dexter has a business to run, I mean he can't waste all his time with other people… it's kind of sad."
"Yeah, it is…" 'I completely forgot, Dexter's stay was always temporary but… does he really have to leave? Maybe I can convince him to find a way to stay with me… ER I MEAN US, YEAH US!'
"Are you okay?"
"Uh yeah, I'm okay! Uh… your name is Astronominov right? I feel like I heard that name before… Is your brother nice?"
"Tch please, trust me you wouldn't want to meet my brother."
The girls continued talking all the way to the beach back to their friends
Meanwhile a long way off from where the teens were Mojo, Mojo Jr. and Mandark were having their own problems
"AH-CHOO!" Mandark sneezed "Hmm, I wonder if someone's talking about me?"
"Quit playing around and help us look!" Mojo Jr. ordered
"I don't get it!" Mojo growled in frustration "We spent all that time collecting the black Z-rays from what use to be my monkey army (Read TZRSA chapters 13 and 14) AND NOW THEY'RE MISSING?"
"Argh, I give up!" Mandark stormed off "I'm taking this one and going after Dexter myself."
"Now wait just a minute!" Mojo screamed "We were going to use the Black Z-rays to power our latest creation, you can't just leave!"
"They're your Z-rays, you look for them! I'm going after my rival and finishing this once and for all."
*VROOOOOOOOOOM*
"MANDARK, GET BACK HERE!" Mojo called but to no avail as his Robo-Jojo took off and disappeared "Argh that kid!"
"Hey dad, I found something!" Mojo Jr. called making his father comply
"What is it?"
"It looks like… blonde hair."
"But… where did it come from and more importantly, whose is it?"
"Hmmmmmmmmmm!"
As the two villainous monkeys thought, another evil began making its move
Meanwhile back at the girls
Blossom and Lala Vava (aka Olga) were walking towards the kids who set up a towel and a parasol very close to the water
"Here's your ice cream Kasey!" Blossom said as she handed over the cup
"Thanks Sis!" Kasey thanked as she began gobbling the snack down
"Cheep cheep!" Bullet cheered
"Hey, where's Dexter?" Blossom asked
"Oh he went to check on something, he'll be back." Kasey answered
"Oh man, I wanted him to see my swimsuit."
"Don't worry sis, why don't you just wait for him here?"
"Okay (sigh)…"
Blossom felt down knowing Dexter wasn't around to check her out, so she took Kasey's advice and lay down on the towel to relax after taking off her shorts to revel her tight bu… er bottom with blue and pink stripes and yellow straps
"This is a great spot kids." Said Blossom "But I hope Dexter comes BAAAAACK!"
Suddenly from underneath Blossom was picked up and carried over to the water where she was promptly dumped, *SPLASH* she came up for air and saw Dexter and the kids laughing at the successful prank
"GOTCHA!" Dexter yelled in glee "Ha ha ha!"
"Ha ha ha, you should have seen the look on your face sis!" Kasey wailed as she almost choked on her ice cream
"It was all Dexter's idea ha ha!" Ken cracked up "It was great ha ha ha!"
The whole group busted out in laughter, even Bullet and Poochie rolled in the sand. Lala stayed back and merely giggled but Blossom mood was slightly different
"Why you… rargh!" Blossom yelled as she jumped on Dexter's back and dumped him face first into the salt water, she then stood up as Dexter came up out the water "Humph… tee hee, actually that was kind of fun, good one Dexter."
"(pant, pant) thanks… uh…" Dexter got out of the water and took a good long look at Blossom in her swimsuit
"Is something wrong?" Blossom Blushed
"WHA… NO, NO IT'S NOTHING!" Dexter panicked but then calmed down 'Wow, she looks… fantastic!'
"I see you're getting along well." Lala spoke up
"DAH… uh, Lala uh… Hi!" Dexter panicked
"It's okay Dexter." Blossom explained "Lala's not mad at you anymore!"
"Huh… You're not?"
"No…" Lala began "Listen, I understand how my brother feels about you and you only left for my sake."
"Hey it's not my fault your brother wants me dead."
"Oh come on you're just exaggerating."
"HE CHASED ME ACROSS SIX STATES WITH AN ASSAULT TANK!"
"See Dex you're exaggerating, it was only across four… okay maybe five."
"An assault tank?" Blossom asked "Who is your brother anyway?
"Didn't she tell you?" Dexter asked "Lala Vava's big brother is…"
"HI DEXY!" A voice interrupted Dexter making him and the girls look
"Huh… Princess?" Dexter looked with surprise seeing Princess with a Yellow with purple outlined two piece bikini with a skirt "Oh boy…"
"Well Dexy, How do I look?" Princess asked as she posed
"Um… uh… you look nice Princess… Eh heh heh heh…" Dexter tried to be nice but noticed Blossom fuming on the corner of his eye
"So Princess is this the boy you were talking about?" Mandy, A tall girl with long dark blue hair and small green eyes wearing a light violet one piece asked
"He's definitely cute, but kind of plain." Brandy, A short girl with short black hair and big blue eyes wearing a turquoise two piece followed
"Dexter these are my two friends, this is Mandy and this is Brandy!" Princess explained
"Uh hi." Dexter nervously spoke up
"(Gasp) Dexter! You have a smudge on your glasses!"
"I do?" Dexter asked as he pulled out a cloth and took off his glasses so that Brandy and Mandy could see his face making their eyes expand with surprise, but then he put them back on "There we go… hmm… is something wrong."
"Oh nothing at all Dexy!" Princess began "We just want to AHH!"
*Crash*
Princess was brushed aside from Dexter by her friends as they glared at him from up close
"Uh is there a problem?" Dexter nervously asked
"Well I was thinking…" Mandy began by pushing Brandy away "If you ever need a swimming buddy I am available!"
"Move it sister!" Brandy said as she pushed Mandy out of her way "Don't mind her Dexy, but you could help me put some sun lotion on my back!"
"NOW WAIT JUST A COTTON PICKIN' MINUTE!" Princess interrupted "Dexy is going to hang out with me!"
"NO WAY!" Mandy and Brandy objected
"That's right!" Blossom said as she wrapped her arms around Dexter's neck "Dexter is hanging out with me!"
"That's no fair!" Brandy complained "Share him!"
"You don't share a boy!" Mandy explained then grabbed Dexter's arm "You give him to the prettiest, namely ME!"
"Nu-uh Dexter and I have been separated far too long." Princess spoke up "So he should go with me!"
"Too bad because he's coming with me!" Blossom growled
"No… me!" Princess growled back grapping Dexter's other arm
"NO ME!" Mandy followed
"No me… me… ME!" Brandy yelled
"Um excuse me but…" Dexter spoke up
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" All the girls yelled and began fighting in a cartoony cloud making Dexter crawl away from the fight and in to Lala Vava
"Well aren't you popular?" Lala sarcastically teased
"Don't remind me?" Dexter grunted as he got up
"By the way, you got another smudge."
"Again? Man!" Dexter said as he cleaned his glasses again "There we go… huh,are you okay?"
"Fine, just thinking." Lala explained with a bloody nose and a straight face
'How can she have a nose bleed with such a straight face?'
'Oh, I swear I'll never get use to that face.'
"HEY, WHO ARE YOU?" Princess asked as the girls all breathed heavily from fighting
"I'm just a friend from Dexter's old neighborhood saying hi." Lala explained then gave Princess the EVIL EYE "Got a problem with that?"
"No, not at all eh heh heh." 'What's with this girl?'
"(Sigh) And here I was hoping for a nice quite day at the beach." Dexter sighed to himself "At least it can't get any worse."
*CRASH*
"AH HA, I found you Dexter!" Mandark yelled as he popped his head out the top of the Robo-Jojo which landed next to Dexter "Now you're mine!"
'I have to learn to keep my mouth shut.' Dexter thought to himself then turned to his oppressor "What is it now Mandark, can't you see I'm busy?"
"What's with that nonchalant attitude? I'm here to destroy you and no one is going to stop me!"
"SUUUUUSAAAAAN!" A sinister yet familiar voice cause Mandark to slowly turn to look "Why are you ruining my vacation?"
"O-O-OLGA! DUH EH HOLD ON, I COMING RIGHT DOWN!" Mandark panicked as he climbed down to talk to the girl, who even though was smaller than him appeared as a giant in his mind "S-So what brings you here M-my dear sweet little sister? Heh heh heh?"
Dexter tried to hold back his smile as he watched Mandark try to calm the now fuming girl; suddenly Blossom came over to watch the strange scene
"Huh… Did I miss something?" Blossom asked
"You asked me why her last name sounded familiar right?" Dexter began his explanation "That's because Mandark AKA Susan Astronominov and Lala Vava AKA Olga Astronominov are siblings."
"Oh… WAIT YOU MEAN MANDARK AND LALA ARE BROTHER AND SISTER?"
"Yup."
"Now that you mention it, I do see a resemblance."
"Now you listen here, I'm here on vacation enjoying myself and your petty jealousy is not going to ruin it again." Lala explained giving him the evil eye "So I want you and Dexter to make up and get along."
"YOU MEAN A TRUSE?" Mandark screamed in shock "NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS!"
"That goes double for me!" Dexter followed
"That's right, I'd rather leave!"
"Come on Mandark." Blossom cutely pleaded surprising Dexter "Just this once for your little sister."
"Forget it, give me one good reason why I should stay?"
Suddenly a beach ball came and interrupted the argument, following the beach ball Dee-Dee came making the others turn to her
"Oh Dexter, Lala there you are!" Deedee enthusiastically cheered "And Mandark's here too! Great we were just about to have lunch, care to join us?"
"Sure!" Blossom spoke up then turned to Princess and her friends "There's plenty for everyone, want to join?"
"Sure!" Mandy spoke up
"Okay!" Brandy cheered
"Fine" Princess stated "But I'm staying next to Dexy!"
"Wait a minute!" Mandark spoke up making everyone look as he now had dark Blue swim trunks, a snorkel, goggles and an inner tube "I'm coming too!"
'How did he change so fast?' Dexter thought to himself
Part 2
Later as the group all got together it grew silent… too silent
"You know it might help if you talk about something you like." Lala suggested to Mandark
"What are you crazy? I'd rather…" Mandark said then was interrupted by Lala giving him the evil eye "Okay, so uh…"
"Try something you look at on the internet." Dexter said
"Why are you helping me?"
"Because we have to get along, whether you like it or not."
"Fine, let me think… I know, so who here heard of Death Battle on Screw Attack!"
"Oh I have!" Cody spoke up "I caught it when I was in the hospital and some kid told me about it, I've been hooked on it since!"
"What the heck is Death Battle?" Mitch asked
"It's an internet show where they put two famous people fans would like to see duke it out." Ken explained "For example, my favorite fight would be Dr. Wily vs. Dr. Robotnik"
"Sound cool! Who won?"
"It was a draw."
"Sounds stupid."
"They do good ones." Dexter explained "For example, my favorite was Bat-Man vs. Spider-man"
"Heh no contest, Bat-Man won hands down!"
"Nope, Spider-Man won."
"WHAT? HOW?"
"It was a gladiator match, which means they had no time to prepare."
"I get it because no amount of prep time can save you from the Bat-Man."
"I've see it!" Bunny spoke up "I liked Wonder-Woman vs. Rouge!"
"Bunny showed it to me!" Jack spoke up "Haggar vs. Zangief was the best!"
"THEY DID HAGGAR VS. ZANGIEF?" Mitch said getting more excited "NOW I'M INTERESTED!"
"To me the best one was Kratos vs. Spawn!" Cody explained
"Sounds cool!" Blossom stated
"Sounds boring! Dee-Dee interrupted "Don't they have any good fights?"
"If I recall you like fighting games right Dee-Dee?" Mandark asked
"Yeah… why?"
"They did Chun-Li vs. Mai Shiranui."
"Awesome!" Lee-Lee spoke up
"Did they have something else from fighting games?" Mimi asked
"Well they did do Felicia vs. Taokaka!" Mandark continued
"WHAT? What else, WHAT ELSE?" Dee-Dee grew excited
"I'm not telling."
"At least tell me who won!"
"Now where's the fun in that?"
The group all laughed but Mandark was surprised at what his conversation did.
"Hey cheer up." Dexter spoke up to Mandark
"Why should I cheer up for you?" Mandark asked
"Not for me genius, for them, you found a common interest and everyone's happy."
"Humph."
"This is ridiculous." Lala explained "Why can't you two be friends?"
"You know why."
"He started it." Dexter explained "He shows up, steals my swag and tells me I'm far too inferior to continue science and forces me to quit."
"Then you sent Dee-Dee to my lab to destroy it!"
"I didn't send her to destroy it; she did that on her own. She did it to me every day, but instead of crying like a baby I fix it. You don't have that problem now do you?"
"YOU LITTLE GNOME! You're the one who stared this fight by laughing at me!"
"Laughing at you? I never laughed at you!"
"Remember that girl, who said she was a boy, you laughed at her when she wanted to look at your machine?"
"Yeah, I think her name was… Susan? Wait a minute THAT WAS YOU?"
"THAT'S RIGHT DORKSTER, how could you not know after I told you I was a boy?"
"Let's see your hair was down your back, you had on sandals and pink overalls with a flower on it, A FLOWER ON IT, and with you scrawny butt how could anyone tell? And that's why you want me dead? Because, I thought you were a girl? YOU'RE REAL NAME IS SUSAN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!"
"You want a piece of me, you little snot stain?"
"Ladies first!"
Round one, FIGHT!
"Alright, alright that's enough you two!" Dee-Dee clapped as she yelled
"You two are impossible!" Blossom spoke up
"You know, you two could have been friends if you met under different circumstances." Bubbles explained making everyone look at her showing she had a point "I mean if you think about it, you two actually have a lot in common!"
"What are you talking about? I don't have anything in common with this jerk!" Mandark and Dexter looked at each other "Who are you calling a jerk you jerk? Stop copying me! No, you're copying me! CUT IT OUT! GRRR! Humph!"
The others couldn't help but laugh at the two geniuses spat, suddenly Bullet and Poochi both got up and put their guard up
"Bullet, Poochi what's wrong?" Kasey asked making the others worried
"Grr." Bullet put her guard up more
"I don't know." Poochi stated "But something bad is coming."
"There's nothing there you guys." Buttercup said relaxed "We're all here at the beach, what's the worst that could happen?"
*Poof*
A large cloud of smoke covered the whole area making everyone except Computress cough uncontrollably; she tried to help but was unable to see, suddenly…
*ZAP*
Computress shorted out and as she laid down she manage to see the mysterious man who zapped her before losing consciousness along with the kids
Minutes later
Dexter, Mandark, Mimi, Lee-Lee, Princess, Mandy, Brandy and all the other boys along with Poochi and Bullet stirred as they awoke
"Cheep!" Bullet chirped trying to wake up Dexter "Cheep!"
"Huh… what… Bullet?" Dexter spoke as he awoke to see the squirrel doll "W-what happened?"
"Cheep chee chi chee cheep, cheep cheep!" Bullet franticly spoke
"Whoa hang on Bullet, I can't understand you!" Dexter explained then looked around as the others got up "AH Blossom? Dee-Dee? Lala? They're gone!"
"It must have been a sneak attack." Cody explained
"What do we do?" Jack grew frantic
"Calm down." Princess spoke up making Bullet act like a doll again "We have to call the police and tell them what happened."
"Like heck that will help." Mandark stated "Whatever that was took my sister and I'm going to get them for this!"
With that Mandark stormed off, Dexter grabbed Bullet and began to follow but stopped by Connie first
"Aunt Connie, I need you to get the girl's belts ready for teleportation just in case." Dexter ordered "But first help Ken and the others."
"Yes Dexter." Connie replied "But what about you?"
"I'm going to get the girls, but first I have to talk to Mandark. Plus when the situation grows dark I'll use the new suit."
"But Dexter, it's still untested."
"Now's as good a time as any I guess."
And with that Dexter went after Mandark as he climbed inside the Robo-Jojo
"Mandark wait!" Dexter called "I'm coming too!"
"Forget it!" Mandark screamed "I'll rescue Olga and Dee-Dee myself."
"Do you even know where to look? Listen, Bullet here is connected to Kasey."
"Cheep, cheep!" Bullet chirped
"SO?"
"We find Kasey, we find Olga, Dee-Dee and the others."
"CHEE!"
"Grr… Fine, get in!"
And with that Dexter and Bullet climbed in the robot and took off with Mandark forming a very unlikely alliance
Later in a mysterious underground Laboratory
"Sis… Sis wake up." Kasey spoke as she shook Blossom awake
"Huh… Kasey?" Blossom awoke and looked around to see Bubbles, Buttercup, Bunny, Dee-Dee and Olga lying on a platform inside what looked like a glass dome "What's going on? Where are we?"
"I don't know… Blossom, I'm scared."
"Don't worry Kasey."
"Ooh, what's going on?" Bubbles spoke up
"Argh, my head." Buttercup followed
"Is everyone okay?" Bunny asked
"The last thing I remember was hanging out on the beach and then…" Olga explained then paused "THE GAS!"
"We were attacked!" Blossom answered
"That's right girls." A man spoke from outside the dome making the girls look at the oppressor "Hello there."
"Who are you?" Bubbles asked
"Wait, I've seen you…" Blossom explained "Richard Hardly right?"
"Oh yeah, he was at the S.O.T.I. meeting!" Bunny spoke up
"So that's his name huh?" Buttercup said "I just know him as the freak who likes miniskirts."
"What do you want with us?" Olga growled
"With you and your tall friend, nothing." Professor Hardly answered "But the other five, just a few painful experiments."
"What, why?" Bubbles panicked
"Because, I know you're actually The PowerPuff Girls!" The man explained making the girls eyes grow wide "Professor Utonium had three young assistants and there were three PowerPuff Girls, now he has five assistants and there are now five PowerPuffs. Once I found that information out and Utonium brought all of you here, I simply put two and two together."
"You're the PowerPuff Girls?" Olga asked in shock having no choice the girls nodded their heads; she then turned to the man and glared "What are you going to do with them?"
"Let me explain." Hardly snapped his fingers and his assistant brought out a large container with a black light inside
"BLACK Z-RAYS?" The girls all yelled in shock
"How the heck did you get Black Z-Rays?" Blossom asked
"I sort of borrowed it from Mandark, another idiot kid who got lucky. Now if I'm right, this is the opposite of what makes you who you are, correct?"
"Yeah so?"
"Now that I have black, all I need is white."
"Gasp"
"And I'm going to get it anyway I can."
"You're crazy! Besides I thought the S.O.T.I. was against human experiments!"
"That's right, but then again… you're not human, AH HA HA HA HA HA!"
"You won't win, Dexter will save us!"
"Why would he even try?"
"Because he can… he's our friend."
"HA please, he won't be your friend once he goes back!"
"What do you mean?"
"You see, the only reason Dexter even went to New Townsville was to help Professor Utonium out of pity because he was his grandfather's friend. If he ever decides to extend his little leave after the meeting, even a little, he will show irresponsibility making him unfit to oversee the company and Dex-Labs will become the property of Professor Protozoan, my boss. You see child if Dexter really was your friend, he would turn his back on his grandfather, the original owner of Dex-Labs, Dexter loved his grandfather more than science itself and turning his back on him is something he would never do, because he would lose everything. The lab, the company, all the things they ever made and most of all my dear… your friendship, leaving nothing more than a little boy who's too smart for his own good."
"Y-You mean if Dexter continues to be our friend he will lose everything he's ever worked for?… NO, YOU'RE LYING!"
"It's all true my dear, and the only way he could become a scientist again is if he lowers his pride get on his knees and sell himself off… to us. Well this is getting dull, I'll be back to dissect the little one in a bit. Meanwhile, you can all stay and think about what you've done. Heh heh ha ha HAA HA HA HA!"
As Professor Hardly left the girls stood their pondering not only their situation, but Dexter's as well
"I'm sorry girls." Olga spoke up "But everything he said was true."
"So that means…" Bubbles paused "Once this vacation's over, Dexter will be all alone again."
The girls stood silent when suddenly they here a strange noise
"(YAWN) That was a nice nap" Dee-Dee spoke "Hey guys, why the long faces?"
'NOW SHE WAKES UP?' The girls all thought
"What's wrong? Where are we?"
"Let me explain… you see." Blossom explained the whole story to the ditzy sister as they waited for Professor Hardly…
No wonder why they rather call him "Dick"
Meanwhile outside
Bullet stood on a nearby tree and with her nose in the air she was able to sniff out Kasey. She followed the scent to a dome like building where two guards stood. The little squirrel doll then climbed down to Mandark and confirmed their location. Mandark was checking some systems in the Robo-Jojo as Bullet gave the okay.
"Alright Dexter, I'm trusting you to save our sisters and your friends… Dexter?" Mandark called then Dexter suddenly appeared "Where were you?"
"Calling a friend and getting this ready." Dexter explained showing off his Techno-watch
"This is no time for games, the girls are in trouble and you're adjusting your watch?"
"Actually I was setting this up." Dexter explained as he pushed a button then suddenly his suit changed, Mandark couldn't believe his eyes as Dexter's swim suit changed into a black rubber looking full body suit with silver outlines around the creases and the joints such as his shoulders, elbows, knees, around his face was a mask that was connected to the body but only showed off his hair, ears and mouth while his eyes had a purple glass that hid his each eye, a white utility belt and finally his infamous purple gloves "What do you think?"
"… Okay, I'm stumped."
"It may not look like much but this suit actually has an entire network of systems in between, watch."
And with a push of a button, Dexter disappeared
"CHEEP!" Bullet said impressed
"An inviso-suit?" Mandark asked
"Nope it's a lot more than that, the only thing that can pick me up in infrared. But since it's still daylight I doubt anybody is dumb enough to use it."
"My systems show that suit is off the charts… What is the purpose of that suit?"
"Protozoan wanted a weapon of mass destruction, so I made a suit to defend against that. Now here's the plan; Bullet will distract the guards while I sneak in undetected, once Bullet loses them she'll run back to the front and join me, from there she'll sniff out and find the girls, finally when things get hairy I'll call you for back up."
"Okay I understand… Dexter… uh… good luck…"
"Oh uh… Thanks!"
"Chi!"
"Right, lets go!"
"CHEEP!" Bullet chirped as she ran to the guards and did her work
"What the… HEY!" The guard panicked as Bullet ran around his legs then ran off with something in her mouth "Hey, that thing has my wallet! COME BACK HERE!"
"Hey wait!" The other guard went after his friend
Unknown to the guards Dexter in his stealth suit worked his magic and opened the electronic lock in no time and slipped in the door, but just before he shut it closed Bullet came running back and in with Dexter as he quietly shut the door and made his way in
"Man, what was that all about?" The guard asked as he put his wallet back in his pocket
"Maybe it just wanted to play." The other guard explained as they retook their posts like nothing happened
'Well they're in.' Mandark thought 'All I have to do now is wait. Better yet, I'll bet this place has a super computer and there's no super computer I can't hack… Hmm… Well, what do you know!'
Meanwhile inside the lab of the building
"And that's why we're all here." Blossom explained to Dee-Dee everything except the fact that they were the Power-Puff Girls
"Oh… oh well at least Lala and I are safe!" Dee-Dee said with glee "Too bad for you though."
"I'm not worried; I know Dexter will find a way to save us."
"Dexter? Seriously? You actually think Dexter is able to save you?"
"I do because he has saved our lives before."
"He saved you before? That's a good one."
"Tell me something, what do you get from putting Dexter down?"
"What do you mean? Sure he's smart and all but he's still a loser! I mean look here, I'm the most popular girl in school, our parents love me more, I'm athletic, I'm beautiful and most of all I'm the girl everybody wants. Now look at Dexter, sure he's smart but he can't play sports, he never wins at anything, he has no friends, he's so gullible sometimes, he can't do anything right and most of all NOBODY LIKES HIM! So you see this is what you get for hanging out with losers like him."
"And Susan says I'm harsh on him." Lala spoke up "My brother is such a pain sometimes, but regardless of that we enjoy each other's company from time to time despite how different we are. We learn about each other and live with our differences. I admit even though I love controlling and torturing him sometimes, he's still my brother and I must respect and love him."
"I'm not surprised you say that, since you use to have a crush on Dexter." Dee-Dee explained making Lala red with rage and embarrassment "What you see in him I'll never know."
"SH-SHUT UP!.. I NEVER HAD A CRUSH ON DEXTER; I liked him but that doesn't mean I had a crush on him."
"Come on Dexter will never amount to anything and if any of you think he can save us or can even be a good friend, than you all deserve to be stuck in here."
*SLAP*
Blossom officially had enough, so she finally gave Dee-Dee a piece of her mind as she stood looking down on the shocked and still sitting teen
"How can you call yourself Dexter's sister?" Blossom angrily asked
"Huh what do you mean?" Dee-Dee asked
"The way you treat him, the way you talk about him and the way you show no respect or remorse to him, yet you still don't know why he is the way he is? YOU REALLY ARE A SELFISH IDIOT!"
"It wasn't easy to get Dexter to be our friend or to figure him out." Buttercup explained "But if I had someone like you around me 24/7 I'd be a loner too. What's the point of trusting anyone if you can't even trust a member of your own family?"
"Dexter is kind, brave, and actually very friendly." Bubbles spoke up "I don't care how talented you are; to us you'll always prove to us that you are the real loser!"
"No amount of good deeds can make up for a bad attitude." Bunny spoke a proverb "Are you really that scared of people finding out about the real you? Do you want to hide the stupid, selfish, attention seeking bratty you? You don't want them to see the real you? Sheesh, you make Princess Morbucks look tame."
"Geez, why do you care so much?" Dee-Dee asked "Dexter is the way he is because of himself not because of me. You're all crazy… Right my little Kasey?"
"NO!" Kasey rejected "Dexter is like a big brother to us, he's kind, smart and funny and he cheers me up when I cry. I like Dexter… AND I DON'T LIKE YOU!"
Dee-Dee was left in shock by Kasey's words when suddenly the dome opened up on one side, the girls looked in horror to see Prof. Hardly and three guards armed with stun rods.
"Okay girls, I'll be taking the little one now." Dick spoke with an evil smile, meanwhile Blossom did her best to protect Kasey as she held her close to her body "Don't worry the procedure is painless, I promise I won't feel a thing."
As the guards held the other girls back Dick came closer to the sisters, suddenly Blossom's now black and red eyes met with Dick's showing that she was about to lose control any minute
'Oh no!' Buttercup thought 'I thought Blossom had to be transformed to turn into Dark Blossom. If she transforms she could tear this whole place apart (gulp) and all of us along with it.'
"Heh nice trick, but I'm prepared for you." Dick smiled as he pulled out his own stun-rod, suddenly he quickly turned around as he heard three thumps and his guards were unconscious "What the… who's there… SHOW YOURSELF… AHH!"
*ZAP*
The girls were left in shock as Dick seemed to be zapped by one of his own stun rods and fell to the ground.
"CHEEP!" Bullet happily appeared out of nowhere and greeted Kasey by jumping into her arms
"Bullet?" Kasey said confused "How did you find us?"
"She could sniff you out, I just helped her along." A voice said out of nowhere then suddenly a black suited young man appeared "I'm so glad you're all okay."
"Huh… Who are you?" Blossom calmed down and asked
"Huh… really? I guess this mask works too well, here let me take it off." The boy said as he removed his mask and revealed his familiar glassesless face "Recognize me now?"
"DEXTER!" The girls all cheered and ran to him, Kasey jumped on his torso as Blossom cleaned her tears, Bubbles and Bunny jumped with their hands clasped with joy and Buttercup just patted him on the back hard
'They like him!' Dee-Dee thought with surprise 'They really like him… and… he's really happy.'
"Okay girls let's go!" Dexter said as he put his mask back on, opened the door and helped each girl out one at a time, all except one
"Not so fast Dexter!" Dick called and grabbed Dee-Dee in a headlock with one hand while the other held the stun rod "I have no problem with this one, so here's the deal."
"Grr, what is it?"
"Put the girls back and I'll let your precious sister and her friend go, but if you don't I'm going to experiment on her and I don't mean with science."
"That's all?"
"That's all!"
"Oh… Sorry Dee-Dee, see ya!"
"WHAT?"
"Dexter are you serious?" Dee-Dee cried out "You can't just leave me here!"
"Do you know what I'd do to her?"
"Hey if you had to put up with all the things she puts me through every day, you'd leave her with a creep too." Dexter said as he turned his back to them. "Okay buh-bye!"
"DEXTER, YOU LITTLE PUNK!" Dick angrily threw Dee-Dee to the side and charged towards Dexter, who then dodged the stun rod, grabbed Dick and threw him against the wall and on top of some glass containers "Ooh."
"Well that takes care of him, so you coming or what?"
"YOU LITTLE GEEK!" Dee-Dee fumed "YOU WERE GOING TO LEAVE ME WITH HIM?"
"Of course not."
"Huh?"
"I know Professor Hardly, he may be a pervert but even he has standards. I would never do anything like that to you for real; I'd act if it was a someone else."
"Oh… uh…"
"Besides, I just wanted to see the look on your face AND IT WAS PRICELESS."
"WHAT? How could you? Can you believe him?"
"Well, what he did was very cruel." Blossom explained and the other girls agreed
"Oh… uh sorry." Dexter sincerely apologized
"See?" Dee-Dee replied smugly
"But I can't say you didn't deserve it Dee-Dee." Blossom explained and the girls definitely agreed making Dee-Dee go white with dis belief "But for now you owe Dexter a thanks and an apology!"
"NO!" Dick said as he got up "You won't win, you won't make me look like a fool again and you will rue the day you crossed me Dexteeeeer!"
*CRASH and SHATTER*
The teens all stood in shock as Prof. Richard Hardly accidentally broke opened one of the containers of Black Z-Rays which in turned bathed him in its malicious light.
"Grr Dexter… Growl DEXTER!" Out of the light was no longer the mad scientist but a monster, a large pale green skinned monster man with dark green scaly claws for hands, on his shoulders were brownish green Pads, his blonde hair was now messy while his pony tail was now a long yellow tentacle, coming out of his chest were six bluish green tentacles and his glasses were now sun glasses "What have you done to me?"
"What happened to him?" Blossom asked
"He was exposed to so much black energy that it mutated him to… THAT!" Bunny answered
"If only we had our belts we could kick his butt!" Buttercup sternly spoke
"No problem girls!" Dexter said as he set his techno-watch "I had them ready to teleport just in case!"
"FOOL HA HA HA!" The Monster Dick (That does not sound right) Dick the Monster (Much better) managed to grab Dexter with his chest tentacles before he could get the belts "GOT YOU HA HA HA!"
"DEXTER!" all the girls screamed in horror
"Now I have you Dexter, any last words?"
"ARGH Why are you doing this? ARGH!" Dexter screamed in pain as Dick squeezed the life out of him
"For money of course, can you imagine what it would be like if these freaks powers were for sale?"
"Freaks? FREAKS? HAVE YOU LOOKED IN A MIRROR LATELY, THOSE ARE MY FRIENDS AND I WON'T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THEM! ARGH!"
Friends… with you? Don't make me laugh! You know full well you can never have friends. You only came to help Utonium out of pity, you know your life belongs to science and that you would never break your promise to your Grandpa just for some girls who would rather forget about you then remember some stupid genius. You don't have friends who will accept you and you never will."
"I…"
"Admit it Dexter, you know it's true."
The girls stood in horror as Dexter finally gave him his answer, which may change the way the girls looked at him forever
"I… I…"
"DON'T LISTEN TO HIM DEXTER!" Blossom called out "WHY WOULD WE NEVER ACCEPT YOU?"
"B-Blossom?"
"Look at me!... I've always accepted you; we share all the same likes and I'll never forget the time we share. Even if you are a genius who only cares about science, we know that there is actually more to you then you think."
"I think you're cool Dexter!" Bubbles spoke up "Besides if you didn't open up to us do you really think we wouldn't try to know you? Everybody deserves friends Dexter, even you!"
"Bubbles' right!" Buttercup called "I don't care how different my friends are from me, I learned to accept anybody! Believe it or not when I first met Blossom and Bubbles I thought we would never be friends, but now they're my best friends. If I can accept them, then there's no question I could accept you too."
"Dexter, I know exactly how you feel." Bunny explained "I was always alone too but you did favors for us and never asked for anything in return. To me that's the best kind of friend you can have, you and I just had to look Dexter and we found them!"
"You're our good friend Dexter!" Kasey cheered "I know you like to be alone but I think you're kind, sweet and strong and you made a place in our hearts Dexter and that will never change!"
"DEXTER!" The girls all called at once "YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE OUR FRIEND!"
"Girls… I…" Dexter came in low but then suddenly gained the strength to free the arm holding the stun rod and zapped Dick and freed himself as he stared down the "DICK, what you said about my Grandfather may be true and what you said about the lab my be the deal, however what you say about me is all one big lie! Even if I never see these girls again, they will always stay in my heart and one day I will find friends who will stay with me. Until then… Dick… I WON'T LET YOU OR ANYBODY TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THIS WORLD!"
"RAWR DEXTER!" Dick charged at Dexter, but Dexter suddenly disappeared then suddenly reappeared standing on the ceiling "A teleporter and magnet boots, impressive, BUT THAT WON'T STOP ME!"
"BULLET, GET THE GIRLS OUT NOW!" Dexter called out and bullet complied, once the girls were out Dexter pulled out a lighter and aimed it at the ceiling he was on "Good thing you thought about fire safety Dick!"
*RIIIIIIIIING*
Suddenly the whole base was filling with water. The girls ran to the exit soaked but safe and still worried about Dexter. Meanwhile Dexter and Dick the monster faced each other down in the rain (So to speak)
"AH HA HA HA HA HA, Do you think a little water will hurt me or affect my advanced machinery." Dick Taunted "FOOL, You may have brains but I have brains, brawn and power, HOW DO EXPECT TO STOP ME WITH WATER?"
"Actually, I was wondering if your new body was made of insolated rubber like my suit here." Dexter said as gave a menacing look as he showed off the stun rod and switched it to full voltage as he wound up the pitch "Let's find out shall we?"
"NO DON'T!" Dick screamed as he charged at Dexter
"CATCH!" Dexter yelled as he threw the rod as high and as far as he could over Dick
"NOOOOO!" Dick yelled as he moved his large body as fast as he could at the electric rod Dexter threw only to miss and have it zap everything that was wet "AHHHHH!"
Meanwhile outside
"Did you hear that?" Blossom said as she grew worried "I'm going back in!"
"Ms. Blossom don't!" Bunny said as she grabbed Blossom's arm
"Bunny let go of me!"
"Listen to your friend Blossom." the voice of a woman wearing a body suit with twin pistols on her sides came from behind the girls "If I know Dexter, then he should be fine."
"Huh, have we met before?"
"I would hope so."
"I remember now, you're Agent Honeydew right?"
"That's right, your friend here explained everything."
"OLGA!" Mandark called as he ran by Honeydew
"Susan?" Lala called as her brother ran to her "What are you doing here?"
"Long story short, I helped Dexter get here. Also while he was inside I managed to hack Professor Hardly's computer, I got everything even security camera files. With so much dirt in here we can put Dick away for a long time."
"That's great!" Bubbles cheered
"Yeah yeah that's cool and all but we still have to do something about Dexter." Buttercup spoke up "He's still inside!"
The group all agreed then suddenly…
*Boom*Boom*BOOM*
Explosions exploded in several places and the group watched in horror knowing Dexter was still inside
"DEXTER!" Blossom called then tried to run back in, only to be stopped by Honeydew "DEXTER!"
"You can't it's too dangerous!" Honeydew spoke to the frantic teen as she struggled within her grip
"BUT… huh?" Blossom pleaded but then suddenly a light appeared
*Flash*
"Whoo boy, I thought I was a goner!" Dexter came out of the light and sat on top a barely conscious monster man "Hey, staying cool?"
"DEXTER, you're alright!" Blossom called out with tears of joy in her eyes as she ran to Dexter to give him a hug as he came down "How did you escape?"
"Well while everything was exploding due to the overload I caused, I amped up the power of my telepoter belt and prayed."
"I'm just glad you're okay!"
Grr… Dex…ter…" Dick said as he rolled to his front and stared down Dexter, then suddenly Honeydew stood between them and aimed her weapon
"Professor Richard Hardly, you are under arrest." Honeydew stated very strongly "By order of Global Security you have the right to remain silent. You are charged with the crimes of kidnapping, mistreatment of under aged females and attempted human experimentation."
"Ms. Honeydew, you must be misinformed." Dick spoke trying to persuade the woman "There was nothing going on, in fact this little form is just a simple product of what happens when kids don't listen am I right?"
"Oh really now?" Mandark asked as he held a tablet and showed off some videos "Take a look at this."
"What do you want with us?" Olga growled from the video
"With you and your tall friend, nothing." Professor Hardly answered "But the other five, just a few painful experiments."
"What, why?" Bubbles panicked
"Because, I know you're actually The PowerPuff Girls!" The man explained making the girls eyes grow wide "Professor Utonium had three young assistants and there were three PowerPuff Girls, now he has five assistants and there are now five PowerPuffs. Once I found that information out and Utonium brought all of you here, I simply put two and two together."
"You're the PowerPuff Girls?" Olga asked in shock having no choice the girls nodded their heads; she then turned to the man and glared "What are you going to do with them?"
"Let me explain." Hardly snapped his fingers and his assistant brought out a large container with a black light inside
"BLACK Z-RAYS?" The girls all yelled in shock
"How the heck did you get Black Z-Rays?" Blossom asked
"I sort of borrowed it from Mandark, another idiot kid who got lucky. Now if I'm right, this is the opposite of what makes you who you are, correct?"
"Yeah so?"
"Now that I have black, all I need is white."
"Gasp"
"And I'm going to get it anyway I can."
"You're crazy! Besides I thought the S.O.T.I. was against human experiments!"
"That's right, but then again… you're not human, AH HA HA HA HA HA!"
Mandark turned off the video and smiled, meanwhile Dick was not having it as he rose from the ground and growled with anger
"You little!" Dick screamed then turned to Honeydew who still had her weapon drawn "And what makes you think you can stop me Honeydew?"
"Simple…" The woman answered "With back up."
Suddenly nets were thrown on top of Dick and several armed men appeared and subdued the monster man with little to know effort
"You kids should be getting home." Honeydew stated in a calm demeanor "We'll take it from here."
As honeydew walked away the group all stared with shock, except for Kasey she had sparkles in her eyes
"When I grow up, I want to be just like her!" Kasey stated
"You want to have an English accent?" Blossom joked making everybody laugh
"You know what Dexter?" Bunny spoke up "With all the amazing things you can do and with that suit, maybe you could be a super hero like us."
"A SUPER HERO?" Dexter asked with embarrassment "ME? NO WAY!"
"I think it would be neat!" Bubbles spoke up "You could be called… OH I KNOW… DEX-STAR, The boy of wonders!"
"Come on guys quit joking around, although… do you think I should put a D with a star in the middle for the insignia?"
"I'd like that." Lala joked "But I think a purple cape would really make you look mysterious."
"And you know how much Olga likes mysterious." Mandark stated making everyone laugh
'Wow, everyone is really happy to be around Dexter.' Dee-Dee thought to herself away from the crowd 'And he seems to be happy around them… I wonder.'
"Um… Dee-Dee?" Mandark called getting the girl's attention 'What do you think? Should Dexter be a super hero with that suit."
"Huh… Yeah why not? Hey, can I be your sidekick?"
"IN YOUR DREAMS!" Dexter yelled making the air fill with happiness
'Hmm I wonder, they do have a lot in common… so!' Dee-Dee thought to herself then turned to Mandark "Say Mandark, The girls and I have a ballet recital on Wednesday, do you want to come? It's the least I could do after you helped Dexter."
"Uh… Sure!" Mandark said trying to keep his posture
"Oh and Dexter, one more thing." Honeydew came back "I wish you the best of luck when you get back to Dex-labs!"
"Oh… Thank you Agent Honeydew." Dexter said shaking the woman's hand as she left "Lets go!"
"RIGHT!" the whole group agreed
"Say Mandark."
"Yeah Dexter?" Mandark spoke up
"I think Bubbles was right… If we'd met under different circumstances, maybe we could have been friends."
"Maybe, but that's not the hand faith dealt to us Dexter."
"I know, but for what it's worth… thanks." Dexter said as he extended his hand, Mandark was in shock but slowly but surely he took it
"You too." Mandark said as shook Dexter's hand, after that he walked away "Until we meet again Dexter."
"Susan, don't forget to visit once and a while!" Lala called and Mandark simply waved his hand to acknowledge what she said
"We better go too." Dee-Dee said to Lala "Bye Dexter take care!" 'Dexter, the truth is… I'm happy… that you're happy."
"It was nice meeting you all Bye!" Lala said as she followed Dee-Dee
The girls and Dexter waved good bye and continued back
"Let's go, I'll bet the Utoniums are worried!" Dexter spoke up
"RIGHT!" All the girls except Blossom spoke then they continued onward
As the group all walked back to the hotel Blossom walked behind lost in thought
'Dexter… once this vacation's over you'll be alone again.' Blossom thought as she followed 'You'll be without friends, only your machines. This feeling in my chest, I wish I could help you but… there's more. Once you leave everything will go back to normal back in New Townsville, the others will be with the boys and I'll be with… nobody. But I can find someone else right… NO… Ah my chest hurts… this feeling, does this mean I… (GASP) if Dexter leaves then… I'll be…"
Later at Mojo's Hideout
Mandark appeared with the Robo-Jojo in front of the exhausted Monkeys as they rested after franticly looking for the Black Z-Rays that were stolen.
"WHERE IN BLAZES HAVE YOU BEEN?" Mojo screamed
"We could have used your help you know!" Mojo Jr. followed
"I know, I know but listen I need to check something." Mandark explained holding a CD, he explained everything to the Mojos as he opened up all the files that he hacked from Dick's computer "And that's what happened."
"I can't believe a human stole the Z-Rays and used it on himself." Mojo said impresses "We'll at least your sister is safe."
"Hey, what's that?" Mojo Jr. said after seeing a file on the computer "No way!"
"I can't believe this! This is unbelievable!"
"Who knew Professor Protozoan had this under his sleeve?" Mandark grew angry 'But revealing this means, I have to help Dexter… it's the least I could do' "Mojo, we have work to do!"
The monkeys agreed with Mandark as they listened to his plan
Later that night at the boy's room in the Hotel
Cody and Jack were with Mitch in one of the bed rooms showing the wonders of Death Battle
"NO WAY!" Mitch's scream could be heard from the other side of the inside door "They used the Hack Super-Man, Goku should have won easily, they trolled him!"
"Oh great, another rabid fan boy." Cody spoke with an annoyed tone "Goku lost, get over it!
"No way, Goku was cheated."
"Dude, do the math!" Jack spoke up "I like Goku more too but he's never done anything at Super-Man's full level, stop making excuses!"
"Goku should have teleported him to a planet with a red sun, those stats for him are low and why didn't he ask King Kai for help?"
"I thought you were a fan of Goku; if you were you would know how instant transmission works and that he would never do that!"
"And those stats are higher than what Goku really is!" Cody continued "And no outside help is allowed in a One on One fight!"
As the argument continued Dexter put his suit away as he got the couch bed ready for the night as he put the suit away for the show next to the off line robots. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and knowing the others were too busy, he answered it himself
"Hello?" Dexter opened the door to see Blossom with her hair's shadow covering her eyes "Blossom come in!"
Blossom quietly came in still in her swimsuit and short-shorts but now with sandals and walked with Dexter to the living room of the suite
"Is something wrong?" Dexter asked
"Dexter, I have to know." Blossom spoke up while looking down "Will you miss us?"
"Huh, of course I will!"
"Will you… miss me?"
"Blossom… of course I will, I will miss you most of all. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't know how having a true friend can feel, you've done more for me then I could ever ask and I truly appreciate that!"
"You'll always remember us?"
"I promise to always remember all of you."
"If you could would you… would you… would you come back?"
"I… (sigh)… If I could, I would… Blossom, why are you asking me these questions?"
"Because I have to know what we mean to you."
"What you mean to me? I guess you all mean a lot to me!"
"Then why can't you stay?"
"Because I made a promise, if I could keep that promise and stay I would."
"How does it feel to know you have to leave us?"
"It… It really hurts…"
"How does it feel to know you have to leave… me?"
"The same I guess."
"It shouldn't feel the same."
"W-Why not?"
"Y-You!" Blossom couldn't hold it in any more she revealed her angry tearful eyes and charged at Dexter
"Blossom wait I…" Dexter's words were halted by Blossom as her lips locked onto his; Dexter wanted to get Blossom off but didn't have the heart. Time seemed to have stopped for the teens as their bodies radiated with pleasure as if they were in heaven. But once their lips separated, pain settled in "Blossom I… why did you do that?"
"I did it because… I did it because…" Blossom's words broke as anger and pain filled her face and eyes "Because… YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT!"
"Blossom wait!"
Blossom ran for the door and escaped, Dexter tried to go after her but she already made it to the girl's room. Feeling defeated Dexter sat down on the fold up bed and stared out the window. Meanwhile the other girls were resting and Blossom looked out her window at the stars. Even though both teens were in separate rooms their thoughts all came together in one phrase, a phrase that would forever haunt them for as long as they were in each other's hearts
"I hate being alone!"
To Be Continued!
Author's notes: Oh dear god I finally finished my most emotional chapter yet (AND THE GIRLS WERE IN SWIMSUITS (which are based on the ones Blossom and Bubbles wear on the cover of Vol. 8 of their Collector edition DVDs) THE WHOLE TIME). Man, I really have to make these chapters shorter. Anyway, Dexter and Blossom's relationship seems to have taken a turn for the worse. Plus the one thing we know about Lala Vava is that we really don't know anything about Lala Vava, she appeared in one episode as the dark controlling sister of Mandark and at the end she became friends with Dee-Dee. We never got too much into Lala's character so I decided to make her gothic but also have a crush on Dexter even though they never spent a lot of time together. Also I decided to add a – to some names because spell check won't leave me alone. Finally don't be surprised at how Dee-Dee acts around Kasey; it's an anime thing, sort of like how Himeko is to Becky in Pani Poni Dash or how Sanae is to Squid-Girl in… well Squid-Girl. Also if I ever tranlate this into japanese Kasey/Kuriko would be calling Dexter "Dexter-niisan" which basically means "Big Brother Dexter" in fact all of them (Except Buttercup) woud be using honorifics, Bubbles "Dexter-San" Bunny "Dexter-domo" (since he's older) and of course Blossom and Princess "Dexter-kun". Finally... don't you just love seeing the Rowdyruff Boys get into Trouble?
Apology: I want to let everyone know that I am truly sorry for "Jumping the Shark" in chapter 7. How did I jump the shark? I MADE A TEEN GIRL PREGNANT! I was going to use Mona's Baby in a sub plot and as an excuse to bring back Him! But after learning that one of my faithful readers, Cakedecorator, was leaving I decided to fix the past chapters and forget about the whole thing and come up with a new plot for future chapters (If I continue). I hope everyone's okay with this. The chapters will change in time not right away, don't worry the main plot will still be enjoyable!
News: PowerPuff Girls X Just may be real! I keep getting different news about it but I guess we'll just have to wait and see! Also "Death Battle" is a real thing, check it out it's awesome! Just go to and look it up in shows, you may see something you like. They even have Rainbow Dash Vs… Star-Scream? Wait, what? Never mind… As for PPGZ… I guess the Cat Whisperer is right, it may never come to the US and I might as well give up hoping. But that doesn't mean I will stop supporting or being a fan!
Next Chapter: Dexter and Blossom try to patch things up before their separation. That is until Mandark forces Professor Protozoan's hand. Find out what happens in the final chapter of their vacation (NOT THE STORY).
Until then fellow Fan Fickers, LATERS!
