Chapter 10: Three-Meat Lunch, Townsville Memories and Sedusa

I checked my watch and saw it was twelve o'clock. I heard my stomach growling. I rubbed my belly as I said, "Getting kinda hungry."

Blossom pondered for a minute and turned to her sisters. She said. "Hey, girls, Jacob said his favorite food is pizza, right?"

"I heard Jacob mention pizza in his sleep," Bubbles added.

"I wonder what kind he likes." Buttercup said pondering.

"Does Townsville have a Little Ceaser's?" I asked, "It's my favorite pizza place."

"Yes, they're is, Jacob," Blossom answered. She turned to the girls again and said, "Let's walk this time, girls. We don't want Jacob to throw up."

"You're right, Blossom," Bubbles agreed, he doesn't rely on superpowers, anyway."

"Time for some lunch," I said as I licked my lips.

We started walking to the Little Ceaser's in Blossom asked me, "What kind of pizza do you like, Jacob?"

"Three-Meat pizza," I answered.

"Three-Meat?" questioned Buttercup as her eyes popped wide open, "What kinda meats?"

I began to list the different kind of meats as Buttercup licked her lips, "Pepperoni, Canadian bacon and hamburger."

"That sounds delicious!" Blossom exclaimed.

Bubbles wasn't that moved. "I'm a vegetarian," she said.

"We'll pick up a salad if you'd like, Bubs," I said to Bubbles with a smile.

"That'll work," Bubbles replied.

When the girls and I reached Little Ceaser's, I pulled out fifteen dollars. I told the cashier, "We would like one large Three Meat Pizza and one salad please." The cashier took the money and gave the already made pizza and salad to me and the girls. When we headed out the door, I sniffed the pizza from the box. I asked, "Can you smell it Buttercup? It's all of the ingredients in the pizza."

Buttercup sniffed the pizza and sighed. "This is gonna be good," she snickered. The girls and I headed for a nearby table outside and I placed the pizza on the table while Bubbles prepared here salad.

"Why don't you try the first piece, Buttercup?" I offered to Buttercup as I handed her a piece of pizza.

Buttercup took the slice, sniffed it, and took a bite out of it. Suddenly, she her eyes popped and she began to fly in the sky like crazy! She began to sky write. The trail she left read "YUMMY" in the bright, blue sky. When she came back to earth, she began t talk fast, "The pepperoni is delicious, the Canadian Bacon is so crispy, the hamburger is so chewy! Blossom, you gotta try this! No wonder Jacob likes this Pizza It's so awesome!"

"Well, dang!" I gasped, "Looks like you enjoyed it."

Blossom decided to take a bite, too. She grabbed a slice, and took a bite. "Mmm," Blossom mumbled in satisfaction, "This is not a bad taste. The aftertaste has some kick"

"You better believe it," I said, "That pizza is the finest I've ever had."

"I bet it is," said Buttercup as she took about of a slice.

Blossom asked me, "Jacob, did a lot of our adventures end up on the news where you were from?"

"Yep," I replied, "including that one time where you weren't allowed to use your powers and fight crime thanks to that PAPP junk. Tell the professor this: the next time someone comes with a contract restraining you from your powers, tell the professor to say no."

"But those people were going to see him if he didn't," explained Blossom.

"No matter. If I saw that coming, I would walk up to those people and delve the fact that Townsville needs you into their minds."

"That will show them," squeaked Bubbles as she took a bite out of her salad.

"Buttercup," I said, "Out of all the villains in Townsville, who is the most annoying?"

"Easy, the Amoeba Boys," answered Buttercup, "because the 'crimes' they commit are barely even crimes and are just plain stupid."

"Too stupid," I agreed, "Standing on grass when a nearby sign tells you not to? It's barely even a crime. What a joke!" I turned to Blossom saying, "Blossom, how about the craziest situation you've been through?"

"Well," Blossom started, "there was the time the professor made a machine that accidentally switched the bodies of all the citizens in Townsville, and Mojo took the opportunity to commit crimes when he switched bodies with an old lady."

"Whoa, strange," I said, shocked.

"Bubbles didn't like the body she was switched with," added Buttercup.

"I ended up switching bodies with the Mayor and I also ended up being bald," Bubbles concluded.

I walked up to Bubbles saying, "Bubbles, it's not the looks that count," then I pointed to Bubbles ' heart, "It's what in here that counts."

"Really?" Bubbles sniffled.

"That's right," I said with a wink and smile.

"Thanks, Jacob. That really means a lot," Bubbles squeaked and she gave me a small kiss on the cheek.

Buttercup snickered as I blushed bright red. "Did you enjoy that?" She chuckled.

I was embarrassed and pretended I didn't hear Buttercup. I soon regained my composure, cleared my throat and asked Bubbles, "Did you guys ever befriend someone from out of town before me?"

Bubbles explained, "Well, there was this one kid named Robin who really hit off with us when we first met, but after our many adventures saving Townsville, she ditched us to hang out with Princess Morbucks?"

"Her?" I gasped, "Why out of all people would Robin wanna hang out with that show-off?"

"Well, she didn't realize that Princess was using her so that she can be a Powerpuff Girl like us," explained Blossom.

"Despicable!" I exclaimed as I took a bite out of a slice of pizza, "That show-off doesn't know what it really means to be a superhero like you guys."

"He's got a point," agreed Buttercup, "She's always begging us to join us but she never learns."

"At least Jacob knows what it means to be one," Blossom said to her sisters, "and he doesn't rely on superpowers!"

"You got that right," I added, then I asked, "Did you guys ever move to a town before like I did?"

All three girls gulped as Blossom nervously said, "We once did. We moved to the Town of Citiesville but when we after the collateral damage we caused to the bridge, the mayor of Citiesville issued a new law outlawing superpowers in Citiesville."

"Sheesh!" I remarked, "Don't people know that heroes with superpowers are important, regardless of the damage caused?"

"I know, right?" exclaimed Blossom, "Saving the day is more important than damage."

Just as I took my last bite, I spotted a white-skinned woman in a red leotard running, holding a bag in her hand. "Hey!" I exclaimed as all three girls got up from the table, "Who's that?"

"Her?" said Blossom, "that's Sedusa. She's known to seduce men to do her bidding, and her living tentacle-like hair."

"Tentacle-like hair, huh? I think I have a plan for that, since she won't be expecting me," I said foxily. The girls and I huddled and I told the team my plan.

"Should we agree to it?" asked Blossom to her sisters. Bubbles and Buttercup nodded. "We'll go with your plan, Big J," assured Blossom.

"Really?" I questioned.

"I'm the leader, am I not?" confirmed Blossom. The three girls sped towards Sedusa as I put on my suit of armor.

"You brats again?" questioned Sedusa, "Time to ground you three once again!" Sedusa began to lunge her tentacle hair and the girls began to fight her as I sneakily floated behind her.

I winked at the girls and Blossom winked back, then I made my move. When Sedusa tried to use her hair again, all she could do is topple over. She looked up and saw that I tied her hair in knots.

"What?" Sedusa exclaimed, "Who did this?"

I floated down and landed between Blossom and Buttercup and said, "Let's just say it was a friend."

As if on cue, a police van drove by with officers inside to arrest Sedusa. They climbed out of the car, cuffed Sedusa, threw her into the van and climbed back in the van. "Someone's been knotty," I heard a cop say from inside the van.

"I couldn't think anything else," I smirked.

Blossom floated to me and said, "Well played Jacob. Well played."