Well, sorry this took so long. If you check my profile, you'll see that I've been busy with other fics.
Now, here it is, the tenth chapter, The End of Angst.
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Chapter 10
The watery snake like form of Angst narrowed her crimson red eyes. She then attacked the two Power Puff Girls who were completely unaware of the attack until it hit. They were slammed into the nearest building, which collapsed upon impact. Angst no longer had a mouth, but if she did, she'd be smiling evilly.
The Power Puff Girls rose from the collapsed building, which was luckily evacuated, and narrowed their eyes at the new form of Angst as they floated in the air.
'I can't believe we were tricked like that! I should've known it seemed too easy!' Blossom thought to herself.
"You now see it before yourselves, girls." Angst said to them, though she had no lips, yet was not speaking telepathically. "My true form is what you now witness. I am indeed water itself, in all its natural power. You girls don't stand a chance against the pure power of water. Nothing on this planet is stronger than water. It can cut through the very earth itself. No powerful wind can stop it, and fire is useless against it. Interesting how you will be destroyed by a monster that is made completely out of water."
Suddenly, Blossom saw something unusual inside the monster. It was a heart. She saw the heart that was steadily beating in front of her. She then got an idea.
"Buttercup, aim for her heart!" Blossom ordered as she pointed at Angst.
Buttercup saw the visible heart that Blossom was talking about. "You got it, red!" She said.
Buttercup charged right for the heart of the water being. Blossom quickly followed suit. They soon entered the watery liquid body and surprisingly came out the other side. They had completely missed the heart by a millimeter. If anyone were watching, one would notice that Angst simply moved her heart upward, making the girls miss it easily.
Angst laughed evilly at them. "You girls won't beat me that easily." She said to them.
Meanwhile…
Apollyon and Archfiend watched the battle that was taking place. At the time, Angst was still in her snow-monster form.
"This should be interesting!" Apollyon said.
They seated themselves onto a building and just sat back, watching the fight. They then saw Angst get melted, and just continued to watch, knowing exactly what would happen.
"Oh boy! They're in trouble now!" Archfiend said.
"Yeah, it won't be long before they're dead." Apollyon said.
They then saw Angst attack the Power puff duo and make them smash into a building, demolishing it.
"Even better, she'll do all the real work. After which, how about we kill her and take all the credit?"
"Hmm, not a bad idea sister. Your forest power should easily suck up her water form. After which, I can easily destroy her heart."
"Then once these two are gone, we'll take our plan into action."
They then saw them miss the heart.
"This is quite enjoyable. If only I had a snack…" Archfiend said.
At that very moment, a pigeon flew by them. Archfiend looked at the bird and eyed it hungrily. She then leapt at the bird and attacked it. Apollyon just continued to watch the battle. She then heard screeching noises from the bird as well as munching noises coming from Archfiend. She then heard the screeches die out and a barely audible gulp. Finally she heard a rather loud belch. She then turned to her sister who was coming back to her seat and was wiping off feathers from around her lips with a handkerchief.
"Enjoyed your little snack?" Apollyon asked her sister.
"Yes! These earth animals are rather tasty." Archfiend answered. They then went back to watching the battle.
Meanwhile…
Seeing as how the attack failed, the girls knew they had to come up with a new plan. They believed the heart was the live support. If they could just destroy it they would defeat Angst and be one step closer to defeating the Shadow Puff Girls. Blossom then came up with a new idea.
"Buttercup, I'll distract her! You go for the heart!" She commanded her sister.
"Okay red, but you'd better keep her busy!" Buttercup told her as she went to get herself into position.
'Ha! I can still read their minds. I'll pretend to be only paying attention to you, Blossom, but in the end, Buttercup will meet her doom!' Angst thought to herself.
Blossom started by attacking with her laser eyes. However, the liquid body of Angst just absorbed them and continued to hold still. While Blossom kept attacking Angst, Buttercup got into position behind the liquid monster and readied herself for her attack. She then went flying as fast as she could right towards the heart. She was about to hit it when suddenly a huge stream of pure liquid water came out of Angst and attacked her from below.
The powerful force of the water made Buttercup go upward. Buttercup struggled to get out, and succeeded in doing so in the end. She headed back down towards the fight when suddenly, without warning the water attack curved back downward and hit Buttercup, forcing her down. She went down towards the pavement, and hit it hard. The water attack continued to hit her, covering her body completely, and making it impossible for her to breathe. She tried to get out, but the water attack was so powerful, it easily beat her strength. She wouldn't be able to hold her breath for very long. The recent battles had taken their toll on her and she would soon meet her end.
Blossom saw the whole thing and was shocked. One simple command put her sister at the mercy of the beast. She had to save her sister at all costs now. Without Buttercup, she just couldn't win. She rushed to save her sister.
"Hang on Buttercup, I'm coming!" She said as she headed straight for Angst's heart.
Angst saw this and sent another powerful stream of water, knocking Blossom away. Blossom hit a telephone pole and came to a crashing halt. As Blossom fell, the telephone pole broke off and to the ground, wires snapping apart.
Blossom rubbed her bruised head as she rose from the ground. She wasn't about to give up yet. She still had time to save her sister. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw it, the very thing that could help them in winning the battle. The wires were jumping around madly, sparking out dangerous volts of electricity. It finally hit her, the way to win.
'That's it! Water conducts electricity! I can destroy Angst that way and still save Buttercup!' She thought.
She rushed to the wires and grabbed onto them. Electricity flowed through her and was hurting her greatly. She ignored the pain and held onto the wires tightly. She rushed as fast as she could, the broken pole dragging behind her, towards Angst. She managed to insert the wires right into Angst's body.
Angst howled in great agony as the powerful telephone wires that were inserted were electrocuting her. The electricity stopped her attack on Buttercup and allowed the green puff to finally breathe. She gasped rapidly as fresh oxygen went in and out of her lungs. As soon as she got her breathing under control, Angst's liquid body had fainted, and her heart was left outside of her body, still beating.
Apollyon and Archfiend were shocked by what had occurred. Angst's entire body had been nearly completely evaporated by the power of electricity. However, they knew she was still alive as her heart that was outside her body was still beating.
Blossom soon reached her sister. "Buttercup, are you okay?" She asked as she helped her sister up.
Buttercup was a bit shocked by the now sight of her sister. The electrical attack had damaged her so much that she was bleeding from every pore. Still, she managed to respond to her.
"I'm fine, red, but I think you could use some time in the Med. Room." Buttercup said.
Blossom saw how much blood was coming out of her and knew she was right. "I'll get the Professor working on me as soon as we get home!" She promised.
Suddenly, what was left of Angst rose from the ground and took shape of the form of Bubbles. Her new form did not intimidate them for they could tell it was Angst by the liquid body and the visible still beating heart inside her.
"You should've destroyed me when you had the chance!" Angst said.
She extended her arms outward, and from them appeared gigantic fists made of pure water. Powerful sharp blades of solid ice extended from the huge fists. She knew one more powerful blow would kill Blossom.
Angst was about to attack when suddenly, without warning, electricity started flowing through her body, causing her extreme pain. All four of the girls, who saw it, Apollyon, Archfiend, Blossom and Buttercup, were shocked by what was happening.
"Leave them alone you big bully!" A very familiar voice shouted as she was electrocuting her with the exact same wires that Blossom used.
"Bubbles?" Blossom and Buttercup asked in complete shock.
"No! It can't be! I killed you with my own two hands!" Angst shouted as the electric attack damaged her.
The powerful attack soon completely evaporated her entire body, leaving only the still beating heart behind. It was still beating, meaning that if it rained again she would reform her body with ease. Buttercup took this chance to destroy the heart. She flew towards it with her foot extended outward.
Bubbles, who had let go of the wires the moment she had inserted them into Angst, charged towards the heart as well, except she had her fist extended outward. Blossom just stood there, too weak to even move. She was lucky to be standing up right now.
Buttercup and Bubbles' attacks met right at the heart. The combining attacks literally ripped the heart in half. An echoing roar of agony traveled from the destroyed heart. The heart crumbled away into dust and the remains were blown away by the very wind that was around.
Apollyon and Archfiend were greatly shocked. They were not shocked by the fact that Angst had been killed. They were surprised that Bubbles was alive. Archfiend also witnessed Bubbles dying. It was impossible. There seemed to be reasoning beyond explanation for Bubbles surviving her death fight.
"Fall back!" Him shouted through the mind of Apollyon.
"But master, we have a chance to win!" The leader objected.
"I said fall back!" Him repeated.
Apollyon turned to her sister. "Let's go! The master wants us!" She said.
"What? But we are just about to win!" Archfiend objected.
Apollyon grabs her sister by the collar. "Listen! Our master will kill us if we don't listen! Now let's do as he says and fall back."
Apollyon then took off. Archfiend didn't object any more and followed her sister.
The Power Puff Girls looked up into the sky, and saw the two remaining Shadow Puff Girls flying overhead. Apollyon stopped and looked at them.
"You're lucky our master has decided to spare you, but mark my words, you'll be dead when this is all over with!" She threatened. They then left the scene.
As soon as the Shadow Puff Girls had left, lighting flashed, and a healing rain descended upon the remaining city of Townsville. The wounds on Blossom had clogged themselves, thanks to her super healing ability, and the dried up blood was being washed off her. Still, she had lost a lot of blood, and her body gave in and fell to the ground, sapped of energy.
"Blossom!" Bubbles and Buttercup shouted in panic.
The two puffs helped their sister up. She just looked straight ahead. "Let's go home! We've got to plan if we want to destroy the other two. And with what it took to destroy Angst, I'd say this is going to be the toughest fight of our lives!" She said to her sisters in a very serious tone.
The three of them took off and headed home, with Buttercup and Bubbles carrying Blossom because she didn't have the strength to move.
In the shadows, a being pushed a button on a camcorder it was using to record the fight. It had gotten the whole fight on tape, and knew that it was the only one who could prove the girls' innocence. The being then went to where the ashes of the watery being's heart once were and picked up something that was now in its place. Something it knew meant a lot to one of the girls.
---End Chapter 10---
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So, who do you think it is? You might be quite surprised.
So, after ten agonizing chapters, the first of the Shadow Puff Girls has been destroyed. However, this is just the beginning. There's still a good 30 chapters left. So I suggest you prepare yourselves.
Anyways, please review.