Three Girls and a Communist

CH 10

The city of Moncton in is ruin after a major breakout of super powered criminals. However, thanks to the combined effort of the Powerpuff Girls and the Communist, things seemed to have calmed down. Almost all the villains had been re-captured; only a few had escaped.

Speaking of criminals, the one responsible for all that has happened, the evil simian Mojo Jojo, watched his prey with dark malice.

The three sisters began their short walk home. Suddenly a large shadow flew overhead followed by insidious laughter. The girls looked to the sky. There they saw an all too familiar sight.

In the sky was a giant robot painted in white and purple. It had large cannons for arms and multi-rocket launchers on each shoulder. It's head was a glass dome. Inside sat the girls arch nemesis.

"Mojo Jojo!" cried out the girls in unison.

Mojo laughed. "That's right,girls," replied Mojo "I've come to pay you a little visit."

"But shouldn't you be in Townsville?" asked Blossom.

"Oh I got bored of Townsville," began Mojo. "Besides, if I stayed there I couldn't accomplish my life's work. And that is to destroy you three!"

"Ha!" laughed Buttercup. "Even on your best day you couldn't beat us on our worst day,"

"Buttercup's right," agreed Blossom. "We've beaten your butt countless times. How is today going to be any different?"

Mojo threw his head back and laughed.

"Because today I didn't come alone," he said with an evil smile.

Suddenly, the girls were thrown forward by great blows from behind.

They looked up and were both shocked and horrified at what they saw. It was the Rowdy Ruff Boys.

The boys stood with crossed arms. They laughed and smirked amongst themselves.

"Well look what we have here," stated Brick, "Three stupid girls that can't beat us!"

The girls stood silent as a mixture of fear, anger, and hatred flooded their systems.

"What's the matter girls?" asked Brick with an obviously fake sense of worry. "Aren't you happy to see us?"

The other two laughed.

The girls stood up and got ready for the fight of their young lives. This was going to be the toughest fight they've ever had and they all knew it.

Mojo wasted no time and fired his laser cannons at where the girls were standing. The girls flew out of the way but just as they dodged one attack the boys launched another one. The boys charged at the girls but the girls expected it and countered the charge with flying kicks of their own.

"Maybe if you ask nicely we'll teach you how to fight," taunted Blossom.

The boys rubbed their heads and growled at the girls. "The only thing you could teach us is how to be sissies!" Brick shouted.

Mojo used this opportunity and took aim and fired a salvo of missiles. The girls scattered and avoided them.

The boys flew at their counterparts and attacked with energy beams. The girls dashed in the air flying around to avoid being hit. Mojo continued to fire his missiles and fired his lasers as well.

"This is nuts!" complained Blossom. "We need to get out of here!"

The girls flew off, trying to get away but the boys gave quick chase. They made it half way across town before the boys caught up. They attacked the girls again. The girls tried to fly out of the way but to no avail. The girls were hit and began to fall out of control. The boys capitalized on this by grabbing them by the arms. They flew fast towards the ground and slammed the girls into it hard.

The girls hit the ground with so much force that it left a large crater where they landed. They slowly began to pick themselves up but were assaulted again. The boys laughed and peppered the area with energy blasts.

The boys finally let up. The girls dragged themselves out of the crater. Blossom looked up and was horrified to be staring down the barrel of the laser cannon of the Robo Jojo.

The cannon began to glow as it charged up for a final blow.

"Good bye Power-'less' Girls!" Mojo shouted with utter delight.

Suddenly, a bright flash streaked across the sky and the Robo's arm fell limply to the ground.

"WHAT?!" screamed Mojo in animalistic fury. "Who dares interfere in my ultimate victory!"

The Rowdy Ruff boys looked around and there they saw him. Standing on a lamp post, in all his smugness, was Moncton's resident hero: The Communist.

The Communist tipped his hat up and looked at Mojo. "What's this?" he asked with his usual flare. "I always thought monkeys and robots hated each other. That's how the song goes anyways,"

Mojo was furious. Not only did this new comer stop him from finally achieving his life's work but he also made a terrible reference to an obscure song that no one would understand. "Who are you who dares interfere with my cunning plan! A cunning plan to defeat the Power Puff Girls! I ask your name because I will destroy you for this outrage! You will fall by my hands! That is to say that I will end you! You will cease to exist! And then when I am through with you I will be free to-"

"Oh shut up all ready!" interrupted the Communist. "If you keep talking like this I'll simply die of boredom!" He grinned as he thought of something. "Now how's about I give you a nice banana and you go away."

Mojo grew more enraged. "That is a misconception! Just because I am a monkey does not mean that-"

The Communist ignored Mojo and dug his hand into his hat. He pulled a banana out of it. "Banana!" he shouted, shaking the banana at Mojo. "Banana! Banana! Banana!"

Mojo lost control. He turned his robot and fired what he had left of missiles. The Communist took action and leaped from missile to missile until he landed on the remaining arm or Mojo's robot. He smiled and places a small rectangular device on the Robo's arm and jumped off.

He pulled a remote trigger from his coat and pressed the button. The device exploded and the robot's arm fell to pieces. "I'd love to think of you as a serious threat, really I would," laughed the Communist. "But it looks like you're completely 'armless now! I mean what are you going to do? Throw poo at me?"

Mojo fumed with rage. Not sure weather from having been robbed of what should be his greatest victory, or from the horrible puns coming from the interloper's mouth. "Argh!" screamed Mojo as he dove through his robot's window at the Communist.

Meanwhile, the girls got a second wind from the Communist's arrival. They waisted no time and attacked the boys with eye lasers. The boys were caught completely off guard and were shot out of the sky.

The girls flew at them in a "V" formation. They attacked and the boys counter attacked. Punch and counter punch. For tense minutes the fight continued with no side clearly holding the upper hand. However, still weary from earlier events, the girls strength slowly began to falter.

With one last mighty blow, Brick knocked Blossom unconscious. Soon after Boomer did the same for Bubbles.

On her end, Buttercup managed to hold Butch at bay but when Brick and Boomer joined the fight she was quickly overwhelmed and pinned to the ground.

The boys laughed as their leader Brick walked over to the helpless Bubbles. With a sadistic grin he kicked her hard. Again and again. All while Buttercup was forced to watch.

Laughing. They were laughing at beating on a helpless person. Not just any person. This was Buttercup's sister... Fury filled her, like before only much, much more intense. "LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE !" she screamed.

Suddenly, without warning, Boomer and Butch were throw off of Buttercup by a tremendous force. Buttercup shot up and and hovered just above the ground. She roared as wave after wave of rage washed over her sanity. Within moments the waves of rage turn into waves of energy.

"What the hell?!" screamed Brick in disbelief.

The ground shook violently as Buttercup continued to power up. Her hair waved wildly with the energy waves. The energy continued to intensify with every passing second. It grew brighter and brighter, turning a blight, golden color. With a flash her hair did the same and stood up.

She furiously pointed a finger at Brick. "YOU'RE DEAD!" she roared.

In the blink of an eye she was gone, another blink and she was on him. She buried her fist deep in Brick's face. It sent him flying backwards at tremendous speeds. In a flash she was gone again. Like lightning she struck him back down to the ground with a loud crash that sent shock waves through the ground.

Buttercup began to charge an energy blast but was attacked by Butch and Boomer from behind. She skidded along the ground and roared in fury.

"What do we do now boss?" inquired Boomer.

He received no answer however. Buttercup was on him in moments. She tackled him hard and flew him through the air, away from his brothers. She howled once more and charged her attack. "DIE!" she screamed as she fired a huge beam of pure energy more powerful, more devastating than anything any of the boys had seen before.

Once the attack subsided, Boomer fell limp. His body was broken. He screamed in agony before passing out from the pain.

Buttercup turned to the other two. She wanted more destruction. More carnage. She wanted revenge and she would get it.

At their end, the two brothers nodded to each other. No stupid girl would get the better of them. They flew towards her each coming from opposite directions. They were quickly sent back where they came from by Buttercup's energy counter attacks.

The boys regrouped for a moment. A moment is all they had. Buttercup was on them once more. She growled as she prepared to attack.

Meanwhile Blossom stirred in her unconsciousness. Slowly she started to come to. Somewhere she could hear the sounds of a great battle. Her body was sore. She tried to stand up but could only manage to kneel.

She looked around. The city was ablaze. How had this happened she wondered. Then it started to come back to her: the jail break, Mojo's appearance, the fight with the Rowdy Ruff Boys... everything.

Then she saw Bubbles lying on the ground.

"Bubbles!" she called out.

Slowly and painfully she crawled her way to her sister. She sat next to her and took her in her arms.

"We're going to get through this," she reassured. Speaking more for herself then her sister. "I don't know how but everything is going to be okay."

Then Blossom heard it. It was a sound like something an animal would have made. A feral roar. She looked to the direction of the sound. What she saw confused and amazed her.

Someone was fighting the Rowdy Ruff Boys by herself. It almost looked like Buttercup but she had spiky, golden hair. No, this person was buttercup. Blossom was sure of it. But how? How did Buttercup get so strong? Something was wrong. Blossom was suddenly very scared. Buttercup's new powers were truly terrifying.

Back on her end Buttercup's rage still hadn't let up any. Brick and butch were loosing... terribly.

They looked at each other and nodded. They would have to use 'that' attack. They screamed and gathered all the energy they had left. They flew forward.

"Time to end it!" yelled Brick. "Rowdy Ruff Grena-"

The boy was cut off. Buttercup screamed and unleashed massive waves of energy. The ground shook. Buildings toppled. The boys were sent flying.

Buttercup continued to scream. Then it finally happened. He voice began to fall as she reached her limit. Her hair turned back to normal and she collapsed, passed out, on the ground.

A few moments passed. Then a shadow lunged over Buttercup. Brick hung over her like a vulture. Now rage filled him. His body ached but he pushed past it. "You stupid girl!" he spat as he wrapped his hands around her throat. "Nobody beats me like this!" he cursed her through clenched teeth. His grasp tightened around her neck. "Now I'm going to fucking kill you!"

Brick was completely lost to the world. He was so caught up in what he was doing that he didn't notice that he wasn't alone.

"You know," called a voice from right behind him. "You should never let your enemy sneak up behind you like this."

Rage was replaced with horror as Brick felt two object slapped to the side of his head. He turned just in time to see the Communist jump out of the way. Then nothing but blackness. His body fell limply to the ground.

Blossom summoned the strength to drag herself and Bubbles to where Buttercup was. She watched and smiled as the Communist knocked out Brick with explosives. But then her smiling stopped.

Mojo arrived. He wore many scars from his battle with the Communist. He remained uncharacteristically quiet the whole time. Butch stood to his left, holding an unconscious boomer.

The Communist threw Brick to Mojo's feet. The two stared at each other silently as a cold wind blew.

"I think you should take him and leave," the Communist said, finally breaking the silence.

Mojo said nothing. He knelt down and picked up Brick. Then he and Butch turned and began to leave.

"What are you doing?!" called out Blossom. "You can't let them..."

The Communist raised a hand and silenced Blossom's objections.

Once Mojo and his minions were gone and out of sight the Communist gave in to his exhaustion and collapsed into a sitting position. "Now that was one HELL of a workout," he said lighting up a cigar.

Blossom looked at him with angry eyes. "Why did you let them get away?" she yelled. She demanded an answer.

The Communist looked at her. He took a long drag from his cigar before answering. "Your sister Buttercup is out cold. Your sister Bubbles needs medical attention, badly. You can barely move. And I'm at my limit as well... You should be happy that you're all alive."

The two remained silent for a while. Blossom was mad at him for letting them escape but deep down she knew he had no choice. Everything he had said was true. None of them were in any shape to continue fighting.

"So kid," began the Communist, uncomfortable with the silence. "How are you holding up? Are you okay?"

Blossom remained quiet and only replied with a nod.

"Good," he replied. He stood up and gently took Buttercup into his arms. "Come on, lets get you three to a hospital."

Time passed. The girls got fixed up. Bubbles suffered a broken arm, three cracked ribs and several of her internal organs had been damaged. She would take time to heal but would make a full recovery. Buttercup was both physically and mentally drained. She would need lots of rest but was otherwise fine. Blossom made it out with no major injuries. As for the Communist, the state or severities of his injuries are as mysterious as his clouded past. He outright refused to be looked at.

He waited until the girls father arrived before taking his leave.

"Wait," called out Blossom.

The Communist took pause and looked at her. "What?"

"I... I wanted to..." she began nervously. "I just um... wanted to thank you. If you didn't you hadn't shown up when you did..."

A hand was placed gently on her shoulder.

"Look kid," he began. "I might be a big jerk most of the time but not even I'm going to stand by and watch three young girls get pounded when all they want to do is help people... not matter how badly they upstage me."

Blossom remained quiet. She stared at the floor. Not sure what to say. Not sure what to think.

The Communist sighed and rubbed the side of his head. "I just know I'm going to regret this later but..."

Blossom looked up.

"I'll train you and your sisters."

A smiled sprang onto her face. Her dark mood lifted instantly. "Really?!"

"But this doesn't mean I like you!" he added sharply.

Blossom laughed at his last remark.

As the he left, the Communist couldn't help but feel a little better about himself. He smiled a little smile and quickly disappeared into the shadows.

And so once again the day is saved thanks to... both The Powerpuff Girls and The Communist!