A/N: THE CHANCES OF ME BEING THE CREATOR OF THE POWERPUFF GIRLS IS THE SAME AS THE CHANCE OF FUZZY LUMPKINS LETTING PEOPLE ON HIS PROPERTY

P.S. Good Evening Dearies. I remember making a promise that I would make it up to you guys for not having much screen time for the Blues so since this fanfiction is suppose to be about Boomer and Bubbles, I thought now would be a good time to start getting to that

Captive

Chapter 10:

Waking Up To A Nightmare

[Bubbles Dream POV:]

The world looks so beautiful and warm as Spring blossoms before my eyes. The trees are showing promise as green leaves slowly start to spout from its branches. The snow from Winter has been melted away revealing nature's green carpet that covers these fields. Animals that have been hibernating are starting to awaken from their winter slumber and come out of their burrows. And the flowers are finally growing to add patches of color to the world while filling the air with its soothing aroma as a soft breeze is gracious enough to carry it to me

"[Deep Inhale then sigh] I remember…" I tried to reach my arm out to of the small opening in front of me but was only able to extend my hand an inch away from the bars that barred my only view of the world I once knew "…when life was so beautiful" I grabbed my wrist that had a shackle that was connected to the wall behind me "What happened? How did I end up here? What wrong turn did I make, what sign didn't I see that it would come to this; me being in world so cold…and so alone" I hugged my chest because I felt it swell from the pain that threatened to leek out "I'm so close yet so far away from what I remember happiness to feel like. When everything was in harmony, when worries were minor, and when sunlight would shine even in the rain" But that was when one was three and a rainbow would always spread across the sky. Now three have become separate; leaving nothing but disconnection and loneliness "What happened to us; to make us so distant? What happened to the world I used to live in? Where joy still existed and it wasn't a false dream to cling onto; where it wasn't displayed in front of you so unobtainable and out of my reach" I looked at the small opening again as if it was mocking me, and from a distance I heard the faint sound of laughter

"You know we'll always be together no matter what, right"

"Blossom?" I couldn't see her but I recognized her voice echoing from outside

"We always have each others' back" That was Buttercup's voice

"We will always be there when you need us" That was The Professor

"We will always love you"

"Eric?" Tears started to flow through my eyes because the pain in my heart finally burst. I just couldn't take the empty lies that I hung onto. The Professor was barely in Townsville anymore and he never answered his phone. My sisters were always busy either with work or school and we never really interacted with each other anymore. And Eric….

Boom

….

…He…

…

Boom

…

…He…

Boom…Boom…Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom

I could hear the giggles of the ones I held dear turn into mocking sets of laughter and ridicule as the pounding behind the wall haunted my ears

"[Sobs] Why? Why is it so hard to find happiness in this world? Why has it forsaken me?" I felt my eyes burning from crying too much so I couldn't see very well but just enough to see the window growing farther away and the space I was in was getting darker and colder as it filled with blue smoke

"I haven't forsaken you"

"What?" I heard a different voice but I couldn't place it

"I was taken from you"

"What a minute. Boomer?"

"I was taken from you" He repeated but this time, I felt his presence. He was behind me "But I'm here now" I felt his arms wrap around my chest "And I will never let you go" It felt comforting and warm despite his cold hand and yet…

"I..."

"Not now"

"I ca…"

"Not ever"

"I can't breathe"

[3rd POV: Blues but mostly Bubbles]

Bubbles woke up panting like crazy as her sweat covered her skin; making her clothing and her hair cling to her body. She took a minute to compose herself until her heart slowed down so she could breathe normally. Then she took time to notice some things she didn't before

'This isn't my room' She looked around the dark space with only the moonlight giving her hints of what was around her. She only saw dark blue wallpaper, a door in front of her, and the brass bed frame at her feet 'This isn't my bed' She was half covered in white silk sheets with an indigo and gold comforter on top that left her chest exposed 'This isn't the dress I was wearing' She was in a baby blue nightgown with a white lace trim on the edges. It was made with a material so thin that she could barely feel that she was wearing it. It was a garment that she remembered buying recently

"What? Why?" Bubbles was about to scratch her head as she pondered over this sudden change of scenery until she felt something stopping her from doing so. She looked up to see what it was and found that her left wrist was chained to the brass bed frame behind her. She yanked a few times and saw that it wouldn't break; even when she used all of her super strength. So this caused her to panic while looking around for something to set her free. But her search stopped when she saw a white rose sitting on top of the nightstand next to the left side of the bed. Because of the danger she sensed she was in, a simple thing like that wouldn't have stopped her from freaking out but what stopped her was the fact that parts of it was stained with blood. But not just your normal crimson blood. It was Chemical X black blood

'Why is this-What's going on? Why am I here?' She thought while still scared; yanking on her bonded wrist with her free hand

Suddenly, a wind blew from the glass doors that laid to the balcony outside and somehow caused the petals of the rose to scatter all around the room. Bubbles watched as the petals danced in the wind and then abruptly got pulled towards her right. Some flew outside, some landed on the bed, but one landed on her lips and disintegrated into tiny red glowing particles that also slowly floated away toward the glass doors. But as her eyes followed the red specks, her head turned right and finally noticed a figure staring at her

He was kneeling on the floor with his arms crossed over the mattress and his head tilted to one side, emotionless

"Ahhh!" Bubbles screamed because she didn't sense anyone one else in the room. So when she realized that it was Boomer, it scared her even more

So Bubbles cowered to the left top corner of the bed with her knees to her chest; trying to create some distance. But Boomer denied her of that by crawling onto the bed; closing the gap between. Bubbles quivered in fear because she didn't know what he was going to do. She couldn't read his face but his body moved slowly like a predator stalking its prey as he crawled on all fours. When his arms made it past her feet, she was sandwiched between the nightstand and Boomer's electric blue eyes

He balanced his weight on his right hand and lifted his left towards her. Bubbles retreated backwards until she couldn't anymore which wasn't far enough. At the last second, Bubbles closed her eyes and soon let out a squeal when she felt him cup her cheek

"You're crying" She felt his thumb wipe a tear from her eye "You must have had a nightmare" His eyes glanced from her eyes to the rest of her body and back up again "And your shivering too. You must be cold" He was about to reach for the comforter behind him but stopped for a second when he saw Bubbles flinch

"Boomer. W-w-what's going on? What a-a-re you doing?"

"I'm making your stay more comfortable. That's what a host does for his valued guest" He placed the comforter over her knees "There. I hope that feels better"

"Actually…I would feel more comfortable if you took this off" Bubbles was trying to play along so he would take the shackle off of her wrist but that dream was shot to pieces when he said

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that"

"Why? Do you not have the key?"

"I can't unlock it until I'm sure you won't leave"

"In other words, you're not planning on letting me leave. Why? So you could finish the job you left undone a year ago?" She shrank smaller into the corner "If that's the case, I-I won't let you"

"You won't let me? Hn, Bubbles, what I have in store for you is unpreventable. I've made sure of it" His voice was soft as he stroke her cheek. It was an act of assurance but Bubbles felt the total opposite. She felt threatened not just for her well-being but for others that may have somehow been caught in this too

"You can't keep me here forever. People will notice that I'm missing and-"

"Really now" Boomer showed a wicked smirk before continuing "Tell me Bubbles. What is your source of hope? Who do you think could possibly take you away from me?"

"My sisters. Blossom will see that…"

"Oh so your first hope is your own flesh and blood. What a predicable response. After all, siblings always have each others' back and are there when you need them, right?" Bubbles hated how sarcastic he was sounding; like he was playing with the doubts that resided within her as of late

"Yes they do, and they will c-c-o-o" Bubbles stuttered as Boomer's hand left her check and travel downward. She felt a lump form in her throat from the contact of his fingers chilling her skin until they rested on her chest where her heart was

"Hn, you still don't hold any bitterness towards them…even when they have deserted you. How precious"

"They haven't deserted me. They care about me and are probably worried sick about me right now"

"Hmm, is that so? Well, if I'm not mistaken, from what I've heard, Buttercup chose her passion of being a hero over accompanying you and Blossom to college. And Blossom was so into bettering herself that she barely had any time for you; leaving you lonely and empty like you were at that party"

"No, you're wrong. You're twisting the truth to mess with me"

"That is a logical way to think about what I'm saying but it's not even that. I didn't even need to try hard when that was what you were already thinking" Bubbles gasp "You may not feel that way now because you are hoping that they'll save you but deep down, you resent them. You hate how you used to be so close and now you're so distant, despite that fact that you live with one of them"

"That isn't true"

'They do care and they will come and rescue me. I just know it' Bubbles thought as she tried to reassure herself

"I sense a little bit of doubt~"

"I do not" Bubbles protested "I don't hate them, they do care, and they will find me"

"Oh they will, will they? Well what if I told you that they aren't thinking about saving you because you're not missing at all"

"What? How? That doesn't make any sense. Did you make a clone of me or something?"

"No, but you're somewhat close. You see, the reason why they think you're not missing is because you're not missing right now"

"Huh?"

"Right now, you are at home, sleeping with the new pajamas you got for Christmas"

"What a minute, I didn't get a new set of pajamas this year" As a matter of fact, she wasn't able to exchange any presents because if you remember she was captured on Christmas Eve "The last time I got pajamas was…last year"

"Is it all starting to sink in? Is your useless hope starting to sound fruitless now?"

'I can't believe it' Bubbles thought as she was gradually piecing together the situation she was in 'You mean to tell me that no one will think of looking for me because he sent us one year in the past where my past self already exists? [1] Dang it. this makes this a heck of a lot harder'

"No" she answered, trying not to be discouraged by him "because even though the past version of my sister's won't think to come here, the future versions will"

"Hn, even if they knew how to time travel correctly, they wouldn't be able to save you, because in our present time-" Boomer paused to grab something from under the right side of the bed. It was a glass cylinder filled with a pink substance that was glowing "-they are no longer a threat"

"What is that?" Bubbles asked, afraid that it might be something dangerous

"You know why I asked you what your source of hope was? Because from where I'm standing, all of it is a waste; a useless notion that has clouded your mind and caused you pain. So I'm here to clean house, so to speak, and rid you of what is pollutes your heart. Starting with your roommate" Boomer stroked the glass like he was petting a cat on his lap

"Blossom? [Gasp] What have you done?"

"I was just watching her play a little game of hide and seek, that's all. She was seeking and you were the one hiding"

Boomer waved his hand towards the foot of the bed and blue aura in the shape of a rectangle appeared in front of them. After that, it glowed and somehow started to show Bubbles images of what happened in the warehouse; not sparing her from witnessing all of the gruesome things that happened to the people inside

As she watched the horror show in front of her, she couldn't help but feel how maddening this was

'No…Buttercup…Blossom…even Butch and Brick weren't safe from his wrath. I can't believe this' Tears started to flow through her eyes again as she turned her head from the images in front of her

"How could you? How could you be so heartless as to hurt the people closest to you and me?"

"That's easy. Because they were trying to separate us" Boomer looked bitterly at the cylinder "You talk about siblings and family caring for you and having your back and yet it was them who were hurting us. It was your sisters that tried to persuade you to leave me. It was my parents that bred the hatred of all things righteous into us and wanted you and your sisters dead. And it was my brothers that sucked up to that and took me away from you" Bubbles could see Boomer's anger rising and was scared for Blossom because he was now scratching the clear tube "For a year they sealed me away; keeping me from my purpose in life. Just because I didn't hate like they did, I wasn't evil like they were, I was worse than that. I was just a mentally ill science experiment to them that needed to be put down" Boomer started to laugh while a dark blue aura started to radiate from him "I was a disgrace to all evil they said. I was hopeless and a waste of space they said. But still evil nonetheless which meant that I couldn't have what I longed for the most" Boomer took his eyes off the cylinder, put it back on the floor and looked at Bubbles with his cold blue eyes "Well, that was what they said anyway" A mischievous grin formed on his face as he slowly made his way towards Bubbles again "They said that I was too unstable; a monster. They said because I was a villain that I could have something so pure and so innocent. After all, my purpose in life was said to destroy just that. So when I went against what they said, I was isolated from the world and your presence. They thought I would forget while they forgot about me but all that did was increased my hunger for you" Boomer was dangerously close to her now "Until one day, their words and values had no meaning. The day when my hands silenced them" Boomer leaned toward her right ear and whispered "Does that answer your question?"

Bubbles couldn't believe what she was hearing. She used to think that he was the gentlest out of the three boys; that he was this hard shell that was sheltering this happy-go-lucky kid inside. But after hearing all of this craziness, she knew that she had once again lost the Boomer she used to know, and it was replaced with this…this

"[Hiss]" Bubbles got startled by the sudden contact of his hand on the left side of her neck. She knew that this would follow his lips touching her so she moved as much as she could away from his lips; which wasn't that much since Boomer's hand held her there

"You faltered?" He sounded concerned but he didn't move from the intimate position he was in "What's wrong?" Bubbles was afraid to answer because she didn't want to anger him. He already proved to her that he was demented a few seconds ago and since she couldn't properly defend herself, she wanted to avoid provoking him any further "You're scared still. You think I might hurt you, is that it?"

"You already took out my sisters and your parents so what's stopping you from doing the same to me?" Boomer backed away little and stared into her eyes in disbelief that she would even think that. Even after everything he did for her so they could finally be together, after everything they have been through for those short three months before, she still thought…

"Bubbles, I would never hurt you. You are my purpose and the reason I exist. You are the reason I am the way I am. And even though I have powers that counteract yours, hands that are strong enough to wrap around your delicate little neck, strengths where you are weakest, and lips that could destroy you, you are also my drive and without you, I have no need to continue living" Boomer let out a sigh and looked away from her "But the same can't be said about you…not anymore anyways" He sounded heartbroken and Bubbles almost felt sorry for him until she saw him face her again while his blue aura seep out of his body once more "I see that time has changed a lot of things in my absence" He ran his fingers through her hair "Your hair is a lot longer than it used to be, your lips are fuller, and I see that you even grew a size" Even though his eyes glanced at her breasts for a quick second, he then held a serious sinister look on his face "But time could be so cruel because it has also changed your beautiful eyes. They once use to be filled with so much optimism that you could see the silver lining in the stormiest of situations. But now, all I see is your eyes filled with false hope and delusions. Your eyes have gotten so clouded that it has infected your mind and your heart that it's filled with denial. You're vision is so blurred with pleasant moments of the past that you overlook what's in front of you; exposing yourself to disappointment and heartache. So much that you would trust your heart to another; a complete stranger that was obviously an idiot…apparently he wasn't using his brain when he broke your heart, and because of that he isn't using his heart and lungs either" Bubbles let out a gasp while Boomer snickered a bit "In over a year, you have become too rash and have made foolish mistakes that I had to fix; him being one of them. However, I never thought that out of all the hard work that I put into repairing us, that you would be the hardest to fix and the most broken" Boomer's tone grew serious again "And because you see something to be feared when you look at me while seeing someone to trust and love when you look at people that have forsaken you, you're making me fear that your eyes are defective" He rubbed his thumb on her face, close to her left eye "It's a problem that must be remedied"

Bubbles shivered under his touch because she sensed that her life was in jeopardy. But before she had time to react, Boomer grabbed her hips and yanked her from the 'safety' of her little corner so that she was now laying on her back with her in between his legs

"I must cleanse you of what is tainting your very being. I must remove what is defective" Bubbles thought that he was going to kill her or remove one of her organ like he did Eric

"Don't, please" Bubbles pleaded "Look, I could feel that you're angry and frustrated of how things have changed but you don't have to do this"

"Is that so? If that's the case, answer me one question. What do you see me as?"

Hearing this one question made Bubbles tense up because it was that same question that made shit hit the fan. It was that single question that caused things to go too far and began this nightmare. She acted too hasty and responded to the feelings in heart too quickly that she wound up losing everything. She regretted kissing him that night, not only for the fact that it almost killed her but because she feels like it ruined everything. They had something before all of this drama started and if she didn't act on her feelings to that extent, they could have figured something out to make her sisters more comfortable with him, she would have learned more about Boomer and his new abilities, she could have had more time to see if it was right to even be with him, and she could have kept him from becoming a…

"A monster" Boomer whispered "You think I'm a monster"

"What? I never said-"

"I could read you, Bubbles. I could see that you don't like what you see in front of you. You are scared of me because you don't see me like you used to" Bubbles sigh in defeat because he was telling the truth

"That and I feel like I've lost you" Bubbles found herself saying

"You never lost me. I'm right here and am the same person I've always been. It's ashamed that you can't see that" Boomer grabbed her right hand and held it down on the bed while lifting his right hand toward her head

"No please, don't do this" Bubbles begged

"It must be done"

"Boomer, please" Bubbles's tears started to fall out of fear "If what you say is true, why go this far to hurt me when you say that you have feelings me" Boomer's hand covered her eyes and a puff of blue smoke burst from it. This made Bubbles's eyes start to burn because it was irritated from the dust

"It's because I love that I'm doing this" Boomer took his hand away and removed himself from the bed "In doing so, I'm regaining what you have lost by fixing the thing that hurts you most" As Boomer was saying this, Bubbles's vision was getting blurry from the smoke which frightened her, especially when the smoke turned pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Her vision looked almost like she passed out but she was very much awake "In the meantime, your sight will be taken from you until you're able to see me"

She then felt him fixed the comforter so it was covering her chest and said

"Now rest yourself. We have a whole year to catch up on"

A/N: I know that people were looking for that weird happily ever after moment with Bubbles and Boomer but I am far from finished with this story. Besides, after what he has done, would you still love and fuck him. Plus, in my stories (and Blue's) we're all about the chase more than the 'big bang' moment and there wasn't been any of that yet

Blue: I still say that you didn't have to blind her

Scarlet: Well, it doesn't matter what you say…it matter's what the viewers think. But even so, they'll see how this makes sense

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[1] I know some people are going to talk about time travel and the logic behind it. From movies I've seen, it's more dangerous to travel to the future than the past because your future self would cease to exist. But if you're in the past too long would you cease to exist? All I've seen is if you come in contact with past self that it's dangerous and since Boomer has placed him and Bubbles in an isolated place outside of Townsville, they won't need to worry about that since they have never been to that place until now. And don't start with that Butterfly Effect stuff and all that other stuff about time travel. At this point, just roll with it

P.S. I was afraid that no one was reading this anymore because no one reviewed or commented for like...I don't know how long. So if you want me to continue, you need to show me that you're alive and reading this. Comment please. Speaking of that, thank you random Guest for commenting, this chapter was for you. And Canori, thanks for dropping in and following/favoriting

This chapter was inspired (brought to you) by: Snow White Queen by Evanescence, U by John Park (actually everything Boomer has done until now has been inspired by that song)