Whoa! I feel kinda overwhelmed by the sheer amount of reviewers! Too bad that there'll only be one more chapter after this one...

Isumo1489: Many thanks again to my all-time-favourite-reviewer. Like I told you, there will be more talking than fighting in this chapter (boy, fighting is hard to describe if you're writing in a foreign language). Maybe you would have want the end to be a little darker, but I'll wait for your review, you can tell me there. And yes, I WILL finish it. But it may take some time again to write the last chapter.

Jet Warrior: Thanks! Yes, I also think that there are too few fanfics out there, that really try to show the girls' thoughts and emotions. Mind-manipulation and misunderstandings are SO entertaining!

June-Avatar11: Soon enough?

Dracori: Quality work? blush Ah no, it's not that good, but still thanks! Yes, the POVs are quite entertaining to write, although I still like the first three chapters best - it's so cool to write the stream of consciousness of your favourite charas! All of you should try too once, it's entertaining! Oh yes, beginning quotes and apostrophes are a remnant of German - MS Word is always changing languages for some reason. Thanks for the apostrophe-tip, I really forgot that this is different in English. I'll try to remember now.

These are MY twisted Powerpuff Girls, but the original ones aren't mine. But one day my PPGs will overpower the original ones and take over their show, and then THE WORLD WILL BE MINE!


Bubbles – Revealing the truth

To say that she was shocked would have been an understatement. Okay, Blossom had already attacked her in school, but this was just insane! Her sister was really determined to help HIM, HIM of all people, defeating Buttercup and her! And maybe not just defeating them…

"Blossom!" she cried, trying to free herself from Blossom's grip. "What are…?"

"Quiet!" her sister hissed. Bubbles groaned when the wall of anger inside of Blossom's head repelled her. Nevertheless she was sure that she had felt a glimpse of different, suppressed emotions, buried behind this wall. This didn't fit to these eyes at all! Seeing these dead spots had given her a chill, strong enough to hinder her from noticing that Blossom had been starting an attack. How could someone with such emotionless eyes still have so strong feelings? "It's time for you to pay for your sins! It's your own fault, Bubbles!"

Bubbles cried when Blossom suddenly yanked her close, pirouetted once and hurled her against a bookshelf. The piece of furniture fell down, burying Bubbles with books, but the blonde girl pushed it away from her a second later. Something like this would never be able to hurt her, but nonetheless she was afraid. If Blossom was angry enough to destroy the library while fighting, then she wouldn't hold back. She would attack Bubbles with everything she'd got, if Bubbles tried to restrain her or help Buttercup. Bubbles licked her lips nervously. She really didn't want to fight her sister… but her other sister needed her help!

"I don't want to hurt you, Blossom" she told her red-haired sister and got into fighting stance. "I don't know why you are doing this, but I won't leave Buttercup alone with HIM!"

"Buttercup!" Blossom growled. To Bubbles it seemed like some emotion flared up in Blossom's empty eyes. Anger of course. "Yes, she is all you can think of, isn't that right, Bubbles? You make me SICK!"

Bubbles jumped and grabbed Blossom's hands, but the redhead was prepared. She hissed again, pressed her foot against Bubbles' stomach and pushed her sister away forcefully. Bubbles was thrown back onto the pile of books, feeling dizzy for one moment. And that was enough for Blossom to get close and kick on her sister's stomach again. Bubbles could only produce a choked sound, but then she began to feel a little angry too. Maybe Blossom was controlled by HIM, maybe Bubbles should help her, but that didn't mean she wasn't allowed to defend herself!

She grabbed Blossom's foot and twisted it, so that Blossom lost her balance and fell down with a surprised cry. Bubbles immediately threw herself onto Blossom, pinning the other girl to the ground. It wasn't an easy task, since Blossom tried to free herself with all her power, muttering curses all the time. Bubbles used this time to throw a glance at Buttercup and HIM.

It didn't seem to be TOO bad… well, at least it wasn't as bad as she had feared it would be. Buttercup seemed to be angry enough to fight equally with the demon. Right now she was attacking HIM from above, smashing him into the ground. But this time HIM was prepared for the attack, he just screamed angrily – in his male voice, Bubbles noticed worriedly – grabbed Buttercups leg, much like Blossom had done with Bubbles before, and hurled her away. Bubbles held her breath for a moment, but concern was without any reason. In the next second a green flash sent HIM flying against the wall, leaving a hole behind.

Maybe she shouldn't have watched them for so long. Blossom used this opportunity and rolled around, breaking Bubbles' grip and kicking her away again. Bubbles was barely able to stabilize herself right before she would have crashed into the ceiling of the building, but Blossom changed that, when she rammed her and drove Bubbles' body into the wall. Bubbles choked again, tears from the dust and of pain in her eyes, and she sank to the ground. Strangely enough Blossom didn't try to attack her this time. Bubbles looked around, breathing heavily. There she was. Blossom was standing right in front of her, her arms crossed, her face emotionless again.

"You just couldn't help it, Bubbles, could you?" Blossom suddenly asked her. "You just HAD to look at Buttercup again."

"Of… course I had to" Bubbles agreed, her voice still sounding hoarse, and slowly rose from the ground, trying not to provoke Blossom. "She is… my sister."

"Ah, cut that crap!" Blossom said, clearly looking disgusted now. "I'm your sister too, but I bet you wouldn't have looked after me, if I was fighting with HIM right now."

"How… how can you say that?" Bubbles asked, tears forming in her eyes. How could her sister think, that Bubbles didn't care about her anymore? Just what had she done to deserve such an assumption? "You are an important person for me too… even if you are acting very strangely. Buttercup is just…"

She wasn't prepared for Blossom's outburst of fury. Not in the least. And she didn't expect the energy beam either, that hit her and threw her onto the scattered books for the third time.

"Oh yes, Buttercup!" Blossom spat, her voice now full of disgust. Her eyes were glowing. "It's always about her! You can't think of anyone else but her anymore, can you, Bubbles? Tell me, what is it that makes her so special? I really can't figure out, why you of all people would be attracted to someone like her."

"Blossom, this isn't true!" Bubbles argued despairingly. "There must be a reason, why you are thinking that… and why you are acting so strangely. Please, tell me why…"

"SILENCE!" Blossom shouted and shot another energy bolt at her. It didn't hurt Bubbles much, but some of the books around her caught fire. Bubbles jumped away from them. "Don't lie to me, Bubbles, I know it is true. You've always liked Buttercup better than me… I was the bossy one, the one giving orders, not an interesting rebel like her. And she has always been interested in you, even in our childhood. She was always picking onyou, never on me!" She sneered. "Tell me, Bubbles… was it arousing to be bullied by her? Did you two hop into bed together because of that?"

It was hard. It was so hard to hear such cruel words from her own flesh and blood. She couldn't stop the tears anymore, but she desperately tried to uphold control over her voice. "How can you… think of us like that, Blossom?" she sobbed. "Why do you believe HIM more than your own family?"

"HIM is here to help us all" Blossom claimed. On her face there still was this absent-minded look… as if there was someone else speaking with her mouth. As if Blossom wasn't even thinking about the words, which were leaving her mouth. "He will take you away from this earth and punish you until you are cleansed of evil. And when you finally recognize, what an unnatural sin you and Buttercup have committed… when you are finished with atoning for your wrongs… then we can be a family again."

"Blossom, this is crazy!" Bubbles cried out. "HIM is a villain! He has done so many bad things! Why are you listening to him? He lied when he told you, that I and Buttercup are…"

In this moment she was interrupted by Blossom's attack. The girl grabbed Bubbles at her shoulders and threw her against another bookshelf, causing it to fall over and knock another one down. And while Bubbles was busy with freeing herself from the books and the bookshelf, Blossom had already gotten behind her and kicked Bubbles against the wall. The blonde girl groaned when her head hit the wall first. It wasn't as painful as HIM's attack some time ago, and she didn't fall to the ground because two hands were already under her shoulders, catching her fall. Still Bubbles was in a very dazed state, when Blossom pressed her against the wall with her own body and began to whisper in her ear.

"I don't want to talk about these things anymore, Bubbles" she told her in a quiet voice. "This is the right thing to do, and it will happen… you can fight and get hurt, but it won't change anything. Just give up."

It was very strange. Somehow Bubbles had to struggle to understand Blossom's words, even if the girl was right behind her… but it was easy, so easy to feel the other girl's emotions now. It was as if there had been some shield around Blossom's mind, which had been too strong to penetrate with a clear mind. But now, in this drunk-like state, it was no problem to look into Blossom's head and see all of her hidden emotions behind this wall of anger and determination. If Bubbles had been able to think straight, she might have been too shocked to say something… too shocked by the truth. Later, thinking of this event, she would call it fate that Blossom had hit her so hard.

"Do… you really think, that the pain will go away, Blossom?" Bubbles muttered, trying to regain her senses. She had seen enough. Now she had to break the walls of defense inside of her sister's mind, like she had done before with Buttercup. "Do you… think, that the pressure in your chest will vanish… if you send me and Buttercup away? … The only ones… that could possibly understand your pain?"

The warmth of Blossom's body on her back vanished. Bubbles could practically feelthe shockwave inside of her sister's mind, fighting against the wall. Emotions… they were the key. Blossom couldn't be reached with logical arguments anymore. The anger inside of her mind, cultivated by HIM's intrigues, was too strong. She would just ignore anything, that contradicted with her own beliefs… like she had interrupted Bubbles' attempts to talk about HIM or the reason behind Blossom's belief, that her sisters loved each other more than sisters should. She had to remind Blossom of her real feelings, which had been replaced by the anger. That was the only way to shatter her point of view.

"How could you possibly understand me?" she heard Blossom ask. Was there uncertainty in her voice? "You're saying, that I'm in pain, but I'm not… and if I was, you'd be the cause!"

"Is that so?" Bubbles asked back. Her head was becoming clear again, so she took one last look into Blossom's mind, assuring herself, that she had seen everything necessary. It was much more difficult this time, but she wasn't allowed to make a single mistake now – or she would lose her last chance to help Blossom. "Or did you rather find something inside of yourself, which causes it?"

"SHUT UP!" Blossom screamed and hurled Bubbles away. The blonde girl flew down a hallway and landed on the ground. But she ignored the pain. She had to stay strong now. Her sister… her sisters needed her. She looked up. Blossom was staring at her with her eyes wide open, breathing heavily. "You know NOTHING! I HATE YOU!"

Even this outburst couldn't hurt Bubbles anymore, now that she knew the truth. She smiled sadly. "No, you don't" she responded. "This is just a facade. You made yourself think that you hate us, so you didn't have to think of your pain anymore. Because deep inside you know, that not we are the true cause of it… but your own feelings."

"This is… not true!" Blossom's voice was much weaker now. She covered her head with her hands, looking to the ground. Bubbles' head was nearly clear again, so she couldn't look into Blossom's mind again… but she could see glimpses of the turmoil inside of her sister. It worked! The wall was crumbling! Blossom continued speaking, but Bubbles had the impression, that the red-haired girl didn't really address her. She rather seemed to speak to herself. "You two are sinners! I don't want to be with you anymore! I hate you! I… hate you!" The last two words were barely hearable.

"That's only partly true, Blossom, and we both know that." Bubbles spoke with a softer voice. Her words would awaken the pain in Blossom, and she didn't want to hurt her any more than necessary. "The rational, thinking part of you may be angry at us, because you convinced yourself, that Buttercup and I have done something completely forbidden. But this is just a reaction. A reaction to suppress the pain inside of your emotional, feeling part. The part of you that feels alone… abandoned… by the two closest beings in your life."

"Please… stop" Blossom whimpered. She fell onto her knees, her hands hiding her face. All of her determination had now faded away. "Stop it!"

"You felt betrayed, Blossom" Bubbles continued quietly, but mercilessly. "We are triplets. We have always been close to each other. And suddenly you see something that lets you believe, that your two sisters are much closer to each other than they are to you. And then your being is torn apart. Into a rational part that decides to hate us, because that can hide your pain..." Bubbles made a short pause. "The pain inside of your emotional part… the part that, even if it is wrong, wants to be loved as much as Buttercup and I love each other in your eyes."

"NO!" Blossom sobbed, shaking her head wildly. Her whole body was trembling now and tears had begun slipping through her fingers. "I don't want such a relationship! It's disgusting, it's wrong, it's unnatural…"

"I know" Bubbles assured gently. She crawled closer to Blossom. "That's the whole misery, Blossom. Your rational mind, your belief in law and order forbids you to do the one thing your heart is craving for… to share everything with your sisters again, to be on equal terms with them again by accepting and joining their relationship. You don't hate me or Buttercup, Blossom… you hate yourself for desiring something you don't want to desire."

This time Blossom couldn't even answer anymore. She just broke down, crying fits tormenting her body. Bubbles' mouth went dry. She had done it! Blossom was finally facing the truth! But why did she feel so bad then?

"Blossom…" Bubbles whispered, warily reaching out and touching Blossom's hair. "Even if this relationship really existed… what made you think, that I and Buttercup would love and trust you any less? Why do you think, that a love between close siblings is weaker than the feelings between lovers?"

"I…" Blossom sobbed. "I was… so scared…"

"All three of us were scared, Blossom" Bubbles told her, softly stroking her sister's hair. "I was afraid, that your fights with Buttercup would break our family apart. Buttercup was afraid, that we would leave her alone one day because of our boyfriends. But we did the one right thing, we talked to each other. We shared our worries and confessed our sins to each other… we regained our trust in each other, Blossom. Youdistanced yourself. You shared your pain with no one, and so it was able to grow every time you saw me and Buttercup together. And so HIM was able to manipulate you."

"HIM…"

In this moment they heard a scream of pain. They both looked to Buttercup and HIM. And Bubbles became pale. One of HIM's claws was clutching Buttercup's left wrist. The other one was pinning her sister to the wall, the tips of his pincers drilling into Buttercup's stomach. She was desperately trying to hold them back with her right hand, but her face was a mask of agony. Blood was flowing out of her mouth!

Bubbles' body acted like a machine. Her mind was too overwhelmed by the events to do something, so she just opened her mouth and let out a scream of pain and rage, all focused on HIM. Blossom had been wrong to isolate herself… but he was the one, who had turned her sister into a monster! She put every little ounce of strength inside of her body into this attack, her anger increasing it even more. The emotion-powered shockwaves caught HIM off guard and hurled him away like a leaf in the wind. He crashed through another wall, screaming in frustration. Buttercup simply sank to the ground, losing consciousness on the way. There was a wound on her stomach, not too deep, but it was bleeding. Bubbles felt guilty. She had left Buttercup alone. Of course it had been important to save Blossom, but it hadn't been right to leave Buttercup alone with a dangerous foe like HIM.

The villain groaned and sat up, shaking his head. Then his glance focused on Bubbles, glaring at her menacingly. "You!" he said in his male voice. "Your sister was right, I should have killed you first!"

"Blossom won't listen to you anymore!" Bubbles told him, looking for a sign of weakness. She was quite sure that Buttercup had been able to land a few good hits, but Bubbles herself was quite exhausted too – Blossom had fought her with all her power. But she had to protect Buttercup! … And Blossom too! "And I won't allow you to hurt Buttercup any further, HIM!"

"You really surprised me, little Bubbles" the villain said – now in his female voice again, though still in a menacing tone – and stood up. "I would have never thought that you would be able to break my control over Blossom. But it doesn't matter. You can't fight me anymore, little girl. You will die today, all three of you." He grinned at her.

Bubbles started another Sonic Scream, but this time HIM was prepared. He crossed his pincers in front of his body and braced himself against the attack. The shockwaves hit him directly, but they weren't nearly as strong as the last ones. He simply waited for the end of Bubbles' attack and grinned at the girl.

"I told you" he said. "You have lost. And now…" His voice became male again. "… prepare to DIE!"

He jumped at Bubbles, reaching out with his claws, ready to kill. Bubbles crossed her arms in front of her face and awaited the impact – but it never came. Instead of it she suddenly felt the temperature in the library sink in mere moments. A wave of perishing coldness brushed her left side and made her cry out in pain. She jumped aside and feverishly rubbed her frozen body parts, trying to force some warmth back into them. She looked up.

She couldn't see HIM anymore. In front of her there was a glittering ice scenery… books, bookshelves, the floor, the walls, everything was frozen. When she looked to the ground and saw many ice fragments there, she understood. HIM had been frozen in mid-air by this wave, just to fall down and shatter afterwards. There were still traces of red smoke around the broken pieces. Bubbles doubted that the villain was dead… maybe he couldn't die, but he had certainly vanished.

She turned her head. Blossom was panting. There were still tears on her face, now frozen on her skin. The anger, which had triggered this outburst, was disappearing from her face now, leaving sadness behind. Blossom tore her glance away from the shattered pieces and looked at Bubbles. Bubbles could see that Blossom was still full of pain… but the redhead already tried to get a grip on herself again. She pointed behind the remains of HIM.

"Help… Buttercup!" she managed to say though all the panting.

"But Blossom…" Bubbles started. She was torn. She didn't want to leave Blossom behind… now that she had finally got her sister back. But Buttercup needed her help too…

"GO!" Blossom shouted, but in the next moment she was seized by a coughing fit. Fresh tears ran down her cold face. When the fit was over, she continued, her voice sounding sore: "Please, Bubbles… help Buttercup."

Bubbles looked at her, but eventually she nodded. She flew to Buttercup, carefully lifted her injured sister from the ground – which had fortunately been spared from the ice blast – and levitated out of the library. Just when she was about to leave the building, she threw one final look at Blossom. Her sister was lying on the ground in fetal position, crying her heart out. Nevertheless Bubbles had to smile. Her sister had returned… both of her sisters had returned to her side. An hour ago she wouldn't have dreamt, that something like that would ever happen. It would take Buttercup some time to forgive Blossom, and it would take Blossom even more time to forgive herself… but they would be a family again. Eventually. Bubbles flew home, delivering a patient and the good news to her father.


I'm planning an epilogue, so keep on hoping that I'll be able to finish it soon ;). Sorry to everyone who doesn't like happy endings... I hope the injuries and mental scars are enough to keep this fic from being cheesy.