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Stolen Without a Trace
Chapter 11: Love and Pain
P.O.V.: Blossom
The soft comfort of his arms around me relaxed me as he brought me to my room, and I was ever so grateful that no one, specifically his brothers, had seen him holding me like that. My room was dark, the lights were off and there were no windows in it anyway. But when we entered, he flicked on the light without any effort or worry he might drop me because of the distraction. All the while I didn't take my eyes off him. How handsome he was..
He closed the door behind him and laid his eyes upon me, making my heart jump yet again. I have to say, there must be a trampoline or something in my rib cage because my heart is jumping around way too much today…
He offered me a light smile, one that looked unsure and a bit cautious, but still kind and gentle. He walked me over to my bed, and I could feel my head spin as he laid me down onto it. I frowned at this and grabbed at his arm suddenly, shaking my head no.
"..You're not going…right?" he rolled his eyes and set me down on the bed anyway then sat next to me, staring at me.. A smirk of slight amusement on his face.
"no Blossom. Didn't I make that clear before…?" I bite my lip and knew how whiney I was sounding… and I didn't like it. I looked away, a blush creeping to my face.
"R-Right." he sighed and looked away, taking off his red hat and running his fingers threw his hair.
"Bloss…I really hate this feeling you know. Part of me…wishes you never even came here…" He's not looking at me when he says it but their was a frown to his voice.
His words sting me and I look at him with intensity and scorn. How dare he say that! …but then it reminded me of why I had came here in the first place… to help Sabri's family. I rolled my eyes and moaned, the dizziness and the thought of it making my head spin even more. I rolled over and away from him, biting my lip.
I had failed Sabri's family… and I doubt I'd ever get them out of here now. However..maybe I could convince Brick otherwise? Doubt it…
"…Blossom, don't take it that way…" he mumbled out and looked back at me, taking my arm and turning me towards him again. I blushed because of how close he was to me again… he was leaning in towards me. I put on an angry face. I had every right to take it whatever gosh damn way I saw fit! Even if he was incredibly hot and inches away from my face…
"Brick, you've got a lot to learn on how to treat a lady. There are some things you just don't say…" I growl out " and I think it's safe to…to..say that I can take it anyway I see fit." I muster the strength to say, my head pulsating and hot…
What was this feeling from?
He frowns at me and folds his arms, he stops leaning towards me and pulls back, still seated on my bed.
"Touchy bitch I see…" he mumbles out calmly, and before I can respond, he does something I wasn't quite expecting. He kicks off his shoes, scoots me over onto the other side of the bed and lays down next to me. I blush at that, but am still pissed at his name calling.
"every time you say a curse I should mark it down so I can go into the bathroom and get soap to wash your mouth out with.." I threaten, part of me teasing, part of me threatening. I didn't mean to make this conversation so snippy…it's just… I wasn't feeling right and everything was agitating me all of a sudden.
He shoots me a look, an aggressive one that says to back the hell off…and I sigh, looking away regretfully.
"..I…I'm sorry Brick…I never meant to be so rude…I'm just feeling..awful right now…and I don't know why."
He stares at me intensely for a while and then his gaze lightens up. He scoots towards me a bit more which makes me look at him, the red blush creeping his way back to my cheeks again…
"it isn't your uh…time of the month is it?"
"N-No!"
"Ah, okay good.."
"Goodness.."
'sorry! Just asking! You seem really..off today's all."
"I'm just…kind of shocked. And this dizziness came out of nowhere too. Both threw me off guard." he looks away and thinks for a bit.
"Blossom… look, we have to face facts. This is… huge. The fact we, sworn enemies happen to… suddenly like each other. If my brothers or your sisters knew… I don't think they'd react pleasantly. I mean, Boomer might not care too much, considering he's got a crush of his own on your Bubbles there but…Butch? He's a tough pill to swallow. He'd probably view me as a hypocrite after denying him the privilege of um… molesting you." he tells me and I'm in full agreement with him, realizing our circumstances were…unique.
However, I raised an eyebrow at what he just said.
"…You…denied him the privileges of molesting me? Like- when you came to stop him … right?" I remembered, cringing at the memory. His eyes turned to anger as he stared ahead and growled lowly to himself.
"…There was a bit more than that to it. He had the nerve to actually ask me if he could, seek my support on it…. I of course denied him any such right. Yet he disobeyed…the bastard. He could have any other girl on the unit. Why the hell does he go after you? Bastard…" I blush at his protective words and inch towards him, dizziness still overwhelming me… but I push it aside. He notices how close we are and he looks at me, offering me a slight smirk.
"…feeling better are we?" he asks, his tone getting seductive as he wraps a strong arm around my shoulders. I shivered from delight at his touch and laid my head on his shoulder, feeling safe…secure.
"Only when I do this." I confess, blush on my cheeks and he chuckles at me, giving me a light squeeze.
"That's an instant ego booster." he smirks and I laugh with him, smiling happily, really feeling the moment…
Until I realize we still had a lot to talk about.
My face gets serious again as I look up at him, still leaning on his shoulder.
"You're right though Brick… I doubt our siblings would take this lightly.. I miss them a whole lot. They think I'm with a friend in Cityville…safe and sound." he looks at me, cocking an eyebrow up.
"…which reminds me, you never did answer my question when we…reunited. Why are you here Blossom? More importantly.." he wraps his other arm around my waist and puts his chin on my head gently.
"..alone?" I blush from excitement, my heart beat increasing. My dizziness increased too unfortunately..and my head started to pound lightly. But I forced myself to ignore it. This was way more important. Would I tell him why…?
The fact I had come here to discreetly observe him? To get the truth on the "Gods" controlling New Delhi?…to save and evacuate Sabri's family?
I sighed and bit my lip.
"Um…I have a close and charming Indian friend at home named Sabri. She works at the Townsville library. She has some family here…and was extremely worried about their safety for the longest time. Since I was not exactly sure who you "terrorists" were yet, I decided I was going to check into the situation and investigate.."
His eyebrows raise and his face looks a bit puzzled.
"…without your sisters?" he asks suspiciously, " I had my brothers go check for them..they were no where in sight. We located them to be back at Townsville…why is that Blossom?" he seemed focused on knowing why and I rolled my eyes, not wanting to elaborate. It was such a long and drawn out story to tell…
"Brick, it's a long story… one that I don't have the concentration for…ow! Ugh…my head's killing me." I wince and, unwillingly, pull away from to massage my temples. The throbbing had increased…
He frowned angrily at this and laid a hand on my shoulder. He had such tender instincts in him… I wonder if he noticed that.
"Blossom, want some Advil or pain killer? Something to make it go away? We got it. Just say the word and it's done." I bite my lip and looked at him. Why hadn't I thought of that? Maybe it was because my brain was on fire and…so was my heart.
"That sounds most beneficial. Thank you.." I nod and he gets up and presses the buzzer for the maid to come in.
After about ten minutes of staring at each other, fidgeting, intense pain, and lust…
The maid arrived. It was a different one this time, and she seemed to be less nervous than the other one I saw last time who had rushed in and rushed out and quick as possible, frightened to death by Brick's presence.
"Yes Sir?" she was Chinese and very adorable and small with her hair up in a bun and a white flower clip in it. Yet she had these gorgeous crystal blue eyes for some reason…and it made me think about Bubbles..
I moaned out in pain and agony as I tried to make this hurt go away by rubbing my temples…with no luck. Brick's words were speedy and anxious. He looked at that maid with determination in his seductive blood red eyes.
"Bring me a bottle of pain killers..now."
"Right away sir! Need anything else?"
"…a water to guzzle it down might help."
"coming right up!" Brick looked back at me after she left and then noticed a paper bag on my end table next to my bed. He opened it and it revealed itself to be the breakfast he had ordered wrapped up for me. He handed it to me quickly, his eyes fixed on mine.
"here. You should eat the rest of this. Maybe you're dizzy because you're hungry…"
I eyed it and made a curious face, taking it slowly from his strong grasp.
"what might this be?" I asked, scanning it with my X-Ray vision…only to discover I couldn't focus enough to do that…
Which wasn't good.
"Your breakfast from this morning. Remember? When ya rushed off?" he chuckled lightly, knowing my reason for that now and I blushed while opening it.
"T-Thanks… you didn't have to save it for me.."
"Well, I was thinking on your terms. You don't like to see food go to waste when millions are starving for it…do you?" he smirked, successfully convincing me it was the right thing to do and impressing me with his logic and caring nature.
Or perhaps he was just trying to win me over?
I smirked lightly back at him and pulled out the muffin, thinking about how good Bubble's muffin's were… and it saddens me. I truly did miss my sisters. Without seeing them, it was like I was missing some part of myself. Even Buttercup…
I wondered if she was still mad at me….did she really hate me like she had said that last time I saw her? …was she better off…without me?
I bit my lip as I choked on the thoughts, and I realized I hadn't allowed myself to think much about them…and then I glanced at Brick who was intrigued by my facial expressions, yet a bit concerned.
At the very least…I can say that I have him here.
Finally, the maid comes back with some a bottle of aspirins and a glass of water and give them to Brick quickly but with caution.
"Finally. Can't you get around sooner?" a ticked off Brick growls out, but I'm just glad she got them. I put the muffin back in the bag and try to get up…when Brick shakes his head and puts a hand on my shoulder, forcing me stop.
"No way Miss Utonium. You're staying in bed until you clear up that head of yours." he smirks and hands the water to me, and then opens the bottle. He hands two aspirins to me and I quickly take them with a light smile of gratitude to both of them. The water helps me get it down my throat.
The maid seems to notice the difference between how he talks to me and to her and definitely noticed his shoes and hat were off, which she frowns at it, probably thinking a bunch of gossip up in her head. Pretty girls usually do.
Luckily, I wasn't like that…
She nods and leaves quickly, taking her thoughts with her. I am left there with Brick, and I drink the rest of the water before Brick takes it away and puts it on the end table. I notice he had put his hat on there too, and now he picked it up and put it back on, fixing it backwards like usual.
I loved his hat…and his hair. I admired him quietly while I waited for the medicine to kick in. I prayed it would soon.. "So Bloss…think you can handle telling me that long story you mentioned earlier? About why your sisters aren't with you?" He asks, crawling back onto the bed with me and I blush as I watch him, for some reason…the way he did it kind of made me enthralled. He reminded me of a vampire the way he crawled…so seducing and slow.. Heart pounding. I wondered if he could hear mine… it was beating fast- a common thing now a days.
However, I'd never get used to it…
He smirks as he lays next to met yet again, staring at me captivatingly. I couldn't take my eyes off him.. My body ached to be crushed against his…
"Uh… not really, but I can undertake it to the best of my abilities." I frown gently and he tries to hold back a laugh without succeeding. It makes me wonder why he's laughing…
"If you can use a word like 'undertake' instead of 'try' then I think you're more than capable to handle it." he chuckles at my intellectual vocabulary and I laugh with him…though it hurts my head to even laugh.
This was a very strange head ache…
"I suppose you're right… I guess I'll tell you what went down. It was what, two days ago? About that much…it feels so long now…I was planning a party for the Professor you see. He was getting an award for outstanding scientific achievement- which- mind you- should've been given to him a long time ago. He deserved it! So, I had planned out for months a surprise party to throw for him after the awards ceremony…"
"WHAT! A party! and you didn't invite me? Phh…I'm offended…"
"Brick…shut up." I laughed out as he folded his arms and scowled into nothing. He smirked at that and glanced at me threw his side profile.
And then he did the most adorable thing ever… he winked.
I tried not to squeal- it was that cute. I guess it was the little things that get me fired up in the end…
"You can continue … he he.. Just messing with your ingenious mind is all."
"I'm … I'm sure you feel accomplished." little did he know that wink was the thing that messed with my head..
"So um..right. The party. Yeah, I was planning it out and everything so detailed and intricately. I raised money for it and hired everyone for the job ahead of schedule… but… little did I know Buttercup disapproved completely of all this. She viewed the whole thing as ridiculous…"
"the party?"
"No- um…the concept in general. She didn't like being viewed as an "experiment"…"
"well, geez, I wouldn't either.."
"no! the professor never viewed it like that! He loves us-"
"Sorry to interrupt Bloss but..how do you know he doesn't?"
I stared at him, hocked he'd even mention such a thing…
"Brick. I know my own father. He's not like that. He loves us…now can I continue?"
"whatever you say Blossom…go ahead." I roll my eyes, my head still spinning…
"SO…what does she do? She spoils it for him. She spoils all the effort I put into making it a surprise and tells him all about it! I was really upset at that…I thought I could trust her…but… it gets worse."
He scowls at that, and even he's shocked Buttercup would do that.
"worse? How so? How could that get worse?" I frown and look down, playing with my fingers…not liking the memory…
"..we got into a fight…" I mumble out, my voice coming out restrained and insignificant, the volume of my voice fading. He notices this and perks up at my words.
"Hm…the usual annoying verbal slashing I presume, huh?" I bite my lip and shake my head no. I wish it had just been that… his eyes widen a bit at this and then they tighten slowly as he stares at me for clarification.
"…Physical. She tackled me to the ground out of nowhere…it was…unforeseen. I couldn't believe she would do that…and worse? She said…" my eyes were filled with the pain and hurt I had felt at that time to hear those words…my head swarmed from the memory…as if it weren't dizzy enough.
"..I..hate..you…" I shiver out and hug myself with my hands, feeling an actual chill run up my spine. Brick's face is pissed, and I could tell he didn't like much what had happened.
"Sounds like she became a real bitch over the years huh? She was always tough but…there's nothing tough about picking on you like that." I bite my lip and look at him, eyes sad and distraught.
"she's still my sister Brick! Please don't call her that…even though I know you're just trying to help, it's not like I don't care about her…"
"ahh but see, there in lies the fault. She knows that you care. That's why she said that to you. To make you feel this way. She's a cruel ass hole. What else is there to say? You should stop being so nice… so you stop being taken advantage of."
I frown at his words and glare at him.
"you don't know anything! My sisters and I are extremely close! I won't stop caring about them until the day I die! No matter what they do to me!" I tell him, determination and leadership in my voice and his eyebrows raise at that…
"Oh my fucking God…why is it so hard to get threw to you?" he growls out and I realize that he was only trying to help…and I look away, obviously regretting my diction to have an outburst like that.
If only my head would stop pounding so much…! Then I could get a grip on things…
I felt so agitated! So angry and horrible right now…when really I should be feeling so happy! After all, Brick does care about me and I about him.
To a fault..
So why couldn't I just be at peace right now?
"Look…you obviously are in no condition to speak right now. Do yourself a favor and get some shut eye…will you?" he says, anger and disappointment alike in his voice. I look towards him, my neck hurting to turn it towards him to do so.
"Wait, Brick, please don't go!" I practically beg as he reaches to grab his shoes.
"..Got things to do Blossom. Not everything's about…us." he eyes me and then looks away as he slips on his shoe.
"but Brick..I…I'm so sorry. You're right, I'm not feeling great right now. I don't get why I'm feeling like this at all…it's not me! It feels like..like something inside of me- anger, rage…has been switched on for no apparent reason. I can't even control my idiotic outbursts! It's horrible Brick..truly awful…" I looked away from him in regret.
"so…maybe you're right…maybe it's best if you just go, so I don't explode for no reason all over again…" I whimper, my head still pounding as if someone were taking a hammer and smashing it into my skull…I winced at that.
Brick was standing now, he had one shoe on and the other one off…and he was about to put it on me when he stopped and slowly looked up at me.
His eyes held a strange and far away look to them…remote and distant. He looked like he was deep in serious thought…
"a switch… turned on?" he repeats and I nod slowly, even that hurting me. Before I can say anymore or he could, suddenly, I feel it…
The sharp pain of my skull being bashed in. as if someone had finally broke it with that invisible hammer…
My eyes widened in pain and I screamed at the top of my lungs, unaware of what the hell was going on. Physically, I was perfect. There was no blood, no evidence of my head being smashed in by some unknown force… but not mentally or inside my body.
I clutched at my sheets, my hands like claws, holding onto them for dear life..
Brick zoomed over to me in a frenzy and panic and he grabbed my face into his hands, looking me into the eyes…
"Blossom..BLOSSOM! What is it! What the hell's WRONG!" He cried out and all I could do was cry myself. Tears like never before, like a fountain leaked from my eyes unstoppably…and all I could do was mutter cries of pain, of despair.
Brick was so frightened, he didn't know what to do for once in his life..
But he knew something I didn't know…and that something may just be the cause of all my pain.
P.O.V.: Brick
I absolutely despised hearing her scream like that…seeing her tears fall like that. I wanted to stay there and make it go away for her…but I knew I couldn't stay. I knew what I had to do.
"O-ONE moment alright Blossom? I PROMISE give me one fucking damn moment and I promise I'll be back!" I plead out urgently, panicked and frightened for her. I kissed her quickly on the head and zoomed off…quicker than I ever had in my entire life here.
Within moments… I was at the laboratory. I growled out in rage when I saw the people crowding around the door I had to get to.
"MOVE!" I commanded, and they did… all of them mumbling what I feared to be the truth…
I placed my hand on the scanner … and walked into the rooms were the chambers were. Had it always been so damn warm in here…? I closed the door behind me, making sure no one but myself got in here. I didn't need a damn crowd at this time. Quickly…I checked each chamber, my thoughts racing…
1st one- not open. 2nd one- not even touched… 3rd one? I zoomed into the last room…and saw what I had dreaded most…
The chamber was open. Berserk… was out.
"SHIT! HOW!" I roared, slamming my fist down onto the chamber, denting the spot my fist landed. This was why Blossom was in pain…somehow, the room had become warm. Somehow, Berserk was given energy enough to power herself with…
Somehow, she was also draining Blossom's.
I bit my lip, anxiety rising in me.
Where the hell was she anyway! I never thought I'd be this panicked about her revival.. I always thought I'd look forward to it.
And now? The exact opposite was true. I hated her fucking guts and wanted her ass DEAD. But how could I kill something I couldn't find!
I would have to really think this one over, and quick. But I had to be calm to do it.
I took deep breaths in and out of my nose and closed my eyes to try my best and center myself…and after a few thirty seconds or so, it worked.
Now…if I were Berserk, just waking up from a cold sleep, where would I go first? I thought about the possibilities…the things that may or may not occur in her mind.
She was already warmed up, that much was obvious from the change of heat in the room. She was obviously using a Blossom's power somehow, although I wasn't sure how the hell that was possible..considering I never made a transferring machine for that sort of thing yet. Something just as equally powerful had to wake her up…but who, what?
One of my brother! If that was the case though…shouldn't they be…dead? And they were too dumb founded to know how to do something extra ordinary like that. Besides, even if they did know how to, there bodies would be here to see…cold and dead…
So it wasn't them. Who was it!
Suddenly…the light bulb went off and my eyes tightened at the thought…a sneer appearing on my lips.
I knew who it was…who else could it have been?
…Him. That bastard!what the hell did he think he was doing! I never gave him the okay to do anything when it came to the Powerpunk girls…why now!
I calmed myself back down, knew I had to focus in order to try to find out where she might be headed…
And then it clicked yet again. If Him had awakened them, then the only logical thing for Him to want…would be her to go and get the Powerpuff girls! Why else? He had no other reason to want her awake then to use her for something obviously..
It was the only thing I could think of. And I'd settle on that. Now the thing was getting her. She'd have to be…exterminated. Or else she'd drain Blossom of her life force completely! I had to act fast… and smartly.
I couldn't leave here. That much was obvious. I had to stay by Blossom's side… in case Him pulled any other weird or devious tricks..
I growled at the thought, my eyes becoming deadly slits. The deceptive fool…I'd talk to Him later.
Right now, I knew what I had to do. Even though it'd be a loss on my part… it didn't matter to me anymore. I realized now, more than ever before that…Blossom was more important.
I had to send Boomer and Butch to capture Berserk…and kill her Powerpunk ass.
Quickly, determinedly, and fearfully, I zoomed out of the room and closed the door, commanding everyone there to not even try to enter or else I'd blow their God damn heads off….and that went double for Sally.
I then zoomed off to find Butch and Boomer. Apparently, Boomer was in his room…er…drawing. And humming.
"Hmm hm hm! Got to love manga art.." he mumbled happily but as soon as I burst threw the door he jumped up and looked serious.
"Brick! What's up bro?" he said threw serious eyes, stashing the drawing behind him and tried to sound tough.
"Get yourself ready. You're going to America. PRONTO! You and your God damn brother…you're going to the Powerpuff girls house to kill Berserk…I'm sure she's headed there…"
"P-Powerpuff girls!…Why go there? And Berserk? Isn't she um..asleep?"
"JUST DO IT WILL YOU! Now where the hell is your brother! You're both going!"
Boomer jumps a bit at my yelling and clears his throat determinedly.
"RIGHT! Kill Berserk! Got ya! He um..he told me he was going to go get a blow job last… I guess his hair's wet or something.." I roll my eyes at his idiocy and growl at Butch's immaturity.
"Boomer- go down to the lobby. Wait there."
"RIGHT!"
Quickly, using X-Ray vision, I scan the whole building…trying to locate that fucking ass hole. Where the hell was he? Finally..I found him. Chatting up some girls in a room that was dark. Then again, what room wasn't? this was no ordinary room though… and no ordinary girls…
It was the room Butch INSISTED on building and making just a month ago..and it was nowhere near done thank God.
It was supposed to be a damn strip joint. My brother and his perverted mind…
He had collected the sluts from the town and stuffed them into that room about three days ago… and was yet to get lucky.
And he WASN'T getting lucky now!
I zoomed into the room and without warning, grabbed him by the ear and pulled the crap out of him until we were out of the room.
"HEY MAN LET GO! DAMN .. OW! I was …I WAS GANNA GET LAID!"
"Not tonight you aren't idiot. You're going to America with Boomer."
"WOAH why?"
"To kill Berserk- she's going to the Powerpuff's house… go there and watch for her. When you find her, kill her."
"WAIT…POWERPUFF'S HOUSE! Crap, I have to go THERE!"
"..YES! NOW SHUT THE HELL UP AND GO DOWN THE FUCKING STAIRS TO MEET YOUR BROTHER! He's in the lobby waiting. GO!"
"F-Fine.."
I made sure to watch him leave with my X-Ray vision and saw them meet up downstairs.
They talked for a split second…then set off to go do their job. Relief washed over me as I knew they'd do it efficiently.
Suddenly, I was brought back into worry by a blood curdling scream from upstairs…and I knew it was Blossom.
I rushed upstairs, my heart pounding more than I cared for it to, and rammed straight into her door, opening it with my brute strength.
"…Blossom…Blossom I'm here. I'm here now. Please…I got everything under control.. You'll be fine.." I soothed as best I could, voice turning gentle in an instant just for her, as I walked over to her, running my fingers threw her hair. She hadn't stopped crying since I left…hadn't stopped being in pain for one moment…
She stared up at me with those heart breakingly sad eyes and clung to my black coat with her fist as tight as she could…her energy draining relentlessly from her body.
And I knew…at that very moment as her eyes stared up into mine, searching for the pity I so desperately felt for her, that I… Brick Jojo…was truly and frightfully…in love with Blossom…my rival and equal.
OOOOH snap! Cool chapter eh? I hope you enjoyed the fluff and the dilemmas here! The next chapter will be very feisty and guess what!…BubblesxBoomer and ButtercupxButch action is coming your way! Stay TUNED and review! ;) Thanks.