'You can fight for a much better cause than ruling the world. You can fight for something bigger and better. You can become a hero. A hero. A hero. A hero.' was all that Bell heard as she slept. She awoke to find herself in bed. She sat up and observed her surroundings, trying to recall what had happened. Once she did, she gave a sad look. "Samantha..." she said to herself "and Montray." She winced in pain as she grasped her injured arm. Suddenly, GIR came in the room and jumped on Bell's bed. "Girly!" the young girl in excitement.

"Belly!" the dimwitted robot said as he jumped in Bell's arms. "Guess what I did?"

"What did you do, Girly?"

A small flatulent noise escaped from GIR. "I made pootie." he whispered and made Bell giggle.

"Oh Girly. You say the funniest things."

"Yeep-Dee-Dee-Doop, I see you!" GIR said while dancing, making Bell giggle again.

"GIR! Where are you?!" Zim's voice echoed the chambers. The green alien entered Bell's room furious at first, but once he saw Bell, he frowned. "Oh. Sorry to disturb you, Bell."

"It's all right. You didn't disturb-...wait. What did you call me?"

"I called you Bell. That is your name, is it not?"

"Yeah, but you've never said my name before...ever. You usually just call me 'Little White Larvae', whatever a larvae is. It just caught me off guard."

"Well...under the circumstances that had occurred with you and this Jake Phoenix character, I just wanted to be more respectful to you."

"So you know what happened?"

"I overheard the radio transmission you sent to your father. I'm very sorry Bell." Bell didn't respond back. Her head hung down as she thought about Samantha and Montray. "This Jake Phoenix. Is he really as powerful as your father said he is?" Zim asked.

"That and more. He's terrifyingly strong." Bell finally responded.

"Bell, I-"

"Zim," said Dr. X that was standing right behind him "I want you to leave me and Bell alone. We have much to discuss."

"Yes, your evilness." Zim said as he exited Bell's room.

"How are you felling, my little angle?" Dr. X said to her.

"I'll be all right."

"Are you sure? You have received quite a lot of damage."

"I'm fine, daddy. Really."

"If you insist. What happened?"

"Do we really have to talk about this now? I fell uncomfortable."

"Yes we must discuss this now."

"Ok. Well, we found Jake and we told him what you wanted from him and..."

As Bell told him about her ordeal with Jake, Dr. X thought to himself *Interesting. This boy is even more powerful than I had originally imagined. It's a shame he will not join me. Oh well. If he won't join me, I know someone who will gladly do so. Someone that is almost as powerful as Jake Phoenix. Yes. I must find HER and recruit her. Jake will be quite surprised.*

"...then Jake walked away. That's about it."

"Hmm. Interesting. I am glad you are safe, Bell. I don't know what I would do without you."

Bell smiled and kissed her father on the cheek. "I love you, daddy."

"I love you too. Now get some rest. I'll have a very important mission for you to do once you've recovered."

"Will it have anything to do with Jake? I don't want to fight him again."

"You won't fight him, sweetheart. I'll tell you what to do in time."

"All right." As Dr. X was about to leave, Bell said "Wait."

"What is it?"

"Daddy...are...are we doing the right thing?" she asked her father.

"What do you mean?"

"Well...with this whole world domination thing...are we doing the right thing trying to rule humans?"

Dr. X fell silent for a moment. "Where is this coming from all of a sudden?"

"Nowhere. I'm just curious."

"Bell, humans are nothing more than dust beneath our fingers. They are weak minded. They must be controlled, otherwise they wind up destroying each other. That is why we are doing the right thing by ruling them: so the world can be a much better place. Do you understand?" Dr. X explained.

"I guess."

"Good, Now rest."

"All right." Bell said good night to Dr. X as he left her and GIR alone in her room. "Girly, can I ask you something?" The tiny robot looked at her with anticipation. "If you had the choice to either help and protect others or rule the world, which would you do?"

"I just go with the flow." GIR answered.

"But how do you know if the 'flow' you've chosen is the right one?"

"I just follow you. Bell always makes the right flows."

"You really think so?" GIR wildly nodded and fell backwards on Bell's bed asleep. Bell could only smile at how cute the little robot was. She picked up the sleeping bot and cradled him in her arms as she pulled the covers over her body and closed her eyes. *I wonder if I'm making the right flow.* was the last thing she thought to herself before drifting off to sleep.


{Snore}...{Snore}...{Snore}...{Snore}-, {Snort}, what? Huh?" Jake awakens to find himself on an inflatable bed. "{Yawn} oh man. I friggin' hate mornings." He rubs his eyes and looks next to him to see Buttercup sleeping on the couch next to him. He smiles and lightly laughs at how loud her snoring is. He decides to wake her up and lightly shakes her shoulders. It doesn't work. "Man, Buttercup's an even of a more heavy sleeper than I am." Jake shakes her again. "Buttercup. Buttercup, wake up." he whispers. Buttercup grumbles something and slaps Jake's hand away.

"I'm gonna beat you up so bad, Mojo, you won't know what's up." she dozily said. She was having a dream that she was fighting Mojo Jojo in a giant robot he had built. Jake shook her again and she suddenly woke up and pounced on Jake, thinking he was Mojo.

"Ahh! Buttercup, what are you doing?!" Jake said.

"Oh. Sorry, Jake. I thought you were Mojo for a second." she laughs nervously.

"Well, could you get off me before..." Jake was interrupted by Bubble's giggling. Both Buttercup and Jake turned to see Blossom and Bubbles on the top steps looking at Buttercup laying on top of Jake. Buttercup and Jake blushed and he said "... before people see us like this and gets the wrong idea."

"Look, if you two needed some alone time all you had to do was ask." Blossom joked with a sly grin on her face.

"Shut up, Blossom!" Buttercup yelled at her. Buttercup floated off of Jake, he got up and dusted himself.

"Well, this is an awkward way to start the morning." he said.

"Ya think? None of you speak of this to ANYONE. Got it?" Buttercup said.

"Agreed." Jake replied.

"Fine." Blossom said.

Bubbles was still giggling her little head off. "BUBBLES!" Buttercup said.

"All right, all right. I won't tell anyone you were on top of Jake." that statement just made her laugh again.

"Oi. ¿Por qué yo? Anyway, what do y'all want to do today?" Jake asked.

"Well, we usually patrol the city for crime after breakfast, but not much crime has happened lately." Blossom explained.

"I see. Well, if any crime does happen to appear today, can I help you guys?"

"I guess so. Then we can see what you can really do with your powers."

"But first, let's eat something. I'm starving." Bubble said.


"...and that is your objective, Bell." Dr. X said to his daughter.

Bell looked in horror as she looked at picture of a girl on the monitor. "And she has the same abilities as Jake?" she asked in trembled voice.

"If my sources are correct, she may be even more powerful that Mr. Phoenix."

"Oh great. Do I have to go, daddy? I mean, you're so much better at recruiting people than I am."

"I wish I could, Bell, but I am simply too busy with other plans right now. I don't have time."

"And I'm supposed to go by myself?"

"You can take that little robot of Zim's with you."

"{Sigh} fine. When do you want me to go?"

"Have you fully recovered?"

"Yes, but-"

"Excellent. You shall leave immediately. Here." Dr. X gave her a piece of paper with symbols on it. "These are the coordinates on her location."

"But, daddy, what if she says no like Jake?"

"Then tell her that she'll get to finally face Jake Phoenix."

"They've fought each other before?"

"No, but the two have a very strict past. I know that this Tabitha Goodwin is itching to get her hands on Jake for almost killing her. Tell her in return for joining me, she can kill Jake."

Bell's eyes widened at her father's statement. "Kill Jake? But..." she paused. *But Jake's my friend. He said we would always be friends. I don't want him to die.* she thought to herself.

"Listen, Bell, it is crucial that this girl is to be on our side. Bring her back here by any means necessary, or I will be very upset. Do you understand?"

"Yes. I understand."

"Good. Now go and be careful, my little angle."

"Yeah,"she said as she floated out of Dr. X's room "...I'll try to be. C'mon Girly." GIR hopped on top of Bell's head as she flew away from Black Eden. She looked at the coordinates and her robotic eyes analyzed it. "Analysis complete." she said to herself. As she was flying, Bell remembered the conversation between Jake and Dr. X.

'You got some nerve asking me to join you for your crazy plan. But sending you're own daughter? That's just low. What kind of father does that?'

'You don't think I knew it was a dangerous task? She asked to come recruit you. Bell knew full well what she was getting herself into.'

'And you still said yes? What the hell were thinking? I could've killed your daughter, you know that? I don't want that on my conscious.'

"I know Jake is supposed to be my enemy, but I feel as though he was right. Daddy just literally sent me to recruit two dangerous people in a matter of days. Dose he truly care about my well being?" she asked herself.


"{BURP!} Whew! That was nice." Jake said as he finished eating the pancakes the Professor made them all.

"I'm glad you liked them Jake. I have some more if you want any." The Professor said while giving Jake another plate of pancakes.

"Thank you, Mr. Utonium."

"You are very welcome."

"So Jake," Bubbles said with her mouth full "were you serious when you said that you wanted to fight crime with us?"

"Of course. I would LOVE to fight crime with y'all. It's been, like, one of my dreams to battle alongside the PowerPuff Girls."

"Well that dream might come true today. Once we're done eating, we'll patrol Megaville." Blossom said.

"Sweet. Hey, do you think the local news is gonna be there when we take care of the bad guys?"

"They usually are. Why do you ask?"

"I was just wondering; do you guys have, like, a mask or something for me to wear?"

"A mask? Why do you want to wear a mask?"

"Because, if we do fight crime, and if the news will be there, I don't want my Auntie to see me on the news. She'll have a heart attack."

"Oh. Well, since you put it that way, I'll go check if we have anything." Blossom said as she floated away up to her and her sister's room. She checked everything from the drawer, the old toy chest, under the bed, but couldn't find anything. She floated back down and said "Sorry, Jake. We don't have anything like a mask for you."

"Aw man. I guess I won't fight crime with you guys then." Jake said with a disappointed look on his face.

"Sorry Jake." Blossom apologized while placing her hand on Jake's shoulder.

"It's ok."

"Hold on! I think I know a way Jake can fight crime with us AND won't have his identity shown!" Bubbles exclaimed.

"How?" all of them asked.

"Professor, do you still have the Power-Prof suit?"

"As a matter of fact, I do. It's still hanging up in the basement." The Professor answered.

"That's a great idea, Bubbles. It should be able to fit Jake since you shrunk it when you washed it last year." Buttercup said.

"I didn't know it was dry cleaned only."

"Hold on. What's this 'Power-Prof' thing?" Jake asked.

"Well, one time, we got hurt during a battle and the Professor was so worried that he made this power suit and fought crime with us as the 'Power-Prof', however he quit once he realized that being a superhero was harder than he thought." Blossom explained.

"Oh. That's pretty cool, Mr. Utonium."

"Why thank you."

"C'mon, Jake. Let's go see the suit." Bubbles said as she took Jake's hand and lead him down to the Professor's basement/laboratory with Blossom and Buttercup following. The entered the basement lab and there stood the Power-Prof suit in a glass tube. "So what do you think?" Bubbles asked him.

"Well..." Jake pondered on how the suit looked "It cool and all, but we need to make a few revisions to it."

"Like what?"

"The color and the design mostly. There's too much white on it and the design looks like something a college professor would wear, you know?"

"No problem. I think I can re-design it with my sewing kit. Anything you want on it?" Blossom asked.

"Can I have the letter F on the middle of it?"

"What will the F stand for?" Buttercup asked.

"Freak."

"Of course."

"I'll try the best I can." Blossom said as she took the suit upstairs with her.

"And once Blossom's done, I'll color it!" Bubbles said.

"How about you let me take care of that, Bubbs." Buttercup said.

"Why?"

"No offence, but you're still into coloring books. You can't even stay inside the lines of the drawings."

"You don't have to mean about it."

"Then it's settled then? I'm really going to fight crime with you guys?" Jake asked.

"Looks like it." Buttercup answered.

"YES! Woo-hoo! Ha, ha! I'm gonna fight crime with the PowerPuff Girls! Yeah! Woo!" Jake cheered. Buttercup smiled at him and Bubbles giggled at his excitement. After about an hour, Blossom returned with the new suit. Instead of it resembling like the Professor, it had no lines or any other design on it besides a huge 'F' on the chest. "Now that's kick-ass. Thank you, Blossom."

"It was no trouble." she responded.

"All right. Now all we have to do is color it. What colors do you want on it, Jake?" Buttercup asked as Blossom gave her the suit.

"Red and black, please." Jake said.

"Red and black it is. Give me a couple minutes." Buttercup went upstairs and got her paint spray gun and some red and black paint out of a drawer. After some time she asked Jake to come upstairs. A couple minutes later, Buttercup asked everyone in the living room. "Ladies and the Professor, it is my pleasure to introduce Megaville's newest superhero: Jake 'The Freak' Phoenix!" she announced. Jake then teleported in the living room wearing the new suit. Most of of the suit was colored red except for the edges of it, which was colored black and the 'F'.

"Wow! That is really cool!" Blossom said.

"Yeah, Jake, you look wonderful." Bubbles said.

"Very impressive indeed, young man. You're ready to fight crime now." The Professor added.

"It's a little tight around the neck." Jake complained as he tugged on the neck area of the suit.

"Don't worry, son. You'll get used to it."

"Just need to fix one thing." Jake said. He grabbed the suit's wrist and ripped it off to reveal his hand. He did the same with the other one.

"Why did you-" Buttercup asked before Jake said "To unleash my fire without burning the suit."

"Oh. Right."

"Ready to go patrol the city?" Blossom asked.

"Oh yeah. Let's go." Jake said with a grin.

"Finally." Buttercup said.

"Bye, Professor." Bubbles said as they all excited the house.

"Be safe." Professor added.

"We will."

Once they were outside, Jake realized that the girls were floating off the ground. "Hey girls?" he asked.

"What's wrong?" Blossom asked.

"Despite my powers, I can't fly. I can try using my super speed, but I'm afraid I'll be too exhausted to fight." he explained.

"That's all right. Just tap your heel together twice and the rocket boosters under you boots will lift you up." Blossom said.

"Hmm?" Jake said as he looked at his feet. "Tap my heels together huh?" He then tapped his heel twice and the rockets boots instantly lifted him off the ground. "Whoa-oh!" Jake said as he wobbly tried to keep his balance. He finally did and smiled. "Ok. I think I got the hang of it now."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Let's go."

"All right." They all flew away from the Utonium house and Jake was enjoying the ride. He had never flown before and he was having fun. Jake, having a little too much fun, accelerated past the girls at high speed yelling "C'mon, girls! Race ya!".

"Slow down Jake! You're gonna hurt yourself!" Blossom yelled but Jake didn't hear her.

He blew a raspberry at the girls and laughed, but when he turned around he hit a tree and his head got stuck in a squirrel's hole. "Well...that hurt." he said.

"{Squeak},{Squeak}"

"Aw. There's a little squirrel in here. Hey there, little guy...Hey, what are you gonna do with those claws?" Then the squirrel got angry and continuously scratched Jake's face. "OW! OW! OW! OW! HEY! CUT THAT-OUCH! CRAP! DAMN IT!" Jake pulled his head out of the squirrel's hole. The squirrel popped out of the hole swinging it's fist at Jake and squeaking angrily. "Yeah!? Well 'Squeak, squeak' to you, too, you damn rodent!" Jake yelled back.

"Ahem." came Blossom's voice behind Jake. He turned around to see the girls ticked off. He only smiled nervously. Bubbles is now seen carrying Jake for the rest of the trip to Megaville. They searched the city up and down the big city for any sign of criminal acts, but found nothing.

"Man, this sucks. Another day of no action." Buttercup complained.

"I know. What's up with that?" Bubbles asked.

"I guess it's just one of those days." Blossom said.

"And here I thought I was gonna fight some bad guys with y'all. No fair." Jake said.

"Sorry, Jake. At least you look good in that power suit." Bubbles said to try to cheer Jake up.

Jake smiled at the PowerPuff and said "Thanks, Bubbles." She smiled back at him. Suddenly, an explosion is heard some miles ahead of them. Fire and smoke fill the air as police sirens are heard.

"Finally! Some action!" Buttercup cheered.

"Let's go!" Blossom commanded them and they flew towards the direction of the explosion. Once they landed, there were a 7 guys wearing black masks shooting inside the bank they were robbing at police officers behind their cars. "Mayday! Three officers down! Send reinforcements immediately! I repeat, three officer's are down!" said a female officer into her car radio. She looked behind her to see the girls and Jake running to her.

"Officer Tam!" Blossom yelled at the terrified police woman.

"PowerPuff Girls! Thank God you're here! We're in big trouble!" Officer Tam said to them.

"What's the status on the situation?" Blossom asked.

"Seven robbers are inside and are kicking our asses. I have three other officers injured. What's worse is that they could kill the hostages at any moment."

"Don't worry, Officer Tam, we'll take care of it."

"God bless you, PowerPuff Girls."

"Don't mention it. C'mon girls! We got to stop these creeps!"

"Right!" Both Buttercup and Bubbles said as they flew inside the bank, dodging any bullets that came to them. Jake followed them.

All four of them got inside the building and the shooting ceased as one of the robbers said "Naw, crud! It's the PowerPuff Girls!" in an Brooklyn style accent.

"What do we do now, boss?" another on asked.

"Blast 'em!" said the boss. A fury of bullets hit the girls with no effect whatsoever. Jake used an invisible force field to protect himself from the oncoming bullets.

"Is that all you got?" Blossom said.

"Shoot 'em again!" the boss shouted. This time, the girls and Jake moved away from the bullets and flew towards the robbers.

Bubbles punched two of them in the jaw and knocked them out.

Blossom kicked one of their guns away and he ran. He didn't get far as Blossom froze him in place with her freeze-breath.

Three of the robber's guns ran out of ammo so they decided to jump Buttercup, however, she kicked all three of them in their stomachs and made them fall unconscious.

Jake, his skin and eyes red, was shot in the head by one of the robbers bullets. His head shot back sharply as he stood motionless. The girls gasped loudly as they saw what happened. The robber grinned, but his wicked smiled quickly faded away as Jake looked back at him, the bullet popping out of his head and his wound healing fast. Jake grinned as he elbowed the robber in between the eyes, sending him flying towards a wall. He got up and grabbed a little girl, putting the gun next to her head. "None of you move a muscle! I'll kill this brat! I mean it!" he exclaimed.

"Man, I hate it when the bad guys do this. It's so cowardly." Buttercup said.

"Now what do we do?" Bubbles asked Blossom.

"Ok. We'll tell everyone to cover their ears while you do your Sonic Scream. Then we'll nab him while he's down." Blossom explained.

"That won't be necessary. I got a better idea." Jake said as he walked up to the robber and the little girl.

"Jake! Wait!" Blossom protested.

"Hey, I told you to stay still! You won't think I'll shoot this girl's brains out!? I will! I've killed people before!" shouted the robber.

Jake eyes turned from red to green as he made contact to the robber's eyes. The robber stood with a blank expression on his face and in a trance state. "You will not be killing anybody today." said Jake.

"I...will not be...killing anybody today..." repeated the robber.

"You will let the girl go and put the gun down."

"I will...let the girl go..." the robber repeated and released the scared girl and she ran back to the arms of her mother. "...and put the gun down..." said the robber as he dropped the gun.

"Good. Now you will surrender and go to prison."

"Yes. I will surrender and...go to prison." The robber stated as he got on his knees and placed his hand behind his head for officers to put handcuffs on him. Jake's eyes turned back to it's original color and the robber's returned back to normal, very confused of what just happened.

"Whoa. Did you just use mind control on that guy?" Buttercup asked.

"Sure did. I keep forgetting I can do that." Jake answered.

"Great job, girls. Another crime stopped. And great job to you also, Jake." Blossom said. Buttercup crossed her arms and smiled, Bubbles cheered in victory, and Jake gave his trademark thumbs up and wink.

A few minutes later, the local Megaville news reporter interviewed them all. "Just when it appeared all hope was lost, the PowerPuff Girls miraculously zoomed in and stopped the bad guys." said the Asian reporter. "Do you have any comments on the event?" she asked Blossom.

"I just want to say that Megaville will always be protected by and villain that may try to threaten this wonderful city. The PowerPuff Girls are here to stay." Blossom said.

The reporter looked at Jake and approached him "And is it true that we have a new hero to be thankful for?" she asked him.

"No need to thank me, please. I was just doing what was right." he responded.

"And what may we call you?"

"Just call me 'The Freak'. And, just like my friends, the PowerPuff Girls, I am also here to stay."

"Well there you have it, folks. Once again the day is saved thanks to The PowerPuff Girls and Megaville's newest hero, The Freak. This is Gracie Takanro signing off. Back to you, Josh." was the last thing the reporter said before her camera guy signaled her it was off.

"Great job again, everyone." Blossom said.

"That was too easy." Buttercup said.

"I thought it was fun." Bubbles said.

"That was the most 'awesome-taistic' thing EVER! I still can't believe I got to fight crime with my heroes!" Jake celebrated. The girls smiled and he jumped up and down and cheered. His cheering stopped as his Demon Container glowed red and was humming really loud. He looked at it and gave a serious look. "Oh great. Another demon is nearby. And by the way my Demon Container is acting right now, it's a really dangerous one." he said to himself.

"Another demon? Want us to help you with it?" Blossom asked.

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because, just like I told Buttercup the other day, the demons I deal with are nothing compared to what you girls may have faced."

"Oh c'mon. Do you honestly believe that? Think about it for a second; with all of us working together, that demon won't stand a chance." Buttercup said.

"And besides, you helped US. Now it's our turn to return the favor." Blossom said.

"So let us help you, Jake, please?" Bubbles asked sweetly.

Jake looked into their and smiled at how serious they were. "I guess there's no arguing with you all. All right, you can help me. Just be careful." Jake responded.

"Then it's settled. Where's this demon?" Blossom asked.

"We'll have to search for it until my container stops humming."

"And the best way to search is by air. Let's go." Blossom said as all of them flew away from the bank with citizens cheering loudly for them as they left.


Bell continued to fly for approximately 45 minutes until she floated down into a dark forest. The forest was something out of a horror movie with it's tall trees, spooky demeanor, and fog so dense it was difficult even for Bell to see. She slowly floated around the forest with GIR snuggled in her arms. "This place sure is creepy." Bell said. "Is this really the place Daddy said this girl would be? Let me see the coordinates, Girly."

"Deh, I can't." said GIR.

"Why not?"

GIR hoped off of Bell and showed her ripped pieces of paper. "I made confetti out of it!" the dumb robot said with a goofy smile.

"Oh, Girly! Why'd you go and do that for? No I don't even know if were in the right place or not."

"Confetti rain!" GIR yelled as he threw the ripped up coordinates over his head and danced around. "Whee!"

"Girly, shush. Quiet down before someone or something hears you." Bell whispered but GIR didn't listen. He kept on dancing and yelling "Whee!" or "Whoopie!" Bell grabbed him and shushed to him again. GIR was silent this time. "I'm sorry it I seem mean, Girly, but you have to stay quiet for me. Ok?" GIR nodded and rested his head on Bell's chest. "All right. Now let's find this person so we can get out of here."

Bell walked the forest for what seemed to be an hour now and found nothing. All she heard was a few crows cawing, some small animals running, and the crunch of the leaves with each step she took. Then, all was quiet. No sound whatsoever. Even the crows stop cawing, as if they knew something was there and kept silent to protect themselves. Bell stood in place and turned her head left and right as if expecting someone to appear. No one did. *I must be out of my mind. There's nobody here, yet I feel like I'm being watched.* she thought to herself.

Then, out of nowhere, she heard a voice from afar. She couldn't guess if it was male or female for it was more of a whisper. "Is anyone there?" she asked. All was silent until she heard the whisper again. She turned around to see if anything was there. Nobody. It was as if who or whatever was making the whispers was simply enjoying messing with the poor girl. Bell was now hearing multiple whispers form all around. They were getting louder and more frightening as each second went by.

Bell was scared now. She shook in fear and backed up slowly. "Girly, I'm scared. What do we do now?" she asked her robot pet.

"I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me" GIR said in a singing voice.

"But we can't fly back now. If we don't find this girl and bring her back with us, Daddy's gonna be really mad and-" Bell stopped as she heard footsteps ahead. She froze in place and covered her mouth. The whispers ceased and there was nothing but the sound of leaves crunching as a figure stopped just far enough for Bell to see in the darkness. The figure stood just a little taller than Bell by a foot, Bell could tell it was wearing a dress so it must be female she thought. The figure just stood motionless, staring at Bell with piercing red eyes so soul crushingly scary it was as if the devil himself was watching the frightened white PowerPuff.

Bell dared not to move a muscle. She feared for the worst. What was she to do? Attack this unknown human or creature? Surly one energy blast would be rid of this thing. No. No she couldn't do that. She was too scared to even move. Even if she could move her arms, who knows what the figure would say...or do. Maybe she could just simply fly away. Perhaps this creature couldn't follow her in the air,...but what if it could? Maybe she could-

Bell: "You know, Mr. Crazy J, I was scared enough with this thing staring at me. Your descriptions are making it worse."

Me: "Stick to the script, Bell!"

Bell: "Ugh. Fine."

Ahem. As I was saying, Bell was fear stricken. She reluctantly asked "W-W-W-who are you?" The figure slowly walked up to the moonlight that was between them and Bell gasped by it's appearance. Some of the female figure's right side, from head toe, was covered with burn marks while the rest of her skin was tan. She wore a knee high black dress with a big white belt around her stomach, similar to Bell's. Her long black hair was tied in a long braid, and her dark and evil red eyes meet the white and terrified eyes of Bell's. Tabitha Goodwin, Jake's former friend, stood before Bell with an emotionless look on her face. "Are...are you t-t-t-Tabitha g-g-g-Goodwin?" Bell asked.

"...Who wants to know?" Tabitha responded.

"Uh...I am here by my daddy, Dr. X, to recruit you into Black Eden."

"For what?"

"To help my daddy rule the world."

Tabitha raised an eyebrow at Bell. "I'm not interested. Now leave my forest while you still have your life." Tabitha said as she turned around and walked away.

"But my dad's not gonna be happy with me if you don't come."

"I don't care. Now, once again, leave. You're presence is pissing me off."

"But-" Just as Bell was about to say something, Tabitha had teleported behind Bell. She whispered "You have one last chance to get out of my sight before you die." This reminded Bell of her encounter with Jake, only this time she didn't think she'd escape with her life. Bell sensed that Tabitha is not as merciful as Jake. She tried to speak, but was too afraid.

Out of nowhere, Tabitha kicked Bell's back and sent her across the ground. Bell fell down with a grunting yelp. GIR, with his eyes glowing red, jumped out of Bell's arms and out of the top of his head came a laser. "Threat detected! Eliminating now!" said GIR as the laser fired a green blast to Tabitha. The blast made contact with her and it seemed that Tabitha was destroyed.

GIR returned to his old dimwitted self and said "Threat destroyed. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!" GIR was walking towards Bell who was smiling at her little robot, but her smile soon turned into a fear-stricken face as Tabitha teleported just behind GIR. He turned around and Tabitha kicked him hard. GIR went flying in the air yelling "GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!" and his echoing voice was replace with a distant crash.

"Girly! Are you all right!?" Bell screamed.

"I WAS A BASKETBALL! MY DREAM CAME TRUE! THANK YOU TOOTH FAIRY!" GIR yelled from the distance.

Bell sighed of relief. She turned around and saw Tabitha walking to her. Bell noticed that Tabitha's skin had turned red as well. "Just like Jake." she whispered to herself. "Get back!" Bell said as she threw an energy blast at Tabitha. The blast hit her and burned a small hole on Tabitha's dress.

Tabitha looked at her dress, then back to Bell. "My father gave me this dress. It's my favorite one. Now you ruined it." Tabitha stretched her hand out in front of Bell and summoned a fireball. "Die." Tabitha said.

There was only one way that would ensure that Tabitha would join Black Eden, but it would mean possibly losing a friend. A friend she just made. "Wait! If you join with my dad..." *I'm sorry, Jake.* "...you'll get to face Jake Phoenix." Bell said with her eyes closed shut, expecting the worst.

Tabitha's eyes opened wide as Jake's named ringed through her ears. "Jake Phoenix. How do you know him!?"

"I...my daddy will explain it all to you, but you must join us first."

Tabitha thought for a bit until the fireball between the two girls slowly disappeared. "Fine. I'll join this 'Black Eden'. But if you're tricking me-"

"I'm not. I swear I'm not."

"Fine. Then I guess this makes us partners."

She offered Bell her hand and helped her up. Tabitha, still holding Bell's hand, gripped it, pulled Bell to her, and punched Bell on the stomach. " Uuughh!" grunted Bell as she doubled over and held her stomach. "{Cough} {Cough} What was- {Cough} What was that for?" she asked.

"That was for the dress. We're even. If you've got a problem with that I can make you feel a whole lot worse."

"n-n-n-n-No, thank you."

"Good. Now take me to Black Eden."


Jake and girls are flying through the air in search for the demon Jake's Demon Container in sensing. Blossom asks "So what kind of demons do you hunt, Jake?"

"All kinds: Big, small, fat, skinny, harmless, and very, very dangerous ones. Judging how my Container is acting up, it must be a dangerous one for sure." Jake responded.

"The other day, when you were talking to Lance, he said the demon we fought was a 'Level 2'. What's a 'Level 2' demon?" Buttercup asked.

"Demons are ranked by a certain level. 1 is the lowest rank a demon can have, which is also the weakest kind. The highest rank is Level 6, the most powerful demons. Level 6 demons are kinda like the ones the posses people, like in 'The Exorcist' and junk like that, but the movies don't even scratch the surface of what a real Level 6 demon is capable of."

"Whoa. That's scary." Bubbles said.

"Is that what Koganok is? A Level 6?" Blossom asked.

"No. Koganok is one of the rarest demons of all, for he's a Level 0 type."

"Level 0? I thought you said that 1 is the lowest level. How is 0-"

"Level 0 demons are almost as powerful as the Devil himself. He thought it'd be a good idea to turn humans into demons that could match his strength in case anything were to happen to him. He wanted another demon to take over in his place if such an event occurred, but he feared that they would rise against him and obliterate him. So what he did was trade Level 0 demon souls with human souls so he'd have nothing to worry about AND trick human into selling their souls. Like he did with me."

"That's horrible." Bubbles said.

"That's life. It's too late to change it now, but there is a good side about having a demon's soul inside of you."

"What's that?"

"Once you control a demon, you can use it's powers however you please, like helping others not to do the same thing or protecting innocent people."

"So even though you don't usually fight crime and stuff, you are kinda a hero of sorts. Fighting and sending demons back where they belong." Buttercup said.

"Hmm. Yeah, I guess, in a way, I AM a hero. I didn't even notice."

"That's really cool."

"How much farther is the demon?" Blossom asked.

"It's not like my container has a GPS implanted inside. It'll stop humming once we're close to the demon but it could take a while."

"All right."

A few minutes of more flying, Jake noticed something moving in a alley, something not of this world. "There!" he yelled as he landed in the alley. The girls landed behind him and they all walked towards the now empty alley. "It was just here."

"I don't see anything. Are you sure you-" just as Blossom was about to finish, huge individual circles of black flames surrounded each of them. "What the? What's going on?"

"What is this?" Buttercup asked.

"Damn. It was a trap. We're dealing with a Level 5 demon here." Jake said.

"That's bad, right?" Bubbles asked.

"Very. Perhaps it's not to late to escape this." Jake flew up, but when he was about half way up the brick wall, an invincible force field knocked him back to the ground hard.

"Jake! Are you all right?" Blossom asked.

"Yeah," he grabbed his head. "I'll be fine, but we need to get out of our imprisonments now before-" just as Jake was about to finish, another black flame shot out of the ground. Once it dyed down, a dark hooded figure with skeletal features stood before them. "...before the Demon Reaper gets here."

" 'Demon Reaper'?" Bubbles repeated.

"A Level 5 demon that resembles a skeleton. One of it's main abilities is called 'Imprisonment', which we're all in now. Once there, Bone Head over here can pretty much do what he wants to us unless I get us out."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Get us out so we can tear this thing apart bone-by-bone." Buttercup said.

"Give me some time. I have to use a ritual and I'm still not very good at that. Until then, just hold on and take the pain."

"Oh great. We're doomed."

The Demon Reaper stretched his hand out. "Here it comes. Get ready, girls." Jake said. The Reaper's bony hand turned red and, as it did, red electricity filled each of the Imprisonments, shocking all of them. The girls and Jake screamed in pain as the red electric shocks filled their bodies. "AAAHHH! Got to...do...the...ritual!" Jake struggled to say. He slapped his hands together and chanted in Hebrew. As he was doing this, the electricity grew stronger. The girls screamed even louder.

"HURRY UP, JAKE!" Bubbles screamed with tears in her eyes. "IT HURTS!"

"HOLD ON, BUBBLES! I'LL GET US OUT! STAY STRONG FOR ME! I KNOW YOU CAN!"

"CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE!" Buttercup yelled.

"YES YOU CAN! JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME!"

Jake continued to chant. After what felt like an eternity of pain, a motorcycle is heard coming to the alley way. A black motor the initial 'DS' on the front zooms past everyone and the driver, wearing a black power suit with a black cape, purple goggles, and a white utility belt with a 'D' on the middle, presses a button on his bike and it fires a purple energy blast at the Reaper, sending it back and stopping it's attack on the girls and Jake. The girls dropped to their knees and panted.

"{Huff} {Huff} That was {Huff} insanely painful." Blossom said.

"No {Huff}, REALLY?" Buttercup sarcastically said.

"I'm glad {Huff} all that's over." Bubbles said.

"Who saved us?" Blossom asked. They all looked at the person getting off his bike. He removed his goggles to reveal Dexter. Blossom happily gasped and said "Dexter! You're here!"

"What are you doing in that stupid outfit?" Buttercup asked.

"I believe I was saving you. You're welcome, Buttercup." Dexter said.

"Don't get all high and mighty just because you saved us, Dorkster!"

"It's DexStar."

"Whatever."

"Dex. Am I glad you're here. How'd you find us?" Jake asked.

"I saw on the news that there was trouble, so I decided to help out. It would seem that Megaville has a new hero. 'The Freak'. I like that."

"Yeah, well, you know. You think you could distract the demon for me while I get the girls and I out of these things?"

"Do over-densities get denser over time and under-densities get less dense to let cosmological perturbations grow?"

"I honestly don't know how to answer that, so I'm just gonna continue doing my ritual now."

"All right." The Demon Reaper got back up and shot at Dexter with black energy blasts from it's eye sockets. Dexter dodged them and reached for his utility belt. He threw three 'DexteRangs' to the ground in front of the demon.

"Gee, nice aim." Buttercup sarcastically said.

"Wait for it." {Beep} {Beep} {Beep} {Beeeeeeeeep} Suddenly, the DexteRangs exploded, taking the Demon Reaper with it. Dexter grinned when the dust faded to show the Demon Reaper fallen apart, thinking he destroyed the demon, but his grinned disappeared as the Reaper slowly but surly reassembled itself. Dexter pulled out is laser gun and stared blasting away at the Reaper. Tough most of the blasts hit it, the Reaper wouldn't go down as it zoomed left and right towards Dexter. He backed away, still shooting at the Reaper. "Uh, Jake, any time would be acceptable! I may need some assistance over here!"

"Hold on, dude!" Jake said before speaking in Hebrew again. The Demon Reaper tried to grab Dexter, but he luckily backed up just in time. His gun, however, wasn't so lucky. When the Reaper touched Dexter's gun it immediately turned to dust.

"Jake, you have to get us out of here! Dexter's in trouble!" Blossom yelled.

"I can see that! Just let me concentrate, please!" he yelled back.

Dexter took out a small capsule. He pushed the top button that was on it and the capsule transformed into a light-saber like weapon. The Reaper stretched his hand out and shot three black fireballs at Dexter. With razor sharp accuracy, Dexter cut through the fireballs like butter. "Is that all you process?" he asked with a grin. "An ameba can do better that that." [Big vain popping appears on Demon Reaper's head] The Reaper stretched his hand out again and shot five black fireballs to the ground in front of it. The fireballs soon turned into black snarling dogs with red eyes. [Big sweat drop appears behind Dexter's head] "Hee, hee. I am sure you didn't take my ameba joke literally, right?" he nervously as he slowly backed away from the approaching Hellhounds. "Good doggies. Nice doggies."

"JAKE!" the girls yelled.

"ALL RIGHT!" Jake yelled back. He slammed his palms to the ground and yelled "Imprisonment, BREAK!" and like shattered windows, the invisible force field and darks flames were gone.

"Finally! Took you long enough!" Buttercup said.

"Well YOU try having three girls yell at you to hurry up when you're trying to concentrate!" Jake said back.

"Enough bickering, you two! We need to help Dexter out! Jake and I will fight one the these mutts while you two fight another one. Understand?"

"Loud and clear, Leader-Girl! Let's go, Bubbles!" Buttercup said.

"Right behind you!" Bubbles yelled as they flew towards one of the Hellhounds.

"Ready, Jake?" Blossom asked.

"Oh yeah." Jake said with a grin on his face. His eyes and skin turned red and a flame like aura surrounded him.

"Whoa. You're really hot, Jake." Blossom said. Jake raised an eyebrow at her. Once she realized what she had just said, she blushed and said "I mean, with those flames around you and all." Jake rolled his eyes and both of them ran to one of the Hellhounds.

A Hellhound tried to pounce Dexter but he moved out of the way. He swung his saber and a green energy wave hit the dog. It yelped in pain but quickly recovered. It pounced again, this time pinning Dexter to the ground. It barked demonically and tried to bite his face off, but Dexter's saber on the dog's throat kept it at bay. He kicked it off of him and the two stared at each other. Dexter grinned as a small detonator he secretly attached to the dog exploded. Nothing was left of the hound.

Buttercup shot an energy blast at the Hellhound her and Bubbles were facing. It dodged at barked out a big fireball at the two. They flew up in the air, just in time to avoid the ball's explosion. "Ha, ha! Can't get us up here, can ya mutt!?" Buttercup mocked. The hound growled and grew taller and taller until his snout was facing the girls. "Just had to open your mouth, huh Buttercup?" Bubbles said with an annoyed tone. The now giant Hellhound roared and attempted to eat Bubbles and Buttercup. They dodged each chomp and Bubbles kicked the top of it's head. Buttercup delivered an uppercut to the dog's bottom jaw. The dog staggered left and right. With a might Sonic Clap from both of the girls, the giant hound fell forward, but not before biting Buttercup and trapping her in its mouth. "Buttercup! NO!" yelled a worried Bubbles. She floated down to her knees, believing that her sister was swallowed and killed. "Buttercup, you can't be gone. You just can't be." Bubbles hung her head down. Then, out of nowhere, the unconscious Hellhound's mouth began to slowly open. Bubbles looked up and saw Buttercup come out of the now disappearing hound's mouth, woozy and covered in dog saliva. "Buttercup! You're not dead!" Bubbles cheerfully said as she ran to her. "Yeah. I'm ok. Not gonna let some dumb dog eat me. Oh God." Buttercup woozily said before she to her back. "Buttercup! Are you all right? How many fingers am I holding up?" Bubbles asked holding 9 fingers in front of Buttercup. "Uh...43?" Buttercup responded. "Close enough. C'mon." Bubbles helped her sister up. They looked at each other and smiled.

"Suck it, jabroni!" Jake said as he threw a fireball at the last remaining Hellhound. The hound dodged and ran to Jake, Blossom quickly appeared between them and kicked the hound under it's chin, snapping it's neck backwards. "Damn. That was brutal." Jake said. The hound slowly snapped it's neck back in place and growled. "And that was disgusting." The Hellhound ran to Blossom. She tried to punch it, however, the hound ducked and head-butted her chest, sending her flying towards Jake. He caught her and said "Gotcha. You all right?" "Uh-huh. Thanks." The hound wasted no time as it ran towards the two again. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Blossom asked him. "Combine attacks?" he responded. "Oh yeah." Blossom said with a grin. Jake set her down and both held their hands in Ka-Me-Ha-Me-Ha style. As the hound got close, they both fired their attacks. Blossom's pink energy blast and Jake's fire streak combined with each other, creating an orange energy blast that consumed the Hellhound and destroying it. "Hell yeah! That was totally kick-ass, Jake! Gimme five, playa!" Blossom said in a slightly deeper voice as she held her hand up in the air. Jake just blinked at her in surprise. "C'mon. Don't leave me hangin', man." Blossom said. Jake grinned and high-fived her hand. "That was kick-ass, but do me a favor, Bloss?" Jake asked. "What's that?" "Don't ever talk like that again." Jake said with a smile. When she soon realized what she said, Blossom held the back of her head and nervously chuckled. "I guess I was out of my character, huh?" "Yeah, but I must admit it was kinda funny. 'That was so totally kick-ass, Jake'." He mocked her. "Why do you have to bring it back up? Don't be mean." Jake only laughed. She laughed too.

All of them got together again. "Everybody all right?" Blossom asked.

"I'm good." Bubbles said.

"Affirmative." Dexter said.

"Am I in Canada?" Buttercup woozily asked.

"Is she gonna be all right? Jake asked Bubbles.

"She'll be fine. She's been eaten before." she responded.

"O...K. Just one more thing to take care of: The Demon Reaper."

"Where is it?" Blossom asked.

"Huh?" Everyone looked around for the demon, but it was gone. "Damn it! It got away." Jake said.

"Don't worry, Jake. We'll find it again." Blossom said.

"It'll have to be another day, though. My Demon Container doesn't pick up it's presence anymore. For all I know, the demon could be anywhere like in Jamaica or something."

"Oh. Well, maybe you can teach us about the different demons you've come cross so that the next time we face one, we'll be ready for it."

"Sounds like a good plan to me." Jake looked at Dexter. "Well, well, well. 'DexStar'. Ha. I got to hand it to you, Dex, that's pretty impressive. Love the outfit."

"Likewise, 'Freak'. The red and black really suits you."

"Thanks. Dude, where'd you get that nice motorcycle from?"

"Made it myself."

"Ooooooooh. It's really cool, Dexter." Bubbles said.

"I'll say. Do you think I can ride with you on it sometimes, Dex?" Blossom said flirtatiously.

Dexter blushed and smiled nervously. "s-s-Sure thing, Blossom." Bubbles giggled.

Jake couldn't help but grin and chuckle at Dexter and Blossom. He looked over to Buttercup who was leaning on the wall. He walked next to her and said "Hey, Buttercup. Everything all right?"

"Yeah. Just chilling."

"True, true. You did a good job today."

"Pff. Yeah, right."

"You did. Really."

"Jake, I don't thing getting electrocuted and almost getting eaten by a giant dog counts a good job."

"I see your point there, but you're still alive and you're not hurt. You and your sisters held your own against the Reaper and his Hellhounds. To me, that counts." Buttercup smiled at Jake and thanked him.

"I'm gonna go ride with Dexter for a while, girls. We're going to 'patrol the city'." Blossom said as she sat behind Dexter on his bike.

"Ok. See you later, Blossom." Bubbles said.

"You better not try anything with my sister, Four-Eyes." Buttercup threatened Dexter.

"Leave him alone, Buttercup. Let's go, DexStar." was the last thing Blossom said before they drove off.

"I'm going home to see the Professor. He must be worried about us. Bye guys." Bubbles said as she floated off.

"Bye Bubbles. Tell the Professor I said 'Thanks again for the suit' for me." Jake said.

"I will. See ya." and Bubbles was gone as well.

"{Sigh} Well, guess that just leaves you and me, B.C." Jake said.

" 'B.C.'? What does that stand for?" Buttercup asked.

"Your name, genius."

"Oh. Right."

"Unless you want me to nickname you 'Butterscotch' again."

"Do that and you die."

"Can't die, remember?"

"Grr! You know, you can be a real pain in the ass sometimes."

"So can you."

"I know. It's what I do."

"Well, all right then. We're both pain in the asses." A small pause fell before them. "Sooooo...what do you want to do now?"

"I don't know."

"Well, we got all day. Want to go somewhere with me? Maybe grab a bite at the Nasty Burger or go to the arcade?"

"What," Buttercup blushed "like a... date? B-Because you should know that I don't do dates."

Jake blushed too and franticly said "No,no,no,no. Not like a date or anything. Just, you know, two friends hanging out. You know, having a good time together."

"Oh. All right. Let's go."


Bell landed with GIR on her head and Tabitha held by Bell's arms to the entrance of Black Eden. "So this is the place. Not bad." Tabitha said.

"My daddy's main chamber is this way. Follow me." Bell said as she opened the giant double doors to Dr. X's room with Tabitha behind her. "Daddy, I'm back and I bought Tabitha just like you said."

"Good work, Bell." Dr. X said. He was sitting on his chair with his back facing the two girls. "Allow our newest member and I some alone time please. We must discuss my plans."

"Yes, daddy." Bell left the room and the doors closed by themselves.

Dr. X turned around and said "Greetings, Miss Goodwin. It is a pleasure to meet you at last. My name is Dr. X, leader of the Dark Council. I thank you so much for deciding to join-"

"Enough with the suck up, Dr. Flame Head." Tabitha interrupted. "Just tell me why you made your daughter fly me from my forest to this dump before I change my mind."

"Of course. In simple terms, I have asked Bell to recruit you so that you may help us to take over the world. I know of your power and you may be the only one to help move my plans into full effect."

"And what's in it for me?"

"I believe Bell has told you about your former friend, Jake Phoenix, yes?"

"Yeah, she did."

"And you'll get to rule the planet with the rest of us. You will be in control of every living thing on the planet. Doesn't that excite you?"

"I suppose. Telling people what to do, doing whatever I want, all of that sounds grand."

"And they shall be accomplished. There is only a select few who can stop us, however, but I am positive you can deal with them with no trouble whatsoever."

"Just tell me who to kill first."

"No,no. I don't want to just merely kill them. No, I want to strike as much fear and pain as possible and, once they are begging you to end them, give them the honor of doing so."

"Sounds like a plan to me. Who's first?" Dr. X turned back around to his monitors and pressed a few buttons on his keyboard. An image of Bubbles flying home is shown one one of them. "Isn't that one of the PowerPuff Girls?"

"Indeed, she is. I want you to 'have fun' with her. Giver her a taste of what's to come, but do not kill her. Just give her and her sisters a message. Understand?"

"And then I can fight Jake?"

"In time, but for now, just do as I say."

"...Sweet." Tabitha said with an evil grin as her eyes turned from emerald green to crimson red.