=Chapter 13: Help from the Unexpected=
Bubbles and Buttercup sped through the air at an urgent pace, in search of the Rowdyruff Boys. They hadn't the slightest idea why the heck Mojo wanted them in the first place. The boys were running with HIM now, weren't they?
"How are we gonna find them, Buttercup?" Bubbles asked. "We don't even know where they hang out."
"Let's go to that junk yard." Buttercup suggested. "It's a good place to start."
The pair zipped at top speed towards the maze-like junkyard and reached it in no time at all. Like before with Blossom, it was silent as the grave and appeared to be totally abandoned.
"Hey! Rowdyruffs!" Buttercup rudely called out. "Where are ya?!"
The two Powerpuffs floated around, their eyes scanning every little inch of the place for any sign of life or activity. The atmosphere was very unsettling.
"I swear, this place has eyes." Buttercup muttered. "Friggin' creepy."
"Yeah." Bubbles agreed, sticking very close to her lime clad sister's side.
"HEY!"
"EEEEK!"
Butch's sudden appearance made the girls jump and shriek in startled fright while clinging to each other.
"SHUT UP!" Butch shouted again.
When Buttercup saw it was only her male counterpart, she was fit to be tied.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?!" she exclaimed. "GIVE US A FREAKING HEART ATTACK?!"
"WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
The raven-haired Powerpuff girl fell silent.
"We...we need your help." she grudgingly help.
There was a short silence before her counterpart fell over on the ground and began laughing hysterically. This only made the sisters angrier.
"It's not funny!" Bubbles cried.
"Yeah Butch, this is serious!" Buttercup exclaimed.
The green clad boy instantly stopped laughing and gave a dead serious expression.
"You're kidding me, right?" he growled.
"No, we're not kidding!" Buttercup ranted. "We got into a fight with Mojo and now he's holding Blossom hostage. He won't let her go unless you guys come with us."
"Aww dammit, why the hell didja girlies involve us for?!"
"It's not like we wanted to! It's Mojo who wants you guys, not us!"
"Hey! What's all the noise?!"
Brick and Boomer, who also happened to be in the junkyard with their green clad brother, came flying by, attracted by the commotion.
"Brick, you guys gotta come help us." Buttercup told the Rowdyruff leader.
"What for?" Brick asked with his arms crossed.
"They had a beef with Mojerk and now he's got your woman." Butch ranted before Buttercup could answer.
Brick's eyes widened for a brief second and then narrowed as he put on an extremely annoyed and pissed off expression.
"Oh really?" he said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Wait a minute. Let's back up a second here." Buttercup interjected. "What do you mean your woman?"
Brick actually made a smirk.
"You got a problem with that, babe?" he sneered.
The lime clad girl growled. Bubbles sensed that a fight was just about ready to break out and quickly intervened.
"Wait you guys, what about Blossom?" the blonde-haired girl protested. "We still need to help her!"
"Well, lucky for you chickies, we've been meaning to kick the fleabag's ass anyway." Brick replied. "Ain't that right, boys?"
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that." Butch mused thoughtfully.
"So are you guys gonna help us or what?!" Buttercup asked impatiently.
"Sure." Brick replied. "We'll help ya. But I'd like a lil' somethin' in return."
The raven-hair girl's stomach turned. Of course he would to extort something out of them in return for their assistance.
"Such as?" Buttercup retorted.
"Instead of once a week, I want every day." Brick sneered.
Buttercup's eyes widened. She knew exactly what the Rowdyruff leader wanted, and frankly she did not like it one bit.
"That's out of the question!" the lime clad girl exclaimed. "You gotta be joking me!"
"Hey, take it or leave it!" Butch rudely interjected.
Buttercup growled and shook with anger. Bubbles, again sensing things were about to get out of hand, floated to her sister's side.
"Just let him have it, Buttercup." the baby-blue clad girl told her sister.
Buttercup growled again. But she eventually relented.
"Oh...oh alright." she muttered. "You win."
Brick and his two brothers gave victorious and devious chuckles.
"Done. So where the hell is Mojerk?" Brick asked.
"In his Observatory, where else?!" Buttercup ranted.
"So that's where's he's been hiding all this time? Should've known. Come on, boys."
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Meanwhile, back at the said chimp's lair, he was patiently awaiting the two remaining Powerpuff girls and more importantly, the Rowdyruff boys. This was a test or sorts. If Brick really truly cared for Blossom he would indeed come for her. Then, Mojo would be able to take control of the Rowdyruff Boys again. After all, they were his creations to begin with. They should be under his control, not HIM's.
In the far corner, still encased in the glass orange colored orb, was Blossom. She was in a state of shock and anger. Mojo had told her everything about that day when Dick Hardly drained her of Chemical X. She knew that Brick had saved her. But he left out that one little detail of having the evil chimp restore her to health. The Powerpuff leader just couldn't believe that Brick had lied to her. Well, maybe not lie, but he should have told her something! Then again what she expect? Blossom was so unsure on how to deal with this...revelation. She didn't even know if she should either be absolutely furious with Brick, or totally astonished that he went through all that trouble to save her life.
"Aha! Finally!"
After an hour of wait, Mojo finally caught a visual of the two Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys making their way to his lair through a monitor. That happened a lot faster than the chimp anticipated.
"Excellent." Mojo leered. "Once I have the Boys back in my possession, I shall destroy the Powerpuff Girls!"
That one caught Blossom's attention.
"Hey! You didn't say anything about that!" she cried.
"Oh don't you fret, my dear." Mojo chortled. "I'll allow you to live. I must have something to keep Brick content after all."
Blossom growled. That was a low blow. Even for him.
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The Powerpuffs and Rowdyruffs flew back into Townsville and headed straight for Mojo Jojo's Observatory on the volcano.
"Alright, here's what we're gonna do." Brick announced. "You guys distract the fleabag, while I bail Red. Then I'm gonna bring out the fleabag so we can wail on him like a piñata!"
"Cool!" Butch replied.
"Yeah!" Boomer piped in
"You better make sure that Blossom doesn't get hurt." Buttercup said sternly. "Ya hear me Brick?!"
"Yeah sure." the red clad boy replied nonchalantly.
He dropped out of their flight pattern as they proceeded to the Observatory. The four super-powered kids then began attacking it from different directions. Inside, Mojo was giggling with glee as the metal shield still went undamaged. But he was struck to find that Brick was nowhere amongst them.
Brick in fact was flying around in a low profile trying to find a way in. So far, there weren't any openings or venting at any point of the shielded Observatory.
'Dammit, how the hell am I supposed to get in?' the red-headed thought angrily. 'This stupid thing's gotta have a tail pipe somewhere.'
After making two more rounds about the volcano, Brick finally resolved to just tunnel through the mountain itself. And if he did it fast enough, he wouldn't get burned by the lava housed inside the mount. So like a drill, Brick burrowed through the volcano and then turned upwards. He was then able to break through the floor work of the Observatory, steaming from the internal heat.
"Heh, that was kinda cool." the Rowdyruff leader murmured to himself as he dusted the dirt off of his shirt.
But his intrusion made the alarm in the Observatory go off, bellowing 'Intruder Alert'. While Mojo was heavily fixated on the remaining four super-powered kids, he got quite startled when the alarm went off.
"What's this?!" he exclaimed. "Who could've penetrated my impenetrable fortress?!"
"Well, looks like your shield isn't as strong as you thought it was, Mojo." Blossom said in a no-nonsense tone.
"Silence, you brat!"
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLIN A BRAT?!"
Both Mojo Jojo and Blossom were both caught by surprise of the sudden appearance of a furious Brick.
"Oh...um hello, Brick." Mojo stammered.
Instead of replying, the Rowdyruff leader shot straight at the evil chimp, ready to give him an ass-whooping. Mojo quickly whipped out a ray-gun and fired it. Then Brick was suddenly trapped like Blossom.
"ARRGH! What the hell is this?!" the red-headed boy screamed.
"MWO HA HA HA HA HA! I have you now, boy!" Mojo jeered.
Brick raised an eyebrow and then formed a plan to get out of his current predicament.
"Yeah, you got me." he said folding his arms. "So what are you gonna do now?"
"I'll tell you!" the evil chimp declared. "I shall capture your brothers, and then I shall destroy the Powerpuff Girls! MWO HA HA HA HA HA!"
"Is that all?"
It became clear to the black-furred villain that Brick was totally unimpressed.
"And I thought you were gonna make things interesting." the red clad boy lowly yammered.
"OH SHUT UP! YOU THREE ARE MORE TROUBLE THAN YOU'RE WORTH!" Mojo exclaimed, angrily flailing his left fist and arm about. In doing so, he accidently pushed the lever on the control console which made the shield around the Observatory retract. The monkey's face dropped while Brick smirked.
"Heh, nice goin' Mojerk." the Rowdyruff sneered.
"CURSES!" the green-skinned monkey screeched.
He let go of the ray-gun and scrambled to his control console to reactivate the shield. Consequently, he released Brick from his hold. As Mojo began frantically pushing buttons, the red clad boy plopped down to the floor. With the monkey distracted, Brick saw the opportunity to free Blossom from her own predicament. He zipped over to the orange glass orb and fired his laser eyes at it. Unfortunately, they didn't affect the orb.
"It's no use, Brick." Blossom murmured. "This thing is ineffective to our powers."
"Well there's gotta be some way to break this friggin' thing!" Brick ranted as he punched the impenetrable glass.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell ya what?!"
"Why didn't tell me that you had Mojo help me?"
Brick make a brief pause.
"Cuz I didn't think it was important." he muttered with a shrug.
"Brick! How you could you lie to me like that?!" Blossom cried in disbelief.
"What? Did you want me to just leave ya lookin' like a freakin' zombie? Besides you never asked anyway."
Blossom put on pouting face as Brick continued to try and break open the orb that imprisoned her. She still didn't appreciate being lied to. Then, Mojo noticed what the Rowdyruff was doing and rush forward to stop him.
"YOU! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" he exclaimed.
That put a snap in Brick's patience and he zipped towards the large-brained chimp and started beating him up but not too severely, because he wanted to save him for his brothers. After all, he did promise them a piñata.
"Now then," the red clad boy began, holding up Mojo by the collar of his cape. "how 'bout you tell me how to break this friggin' thing open and maybe I'll let you loose."
"Nuh-NEVER!" Mojo choked.
Brick simply shrugged in response.
"Suit yourself." he said.
Then, using his laser eyes, the Rowdyruff blew a hole in the ceiling. He flew up and held the chimp out in the air.
"Hey boys!" Brick called out to his brothers. "Here's your piñata!"
Butch and Boomer turned towards him and immediately grinned maliciously when they saw Mojo.
"NO! LET ME GO!" the monkey shrieked as he squirmed in Brick's hold. "I DEMAND THAT YOU RELEASE ME!"
"Too late." Brick mused as he dropped him.
Before Mojo even landed on the ground below, the two other Rowdyruffs began beating him to a pulp. The poor basterd.