Ch.13 Jack-Jack Escapes!

During the night, everybody was sleeping heavily, except for Blossom, who was breathing in fear and twitching a little. In her dream, she was running through a building that was on fire, hearing Boomer call for help. She looked up and saw Boomer about to fall through a hole. "Blossom! Help me! Blossom!" Boomer cried in great fear.

Blossom gasped in shock as she cried out "Boomer!" Boomer tried to climb up, but to no avail. "Hang on! I'm coming!" She tried to fly up to him, but for some reason, she couldn't fly. She tried again, and faild again. Knowing that this is not a good time to wonder why she couldn't fly, she decided to use the elevator. When the doors opened, she saw a shadowy figure of HIM, who was laughing evily at her with evil red glowing eyes. She gasped in fear to see that devil. "HIM!" She ran from the elevator and up the stairs to reach the floor where she found Boomer looking up to her with eyes that are saying 'help me, please!'

"Blossom! Please, help me!" Boomer pleaded as the wood became burned up enough to make Boomer hold onto a broken beam on the ceiling of the room below.

Blossom ran to the hole and looked down at Boomer. "Don't worry, Boomer! I'm here!" Then she heard footsteps from behind her. She turned to the stairway, seeing HIM's shadown getting bigger, showing that he is approuching. Feeling her heart beating fast and hard, she held on to the edge and reached her hand out to Boomer as she said "Boomer, here! Grab my hand!" Boomer reached for her hand as best as he could. "Just... a little... closer...! You can... do it...! Don't... let... go...!"

Their hands barely touched each other, when Blossom felt her hand being grabbed a bit painfuly as HIM said in a deep, demonic hissing voice "GOT YA!" Blossom looked up with a scared expression. "TRUST ME...!"

Blossom looked back at Boomer, who now slipped off the beam and fell into the deep dark fire as he sceamed "BLOSSOOOOOOOM!"

Seeing Boomer fall, Blossom had tears of sadness and fear fall form her face as she cried "NOOOOOOOO!" She then made a glare full of hatred at HIM. "You... YOU FILTHEY DEMON!" And before her eyes, the shadow figure formed into the shape of herself, much to her shock and surprise. "What...?"

The shadow figure version of her laughed manicaly as it said in a more evil girl vioce "You never loved him! You never loved anybody at all! Not even... Bubbles...!" It then let Blossom go as she screamed for help, plummeting into the fire. She then woke up with a gasp. She panted and looked around, seeing that she's back in her room, all calm, cool, and quite. She looked at Bubbles, remebering that the creature mentioned her.

She then floated up to Boomer's bed, seeing him sleeping like a rock. She sighed in relief as she gently petted his hair whispering "Your safe..." After two minuts or so, she went back to bed and went back to sleep.

When morning came, Brick woke up and saw the sun rising. So he got up and went over to Buttercup whispering "Buttercup..." Buttercup didn't respond. She was too busy sleeping. "Buttercup...!" Seeing that she wasn't waking up, he decided to get the sick patch out from under her pillow and put it under the shoulder of her nightgown.

Buttercup made a cough that woke her up. She looked at Brick and said "Oh man... I don't feel so good..."

"Gee, ya think...?" Said Brick in a grumpy manner, making Buttercup wounder why Brick was mad at her like that, when she remembered about what they planed on doing today.

"Oh... right. I completley for... for... Achoo! Forgot..." Said Buttercup, sniffing the snot back into her nose.

He then went over to Boomer's bed as he pushed on his shoulder a little. "Boomer...! Wake up...!" Boomer didn't responed, so Brick tried three more times to wake him up. With a fourth try, he covered Boomer's mouth, so that he wouldn't wake up anybody when he hits him on the head.

"Uuuuuwwwwffff!" Boomer cried in a muffled voice.

"Ssshhhh...! Put your sick patch on...!" Said Brick as Boomer made a face of relization that he forgot. Boomer took his sick path from under his pillow and put it on him hiding it in the shoulder of his P.J. shirt, making his face pale and miserable. Brick went back to his bed and put a sick patch and put it on his shoulder as well.

Violet's voice was then heard saying "Hey, hey, hey! Everybody rise and shine! It's time for school!" When she got up, she saw Buttercup all moaning as if sad. Feeling conserned, she went up to Buttcup, kneeled to her and said "Buttercup, what's wrong? You look like a vampire. Your not sick, are you?"

Hearing that, Blossom woke up with widened eyes as she zipped out of bed and in the air saying "Yikes! Don't let her near me! If I get sick, I'll miss school!" She then noticed Violet glare at her sternly. Blossom then went to Buttercup cautiously with a smile. "But I do feel bad that Buttercup is like this...! Eh, heh, heh, heh..."

Violet rolled her eyes as Bubbles woke up and saw Brick coughing. She gasped and went up to him saying "Oh, Brick...! Your sick...! That can't be good...!"

"Brick too?" Violet asked as she went up to check Brick. She put a hand on his head and felt how warm it is. "Mm... Poor guys... Both of you got a fever..."

Brick covered his mouth and coughed as he said in a frog voice "Yeah... It just goes to show... 'chough!' just because you have super powers, it doesn't mean that your immune to the microscopic enemy..."

Then they heard Boomer make a loud sneeze. Blossom went up to Boomer and saw him having snot come out of his nose. Blossom petted his head, feeling bad to see him have minor suffering. "Aw... Not you too... Not our little guy..."

Boomer made a snoty sniff as he said "Don't worry, Blossom... 'sniff' I'll be okay..."

"No, Boomer. You guys are too sick for school." Said Violet. "I'm giong to have to take care of you guys while the rest of them go to school." Then she went ove to Bubbles, petting her head, seeing how sad she was of hearing that. "I'm sorry, Bubbles. Maybe I'll go to your guys' school tomorrow."

Bunny then got up from the bed and said cheerfuly "I'll take care of them! I'm sure Ms. Kean would understand."

Violet looked at Bunny with a raised eye brow and said "Uh... Okay, I guess you can stay and take care of them, if yo want." She then gave Bunny her homing device. "If anything goes wrong, remember to press this thing to make my homing signal go off. Sound good?"

Bunny nodded her head saying "Uh-huh! Oh! Can I take care of Jack-Jack too while your all gone?"

Violet just made a humming chuckle, seeing how obvious it is that she wants to have fun with Jack-Jack, but how could she say no to a face like Bunny's. "I guess I'll let you do that for the day." She then went to Jack-Jack, who was now awake. When he saw Violet, he made a face full of joy and reached up for Violet as she picked him up. "Would you like that? Would you like to stay home with Bunny?" Jack-Jack giggled in response. "I'll take that as a yes."

Bubbles giggled sayig "You just like saying 'I'll take that as a yes' to him, don't you, Violet?"

"Yeah, it's kind of my catch-phrase." Violet gave Jack-Jack to Bunny as she said "Well, Blossom, Butch, and Bubbles, since you three aren't the ones who are sick, I think you guys should get ready for school!"

Butch then said "Believe me, you know I would be ready to show my new girl to everybody at school...! The boys would be jealous of me and hire an assasin to take me out, in a bad way I mean...!"

"Well I hope this assasin does a good job!" Violet said.

Butch, seeing that he was out wise-cracked, he sad "Dang... she's good...!"

While they were getting dressed, Blossom sighed with a depressed face. Notecing that, Violet leaned towards Blossom and said "What's wrong? Is it about what happened yesterday?"

Blossom looked at Violet and said "Yeah... I'm... I'm sorry that I didn't listen to you and stopped fighting with Butch..."

Violet then petted Blossom's head saying "It's okay."

When they finished breakfast and Violet packed their lunches, Violet came back into the room with a tray that held three glasses of orange juice. "This should help you guys' with your cold." She gave Brick, Buttercup, and Boomer the juices as they drank them up.

"Thanks Vi." Said Brick with a cough.

"Take good care of them!" Violet said to Bunny.

"I will. Have a good time! And say hi to Ms. Kean for us!" Said Bunny.

"I'll be more than happy to fly you to school..." Butch said in a charming voice.

"No thanks, I'll let Blossom do that. She's more responsible than you are!" Said Violet as Blossom picked her up and flew out the window followe by Bubbles and Butch.

"Bye guys! Get better soon!" Bubbles said, waving at them.

After three seconds or so, Brick leaned up and asked "Are they gone?"

Bunny looked out the window and saw that they were out of sight. "Yes. Their gone."

Brick and Boom took their sick patches off as Brick said to Boomer "Remind me to send a thank you note to Jimmy Nerdtron!"

Buttercup then asked "Hey, where did you put the sick patch on me?"

Brick went up to her and said "On your left shoulder."

Buttercup looked under her nightgown's shoulder and saw the sick patch right where Brick said he put it. She blushed and angrily punched Brick in the face, making him crash into the toy chest as she yelled "You perv!"

Buttercup took the sick patch off as Boomer laughed at what just happened. "You guys sure are perfect for each other! Cause both of you are so moody, it's funny!"

Brick made a bored and mad glare at Boomer as he said "You can laugh about it...!"

Buttercup gave Boomer the same glare saying "Your lucky your a cute kid brother to me, Boomer...!"

Brick got out of the toy chet and said "Anyway, now let's go and get that frame for Violet! Bunny, your gonna have to come with us."

"Why?" Bunny asked.

"Well, because you have a better taste for color, pattern, and desing than the rest of us do." Brick encouraged as he started to tickle Bunny on the belly, making her giggle. "We can't do this without you, Bunny, Bun, Bun!"

Brick took his wobbeling fingers off of Bunny's tummy as she said "Okay, I guess I'll go." She then looked down in a bit of sad disappointment. "I did wanted to take care of Jack-Jack..."

Buttercup then took Jack-Jack from Bunny saying "Don't worry, baby sis! After we're done with finding a frame replacement, you can take care of Jack-Jack for the rest of the day. Until then..." She then gave Jack-Jack to Boomer without warning. "Boomer will take care of him!"

Not liking the sound of the idea, Boomer complained "What? Why me? Why do I have to take care of him?"

Buttercup faced Boomer with her eyes closed and said "I can give you five good reasones! One: because I said so! Two: Blossom and Bubbles aren't here! Three: Your gonna be the only one here! Four: Your the only male ex-villain in the family that can take care of a kid younger than you!" She then pressed her face against Boomer's, making him lean backwards as she looks at him with half closed angry eyes, making him have a scared face. "And five: Because if you don't do it, I will personaly give you a wedgie so bad, you will have to take a dump every five minutes a day, and I'll dump your head in the tiolet before you flush your waste away, and I will take my socks off after running a mile and shove them down your throat!"

Bunny glared at Buttercup sternly. Brick noticed Bunny's expression and said "Bunny, you know she not really gonna do any of that stuff to him."

Bunny looked at Brick with calm eyes and said "I know, but she still shouldn't do that."

"Don't worry Bunny. I can handle it!" Boomer said.

"Buttercup, I'm not going unless you apologize to him now!" Bunny said stubbornly, crossing her arms and turning her back on Brick and Buttercup.

Buttercup sighed and said to Boomer "I'm sorry I said that." She then turned to Bunny. "Happy now?"

Bunny turned to Buttercup with a smile and nodded her head yes. Boomer then said "I forgive you, Buttercup. Besides, it's not really your fault that your just too lazy to take care of a baby yourself!" Buttercup glared at Boomer with a mad look.

"Boomer!" Bunny said sternly.

"Sorry." Boomer responded.

Brick rolled his eyes and said "Okay, let's get dressed then go to some of the stores." Brick then went to the closet to cahnge, but not before popping his head out and pointed at Buttercup and Bunny. "No peeking, you two!" Of course, Buttercup couldn't resist to take a little peak at Brick in his underwear. She closed the closet with a mischivous smirk. When he got dressed, Buttercup and Bunny went in and got dressed.

When they were ready to go, Brick said "See ya, little bro!" as he flew out the window, leaving a red stream.

"Take care, Boomer!" Said Bunny following Brick leaving a purple stream.

Buttercup was about to follow, when Boomer said "Hang on! What am I supposed to do with Jack-Jack while you guys are gone?"

Buttercup shruged her arms and said "I don't know! Make him watch cartoons or something! Oh, and make sure you take out the trash while your at it."

When Buttercup left with a green stream behind her, Boomer frowned and said "Yeah, that's the stroy of my life! Just little respect, I get little respect from everybody, except Blossom, Bubbles, Bunny, the Mayor, the Professor, Ms. Bellum and Ms. Kean!" Then Boomer smelled something stinky. He followed the sent that lead to Jack-Jack. He frowned again saying "This is the worst day of my life...!"

Meanwhile at Pokey Oak's Kindergarten, Ms. Kean greeted all the kids that were coming in, when she saw a pink stream, a green stream and a blue stream coming. When Blossom, Butch, and Bubbles landed, Ms. Kean greeted in a singing voice "Good morning, my 'super students!'" She then saw Violet. "Oh, hello, young lady. Who might you be?"

"I'm Violet. Violet Parr from Metroville." She said as she shook Ms. Kean's hand. "I'm babysitting the PowerPuff Girls and RowdyRuff Boys while Mr. Utonium is gone."

"Oh, I'm charmed!" Ms. Kean said kindly. "The Professor can be a very busy man." She then noticed that only Blossom, Butch and Bubbles were here. "Where are Brick, Buttercup, Boomer, and Bunny?"

Bubbles made a sad expression and said "Their Brick, Buttercup, and Boomer are sick, so Bunny has to take care of them while we're gone."

The students heard what Bubbles said and made many depressed sounds like 'aw...' or 'what?' "Aw man!" Mitch said. "Brick and Buttercup were like the best kids we know!"

"Yeah!" One girl said. "Brick is like a great leader to all of us." The girl then sighed with dreaming eyes. "And a real cute ex-villain... Almost as cute as Boomer..."

"And Buttercup is like the best girl we've known! And Bunny is too!" Said a boy.

Violet kneeld down to them and said "Well then, in the mean time, I'm sure I'm going to make your kids' day just as awesome not just until they get better, but until I have to go back to my home town. Sound like fun?"

The kids cheered at the idea. Ms. Kean made a pleased smile saying "I wouldn't have it any other way! I could use the extra hand around here!"

Back at the house, Boomer had just finished changing Jack-Jack's diaper as he went to the kitchen trash, pluging his nose in disgust "Ugh...! Man, this is the worst! I have to be the most unluckiest person in the whole univers!"

He dropped the diaper in the trash, right no Plankton who made a muffled scream. "The stench! It burns!" Then Boomer took the trash bag out of the can and closed it up, sealing the smell inside, much to Plankton's misfortune. Boomer past the living room where Boomer placed Jack-Jack on the couch to watch cartoons. Right now, he was watching Duck Tales. Boomer went outside and put the trash in the silver can making it full. Plankton popped his head out of the sack and was about to climb out, when he heard a dump truck coming. When he heard a halting screech, a garbage man came by to take the trash to a dump truck.

Plankton quickley leaped out of the trash can and ran to the curve. He looked over the sidewalk at the house.

Meanwhile with Brick, Buttercup, and Bunny, they were at a small shop, looking for the perfect frame. Brick picked one that had flames on it. Bunny looked at it and shook her head no. Buttercup picked one that had spiders on it. Bunny made shocked eyes and violently shook her head no when she saw it. Bunny picked one with flowers on it and showed it to Brick and Buttercup. Brick rolled his eyes and Buttercup stuck her tounge out and pointed at her uvula in disgust.

Back with Boomer sat down next to a happy Jack-Jack with his arms crossed and a bored frown on his face as they watched Sailor Moon this time. "How long are you planing to watch cartoons anyway? More importatnly, why are we watching cartoons that were canceled in the 90's...?" Boomer asked Jack-Jack, even though he couldn't talk yet. Then a commercial about saying no to drugs came on as Boomer made an excited smile. "Hey! Me and Blossom are on this commercial!"

In the T.V., Boomer was seen meeting Lil Arturo, who was smoking. "What are you doing?" Boomer in the T.V. asked.

"I'm getting high! What else does it look like?" Lil Arturo said rudely.

"Is it leagul?" Boomer asked.

"Who cares? Here, try some!" Lil Arturo gave Booer a cigeret, and was about to put it in his mouth when Blossom came in and smacked it out of his hand.

"Boomer! Get away from that stuff!" Blossom said quickley with a worried voice. "You could chock on that!"

"But... I thought it was leagul."

Blossom crossed her arms sternley saying with a serious look "Who told you that?"

Boomer then pointed at Lil Arturo and said "He was saying that it doesn't matter!"

Blossm turned to Lil Arturo saying "Oh, did he? Well, I'll fix that!" Blossom then started to beat up Lil Arturo.

When she was done, Lil Arturo said holding his neck in a wheezing voice "I think I swallowed my smoke...! 'Wheeze!'"

Blossom then turned to Boomer with a calm face saying "Listen Boomer, drugs are bad for your brain and lungs, and it can cause problems for your loved ones."

Boomer made a guilty look and said "I don't wanna do that!"

Blossom smiled and said "And you won't as long as you stay away from drugs! Okay?"

Blossom rubbs Boomer's hair with her hand as Boome said with a smile "Okay!"

After the commercial, Jack-Jack had a blank expression as Boomer said "Pretty neat, don't you think? I don't know who would want to do drugs after watching that!" Then, Jack-Jack started to make a sad pout and make fussy noises. Confused of why he was doing that, Boomer asked "What's wrong? You didn't like it? Aw, come one, It wasn't that bad! Come on...! Please stop whining...!"

Jack-Jack continued to fuss as Boomer tried to think of a way to keep him quite. "Uh..." Then he made a funny face at Jack-Jack, trying to make him laugh. "Blugh...! Look! I'm making a funny face! Duh, huh, huh...!" Nothing worked, so he tried to sing a song. "Uh... Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top...!" That didnt work either. So he picked him up and walked around, rocking Jack-Jack as gentl as possible. "Come on...! Oh... if only Blossom or Bubbles were here, they would know what to do...!"

Then, when he turned, he suddenly tripped on Butch's skateboard in slow motion as he dropped Jack-Jack in the air. Jack-Jack crashed into the couch and collapsed on it. Boomer saw his mistake and became worried that Jack-Jack might be knocked out. "Oops-a-daisy!" Boomer went up to Jack-Jack to see if he was okay. "Are you okay? Wake up, wake up, wake up!" After not havng any luck of getting Jack-Jack to open his eyes, Boomer became nervous with guilt. "Uh oh...!" He then took Jack-Jack up to the room and put him in the crib. "If anybody asks, you were sleeping!"

When Boomer left, Jack-Jack opened his eyes and looked around. He saw that the crib was next to one of the windows. Feeling the need to explore, Jack-Jack climbed out of the crib and out the window using his wall climbing powers.

Uh oh! Jack-Jack is gone outside on his own! What will happen next? Find out on the next chapter! (R&R)