"All right," the red-haired Powerpuff Girl began, "we don't have much time. Has anyone tried anything that worked against that thing?"

"Well," Bumblebee said, "I bored my way into the globe right after Bubbles got shot."

"WHAT?!" Bubbles yelled. "We couldn't get in no matter what we did! Are you kidding us?"

"No, she's not," Buttercup confirmed. "She knocked that shrink ray down just before Mojo zapped me a second time."

"How did you get in?" Blossom asked. "Bubbles and I threw everything we had at that globe and couldn't even scratch it!"

"I'm not sure," Bumblebee replied, "but I think it's because I'm as little as I am. I've got all the Powerpuff power that you've got, but it's concentrated." She saw that her teammates didn't understand, so she added, "It's like, you use your power and try to punch a hole an inch big, and you can't--"

"--but you take the same power and try to punch a hole a millimeter big, and you succeed," Blossom cut in. "All right, I see now. So far that's the only thing we've tried that's worked. What can we do with it?"

"Not very much," Bumblebee sighed. "A hole just big enough for me to go through won't do you guys any good. And I sure don't want any of you to get shrunk any more!"

"And we SURE don't want you to get shrunk any more!" Bubbles added. "If Mojo gets you with that ray again we'll need a microscope just to see you!"

Trying not to think about Bubbles' last comment, the Micropuff Girl suggested, "Didn't it leave an opening when Mojo took his shrinking ray out of the globe? As small as we are, you guys could probably squeeze in, and I KNOW I could fly right in!"

"That sounds like an okay idea," Buttercup replied, "but that monkey's got some device that covers the hole as soon as he takes the weapon out. I tried it when you were in there with him and I couldn't get in!"

"There's gotta be something we can do!" Blossom exclaimed. "C'mon, guys, think!"

"What if I flew into the globe a whole lot of times in the same area?" Bumblebee asked. "Maybe it would weaken the plastic if I perforated it over and over."

"No, that wouldn't work," Blossom replied. "Sorry, Bumblebee, but as tiny as the holes would be it wouldn't be enough. As much time as it would take for you to do any good, Mojo would notice what you were up to and do something to stop you." (And Bumblebee had no doubt as to what that "something" was.)

Then Bubbles spoke up. "What was that you called it, Bumblebee? 'Perf'... 'Perfa'... What was that word?"

"I said 'perforated'," the Micropuff Girl explained. "You know, like the perforation on a cereal box, where it says 'Tear on the dotted--'"

Bumblebee stopped as she realized what she'd said. "THAT'S IT!" Blossom exclaimed. "Bumblebee, can you punch holes, real close to each other, in a circle on that globe?"

"But then she'd have to go back in there!" Bubbles protested. "What if Mojo Jojo sees her?"

"He won't," Buttercup replied. "Not if we're on the other side of the thing, acting like we're attacking it!"

Blossom looked at the smallest Powerpuff Girl and asked, "Bumblebee, this is gonna be dangerous. Are you okay with going back in there?"

"Just promise me one thing," the Micropuff Girl demanded. "If Mojo Jojo points that infernal gun at any of you, you all scatter!"

"And if he points that awful thing at you, you get out on the double!" Bubbles replied.