Based on The Powerpuff Girls by Craig McCracken and The Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi by bleedman.
THE CITY WITHOUT HEROES.
Story and original character Black White by Riddle Glitch. CHAPTER EDITED AND UPDATED.
Chapter 29: Contrast.
The next morning at the Kinder Garden, the one where Miss Keane worked at. The day almost came to an end.
Ready to leave, Miss Keane sipped at a cup of coffee while she placed her stuff back in her bag.
Suddenly, Barbara Grey, her superior came into view, she smiled at Keane and she smiled back. Getting herself a cup of coffee, Barbara said gently.
"Thanks for covering me these last days. Got some people staying at my place. Sorry for the inconvenience."
Drinking some more coffee, Keane responded. "Please, don't worry, glad I could help."
"Well, how's things going at your place?"
"So so. The girls are hardly in the house since the breakout. Blossom still sees that psychologist you recommended us. Bubbles is playing at a band I think and Buttercup is visiting a friend of hers in the hospital."
"Well…they're growing up after all."
Taking a deep breath, Keane responded then. "Well it still worries me that Brandy is kinda sad that they do not spend as much time with us anymore. And…they're going to leave soon for college. I mean, they will study here in this city. But they won't live with us anymore."
"Calm down. I'm sure they're just going through a hard time, teenagers. They're always like that." Barbara chuckled and then both heard another teacher that was about to leave the building.
"See ya later, Miss Keane, Miss Grey."
Waving, they smiled and went back to discuss until Barbara heard a familiar voice asking that teacher before she left.
"Is Barbara here?"
The teacher responded softly. "On the lounge Miss Foster."
Then, catched by surprise and hearing that voice and her name, Barbara had just sipped her coffee when she immediatly spitted it out in surprise and opened a window.
"Crap. Gotta leave through here, don't tell her I'm here." Barbara told Keane who blinked a bit unsure why.
"Stay right there!" The red headed woman raised her voice.
Turning around with a nervous smile Barbara responded. "Heeeeey…sweetheart…hmm…you've met Miss Keane? She's the powerpuff's mother!"
"Huh?" Then the red haired woman looked at Miss Keane who nervously and confused waved her hand a bit.
"Hi…hmm…should I leave?"
"No no! This is Frankie, she's my…" Barbara chuckled nervously and coughed a bit. "Well…she's my life partner."
"Ohhhhhh!" Miss Keane said.
"What…what're you doing here?" Frankie asked Miss Keane, she could notice that Frankie showed some concern in her tone of voice.
"Excuse me?"
"What…are you doing here with Barbara?"
"Oh! Please, no, no, no! Don't think there's something going on! I work here!" Miss Keane said.
Then Barbara laughed softly and said. "Are you jealous Frankie? She works here that's all. Why are you acting weird all of a sudden. The real question is what're you doing here…sweety?"
"No! I'm not jealous. You know exactly why I'm here and you know exactly why I asked her that!" Then Frankie covered her mouth with her hands and tried to relax.
"Are you alright?" Miss Keane asked, a bit nervous.
"Sorry…I'm so sorry…I'm giving you a bad first impression…I got something private to discuss with her and just…oh I'm so sorry. Let's begin again. My name is Francis Foster. So you're the powerpuff's mom then?" Frankie said.
Shaking hands with Frankie, Keane responded. "Pleased to meet you."
Then Frankie blushed madly. "Terribly sorry about this scene…just lost it. Been having lot of work and well you know the drill."
"Don't worry about it. And you don't have to worry about Miss Grey and me…I'm married." Keane showed her ring. "With a man."
Then Barbara laughed some. "Sorry hun…this was just too funny!"
"Please don't think I'm a jealous person. Because the whole issue it wasn't about jealously. But because something I need to discuss with Barbara. If you mind, I would like to borrow her just a bit."
"Please, talk. I was leaving. And sorry for the misunderstanding. See ya Miss Grey and you too Miss Foster."
"Bye Keane." Barbara said and Frankie waved with a smile before she faced Grey.
Hearing the whispers and the tone on Frankie's voice, Keane was concerned still that she might had caused an issue but tried not to get involved.
"Tell me the truth." Frankie said.
"Geez, about what?"
That's all Keane heard as she left the building and went to pick her daughter, Brandy at her school.
Meanwhile, at the police department, Velma was still going through the recent case while Phil Coulson had taken over the whole Foster's Asylum case.
"The Warden of Arkham just left with Doctor Crane and Officer Nashton."
"What happened? Did you find the missing Arkham guards?" Velma asked Coulson softly.
"Nope. What can you tell me about the butchered victim?"
"Female, in her late forties. No ID. No face. Was ripped off. But the CSI found DNA that didn't belong to the victim."
"Where's Uno?" Coulson asked about his SHIELD partner.
"Throwing up. You sure he's a SHIELD agent?"
"Hehe, give him a break. He never saw this kind of madness before."
"By the way, my contacts called and none of the officers have found the Mayor of Townsville yet. The news might break anytime soon. What do we do?"
"To be honest I don't know. But…will have to ask you not to mention this to the Powerpuff."
"The Powerpuff are the least of your problem. The bureacrats are asking already. We are unable to cover this any longer."
"Let me worry about that and you solve this case. Any of the serial killers that escaped from Foster match this murder?"
"To be honest there's so many that I kinda don't know at the moment. It could be any of them or maybe not."
"What's your most likely suspect?"
"Could be Le Quack. He seems to match this kind of violence. But then again Katz is just as twisted. Maybe worse."
"Remember to call me with any updates on the investigation. Need to do a few calls, have you seen Doctor Foster?"
"Left a while ago. Had some issues at home or something." Velma said and Coulson sighed.
On Doctor Csupo's office, on other district from the Megaville police department.
The usual session that Blossom had with Oblina took place, the time was running down and she finally mentioned something that had been bugging her since the Asylum breakout, a dream.
"This dream…always the same. I hear the horrible laugh of that madman."
"You ready to talk about The Joker?" Oblina asked as she took some notes.
"To be honest I don't want to…but his laughter…has been on my nightmares."
"Tell me about your dream."
"It's always the same dream…" Closing her eyes, Blossom described.
"There's this eye…looking at me from above. I don't know why…but I don't feel it's a good thing. There's a whisper…"
'Always watching…'
"Dunno what it means…and it gives a chill on my spine when I hear it."
Giving her opinion, Oblina said. "Well it could be a deeper fear of yours. You feel every citizen's stare in this city, you might feel that regret that you couldn't stop the breakout incident."
"Probably…and then I hear that awful man laughing."
"Woo hahahahahaha! See ya soon…! Heheheheh ahahahahahaha!"
"What does that laughter makes you feel?"
"Honestly…scared…I've fought against monsters…literally monsters. But this man…he has this goofy appearence but he's the worst kind of criminal."
"You think he's going to be back for you?"
"The message he gave to me was from Black White…not him so no I don't think he's still in Megaville. The Batman told me he'll go back to Gotham City."
"What else happens in your nightmare?"
"After the message from The Joker…I see myself in some sort of carnival…with The Joker leaving me on some sort of cage. Every inmate from the Asylum stares down at me."
"I see so much red…and I doubt it's paint…suddenly everything turns grey…"
"And I see someone in the dark…the contrast of a White mask with a very sick smile painted on it makes me feel uncomfortable and scared…then a single eye glows crimson…"
"Everything goes dark and all the colors simply…vanish."
Trying to relax, Blossom kept speaking.
"There's screams…people screaming in horror. But I can't see anything. Then the color red comes back and it simply vanishes again, on and again."
"Then for some reason, in the middle of all the darkness I see a figure…it's Brick…I don't know why he's there."
Then Oblina interrupted. "Is it the boy who kissed you that you've told me about?"
"It's…the same boy. Anyway…he's wearing the red cap and the red shirt that he usually wore when we used to live in Townsville…except the outfit turns grey suddenly and then…!"
Noticing, Oblina then told. "Calm down, it's only in your head."
"Sorry…it's that…I don't remember anything else…I just keep hearing all that people screaming."
The clock then ringed.
"Our time is over Blossom. Try and have a cup of tea when you get home. Try to relax." Oblina smiled.
"Thanks…"
Then Blossom looked up at the painting that was on the wall, it had an eye.
"Wow…think that looking at that painting in every session had triggered all those bad dreams." Blossom said.
"Oh haha. I'll take it down if you want on our next session then." Oblina laughed softly.
"No…it's alright…thanks for everything." Blossom smiled and left.
