The City of New Townsville!-
Wait, no. Wrong narrator.
New Townsville has undergone a lot after the events of HIM, and the eruption of Mount Fuiji had occurred. Schools and work have been suspended for weeks only for Mr. Mayor Mayor: the head of town, to cut it short once the Powerpuff Girls Z had given their share of helping out the workers in clearing out the molten rock and smoke off the roads and buildings.
Eventually, everything soon returned back to how it was before any of the monsters had teamed up to form the PPGZ Knock-Out Union. That meant that everyone, including the Powerpuff Girls Z themselves, had to come to school once again.
That is, apart from Himeko Shirogane. The younger daughter of the Morbucks Household.
She had begged her father to let her stay at home longer, and well, the principal of the school was not happy with that. Even with all the bribes her father had offered him, the principal had threatened that if Himeko had gone by another day absent, he would have to suspend her, or worse, expel her.
The girls were more than thrilled to hear the news, but Himeko on the other hand, had thrown a huge tantrum inside of her room, trashing her bed and wardrobe, tearing down her walls, and you guessed it, if you could call it an accident: stepping on Sapphire's tail.
On cue, the black-z rays within her had transformed her into 'Princess' Morbucks.
A knock on her bedroom door shattered the illusion of her magical girl transformation, and with a huff, she answered her head maid in a annoyance.
"WHAT?"
"Your grace, somebody wishes to invite you to a party in Tokyo Highlands."
An envelope slipped through the crack under her door, leaving the redhaired girl to pick it up reluctantly.
"Another invitation?"
Princess held up the envelope to read it, throwing herself onto her bed out of boredom.
"How boring. Everyone knows that I, Princess Morbucks, throw the best parties in New Townsville," About to toss the invitation into the trash, Princess gave it another look and caught interest in something written on the top corner.
"The place where that sushi party was held? What do you think, my precious Sapphire?" Princess sat up from her bed, broad daylight shining through her windows. Sapphire curled up next to her, grooming her fur.
"Should I give them a piece of my mind?" She cooed, picking up her up.
Her white cat meowed in response. Princess then rubbed her chin. "Well, maybe I should, just this once. And that's it!"
Once nightfall came, Princess ordered her servants to drive her limo to the exact address to where the so-called 'party' was taking place. The invitation had included that the party would start at exactly midnight, to Princess' astonishment. Once she and Sapphire were halfway there, most homes and buildings had all the lights off for the night.
Wanting to get into the party spirit, Princess unrolled her window to stick her head outside the window, feeling the fresh air on her face as the limo continued to drive. But unfortunately for Princess and her purple dress; the limo had driven onto a deep puddle, splashing the muddy water all over Princess' face and top part of her dress.
She cried out in anger, and annoyance, while accidentally slamming her hand onto her cat's tail again.
However, once the limo finally had reached their destination, Princess' smile widened once again. She and Sapphire immediately hopped off the limo, and in they went, running through the well-lit lobby, up to the top floor of the building.
And in Princess went, the elevator doors closing.
"This is the party I was invited to?!"
Princess' imaginations and dreams of what the party would look like: Fancy, full of charm, classy; all shattered into a million pieces. Anger boiled up inside her once she looked around.
Monkey-brains, a hairy sasquatch, those disgusting amoebas, ugh, and those sick hoodlums! Oh, and Violet and Sedusa.
All of the villains stared at the thirteen-year-old, all in mixed feelings. Mojo Jojo seemed to show little to no care, with Fuzzy Lumpkins and the two Amoeba Boys stared in annoyance, and Ace and his gang resisting the urge to pick on the girl. Sedusa and Violet were the only ones who didn't seem to mind Princess being there, well, that is until she soon busted their eardrums.
"This has to be some kind of prank! Maybe there was a mix-up?" Princess held up Sapphire in her arms, gritting her teeth. She seriously wanted to scream right now. Princess stomped her foot on the tiled floor in anger, leaving the rest of the villains with irritated faces.
"Well technically, this invitation has your name on it, and it has the exact address as this place we are in. So Mojo thinks there wasn't any mistake whatsoever." Mojo Jojo thoroughly explained the obvious to Princess, which only just made her even more upset and angry.
"Can it, Monkey-man!"
"Who invited this brat to come here anyway?" Scoffed Ace, placing both of his hands on his hips. He and the other villains looked at each other. Surely there had to be someone that invited them all to meet up there.
"Mojo did, of course!" Right on cue, Mojo gave a huge smile, as if he did something great for himself. But his smile faded instantly when the ruckus of the rest of the villains groaned out of frustration.
"I had to everyone here today so we could come up with another plan in order to defeat the Powerpuff Girls Z. Mojo had just got beaten up by those girls a day ago."
"Weren't we all beaten up by them a day ago?" Ace rested his arm on Grubber's head, much to Grubber's irritation.
"That is the point!" Mojo held out his arms. "With everyone here, we could-"
"Well I'll be, it be gettin' dark." Looking out the glass windows, it was already technically dark so that barely made any sense to Mojo. But Fuzzy managed to get every villain to leave by heading to the elevator. Top Hat and the remaining two Amoeba Boys faked a yawn, leaving Mojo dumbfounded.
"We better hit the hay." Top Hat said, with Poncho and Violet agreeing with him.
"I agree."
"So do I."
Mojo could only watch as the villains, one-by-one, soon passed by him smugly. "Ta-ta~, Monkey-brains." Sedusa flicked her finger onto Mojo's forehead before she of the first monsters entered the lift.
"You're on your own, Mojo, see ya!" The monsters, including a disappointed Princess, made their way to the elevator. Fuzzy and Sedusa were first to get on, next were the Gangreen Gang and the Amoeba Boys, and lastly was Princess.
"NO. WAIT. YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND!" Mojo cried out desperately to the villains, who were already inside the elevator. Before Mojo could get inside to talk to the monsters, the doors closed. Looking down, almost out of hope; Mojo thought of one last plan. He raced down the long flight of stairs, severely trying to beat the monsters to the front door.
Creating a cloud of dust as he ran past a door from one of the lower floors, the handle turned, and it slowly creaked open.
Collapsing onto the floor, Mojo let out a sigh of relief once he had reached the lobby. But once he heard the ding of the elevator, Mojo gasped and ran towards the exit, blocking it with his large cape.
There the villains approached him. Fuzzy was in front of them.
Mojo had a determined look on his face, as to not let anyone through before letting them hear him out. But with just one pound, Mojo was sent flying to the wall with Fuzzy's handprint on his face. Fuzzy looked at Mojo's dazed state, slouched on the floor before placing his hand on the door's handle.
"Huh?" The doorknob wouldn't turn.
"Who locked the door?" Fuzzy turned his head to look back at the villains. They all were just as confused as him, even Mojo, who didn't even know it was locked when he got there.
"Try the other exits," Top Hat suggested, pointing out back. "Perhaps they're still open?"
Fuzzy and Poncho volunteered to go and check, only to come back empty-handed.
"No good,"
"They're all locked."
"What about the windows?" Sedusa looked around the room, but to everyone's dismay, the windows appeared to be bulletproof.
Mojo got up from his dazed state at this point. "The only breakable windows available here are on the 3rd floor and above. And they're too small for any of us to fit through, not to mention the security alarm system they have here."
"What about it?" Ace raised an eyebrow.
"If we accidentally trigger it, those Powerpuff Girls Z will just come here right away and pound us all into the air again." Mojo retorted, slamming his fist on his hand as to demonstrate.
As much as they wanted to get the heck out of there, earning another beating from the girls would just be another loss of their dignities, so breaking out was no option. Not anymore. They had to escape the building unnoticed.
The monsters all were looking sullen and hopeless with what Mojo said.
"Good point," Fuzzy spoke up.
"So what's your plan then, Monkey-brain?" Ace sneered at Mojo, raising up his arm in a shrugging manner. Mojo's eyes lit up, an idea popping into his head.
"I suggest we stay here for the night, out of sight until it reaches morning, or whenever the doors would unlock." Mojo raised his index finger, stars shining in his eyes.
"..." The monsters remained silent.
"Mojo promises it'll be fun!"
Ace rolled his eyes, finally giving in. "Well, at least those other three brats aren't here."
"What did you just say about my boys?!" Almost instantly, Mojo's happy and jumpy mood swung to anger. He grabbed Ace by the collar, scowling at him.
Ace did the same as both raised their fists, getting ready to knock the lights out of each other.
While the two had a heated fight, Princess was fanning herself next to the Amoeba Boys and Sedusa.
"Ugh, it's getting a little warm in here. Can someone turn on the air conditioner?"
Sedusa herself felt the heat of the room. She decided to be the one who'd turn on the AC since the only ones who had nothing to do were too short and small to reach the AC. Walking past Ace and Mojo's catfight, and Fuzzy, who was by the door; Sedusa reached up to turn the AC's power switch on. But nothing.
"It's dead." Sedusa groaned, leaving Princess a dry look.
"Huh?" Mojo and Ace were still continuing on with their fighting. Regardless of that, everyone now had their eyes on the air-con.
"They must've turned off dem electricity then." Fuzzy rubbed his chin.
Silence had broken through once again with the remaining monsters, despite Mojo and Ace's bickering in the back, but this time; everyone suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs. At this point, all eyes were on the door that led to the stairs. The sounds grew louder and louder.
"Do you hear that?" Princess asked in a hushed manner. "Uh huh."
"People are still in here then?" Lil Arturo screeched, only to be shushed by the remaining Gangreen Gang members.
"MOJO DOESN'T LIKE ANYONE MAKING FUN OF MY BOYS!" Mojo screamed at Ace angrily.
"Shut up, you oversized green piece of-" Backing away from the droplets of spit Mojo let out while yelling, Ace was immediately cut off when he felt himself bump against someone.
"Watch it!" The voice of an unfamiliar girl was enough to startle the two of them. Mojo jumped up and landed in Ace's arms, clutching onto him for dear life.
He and Ace then got a good look at the girl. She was your average-sized teen; thin build, short curly dark brown hair, and lightly tanned skin. She had a work uniform on, with an orange shirt tucked in underneath, and had the top part of her hair tied in a small ponytail with a little strand of bangs on her left side.
"WHO ARE YOU, AND WHY DID YOU SCARE US LIKE THAT?" Mojo cried out, still in Ace's arms.
The girl opened her mouth to answer, but she was cut off by another voice coming from the stairs. This time, it was more of a masculine-like voice.
"Yo, Keish, there's still more people here? I thought this place was closed for the night-" A tall, tan-skinned guy walked through the door that led from the stairs. He had a large built and wore the same work uniform as Keish's, but wore a pink shirt underneath instead.
Stopping right in his tracks, the guy looked astonished to find a crowd staring at him. The villains were now looking in his direction. He scratched his head, combing his dark brown hair back before clearing his throat.
"...are you all lost, or somethin'?"
Fuzzy was the one who answered him. "We sure ain't lost, so you better git this door open for us so we could leave!"
"Afraid not pinky," The guy said, "This place is locked up tight. We're just the night guards."
Ace looked at Mojo, who was STILL in his arms. He dropped the monkey in seconds before looking up to face the guy. "Don'tcha have some spare keys in there? What are you, some newbies to the job?" He did have a point though. The two looked fairly young, around his age in fact.
Keisha still stood behind the two, so Ace was startled once again by her as she spoke. "Technically," She stepped forward, away from Ace. "Yes, we are."
"Well, don'tcha have any keys then?!" Demanded Ace as he grew frustrated with the two.
"Nope." Answered Seth.
Silence.
"Well, we did. But someone lost it along the way down the stairs." Keisha looked up at her co-worker with a cold expression on her face, not like she ever had gotten rid of that cold demeanor of hers.
"Seth."
"Well, I'm sorry, Keisha!" Seth raised his arms up in defense, smiling nervously. "Not like you trusted me with keepin' em!"
"So, you're saying we're stuck here for real?" Asked Princess, not believing in the words of Keisha. She looked up at the girl, only to get a stare in return. Seth, who was beside Keisha tried to break the negativity by intervening.
"Only until morning." Seth nervously said with a neurotic grin.
"The electricity's still on. The air conditioner here's just broken. But we're not allowed to touch anything nor go into any rooms."
"We were just instructed to get to the fuse box to turn off the electricity, which is the only thing we could handle." Explained Keisha. From this point on, two more people entered the room. Two guys, the monsters assumed.
Keisha let out a soft sigh, irritation building up inside her. "Apart from the monitoring room, that is." Keisha looked at the remaining two, who looked as if they just walked into something like a heated argument. All monsters paid no attention to them however, they were focused on the green monkey on the ground.
"Great going, Mojo." Said Ace, unamused. The two guys took notice of him.
"This wasn't supposed to happen! Mojo didn't intend for this to happen!" Mojo cried out, feeling bad for himself. He pouted at the monsters, trying to play the victim card.
"Leave him alone, already. It's probably not entirely his fault." One of the two that entered the room previously looked at Ace, slightly giving him a stern look. Mojo then stopped crying and looked up at the person, smiling widely. The guy who defended him smiled back half-heartedly.
Ace, on the other hand, only scoffed, have no energy left to argue. He just wanted out, and fast.
"Say, aren't you all like, criminals?" Raising an eyebrow, Seth eyed out all the monsters that stood in front of him and his friends. They all stared back at him. And indeed, he was right. Seth clearly remembered all the villains that stood in front of him by reading the daily newspapers. Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, the Gangreen Gang...
"Excuse me for a sec'." Said Seth before huddling his co-workers together in a circle.
"...okay, don't say a word about this to anyone after this night but, maybe we should...you know, let em' sleep here for the night?" Turning his back to face his three friends, Seth slowly shrugged while he smiled like an idiot. Three of his friends looked back at him, all with different expressions.
Keisha gave him an icy glare, one of the guys looked unsure about his 'plan', and the other looked as if they didn't care at all about the plan or the fact that the monsters were inside the same room as they are.
"...and we could delete the footage of them in the monitoring room and disable the security cameras?" Seth's idiotic smile grew wider, trying to convince the three to acknowledge him.
"Are you crazy, Seth?" Keisha wasn't having any of it though.
"No, that's Kat," Seth pointed at one of the guys next to him, who was still apathetic about the whole situation. He clasped his hands together and legitimately begged Keisha. "This plan is foolproof! Believe me."
"What if they do something, horrible, to us?" The one next to the careless guy, who sided with Mojo earlier seemed suspicious about the monsters. But when he looked at the villains, he saw that they were all staring at him.
Seth took notice of that, causing him to wrap his arm around his friend. He looked at the villains and smiled. "Don't worry bout' it."
He looked at his last friend; Kat, as he raised an eyebrow.
Glancing at the taller man, all Seth got from them was a half shrug and a nod of approval.
Keisha peered back at the two, then at Seth. She finally let it be and nodded her head as well.
"Alright, we've decided that you all can stay here for the night, and we won't tell a soul about you guys being here. Not even the Powderpuff girls Z." Seth smiled at the monsters.
"It's Powerpuff-" The guy next to Kat intervened, but was immediately cut off again.
"Shush, Harry. So, whaddya say fellas?" Seth glanced at the monsters, lending out his hand.
He had a smirk on his face, but he didn't give off any bad vibes to them.
"Mojo thinks-" About to accept, Mojo Jojo was about to happily shake Seth's hand but he was overpowered by most of the villains obnoxious whining and complaining as they all exploded at each other.
"No way!" Cried out Princess, folding her arms to her chest with Sapphire beside her.
"I'm not staying here with all of you in the same room!" Sedusa looked at the Amoeba boys and Fuzzy in disgust.
"This place is too cramped!" Whined Lil Arturo as he sat on top of Big Billy's left shoulder.
"I hate tight spaces!" Znake exclaimed.
"Grubber."
From this point on, this was the perfect time for the four guards to have a 'sweat drop' moment. Keisha turned to face Seth with a seemingly 'I told you so' look.
"Man, you guys are picky," Said the night guard out loud, unknowingly the monsters did hear him say that. And they were not happy about it. Ace pushed aside Grubber and Znake, marching up to Seth in anger.
"We're ain't listenin' to a bunch of teenagers!" He raised his index finger at the taller man, scowling at him. "You good for nothin' goody-two-shoes punks will just get us in trouble."
"Oh I'm sorry," Seth stared back down at him, his smile finally subsiding.
He gestured Keisha, Harry, and Kat. "I'm assumin' you all wanted to get beaten up by the Powerpuff Girls Z after all?" Seth made a hand gesture of a phone.
The chattering of the monsters died down when they realized Seth wasn't joking. Ace backed away reluctantly, back to his gang.
Even if they did pummel Seth to the ground, the other three would've caught up with a phone in hand either way. Though Sedusa and the Amoeba boys could've grabbed onto them beforehand, it was too risky. Who knows if they had any pepper spray or a stunner hidden in their work clothes?
Now seeing the monsters finally cooperating, Seth's smile returned. He folded his arms, glancing around the room.
"Why don't we get into groups and we could scout out rooms you to sleep in?"
Keisha's cold glare stood out as she spoke. "Since when were we breaking our job's rules, Seth?"
Seth chuckled at the shorter girl, not taking her cold demeanor seriously. "When we all decided to help keep these criminals in this building away from the Powerpuff Girls Z for the night."
Just as Keisha said something under her breath, Seth's chuckling was accompanied by the sound of glass breaking on the floor above them. The two now looked up.
"Did a window just break upstairs?" Seth asked, breaking the topic.
"No idea." Keisha shrugged.
Shrugging the shattered window off as some crooks trying to break in, Seth just let himself and his three friends be responsible for the damage. It was impossible for anyone to break into the building without a tall ladder or actual superpowers.
The monsters, on the other hand, were discussing quietly whether they should abide with the four strangers. After a minute or so, Fuzzy finally stepped up and approached Seth. He held out his furry arm and took Seth's hand.
"Well...I guess that seems like a deal." He and Seth shook hands. When they both let go, Seth suddenly pulled Fuzzy back by his trousers and ruffled the top of his head with his fist. Fuzzy was taken back and shaken for the most part by Seth's sudden actions. The taller man chuckled before letting him go. "Sorry, couldn't help it."
"Uhm...uh, whatever." Fuzzy scratched his head in confusion and disbelief. No human ever showed any liking in a monster like him, except for a few people who enjoyed his banjo playing.
"So how do we split up?" Keisha crossed her arms, tilting her head slightly. The monsters and the remaining three night guards were chattering away again. She studied the room and its occupants closely. Then she finally came up with a suitable arrangement.
"Alright then. Seth," Pointing at the bulk man, Keisha raised her voice to quiet the room down.
"Hm?"
"You go with those floating jellies, or what do you call them…the Amoeba Boys, right. And that pink man." She gestured to the Amoeba Boys and Fuzzy, but Seth showed no signs of annoyance or disgust. He simply shrugged lightly and grinned.
"Aw well then."
"Harry," Keisha glanced up at the taller man who stood next to Kat. "You go with…Mojo?" She gestured to the monkey who was behind the Gangreen Gang and Princess.
"Yes! That is me, Mojo Jojo!" The green monkey cried out, his face lightening up with a huge smile.
"...alright. Kat," Keisha looked at her friend. "You go with the guy that has the same hairstyle as you." She pointed at the Gangreen Gang, mainly at Ace. She had a teasing look in her eyes, regardless of her expressionless face.
Kat only stared at Keisha with sunken eyes, not even looking at Ace or the other Gangreen Gang members, leaving them with a feeling of uneasiness.
"I'll go with these two." Keisha pointed lastly at the two remaining villainesses. Princess and Sedusa.
"At least we're with a girl instead of a man we just met." Princess sneered as she eyed the other three night guards whilst smiling. She had her hands on her hips as she did so.
"Agreed." Sedusa crossed her arms, looking down at Keisha with half of her hair covering her face.
Keisha gave one more glance at her friends before they all split up; Seth was chuckling with Fuzzy after making a terrible joke, Harry was being bombarded by Mojo Jojo after he was nice to him, and Kat was being surrounded by the confused stares of the Gangreen Gang.
A sigh erupted from the female night guard.
"Here we go." Keisha raised her voice unenthusiastically.