Okay before I start this chapter, I'm gonna warn you: This chapter contains mild violence and mild swearing. It's not that much so I'm pretty sure you can handle it XD but yeah, enjoy this chapter! Again, I do not own the Powerpuff Girls or the Mario Bros. They belong to their respected owners.


As the Mario Bros and Powerpuff Girls get out of the warp pipe, they get to a place that is very Hell-like. It looks like your typical Hell, except more grim. It also feels as if there's a really dark presence among us. The Mario Brothers exchanged worried glances towards each other, not really knowing what to expect from this place.

"Uh... girls... w-what is this place?" Luigi asked nervously.

"This is Him's home," Blossom said.

Luigi winced at the name Him and Mario felt obligated to ask what it meant.

"Yeah, it's really creepy," Bubbles agreed. "Him's a dark and evil villain who likes to play mind tricks on people, especially me and my sisters!"

"What's his full name though?" Luigi asked.

"Oh we can't mention his full name. Because if you do, you'll explode!"

Luigi's face goes pale and then he starts screaming and running around in circles. This goes on for a minute until Buttercup grabs him and tells him that Bubbles was just joking around and that you didn't really explode from mentioning Him's full name.

"Let's keep going," Blossom said.

As they ventured off looking around nervously, the heroes stop to a halt to see a big door with a devil of whom Mario was assuming is Him with a devilish grin on the door. As Blossom opens it, a demonic laughter is heard in thin air. When they looked at the room it was nothing but pure darkness and what looks like an infinite case of stairs.

"Jeez, that's a lot of stairs," Mario said.

"Yeah Him has a roomy home," Blossom replied.

But before they even knew it, something pushed them down the endless flight of stairs and the group kept falling and falling. It felt like an endless loop for a long time until they finally landed on the ground. When the heroes got up, they looked up to see a crab like creature with a sinister grin: the one named Him.

"Ohh Powerpuff Girls! So good to see you!~" the crab creature exclaimed in an effeminate voice. "And I see you brought the Mario Bros with you... Mario, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, and Luigi, the cowardly brother of said hero."

What the?! He knows who we are? Is this guy some sort of psychic? Mario thought. He and Luigi stared at Him in astonishment.

"How the heck do you know all of this?!" Luigi asked, questioning Him's methods.

"Oh... I may have played a game or two of yours, Mario Bros," Him replied in a sly manner while putting a claw on Luigi's head. "And I have been watching you for quite some time."

"What are you up to, Him?!" Buttercup asked.

"I'm so glad you asked!~ I've been plotting to destroy you HEROES so I decided to team up with a villain... a villain who can control your dreams and break your minds just like I can. I think Mario and Luigi know him?"

As if on cue, a familiar bat like cackle was heard and that bat king emerged from a portal... Antasma. The Bat King who tried to kidnap Peach and take over Pi'llo Island at one point.

"Mwahahahahahaha! Why hello, Mario Brothers," the bat king greeted in a snide manner. "It's been a while huh?~ And I see you brought three children with you... uhh Powderpuff Girls right?"

"It's POWERPUFF," Bubbles said. And here Luigi thought he had a problem with people not getting his name right.

"Oh look, it's Antasma, the guy who's been betrayed by Bowser," Mario remarked.

"GAHH! SHUT UP INSOLENT FOOL!" Antasma shouted. "Once we're done with YOU stupid heroes, I'll get to Bowser. He will pay for betraying me! I'll never forget the day he USED me when I thought we were working together on Pi'llo Island! Not to mention that-"

"Oh tsk tsk, we'll get to your sad story later," Him interrupted Antasma, which results the bat king at growling at Him. "...Okay, carry on."

"Yes well, Bowser and I had teamed up to steal Peach's power and acquire the dreamstone. But then later on Bowser THREW me to the ground, saying he had been using me all along and then he betrayed me... the damn Koopa. I swear I'll get revenge on him. But that's not why I'm here with HIM, the mastermind himself!" Antasma grits his teeth. "We both know your deepest, darkest fears."

"Yes, I did some research on the Mario Bros' fears... I already know Blossom's fear is failing, Bubbles' fear is creepy dolls and clowns, and Buttercup's fear is... SPIDERS." Him's voice grows sinister on the word spiders. "Oh and let's not forget Luigi's fear of ghosts! Very cliche but common. And Mario's fear? Losing the ones. He. Loves."

This guy's half as twisted as Antasma! the red plumber thought.

Antasma cackles delightfully. "Yes, and we'll send you through the nightmare portal for you to experience your worst nightmares.~ I hope you have..." And then Antasma pushes us into said nightmare portal. "PLEASANT SCREAMS!"

The group goes out their separate ways while falling into the portal, and Antasma and Him's maniacal laughter was heard.


Blossom landed onto the ground with her own two feet and looked around the creepy and dark place. Just what was this mysterious place? She squinted her eyes as she wandered aimlessly around the place until the thing slowly started to light up. And then, as Blossom ran into the building, the whole place was filled with tables and a counter for hot dogs.

Then it dawned on the pink clad. Blossom looked up at the building to see a sign labeled "Hot Dog on a Skewer." The very dreaded restaurant... That was where the girl worked for a very short time when she thought she jinxed everything. Blossom went in the restaurant and the door had slammed behind her with a BANG.

"I wonder why this place would be here...?" Blossom wondered out loud.

The place was exactly as the pink clad remembered it. Mustard yellow walls, a dreadful looking booth with multiple seats, condiments on the table, and even the payphone like hotline was still there. It was your average restaurant, just... really old. It was horrible working there.

Suddenly she heard a maniacal cackle: A cackle that sounded demonic and it's creepier than Him's. Then that Antasma guy appeared right in front of her; The bat king. He's gotta be the one behind this.

"So, you admit that you're a failure, hm?" Antasma asked.

"What?! W-who gave you the right to call me a failure?!" Blossom yelled. "I never fail!"

"Oh REALLY. Well, what about the time you had failed to destroy those... robots of your main villain. What was his name again..? Ah yes. MOJO."

How did he know that?! That was a long time ago!

"I-I... how do you know-" The pink clad was interrupted by Antasma.

"And SINCE that day, you even jinxed up a BLOCK tower in your house, you spilt tea on your father, and you can't even make a decent HOT DOG!" Antasma exclaimed. "In fact... I think I heard your sisters saying how useless you are."

"What?" Blossom said. "B-but they... they're my sisters! They would NEVER say something like that!"

"Or would they...?" Antasma snapped his fingers to show the visions of Bubbles and Buttercup glaring at Blossom.

"Hey, remember the time that we fought the robot? And I beat him with Bubbles? That was a great day," the Buttercup vision boasted.

"And there was a time when you and Buttercup were fighting a lot and I only had Octi to rely on," the Bubbles vision said. "Some sister YOU are. You didn't even care about my feelings!"

Blossom started stammering, not finding the right words to say. She didn't even know WHAT to say. Her sisters would never say this! If this was the case then what exactly were they telling her? That she was a failure? That she was worthless?

The visions each said, "You're a worthless little failure."

"But... but... w-why...?" Blossom muttered, voice cracking.

"Didn't you hear them little Blossom? They think you're worthless because you were NEVER there for your sisters." Antasma let out an evil laugh. "Hell, did you ever think about how THEY felt about you being the leader? Being a worthless little leader?"

"I-I-I- They- uh- you don't-"

All of the sudden Antasma laughs and strikes a lightning on Blossom's head, and her eyes had gone from normal to blank in just seconds. She had been brainwashed. They're right. They were all right. They'd be better off without Blossom; she was only just a pathetic little girl who can't do anything right.

"You're right," Blossom said in a dull voice. "I AM worthless."

"Hahahahahaha. That was what I was hoping you would say," Antasma replied. "Now, in order to show that you're worthy, you must fight your so called FRIEND Mario. Fight the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom so that your sisters can finally understand you."

"...yes master. I'll do it for worthiness."

"Good. Now my little minion, go find him and FIGHT!"

Blossom flew off to find the plumber she had called her "friend" for so long.


Mario landed on his own two feet to see that he's made it into a nightmareish-like place. He could barely see a thing thanks to the fog. He wanders around the place and notices the background elements of a typical "Super Mario Bros" game... it all looked so familiar: Typical warp pipes, blocks, question mark blocks.

Then out of thin air, Antasma's evil laugh is heard. A few seconds later the evil purple bat king appears right in front of Mario with an evil grin.

"Welcome to your nostalgic adventure! Where all of your nightmares of trying to save your precious princess comes true," Antasma said.

"What...? Did YOU do this?!" Mario asked angrily.

"As a matter of fact I did! In fact I'm sure you'll enjoy what I will do next."

Mario gave Antasma a confused look. What exactly was the bat king going to do? Before Mario could do anything, Antasma whipped out his Wii U and dragged his stylus around. A big glove dragged the plumber by his feet and rammed him into the wall repeatedly. Antasma was enjoying the pain and suffering. It kept going for some time until the glove stopped and held on to Mario. Everything was hurting so much in his body.

"Please... no more..." Mario muttered.

"HA HA HA HA HA! You really think I'll stop?!" Antasma shouted with pride. "Yeah, no. Face it, you're not even SUPER. In fact, you're WIMPY Mario!"

"...You stupid fucking bat king."

"Oooh, testy are we? I knew you had a violent side but I never thought you had such a colorful language! Well nonetheless, it doesn't change the fact that you're gonna fail this little adventure you'll be going on, and..."

As Antasma goes on and on, the red plumber weakly looks up to see that it wasn't really a force flinging him around; it was a STYLUS. Mario looked up at Antasma, who had a Wii U game pad messing around with the stylus.

"Oh, you like my Wii U?" Antasma asked. "I got tired of all the other plans I tried using to defeat you and that... Luigi fellow so I just took the Wii U and wanted to use this as a test, turns out it worked-"

"Hey Antasma, think fast," Mario interrupted.

"Huh?"

Mario grabbed the stylus and kicked it out of the way and went on the typical adventure: Stomping on goombas, dodging a lot of bullet bills, getting power ups... after a while he got to the flag pole and finish the level.

"WHAT? How- how did you do that?!" Antasma questioned.

"I'm Super Mario," the plumber replied. "Besides, I know none of this is real."

"Well... how about your supposed friend Blossom, who's been working for me now?"

"Blossom...? W-what's wrong with her?"

"I think you'll be happy to see how much she improved."

He snaps his fingers, makes everything disappear and somehow teleports Blossom by his side. Her eyes look lifeless... like she's in a sort of trance.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?!" Mario shouted.

"Oh... let's just say I showed her the true meaning of worthiness," Antasma explained, "teaching her that failure sometimes means that you have to fight the ones you love."

Mario growled at the bat king angrily. His head was pounding so hard, he could barely hear Antasma laughing. What he did to Blossom is wrong in so many levels.

"Without your friends and brother, buddy, you're a pathetic and worthless being," Antasma snidely remarked. "You'll be alone for the rest of your life. Now, Blossom... GET THAT PLUMBER!"

As commanded, Blossom charged towards the plumber and tackled him with all her might. Mario tried to push her off but she retaliated by punching him in the face. She used her laser eyes to burn him and Antasma was far too busy cheering her on.

Mario successfully pushed her off and Blossom gets up, charging after him again. This time he dodged her attack, making her run into a wall. The pink clad growls and fires her laser again, knocking the plumber against the wall.

"Who's worthy NOW?!" Blossom exclaimed.

This whole thing is about worthiness?! Mario thought. He shouted a cry of anger and decided to fight back, tackling her and they rolled along the ground but Blossom still pinned him down. Mario punched her in the face once and did this two more times but she dodged. He really wished he didn't have to fight her...

Blossom laughs and says, "YOU'RE FINISHED PLUMBER! I'll show my sisters I AM worthy!"

"Blossom-" Mario started.

"I'll show you. I'll show EVERYONE that I'm worthy!" Blossom exclaimed. She raised her hand in the air, showing a pink aura ball. She still had me pinned down. "And now... YOU WILL BE-"

"BLOSSOM WAIT!"

"Huh?" She stops. Mario's got the girl where he wanted her.

"Listen to me, this is just Antasma trying to break you! You are NOT worthless, you're anything but a worthless failure!"

Blossom hesitates for a moment, processing everything Mario said.

"What are you doing?! FINISH HIM!" Antasma said.

Mario kept going. "You and your sisters are the super heroines of Townsville, you're smart, and you even saved your sisters' lives! You saved me and my BROTHER'S lives!"

Blossom then clutches her head and starts to tear up. She gets off of Mario, kneeling down at the ground and letting out a pained scream. The plumber got up and knelt down to meet her eye level.

"Blossom, don't ever think you're a failure," I said. "This is not your fault; it's Antasma's."

"I... I..." Blossom muttered. And then she threw her head back and yelled, "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"

"What the-" Antasma had a bewildered look on his face as Mario had a smirk on his.

"YOU!" Blossom angrily pointed at Antasma, tears streaming down her face. "YOU had been using me all along?! HOW DARE YOU!"

"But- but how did you get out of my trance?!" Antasma questioned.

"I just figured out that my friends think I'm more worthy than I think." She shoots Mario a glance smiling at him; the plumber smiled back.

"You're supposed to be FIGHTING him! I just can't comprehend the MADNESS that is happening-"

She let out a scream of fury as she flew towards Antasma, practically beating the crap out of him while the bat king begs for mercy: However he had faked his mercy and fired a laser towards her but she punched the laser out of the way and kept fighting him in a fit of rage. Mario just leaned back, watching as she lets her steam out towards the bat king.

After some time, Blossom finished beating Antasma, who is now badly bruised. She breathed heavily, slightly disoriented but satisfied with the beating she just gave the villain. The NERVE of that bat king, he thought he can use her, the clever powerpuff? She didn't think so.

Antasma retreated somewhere else, saying, "HIM, YOUR TURN TO BREAK THEIR MINDS! And don't mess this up."

That was that; her brainwashed world was over. Blossom took a few steps back, fell on her knees and felt tears coming out of her eyes. She still couldn't believe she almost killed Mario... her babysitter, her best friend of all people even. All because Antasma brainwashed her and she was vulnerable enough to believe him.

"Hey, you okay?" Mario asked, putting a hand on Blossom's shoulder.

Blossom shook her head no; she couldn't take it anymore. It was all too much for her. The pink clad desperately wrapped her arms around Mario and sobbed hysterically. Surprisingly he hugged her back, knelt down and held her for a while, rubbing her back in circular motions.

"I'm so sorry! I'm SO SORRY!" Blossom kept saying.

"Hey hey, it's okay... don't cry," Mario said. "Everything's okay. You're okay. I'm okay."

Mario's words have calmed her down a bit and she stopped crying a few minutes later. Blossom started to breathe normally and the plumber let her go.

"You feel a bit better?" he asked.

"Yeah," Blossom said. "Thank you..."

"No problem. I'm just glad you're okay. Now let's-"

The moment was interrupted by Bubbles' scream for help. "MARIO! LUIGI! GIRLS! SOMEONE HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLP!"

"Bubbles is in trouble!" Blossom exclaimed.

"Well, let's go save her," Mario replied.

Mario and Blossom went down towards the warp pipe and when they got there, they saw Bubbles' nightmare. It seemed so familiar to Blossom because the last time she saw them, she and her sisters were having nightmares one night thanks to Him and Blossom helped Bubbles get over her nightmares with the power of teamwork: She's afraid of clowns and creepy dolls. The pink clad helped Buttercup get over her fear of spiders during that time too.

The two heroes looked around to see that there were creepy dolls all over the place. They were both creeped out by the sight of the devilish grins as they had their eyes on us the entire time. Blossom could even hear one of the clown doll's neck snap, wincing at the sound. Before she could blast the doll with her eye beams, she and Mario heard Bubbles desperately screaming for help.

"Hang on Bubbles, we'll save you!" Mario called out.

The heroes both tore through the doll's stuffing with their fists and eventually got to where Bubbles was, screaming and wrapped up tightly around the giant clown doll's arms, with Him's face on said clown. Then the devillish clown turned around to face them.

"Oh hello, Mario and Blossom!~" Him said nonchalantly. "Recovered from your traumatizing nightmares already?"

"We don't have time for this Him! Let Bubbles go!" Mario exclaimed.

"Oh, I will... right after you say your goodbyes to your dear, precious BUBBLES!" Him then proceeds to strangle Bubbles with his clown hands and she lets out a squeak while trying to cry out for help. Her screams are now replaced with the sound of her gagging. "H-help... me..."

Before Him could squeeze her any tighter, Mario rips the clown head off of the body and the clown's grasp around Bubbles had loosened as he collapsed. She fell to the ground, hand on her chest and still trying to catch her breath. Him gets out of the doll body and before he could lay a hand on any of us Mario just delivers a sucker punch to Him and knocks him to the ground with a hard kick.

"YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" Him declared, getting up and going over to who knows where.

"Are you alright, Bubbles?" Blossom asked, helping her up.

"I'm... fine," Bubbles replied as she coughed a few times. "I thought I was... going to die...!"

"Well, you're not dead thankfully so that's good," Mario said. "The only other people we have to save are Luigi and Buttercup."

As he says that, Luigi's screams are heard from the abyss. The trio turned around to see the source of his screams coming down from a warp pipe.

"Let's go save Luigi," Blossom said.

Mario and Bubbles nodded and they ventured out towards another warp pipe, hoping that Luigi is okay.


A/N: Geez poor Blossom... I hope she can get through this adventure okay. But the real question is, is LUIGI safe and sound from the hands of Antasma? What's going to happen to Buttercup? Are any of them going to make it?! Stay tuned for the next chapter, and don't forget to read and rate.