"All right!" Bumblebee cried out. "Let's take care of these--"
Her words were cut short. Bumblebee tumbled to the ground as Blossom and her sisters zipped away, with three of the rats in pursuit. The Micropuff Girl realized that her comrades were reacting in shock to the world she had been living in all that day and would need time to adjust to their new size.
It was only a second later that Bumblebee realized that only three of the four rats had gone after her new friends. She turned around to see the fourth rat, close enough to gobble her up in one bite. The rat made its move... and Bumblebee dodged the creature, landing a solid right on its jaw as it did. The rodent squeaked in agony as the Micropuff Girl flew under it, picked it up by its belly, and yelling, "TAKE... THAT!!", threw it into the wall of a nearby building. The rat whimpered as it slid to the ground; it then ran off, deciding to find a dinner that wouldn't fight back.
Bumblebee took off in the direction her fellow Powerpuffs had flown. She saw Buttercup flying away from a rat that was keeping pace with her. With a burst of Powerpuff speed, the Micropuff Girl flew next to Buttercup's head. "Buttercup!" she shouted. "What are you running from that thing for? You're a Powerpuff Girl!"
The look of panic on Buttercup's face disappeared, replaced with a look of determination. "Yeah!" she said, stopping in flight. "No lousy rat is gonna make a mouse out of Buttercup!" The creature pounced on its prey; the black-haired Girl sidestepped it, then grabbed its tail and slammed it over and over onto the sidewalk. As she let it go, the rat let out a half-moan, half-squeak and crawled away.
The two Girls flew back to find Blossom flying circles around a parked car in an effort to evade her nemesis. "Blossom!" Buttercup yelled at her sister. "We're Powerpuff Girls! Stand your ground against that thing!"
The Powerpuff leader lost her frightened look and ducked behind a wheel of the car. As the rat tried to pursue her, Blossom zipped behind it. "Hey, ugly! Over here!" she called to the beady-eyed creature. As it turned to attack, she fired shots of laser energy at the rat's front paws. It shrieked in pain, and then hobbled off.
"Where's Bubbles?" Blossom asked.
"The rat chased her down the alley!" Buttercup replied.
The three Girls soared down the nearby alleyway. They stopped at the end and took in the sight before them. Bubbles was pressed against the corner of the alley, trembling with terror before a huge rat that was toying with her. Her face was a mask of fear as the creature prepared for the kill.
"Bubbles--," Buttercup started to call out, but Bumblebee put her hand on the bigger girl's shoulder. "She's too spooked by that thing," Bumblebee explained. "This all happened so fast she hasn't adjusted to it yet."
"Well we can't just let that rat make a meal of her!" Blossom shot back.
"Wait here," Bumblebee replied. "I've got an idea."
The smallest Powerpuff flew at the rat, then disappeared into the creature's fur. Blossom and Buttercup looked at each other.
The rat crouched as if it were about to attack, but then stopped. The creature scratched its back with its right paw. Then it scratched the back of its neck with its left paw. Bubbles watched in surprise as the rat rolled on its back, twisting and contorting to try and stop some terrible itch.
As the rodent lay writhing on the pavement, Bumblebee zipped out from its neck and flew to Bubbles. "C'mon, let's go!" the smaller girl whispered. The two Powerpuffs quickly joined their partners, and the foursome headed out of the alley.
"Just what did you do to make the rat itch like that?" Blossom asked.
Grinning, Bumblebee replied, "I just flew into its fur and kicked a bunch of the fleas that were sleeping on it! Once they started biting, that rat couldn't do anything besides try to stop the itching!"
The Girls flew in the direction of Volcano Mountain. They knew that Mojo's "Ultimate Mojobot" would be coming from there, and for that matter was probably already powering up for its attack on Townsville.
As they flew, Blossom called out, "Hey, Bumblebee! We were wondering, how come you laughed when you saw you got shrunk even more? I thought it was scary!"
Bumblebee replied, "It's all just so crazy! First Florina shrinks me down just so I can get here, and then the day I arrive is the day Mojo Jojo hits us with a shrinking ray! I mean, you could think of a thousand things that his ray guns do, but the day I'm here he has to use the shrinking ray. It was just too weird!"
"Well, I don't think I could stand being as teensy as you are now," added Bubbles. "I'll bet some of the fleas you kicked were bigger than you!"
The Micropuff Girl thought for a moment. "Now that I think about it, almost all of them were," she replied.
"I couldn't take that!" Bubbles said. "It's scary enough being two inches tall!"
"Yeah, Bubbles," Buttercup added, "maybe it is scary. But that's no excuse for the way we acted! I'm ashamed of the way I flew off when the rats attacked!"
"Hey, I don't blame you for trying to get away from those things!" Bumblebee answered. "Getting shrunk like that, and right then facing rats twice your size? No wonder you were caught off-guard! I might've done the same thing if I had to fight giant animals the moment I got here!"
"Heads up, everybody!" Blossom interrupted. "Mojobot sighted just east of City Hall!" The Girls saw Mojo Jojo's newest device: a 100-foot tall battle robot with reinforced titanium arms & legs and a plastic globe for the "body". The robot was armed with perhaps a hundred guns, rifles, missile launchers, ray shooters and general items of destruction. And in the center of the globe, of course, was a grinning Mojo Jojo at the controls.
Buttercup turned to Bumblebee with a grin. "Is that enough of a challenge for you?"
"Now THAT'S what I call a challenge!" the Micropuff Girl replied.
"Well, let's show Mojo Jojo that a Powerpuff's a Powerpuff, no matter what size!" Bubbles added as the Girls closed in.
Her words were cut short. Bumblebee tumbled to the ground as Blossom and her sisters zipped away, with three of the rats in pursuit. The Micropuff Girl realized that her comrades were reacting in shock to the world she had been living in all that day and would need time to adjust to their new size.
It was only a second later that Bumblebee realized that only three of the four rats had gone after her new friends. She turned around to see the fourth rat, close enough to gobble her up in one bite. The rat made its move... and Bumblebee dodged the creature, landing a solid right on its jaw as it did. The rodent squeaked in agony as the Micropuff Girl flew under it, picked it up by its belly, and yelling, "TAKE... THAT!!", threw it into the wall of a nearby building. The rat whimpered as it slid to the ground; it then ran off, deciding to find a dinner that wouldn't fight back.
Bumblebee took off in the direction her fellow Powerpuffs had flown. She saw Buttercup flying away from a rat that was keeping pace with her. With a burst of Powerpuff speed, the Micropuff Girl flew next to Buttercup's head. "Buttercup!" she shouted. "What are you running from that thing for? You're a Powerpuff Girl!"
The look of panic on Buttercup's face disappeared, replaced with a look of determination. "Yeah!" she said, stopping in flight. "No lousy rat is gonna make a mouse out of Buttercup!" The creature pounced on its prey; the black-haired Girl sidestepped it, then grabbed its tail and slammed it over and over onto the sidewalk. As she let it go, the rat let out a half-moan, half-squeak and crawled away.
The two Girls flew back to find Blossom flying circles around a parked car in an effort to evade her nemesis. "Blossom!" Buttercup yelled at her sister. "We're Powerpuff Girls! Stand your ground against that thing!"
The Powerpuff leader lost her frightened look and ducked behind a wheel of the car. As the rat tried to pursue her, Blossom zipped behind it. "Hey, ugly! Over here!" she called to the beady-eyed creature. As it turned to attack, she fired shots of laser energy at the rat's front paws. It shrieked in pain, and then hobbled off.
"Where's Bubbles?" Blossom asked.
"The rat chased her down the alley!" Buttercup replied.
The three Girls soared down the nearby alleyway. They stopped at the end and took in the sight before them. Bubbles was pressed against the corner of the alley, trembling with terror before a huge rat that was toying with her. Her face was a mask of fear as the creature prepared for the kill.
"Bubbles--," Buttercup started to call out, but Bumblebee put her hand on the bigger girl's shoulder. "She's too spooked by that thing," Bumblebee explained. "This all happened so fast she hasn't adjusted to it yet."
"Well we can't just let that rat make a meal of her!" Blossom shot back.
"Wait here," Bumblebee replied. "I've got an idea."
The smallest Powerpuff flew at the rat, then disappeared into the creature's fur. Blossom and Buttercup looked at each other.
The rat crouched as if it were about to attack, but then stopped. The creature scratched its back with its right paw. Then it scratched the back of its neck with its left paw. Bubbles watched in surprise as the rat rolled on its back, twisting and contorting to try and stop some terrible itch.
As the rodent lay writhing on the pavement, Bumblebee zipped out from its neck and flew to Bubbles. "C'mon, let's go!" the smaller girl whispered. The two Powerpuffs quickly joined their partners, and the foursome headed out of the alley.
"Just what did you do to make the rat itch like that?" Blossom asked.
Grinning, Bumblebee replied, "I just flew into its fur and kicked a bunch of the fleas that were sleeping on it! Once they started biting, that rat couldn't do anything besides try to stop the itching!"
The Girls flew in the direction of Volcano Mountain. They knew that Mojo's "Ultimate Mojobot" would be coming from there, and for that matter was probably already powering up for its attack on Townsville.
As they flew, Blossom called out, "Hey, Bumblebee! We were wondering, how come you laughed when you saw you got shrunk even more? I thought it was scary!"
Bumblebee replied, "It's all just so crazy! First Florina shrinks me down just so I can get here, and then the day I arrive is the day Mojo Jojo hits us with a shrinking ray! I mean, you could think of a thousand things that his ray guns do, but the day I'm here he has to use the shrinking ray. It was just too weird!"
"Well, I don't think I could stand being as teensy as you are now," added Bubbles. "I'll bet some of the fleas you kicked were bigger than you!"
The Micropuff Girl thought for a moment. "Now that I think about it, almost all of them were," she replied.
"I couldn't take that!" Bubbles said. "It's scary enough being two inches tall!"
"Yeah, Bubbles," Buttercup added, "maybe it is scary. But that's no excuse for the way we acted! I'm ashamed of the way I flew off when the rats attacked!"
"Hey, I don't blame you for trying to get away from those things!" Bumblebee answered. "Getting shrunk like that, and right then facing rats twice your size? No wonder you were caught off-guard! I might've done the same thing if I had to fight giant animals the moment I got here!"
"Heads up, everybody!" Blossom interrupted. "Mojobot sighted just east of City Hall!" The Girls saw Mojo Jojo's newest device: a 100-foot tall battle robot with reinforced titanium arms & legs and a plastic globe for the "body". The robot was armed with perhaps a hundred guns, rifles, missile launchers, ray shooters and general items of destruction. And in the center of the globe, of course, was a grinning Mojo Jojo at the controls.
Buttercup turned to Bumblebee with a grin. "Is that enough of a challenge for you?"
"Now THAT'S what I call a challenge!" the Micropuff Girl replied.
"Well, let's show Mojo Jojo that a Powerpuff's a Powerpuff, no matter what size!" Bubbles added as the Girls closed in.