Blossom called out, "Buttercup, Bumblebee, you take out the legs on that thing! Bubbles, we'll hit the globe!"
The pink- and blue-clad Powerpuffs flew to the control center of Mojo's battle robot, and the green- and yellow-clad Girls zoomed to its metal supports. Buttercup and Bumblebee flew into the left and right legs of the device at top speed. Moments later, the two pulled themselves from the undented titanium legs, dazed and bruised.
"This is some pretty strong metal Mojo used!" Bumblebee commented as she flew back to Buttercup.
"Let's try this," Buttercup suggested as she fired a burst of laser energy at the upper leg of the massive weapon. Bumblebee followed her lead, blasting the other leg with her laser vision. The legs glowed a dull red, but they did not bend or break. The two continued the barrage, but the supports held firm.
"Buttercup!" Bumblebee yelled. "Try the joints! Maybe we can stop it if we fuse them!" The duo combined their laser power on the joint of the right leg of the Mojobot. This time the metal glowed a little brighter red, but the leg still held.
Suddenly, Bumblebee called out, "Buttercup, it's no use. We can't affect that thing."
Buttercup stopped her barrage. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"Mojo said that metal is tungsten-reinforced," Bumblebee explained. "Tungsten is heat-resistant. We probably couldn't melt those legs if all four of us fired together!" ("What do you know?" she thought. "I guess I remembered more of my science than I realized!")
Buttercup and Bumblebee looked up at the other two Powerpuff Girls. Blossom was trying to smash through the globe as Bubbles fired energy balls from her hands at the plastic sphere. Neither Girl could break through to get to Mojo Jojo.
Bumblebee saw that Mojo was speaking, so she concentrated her hearing on what he was saying. "MWA-HA-HA-HA!!" the simian taunted, "Your efforts are to no avail, Powerpuff Fleas! This globe has been treated with the same reinforced metal that the legs and arms are made of, so your powers are useless to affect it! But I grow weary of seeing bugs on my windshield, so I hope you do not mind if I pause to run the windshield wiper!"
Mojo grabbed one of the weapons, a small rocket launcher built into his Mojobot, and train it on Bubbles. Buttercup yelled, "Bubbles! Watch out!" and flew to her sister's aid. But her warning came too late; the weapon did its work a split second before Buttercup arrived. The blue-clad Powerpuff Girl was caught by Mojo's rocket and carried miles away. An explosion in the distance announced her landing.
"BUBBLES!!" screamed Blossom.
Mojo chuckled as he purveyed the scene. "How nice of you to drop in, Butterfly!" he sneered. "And how opportune your arrival is for me, for now I may render the two of you even more ineffective than you already are!!"
Bumblebee's eyes grew wide as she realized that Mojo Jojo was reaching for the shrinking ray! "No!!" she shouted as she took off at hyperspeed for the globe.
The Micropuff Girl heard Buttercup yell, "Bumblebee, no! Don't do it!" just before she hit the underside of the sphere. The smallest Powerpuff bored through the plastic-and-metal shell and emerged inside the control center! For a moment, Bumblebee was confused. She had hoped to jostle the globe and throw Mojo's aim off; she didn't imagine she'd be able to break into the superstrong device! But there was no time to waste; Mojo's finger was already on the trigger.
Bumblebee zoomed up to Mojo Jojo, putting her shoulder into the butt of the vile weapon just as the monkey pulled the trigger. The gun, pointing down, missed Buttercup and struck a car parked below. Bumblebee watched the car shrink to toy size.
"What is this?" Mojo yelled. He looked around, trying to see who had thrown his aim off. For once, the Micropuff Girl was thankful she was so tiny: Mojo Jojo probably couldn't see her unless he looked right at her.
"Bumblebee!" Buttercup yelled. "Get out of there!"
The Micropuff Girl wanted to yell "Thanks a lot!" to Buttercup for letting Mojo know she was in there. But Mojo had detached the shrinking ray from the side of the Mojobot and was carefully looking over his compartment. "Who or what is this Bumblebee of which Powerpuff Buttercup spoke?" the monkey asked. "Show yourself, Bumblebee, whoever or whatever you are!!"
At the sight of the shrinking ray, Bumblebee's heart started pounding like a machine gun. It seemed as if all she'd done since she arrived was get smaller and smaller, and she just could not take being shrunk another time. Almost crying from fear, the diminutive girl zipped to the hole she had made and escaped the Mojobot.
Bumblebee flew to Buttercup, her heart still racing. (She noticed that Blossom was nowhere to be seen.) When Buttercup saw her approach, she reached out and took the newest Powerpuff Girl in her hands.
"Don't do that again!" Buttercup told her. "Thanks for deflecting that ray gun, but Mojo Jojo is too dangerous for any of us to take on by ourselves!" She noticed that Bumblebee was trembling. "Are you all right?" the veteran Powerpuff asked.
"I'm s-sorry," Bumblebee stammered. "When I saw M-Mojo get that ray gun and start looking for me, I had to g-get out of there. I tried to be brave, b-but the thought of getting shrunk again..." Her voice trailed off.
"Well, you did the right thing, getting out of there," Buttercup replied. "There's a difference between being brave and being foolish, and you won't be much help if you're the size of a microbe!" Buttercup looked at the Micropuff Girl for a moment. Then, to Bumblebee's surprise, Buttercup held her to her chest and gave her a hug! After a moment, Buttercup released her. "Are you gonna be okay?" the green-clad Girl asked her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Bumblebee replied, floating up from Buttercup's hands.
The Mojobot was starting to move again; Bumblebee figured Mojo must have grown tired of looking for her and decided to get on with destroying Townsville. "We've got to stop Mojo Jojo!" the yellow-clad Powerpuff Girl yelled.
"That's right," Buttercup replied, "but we're all gonna have to work together to do it! Here come Blossom and Bubbles now!" Bumblebee turned to see Blossom flying toward her with her arm around Bubbles. The blonde-haired Girl looked as if she was just coming to; she had a number of scrapes and bruises and was covered with a thin coat of ash.
"Bubbles!" Bumblebee yelled. "Are you all right?"
Bubbles took her sister's arm from her waist and flew the last few feet on her own. "It's gonna take more than one lousy missile from Mojo to take me out of a fight!" she replied. Bumblebee could detect Bubbles' "hardcore mode" coming active.
"HUDDLE!" shouted Blossom. The Girls gathered together, and Blossom started the strategy session.
The pink- and blue-clad Powerpuffs flew to the control center of Mojo's battle robot, and the green- and yellow-clad Girls zoomed to its metal supports. Buttercup and Bumblebee flew into the left and right legs of the device at top speed. Moments later, the two pulled themselves from the undented titanium legs, dazed and bruised.
"This is some pretty strong metal Mojo used!" Bumblebee commented as she flew back to Buttercup.
"Let's try this," Buttercup suggested as she fired a burst of laser energy at the upper leg of the massive weapon. Bumblebee followed her lead, blasting the other leg with her laser vision. The legs glowed a dull red, but they did not bend or break. The two continued the barrage, but the supports held firm.
"Buttercup!" Bumblebee yelled. "Try the joints! Maybe we can stop it if we fuse them!" The duo combined their laser power on the joint of the right leg of the Mojobot. This time the metal glowed a little brighter red, but the leg still held.
Suddenly, Bumblebee called out, "Buttercup, it's no use. We can't affect that thing."
Buttercup stopped her barrage. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"Mojo said that metal is tungsten-reinforced," Bumblebee explained. "Tungsten is heat-resistant. We probably couldn't melt those legs if all four of us fired together!" ("What do you know?" she thought. "I guess I remembered more of my science than I realized!")
Buttercup and Bumblebee looked up at the other two Powerpuff Girls. Blossom was trying to smash through the globe as Bubbles fired energy balls from her hands at the plastic sphere. Neither Girl could break through to get to Mojo Jojo.
Bumblebee saw that Mojo was speaking, so she concentrated her hearing on what he was saying. "MWA-HA-HA-HA!!" the simian taunted, "Your efforts are to no avail, Powerpuff Fleas! This globe has been treated with the same reinforced metal that the legs and arms are made of, so your powers are useless to affect it! But I grow weary of seeing bugs on my windshield, so I hope you do not mind if I pause to run the windshield wiper!"
Mojo grabbed one of the weapons, a small rocket launcher built into his Mojobot, and train it on Bubbles. Buttercup yelled, "Bubbles! Watch out!" and flew to her sister's aid. But her warning came too late; the weapon did its work a split second before Buttercup arrived. The blue-clad Powerpuff Girl was caught by Mojo's rocket and carried miles away. An explosion in the distance announced her landing.
"BUBBLES!!" screamed Blossom.
Mojo chuckled as he purveyed the scene. "How nice of you to drop in, Butterfly!" he sneered. "And how opportune your arrival is for me, for now I may render the two of you even more ineffective than you already are!!"
Bumblebee's eyes grew wide as she realized that Mojo Jojo was reaching for the shrinking ray! "No!!" she shouted as she took off at hyperspeed for the globe.
The Micropuff Girl heard Buttercup yell, "Bumblebee, no! Don't do it!" just before she hit the underside of the sphere. The smallest Powerpuff bored through the plastic-and-metal shell and emerged inside the control center! For a moment, Bumblebee was confused. She had hoped to jostle the globe and throw Mojo's aim off; she didn't imagine she'd be able to break into the superstrong device! But there was no time to waste; Mojo's finger was already on the trigger.
Bumblebee zoomed up to Mojo Jojo, putting her shoulder into the butt of the vile weapon just as the monkey pulled the trigger. The gun, pointing down, missed Buttercup and struck a car parked below. Bumblebee watched the car shrink to toy size.
"What is this?" Mojo yelled. He looked around, trying to see who had thrown his aim off. For once, the Micropuff Girl was thankful she was so tiny: Mojo Jojo probably couldn't see her unless he looked right at her.
"Bumblebee!" Buttercup yelled. "Get out of there!"
The Micropuff Girl wanted to yell "Thanks a lot!" to Buttercup for letting Mojo know she was in there. But Mojo had detached the shrinking ray from the side of the Mojobot and was carefully looking over his compartment. "Who or what is this Bumblebee of which Powerpuff Buttercup spoke?" the monkey asked. "Show yourself, Bumblebee, whoever or whatever you are!!"
At the sight of the shrinking ray, Bumblebee's heart started pounding like a machine gun. It seemed as if all she'd done since she arrived was get smaller and smaller, and she just could not take being shrunk another time. Almost crying from fear, the diminutive girl zipped to the hole she had made and escaped the Mojobot.
Bumblebee flew to Buttercup, her heart still racing. (She noticed that Blossom was nowhere to be seen.) When Buttercup saw her approach, she reached out and took the newest Powerpuff Girl in her hands.
"Don't do that again!" Buttercup told her. "Thanks for deflecting that ray gun, but Mojo Jojo is too dangerous for any of us to take on by ourselves!" She noticed that Bumblebee was trembling. "Are you all right?" the veteran Powerpuff asked.
"I'm s-sorry," Bumblebee stammered. "When I saw M-Mojo get that ray gun and start looking for me, I had to g-get out of there. I tried to be brave, b-but the thought of getting shrunk again..." Her voice trailed off.
"Well, you did the right thing, getting out of there," Buttercup replied. "There's a difference between being brave and being foolish, and you won't be much help if you're the size of a microbe!" Buttercup looked at the Micropuff Girl for a moment. Then, to Bumblebee's surprise, Buttercup held her to her chest and gave her a hug! After a moment, Buttercup released her. "Are you gonna be okay?" the green-clad Girl asked her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Bumblebee replied, floating up from Buttercup's hands.
The Mojobot was starting to move again; Bumblebee figured Mojo must have grown tired of looking for her and decided to get on with destroying Townsville. "We've got to stop Mojo Jojo!" the yellow-clad Powerpuff Girl yelled.
"That's right," Buttercup replied, "but we're all gonna have to work together to do it! Here come Blossom and Bubbles now!" Bumblebee turned to see Blossom flying toward her with her arm around Bubbles. The blonde-haired Girl looked as if she was just coming to; she had a number of scrapes and bruises and was covered with a thin coat of ash.
"Bubbles!" Bumblebee yelled. "Are you all right?"
Bubbles took her sister's arm from her waist and flew the last few feet on her own. "It's gonna take more than one lousy missile from Mojo to take me out of a fight!" she replied. Bumblebee could detect Bubbles' "hardcore mode" coming active.
"HUDDLE!" shouted Blossom. The Girls gathered together, and Blossom started the strategy session.