The Powerpuff League
created by CrystalFenix
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Last time, we learned that Mojo Jojo was capable of escaping with only two Rowdyruff Boys in the incident with the Titan. He left behind Brick, the leader and the red Rowdyruff Boy, knowing that Brick is capable of handling himself. Flying to Princess's room, Mojo hides there with Princess and the two remaining Rowdyruff Boys until they awaken. Meanwhile, Mike Believe was going to the Powerpuff Girls' house. He was forced to make a change of plans. However, he discovered Brick, who is still in his tube, and took him off to a safer place. Meanwhile, the Powerpuff Girls faced off the ThunderSnake. Blossom used her Ice Breath to freeze the snake into a block of ice. However, Bane appeared, freed the snake, and took its powers. The Powerpuff Girls and Bane went into a furious fight until Blossom was being chased by the lightning ball. Bubbles distracted Bane and Buttercup helped Blossom escape the sphere of lightning. Blossom then decides to attack Bane head on. What will happen next?
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Episode Three: Loved Ones Lost
The IceWolf continued to freeze the city of Townsville while Princess watches from her room that is now covered in a few feet of snow. Mojo impatiently watches Boomer and Butch inside their tubes. "Only a little bit more..." Mojo says under his breath.
"WHAT?" Princess yells not hearing what Mojo said.
"I, Mojo Jojo, have said, 'Only a little bit more...' meaning that them, the Rowdyruff Boys, will awaken. Once they awaken, I, Mojo Jojo, will not have to wait any more. And not waiting any more will mean..." Mojo said as he was cut off by Princess.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Princess said. "Just shut up, monkey breath!"
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Mike is hiding underneath a bride while the large tube containing Brick inside is next to him. Mike is looking at Brick who still has his eyes closed. "He looks an awful lot like the Powerpuff Girls," Mike said to himself. "I wonder if he's got powers like them." Mike knocks on the glass a bit. "I wonder if he's alive..."
Suddenly, the Titan's foot steps on the bridge causing it to collapse. Brick's tube rolls over and begins to head towards the water. Mike immediately rushes to stop the tube. Mike manages to grab onto the tube, but he couldn't very well stop it. Mike eventually went rolling along with the tube. The Titan lifts its foot and pieces of the bridge that were stuck on his foot begin to fall out of the sky. Several pieces fell into the water but one lands near the edge and stops Mike and Brick from going in.
Mike stands up and looks at his orange clothes which were now pretty brown. "Aw man, Mom's definitely gonna kill me!" He looks at Brick's tube. It was on its side. He brings it back to straight up. Mike simply stares at it for a moment. "Why am I helping this guy that I don't even know if he's alive?" Mike said to himself. "For some reason, I know he's gonna be important. I just know it."
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"Yyyyaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!" Blossom yells as she flies straight at Bane leaving a pink mark behind her. Bane, with the same old evil smile, flies backwards leaving a gray mark. With his swallow in hand, he's ready to battle. Blossom catches up with Bane and throws a punch. Bane ducks and punches Blossom with his free left hand. Blossom is hit straight in her stomach causing her to move back a bit. Bane spins around and back slashes Blossom leaving a slice mark on Blossom's clothes. Blossom furiously turns around making her hair swish a bit and throws another around of punches. Bane maneuvers around her punches and uppercuts her straight in the stomach again. Blossom is knocked straight up. Bane teleports to behind her and slashes her back cutting a bit of hair off. Blossom pulls herself together, turns around, and kicks Bane. Bane blocks the kick, uses his hand his grab her leg, and he spins her down to the ground. Blossom goes sailing into the grass quick screaming all the way.
"Blossom!" Both Buttercup and Bubbles yell as they see their sister go flying into the ground. Buttercup attempts to fly at Bane but Bubbles pulls her back. "Don't do it, Buttercup!" Bubbles said. Buttercup frowns largely and continues to glare at Bane whose back is facing them.
Bane watches Blossom on the ground. He simply laughs again. "Your efforts are meaningless! You know you can't beat me!" Bane said as he laughed. He looks down at Blossom. Blossom was lying on her back. She was looking up at Bane weakly. Bane sighs and says, "But I might say, your courage is definitely admirable! I really makes me admire you!" Bane floats down closer to Blossom but keeps a few yards away. "Such courage shouldn't be wasted," Bane said. He sounded like he wanted to make a deal. "How about it? I'll let you live if you'll be my queen, Powerpuff Girl..." Bane pockets his swallow weapon. "Listen, with your courage and my power, we can rule this world without fault!" Bane said.
"Eeewwwwwww!!!" Bubbles yelled. "That's totally gross! Boys have cooties!" Bubbles continues to yell. Bane looks over his shoulder at Bubbles who is grossing out. He lets out a little laugh. Buttercup, seeing Bane looking at their direction, promptly tells Bubbles, "Bubbles, shut up!"
Bane redirects his attention to Blossom. "Well, what's your answer?" Bane said. He sounded eager to make Blossom his "queen." Blossom pushes herself to stand up. She angrily frowns at Bane.
"I rather DIE than to be your queen!" Blossom yells.
"Oh my," Bane teases Blossom a bit, "I like them fiery at least..."
"So... you like them fiery, eh!?" Blossom said. "Well, how's THIS for fiery?" Blossom inhales and exhales a large Fire Breath. Bane teleports out of its direction to go behind Blossom. He pulls out his swallow. Blossom hears him behind her and immediately stops her Fire Breath, turns around, and round houses him. Bane ducks and moves to swallow into a position where it would cut off Blossom's neck. "Don't move a bit," Bane said. Blossom quickly obeyed.
"Blossom!" Buttercup yells. She quickly fires her eye beams at Bane's hand which is holding the swallow. Bane sees the fired eye beams and immediately teleports allowing the eye beams to miss him. It barely hit Blossom who slumped to the ground and was breathing heavily. Bane reappears right next to Buttercup who is holding Bubbles. He kicks Buttercup into the air and Bubbles goes falling into the street since she is without support. Bane follows Buttercup who is going straight up into the air from the hit. He stabs her straight in the stomach with his swallow. Buttercup's eyes shot straight open.
Buttercup screamed with the swallow inside of her. Green light was glowing around her, and it moved into Bane. Bane smirked as he watched Buttercup scream and tried to pull the swallow out of her stomache. After a moment, the green light around Buttercup began to pale and Bane pulled out the swallow before it became completely pale. Bane grabbed Buttercup's collar preventing her from falling into the street. "Your powers are mine, Powerpuff Girl!" Bane said to Buttercup who is breathing a little. He floated down and stood next to Bubbles.
Blossom got up from hearing Buttercup's scream in just a few seconds to she her with the swallow inside. Blossom was too weak to stand so she just sat. She watched Bane holding Buttercup float down next to Bubbles who is lying flat on her back. Bane pushes his swallow into Bubbles' chest. Bubbles screamed and screamed while the swallow was inside her. A sky blue light was surrounding Bubbles and was going into Bane. Bane smirked as he watched Bubbles' powers enter him. Just before Bubbles' sky blue light completely paled out like Buttercup's, he took out the swallow. Bubbles was lightly breathing.
Blossom, still watching, looked at Buttercup and Bubbles. They seemed alive but not by very much. She then looked at Bane who was looking directly at her. "You..." Blossom started. "You didn't kill them..." Blossom was breathing in between words. Bane put down Buttercup on the street next to Bubbles except Buttercup is on her belly. Bane pocketed this swallow after he shrank it. He cracked his "knuckles" and then looked at Blossom. "I didn't kill them," Bane said. "That's because I didn't want to." Blossom looked confused. "Yeah, I know what you're thinking of," Bane said. "You're thinking that why wouldn't a powerful guy like me just kill off these two girls, right? Well, I'll tell you why. In a while, their powers will grow back. I'll just crop their powers over time. When they grow back, I'll take them again. After some more time, it'll grow and I'll do the same thing over and over again."
Blossom, enraged, attempted to stand up but fell back on her bottom. "That's TORTURE!!!" Blossom yelled. "Release them this instant!"
Bane shook his head slowly. "No way. Why would I give up such a resource? After all, this is for MY benefit." Bane picks both of the two Powerpuff Girls up by their collars. "If you want to see them again, come to my lair. It's HIM's former lair."
Professor Utonium slammed open the front door to the house. He was holding some sort of bazooka-like gun that was nearly twenty times larger than him. "Hold it right there, girls! Where's the snake?" the Professor said. He looks around but only to find a fatigued Blossom and his other two girls held by an unknown boy. "Huh? What the?" the Professor looked confused.
Bane turns his attentiont to Blossom, "Remember, Powerpuff, meet me in MY LAIR!" With that, Bane teleports away with Bubbles and Buttercup in his hands. The Professor drops his gun and runs to the area where Bubbles and Buttercup just were. "NNNOOOOO!!! MY GIRLS!!!" the Professor yells out in distress. He started crying a bit.
"P-p-professor..." Blossom said raising her hand. The Professor looks at Blossom's direction seeing that she is seriously hurt. The Professor wipes away his tears and runs over to Blossom. He gently picks up her and places her in his arms. He walks back into the house. "Townsville will have to wait. We'll need to fix you up," the Professor said. "You're our last hope here..."
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Mojo continued to watch the tubes containing Boomer and Butch inside them. Boomer and Butch both opened their eyes at the same time and stared straight at Mojo. Mojo was spooked a bit and fell onto his bottom. The Princess turns her view from the window and looks at Mojo. "What now?" the Princess yells.
"The Rowdyruff Boys!" Mojo said while rubbing his hands together. "They, the Rowdyruff Boys that are my creation, are going to be back!"
Boomer and Butch both flashed a large white light. They then reappeared with their clothes on and all. Boomer and Butch launch their optic lasers and break out of their tubes letting out blue and green liquid cover the snow in the room. They step out and look around their surroundings. "Whoa, since when was it winter?" Boomer said out loud. Butch looks around and notices Mojo. "Hey, Boomer, it's Pops!" Butch said pointing at Mojo who is still sitting on the ground. Boomer and Butch both go and help Mojo back up.
"My sons," Mojo said happily. He looked at Boomer and Butch and hugged them. Butch looked disgusted while Boomer smiled. Once Mojo let go of his monkey hug, the two boys looked around. "Hey," Boomer started, "where's our leader, Brick?" Butch looked around the room. He couldn't spot Brick either.
"Sit down, and then, I, Mojo Jojo, will tell you everything. And everything is what I'll tell you about your brother, Brick, which I've..." Mojo said. Butch cut him off.
"Yeah, yeah, get to the story already," Butch said. He sounded eager to find his brother.
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Brick, with Mike next to his tube, flashed a white light and then reappeared with his clothes and cap. Mike watched Brick as he opened his eyes. Mike stepped back a step since he was shocked. Brick broke out of his tube while letting out a big yell. The red Chemical Y liquid in the tube flew out into every which direction. Mike was then hit with the Chemical Y and it began burning his body. "Aaaahhhhh!!!" Mike screamed as the Chemical Y boiled his skin. Brick pulled himself together. He looked at Mike who was covered in the redish liquid.
Steam began to come out of Mike's skin as the Chemical Y made contact with him. Even on Mike's face, the steam still came out. Slowly and slowly, Mike's head became more round. Mike's fists also rounded out including his feet. Mike's nose disappeared. Mike was crying with his eyes closed and he let out a loud scream of pain. Brick placed himself into a guard position as if anything was about to happen. As the Chemical Y slowly entered inside of Mike, Mike fell onto his knees. He lifted his head and opened his eyes. They were large orange Powerpuff/Rowdyruff eyes! Brick stepped back a bit seeing this. He kept his guard stance.
Mike, who slowly got up, looked at his hands and legs. "W-what's happened to me?" Mike said outloud. He looked really worried. Brick was fed up at not knowing what's going on. "Yo!" Brick said. "Who the heck are you?" Mike stopped looking at his hands which are now free of any substance on him. Mike looked really messed up with his round head and orange Powerpuff/Rowdyruff eyes. "Uh... I'm... I'm Mike," Mike timidly said. He was really frightened.
Brick let down his guard. A wimp like this is nothing to worry about, Brick thought. "Yo, Mike," Brick said. He wasn't smiling nor was he frowning. "Name's Brick. I'm the leader of the Rowdyruff Boys!" Brick walked over to Mike. Mike stepped back a bit. "Hey, answer me a few questions and I won't hurt you," Brick said. Mike slowly nodded. "Okay, first, tell me why am I here..."
Mike gulped. "I... I found you in that tube," Mike said pointing at the broken tube behind Brick. Brick turned to look around.
"What do you mean?" Brick asked.
"You-you were in that tube for some reason," Mike said.
Brick suddenly had a flashback. He saw Blossom walking up to him flirtatiously and then landed a kiss on him. He then saw himself grossing out and went into pieces. "I remember now," Brick said to himself outloud, "that Powerpuff kissed me."
Mike, suddenly interested, "You were kissed by a Powerpuff Girl?"
Brick glared at Mike. "Yo, sissy, none of your business! I hate being kissed!" Brick yelled. Mike flinched back. Brick began to ease up a bit. "Okay, second question, where are my brothers?"
Mike looked at Brick a bit confused. "U-u-uh, I don't know?" Mike answered.
Brick looked mad. "What do you MEAN you don't know?" he yelled.
"All I found was you," Mike answered quickly while having his hands over his head and ducking. "You were on the edge of some rift in the ground or something. You were in that tube!" Mike sounded really scared.
Brick looked at Mike. "So all you've found was me and nobody else?" Brick said in a much more gentle voice. Mike looked up and nodded. Brick looked off into another direction. He took off his red cap and scratched his head. He placed it back on. "Alright, third question," Brick said as he looked at the destroyed buildings of Townsville, "What happened to this place?"
Mike stood up instead of ducking. "There are these monsters that destroyed it," Mike said more calmly.
Brick began to ponder. If what that sissy is saying is true, that must mean that me and my brothers were separated after some kind of attack, Brick thought. Pops must've tried to recreate us but before we could fully function, we must have separated! It's all clear now! Brick looked at Mike who was still looking at him. Suddenly, an orange light appeared over Mike's shoulder and a fox like creature came out and sat on Mike's shoulder. "Huh?" Brick looked surprised, "What's that!?" He points at Mike's shoulder.
Mike looks to his shoulder. He recognizes the fox creature as his imaginary friend. "This? This is Tiger, my imaginary friend, er... pet," Mike said. Suddenly, something caught his attention. "Wait a minute! You can see my imaginary friend!?" Mike yelled.
Brick looked at the fox. He laughed out loud. "The sissy's got an imaginary FRIEND, too! Get a load of this!" Brick said. He was holding onto his tummy as he laughed.
Tiger, Mike's imaginary fox, growled at Brick. It burst into flames and it was surrounding the fox. The fox leaped at Brick. Brick flew up into the air and dodged the fox's pounce. "Whoa! That was for real!" Brick said. The fox spits out a fireball at Brick. Brick is hit by it. "That DOES it!" Brick yells. He flies down at Tiger. Before Brick can punch, Tiger evades it and jumps back to Mike. Mike looked confused. He looks back at Brick who was staring at Tiger eye to eye.
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"What!? You left BRICK!?" Butch yelled after hearing Mojo's story.
"That's so FRICKIN' DUMB of you, Pops!" Boomer yelled.
Mojo backed away. "Listen, boys, I could have only saved two of you," he said in a scared manner.
"Even so, you should have just left us all together! We're better off together than apart!" Boomer yelled. A small tear began to form in his eye. "Now, we've lost our brother!"
Boomer digs his face into Butch's shoulder and starts crying. Butch gives a look that says "oh brother" and then looks at Mojo. "Look, Pops, even if HE is capable of taking care of himself, can he take care of himself when he's still in that TUBE with ALL those MONSTERS OUT THERE!?"
Mojo looks down and feels real guilty for having left Brick. He drips out a few tears from his eyes.
Princess watches the three. "HEY! DOES ANYBODY NOTICE I'M IN THE ROOM!?" Princess yells.
Boomer, Butch, and Mojo both turn to the Princess and yell at her in unison, "SHUT UP!"
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Blossom wakes up with a bandage on her head. She sits up from the Powerpuff bed. The Professor, who was in the room, immediately takes notice. "Blossom, honey, you're awake," the said. Blossom looks at the Professor feeling a bit week.
"Oh, Professor, I've had this horrible dream!" Blossom said flying into the Professor and crying. "Bubbles and Buttercup were taken away by this bad guy named Bane. He was a gray Powerpuff and stuff and he had this two-sided sword," Blossom rambled on. The Professor soothed out Blossom's hair.
"Now, honey, I'm afraid that wasn't a dream," the Professor said.
Blossom pulled away from the Professor. She looked around the room and noticed that Bubbles and Buttercup were nowhere to be seen. She looks at herself and finds herself in a white hospital-type clothing. "No..." Blossom said. "No... this can't be true..." She looks at herself in the mirror. She takes off the bandage on her head. "That's it, he's gonna pay," Blossom said under her breath. The Professor looks at her in worry.
Blossom began to wonder, Why didn't he take me with him?
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What is going to happen to Bubbles and Buttercup? What will Bane plot next? Will Boomer and Butch ever find Brick again? What will happen to Brick in the fight between him and Tiger, Mike's imaginary friend. And what is to become of Mike? Find out next time, on the Powerpuff League!
TO BE CONTINUED...
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