The Powerpuff League
created by CrystalFenix
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Last time on the Powerpuff League, we saw that the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys each had a turn to pound Bane severely. Bane was definitely no match for any of them without his swallow or sword. As Bane becomes dangerously weakened, Death escapes from his body and kills him with one swing of the scythe. Death then explains how the barrier is back, and how Death only exists in a form of power. But then, everybody realizes it isn't over yet. Bane is wrecking harvoc from the underworld. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys agree to allow their souls to go into the underworld to face Bane again. Mike, Princess, and Mojo all agree to watch over the Powerpuffs' and Rowdyruffs' bodies as the six heroes head towards the underworld. How will the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys be able to fight this time? Find out now...
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Episode Eleven: Out of Body Battle
The dark hole, which the souls have been escaping through, began to close quickly. Souls continued to dart out hoping to be not trapped from within their dead realm. The dark clouds circling it earlier have also vanished. As the sun begins to shine, the frozen sea changes back into water with no more ice covering its endless top. With a tiny poof, the dark hole vanishes and closes the gates between the mortal world and the underworld.
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Blossom opens her eyes to see her sisters, Bubbles and Buttercup, and the Rowdyruff Boys, Brick, Boomer, and Butch, all heading involuntarily fly towards the same destination. Blossom looks around. Greenish glowing clouds are seen forming a tube that the six children are traveling in. Blossom then looks at her body. She was transparent. Blossom then looks at her sisters and the Rowdyruff Boys. They were, too, transparent. "Must be our souls," Blossom said to herself outloud. Bubbles and Buttercup then open their eyes, too. They look around just like Blossom had. "This is it," Buttercup said. Bubbles hesitates and says, "I'm not afraid, anymore!"
The Rowdyruff Boys suddenly open their eyes, too. They look around seeing themselves being carried into where they are automatically being brought. "Bane, you're done for," Brick says. Boomer and Butch only nod. The Rowdyruff Boys pound their fists into their palms all at once.
The tube continues to extend for some distance but the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys were patient enough to wait. They came into an opening of an incredibly large sphere, approximating the size of the entire Earth except hollow. Inside, the six children see the souls of the deceased hovering about in the endless capacity. One of the souls floats and goes straight through Bubbles causing her to shriek a bit. Blossom places her hand on Bubbles' back to calm her down. Buttercup frowns and looks around. Suddenly, something or somebody catches her eye! "Hey, look!" Buttercup points at the center of the immensely large globe. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys turn to see Bane's transparent soul inside of a spinning transparent red cube. Bane is looking straight at them with an incredibly evil smile on his face. Bane lifts his hand, and the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys are instantly teleported to a few feet away from Bane. They are all surrounding Bane once again.
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Helicopters and police cars surround the region where Death, Mike, Princess, Mojo, and the corpses of the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys are. Thousands of cameras are recording the scene while thousands of reporters make up stories full of bull about what happened. Nobody would even dare to go near where the region all because they're afraid of the incredibly huge Death with his scythe on his shoulder.
Professor Utonium watches his television set in fear. He's biting his nails (if he has any) and worries like crazy. "Oh... my poor girls," Professor said letting out tears from his eyes. "You've given it your all and I'm proud of you... But did you really have to give your life, too?" The Professor broke into tears and begins to sob. He couldn't control himself and continues to cry as loud as Bubbles. "That monster," Professor said, "that monster did this to my girls..."
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Bane hovers in the center of the spinning red cube while looking at each of the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys. "I see you've came down here to stop me," Bane said as his voice echoes. "But don't you know that your efforts down here will be null? I'm the ruler of the underworld and as long as I'm a part of it, I have COMPLETE CONTROL!!!" The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys shudder a bit. Bane continues his speech, "And that simply means I can control you six as long as you only exist in your souls!" Bane raises his hand. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys start flipping upside down and downside up. Bane lowers his hand the six return to their normal positions. "You see, I can control this underworld to my desires..."
"But why are you still trying to go after the mortal world?" Brick asks.
"When I was created by HIM," Bane says, "I was created so that I would have a limitless thirst for power... That is why I want everything..."
"That is true," a mysterious voice behind the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys say behind them. They turn around to see the transparent soul of HIM hovering about.
"HIM?" they all say in unison.
HIM begins to talk in his feminine voice, "You see, ever since he's taken away my life and powers, he's also taken the role of ruler of the underworld. That is why he's in charge instead of me, right now..."
"Wait a minute," Buttercup says to HIM. "Why didn't you escape out of the broken section of the barrier?"
HIM looks at Buttercup and shakes his head sadly. "I didn't want to," HIM said, "because how could I even face Bane without my powers? He's had it all taken away from me..."
"But me and Buttercup grew ours back, why can't you?" Bubbles asked.
"That's because I've left a little for you two girls," Bane said. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys turn around to look at Bane. "You see, as long as I leave a bit of life and power for you, it would be bound to grow back. That's why I've decided to crop you two for a while so I could become more powerful..."
"But when you died, the guardians had their powers returned to them, why didn't HIM receive his back?" Blossom asks.
HIM answered, "That's because the guardians were back in their former bodies. I wasn't and I wouldn't want to be anymore..." HIM hesitates and continues, "Besides, even if I did take my body back, Bane would still keep my role as ruler of the underworld when he died. I'd be a ruler without anything to rule..." HIM looks away in a bit of despair. The Powerpuff Girls look a bit sad.
"I never met this guy before," Boomer said point at HIM.
"Yeah, who is he?" Butch asks while turning his head to look at HIM.
Bane answers, "He was the former guardian of the underworld and my creator. I must say, if it weren't for HIM, I wouldn't have gotten where I am today..." Bane turns his back to the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys as his red cube continue to turn and toss about him. "Once I break the barrier again, the mortal world will also be under my control!"
"We won't let you do that!" Blossom and Brick say in unison. "Powerpuff Girls/Rowdyruff Boys, ATTACK!!!"
The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys all charge in at Bane. However, they are pulled back by an unknown force. Bane turns around and laughs at their attempt. "Mwahahaha," Bane laughs, "I thought I've already told you that I have complete control of this underworld. That means I won't let you get anywhere close to me!" Bane turns around and raises both of his hands. The red cube suddenly turns black and shoots out a large dark beam of light upwards.
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Death turns his head to his left and sees the dark beam of light burst out of the ground. It knocks some reporters off their feet and some innocent civilians, too. Mike, Princess, and Mojo also turn their heads to see what's happen.
"What is happening?" Mojo asks. "I, Mojo Jojo, do not know what is happening. If I do, I wouldn't ask, but since I don't, what is happening?"
"The barrier is beginning to break," Death murmurs softely but loud enough for the trio to hear.
"Then, what's going to happen to you?" Mike asks.
"I will still exist but my barrier wouldn't anymore," Death said and sighs.
"Then, what's going to happen to us?" Princess asks.
"The world will then be under Bane's control..." Death echoes. He suddenly raises his scythe and a green ball engulfs the trio and the corpses. "This, is to protect your souls from being stolen," Death said. "He'll no doubt try to take away everybody's lives."
Princess, Mike, and Mojo all look in a bit of fear.
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Bane spreads out both of his hands. Dark beams shoot out from all six sides of the black cube. The Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, and HIM dodge out of the way. As the darkness beams reach the limits, they exit into the real world.
In China, a dark beam shoots out of the ground and kills many people. The same happened in Hawaii where the entire set of islands is taken out. Then, in Africa, a herd of elephants are blown away into the sky and fall onto nearby villages causing many deaths. Suddenly, in Iceland, the dark beam bursting through the ground demolishes the towns and cities. In Antarctica, the research labs diminish from sight. And finally, in Townsville, the dark beam destroys a quarter of the city.
"STOP IT!!!" Boomer and Bubbles yell at once.
Bane lowers his hands. "I would have done that, anyway," Bane said. "Now, the barrier is finally broken... Death couldn't concentrate his barrier on so many places..." Bane lifts his left hand and the black cube rotating around him fades and disappears. Bane lifts up his right hand and a view of Townsville is shown behind him. "This is Townsville," Bane says, "where millions of people happily live." Bane then smirks. "But that will soon be taken away from them, at least, how they live..."
The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys' eyes suddenly widen. "DON'T DO IT!!!" they all yell out at once. HIM only looks at Bane without hope.
Bane raises both of his hands high up into the air. The view of Townsville now shows the view of many people. Suddenly, their souls are removed from their bodies and are sent straight into the underworld. Then, the scene switches to the police and Talking Dog. They, too, die and have their souls removed. Then, the scene shows Fuzzy Lumpkins playing Joe, his banjo, and he, too, dies. The scene switches to Sedusa combing her hair, and then, she drops dead with the comb still in her hair. Finally, the scene switches to Professor Utonium watching TV.
"PROFESSOR!!!" Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup all yell at once.
Professor Utonium... drops... dead...
The girls watch in shock as their beloved father lies dead on the chair which he normally sits in while the pipe hands out of his mouth. The television set shows the same picture due to the fact the camera man is also dead. The fireplace next to the couch burns slowly and slowly goes out. The Powerpuff Girls, including Buttercup, all begin to cry. The Rowdyruff Boys place their hands on their respective counterpart's shoulder to soothe them out. They then look up at the dead Professor Utonium, and they let out tears, too. HIM looks at the incredible sadness of the Powerpuff Girls and also cries a bit. The souls swarming around in the large underworld globe stop to see the crying of the Powerpuff Girls.
"PROFESSOR!!!" Blossom shouts as she lifts both of her hands up. Her tears begin to flood her face. "Noooooo!!! Why did it have to be YYYOOOOOUUUU!!!?" Blossom drops her arms and covers her face as she cries.
"Nooooo..." Bubbles cries while wailing loud. "You were the nicest person to me ever... You were the nicest person to anybody to in the world! Why did you have to die? Professor..."
"My... my... my father," Buttercup says as she cries, "why did you have to leave? You can't just abandon us! This can't be for real! I won't believe it! I AM NOT BELIEVING THIS!!!" Buttercup screams even louder as she cries.
Bane simply smiles as he watches the Powerpuff Girls cry. "Awww... does that make you sad?" Bane teases them. "You know what? How about this?" Bane changes his voice into a ferocious tone. "I'LL ENCAGE HIS SOUL FROM EVER WAKING UP!!!" Bane lifts his hand up. The Professor's soul is seen to float down from above him. Suddenly, a bluish cube engulfs the Professor's soul. The Powerpuff Girls look up with still a bit of tears running from their eyes.
"Professor!" they all yell.
The Professor's soul doesn't respond. Bane simply flies in front of the Powerpuff Girls' view of the Professor. "As long as his soul is encaged, he cannot live freely in the underworld!" Bane says with an evil smile on his face. The Powerpuff Girls fly up to the Professor's cube and pounds on it. The cube doesn't receive any damage at all. They continue to try, but their efforts aren't doing enough. Bane pulls the girls back down with his new underworld powers. "He is forever going to be encaged in that prison until you defeat me," Bane says. "But you know that'll never happen especially how powerful I am, now..."
The Powerpuff Girls turn and look at Bane. With completely angry expressions on their faces, they charge down and each throw a punch at Bane. They go straight through Bane as if he was simply air. Bane turns around and raises his hand. He stops the girls from going any furthur. "See? Your powers can't even hurt me," Bane says. He turns around and looks back at the screen he made earlier. This time, it switches to the entire world. "I'll leave a quarter of the lives on this planet to torture them. After all, it wouldn't be very fun having everybody dead," Bane says as he laughs evilly. The Rowdyruff Boys and HIM shudder as a chilly feeling creeps down their spines. Bane stops laughing and his eyes glow black. 75% of the world's souls are instantly removed from their bodies...
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Mike, Princess, and Mojo watch in fright as they see the souls from the people of Townsville rise out of their bodies. Like Death said earlier, the greenish orb that's around Mike, Princess, and Mojo protected them from having their souls being stolen. They turn to Death and hope to find an answer.
"Bane's being to unite the mortal world with the underworld. Bane will then have control of both worlds," Death said. "Balance is all lost..."
"But what about the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys?" Princess asks.
"I'll have to bring them back into this world," Death says. He lifts his scythe upwards and the corpses of the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys begin to glow their respective colors.
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The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys' souls begin to glow their respective colors and rapidly also. Bane watches without surprise. "Death thinks he has a chance of stopping me by resurrecting these kids... No matter, it'll just provide some more entertainment for me," Bane laughs. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys suddenly vanish from midair. HIM watches from a distance. Bane is seen with Professor Utonium in the bluish tube hovering above him. HIM turns around and floats away. "All is lost, not a world to exist," HIM says.
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The corpses of the Powerpuff Girls begin to rise. Mike and Princess all cheer. "Yes! They're back!" they both yell. Mojo, however, doesn't look so happy. Death doesn't look so happy either. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys turn to look at Death. "What are we supposed to do now?" they all ask.
Death shakes his head slowly. "I don't know," he answers. He stops shaking his head and looks at the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys. He points his scythe at them. Orbs suddenly appear on each of the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys. Blossom is contained within a pink orb. Bubbles is inside a light blue orb. Buttercup is within a light green orb. Brick is inside a red orb. Boomer is in a dark blue orb. Butch is inside a dark green orb. "These orbs will protect your souls from being taken away like those out in the world," Death said. "You must make decisions by yourselves in order to save this world..." With that, Death disappears. The orb around Mike, Princess, and Mojo split into three. Mike is surrounded by an orange orb. Princess is within a yellow, and Mojo is inside of a white one.
"I guess we're on our own now," Brick says.
"I'm afraid so," Blossom replies.
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How horrible! The entire world is in danger from Bane's destructive power as ruler of the underworld! Death's attempt to bring the girls and boys to the underworld didn't manage to stop Bane and so he brought them back. But does he think that bringing them back would really allow them to destroy Bane? What did Death mean when Bane will make the mortal world and underworld merge and unite? Will the Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, Mike, Princess, and Mojo be able to take on Bane by just themselves? Find out... next time... on the Powerpuff League...
TO BE CONTINUED...
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