The Powerpuff League
created by CrystalFenix
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Last time on the Powerpuff League, we saw that the cruel battle among Bane and our heroes. But before then, Bane created the Trepidation Tower as his memorial and entertainment. He decides then to have a little fun and assault our heroes. Meanwhile, the Powerpuff Girls are still mourning for the loss of their Professor Utonium. The other heroes finally understood what the Professor meant to the Powerpuff Girls. Bane then attacks the heroes. Meanwhile, HIM tires to bring the soul of the Professor back into the mortal world back to the Powerpuff Girls. As he tries, the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys engage into a heat hot battle. Each warrior being unsuccessful in defeating Bane, Bane manages to disable many of them from fighting during the battle. However, it was until HIM brings the Professor's soul, which was still encaged, through and into the mortal world. The Powerpuff Girls see the Professor's encaged soul and regains confidence. Bane, annoyed at HIM, attacks HIM and sends him into a dimension known as the VOID. Bane then invites the Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, Mike, Mojo, and Princess to the Trepidation Tower if they ever want the Professor back. The Powerpuff Girls seem sure of themselves that they will succede to rescue their beloved Professor.
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Episode Thirteen: Trepidation Tower
The Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, Mike, Princess, and Mojo all walk slowly towards the Trepidation Tower which Bane invited them to go to earlier. The nine are still surrounded by their orbs of respective colors protecting their souls. The Powerpuff Girls look as angry as ever. The Rowdyruff Boys, Mike, Princess, and Mojo all look a bit frightened at the ferocious looks ironed upon the Powerpuff Girls' faces. Princess whispers to Mike, "Whatever they're gonna do to Bane, I pity him."
Mike nods.
Mojo then whispers over to Princess, "Their anger is probably gonna be the only way they can actually be strong enough to destroy Bane so it is best that we keep them angry. If they are not angry, then we might not be able to beat Bane!"
"Then, what do you mean we?" Brick asks softly.
"Yeah, you should have said 'they' since they would probably be powerful enough to beat them!" Boomer says.
"Oh shut up, I can take this sucker on any day, any time, any place!" Butch gloats.
Meanwhile, the Powerpuff Girls don't hear a thing that their friends were saying. They just kept looking up ahead at the Trepidation Tower with determination. After walking a bit more, the group finally reaches the base to one of the five towers surrounding the main tower. The Powerpuff Girls look up. "Pretty far up, eh?" Blossom says angrily.
"Hmph! We're gonna kill that sonnuvva..." Buttercup continues to mumble.
"Why, that doo-doo brain's gonna pay for what he did to the Professor!" Bubbles says.
The remaining heroes walk up behind the Powerpuff Girls. They too look upwards. "Whoa! That's high up!" Boomer says. Brick and the rest simply look serious. The Powerpuff Girls began flying upwards followed by the Rowdyruff Boys. They continue to fly and fly but suddenly, Butch notices something. They were in level with the Powerpuff Girls as they flew. "That's funny, I thought they flew ahead of us first..." Butch mutters out loud. He then looks at the floor. He isn't flying away from it any more than he already did. He then looks at the bricks on the tower wall. They weren't moving a bit. Butch suddenly stops flying and hovers in midair. He turns to look at Brick and Boomer who are continuing to "fly" upward. "Yo, bro!" Butch calls them. Brick and Boomer stop to see what Butch has to say.
"What is it, Butch?" Brick asks.
"Yeah, what is it?" Boomer asks.
Butch points down at the ground and the two Rowdyruff Boys look. They see the exact same thing Butch saw. They then look at the Powerpuff Girls who are stilling trying to fly upwards. Then look back down at the ground. Mike, Princess, and Mojo were simply watching them fly in place. "What's going on?" Brick asks. The Powerpuff Girls stop flying.
"Something's fishy," Blossom mutters.
"Yeah!" Bubbles and Buttercup say at once. They look down at the ground and see Mike, Princess, and Mojo all staring at them. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys return down to the ground. "We can't seem to fly upward!" Bubbles comments.
"I've noticed," Boomer says.
Blossom and Brick begin to ponder. Blossom has her hand over her mouth as Brick "holds" his chin. "Must be some kind of repelling field that's preventing us from going up any higher!" Blossom says.
"And that field is probably made by Bane to prevent us from flying up the easy way," Brick says. He points over to the opened doors by the tower bases. "Look!"
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Bane sits on a throne in the middle of an unknown room. The throne is black and shiny and hovers in mid air. He watches a crystal ball at the opposite end that he faces. He sees clearly that the heroes are looking around confused. "This is all a simple game of chess," Bane says. He raises one of his hands and a chess board appears. Pieces that look like the Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, Mike, Princess, and Mojo all appear in their respective orb colors. "But the best strategy is to simply split them up and defeat them one by one..." Bane says. He points his "finger" at the chess board and swirls it. The chess board splits into five pieces. Blossom and Brick are on one chess board. Bubbles and Boomer are one another. Buttercup and Butch are on the third. Mike and Princess are on the fourth. And finally, Mojo Jojo is alone on the fifth. "But to battle all of them at once, I must simply have enough to fight with!" Bane says. Suddenly, two gray Bane pieces appear on each of the boards except for Mojo's which only appears with one. "And the final technique is to wait for them to approach," Bane says. He hesitates and turns his floating throne around to see the Professor's soul encaged in the blue cube. Bane laughs out evilly.
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Blossom tries to walk through one of the doors but couldn't get pass. "Huh?" Blossom says in confusion. She tries to walk through again but an invisible force is preventing her from going. She pokes the air and her finger couldn't pass. "That's funny, I can't get around this thing," Blossom says.
"What do you mean?" Mike asks. He walks up to the door and goes through. "I can go through here, why not you?" Princess walks through the doorway also. "See? It's no problem for Princess," Mike says.
"Yeah but I feel kinda funny walking through it. It's as if I feel that I can only walk through this door," Princess says holding her chin.
"Really?" Buttercup asks. She tries to walk through the door but couldn't. "Hm... let's try the other doors!"
Buttercup walks into the next tower's door and manages to go through. "Funny, I can go through this one," Buttercup says. Brick tries to walk through the doorway but couldn't. "This is one nasty trick Bane is playing on us..." Buttercup says as she frowns.
"Oh! I, Mojo Jojo, understand now!" Mojo says. "If I understand, then I know what is happening. But if I didn't know what is happening, that would mean I wouldn't understand." The remaining kids rolled their eyes meaning, "Good grief" which prompt Mojo to stop his repetition. "Well, as... I... was... saying," Mojo said slowly trying not to repeat, "I... think... only... certain... people... can... go... through... certain... doors... like... Mike... and... Princess..."
"Dude! Your slow speech is even more annoying!" Boomer says crossing his arms.
"Who cares? If Mojo's right, then we'll have to find the right doors if we wanna get to the top of this tower and kick Bane's butt!" Butch says. He walks through the door where Buttercup is. "I guess I'm 'ere then."
Bubbles and Boomer then walk through the door next to Buttercup and Butch's tower. They manage to go through. "We're here," they say in unison acting all cute and such. Blossom and Brick then enter through the tower door next to Bubbles and Boomer's. They go through without a problem. "I guess we're here then," Brick says looking at Blossom. Blossom is too frustrated to talk. Dang, I'm alone, Mojo thought. He walks through the final door. Blossom turns to see the large tower in the middle of all five towers. "I hope we're gonna be alright," Blossom says angrily, "or else Bane's gonna have a hine which he'll never have and use again..."
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"Everything is according to plan," Bane says as he watches the crystal ball. He turns his attention back to the chess boards floating in the air. "I guess I'll steal a few pawns first," Bane says. He looks at Mojo's piece and then Mike and Princess' pieces. Bane begins to laugh evilly again.
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Mike and Princess walk up the spiralling staircase inside of the tower. They continue to have the protective orbs around them. Their faces contain looks of determination. After walking a bit, they come up to a closed door. Mike and Princess look at each other questioning without words of whether or not to open it. The two then nod their head and Mike opens the door. Princess walks in first and looks around. Mike follows in after and too looks around. Suddenly, the door behind them closes and locks by itself. "Darn! Just like the movies!" Mike says trying to unlock the door.
"Forget about that! Look!" Princess yells pointing off in a direction.
Mike turns his head to see two stone figures of Bane smiling at the two. They each have a swallow in hand. The two stone golems begin to walk towards Mike and Princess...
Bane picks up his two pieces and moves them up closer to Mike and Princess' pieces.
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Mojo fires his laser gun rapidly at the Bane golem who is walking towards him. Mojo's lasers seem to have no effect in chipping the golem's stone. "Curses!" Mojo yells. Mojo quickly pockets his laser gun and pulls out a bazooka. Right before Mojo manages to fire, the golem dodges out of the way and throws the swallow at Mojo. Mojo is hit straight in the chest with the swallow inside. The golem flies up to Mojo and grabs hold of the swallow. Mojo's energy is being taken away.
Bane takes his piece and pushes away Mojo's piece. As Mojo's piece lands flat down on the chess board, it mysterious plops itself back up next to the Bane piece. "Hm... looks like Death's protection is preventing me from draining his soul..." Bane says slyly. "But that doesn't matter, I'll just capture him." The Bane piece then hovers over the Mojo piece and they both disappear.
Bane turns his throne around to see his Bane golem holding up an unconscious Mojo. "Very good," Bane says. "Now, for the others..."
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Blossom and Brick both fire their eye beams and optic blasts at the two Bane golems flying about them. They suddenly split off and take on a golem each. "Geez, if one's already hard enough to destroy, two's more than I can take!" Brick says as he mercilessly punches the golem. The golem which Brick is punching stays unaffected. Blossom punches her golem a couple of times too but only to realize that it is invulnerable to their physical attacks. "There's gotta be a way!" Blossom says. She flies backwards and so does Brick. Their backs meet and touch.
Bane moves the two golem pieces towards Blossom and Brick's location on the chess board. The pieces fly out of the way when Bane places the pieces on the squares. "Pretty good but not good enough," Bane says. Bane picks up Blossom's piece and holds it up in midair.
Blossom mysteriously flies up into the sky. "Huh? What the?" she asks in confusion. Brick turns around to look at Blossom. "What the heck are you doing?" Brick asks.
Bane picks up a golem piece and moves it to his other hand which is holding Blossom's piece. Blossom's piece disappears along with the golem piece. "If you keep moving, I'll simply stop you from moving," Bane laughs. Bane looks at the Brick piece who is moving around. He grabs the Brick piece and moves another golem piece over. The two pieces disappear. Bane laughs as he cheats his way to victory.
He turns his throne around to see a power drained Blossom and Brick. The golems are holding each one up. "Very good, my servants," Bane says.
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Bubbles ducks as the golem swings its swallow over her head. Boomer jumps over the sweep made by the golem. Bubbles launches her frosty ice beam and freezes a golem in place. The Bane golem stops moving. Boomer creates a few whirling water blades and throws it at his golem. The golem is immediately sliced down.
Bane watches the Bane pieces disappear from his chess board. He smiles and lifts his hand up. He makes another Bane piece appear in his hand and uses it to knock down the Bubbles piece. The two pieces suddenly disappear. Bane, with his other hand, makes another Bane piece and uses it to knock down the Boomer piece. The two pieces, yet again, disappear. "If I can't get them head on, I'll attack from the back!" Bane says as he cheats. He laughs again and turns around to see Bubbles and Boomer unconscious being held up by the two golems.
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Buttercup and Butch swing their hands at the two golems approaching them. The golems are knocked back. Buttercup spins into her tornado sending the golems whirling about. Butch generates a could of rocks and tosses them at the golems. The golems break after being made contact with the rocks. "Yes! We did it!" Buttercup cheers. She exchanges high fives with Butch.
Bane suddenly places ten Bane pieces onto the chess board. He smiles wickedly. "I'd like to see you handle this..."
As Buttercup and Butch cheers, ten golems suddenly emerge out of the ground. The two stop cheering and begin to assault the golems once more. However, one of the golems land the swallow into Buttercup's back while another golem lands the stab in Butch's stomach. The golems along with Buttercup and Butch suddenly disappear.
"If there isn't enough to fight with, send in some more to your advantage," Bane says. He turns his throne around to watch Buttercup and Butch being thrown down to the floor consciously.
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Mike and Princess run around the room frightened and being chased by the blood thirsty golems. Having no ability to fight the golems, they decided to run. "Run run run! Before you're well done!" Princess screams as she runs.
Bane watches the Mike and Princess pieces on his chess board move about as he places his pieces around and around. "Pretty interesting," Bane says. He suddenly throws the Bane pieces over his shoulder and then points at the Mike and Princess pieces. They disappear from the board and reappear behind Bane's throne. Bane turns around to look. "Why not just simply take these two in? They have no powers so there wouldn't be any danger," Bane says.
Mike and Princess suddenly fall onto their bottoms and cry a little "Ouch!" They look to their left and see Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup floating in midair within their respective orbs. However, the Powerpuff Girls' eyes are closed. They seem unconscious. Mike and Princess look to their right and see Brick, Boomer, and Butch floating in midair also within their respective orbs. They, too, have their eyes closed. Mike and Princess suddenly look upward above their head to see Mojo floating with his eyes closed and inside his orb. They turn around to see Bane smiling evilly at them.
"Well well well, looks like you two didn't have to go through what they have," Bane says walking up to Mike and Princess slowly.
"Release them this instant!" Princess yells.
"Why should I do that?" Bane asks sarcastically.
"Because I am a princess!" Princess screams.
"Aawwwwwww... a princess... how adorable," Bane sarcastically taunts. He pulls out his sword and swings it at the two. Mike and Princess go flying into the air. Their orbs are still around them, but the orbs suddenly freeze in place. Mike and Princess are in between the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys. Princess is over by the Powerpuff Girls' side as Mike is by the Rowdyruff Boys' side. Mojo is just in between Princess and Mike. "What a collection," Bane says and laughs. Mike and Princess fall unconscious, too.
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Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup open their eyes slowly. Their vision clears up and they see Bane sitting on the black throne in the middle of the room facing them. "Where am I?" each of them say quietly. They try to move around but the orbs they're contained in wouldn't move with them. "Hey!" Blossom yells looking at Bubbles and Buttercup. Bubbles and Buttercup turn around. "You guys okay?" Blossom asks. Bubbles and Buttercup nod.
Brick, Boomer, and Butch wake from hearing Blossom's voice. "Yo, where are we?" Brick asks. He turns his head to see the Powerpuff Girls and his brothers hovering in mid air. "Hey, what's going on?" Brick says. He tries to fly through but his orb, too, kept him in place. Butch and Boomer also try but without any luck.
Mojo suddenly opens his eyes rapidly and sees Bane sitting on the black throne facing the Powerpuff Girls. "I demand to know what is going on!" Mojo yells. "If I don't, then I will never know what is going on, but since I want to know what is going, you must tell me!"
Mike and Princess slowly wake up. They've heard Mojo's loud screaming. "Huh? What?" Mike asked in confusion. Princess doesn't say a word.
Bane slowly gets off his throne, which floats away. "You've finally waken," Bane says. He lifts up both of his hands and the room's walls and ceiling disappear. The clear black night is seen behind with a full moon at the base of the tower. Shooting stars are seen falling from the sky. Bane makes an evil smile. He snaps his "fingers" and a blue cube comes hovering out of the sky. Inside the cube is the Professor's frozen soul. The Powerpuff Girls gasp as they see it. "You see," Bane starts, "here is your Professor, safe and sound." Bane snaps his fingers again. The cube disappears and the Professor's soul comes alive.
"Huh? Where am I?" the Professor asks. He sees his girls stuck in the air. "GIRLS!!!" the Professor yells. He immediately floats over. "Girls, you okay?" he asks. Suddenly, he realizes he's floating. He looks around his body noticing it is transparent. "Am I... dead?"
"Yes, Professor, Bane took your life," Blossom explains.
"Yeah, that meanie took away Townsville's lives, too," Bubbles adds.
"Yea, we've tried to save you but he captured us..." Buttercup said. She suddenly realized what she said. "But I did this on purpose."
Bane starts laughing. "Hahahahaha! You fools! I've used the Professor to lure you here!" Bane says. He suddenly pulls out his sword. "You see, I cannot drain your lifeforce away since Death's protection orb is keeping me from doing that. However, if I cannot take away your lifeforce, I cannot take away all of your powers. Your powers will grow again and that will mean disaster for me." Bane hesitates. "So after you left the underworld and received the preventative barrier, I've decided to use the Professor to lure you here."
The Rowdyruff Boys suddenly look angry. "You jerk!" Brick yells. "You filthy piece of junk! You used him! You used him to get us! How low can you get?" Mojo, meanwhile, pulls out a miniature machine and starts pressing a few buttons.
"Hmph, well, I believe I've introduced you to the VOID," Bane says. "It is a place where not even souls can exist! Brick, since you are so brave, I'll send you there first!" Bane opens up a large blackish hole verticle to the ground behind Bane.
"There!" Mojo says pressing a button the machine. "He is using a psychic force to prevent our protection from moving. Now, all I have to do is disable this force and we can move again which means the link will no longer be on us!" Mojo presses the final button.
The Powerpuff Girls, Rowdyruff Boys, Mike, Princess, and Mojo all fall out of the sky. The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys were too tired to fly. Their powers were only minimum. Bane looks at Mojo in amazement. "Incredible! You must be a pretty smart monkey to disable my psychic power," Bane says. "It's too bad you'll have to die also!" The blackish hole behind Bane begins to enlarge. The VOID is seen with only blackness. "I'll send you and everybody else through this VOID!"
"Not if we can help it!" the Rowdyruff Boys weakly say as they try to stand up.
"Yeah, we won't let you do it!" the Powerpuff Girls say in a weak tone while they attempt to get onto their feet.
Bane laughs out loud. "Hahaha! You don't even have the strength to stand up! How can you face me like that?"
Professor Utonium looks at Bane's transparent body. "He must be dead, too," the Professor says as he rubs his chin.
Mike and Princess step in front. "Well, we're still full of energy!" Mike yells.
"Yeah! Some poo-poo brain isn't gonna misjudge us!" Princess taunts.
"What can you do? You don't even have super powers or anything to fight!" Bane says calmly. "Don't worry, you two will also go with your friends into the VOID."
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The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys are all drained of their powers. Only Mike and Princess have energy left. However, they have no form or way of fighting Bane. Bane watches calmly as the heroes think about defeating Bane. But can they do it? What will happen to them? Will Mike and Princess be able to hold off Bane until the Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys get their powers back up? Or will Bane simply throw them all into the VOID? What will happen to the world? Find out... next time... on the Powerpuff League!
TO BE CONTINUED...
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