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For disclaimer, see Chapter 1. And now, on with the fic!


Chapter 2

Black. All he could see was black. And his head hurt, a lot. Voices swam into his thoughts from the darkness.
"Woa dude! Is he dead?"
"I dunno.. Butch, go outside and get a stick."
"Why do we need a stick?"
"To poke him with, duh. That way we can see if he's alive."
"But what if-hey, look! He's moving!"

The professor sat up slowly and touched the back of his head. It was slightly tender, but everything turned out to be in one piece. He pried his eyes open and looked down at the three boys in front of him. They stared back.

Silence.

Boomer nudged Brick.
"Uh, dude, I think that was our cue.
"Oh, right."
The trio struck their poses. "We're the Rowdyruff Boys!"
"Boomer!"
"Brick!"
"Butch!" they introduced.
"Yes, yes, I know. My name is Professor Utonium, but you can just call me Professor if you like."
"Cool." Brick agreed.

***

Upstairs, the girls were sound asleep in their beds when the hotline started buzzing. Blossom got up and zipped over.
"What is it, Mayor? We're sleeping.. what?! At this time of night? Oh, no.. don't worry, we'll be right there."
Bubbles sat up and yawned, stretching. "Hurry up, Bubbles. It's back."
Bubbles blinked.
"Why? It's supposed to be sleepy-time. And we can't beat it.."
"I don't know why, but we at least have to try."
Bubbles sighed, then slowly floated towards the window along with Blossom.
"Wait up, guys." Buttercup called. Blossom turned around.
"Go back to bed. You can't fight like that."
"Whaddya mean? I feel FINE. I'm going with you." Blossom shook her head slowly.
"If you say so.."

And with that, they flew off.

***

"So we see this big funky-looking monkey dude, and he says his name is Mojo.. Mojo.. Mojo-something, I kinda blank right there.." Brick said.
"Mojo Homo!" Butch said.
"Oh, yeah, that's it." Boomer nodded.
The Professor chuckled.
"I think you mean 'Mojo Jojo'."
"Eh, whatever." Brick shrugged. "Anyways, after that I remember these three chicks, and we were fighting, and then.. my head kinda hurts when I try to remember it. But we were fighting, and then.. eh.. we weren't." Brick's, Boomer's, and Butch's faces all turned slightly pink.
"And that's all you remember?" the professor asked, tactfully changing the subject.
"Yep."
"Hmm.." Professor Utonium scribbled down some notes on a pad of paper. "Interesting. Well, let's put you three upstairs in the guest room for now, and we'll put you to test against the monster with the girls tommorow."
"Sounds good to me, pops." Butch said. Professor stood up and began the trek upstairs with the boys floating behind.

***

Across town, a gigantic orange monster swung its mighty fist, swatting away three pesky pink, green, and blue colored flies away. They fell with a violent impact to the ground, forming a huge crater in the middle of Main Street. The Powerpuff Girls laid, motionless, at the bottom.

***

As the professor walked by the door to Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup's room, he stuck his head into the room to check on them. It was a habit he had, a sort of ritual he performed after a long day of experimenting in the basement. Somehow, their peaceful faces never failed to make him smile. But they weren't there.

Professor flung the door open and rushed to the window. In the distance, he could just make out the huge monster destroying Townsville.
"What?!"

The Rowdyruffs were just settling into bed when the professor burst into their room.
"Change of plans, boys. Townsville is being annialated by the monster, and the girls have gone after it! Go save them!" he shooed them out of bed and towards the door. "Go on! Hurry! Quick!"
"Okay, okay, yeesh!" Boomer grumbled.
"We're going!" Brick said, then shot upwards through the roof. His brothers followed soon after.
Professor Utonium sighed in relief.

***

"GRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAWR!" the monster grawr-ed ferociously. It swung its tail around in a full circle, leaving destruction in its wake.
"HEY!"
The monster blinked, then looked up.
"You seen three chicks around here? One has a pretty red bow and a nice pink dress, and-" Brick was abruptly cut off by the monster's fist, which had chosen that moment to come flying toward him. He zipped out of the way. "Uh.. I'll take that as a no."

The boys took a fighting stance and were just about to serve it up when the monster turned around, completly ignoring them, and stomped back through Townsville and into the ocean. All three of the Rowdyruffs blinked simultaneously.
"Er.. I guess he was too scared of us!" Boomer said, conserving his masculine pride.
"..yeah!" Butch and Brick agreed.
"What a pansy." Butch snickered. He paused. "Hey, what's that over there?" Butch flew down to the next block over to investigate a crater in the middle of the street. He didn't know why it caught his eye.. but still.. "Dude! I found them!" Brick and Boomer zipped over to hover above the hole.
"Crap.." Brick said.
"What do we do?" Boomer asked.
"Bring them back to the Professor, I guess." They flew down and each landed next to the Powerpuff of their color. Brick and Butch picked up Blossom and Buttercup. Boomer was about to do the same for Bubbles, when suddenly, she opened her eyes. Bubbles blinked, finding a large pair of sapphire eyes staring into her own, and opened her mouth to speak..



Author's Post-Story Babbling: AAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! Yes, I am evil incarnate! Heehee! Remember, folks, feedback is the fuel for this story, so if ya don't review, I just might not write anymore! Bwuahaha! Toodles!