Monsters in Townsville were a common occurrence. It seemed unusual for a

monster not to be attacking the city. This was no exception.

But this monster was particularly ugly. Its green skin almost appeared to

be just poured onto its body. Its large eyes pierced the sky and its razor

edged yellow teeth seemed to be just searching for something to clamp down on.

The worst part was the large horn on top of its head. A weird clear liquid

seemed to pouring from it.

As it saw the Powerpuff Girls flying towards it, the monster let out an

earth shattering roar. This didn't phase the girls, however. They'd faced many

monsters before and a simple roar wasn't enough to scare them.

They began attacking from all ends, trying to confuse the monster. For a

while it seemed to work, however, the lack of Buttercup's fighting skill proved

evident. The monster simply swatted them away and moved in for the kill.

Suddenly, the earth began to shake, causing the monster to stumble.

Everyone turned to see that Tinsel had been the cause of the quake. His

brothers stood beside him ready to fight. With the sides even, things started

looking very bad for the monster. But, as Bubbles flew above it to attack, it

caught her in the arm with its horn. She fell to the ground.

Blossom flew forward and took a deep breath. Using her ice breath, she

froze the monster. Jingles cam forward next. Instead of ice, it was fire that

came out of his mouth. The sudden switch from cold to hot caused the monster to

explode.

Tinsel looked at the remains in distain. "Take your face to outer space!"

His expression changed when he saw the others huddled around Bubbles, who

hadn't moved. Gabriel picked up her arm and looked at the wound.

"Schlamek." He said.

Jingles was the only one who seemed to understand him. "Poison." He

translated.

He moved the others back and kneeled down beside Bubbles. As he picked up

her arm, he seemed to be bracing himself for something. Then, without warning,

he began sucking on the wound.

Blossom turned quickly to ask Gabriel what Jingles was doing, but thought

better of it and asked Tinsel instead.

"He's sucking the poison out of her and taking it in himself." He

answered, in a matter of fact tone.

After a few minutes, he let go and fell to ground. For a moment, he

didn't even breath and Blossom thought he might be dead. Finally, he sat up,

licked his lips, and said, "I love spicy food."

Seeing the look on Blossom's face, he told her not worry because nothing

could damage his stomach.

They picked up Bubbles, who was still unconscious, and carried her back to

the house.

Once there, while the Professor checked on Bubbles, the others sat,

worried in the living room. Blossom, as would make sense, seemed to be taking

it the hardest. Seeing this, Gabriel decided to help make her feel better.

"I'll tell you what it is." He began. "Is she injured? Is the other

missing? Don't worry. It's circuses. It's pepperoni and cheese. People are

people."

With that, he happily sat down. Blossom couldn't help but giggle a little

at this comment from Gabriel. Then she turned to Jingles.

"Why did you guys get involved anyway?" She asked. "You're here for a

break."

Jingles smiled. "Being a superhero never ends."

"It's what we do." Continued Tinsel.

"It's who we are." Added Gabriel.

"Not all angels are female." Finished Jingles. "You'd never believe how

long it took to teach Gabriel that."

"That's good." Responded Blossom.

She thought again about the three new boys. Gabriel was truly an idiot,

but he really meant well, she could tell. Tinsel was very not only a klutz, but

also sarcastic and a little mean. And then there was Jingles. He had taken

poison for Bubbles. She knew that she'd never forget that.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the Professor's entrance into the room.

Jingles quickly put down the few remains of the extra large pizza he'd eaten and

joined the others who had run to see what was going on with Bubbles.

"Calm down." Professor Utonium began. "The injection of the poison sent

her into shock and right now she's slipped into a coma. All we can do in wait

and pray."

Blossom couldn't believe it. She'd lost two sisters in one day. This was

turning out to be the worst Christmas of her life.