Blossom and Jingles sat together thinking. They were all that was left of

two once great crime fighting teams. Buttercup had turned on them, Bubbles was

in a coma, Tinsel was almost killed by Buttercup, and Gabriel had disappeared.

"I never should have sent him after her by himself." Jingles said,

partially to himself. "He can't take care of himself out here. I should have

followed her myself."

Blossom turned to him. "If you don't mind my asking, why did you guys

come here anyway?"

"Professor Zinc had a science expo he was gonna teach at and we needed to

go somewhere. He thought this would be a good time for us to meet you."

"But don't you worry about crime back home?" she asked.

"Things have been extremely quiet lately. We haven't had much trouble

since the death of Blackpool."

She looked at him confused. "Blackpool?"

"Blackpool was a dangerous man back home who wanted to create a killer

army. He made a substance using different animals. His plan was to use the

serum to give his army the powers of animals. His first victim escaped after

being turned and came to us. His mind couldn't take the change and, well, he

died. Not knowing of the death, Blackpool tried to turn Tinsel into one of his

soldiers. We stopped him and he ended falling into the serum. That was the

last we've ever seen of him."

Blossom was amazed. There were so many new things she was learning about

these new friends. She turned to Jingles again only to see him with a large

sandwich in front of him. He sure can eat, she thought.

He had other things on his mind, however. He felt bad for Blossom.

Tinsel was hurt, but at least he was conscious. Bubbles still hadn't come to.

She had to be taking this terribly despite her cheerful demenor. Then another

thought occurred to him.

"It's kind of funny." He said. "Tinsel never admitted it, and he'd kill

me if he knew I was telling you, but he likes Buttercup. I can see it in his

eyes. Not something I thought I'd ever see in him."

He chuckled at this. Blossom thought about it and began giggling.

"I've noticed the same thing about Buttercup. She'd never say anything,

but I could tell she liked him."

They laughed for a moment. Suddenly, Jingles stopped laughing and thought

about what they'd just discussed. A smile crept across his face. Before

Blossom knew what had happened, he jumped up and flew to the bedroom where

Bubbles and Tinsel were laying. Not sure what was going on, she followed.

Jingles tapped him on the shoulder, startling him. The surprise almost

knocked him out of the bed. He glared at Jingles.

"I've got an idea of how we can come back from behind." Jingles told him.

Blossom went over to him. "But what about Gabriel?"

Jingles smiled at her. "I think I've got an idea about that too."

She looked at him, confused. But she had confidence that he knew what he

was doing. At least, she hoped he did.