Chapter Six



The trio flew through the window of their bedroom. Their father figure came in to great them even before they called.

"Thank goodness you're home," said the Professor. " I heard about what happened on the news. Are you three all right?"

"We're O.K. Professor," said Bubbles, "but we don't know how to stop Dr. Lurral."

"This guy's worse than Him ever was," said Buttercup.

"Girls," said the Professor, "I think I know a way to stop him. You have attack the gun on the top between the blue and pink filled containers. A triple eye beam all at the same spot should do it."

"First we have to get the gun away from him," said Buttercup.

"How do we do that?" asked Bubbles.

"Maybe we can't," said Blossom. "Maybe the Powerpuff Girls have been defeated."

She floated up to her room, barely hearing her name being called. Her sisters started after her, but were halted by the Professor.

"Girls, what's happening with Blossom?"

Bubbles and Buttercup explained.

"Let me talk to her Girls," said the Professor. "You two rest here. Blossom and I will be back and we'll form a plan together."

The Professor walked up the stairs. He knew what Blossom what going through, at least partly. He'd been shocked at what his old roommate and "friend" had done. The betrayal hurt. And Blossom had been betrayed by her hero.

"Blossom," said the Professor, standing in the doorway of the room, "want to talk?"

"About what?" asked Blossom. She knew, but wanted to avoid the subject.

"You're upset aren't you Honey?" asked the Professor. He walked into the room and sat next to her.

"Yes," said Blossom, her voice breaking. "How could I have been so stupid? I trusted him."

"You didn't know Honey. That's the problem with fame. Some people use it for good, some don't. It's easy to hide behind a public image. Now we know what Dr. Lurral is really like."

"I feel stupid."

The Professor lifted her into his lap.

"You're not stupid Darling. You were manipulated. So was I. Remember I helped him build that weapon. He tricked us all. It wasn't because there's anything wrong with us. It's because he's devious.

We all made a mistake Blossom and the thing to do is learn from it. We now know that just because someone is well known or skilled that doesn't mean they're trustworthy. This doesn't make any of us any less."

"I guess not."

"I know you admired him Blossom. It's hard being tricked by someone you looked up to. But picking the wrong person to look up to doesn't make you foolish. It just means you made the wrong pick. The Powerpuff Girls are still the best thing that's ever happened to Townsville.

And right now Townsville needs the Powerpuff Girls. Dr. Lurral is doing more damage than Him ever has. We have to stop him Blossom. He needs to know that he can't do this and a lot of people need our help. If we sit back and let our grief stop us Blossom, well, that's a really big mistake."

There were a few moments of silence.

"You're right Professor," said Blossom. "He showed us what he can do, now we're going to show him what we can do."