Patti, Puty, and Palo

(A/N: Sorry for the delay, but I come back strong with two action packed chapters! And each one has a different definition of 'action.' Hohohohoho… ~M.J.)

"Well, church was fun today," said Blossom as they walked with the Professor out of the chapel.

"Speak for yourself," Buttercup mumbled, still shaken. "You didn't have to go before God today."

"Buttercup, it was only an illusion," Bubbles said. "It was nothing to be scared of."

"Yeah? Well maybe you'd like to…"

"Girls, look!" Professor Utonium exclaimed, pointing to the sky. A huge shadow swooped over the street and disappeared.

"What was that?" Blossom wondered. Suddenly, another shadow passed before them, and then another. The girls looked up, and gasped. Three large, winged, half-woman, half-beast creatures were circling above Townsville!

Many other citizens noticed and ran, while other people stared in awe.

Soon, the creatures stopped circling, and split up in different directions. The girls watched in horror as the nearest one flew into a building, toppling it, then breathed fire on a number of cars in the street.

"Those things are destroying Townsville!" Buttercup declared.

"Girls… let's get 'em!" Blossom shouted.

"YOU won't be getting anybody," said a golden but sinister female voice. Within an instant, all 3 creatures were hovering in front of our heroes.

"Who are you?" Blossom asked, cracking her knuckles.

"I'm Palo," the front-most one said, throwing her long, purple hair behind her head. "These are my sisters, Puty and Patti."

"Hiiii…" the others said.

Palo continued. "Don't even think that three little rugrats such as yourselves are going to stop us!"

Bubbles giggled.

"What's so funny?" Patti snarled.

Bubbles giggled even more. "Look behind you."

Patti spun, and Buttercup was waiting with her fist outstretched. Patti went flying to the pavement.

Palo turned on the girls, glaring. "So you think you're kind of cute, don't you?"

"No, we know so." Said Buttercup.

"Okay, girls, get them!" Palo said.

The three beasts charged. Blossom caught the first one that reached her by the neck, punched it twice, and prepared to kick her away, but unfortunately, she bit Blossom's arm. Blossom cried out and dropped the creature.

Buttercup flew at Puty, who dodged. Buttercup whirled and charged again, and again Puty dodged. Puty then dropped upon Buttercup and slashed her with her clawed feet.

"You'll pay for that," Buttercup growled, and she unleashed a barrage of punches that left Puty embedded in the sidewalk.

"ROOOOOAR!"

"Oh no, you guys, look!" Bubbles cried, pointing to a green, vertical-mouthed monster on the horizon.

"It's Steve, from Heroes to Zeros!" Blossom said in disbelief. "What's he doing here? He's not even attacking, he's just standing there…" But she didn't have any more time to think, as Patti dove at her, slashing. Blossom had had enough. She grabbed Patti's head and flew towards the ground, body slamming the monster into the concrete. Bubbles had dealt with Palo in a similar fashion.

"You…fools!" Palo croaked. "Destroying us… won't… do a thing… for you! There's… so… many more monsters… waiting for you… where we come from…"

"Where do you come from?" Blossom demanded.

"Heh, heh, heh…"

"Speak! Do you come from Monster Isle?"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Ughh…" No more words were uttered as Patti, Palo, and Puty vanished into nothingness. It was at this time that Steve sloshed over. In a flash, the girls were there to meet him.

"Haven't you learned your lesson?" Buttercup asked.

Steve held up his hands. "Girls, girls, I'm not here to fight," he said. "I just came here because I heard there was some confusion."

"Huh?"

"Well, it's video game time on Monster Isle," Steve explained, "And nobody misses that. Nobody. But we heard Townsville was under attack, so I came to investigate. And I'll tell you right now, those monsters are not from Monster Isle."

"Do you know where they are from?" Bubbles asked.

Steve shifted uneasily. "Yes, but we don't like to talk about it."

"Please tell us, Steve." Blossom encouraged.

"Well… I think they come from… down there." He pointed down at the ground.

"No way!" Buttercup exclaimed.

"Way. Well, I should go." He started walking towards the sea. Suddenly, he pushed a building over. "I didn't want to go home empty-handed," he explained, and he was gone."

"Girls, that was quite a display of fighting," the Mayor said when the girls had landed in front of the church. "It was easy, too!"

"Easy? You call that easy?" Buttercup asked.

"It was easy for me! I didn't have to call you!"

"He's right, Blossom. You were great." Said Ray, who was standing next to the mayor. "I'm so proud of you."

Blossom blushed furiously. "Thank you, Ray."

"And you made it just in time for lunch," said the Professor. "Come on, I'll make my famous grilled cheese!"

"All right!" Bubbles and Buttercup cried, and they immediately zipped home.

"Are you coming, Blossom?" Utonium asked, turning.

"I'll be along in a minute." She said.

"Okay." And he hurried after the other two, leaving Blossom and Ray standing alone by the church.

There was an awkward silence. Ray looked down, fidgeting. Blossom rocked back on her heels for a moment, then found the courage to speak.

"So Ray… where's your father?"

"Oh… he's inside still. Having some kind of meeting with Manson and Henry."

"He's a great preacher," Blossom said with a smile.

"I know. He always finds a way to bring a smile to someone's face. Although you're always smiling."

Blossom blushed again. Then the church doors opened and Father Hulk emerged.

"Ah, there you are, boy!" he said. "Well, well, Blossom, it looks like my son has taking a shining to you."

Now it was Ray's turn to blush.

Hulk chuckled. "It's all right, my son. I tell you, why don't you spend the day at our house, my young friend?"

Blossom was delighted. "You mean it?"

Hulk smiled. "Sure! Why not? This way, you and Ray can get acquainted and, oh yes… if you think that your father's grilled cheese is famous, you're in for a surprise."

"All right!"

"Come along, then." Hulk said, walking down the path. Blossom and Ray followed, and Blossom's breath caught in her chest as Ray slipped his hand into hers.