The Powerpuff Boy

Chapter 5

Bobby looked at Mojo not sure of what to make of him.

"What do you want with me?" asked Bobby.

"I heard that you were mistreated by your sisters and I thought I could help you out." said Mojo softly. Mojo sat down next to Bobby and placed an arm around Bobby. "What is your name?"

"Bobby." said Bobby.

"Well Bobby, tell me all about what your sisters did to make you so sad." said Mojo. Bobby was too upset to wonder any further about this hairy creature.

"Well, my sisters are the Powerpuff Girls." said Bobby. "You do know what the Powerpuff Girls are, do you?"

"Yes." said Mojo.

"Well, Blossom and Buttercup were so mad at me when I screwed up fighting that fire monster that came into town." continued Bobby. "They were so awful to me. I didn't mean to set all of Townsville on fire and yet they yelled at me, they insulted me, and...." Bobby broke into more tears sobbing into Mojo's suit. Mojo patted Bobby's back as Bobby cried. As Mojo tried to comfort Bobby, he was also fighting the urge to vomit. Maintaining this nice and comforting routine was making Mojo nauseous.

"That is terrible." said Mojo. "It is absolutely disgraceful of them to treat you this way. If I were you, I would get revenge on them."

"Revenge?" asked Bobby as he pulled his tear stained face away from Mojo.

"Yes, make them pay for what they did to you." said Mojo.

"But they're my sisters, I don't want to hurt them, no matter how much they hurt me." said Bobby. Mojo was surprised by this statement. He knew that he had to make some kind of change in his plans.

"Well Bobby, why don't you come with me." said Mojo.

"But my dad told me that I shouldn't trust strangers." said Bobby.

"Don't worry, Bobby." said Mojo. "With your super powers, you have nothing to worry about." Bobby knew that Mojo had a point so he decided to follow Mojo.

Mojo led Bobby to a pile of moss on the side of the mountain. Mojo pulled out a remote, pushed a button on it, and to Bobby's amazement, a door under the moss opened revealing a secret passage. Bobby was amazed by the secret entrance and, with some caution, flew right into the tunnel hidden behind the secret door. Bobby and Mojo traveled down a spiral stair case until they found a large steel room. Bobby stared opened mouthed at the secret room he was in. The walls and floor of this secret room were completely underground and covered in steel. Everywhere that Bobby could see, he could make out many computers and robots all over the place.

"What is this place?" asked Bobby.

"Oh uh, it's a spare storage room." lied Mojo. In reality, it was a secret laboratory that he often comes to when he is working on something secret. Although Mojo hated the idea of showing Bobby his forbidden lair, he knew this would be the best place to hide Bobby. The entire lab filters out the girls' clairaudience powers (aka super hearing) thus Bobby wont be able to hear the girls if they do come looking for Bobby and the girls wont be able to hear him.

"So what do you want for me to do right now?" asked Bobby.

"If you want, you could try playing with those old spare parts over there." suggested Mojo pointing to a large pile of robotic parts.

"Cool." said Bobby. Bobby flew over to the pile of scrap metal and began to use his imagination with all the unusual parts. Meanwhile, Mojo was nearby thinking to himself.

"There is something not right about this boy." thought Mojo. "He behaves nothing like the Rowdyruff Boys. I can see it in his eyes that he is just as righteous as the Powerpuff Girls. And even his coloration is all wrong. He is supposed to be dark purple but instead, his coloration is light as the Powerpuff Girls. It doesn't make sense. Did Professor Utonium do something different when he made Bobby?" Mojo pondered these thoughts not sure what to do. He expected that persuading Bobby to help him would be easy but now that he realized that Bobby is not like the Rowdyruff Boys, it occurred to him that persuading Bobby to help him destroy the girls would be impossible and Bobby might even turn against him if he tried. He had to trick him some how and he knew just how to do it.

Mojo walked up to Bobby as Bobby pretended a large rod was a sword and a flat sheet of metal was a shield.

"On guard before I run you through." said Bobby pretending he was a knight.

"Hey Bobby, could you do me a favor?" asked Mojo.

"Sure, I'd love to." said Bobby.

"I have a battery that needs recharging, could you help me charge it?" asked Mojo.

"Uh, I doubt it." said Bobby. "I'm not an electrician."

"Oh don't worry, you can still help." assured Mojo. "Just follow me."

"Uh, okay." said Bobby unsure as to what he could possibly do to help. Mojo led Bobby to an object covered by a tarp. He then lifted up some of the tarp from one end revealing two handle bars. Bobby floated over to the handle bars examining them.

"Bobby, I want you to place both hands onto the handle bars and charge the machine with your energy." said Mojo.

"But I don't know how to do that." said Bobby.

"Oh it's easy." said Mojo. "Just give it a try and you will figure it out yourself."

"But what is it that you want me to charge?" asked Bobby.

"Oh uh, it's a....kiddy ride." lied Mojo.

"Really? Can I ride it once it's charged?" asked Bobby joyfully.

"Uh, not immediately." said Mojo. "The ride will get very hot after it has been charged and it would be past your bed time by the time it cools off. If you tried to ride it now, it would over heat and damaged some vital parts so it should be best that you use it tomorrow."

"Oh." said Bobby. Bobby grabbed the handle bars on the machine and he tried to force power through his hands. To his amazement, he actually felt himself charging the machine. The tarp glowed purple as Bobby's power charged the machine causing it to glow. Mojo looked at the scale on the side wall and he could see the needle rise as more power went into the machine. After about a minute, Bobby let go of the machine.

"Is that enough power, Mojo?" asked Bobby.

"Just a little bit more." said Mojo. Bobby kept on charging the machine. He was beginning to feel tired when Mojo said, "Okay, Bobby. That is enough." Bobby let go of the device.

"I feel awfully drained." said Bobby.

"That is to be expected." said Mojo. "It is past your bedtime so why don't you go to bed and sleep it off."

"Okay." said Bobby. "Do you have a bed?"

"There is one in the next room." said Mojo. Mojo led Bobby into a room where a small cot was in the corner.

"Good night, Mojo." said Bobby as he climbed under the yellow sheets on the cot. Bobby took off his hat and placed it on the corner of the bed. Mojo closed the door and walked over to the device Bobby had charged. He pulled off the tarp revealing the laser weapon which glowed brightly in a purple glow, infused by Bobby's power.

"Mawhahaha." laughed Mojo. "Bobby foolishly managed to charge up this laser with his power. One shot from this laser will dissolve the girls into dust. Now, I must put my plan into action."

Meanwhile, back at the Utonium residence, the girls came home with gloomy faces. The Professor, who had been watching TV in the living room, was about to ask how did the search go but he could quickly tell from the look on his daughters' faces that it didn't go to well.

"Professor, we looked all over Townsville but we haven't found him or found anyone who has seen him." said Blossom.

"We can't just give up." protested Buttercup. The Professor looked at the clock and he knew what he had to do.

"I'm afraid I must insist that you go to bed right now." said the Professor.

"But what about Bobby?" protested Buttercup.

"It is already half an hour past your bed time and tomorrow is a school night." said the Professor. "Don't worry about Bobby, he may come home by himself during the night." The girls knew they had no other choice so they went up stairs to get ready for bed. The girls brushed their teeth and put on their night gowns before crawling into their bed. As usual, the Professor tucked them into bed and kissed them good night on their foreheads but even after this little bed time ritual, all three of the girls were too worried about Bobby to sleep. Bubbles had only known Bobby for a few days, she didn't want to lose him so quickly. Blossom and Buttercup were also guilt ridden about this whole thing. They knew it was their fault Bobby ran away and if anything happened to Bobby, they would never forgive themselves. Yet despite their worry, eventually, they fell asleep.

The next morning, the Professor woke the girls up at seven AM as he usually does on a school day.

"Girls, it's time to wake up." said the Professor as he tapped on the door. Without warning, the door flew open and the girls were hovering right there in front of the Professor saying, "Is Bobby home?" The Professor shook his head sadly. The girls were disappointed by this news. They all hoped that Bobby would come home by now but now that he hasn't, the girls were really worried now more than ever. So much in fact that they could barely eat their cereal. There was silence at the breakfast table as the Professor ate his food. Normally the dinning room table was active in the mornings but now the girls were hardly in the mood for eating anymore. Wondering what he was going to do, he walked over to the front door to pick up the newspaper. As usual, the paper laid there on his front lawn. As he leaned over to pick it up, he noticed a folded piece of paper taped to the door. In red ink was the words "To The Powerpuff Girls" right on the front of the paper. He took the paper and a carried it with the news paper to the dining room table.

"Blossom, there is a note here for you and your sisters." said the Professor as he gave Blossom the note. Curious, Blossom opened the note and it read:

Dear Powerpuff Girls

I have your brother and if Bobby is your brother, that means that I have Bobby in my possession. He is not in a place of his choosing. He is with me whether he likes it or not. If you look in places where he likes to be, you will not find him for he is in my possession and if you and your sisters do not come to my volcano top observatory to save him, he will be gone, eradicated, defunct, annihilated, expired, or at least not at all happy. And you must come alone. All three of you must come without anyone else at your side. If there is four of you coming, then there is too many. Remove the extra and make sure it is not Blossom, Bubbles, or Buttercup. Come to my observatory immediately, I'll be waiting for you.

Signed

Mojo Jojo

Blossom gasped in horror as she read the note.

"Girls, Mojo has Bobby." shouted Blossom. Both Bubbles and Buttercup got out of their seats, even the Professor seemed startled.

"What? If Mojo harms even one strand of hair on Bobby's head, I will rip his head of." threatened Buttercup.

"Come on, girls, we got to save our brother." said Blossom. The three girls took off flying through the glass window in the kitchen. The Professor walked over to the phone and pressed the speed dial for "Philip's Window Repair."

The girls flew towards the Volcano Top Observatory located in the Townsville Park. They came in through the front window of the observatory. Upon entry, Blossom said, "Not so fast...."

"....Mojo...." said Buttercup.

"....Jojo." finished Bubbles. The girls were surprised to see that the entire observatory was empty. There was no sign of Mojo or Bobby anywhere.

"Girls, spread out and find Mojo and Bobby." ordered Blossom. They all flew around the lab looking for any evidence of Bobby or Mojo. Bubbles looked into a smaller portion of the lab and screamed in terror at what she saw. Blossom and Buttercup flew over to Bubbles's side.

"What is it, Bubbles?" asked Blossom. Bubbles pointed forward and Buttercup and Blossom gasped at what they saw. It was Bobby's lifeless body lying on the table. The girls flew over to Bobby. Blossom felt Bobby's pulse and she felt none. She searched Bobby but found no life inside him.

"He's dead." said Blossom. Buttercup was in shock. Bubbles in tears.

"No, this can't be." said Bubbles. Blossom turned Bobby over to find out how he died and that is when she noticed a large tag sown into the back of Bobby's neck. On the tag was the words "Mojo Co." Blossom took a closer examination of Bobby's skin with her microscopic vision and discovered that the boy's skin was made out of plastic instead of skin.

"Why this isn't Bobby." said Blossom. "It's just a mannequin made by Mojo. A fake." All three girls breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, what a relief." said Bubbles wiping the tears from her eyes.

"But why would Mojo make a replica of Bobby?" asked Blossom. Suddenly, a green gas began spewing out from the mannequin's mouth, nose, and ears. The gas came too suddenly for the girls to react so the girls fell unconscious from the gas.

Author's note: Originally, I wanted to make this chapter and the next all one chapter but the chapter turned out longer than I expected so I decided to split it into two chapters. And I'm sorry for tricking you into thinking that Bobby is dead. (places right hand behind back and crosses the middle and index finger.)