The Powerpuff Boy

Chapter 6

After the sleeping gas had evaporated, Mojo laughed evilly as the girls lay asleep on the floor. Mojo would have stood there gloating about his victory but Mojo knew that the gas will only keep them asleep for a few minutes so Mojo had to get the girls over to his hidden laboratory before they wake up. Mojo had spent the entire night preparing for this trap. He spent the night working on a replica of Bobby and wrote the note to the Powerpuff Girls so he could lure them to the observatory. Now that he had them, he had to bring them to the secret laboratory and shoot them with the laser. He chose to stage the trap at the observatory instead of the secret lab because he knew that would be the first place the girls would look and the girls didn't know where the secret lab is.

Mojo picked up all three of the girls in his arms. Picking up one of the girls wasn't too hard but picking up all three of them at once was a little bit of work. He managed to carry the girls over to a secret underground train which he uses to get to the lab and back. The train looked more like a typical monorail train but with a bit of Mojo's own style to it. He placed the girls in the back of the train and seated himself in the front. He pulled a lever and the train shot forward into the tunnel like a bullet train. Traveling at fifty miles per hour, the small train rocketed through the tunnel. Mojo never bothered to put in lights in the tunnel which caused the trip through the tunnels to be pitch black.

The train ride didn't last long as Mojo's train came out of the other end of the tunnel and into his secret laboratory. Mojo stepped out of the train and picked up the three girls. He took them to a vertical platform made entirely out of duranium and it was fitted with duranium wrist and ankle clamps to hold the girls in place. Once the girls were in place, he used a remote control to lift the metal platform over head. As the platform was being raised, the girls began to awaken. They could see Mojo raising the purple glowing laser cannon at them and aiming it carefully at the girls. Mojo's heart was pounding in his chest with excitement as he aimed the weapon. The girls were moments away from their demise and nothing could spoil the moment. Or so Mojo thought....

There was a little flaw in Mojo's plan that he had over looked and it involved Bobby. Last night, Mojo didn't know what to do about Bobby. He couldn't sneak Bobby into any restraints or a cage without waking him so Mojo did the next best thing, he strapped some specially made earmuffs over his head. The earmuffs were designed to filter out Bobby's superhuman hearing so noises made by Mojo wont wake up Bobby. What Mojo hadn't anticipated was that Bobby had awoken in the middle of the night to get a glass of water. He discovered the earmuffs and had pulled them off. So now that Bobby was not wearing the earmuffs, the noise caused by the laser aiming itself at the girls awoke Bobby. Bobby, curious as to what the noise was, put on his hat and got out of bed.

"What is Mojo doing in there?" thought Bobby out loud. He opened the door and his eyes were wide with shock as he noticed the laser just moments away from firing at his sisters. Bobby shot forwards in a flash of purple light and just before the gun was about to shoot, Bobby struck the side of laser causing it to be pushed in a different direction and fire the beam at a wall in the lab which resulted in a large explosion. The laser stopped glowing as all the power that Bobby had charged into it was spent.

"Noooo!" said Mojo outraged. "I was so close to ridding the world of the Powerpuff Girls and yet you had to interfere."

"I will not let you harm my sisters." said Bobby with a look of anger on his face. At this point, the girls were wide awake and able to listen to the conversation.

"You fool, why do you want to save them?" said Mojo. "After the way they had treated you, they probably don't love you."

"I don't care." said Bobby almost shouting out the words. "I love them and that's all that matters."

"Well then, if that is how you feel about it then I shall have to destroy you, too." said Mojo. With that, he hit a large blue button and Mojo fell through a trap door. Bobby flew over to the girls and tried to rip the restraints off them.

"Bobby, these restraints are made of duranium, you can't break them." said Blossom. "You're going to have to find a key." Just then, there was loud rumbling noise. From out of the floor, a secret door opened. The robot was raised out of the secret door by a platform which raised the large robot through the roof. As the robot went through the roof, the roof began to collapse causing dirt and metals to fall from the ceiling. All that dirt and metal rained from above forcing Bobby and the girls to shield their eyes. Luckily, Mojo's secret lab wasn't that far underground so Bobby and the girls were not buried alive. The robot was now outside since the roof of his secret lab had collapsed and his monstrous creation toward over our heroes.

As the dust cleared, Bobby and the Powerpuff Girls got a good look at the giant robot standing before them. It was of typical Mojo design with a large dome on top of a robot body instead of a head. The robot seemed more alien looking than Mojo's past creations partly because of its black and purple armor. The robot stood taller than most monsters and it certainly looked more intimidating. Even Buttercup couldn't help but stare opened mouthed at this monstrosity.

"Hello, girls, and Bobby." said Mojo over a loud speaker. "This is my newest creation, my most powerful robot ever. Observe." A large cannon emerged from the robot's chest and it aimed at the girls. Bobby flew over to the cannon and tried to push it out of the way but the cannon wouldn't budge. As the cannon began to heat up, Bobby, thinking fast, flew over to the Powerpuff Girls and pushed the crane that held the duranium platform that held the girls. Luckily, the steel crane bent easily but Mojo had already fired the cannon causing an explosion that missed Bobby but covered him in dirt from all the flying debris.

"Bobby!" chorused the girls, worried about their brother. Almost immediately, Bobby shot out of the ground, determination on his face. Bobby shot forwards intending to make a direct strike on the chest of the robot. But when Bobby got close enough to get a good look at the robot's chest armor, Bobby froze in mid flight. The Powerpuff Girls are born with the ability to recognize duranium whenever they see it or touch it. Luckily, Bobby had that same power and he knew that his punches would not harm the armor once he recognized it as duranium.

"Mawhahaha." laughed Mojo evilly over the loud speaker. "This device is covered in duranium armor and that is only half of what makes this machine so powerful." Mojo pushed a button on the dashboard and from the shoulders of his robot, dozens of laser guns came out. Bobby immediately tried to dodge the bombardment of laser attacks but there was just too many of them and after taking a few hits, Bobby fell to the ground and landed hard on the floor of what was left of the laboratory. As Bobby looked up into the blue sky above, he noticed Mojo's robot lifting its leg and preparing to stomp Bobby like an insect. Reacting quickly, Bobby flew out of the way before the foot squished him.

Bobby felt a tad unsure of himself right now. The Professor warned him about duranium and how powerful it is. Bobby had to find some weakness so he flew around the robot like a speeding moon orbiting a planet. Mojo fired more weapons and missiles at Bobby but thanks to all those hours Bobby spent in the training simulations, Bobby was capable of dodging the more painful attacks. Bobby examined Mojo's robot and he could easily tell that Mojo's robot is only partially covered in duranium. The rest was ordinary metal. Bobby checked for duranium and concluded much of the duranium was located around the chest and back area. There were several vulnerable spots here and there around the arms and legs. Bobby tried to attack these areas but they were harder to damage than Bobby thought.

Thinking that he might do more damage if he went for the head, Bobby broke away from his constant circling and headed strait for Mojo in the dome. But Mojo was well prepared for this. He pressed a button on the dashboard and an energy shield came up. Bobby stopped himself before he hit the shield but before he could react, Mojo fired a rocket which hit Bobby dead on. The explosion hurled Bobby through the air and Bobby landed hard near where the girls remained strapped to the duranium platform. As Bobby groaned in pain, his head rolled over to his right and then he saw the laser Mojo had him recharge, or what was left of it. Bobby then remembered that Mojo had mentioned that objects get hot when they are over loaded with power. Bobby realized that perhaps if he charged his own power into Mojo's robot, he could overload it and destroy it. But how was he going to get inside that robot when it is heavily armored? As he lay there thinking about this, he noticed Mojo's robot once again lifting its foot trying to squish him.

"Bobby, look out." screamed Bubbles. Bobby had an idea. He knew that the robot did not have armor on the bottom of its foot so it is a good place to start.

Bobby, immediately shot through the bottom of the foot as if it was nothing. As Bobby traveled up the leg, he quickly learned that flying through all the gears and electrical wiring was harder than Bobby expected but he managed to make the task easier by spinning like a drill and just tunneling his way up the leg and into the chest area where Bobby found a collection of large glowing cubes which Bobby suspected was the power supply. Bobby grabbed the side of the cubes. The cubes were hot but not hot enough to burn Bobby thanks to his damage reduction powers. Bobby closed his eyes and began to channel his power into the robot's power supply causing the cubes to glow purple. Meanwhile, Mojo was in the robot looking for Bobby when he noticed that the robot was over heating. The scale was rising quickly as the overload of energy caused the robot to grow hot.

"Curses." said Mojo. Mojo hit the eject button and he was shot out of the dome by a rocket attached to his seat. A parachute came out of the seat giving Mojo a smooth ride to the ground below. It was then that the robot exploded from all the heat. Parts flew everywhere but amazingly, Mojo and the girls were not hit by the debris. Once the explosion had settled, the robot's lower half still remained standing.

The girls stared horrified at the remains of the robot, wondering what had become of their brother. Mojo also realized that something must have happened to Bobby because he was now laughing evilly.

"Nice try, Bobby." said Mojo as if Bobby could hear him. "But that stunt of yours was absolutely useless against me. All you have accomplished was the destruction of yourself." As Mojo continued to brag, the girls' super hearing picked up the sound of something moving through the ground. It was Bobby and before the robot had exploded, Bobby exited the robot through the tunnel he burrowed into it. Bobby then burrowed into the ground after escaping the robot and was now digging a tunnel leading directly towards Mojo. Before Mojo knew it, Bobby came out of the ground under him and tossed Mojo into the air. Before Mojo hit the ground, Bobby pummeled Mojo with kicks and blows faster than the eye could see and within five seconds, Mojo hit the ground bruised and out like a light.

Bobby searched Mojo and found the keys to the restraints that held his sisters. He flew over to the girls and unlocked the restraints that held them. Once free, the girls wrapped their arms around Bobby in a group hug while talking simultaneously.

"Bobby, you saved us." said Buttercup.

"You were amazing." said Blossom.

"You defeated Mojo all by yourself." said Bubbles. When the girls let go of Bobby, Blossom said, "Bobby, I just want to apologize for how badly I've treated you."

"Me too." said Buttercup.

"The fact is, I didn't trust you but instead of taking the time to get to know you, I jumped to the conclusion that you were a threat." said Blossom.

"And I was jealous of you but now I see it was wrong of me to take it out on you because of that." said Buttercup.

"Can you ever forgive us?" chorused Blossom and Buttercup. Bobby looked so happy that he was about to cry. Bobby wrapped his arms around Blossom and Buttercup in a hug.

"Of-course I can." said Bobby.

"You're not mad?" asked Blossom surprised.

"Mad?" said Bobby as he let go. "How can I stay made at you three, you're the best older sisters a boy could have." The girls were amazed at how quickly Bobby forgave them and what was even more amazing was that he never thought any less of them, even after what they had done. It was then that the girls truly learned that Bobby really was just as good as them.

"Come on, Bobby, lets go home." said Bubbles. The four of them flew into the air forming a rainbow streak in the sky with the purple streak once again at their side.

That evening, Bobby and the Professor was sitting in the living room. Bobby was dressed in his pajamas and sitting next to the Professor who was reading the news paper. The reason why Bobby was in the living room was because the girls are preparing a surprise for Bobby and Bobby was asked to wait outside his room until it was done. The girls had been up there for twenty minutes now and Bobby was growing anxious, wondering what it was they were doing. Finally, the girls flew into the living room wearing their night gowns and big grins on their faces.

"It's ready, Bobby." announced Bubbles. She flew behind Bobby and covered Bobby's eyes. "No peaking." Bubbles led Bobby up the stairs while covering Bobby's eyes. The girls followed on both sides of Bobby and the Professor followed from behind. Once they entered Bobby's room, Bubbles said, "Okay, you can open your eyes now." Bubbles removed her hands from Bobby's eyes so he could see the surprise. At first, Bobby didn't notice it until he saw something painted onto the headboard of his bed. A purple oval was painted on the headboard with the left over paint that was used to paint his room. Using the natural white from the white paint on the headboard, the letters PPB was written in the oval.

"PPB?" asked Bobby. "What does that mean?"

"It means 'Powerpuff Boy." said Bubbles.

"Yep, it's official." said Buttercup.

"You're one of us now." said Blossom. Bobby was so over come with emotion that he hugged his sisters.

"Thank you." said Bobby. "I love you guys."

"We love you, too." chorused the girls.

"Hey, why don't you four sit down and I will read you all a story." said the Professor. The girls and Bobby all sat down on the bed as the Professor pulled up a chair and read to his daughters and son a bed time story.

The End