Disclaimers: Yeah sure I do that's why only my dreams are filled with me getting rich off this cartoon

Warnings: Well I guess you count the stuff they've been saying as curses.  More than likely there will be some serious sexual innuendoes from now on, and I'm guessing some sexual harassment.

            Kudos to these people:

Kaitlin

ItokoMeilin05

Baby

Haruka Kyoko - exactly how well is your arm doing now?  Can you write now?

Tiggabear - I read your responses to me please don't be pissed.  What do you mean you can relate to      Blossom?  See I'm updating, and you got it before your birthday.  Oh yeah, and I'm seriously pissed about the DBZ reruns, those bastards at Cartoon Network really want me to go off on them.

Hairy Gregory - Everyone has bases in America, so who would suspect him to have a base in Scotland? 

Butterbutch - exactly whom were you talking to?

Bonnie - I know you reviewed "Break" but since I doubt I'll be writing something else for that, here      goes my thanks here.

            I really am sorry, but like I said before it's so hard being a senior in high school.  My dad wants me to get a job (he didn't before but now he does 'cause he thinks I'll be spoiled); colleges are calling every 2 minutes. I've got tons of homework to do so that I can keep this stupid 3.8 average (this is my first honor roll since the 7th grade and everyone is acting stupid but me.  I only did it so I could get to my cuz's house for Christmas and maybe college ^_~). 

            This chappie will be different from the other since it'll be a song fic kind of. I'll probably have the next two chappies out before and after Christmas, Saa on with the fic.

                                                                                                @-@

"I never want to see again

I found the cost of courage high

Sometimes hard to pay

And so I turned to you for love

For the solace that is there

And I could learn to smile again

And as a balm for these wounds

Take away the sting . . ." Fuel – Solace

            Blossom swam with smooth strong strokes through the water.  She was alone besides Brick and he was sleeping on a lounge chair next to the pool.  She knew that someone else might consider her actions cold-hearted but she didn't care; the way the water soothed and cleansed her mind helped her think and that's exactly what she needed to do right now, just think. 

            Everyone else was gone; Bubbles and Butch had been captured the day before and this morning respectively.  She tried not to think of the events that had lead up to their capture and she swam harder to erase the memories.  This tactic would have worked under normal pressing situations but right now it was doing nothing for her. 

            She dove under the water and swam like the mermaid she had always envisioned she should have been born as. The water was clear, pure, and clean and though normally she would have pretended to be a mermaid, right now all she could think of was what she could have done to prevent the kidnappings.  Blossom –who could normally hold her breath for minutes at a time – came up gasping for air.  The memories of what had happened in the past five days since Friday had caught up with her, clouding her thinking preventing her from concentrating on controlling her breathing . . .

* * Flashback (the day before)* *

            Miss Bellum poured out the coffee that Blossom had given her and had Bubbles put on a new pot.  She hadn't thought about the fact that Blossom had made the coffee so when she had put the cup to her mouth she had cringed at the slight taste of it that she had gotten.  'That girl really needs to learn how to cook,' she thought.  But she was happy for small favors because at least for a moment she had forgotten about her Boomer and Buttercup being gone.

            At around 3:00 later on that same Tuesday, Miss Bellum screamed for the remaining four teens to get out of her house.  They were killing her going around moping, acting like the world had ended because Buttercup and Boomer were gone.  She needed to meditate and clear her mind and the way that Butch and Blossom were acting was enough to make her stick them in a room together and let them ravage each other to pieces in that way. 

            Before Butch could leave the house and follow the other teens, Miss Bellum pulled him aside. 

            "Look Butch, I know I'm not a dad or another guy but I would like it if you would confide in me. What the hell happened between you and Blossom that has her acting so b_tchy?  I don't like this betrayed look she has in her eyes it might mean that she'll do something irrational if you guys are under battle," Miss Bellum told her son as she tried to help him with his problem. 

            "I told her I didn't care about her in that way and she got upset about it.  I can't help it if I finally got over my crush for her and realized that there was something better out there besides her for me," Butch lied.

            "You're lying but I'm not going to press you about it.  If you're doing something to help us defeat the enemy than I wish you would tell me, it would certainly help me if she comes here for comfort," Miss Bellum advised.

* * Outside * *

            "Well they're both gone so we might as well go to," Brick complained as he sat down on his steps.  Blossom and Bubbles looked at each other and rolled their eyes; his bad attitude was really getting to them.

            "It's not that bad Brick, it could be worse, at least BC isn't by herself with him anymore," Blossom tried to cheer him up.  Brick looked at her and sneered not in the least comforted by her words.

            "You don't understand at all Bloss, you're not in love.  She's gone either way and what can Boomer do to save her when he can't even save himself," Brick whined once more.  Bubble's eyes clouded over and she spoke in low tones to Brick; Blossom noticed and started to back away from the scene.

            "What are you trying to say Brick? Are you implying that Boomer isn't going to help Buttercup?" Brick buried his head in his hands and when he looked up to answer Bubbles he was so engrossed in his own pity that he didn't notice her face.

            "All I'm saying is that Boomer isn't strong enough to really help Buttercup at all –"

            *Smack*

            Brick lifted his hand to his left cheek where it was throbbing, and spit out blood.  Bubbles looked at him not a single feature of remorse etched on her face at all.  "I'm tired of your b_tching and moaning, I don't want to hear it anymore!  You're not the only one who lost someone you loved; my boyfriend is gone too!  I don't know when you started PMS-ing but you better take some Midol and get over it 'cause I'm not going to take it anymore, we need to think of a plan not sit here and drown in self-pity," she yelled.

            Brick didn't say anything at first.  By then Miss Bellum and Butch had stepped outside to hear what all the commotion was about.  "What happened to your face, Brick?" Miss Bellum asked slightly knowing the answer.

            "Let's just say I got some common sense knocked into me Ma," he answered with a wink at the two girls.

            *_~

            "What are you reading Bloss?" Bubbles asked as she leaned over her sister's shoulders.

            "It's called 'Still Waters' it's pretty good," she answered distracted.

            "How can you concentrate on a book with so much going on?" Bubbles asked while she chomped on a granola bar and spilled the crumbs onto Blossom's book. 

            Blossom looked up annoyed but answered anyway, "It soothes me and helps me think better.  Bubbles stop eating over my shoulder you're getting crumbs all over my book and it's not mine, it's the schools."

            Bubbles walked away complying and laid on Blossom's bed still busy eating the bar.  "Do you think that he wants to have sex us?  I mean he sends all these sexual undertones and do you notice how he always seems to get mad when one of the guys touches us or pays attention to us?  I don't know what Mojo and Him were thinking of when they made him but it's kinda got me pissed the way he's programmed," Bubbles chattered.

            Blossom looked up from her book deeply disturbed by what Bubbles had said.  Blossom had not wanted to admit these factors but now that they were spoken she realized that she had to face up to them.  "Bubbles he isn't going to rape us, I'm pretty sure if that even attempts to happen we'll find the inner strength to prevent it.  I don't know what those two bakas were thinking of either but it's disgusting how Basher acts," Blossom tried to convince herself and her sister.

            "I don't know what went wrong either Blossom but I wish that it hadn't," Him said as he suddenly appeared in the Blossom's room.  At the sudden appearance of Him, Bubbles suddenly began to choke on the piece of granola she was currently chewing.  Blossom worried over her sister's strangled state but even more worried about their enemy in her room got in a fighting stance, and tried to ignore her sister's persistent choking.

            "What to do you want Him, and why are you in my room?" Blossom asked trying to find answers.

            "I'm sorry for creating that horrid monster, I really am but as much as I would like to destroy him I can't," Him choked out and he sank to the floor in an exasperated sob.  Blossom raised an eyebrow and Bubbles finally stopped choking. 

            "You're sorry!" Bubbles yelled.  "You're sorry!" she repeated.  Walking over to the sobbing Satan she picked Him up by his neck and bashed Him against the wall.  Blossom raised her eyebrow, Bubbles was really beginning to show her anger a lot more. 

            "Our loved one's are gone and he's sorry.  You hear this Blossom?  The bastard's sorry, I don't know whether to laugh or cry as I tear Him apart limb by limb," Bubbles said as she continued to strangle Him. 

            "I want to help you," Him managed to choke out.

            "What do you mean you want to help," Blossom said as she walked to wear Bubbles was standing to talk to Him.

            "Exactly what I'm saying," Him was having trouble talking.  He was still crying and Bubbles still had a death grip on his neck.  "I can't stay long, I created a temporary me to distract Basher since he keeps tabs on what I do.  Listen to me well, because after this I can no longer contact you or tell you anything."  Blossom looked into his eyes the whole time unnerving Him, but he continued to look them in the face letting them know he had nothing to hide. 

            "Mojo and I wanted to finally destroy you PPGs and those RRBs.  Mojo felt that something big wouldn't work and he decided on a humanoid.  The big metal monster that attacked Blossom was made of the strongest metal known to anyone and was enforced by my powers.  Since it was big you all easily destroyed it though Blossom did sustain some injuries.  We were satisfied by how the metal acted so Mojo used it to build and android and give it human qualities and abilities. 

            "I used my powers to give it supernatural life and to give it powers beyond my own.  That's why I can't destroy it because Basher is stronger than me, and when you create something using dark power such as that you aren't allowed to destroy your own creation anyway.  Mojo and I decided to not give Basher a sex so that he wouldn't be clouded with petty feelings, but since we're both males Basher received an imbalanced amount of testosterone, making him more male than female.

            "We thought that he would obey us, but Mojo had given Basher to many independent qualities and he rebelled.  He's killed Mojo and soon he will do the same to me and to the RRBs especially since he feels them as a threat in his conquest of you girls.  I'm his personal slave right now, and I inform him on how things happen so that he can plot his attacks."

            Him finished speaking, and by then Bubbles had let go of his neck allowing Him to slump to the floor in pain, relief, and sorrow.  Him began crying again truly depressed, " I didn't know this would happen.  Basher will soon control everything and if you and the RRBs don't stop him there will be no other hope."

            "How does Princess fit into all this?  Why did you steal from her factory, couldn't you have just made the metals appear with your powers?" Blossom asked confused.

            "Haven't you figured it out yet Blossom?"  Him looked at the confused girl and took pity on them for once in his miserable life.  "Princess staged the whole stealing event.  Yes she has given up crime but in order for you to trust her she felt she needed to stage a crime and see if you trusted her enough to get her out."

            Blossom felt her gut wrench in her stomach and fought the urge to vomit.  Bubbles turned to Blossom with a question written in her face.  "But I thought with your new power you could see if people were lying or not?" Bubbles asked.

            "I can but I don't think that I asked the right questions," Blossom said as understanding dawned on her face.  "I didn't ask her if she was involved I only asked if she had done it."

            "How's Buttercup and Boomer?  Have you seen them?" Bubbles asked growling in the process at him.

            "Buttercup is treated like a princess though she certainly isn't acting like one.  I cook the meals and I bring them to the prisoners.  Boomer is Basher's personal punching bag especially since he's weak and not being fed or taken care of right.  It's taking forever for his powers to come back and he can't defend himself because of this.  I had to set several ribs and his arm this morning," Him blurted ready to tell all.

            Bubbles emitted a loud gasp and let her sadness cloud over her eyes and fainted.

                                                                                                @-@

            "Brick will you watch her?  I need to get some things before we go to Scotland," Blossom asked the other redhead.

            "Yeah especially since I know how long it takes girls to pack," he tried a joke to hid his pain.  Blossom stuck her long tongue out at him and after he made a disgusting remark about the length of her tongue she left the room.  She had packed Bubbles needs for the trip now she needed to do her owns. 

            "What happened while I was out Red?"  Blossom gasped sharply as she finally noticed the figure sitting on her bed.  When she finally got over the shock of an outsider in her room, she grimaced as she realized that the a-hole had used her pet name. 

            "Well Him came by and confessed all so we know where the base is exactly.  Oh yeah and your precious girlfriend is also involved in these crimes," she sneered purposely baiting him.

            "Oh what did she do?" Butch asked back with as much attitude as she had given him.  He knew they were playing Rush and Roulette with each other's feelings.  Hell they both knew it; they just wanted to see who would snap first, who would be the first bullet to go off.

            "She allowed Mojo and Him to infiltrate her company so that we could be her friends," Blossom said smugly just knowing she had him.

            "Well even if she did it's okay, she's a good person now and I don't think that you should take this over board Red," Butch told her his voice full of venom.

            Blossom recoiled in anger and pain.  The nickname that used to be said with love was said mockingly and distastefully.  "It's okay?  It's okay?  You sit on my bed and tell me that it's okay what she did because now she wants to clean the slates?  I could murder you, and not care right now.  Our family is gone and you sit there and tell me it's okay about her part in this 'cause she's good now! You know what Butch you're full of crap and I want you away from me right now!" Blossom argued with a voice filled with anger and passion.  She had just lost this game of Rush and Roulette feelings but right now she could have cared less.

            "I think you're jealous Blossom.  I thought you would be happy for me now that I found someone who actually loves me and not because of my reputation," Butch whispered as he walked past her and opened her door to leave.

            "Kudasia Butch close the door," Blossom softly commanded as she went lay on her bed so that he wouldn't see the disgust easily read on her face about him.  He complied without another word. 

* * Flashback Ended * *

            Blossom once again went under the water still trying to regulate her breath and yet it still wasn't working.  They had never gotten to Scotland, she realized grimly.  She didn't know where her sisters or her friends but silently she began to pray for kami to help them all.

                                                                                                =_=

            Bubbles lay in a corner of the dark room holding Boomer's head in her lap.  She was staring at the bars that held them in this dark room wondering where Basher had taken Butch.  Or rather wondering what Basher was doing to Butch.  She looked at Boomer's bare back and the lacerations that were laid across it and bit back the tears that threatened to come. 

            Looking over at Buttercup she was relieved to see her sister was asleep finally.  It was the first time in almost 3 days that Buttercup had fallen asleep without worrying that Basher would do something to hurt her.  Bubbles had promised to look out for her if she went to sleep. 

            Squinting her eyes to see if the beams worked she was happy to notice the little laser that came out of them and weakly struck the next wall.  Basher had taken her powers but they were coming back again naturally like she knew they would.  Buttercup's powers were back but what could she do? She couldn't attack him one on one and she couldn't let Basher know she had her powers back otherwise he would want to drain them daily.

            Bubbles sighed and closed her eyes wondering why she had let her guard down so easily.  She should have known he would get her when she least expected it, but she hadn't thought it would be this soon.  Boomer shifted in her lap and smiled with his movement, it meant that he was alert though weak.  With Basher fighting the guys all the time they used the power they built up over night to protect themselves in those one-sided fights.  By doing this they never gave their powers the chance to fully come back in their bodies, meaning they couldn't fully recover.

            "Is it really you Bubbly?  Am I touching you or is this a cruel dream?" Boomer asked more to himself than to the person who had his head in their lap. 

            "Boomer trust me I'm real and feeling my boobs isn't going to make me any realer so I want you to stop," she jokingly said as she slapped his hand.

            He blushed but she could see the strain it put on him when he laughed.  "Shh, don't talk or anything Boomie, you need your rest.  Him came in a little while ago and fixed you up so you just need to rest right now," she told him pushing his head back down. 

            "You don't mind if I sit up a little and lean into you do you?" Boomer asked with an evil pout.

            Bubbles sighed playfully, she knew what he was trying to do but she didn't mind, she felt that these few moments of intimacy were good for both of them.  "Sure Boomie, just no funny stuff," she informed.

            "What funny stuff could you possibly be talking about?" he asked as he lay down into her chest.  Bubbles sighed as his breathing became even and she knew he was drifting to sleep.  Minutes later when Bubbles was thinking of a way to escape, Basher came back in with a limp Butch who though still woke was in a lot of pain.  Bubbles smiled when she noticed Basher's lip was busted and he had some bruises himself.  Bubbles however stopped smiling when she noticed a look of pure hate on Basher's face as he saw Boomer lying on Bubbles.

             "Get the f_ck off of her," not only were these words said by Basher but he took action as well throwing the beat up Butch to the side and snatching up Boomer and throwing him into the wall.  Bubbles quickly got up when she saw that Basher meant to do more than just throw him, he meant to hurt him again.  Butch also struggled to his feet to see through nearly closed eyes, how he could help his brother.

            Basher picked up Boomer by the neck and drew back his fist to punch him.  Bubbles jumped in front of Boomer and held Basher's arm at the same trying to protect her boyfriend.  Bubbles looked into Basher's face tears threatening to spill as she thought of a way to stop this.

            "Please don't do this, he's weak and if you hit him he might die.  Please I'll do anything just don't hurt him anymore right now or Butch either, please you have to let them rest," Bubbles pleaded ready to get on her knees to beg for her boyfriend and her friend's life.  Basher slowly lowered his arm and looked at her quizzically as if thinking of something. 

            "Come with me, and remember that you said you'd do anything," he reminded her as he turned to walk out of the cell.  Bubbles, Butch and Boomer's eyes widened as they thought of what his intentions were.  Bubbles turned to help Boomer sit up and kiss him when Basher grabbed her wrist painfully.

            "Don't even do it, you don't belong to him anymore.  You're mine and you aren't allowed to cheat on me with filth.  That goes to you to Buttercup, when Brick gets here it would do you well to remember that," Basher said speaking to the now waking green-eyed girl. 

            Butch hobbled to stand in front of Basher, fully intent on dying if it would prevent him from taking Bubbles.  Basher glared at him and almost punched him when Bubbles interfered again; Bubbles calmed Butch down and told him it would be okay, to just watch over Buttercup for her.  Butch held Buttercup down when she tried to run after her sister when Basher slammed the bars shut on the cell.  Buttercup started crying into Butch's chest fearing the worst for her sister.

            "I Love You Bubbles!" Boomer screamed after his girlfriends disappearing form.  And while it may sound corny, it meant the entire world to Bubbles to hear that, and she began to hold her head up ready to accept her fate.  Even when the tears came and she was practically sobbing, her head was up and this shocked Basher though he said nothing.

            As Him walked past to heal Butch, he smiled slyly to Bubbles glad to see that she had kept her pride and dignity despite what had happened.

                                                                                                ^_*

            Bubbles stood up straight as Basher paced back and forth in front of her in a lavishly decorated room.  With golden rugs, bed covers and curtains, and ivory furniture the room would be quite comfortable to be in she thought, except not locked in the room with the cold bastard she was with. 

            Basher stopped pacing and turned to look her straight in the eye, she found it unnerving and looked away.  He was devastatingly handsome she decided, but looks meant nothing if you were a murderer and an asshole.  "What's wrong Bubbles?  Are you scared to see the desire in my eyes?  Is that why you look away?" he teased her as he stepped closer and she stepped back. 

            "I'd rather be killed a thousand times than look into your disgusting eyes and see what's there," she told him as she concentrated on his face.  He so much taller than her 5 foot 4" frame and she knew he could hurt her quite easily.

            "Ahh, and I thought you the nice one.  Well, since we're here let's get busy, take off your top," he commanded as he stepped back to see his order obeyed.

            "No," it wasn't a shaky 'No', it was one said quite strongly.

            "Well, if you want to do this the hard way," he said as he stepped to her and grasped her tiny wrists.  Bubbles struggled and pulled and yank and he just held her arms more tightly in an effort to hold her. Bubbles twisted to the right, and the button her watch activated and began to tell her the time.

            "The time is now 5:30, do you have an appointment you'd like to set?" The watch asked in its mechanical voice.  Both parties stopped their struggling in shock at the voice, Bubbles momentarily stopped but when she realized it was just her watch she began to gather up some energy to fight.

            "Oh sh_t," Basher yelled, as he dropped his hand from Bubbles arms.  "Damn I'm off schedule, I have to go and get that other Ruff, damn I took too much time with Butch."  Turning to run out of the door, Bubbles was relieved as she thought that Basher had left.  But he popped his head back in the room, 2 seconds later. 

            "Oh yeah and when I get back Bubbles I hope you're more cooperative or what you're thinking I will do, I might actually do," he said puzzling her but at the same time easing her mind.

                                                                                                -_-

            "Blossom you going to come out of there yet?  You've been in the pool for about 2 hours, you're probably all wrinkly," Brick joked coming out of his depressed stupor. 

            "Sure Brick just let me go under one more time and this time, I want you to time me and see if I'm swimming right, 'kay?" Blossom asked.

            "Sure, just hurry up," Brick answered.  However he never got to fulfill her wish as a bright light came towards him, enveloping him in a burning light.  He opened his mouth to groan in pain but he realized he couldn't move but that every part of him felt like it was on fire.

            Blossom saw the bright light under the water and began to panic.  Swimming to the surface she gasped loudly to see Basher staring at the ball that had engulfed Brick.  "Well hello Blossom, I'm sorry I had to interrupt seeing your body in that swimsuit but I must keep to my schedule and right now I have to take your friend, do forgive me for this," Basher joked as he turned to fly, the ball with Brick in it following him. 

            "Oh and don't worry, I won't leave you alone for long, I'll come back and get you just as soon as that time comes, ciao," and then Basher followed by Brick vanished in a light.  Blossom whispered 'No' but there was no one around to hear her.

                                                                                                O_O

            Okay so it's kind of short, but forgive me please.  Anyway, review and it will be greatly appreciated, Ja.