Chapter Three
Mojo Jojo was not a happy monkey. He sat, looking through the window of his stimulation chamber. He'd built it upon discovering Professor Uptonium had one. After all, if the second greatest scientist in Townsville had one shouldn't the greatest have one too?
He had been quite pleased with his chamber. It was what he was seeing inside the chamber that was bothering him. Booby Frett was not fairing well against the holograms of the Powerpuff Girls. He tripped over his own feet, wasted the energy of his weapons by accidently firing them, spent most of the battle in confusion, and usually wound up fleeing, but being captured anyway. Mojo was grinding his teeth the whole time.
"What an idiot! He would not last twenty seconds against the real Powerpuff Girls! I cannot believe all that magnificent technology-."
Mojo did something unusual. He stopped his own rant.
Of course. All that magnificent technology. He'd send this fool to fight the Powerpuffs and while that was happening he'd located his ship and claim it was his own. But then-.
"This might not work. It will not take long for the Poweruffs to beat him. He probably tell them everything. When the Puffs discover I am not home they will look for me. I must find his ship with great speed and efficiency."
He tapped his fingers on the arm of his chair. Booby Frett might be foolish enough to tell Mojo where his ship was if Mojo manipulated him the right way. However, there was a risk in that. Frett probably wasn't quite completely brainless.
Mojo increased power to the sensors in the stimulation room. He studied Frett's weapons and equipment. If he learned enough about them, perhaps he could scan for his ship.
When he felt he had enough information, Mojo took control of the stimulation. He had the Girls float, unmoving, a few feet above the ground directly in front of Booby Frett. The bounty hunter fired his bazooka, then feel on his face from the recoil as the weapon, held backwards, fired a blast.
"Pathetic," mutter Mojo. He caused the Girls to fall. "You did in Frett! You got them."
Booby Frett rose to his knees. He was shocked to see his opponents out cold. He'd done it! He'd actually beaten them. Then they vanished and remembered that it was just a stimulation.
"Well done bounty hunter," said Mojo entering the room. "You are ready to face the real Powerpuffs."
"I'll get them," said Booby Frett, encouraged by his-albeit-holographic victory. "I'll destroy all three of them and bring you their remains if you'd like."
"Excellent," said Mojo.
After a pause Frett asked, "How do I find them?"
"It is best to get them to come to you. Go Townsville Center Square and begin to destroy things. The Powerpuffs will arrive soon to stop you."
"No problem," said Frett.
Mojo gave him directions.
"Never fear Mojo Jojo," said Frett as he departed. "Soon the Powerpuffs will be nothing, but a memory."
As he spoke, Frett walked out the door, failing to notice or remember the stair leading down the mountain. As the word "memory" left his mouth, he missed the top step, and went tumbling down the rest.
"I'd better hurry," though Mojo, "or he might annihilate himself before the Powerpuff Girls have a chance to beat him up."
Continued in Ch. 4