Condolences to all of my fellow readers in America. Let us have a moment of silence to commemorate the brave souls of the fallen and to pray against the ill fate of such a tragedy happening again. …
Aurum shifted the lapel of his shirt, trying to get comfortable on the hard wooden bench and beckoned his lawyers.
"May I call the defendant to the stand…"
He absentmindedly looked around, but his eyes always focused on Utonium. He had changed so much since the last time they had been together. He should have known the tough old codger wouldn't have gone down so easily. He worried for a moment. What kind of evidence had he unearthed? It must either be very good, or Utonium may be very desperate. He knew Utonium wasn't stupid.
Aurums lawyer threw himself into the full momentum of the case, extolling Aurums great deeds and throwing the sins of the Professor into the light.
"… and are you really willing to convict a man of such high standing, on the mad ravings of a scientist reputed to have died long ago"
The Professor's Lawyer then stood up.
"Objection, what my client was in the past those not have anything to do with this case"
The judge seemed almost tired, as if he just wanted to slump over and fall asleep. Incoherently he mumbled his reply.
"Sustained, jury to disregard. Defendant may continue"
Aurums lawyer resumed his piece with dampened gusto and a significant waver of annoyance in his voice.
Aurum sipped a glass of water. This was going to be a long case. He slowly fingered a small device inside his shirt. And if it did not work out, he would be ready.
The first thing that sprang to Blossoms mind was how much things had changed. Before, Mojo's place had seemed evil and foreboding in a type of out showing, forceful way. Now, the land was scorched as of a wave of lava had just spurted out, turning the soil into ash. The burnt relics of trees seeped and insidious evil into the air. From far away, the structure seemed intact, though, on closer inspection, there were cracks and holes all over the structure, with weeds sprouting here and there. It looked as if it could fall at any moment. Then she saw a fluttering purple thing. It was Mojo's cloak, tattered and ripped, billowing forlongly on a single crag. She stopped in front of it, whispering a few terse commands to her sisters. It was quite a simple plan really. Bust in through the roof, classic Powerpuff style, surprise the enemy and beat her up, just as they did to Mojo innumerable times. Though the enemy was much more powerful than Mojo this time. Looking at the city she could see many monsters advancing onto the suburbs, including a massive flaming dragon. Gritting her teeth she led the frontal assault on the Imperator.
The first thing that happened when they went in was three laser beams hit them in quick succession. The powerful controlled blasts sent each of them flying into alcoves they were quite familiar with from the times when the Professor became Powerprof. Glowing force fields instantly flitted across the opening sealing them in. Blossom couldn't believe her stupidity. She should have known the Imperator could easily counter her attack. The imperator laughed cruelly, the light from the force fields shining off macabrely from her metallic suit. The aghast faces of the trapped Puff's reflected off her visor as in the distance they could hear Townsville getting destroyed. They were well and truly trapped.