Allies and Rivals
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Chapter 8
The Second Clash: Tarnished Victory
The City of Townsville, and at the edge of Townsville forest, the Powerpuff Girls and the Rowdyruff Boys resumed their fight.
The six were again clashing, fist against fist, kick against kick, strength against strength. Like before, this had the makings of a stalemate.
Yet changes could be seen. Brick's face was serious, and he no longer taunted Blossom while he fought. His mind was concentrating, and it could be seen in his face. Butch was also concentrating, not on the fight, but on what he hears. He was waiting for Brick's signal to go ahead with their plan. Boomer was also waiting.
Brick dodged his head as Blossom tried to kick it and spun around and put as much distance between him and her red counterpart.
"Butch, execute Plan AW7RT at three zero SS, now!" he ordered.
"Oh yeah! Now you're talking," Butch shouted as he took a punch to the gut and got thrown down, again. '30, 29, 28,' Butch shouted as he fell.
'Ow, 26, 25,' he continued counting down as he stood up. He saw Buttercup heading straight for him. He flew at her head on and at the last minute, swerved to the side then watched Buttercup nearly slam herself on the ground.
'What are they planning to do?' Blossom wondered as she took her chance to exploit the opening Brick gave when he shouted his orders. In one charge, she elbowed Brick as hard as she could. Brick was thrown back. 'I know he's planning something. He isn't as talkative as before, in fact, he's not saying anything at all, nor is he as cocky as before. Those boys are up to something, but what? I better be prepared.'
'15, 14, 13,' Butch mentally counted. 'And now to position her for my attack,' he thought, and flew up in the sky and made some twists, until he finally saw Buttercup right where he wanted her. Buttercup just chased him, and she fell right in their hands.
Brick was also counting. '10, 9, 8. Now to position Blossom between me and Buttercup.' In a series of moves and flips, he dodged the attacks of Blossom, while making none himself. Blossom, like Buttercup, just chased Brick.
'3, 2, 1, 0,' Butch counted. "Now try this on for size!" he shouted, as he put his hands together, and a powerful white laser beam streamed forth from his hands. And it headed straight for Buttercup.
"Oh yeah!" Buttercup replied. "Two can play at this game," and put her hands together and shot a white laser beam towards Butch three seconds before Butch's beam would have hit her. She was able to push his beam towards the center, but had difficulty moving it further. Butch also had difficulty pushing his beam.
'Brick, come on! I don't know if I can't take much more of this,' he thought as he concentrated further.
Soon, it became a matter of who can pump more energy into their beams. Buttercup would pump energy that would temporarily push Butch back, but Butch would pump his own energy and push her back.
Brick was watching the entire scene. Blossom, who had her back on Butch and Buttercup, was vaguely aware of what was happening. She saw however, Brick not paying any attention to her. She decided to take the opportunity to attack
In a split second, she rammed her elbow into his stomach and he doubled over in pain. She then threw him over to the ground.
Brick was serious. 'Okay, so the plan didn't work. Let's go to back up plan B,' he thought. "Boomer, let's do Plan BW7RT," he shouted to Boomer, "on four five SS."
Boomer just kicked Bubbles in the head. "Okay," he shouted just before Bubbles retaliated by laser-eyeing him. 'Okay, 45, 44, 43,' he began counting mentally as he continued his spar with Bubbles.
Brick flew high and charged right up to Blossom. He was also counting mentally. '42, 41, 40.' Blossom was caught by surprise when Brick's fist connected with her belly, and she was flung high up in the air. Blossom stopped her ascent, and charged towards Brick, seemingly to imitate what Brick did. She stopped a few inches from Brick, however, and froze him. She then chucked him to the ground, made a giant iceball, and threw it at Brick.
Brick hit the ground still frozen, and two seconds later, was hit by the iceball. It crumbled on impact, but it still hurt. He then melted the ice using his laser-eyes. He was shivering when it was all over, but he stood defiantly and still ready for action. He continued to mentally count. '24, 23, 22.'
Boomer was having no better luck with Bubbles. He stepped up his punching speed, hitting her half of the time, missing her the other half. He then backed away. '17, 16, 15,' he continued to count. Bubbles then renewed her offensive, and with a laser eye and a punch in the back of the neck later, he was wallowing in the dirt. But he quickly stood and looked up.
'9, 8, perfect! 6,' he thought as he grinned as he saw Bubbles just where he wanted her. He joined his two hands together.
Brick flew to the sky, and looked up at Blossom. 'Boomer's ready by now. And Blossom is just where I want her to be,' he thought. '2, 1, 0.' Brick then brought his hands together and shot a white laser beam towards his opponent.
Boomer, like Brick, shot a white laser beam towards Bubbles. Bubbles, who was high up in the sky, saw it coming, and dodged.
"Ha! You missed me!" Bubbles shouted.
Blossom also saw the white beam race towards her. She stood in its path for a moment, crossing her arms, and at the last moment, swerved to the side and avoided the blast.
"You couldn't hit the broad side of a ship!" Blossom taunted.
"Who said I was going to hit you?" Brick replied. "Look behind you."
Blossom looked, and was horrified.
"Buttercup! Look out!"
The beam was headed right for Buttercup, who was still engaged in the reverse tug-of-war of laser-beams with Butch.
"Later, Red. Can't you see I'm—"
But it was too late. The beam hit her square in the side, and it weakened her. Butch's beam advanced forward, but Buttercup held on, despite the difficulty.
Seconds later, Boomer's beam hit Buttercup from behind, and Buttercup was weakened to a point that she couldn't hold off Butch's beam any longer. She gave up and Butch's beam came crashing into her. She just screamed.
One beam would hurt her but she could brush it off.
Two beams would weaken her considerably but she would still be awake.
Three beams, however, was just too much and she passed out.
Blossom and Bubbles just looked, too shocked to do anything, before reacting. But instead of attacking Boomer and Brick, who exposed themselves to their attacks as a result of their concentration, they instead went to where Buttercup was. They arrived just in time to catch Buttercup and keep her from hitting the ground, but it was too late.
"Is she…" Bubbles asked, with fear in her voice.
"No Bubbles, she's not dead. She's just out cold," Blossom replied. "She'll wake in a few hours, but I'm afraid she's out of the fight."
"One down, and two to go!" Butch boasted. "Brick, I was wrong. Your plan did work!"
"Of course. It's my plan after all, so it's bound to work!" Brick cockily said.
"You rock Brick!" Boomer said.
Blossom observed the entire scene as Bubbles placed an unconscious Buttercup on the ground. "You!" Blossom pointed at Brick.
"Me?" Brick pointed at himself innocently.
"You did this!" she shouted. "You planned this whole set-up didn't you?"
Brick decided to play along. "Now what makes you think that? If you want to blame someone, blame all of us, after all, we did it together, or better yet, blame yourselves, for being stupid and careless, and because you're the one who started this fight in the first place."
"Don't give me that!" Blossom angrily replied. "I know it's you. You directed all of this, you're the one that gave the orders, you're the one who thought of the plan in the first place. And your brothers just followed your orders! And you want to take over Townsville and destroy us, so we had to strike first!"
"And," she continued, "we're not stupid and careless! You're plan is just so brilliant that we couldn't do anything about it."
"Well Blossom, I never think I would see the day that you would pay me a compliment," Brick said, chuckling.
"I mean," Blossom said when she realized what she said, "No, you're not that brilliant, anyone who had more than an IQ of 5 could've thought that one up, and we just didn't expect such a lame attack from you!"
"So you're saying you're careless because you didn't prepare for such an obvious attack, and you're stupid because you let us get away with it?" Brick replied between chuckles.
"No, I'm not saying that! You're twisting my words and using it against me!"
"Anyway, how did you figure it out?"
"It's obvious. Since you're my male counterpart, and I'm the leader, and I give the orders, and I'm the most brilliant, and I actually use tactics and strategy. Since you share most of my characteristics, then it's obvious that you also are the leader and give the orders, and are the most brilliant, and use strategy and tactics. Though compared to us, you're nothing!" Blossom asserted. "Putting it all together, it's obvious that you are the one who is responsible for this!"
"Will you stop yapping around and let's start fighting?" an impatient Butch suddenly yelled, tired of all the talking between the two.
"So," Brick said, ignoring Blossom's last statement. "Are you going to surrender, or are you going to let us 'persuade' you to come see the light?"
"Never! We'll rather go down fighting than surrender Townsville over to you evil boys!"
"Are you sure?" You know you can't win. I'll admit we are still equals, but with Buttercup down, we have a numerical superiority that I intend to exploit. It's just a matter of time before you and Bubbles join your green sister over there.
"I'm sure!" Blossom said with a very low voice. By this time, Bubbles had flown to Blossom's side and has a very determined look on her face. They knew they faced overwhelming odds now that Buttercup was out of the picture, but they still were very determined not to lose.
"Blossom, what'll we do?" asked Bubbles with a frightened voice.
"Just hang tight Bubbles, I'm thinking of a plan," Blossom replied.
Brick relayed instructions to his brothers.
"Butch, could you take Bubbles one on one?" asked Brick.
"Yeah. Why?" Butch replied, with an idea of what Brick was planning to do.
"Okay. You'll fight Bubbles and try to keep her busy. If you can knock her out, good. If not, just hold her off. Boomer, you and I will go and double team Blossom. We should be able to make quick work on her two on one. And when she's out, we'll join Butch. Bubbles should not be a problem three on one. Is that clear?"
"As crystal!" Boomer replied.
"Then let's show these powder puffs what we're really all about!" Butch said as the three attacked the Powerpuff Girls. As Brick directed, Butch attacked Bubbles, and Brick and Boomer attacked Blossom.
Butch lunged at Bubbles, expecting an easy fight due to Bubbles' personality and he being the toughest of the boys. He was wrong, however. Bubbles was as spirited in fighting as Buttercup was when it matters the most.
Butch first punched Bubbles in the head, then kicked her in the torso. She was thrown far back, but she regained control and repeatedly kicked Butch in the head. Butch was kinda dizzy as a result. Before he could regain his wits, Bubbles used her Sonic Voice. Butch, having no counter, covered his ears and was thrown back.
After Bubbles run out of breath to use her Sonic Voice, she went after the still dizzy Butch. Butch was unprepared, and his jaw caught Bubbles fist, and he was thrown further back.
He rapidly recovered, and charged Bubbles head on. Bubbles waited until the last minute, then laser-eyed Butch. This annoyed him no end, but he continued his assault and rammed Bubbles in the tummy using his head.
Butch then began a vicious assault on Bubbles. He took her feet, and threw her to the mountain. She slammed into it, but she was able to fly back in the air before Butch caught on to her. She decided right then and there that she could not take on Butch head on because of their different fighting styles. She decided to play a game of tag with him while thinking of some kind of plan.
"Hey slowpoke, catch me if you can!" Bubbles challenged and sped away. Butch accepted the challenge and chased after the light blue puff.
Meanwhile…
The fight between Blossom and Brick and Boomer was very uneven.
Brick attacked Blossom, punching her in the head. She was hit, and thrown back, but quickly recovered and charged Brick. Before she could reach Brick, however, Boomer kicked her in the side of the head throwing her to the ground. She crashed into the ground, recovered as always, and lunged at Boomer. Before she could get near Boomer, she was laser-eyed by Brick, then frozen by his ice breath. She soon was falling down.
Boomer followed her, never giving her a respite. As soon as she crashed to the ground, he grabbed her hand, and tossed her towards Brick. Brick then hit her, tossing her back to Boomer at the ground. Boomer kicked her back to Brick like they were playing soccer.
By this time, Blossom had melted, and soon halted midway between Brick and Boomer. She was badly bruised, and greatly weakened, but she could still fight. 'This isn't working. Much more of this and we'll lose.'
Just as it seemed all hopeless, Brick gave Blossom the respite she was hoping for.
Brick saw Butch chasing Bubbles and saw that their fight was pretty much stalemated by Bubbles running around and Butch not being able to catch her. He was disgusted and decided to help Butch catch and fight Bubbles.
"Boomer, go and help Butch. He seemed to have trouble with the blue sissy," he said derisively.
"What about Blossom?" asked Boomer.
"Leader girl was weakened by our ganging up on her. She'll soon crack like china," Brick replied. Boomer then went out to help Butch.
'Thank God for this. Bubbles should be fine as long as she runs and flies fast enough. I should be able to handle Brick,' the leader of the powerpuff girls thought, as she readied herself.
Brick first attacked Blossom, punching her in the torso and in the head. Blossom drew back, and counterattacked. Since she was only fighting one opponent, she was able to get some of her punches, kicks, and laser-eye beams through, but since she was greatly weakened by the beating she received from Boomer and Brick, she received far more than she could whip. At this point, Blossom was fighting with one hand tied behind her back. And it showed.
Bubbles kept running and flying away from Butch. Since Bubbles and Butch were about the same level (with Bubbles having a slight advantage in speed), both made no headway against each other. She dived for the forest, with Butch following closely. As soon as she arrived at the forest, she reversed her direction. Butch was not able to notice the change in direction at first because he still on top of the canopy, and when he did, she already was past him.
Bubbles was racing in the forest when suddenly Boomer appeared in front of her speeding right towards her. They collided, throwing each slightly back. This was what all Butch needed to catch Bubbles. He balled his fist together, and slammed it into Bubbles head. Bubbles hit the dirt, but she quickly recovered and kicked Butch. At this point, Boomer laser-eyed Bubbles from behind, giving time for Butch to slam her again to the ground. Bubbles then lunged at Boomer, but before she could get anywhere near Boomer, Butch grabbed her hand, punch her in the head, and threw her high in the air.
"Well, it looks like you really need help," Boomer teased.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you and Brick supposed to take care of leader girl over there?"
"Well, Brick saw that you needed help in babysitting Baby Blue, since you obviously can't handle that crybaby alone, so he sent me to help you finish the job," Boomer replied.
"You're the one to talk. I was having her for breakfast when you decided to show up and ruin my appetite," Butch whined.
"You must catch your prey first before you can eat her for breakfast. And by the looks of it, you aren't even close," Boomer replied.
"I am too! Nevermind, let's get her!"
"Way ahead of you, Butch, way ahead of you," he said as he flew up.
Bubbles, however, has recovered a little bit because of the respite given by Boomer and Butch's conversation. She was too tired to just run and fly away. Butch just watched his brother. So when she saw Boomer lunged at her, she just sidestepped and with all her might, punched the careless Boomer in the face. Boomer, who was by this time too overconfident, was surprised that not only did the blow connect, but it actually sent him back to the ground.
"Uh…my aching head…" Boomer said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"You dodo, what the heck are you doing up there? Dancing?"
"Shut up. Let's just attack her, okay?"
"Okay." Both of them flew at Bubbles. Butch attacked Bubbles, connecting his fist with her jaw. He then kicked her in the head. Bubbles, straining her remaining energy, counterattacked, laser-eyed Butch, but was in turn laser-eyed by Boomer from the side. Butch then punched her again and kicked her, sending her higher up in the air. She was still conscious and able to fight, but was gravely weakened.
Butch and Boomer then flew up to where Bubbles was.
Seeing them, Bubbles then used her sonic voice, and it threw Butch back. Boomer, however, just covered his ears and retaliated with his sonic boom.
Whereas before, they were just equal in power and strength that they would just cancel each other's attack, but Bubbles was much weaker this time. After thirty seconds, Bubbles sonic voice gave out, and was thrown higher in the sky, further weakening her in the process.
Blossom had been fighting a bit more even battle with Brick, but with her weakened condition, it gave her no consolation. She was fighting a losing battle with Brick, who was by this time stronger. It wasn't that Brick got stronger since the start of the fight. On the contrary, he got weaker, but not as much as Blossom. During the first part of the fight, both leaders lost strength to the each other's blows at the same rate, so they basically remained at the same level, although each second they were weakening. In fact, if they just fought on continuously like that, there would be a stalemate due to exhaustion.
Blossom, however, got such a major beating at the hands of Brick and Boomer during the second part of the battle that when Boomer left to help Butch, Brick had a preponderance of strength over her.
'I've got to think of something fast if I don't want to lose. I'm much weaker than Brick now after he and Boomer gave me that awful beating. I assumed that once we return to one on one, the fight would again be equal. Boy, was I wrong. Hey I got an idea that might actually…'
Before she could finish the thought, she was able to block one of Brick's punches, but not his kick, which was so powerful that it sent her higher in the air.
Soon, both Blossom and Bubbles were standing side by side high up in the air, looking at their more numerous and stronger counterparts.
"Bubbles, let's do the Furious Fiery Feline!"
"Do you think it'll work, I mean with Buttercup out of the picture?"
"Yes it will, only the cat would be much smaller and less powerful, but strong enough just to knock one of them out cold. The confusion of one of their teammates downfall would enable us to repeat the attack and take down another. Then we could take care of the remaining one with ease."
"Okay, Blossom, but who will we target first?"
"Brick. He's the leader and the brains of the outfit. Take him out and the rest would be like sheep without a shepherd."
"Okay, let's do it!"
"Powerpuff Girls!" Blossom shouted as both of them raced up higher and higher into the atmosphere.
"Furious!" Blossom started.
"Fiery!" Bubbles continued.
"Feline!" Blossom finished.
"Hey, they're running away!" Butch exclaimed.
"No they're not," Boomer replied in an amazing show of insight. "They have a plan."
"How do you know that?" asked Brick.
"They wouldn't just leave Buttercup down there," he replied, and pointed his hand at the unconscious green puff.
When they were high enough in the air, the girls made a sharp u-turn. As they approached the boys, their bodies burst into flame and the two moved ever closer to each other, finally merging and transforming into a blazing comet with a cat's face. It was smaller and much less powerful than the original one however, because they were only two, instead of three.
"Stay apart men, it can only hit one of us," Brick ordered as the boys saw what the girls are actually up to. The two did as told.
The flaming comet with a cat's face was seen heading towards Butch. However, with ten seconds remaining, it abruptly changed course and headed straight for Brick.
Brick wasn't aware of this change until it was too late. Luckily, Boomer was much more observant.
He saw the change of direction towards Boomer.
"Brick, watch out," and as fast as he could, knocked Brick out of the way. He wasn't fast enough, however, to avoid the comet himself, and was hit head on. The hit was so powerful that it instantly knocked Boomer out cold. He was lucky. If the girls were complete and at full strength, he probably would have been killed.
"Boomer!" Brick shouted as he saw his brother fall.
"No!" Butch shouted.
The girl's comet disintegrated at contact with Boomer. Boomer had been like a brick wall when they hit him. It was enough to knock him out, but the cat was not powerful enough to maintain its form after the collision. Soon, the girls were thrown in two different directions, Bubbles towards Brick and Butch and Blossom away from the two. The redheaded puff was pleased with their success, and watched as Boomer's limp body crashed into the ground.
Bubbles however, was not so lucky. For Brick and Butch, the first instinct if one of them was hurt was not to assist their fallen brother, but to teach whoever hurt their brother a lesson, and then attend to their brother. Since Bubbles was literally thrown into their laps, their fury descended upon the poor blue clad puff. It happened just seconds after the blond ruff fell that she was totally surprised by their assault on her.
"You'll pay for what you've done with him!" Brick shouted at Bubbles as he froze her with his ice breath. It happened too fast for Bubbles to react, and soon, she was in ice. Butch then slammed her on the ground and threw her high in the air. Then, high up in the air, they both laser-eyed her. Seconds later, they caught up with her and both slammed their fist as hard as they could at Bubbles. She soon was falling to the ground.
They then finished her by hurling themselves at Bubbles back, like meteors, duplicating the attack they made to finish each of their counterparts during the very first fight. They halted just above fifty feet of the ground and just watched Bubbles hit the ground. The canopy of the forest and branches cushioned her fall. Soon, she was lying in the forest floor, defeated, eyes closed. She was still very much alive, only unconscious, but the powerpuff's "the joy and the laughter" was out of the fight for good.
All of this, from Boomer's fall, to Bubbles' fall, only took thirty seconds. What made them so suddenly fast? It was the sight of their brother falling for the very first time in their lives that fuelled the adrenaline which enabled them to finish Bubbles in thirty seconds. The girls had so much experience and saw their sisters fall so many times that it hasn't had that much effect on them anymore.
Blossom just happily stared for 20 seconds at Boomer's unconscious form, and talking to herself and Bubbles. 'Now, we only have to repeat it at Butch and the fight is ours.' "Bubbles, let's get ready to…BUBBLES!" she flew towards her sister in panic when she saw the beatings she was receiving at the hands of Brick and Butch.
But she was too late. She had delayed too much and Bubbles was out cold.
Brick and Butch then turned their attention at the remaining Powerpuff.
Interestingly enough, Bubbles fall had quenched their desire for revenge, and they were back in normal mode.
"Now, you're finished. I gave you your chance to surrender, and you refused. Now you have no escape," Brick said in a low and dangerous voice.
"You'll pay for what you did to Boomer," Butch said.
"I've got to hand it to you," ruff leader continued. "You actually caught up with us in terms of power, strength and speed. However, you were pathetic tacticians and strategists. You concentrated your training too much on gaining strength and speed to catch up with us that you totally neglected planning your attacks on us."
"You're wrong. I'm a great tactician. You just got lucky. I've won many battles using my tactics," Blossom defended herself. "Many people will vouch the brilliance of my plans and strategies!"
"You are a great tactician, I'll admit that Blossom," Brick continued. "However, most of your tactics were tailored for giant monsters, robots from Mojo, and criminals with no powers. You didn't have a proper strategy with dealing with three little boys who have just the same amount of power as you three have. The last fight only taught you that you only needed to surpass us in power. And if you actually did, you might have beaten us. But it only levelled our strength. Now, you will reap what you sowed!"
Brick attacked Blossom directly. He landed a couple of punches on her. Blossom also attacked, aiming a punch at Brick's head, but before she could, he was laser-eyed by Butch. Brick then froze Blossom using his ice breath.
After Blossom was in ice, they tossed her in the air.
"Ready?" Brick asked.
"Ready," Butch replied.
Soon, they put their hands together, and from their joined hands, a single powerful white laser beam stream forth from their hands and hit Blossom a second later. Soon, she fell to the ground, unconscious.
The Rowdyruff Boys had won for the second time.
They won the first time using brute strength. They won the second one with superior tactics.
But their victory was not as great because of Boomer's fall.
Nevertheless, it didn't stop Butch from shouting.
"We won! We won! The Rowdyruff Boys rule!" he shouted.
Brick however just remained silent, his face indicating that he was not at all satisfied with their win.
"Brick, what do we do with them?" asked the toughest rowdyruff, pointing towards the unconscious forms of Buttercup, Boomer, Bubbles and Blossom.
"Take Bubbles and Buttercup, I'll carry Boomer and Blossom. Let's take them to the house."
"Yeah," the green clad boy added. "Dad should be home by now and he should know what to do with the girls."
Soon, they slowly flew towards their suburban home. Butch continued to chatter about their fight while Brick was just silent, not at all listening to his brothers' boasts.
"Butch?" Brick suddenly asked while they flew, breaking his silence.
"Yeah Brick," his brother replied, stopping his talking.
"Why did you lie to them?"
"What do you mean, Brick?"
"You know, when you told the girls we were in cahoots with Mojo to destroy them and take over Townsville afterwards?"
"Well, why should we tell the truth? I mean, it's not our fault they think we were going to take over Townsville. So why should I correct them? Besides, they don't deserve to know the truth about us," Butch replied.
"Is that all?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Are you crazy?" Brick suddenly shouted at his brother. He was very angry. "Don't you know that from now on, they'll think of us as a danger to Townsville, as a menace that needs to be destroyed? Now they won't rest until they destroy us, because they think that we're evil and, one of these days, we'll take over Townsville!"
"Hey, there isn't anything wrong with that!" Butch defended.
"Oh yeah! Then after these girls heal, they would repeatedly attack us until they destroy us!"
"Then we'll beat them again and again. Besides, you're the one who said that they'll attack us again no matter what we do," Butch replied.
"You don't get it do you? Before, they'll attack us because they want revenge after we beat the snot out of them! But as soon as they realize we're not out to destroy their little town or commit any crime, they tolerate us, even if it is only grudgingly, and they'll stop attacking us. But now, you gave them a reason to just keep on attacking us. We just got lucky out there. If they just blocked our lasers instead of dodging them and letting it hit Buttercup, the fight wouldn't be over and we might lose."
"You made us public enemy number one. You made us no better than the thugs and villains those girls beat up everyday, and how do you think Dad will think of us then?" Brick continued.
"Then if you're so smart, why did you let me tell them such a lie?" his peeved brother replied.
"Because I thought you have some plan or idea, at least something better than what you told me a while ago," the ruff leader replied. "And one should never contradict a comrade in front of his enemy in battle."
"So now you want me to apologize to them and tell them the truth?"
"No, no apologies," Brick asserted. "We're the Rowdyruff Boys! We can't lower our pride by apologizing to those sissies. Remember, we only apologize to each other and to Dad," the red clad boy proudly asserted. "I'd rather them think of us as such than we apologize. Even if you did a very stupid thing by making a very stupid lie, that lie must stand as truth because we can't humiliate ourselves by grovelling to them and saying sorry. But if you didn't tell them that we're accomplices of Mojo, we wouldn't have this problem now, would we?"
For the first time, Brick's pride and arrogance go the better of him and he threw out his common sense.
"Relax!" Butch replied. "All we have to do is avoid doing any crime and help stop the criminals and villains of this city, and some of the monsters, and then they'll see that we're just bluffing when we said that. As they say, 'actions speak louder than words'. When they see that we're not taking over Townsville, they would see the light and they won't bother us anymore. All that without ever apologizing."
"I hope you're right Butch. I hope you're right!"
Unfortunately, for the Rowdyruff Boys, the Powerpuff Girls, and the City of Towsville itself, events in the next few weeks would prove that Brick was right.