Allies and Rivals

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Before I start Chapter 16, I would like to give special thanks to all the reviewers, especially those who help push it over 100 by chapter 15. I never thought when I first uploaded chapter 1 that this story would be this long, or would have many reviewers, given this is a Rowdyruff Story. So special thanks to Hairy Gregory, Uncle Sam, TJ Rose and DL23400 for reviewing from the very beginning and almost every chapter. Also thanks to Ud the Imp, sum-jackass, Dooly, nightglider-star, Firestarter 10388 (also known as Bubblebean22), for giving those wonderful reviews later on. Thanks also to Somewei, Brytt Bratt, Akum and others I might have forgotten for taking out time to read and review my story.

Anyway, on with the story!

Chapter 16

The Third Clash: Against Overwhelming Odds

The City of Townsville, and many parts of the city was completely devastated by the monster attacks.

Luckily, the central portion and the suburbs escaped harm, and since most people live in these parts, almost all still had houses standing. Only the business district, the park, the beach, and the skyscrapers near the coast were completely destroyed.

On their homes in the suburbs, the Citizens of Townsville were watching the fights, both of Boomer and Butch against the four monsters, and the Powerpuff Girls first against Brick alone, then Butch, then finally with Boomer, on a split screen.

One such viewer is the neighbor of Professor Utonium, the recently pardoned Harold Smith and his family. He watched Butch then Boomer kill the three monsters, then watched the blue ruff scare the last monster away. Split screen, he watched as Brick approached the Powerpuff Girls, and then the Powerpuff Girls beat him up. He then watched as Butch approached and the girls in turn beat him up with Brick by this time too weak to help, then the weakened Boomer arrived and the three prepared to fight. Soon, wheels began to turn on his head and he began to smile sadistically and rubbed his hands together. At this point, Harold Smith switched off the TV.

"Hey, I want to know what'll happen to those boys," Julie Smith complained.

"You can find out later," Harold Smith declared. "If you want revenge on those Powerpuff Girls for sending us to jail, now's the time to take it!"

"What are you talking about, Harold?" asked Mary Ann Smith, his wife.

"Just trust me, and soon, those Girls will be vomiting their own reputations, shunning it like unwanted shadows, and their name would be as sought after as the next pile of manure!" Harold said as he packed his family in his car and drove towards the heart of the devastated city.

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The Rowdyruff Boys prepared for battle. They know they don't have much of a chance, and they were relying on Brick's plan bail them out.

The Powerpuff Girls also prepared for battle. They feared that there was a chance that their reputations would be destroyed. "Remember girls, its do or die. If they don't comply with our conditions, KO them! And if it is necessary, destroy them. And remember this. They are evil boys who threaten the safety and peace of Townsville and the world. It won't be any different taking on the Rowdyruff Boys as taking on other villains," Blossom said. She then noticed Bubbles discomfiture. "Bubbles, I know you don't want to do this, and I understand. So you don't have to fight them. All you have to do is make sure Boomer doesn't escape and help his brothers. You shouldn't have any trouble holding him, 'cause he's greatly weakened. Can you at least do that, Bubbles?"

Bubbles decided that this was a satisfactory compromise between her conscience and her loyalty to her sisters. She can help them and at the same time not hurt any of the Rowdyruff Boys. "Okay," she said.

"Before you start," Brick suddenly said, "I suggest you back off, for any further hostile actions against us would force us to divulge your secret deal with the monsters with the public. In short, think of your precious reputations."

"Your attempt at blackmail is downright sneaky, yet you forget one thing," Blossom responded. "We know you're liars, and when we prove to Townsville that you're villains and liars, no one would believe a word you'll say. So again, do you accept our conditions or not?"

Brick, speaking for the boys, just spat on the ground.

"So be it," Blossom replied. "Now prepare to be defeated! Powerpuff Girls, attack!"

"What now, fearless leader!?" Butch asked.

"Just follow my plan according to the letter and maybe, just maybe, we can hold our own and not get knocked out, or…killed But remember, whatever happens, don't surrender and accept their conditions. We won't humiliate Dad by proving his enemies about us wrong, even if it means certain doom," Brick instructed, outwardly filled with confidence, yet inwardly facing the prospect that they would be defeated.

Things began to go wrong for the Rowdyruffs.

First of all was Bubbles. As fast as the speed of light, she immediately grabbed Boomer. Boomer was thoroughly caught off guard, and because of his extremely weakened state, all his struggles were futile. Soon, he just gave up and let Bubbles pummel him.

Brick saw it and was amazed. His strategy counted heavily on Bubbles not fighting, and as a result, it was wrecked. Still, he was not bitter nor did he blame Bubbles. 'Bubbles finally did the right thing,' he thought. 'Though it certainly sucks for us. Damn it, we would certainly lose this one!'

Brick was too busy looking at Bubbles and Boomer to notice Blossom approach him. In one swoop, Blossom kicked him in the face, sending him plowing through the ground. Blossom followed this up by a flurry of punches and kicks that almost exhausted Brick's energy. Brick, who was very weak to begin with, at this point was never able to summon enough energy to match Blossom's speed and strength, and was unable to put up a fight. In the end, he just found himself in the receiving end of Blossom's onslaught.

Butch was of the same plight as Brick, only worse, since Buttercup was much more savage in her assault of the green ruff. Hitting him with laser-eyes to soften him up, Buttercup followed by punching him in the stomach, then flipping to kick him in the back of the neck. She caught him by the foot before he reached the ground, tossed him high up the air. She then flew high up in the air so that she was where Butch was tossed, and in a powerful laser punch, sent him reeling down to the ground.

Only Boomer was spared a beating. That was because not only had Bubbles held him tightly, but also because she didn't make it more uncomfortable to Boomer than was necessary. He was completely surprised when Bubbles did not begin pummelling him, even if he was under her complete mercy.

After a minute of curious daze, half watching his brothers getting the daylights beaten out of them, half wondering why he himself was not being beaten up, he decided to ask his captor a question.

"Hey, why aren't you beating me up?" asked Boomer.

"Because I don't want to," Bubbles replied. "I don't want to hurt you."

"Then let go of me then!" Boomer demanded. "I need to help my brothers!"

"You'll just get yourself hurt," Bubbles replied. "Anyway, I want to tell you something?"

"You aren't going to let me help my brothers, are you?" Boomer asked.

"Nope!"

"Why not?" Boomer inquired. At least it's better than watching his two brothers get beaten up. "All right Bubbles, I'm listening."

"Okay," Bubbles began, "do you hate us?"

Boomer was surprised by the question. Nevertheless, he decided to answer the question honestly. "Well, I don't know about Butch, but Brick and I used to hate you, but not anymore."

"Let me guess why. You used to hate us because we destroyed you but not anymore because you've had your revenge on us."

"How did—" Boomer began with jaws wide open.

"Brick told me," was Bubbles reply between giggles.

Boomer was surprised that his brother would even consider talking to a Powerpuff. "Really. That's just amazing. How were you able to get him to talk?"

"It's not too hard. After Brick and Blossom finished saying their speeches to each other, and she and Buttercup focused on Butch, I saw that Brick was just standing alone watching, so I took the chance to get to know him better."

"Well, what did you know about him?" asked Boomer, interested to know about what the blue puff thinks of his brother.

"Well he's smart, in fact as smart or even smarter than Blossom, he's a good leader. He cares about his brother, yet is so proud and stubborn. He is also suspicious and he doesn't believe everything you tell him."

"That's Brick all right," Boomer said. "Tell me, did he apologize?"

"Yeah, he did," Bubbles replied. "It was funny too. Brick was all pride when he said those words, but the mere fact that he would go here alone to apologize is, to me, enough proof of his sincerity, though it's sad that Blossom and Buttercup didn't see it my way."

"Yeah it sucks, doesn't it? Could you let me go now? I promise I won't rush headlong into battle if you would," Boomer asked.

"Okay," said Bubbles, and she released him.

"Thanks," Boomer said. "I've got a question. Why are you so nice to me and my brother?"

"Because silly, you're not evil like my sisters believe you to be," Bubbles replied.

Boomer's tone suddenly became bitter. "Why then did you approve of the monster plan?" he asked, remembering the mental image the monster gave him.

"I'm really really sorry about that," Bubbles said in an apologetic tone. "Blossom at that time convinced me that you and your brothers are truly evil. But later on, your brother came and apologized, and then I knew Blossom was wrong. I'm sorry."

Bubbles transparent sincerity caused Boomer to lose his bitterness about it. Before he could reply, Brick and Butch were thrown on either side of him towards the ground. Buttercup and Blossom were soon flying towards them. But instead of continuing towards their counterparts like the blue ruff and puff expected, Blossom suddenly grabbed Boomer and tossed him to Buttercup, who kicked the blue ruff back to Blossom like a football. Blossom then punched him hard in the stomach, froze him then threw him towards Buttercup, who kicked him towards the ground besides his brothers.

Bubbles was surprised at Blossom and Buttercup's actions, but just watched helplessly. Refusing to fight was one thing, fighting her sisters for a ruff was another.

A minute later, Brick, Butch and Boomer emerged from the ground. They were in a very pitiful state. Almost all their strength and energy was gone, and one more beating would knock them out unconscious. They are very tired too, and only an unbendable will kept their eyelids from falling. Still, they had enough strength to fly, but not to fight.

Brick especially knew the situation was desperate. He was determined that he and his boys would not submit to the girls, nor would they be KO'd by them, like they did to the girls before. He has too much pride to let that happen. Plus, he knew, or thought, that their reputation would be destroyed if they lost, not that he cared about it, but because his father cared so much for their reputations. But he had no allusions about winning. 'Damn it,' he thought, 'there's no chance to win now. Even if we fought our best and the girls fought like idiots, we can't win! I think it's time to use Plan Z.'

Boomer knew they had no chance, but was as determined as their brother. Yet he honestly had no idea what to do. 'Even if Bubbles doesn't fight us, we still don't have a chance. Even if Blossom fought us alone blindfolded and with her hands tied behind her back with Duranium, she still will win.'

Butch was the only one who was gung-ho of the three, and possibly, the only one who had his senses beaten out of him by the girls. 'Ha, one more fling and they'll all beg us to not hurt them,' he thought. Fortunately, he had still some sense to wait for instructions from his brother.

"Okay, men, you may not like this, but we'll do plan Z as we practiced in Dad's lab," Brick said.

"Plan Z, are you crazy? We'll lose face! We'll lose to the girls if we do this!" Butch shouted.

"And you'll lose your life or your reputation if you don't!" Brick shouted back. "And you obviously have lost your senses! Don't you see? It's the only way to avoid being knocked out and humiliated by the girls. I for one would not want them to carry me or my brothers unconscious towards home or the police station. If you want that, then fine, go and get yourself killed! But you have to walk past my dead body to do that, because I won't go back to Dad and tell him you're dead! So stop being a selfish bastard and do as I say!"

Butch senses came back to him after his brother scolded him. He realized how wrong he was. 'Damn it! Why does Brick have to be right all the time?' "Okay, okay, I'll do it, but it doesn't mean I have to like it."

"I don't like it either!" Boomer said. "But you've got a point. We've got no other choice, unless you call getting knocked out and delivered to jail unconscious a choice."

"Glad you agreed with me," Brick said. "And my sentiments exactly. I don't like it either, but we've got to do this."

The shouting of the Rowdyruff Boys at each other have been overheard by Girls. "So you decided to come to your senses and accept our conditions?" Blossom said, more of a statement of fact than a question.

"Is that so?" replied Brick. "Ready," he whispered to his brothers. "Now!"

The three brothers summoned all their strength and raced towards an empty house just below them in the fastest time possible.

Buttercup was just about to chase them when Blossom halted her. "Blossom, what the heck? Let's chase those jerks and finish this!"

"We will, we will," Blossom said in a calm tone. "Don't freak out. No matter what they do, they cannot escape us," she said as she began approaching the empty house slowly, knowing time was on her side. "Come out, come out wherever you are you naughty boys! Don't you know it's better to admit mistakes than to get a spanking because of it?"

Seconds later, three streams of light in dark blue, dark green, and red shot from three sides of the house in three separate directions. The red one went north, the green west, and the blue east.

"It's the boys, and they're trying to escape!" Buttercup declared.

"After them!" Blossom shouted, and she chased 'Brick.' "Ha, no one mocks me, be evil at the same time and gets away with it, Brick," she shouted, as she saw the figure of the red ruff race north. "You can't get away from us, you evildoers!"

"Catch me if you can," 'Brick' said. He then flew in a straight line in one direction at incredible speed, once in a while gaining or losing altitude depending on the ground's elevation. Blossom chased after him. 'Boomer' and 'Butch' also flew at fast speed away form Townsville. Buttercup and Bubbles chased their counterparts, the former to further pound the green ruff, the latter to try to talk to the blue ruff and explain her sisters' actions.

Blossom thought catching 'Brick' would be easy. After all, he was nearly out of strength and energy and was near unconsciousness when he made a dash towards the house. She was pretty sure that it would have used up all of his energy, or so she thought. So she extremely surprised that 'Brick' was able to stay pretty way ahead of her. She soon accelerated her speed, but soon, he too accelerated his speed. And since he flew pretty much at a straight line, there was no way for Blossom to maneuver or cut him off. She just kept chasing him further and further away from Townsville. Pretty soon, they crossed state lines and were flying over open plains.

'That Brick tricked me again!' she thought, thinking of the first fight. 'They tricked us into thinking they're weak! Oh I'll give him a piece of my mind when I catch him!' "You'll never get away, Brick Edwards!" It was so frustrating.

Buttercup and Bubbles had reached similar conclusions about the 'boys' and flew faster to catch them. By this time, Buttercup and 'Butch' were in another state flying over mountains, while Bubbles and 'Boomer' are flying over the open sea.

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The Citizens of Townsville began to pick up the pieces of the wrecked town. To them, this was nothing new, as their town was destroyed several times before, and they knew exactly what to do. Besides, they had reason to be optimistic. No one, except for the monsters, had died.

Still, the feelings of the people were mixed. They definitely had a new set of superheroes, the Rowdyruff Boys, and whatever doubts they may have of the boys had vanished because of the latest incident. They forgave the boys all their faults—including their assault on the city the very first time they were created by Mojo Jojo, even though the boys themselves never even thought of apologizing to the people of Townsville for any of their mistakes and sins of the past. The people didn't mind. Saving the town from four ferocious monsters was enough. After all, they did proclaim Mojo a hero after he defeated the alien monster that even the girls couldn't handle. There was even talk of giving the boys medals.

Talk of the boys inevitably led to talk of the girls. They witnessed the fight between the boys and the girls, and these led to mixed feelings about the girls. Most people, who couldn't believe their eyes, decided to wait for the girls to offer an explanation. Unfortunately for the girls, it wasn't to be.

Harold Smith and his family walked among the crowd listening to the conversations. He heard things like, "Those boys are heroes," "Looks like the girls have met their matches", "I wonder if they'll be a couple", and "I can't believe those girls would do such a thing", "Why hasn't the girls helped the boys instead of beating them up?" to "Don't be silly. The girls wouldn't do such a thing. Let's just wait and hear both sides" and stuff. Harold Smith smiled. 'This is the perfect opportunity,' he thought.

He soon found a pile of debris and rubble and climbed up. He stood high above the people. He grabbed a microphone, and straightened himself up to give himself a dignified look.

"People of Townsville!" he shouted. Soon all the people looked at him. "Today we have suffered a great tragedy, and as an average citizen of Townsville, I feel your sorrow and your pain at the devastation that occurred here. So we must unite and move together to get this behind us."

The people of Townsville listened intently at Harold Smith.

"But, before we could do that," his tone changing from hopeful to wicked, "we must rid the town of traitors who brought this disaster upon us!"

"Yes," one man in the crowd, Pat Krodoc, shouted. "But the monsters are already destroyed, Smith."

"Yes Krodoc, but I'm not talking about monsters," Smith shouted. "I'm talking about somebody who lives among us who caused the monsters' destruction of Townsville!"

"Mojo Jojo!" one of the citizens, Harry Long shouted.

"No, no no!" Smith said, frustrated. "Mojo's in jail so he couldn't possibly be it. No, it's someone whom you hold dear to your hearts, but is actually not that good!"

"Major Man!" one shouted.

"No, Major Glory!"

"No," Harold Smith shouted in exasperation. "It's the Powerpuff Girls! The Powerpuff Girls!"

"But they're heroes. They wouldn't do something like that!"

"Oh no? Then look at the evidence. You saw that while the blue and green ruffs were battling the monster, saving the city, that the Powerpuff Girls were beating up their brother, the red ruff, while he was asking the girls for help!"

"But why would they do that?" asked another citizen.

"Who cares why they did that?" Smith replied. "The important thing is that they did what they did and we have evidence on tape. But if you want a reason, I'll give you one. The girls are jealous of the boys. They feel threatened by them. They felt that those boys will replace them as superheroes, so what do they do? They beat one of them up while his brothers are fighting for the city, and they beat his brothers after the same boys saved our city! Instead of helping save the city, they ignore it while they dish out their wrath on their fellow superheroes. Why? Because they're jealous, that's why! So now, you must decide. Will you let this thing go unpunished!"

"No!" the crowd roared.

"Then get rid of the Powerpuff Girls!" Smith shouted

Soon, the crowd has turned into a fiercely anti-Powerpuff Mob.

Mary Ann Smith and her family joined Harold at the top of the debris. "I'm very proud of you Harold. You've turned this town against those girls. Now we have revenge."

"Don't only thank me. Thank those Powerpuff Girls for assisting in their own destruction. All I did is convince these idiots what I want them to think about those girls."

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In the empty house below the place where the boys and girls fought, the Rowdyruff Boys waited for the opportunity to escape.

"Is it safe to go out now?" asked Boomer.

"Yeah, I think so," Brick said. "Let's go home. We've accomplished our mission. You've defeated the monster, and I've given my apology, so let's go home and tell Dad."

"But we lost—we lost to those damned girls!" Butch complained.

"No we haven't," Brick replied. "We just retreated."

"We run away! And that's admitting defeat!" Butch replied.

"We made a strategic and tactical withdrawal," Brick said. "We didn't win, yet we didn't lose."

"Call it what you want," Butch retorted. "We still run away!"

"Yes we did because that's the only choice we've got," Brick replied. "What would you have us do, battle to the death? Sorry, but I'm not that kind of boy. This was the only alternative, so I took it!"

"Brick's right, Butch," Boomer added. "It's better like this, at least we didn't lose."

"We didn't win either," Butch said.

"Yes, we didn't win," Brick said. "So let's go home. Then we can plot revenge."

"Let's go home!" Boomer seconded.

So the boys flew towards the city to go to the suburbs at the other end of town. They were so weak that they flew slowly. They were so slow that it took ten minutes to reach the main city that they should have reached in seconds had they been in full strength.

"So it's this bad," Brick commented as he saw the city.

"Yeah," Boomer replied as they slowly floated over the city. Soon, they passed over a crowd listening to a bald average looking middle age man making a speech.

"Hey, it's the boys!" one of the people in the crowd shouted. Soon, the crowd began to cheer for the boys.

The boys looked down and saw the crowd cheer them on. At once, Brick felt a sudden revulsion and contempt for the people. "Look at them, the wonderful people of Townsville," he said to his brothers with a scarcely disguised sarcasm, "cheering like the dogs they are for their master who delivered them from the pound. Pathetic. They're so stupid and idiotic they can't even stand on their own feet. They're lucky Dad's properties are all over Townsville, or they would've been screwed by those monsters."

"Hey, how does it feel to be a superhero!" one of the people in the crowd shouted.

"I'm no superhero," Brick shouted. "I'm just doing this for Dad, Dr. William Edwards and—" but fortunately for the boys' reputation, that last shout took the last of his energy, and he collapsed in mid-air from exhaustion. His brothers quickly caught him before he fell. He was about to say "not you useless, whimpering people of Townsville who couldn't even tie you own shoes or doesn't even knows what will happen to a toaster in a bathtub. You make me sick."

"Let's go home before we fall too," Boomer suggested. Butch just nodded. Soon, both of them were slowly flying towards their home, carrying an unconscious Brick with them. They ignored the shouts and cheers of the people, Butch, like Brick disgusted, while Boomer, for some reason liked it, but didn't say anything.

"Ah, aren't they modest," one woman shouted. "They're really true heroes!"

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William Edwards was talking all night to a business colleague from the other side of the country. He was so busy talking business that he didn't even bother switching the TV or radio to hear the latest news. He just was clutching the business section of the day's paper for quick reference.

At around 12 midnight, he finally concluded the deal. "Okay Tom, you'll get the contract for the product at four million dollars. Okay, talk to you tomorrow."

As soon as hung up the phone, it rung again. "Hello? What do you want Sandy?" he said, the memory of the nights event still fresh in his mind.

"Oh I'm very sorry for not believing you earlier," Sandra Keane suddenly said in an apologetic tone. "And I'm sorry for what happened to the boys."

"What happened to my boys?" he said in a worried tone.

"You mean you still don't know? Go and switch the TV."

"Okay, bye," he said as hung up the phone. He was about to switch the TV when he heard a knock on the door. He quickly opened it and saw his boys.

"What the…what happened?" he said as he stared at his three boys. Brick was bruised all over and unconscious, Boomer was half naked with acid burns and scars, and Butch was just bruised.

"We…" Butch began, but before he could finish, he suddenly collapsed. Before Dr. Edwards could ask Boomer, Boomer went to the couch, lay there, and soon was fast asleep.

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Blossom was two states away chasing at almost full speed, 'Brick.' She was getting frustrated, but suddenly, 'Brick' began to slow down. Soon, he stopped. Blossom was about to grab him when he suddenly disappeared. On 'Brick's' place was a small metallic cylindrical device, about four inches long, and with a diameter of a quarter, with a long antennae attached at the end. There were many buttons on it. Blossom pressed one and a full holographic image of Brick in flying position suddenly materialized. It looked so real that if she didn't know better, she would have thought this was the real Brick. She again pressed the button and the hologram disappeared. She pressed another button, "catch me if you can" suddenly played on the speaker. She pressed several buttons, and a series of taunts began playing. She then read the labels on the device.

"Decoy—made by Edtech Corp. Invented by Dr. Edwards."

"So it was only a decoy," Blossom said to no one in particular. She gritted her teeth, and tightly clutched the decoy device. 'That Brick! Outfoxed me again! Those boys were so weak so they had to resort to cheap tricks! I hope Bubbles and Buttercup already saw this.'

Blossom then halted and raced towards the forest outside Townsville, angry at the prospect of losing those boys. A few minutes later, at top speed, she reached Townsville, and saw Bubbles. "Bubbles…" she began.

"I know, Blossom, this are just decoys," she said, showing the leader another cylindrical metallic object.

A few minutes later, Buttercup arrived. "Oh those boys are going to get it," she said, waving another cylindrical object in front of Blossom's face. "It's all your fault leader girl! If you just had let me chase them immediately, they wouldn't have time to set up these decoys, and we wouldn't be again humiliated! It's all your fault! You and your leadership, bah!"

"My fault! My fault," Blossom said, pointing at herself. "Don't blame me for not following my orders! If there's anybody to blame, it's you, you, you! You fought lousily and if you just followed my orders to the letter, this wouldn't have happen. Your insubordination once again cost us!"

Soon, the sisters were once again engaged in an intense shouting match blaming each other for what happened.

After a while, Bubbles could take it no longer. "Shut up!" she suddenly shouted. Both sisters stopped and just looked at their blond sister.

"Please don't fight anymore. I just want to go home," she said, nearly in tears.

"It's alright, Bubbles," Blossom comforted. "We're just having a slight disagreement. And you're right. Let's just take a look at Townsville and call it a day. I'm tired."

"I'm with you, Red," Buttercup said. "Let's just go home."

And so the three puffs went over to Townsville and saw the extent of the devastation the monster fights had caused. This caused a surge of guilt through the Powerpuff Girls, as they knew they were partly responsible for its destruction. 'I'm very sorry Townsville, I really am,' Blossom said in her head.

"Hey, it's those Powerpuff Girls," one of the people in the crowd shouted. Soon, the town saw them and began heckling them.

The girls looked at the town and were surprised at the pure hatred she saw in their words and eyes.

"They hate us," Buttercup suddenly said. "They know we sent those monsters."

"No they don't," Blossom suddenly said. "The boys haven't told them yet. It must be Him who's responsible. Remember the last time Him controlled Townsville into hating us? He must have done it again."

"Yeah, that must be it," Bubbles added.

"Let's go home and see if the Professor's all right," Buttercup said. Soon, all three puffs raced to their homes.

They soon reached the door. They saw the Professor waiting at the door.

"I'm very disappointed with you girls," he said in a calm tone.

"Professor, we didn't mean to sneak out tonight, we did it for the City, because those boys are evil," Blossom began.

"It's not that. I just learned the truth about those boys, and they're not evil like you think. You just did a great injustice to them and the city."

"But Professor," Blossom began.

"Before you continue, I would like you to talk to my guest," the Professor said and led them to the living room. There, they saw Ms. Keane, Ms. Bellum, all with disappointed faces looking at them, the Mayor, and…Mojo Jojo?

Author Thanks

BrYtt Bratt,long time no see, and thanks. Though it makes them look like bad guys, the fact is, they're not. They just made bad decisions for a good cause that just spun out of their control. It's shocking, but they did do it

To Somewei,she's my favorite character too. You're right, she is being stupid, but her stubbornness is also a factor. Yeah, I agree with the hotheaded part. And she's too smart for her own good.

To Ud the Imp,you forgot Machiavelli, treachery, tattle tail, deviousness, sneakyness, Benedict Arnold. Thanks for reading.

To nightglider-star,thanks. No, it won't be a Bubbles/Brick.

To Hairy Gregory, well, its just the last of a long list of underhanded things she has done, but I agree this latest one is the most low and the one that has gone so wrong.

Good thing too. As you've read, the people of Townsville had no idea that the girls called those monsters, or about the girls thinking the boys are evil stuff. Good for the girls.

To Uncle Sam,thanks. As for Mojo Jojo, it's in the next chapter.

To TJ Rose,actually, they didn't cheat. As the saying goes, Alls Fair in Love and War, and there certainly war between the RRB and the PPG. Well, only the PPG and the RRB knows about it, and its an open question whether or not the RRB will spill the beans. But most likely not. And I don't think the girls will confess it. Well, you've hit it on the nail with what the people of Townsville are thinking.

To Dooly, glad you like it. No, Brick didn't because one, he didn't even plan on going that fight, since he didn't expect his Dad to know about his lying to Blossom and him apologize that night. It was just a coincidence.

Yeah me too. Maybe the villains look human, while the monsters looked frightening, but I don't know, just maybe.

As to the levels of strength, if you've noticed I deleted it. I guess I've watched too much DBZ where the power levels can be measured. And you're right about them not knowing about it. However, if you've noticed, I used the power levels on the last chapter only as the narrator describing it, since the narrator uses an omnipotent point of view, and knows all. And the characters only know their strength in comparison to others and to their top strength, not the exact values, and you've noticed that the last chapter had none of the characters saying that he has one third or two fifths strength. Only the narrator uses it. However, I won't use it in later chapters because I agree that it is unrealistic. Anyway, thanks for the thought.

To Dr. Pill, thanks for reading and reviewing. Well, the RRB already did that twice before.

To Firestarter 10388,well, I hope this chapter answers your question.