Allies and Rivals
Disclaimer:I don't own the Powerpuff Girls
Chapter 19
Making Amends
The City of Townsville, and it was in the morning of August 30.
William Knox Edwards was fast asleep on a desk besides the beds where his three sons were asleep. He awoke, still drowsy, wore his thick glasses and corrected himself at his chair. He looked and noticed drool on the table. He smiled, and wiped it with a piece of cloth.
He walked and stood beside the bed where his three sons were sleeping. He earlier had removed all the bandages in Boomer's body—all the bruises and acid burns healed quicker than he thought possible. Brick and Butch were now completely healed. 'I guess that the Chemical X or whatever ingredients had made the healing process so quick. If it were an ordinary person, it would take weeks, months, to heal, or it would even be permanent. My sons healed in only a few hours.'
Soon, the first ray of sunlight penetrated the window and glazed the boys' eyes. Brick's eyes slowly popped open. He first rubbed his eyes, then slowly rose. He was at first confused, then remembered what had happened. Soon, it all came back to him, all to the point where he collapsed while giving a speech to the people of Townsville.
"What happened?" asked Brick. "Last time I remember, I was giving the idiots a piece of my mind, then suddenly, I can't remember anything."
"You passed out," replied Dr. Edwards. "Boomer and Butch carried you over here, and they too collapsed when they arrived.
Brick looked beside him and saw his brothers.
"They're going to be alright," Dr. Edwards said. "In a few hours, or even maybe minutes, they'll be awake. Anyway, you and your brothers are now at full strength, which meant that—"
"We and those girls are now at equal strength again," Brick finished. "We must train, so we'll again be stronger than the girls. And we must never separate. I don't want to be caught by those girls with my pants down again."
"What happened son? I thought I told you to apologize?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"I did Dad, but only Bubbles believed me. In the end, it didn't matter 'cause Blossom didn't believe a word I said, and she's the one who gives the orders to her sisters. Oh, when I get my hands on her, I'll—"
"Calm down son. Blossom already believes you," Dr. Edwards said.
"She does?" Brick sceptically said. "Ha, don't joke Dad. You don't know how many times I've said that I was only sarcastic and how many times she's said, 'Bubbles saw you and you're just lying,' and proceeded to beat the living daylights out of me and my brothers. Did you even know what happened up there?"
"In a way, yes. I've seen what happened entirely on TV. You probably didn't know that the entire event was caught on tape," he said to a surprised Brick. "Though you six were too far away for your conversations to be picked up."
Brick smirked. 'So neither Dad nor anyone else know about the monster alliance incident.' "So you want to know what happened from our point of view?"
"Not now. I want to wait for your brothers to come to, oh hi Butch. Glad you're awake. Good morning Boomer. I'm glad to say that your scars and burns have completely healed," he said to the newly awakened and still drowsy Butch and Boomer. "I also saw your fight against the monsters, and I must say, I'm very proud of you three for how you conducted yourselves last night. You just transformed yourselves in the eyes of the city, climbed higher in prestige and you upped your reputations tremendously. I'm very proud of you."
Brick's mood suddenly got up. He was able to please his father and make him proud again. Boomer was glad that he was fully clothed again, while Butch was happy at his father's compliment.
"Thanks Dad," they all said simultaneously.
"Now that you're all up, I want you to tell me what happened," Dr. Edwards told his boys.
The boys then told him what happened. Boomer and Butch basically told him about the monster fights, especially the part where they broke into Mr. Morebucks' factory. Their father didn't say anything about it, but his eyes gave the impression that he was even prouder of his boys for it. Anyway, Brick told what happened on his part, and up to the point where he collapsed. Boomer then continued the narrative. They told all, but avoided the topic of the monsters alliance with the girls. Boomer merely told the doctor that he stared down the fourth monster and it got scared and ran away.
His son's narrative gave the doctor grave doubts whether he should forgive the girls, specifically Blossom. 'Thanks Bubbles for believing them and not hurting my boys,' he thought. 'Blossom, how the hell could you be so stubborn, stupid, and narrow-minded? Reminds me both of Brick and me when I was much younger. And remind me of myself today.' He was still very proud, and that pride would not permit him to renew his friendship with Utonium. Still, he had much common sense, and he knew when to swallow his pride. The doctor then remembered his past experiences with the girls. 'How could I not forgive you three? You're too cute. Still, it depends. You should apologize properly to me for humiliating me in front of the John, Sarah and Sandra last night. And for what you did to my sons.'
"That's terrible," Dr. Edwards said, "what the girls did to you. They should have believed you, Brick. Still, John Utonium told me that they would apologize to me and you this day."
"They would?" asked Boomer sceptically. "Why would they?"
"Yeah, maybe they wanted again to attack us, right after giving another of their 'you're lying because you're evil and we'll make you confess' speech again!" Butch added.
"Yeah, no matter how much we insisted, they insisted on telling us that we were in cahoots with that monkey! Tell me Dad, why should we believe that they believe that we weren't in alliance with Mojo and they aren't hell bent in destroying our reputations? Maybe they're just fooling you to catch you off guard so that they could again beat us up," Brick questioned.
The doctor looked and regarded his sons with more pride. "I'm glad you didn't immediately believe what I've said. At least I know that you're not easily fooled and you have much common sense. But much has happened since you three collapsed from exhaustion last night." Dr. William Edwards then told the boys everything that happened, from Mojo Jojo's explanation to the girls, Professor Utonium's visit, the Professor's near lynching, his speech to the crowd, and finally, Blossom's apology to the people. And for further proof, he made them watch the tape where the girls apologized. He also said that Professor would soon give him a copy of the tape of Mojo Jojo's surveillance camera that captured the sarcastic conversation heard by Bubbles.
The boys were stunned.
"Well I'll be damned!" Boomer remarked.
"Maybe they're just fooling the crowd?" suggested Butch.
"I don't think so," Brick said, still shocked. "If she wasn't sincere, she wouldn't go and grovel before those bunch of imbeciles. She's too proud to do such a thing just for show."
"But that doesn't change a thing!" Butch retorted. "They did what they did to us, and no amount of grovelling would change that."
"Brick and Dad's right Butch," Boomer answered. "They mean it this time, and they believe us. But you've got a point Butch. That doesn't mean every thing will be bygones. We must have revenge!"
"Yes, Boomer, yes. Too much has happened for that. I mean, they had their chance, and they did not take it," Brick glibly replied. "Besides, we aren't exactly friends before this thing happened, so nothing really changed. And no, we won't beat them up or anything like that. Doing so would only make things worse."
"Boys," Dr. Edwards booming voice suddenly said. "The girls will come here and will apologize to me and to you. The Professor assured me of that. Now, it's up to you whether or not to forgive them. But if you ask me, it's better if you do. Remember what I said about saying sorry?"
"Yes Dad I remember," Brick said. "You said, 'it is up to you to forgive them, or to hate them more. After that, they could forget about the whole thing and blame you for anything that went wrong if you didn't accept the apology.' "
"Good, you remembered," their father told them. "But make sure those apologies were indeed sincere before accepting them. And if they are, it is better for you to accept them, because it is not good to hold a grudge. Believe me, I know. It's up to you whether or not to forgive them, but if you would ask me, just accept them. Sure, they did a terrible thing, but they already paid dearly for it in terms of their reputations tanking."
Dr. Edwards saw that what he was saying was not sinking in, so he decided to use a different approach to the problem. He was determined that he convince his boys to forgive the girls because in his view, their entire future depends on the boys doing just that.
"But if you still are resentful and disliked the girls, then at least forgive them because it is in your best interests to do so."
"How's that Dad?" Boomer asked.
"Because," his father began, "what would the town think? Yes, you have just cause to be angry, and I won't force you to accept their apology, but think of your future! You are now at the beginning of your lives in Townsville, and all eyes are upon you."
"Now, if you don't care about the people of Townsville," Dr. Edwards continued, "then think about this. You want to be better than the Powerpuff Girls, right?"
"Yeah Dad," Brick said.
"Then if you want to be better than them, then you'll forgive them, for those who are better hold no grudges against those whom you consider inferior. You may fell contempt, extreme dislike, or derision for the girls, but remember, if they are completely remorseful, then not accepting their apology is a sign that you're not better, and you realize that you're lower than them. Complaining, holding grudges, or hating somebody even after they apologized are actions of those who subconsciously think they are still inferior! So, my sons, IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, THEN YOU WILL FORGIVE THE GIRLS!" the doctor thundered, once again nearly frightening his sons.
"Of course, it's your choice. I cannot dictate whether or not you will forgive them. But remember this, I am very proud of you, and nothing could diminish that. But I would be even more proud if you forgave the girls. But, it's your decision, not mine."
"Yes Dad," the three merely said.
"Good. Remember, don't mention this conversation to the girls or to anyone else. Now I'll be going down to prepare breakfast," Dr. Edwards said.
Dr. Edwards felt guilty for using that argument to persuade his sons to forgive the girls. 'That is just wrong. But the end justifies the means. If the girls make their apology right, my sons will forgive them, even if it was for the wrong reasons. Now, there could be some peace between the two, even if it is only hollow and artificial. I am walking on thin ice here, but it's better than directly taking the plunge. I can only hope that in the future, the boys will find it in their heart to forgive them for the right reasons.'
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"This sucks," Butch said when Dr. Edwards was out of earshot.
"But Dad's right," Boomer added. "However much we disliked those girls, we must accept their apology, because we are better than them."
"If they even bother to apologize," Brick said. "But I don't see any reason not to forgive them if they grovelled sufficiently before us. After all, they lost and we won."
"What do you mean? We ran away for crying out loud!" Butch said, nearly shouting. "Just because you lead us to defeat doesn't give you the right to call it something it's not. We lost. Why not admit it?!"
Brick was not even phased by Butch's outburst. He turned to Butch and calmly stated his case. "Yes, we lost the fight, that I admit. But they failed in their goals and we succeeded in ours. They failed in their goal of forcing us to admit that we were in alliance with Mojo Jojo, and they even failed to beat us unconscious. They failed to destroy our reputations, and instead destroyed theirs. They defeated us in battle, yes, but we escaped with everything unscathed except our bodies."
"And," Boomer continued, "our job is to defeat the four monsters and for Brick to apologize to Blossom for that lie he told her. And we did both of it too, and it doesn't matter that Blossom and Buttercup didn't believe it. The only thing that wasn't damaged was their bodies."
"Yeah," Brick added. "We succeeded, while they failed. We don't even need to have revenge, because the girls themselves avenged us!"
"What?" Butch sceptically asked.
"They shot themselves in the foot," Brick said. "In their zeal to destroy us, they destroyed themselves. Heck, even their reason for doing it was proved false, and their conscience hit them hard. Did you see how they apologized in that tape? Hell, I'd say it's someone who got in trouble! She is saying that 'cause that Blossom realized they're wrong. We don't need to have revenge. We already had it. So there's nothing to have a grudge about. Dad's right. To not accept their apology, if they apologized, would be to admit they are better than us."
"I guess you're right. Oh why do you always have to be right, Brick?" Butch complained. "Okay, I'll do it, but I still don't like it."
"That's why I'm the leader," Brick confidently proclaimed. "We don't have to like them, or you can even hate them, to forgive them."
Brick then smirked mischievously at both his brothers.
"If I know you Brick, you've got something up your sleeve!" Boomer suddenly said, recognizing that familiar smirk.
"You noticed, eh?" Brick said. "Yes I have. Do you really think I'd let the girls get away with this? I haven't got a definite plan yet, but just watch and see. They'll learn that forgetting and forgiving are two different things. And those girls would be more useful to us if we forgave them, or at least give them the impression that we're forgiving them."
"But won't Dad get mad?" asked Boomer.
"No he won't. In fact, he'll be pleased and proud of it," Brick said. "We have an entire future ahead of us, and I've got more sense than to throw it away at some petty attempt at revenge. No, Butch, Boomer. I've got something better than that. Just trust me."
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That afternoon…
Professor Utonium was driving his car towards the house of Dr. Edwards. Behind him were his three daughters, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.
"Gee, I wonder what Dr. Edwards house looks like?" asked Buttercup.
"Maybe it's a big mansion, with lots of rooms and elegant halls, with lots of decorations. Maybe they have lots of toys too!" Bubbles dreamily said.
'You're so wrong, Bubbles,' the Professor thought. 'You'll be surprised when you actually see the house.'
"Yup. It's probably larger than Mr. Morebuck's mansion," Blossom added, "because Dr. Edwards is richer than him."
The Professor then hit the brakes at the last house of the suburbs.
"Why are we stopping Professor?" asked Blossom.
"We've arrived," the Professor said.
"Where's the house?" Bubbles asked as she looked around. All she saw was a normal looking suburban house besides a forest and no mansion.
"There," pointed the Professor towards the house.
"Oh don't joke, Professor!" Buttercup said. "Dr. Edwards is a rich man. He wouldn't live in such a small house."
"Oh I'm not joking," the Professor said. "For such a rich man, he has simple tastes." He then pressed the doorbell to his house, and seconds later, William K. Edwards opened the door.
Dr. Edwards looked unkempt, evidenced by his dishevelled hair that was clumsily combed. His white shirt sleeves were rolled into his elbows, and his tie was loosely tied around his neck, or more like hanging from it, and was outside his unbuttoned vest.
"Hi John, girls," he simply said. "What do you want?" He shifted his tone to cold and harsh.
The Utoniums were taken aback by this change of tone. "William, we already talked about this last night. My girls wanted to say something to you."
"Oh I remember. Come on in," he finally said, letting them enter the house and into the living room.
'This room is…plain,' observed Bubbles. 'The only decorations are a coat of light blue paint and a row of pictures and framed certificates, and there are only two couches, a plain gray carpet, a TV, a desk, a cabinet full of books, and a desktop computer.' Still, it was neat.
The Utoniums sat on one couch, and Dr. Edwards on the other.
Blossom was the first to speak.
"Doctor," she began, looking at the stern-looking doctor, "we would like to apologize for the way we treated you last night. I shouldn't have dismissed what you've said and accused you of being a stool pigeon of your boys. I should have given you more credit for managing to change the boys for the better. I shouldn't have judged you to be as gullible as I made you out to be. I really am sorry, Doctor. We didn't listen to you, and as a result, we committed a grave mistake. Please forgive us ,doctor, for that."
"Blossom, Buttercup, Bubbles, I wouldn't wholly blame you for not believing me," Dr. Edwards said. "My boys shouldn't have lied to you about them having an alliance with Mojo. Anyway, I forgive you for what you did to me in the Mayor's office. I assure you that I gave my boys a piece of my mind when I arrived home and ordered them to apologize to you, which they did. However, you compounded your problem when you refused to believe Brick's apology for lying and his explanation. Then, you made it worse by beating up Brick while his Boomer and Butch were saving the city, and then beating them up when they went to where you were. But anyway, it's all in the past. My sons were all physically back to normal, and you already paid for your misdeeds. You've shown me how sincere and sorry you are, and I was impressed by your apology to the town last night, so I won't dwell on it. So yes, I forgive you for beating up my sons, but you'll have to go and personally apologize to them for it to be complete."
"Thanks, Dr. Edwards," the girls merely said.
"Yeah, could we go and apologize to the boys?" asked Bubbles.
"Of course," Dr. Edwards said. "Wait here until I'll call my boys."
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Upstairs…
The boys were in the living room upstairs playing with their toy cars.
"Broom, broom, my car is way faster than yours Brick!" Boomer boasted as he flashed his red car at his face and rolling it on the floor.
"Ha, my SUV will beat your piece of scrap metal anytime," Brick boasted as he put on the batteries and raced Boomer by remote control. However, both vehicles went out of control and crashed against the wall.
Soon, a toy tank rolled in and began shooting the two vehicles with pellets. "Tanks rule!" Butch proclaimed. Before his two brothers could react, their father entered the room. "Dad, I just thrashed Brick and Boomer's cars! I rule!"
"Put away your toys, boys. The Powerpuff Girls are here to apologize to you."
The boys were extremely surprised when they heard that, although they were expecting them. Then, they acted in a very immature manner that flabbergasted their father.
"Those sissies are here?" asked Brick. "Aw could you tell them to apologize later? I'm about to show Butch here that my SUV's better than his tank, and—"
"Boys," he said, slightly raising voice. "Drop whatever you're doing and go down and listen to the girls, now!"
"But Dad, we haven't finished playing!" Boomer complained.
"No buts," his Dad said, and that ended all arguments. The boys put their toys away and went with their father down grumbling, partly because their playing time was interrupted.
The girls were busy looking at Dr. Edwards' living room when they saw the Professor with the boys go down the stairs. The girls then stood up. A few seconds later, the Edwardses and the Utoniums are standing a few feet apart staring at each other.
Professor Utonium was the first one to speak.
"William, I would like to talk to you about something. Could we, say, talk about it more privately?"
"By all means, John," Dr. Edwards replied, and soon, both of them went for another room to talk, leaving the six alone.
"What is it, John?" asked Dr. Edwards as soon as they are in another room.
"Well, I grounded Blossom for two months, Buttercup for one, and Bubbles for three days, and I was wondering if your boys could take up some of the superheroing slack?"
"My boys would love too, but I also grounded them for a long time for lying to your girls. Brick got six weeks, Butch and Boomer got a month," William replied.
"Oh we'll just have to work this out," the Professor said.
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Meanwhile…
The boys and the girls stared at each other from opposite sides of the living room. Brick had his arms crossed, was wearing the smirk that still irritated Blossom no end. Both his brothers were on either side of him, both with angry expressions on their faces. As for the girls, Blossom had a contrite face, trying her best to give an expression of sincerity, Bubbles was smiling and grinning and waving her hand, the only one who was happy. Buttercup was simply frowning, and like Brick, had her hands crossed.
Blossom began to talk.
"Boys, I would like to say that even though you might have a difficult time believing us, we now believe you're not evil. We should have believed you, like Bubbles earlier did. Now Buttercup and I realized how wrong we were, and how Bubbles was right. You lied to us, but you tried to make it up to us by apologizing, and despite Bubbles, we didn't believe you. On top of that, we beat you up while your brothers saved the day, something that we should have been doing. I, speaking for the Powerpuff Girls, accept your apology last night. Finally, I on behalf of Buttercup and myself, I apologize for not earlier accepting it, and for what we've done afterwards. Please forgive us. And we would like to thank you for saving the city."
Brick then gave his reply, one which he and his brothers already agreed on.
"Ah, so the proud and stubborn Blossom finally admits she is fallible!" Brick said in a mocking tone. "After all what happened, after you repeatedly thrashed us, after conspiring with monsters to beat my brothers up, after double teaming me up, after I've lowered my precious pride to prove once again how infallible you are, after repeatedly telling you that we don't have a freakin' alliance with that bastard, Mojo, you finally saw the light, and apologized!"
"I, and my brothers, shouldn't forgive you," Brick continued, with increasing bitterness. "Why should we? Only Bubbles deserved to be forgiven, and she had little to apologize for in the first place. But we will, because we have no reason not to. Because it would be worse on our part than yours if we didn't, as Dad clearly said. We will, for your sister's sake, of whom I owe a debt of gratitude, accept your apology. Ha, even our pride demands that we forgive you, even if our hearts is screaming not to. Just ask my brothers, but I advise you, especially you, leader girl, not to, if you don't want to hurt your ego."
"Bubbles, I would like to thank you very much for what you've done to us," Brick continued. "And I am speaking for my brothers when I say that we've completely forgiven you for any part you might have, and for your sake, and for Dad's and for ours, but not for theirs, we also will forgive your sisters. But understand this, we won't be friends anytime soon. Nothing has changed since before this incident. Blossom, Buttercup, we accept you apology, and you can keep your thanks."
"What do you mean, we can keep our thanks?" asked Blossom, but in a flash, the boys disappeared from the living room and raced to their room to continue their car race.
"A quarter says my car is faster than your SUV!" they heard Boomer shout.
"Let's see you put your money where your mouth is!" challenged Brick.
"Ha, your cars are no match for my tank!" boasted Butch.
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The girls were absolutely stunned. A second earlier, they were telling them how terrible they were and at the same time they were forgiving them, then they were betting on race cars a second later. They were absolutely confused.
"I don't get it," Buttercup said.
"Me too!" Bubbles said.
"I guess we have to ask them," Blossom said as she began floating upwards towards the room she saw the boys enter.
"Blossom, don't you think it'll only make things worse by just barging in?"
"Yeah, but they can't just leave it hanging at that. It's good that they forgave us, but they left many more questions unanswered. Why did they really forgive us, because it's clearly not because they liked us more? And what did they mean by accepting our apology and not our thanks? I've got to risk it," she said as she opened the door and saw Boomer and Brick having a car race with Butch watching and officiating.
"What are you doing here?" asked Butch.
"Yeah, who told you, you can come here?" Boomer demanded.
Blossom approached Brick who tried ignoring her by fiddling with his remote car. "What do you want?" he finally asked.
"Well, you shouldn't have left us hanging like that. What do you mean you forgive us but we can keep our thanks?"
"It meant exactly what it says," Brick said. "You're smart, you can figure it out."
"But why not?" asked Blossom. "You deserved it. You saved the city and you're superheroes."
"Because, little Miss Utonium," Brick replied, putting his toys away and facing his counterpart, "we're not superheroes. We did it because of our own selfish reasons, and not because we're some goody two shoes who has to save every kitten in a tree for its own sake."
Blossom decided to ignore the insult and decided to press him more. "Why don't you consider yourself superheroes? You are superheroes because of what you've just did, no matter how you think of yourself."
"Look, do you really think we changed that much since Dr. Edwards recreated us? No, you didn't. We changed, that I realized, and for the better, and we really even didn't notice it. But we haven't changed that much. We're not good little boys. No—we're loyal to our father, but to one else. We love him very much, but we share our affections to one else. We'll do anything he tells us, but we'll take orders from no one else unless he orders it. The only reason we are saving the city is because of our father, not because we love it, and its citizens. The only reason we haven't pounced on you now and haven't killed you is because we promised Dad not to kill anyone in any of our fights and it wouldn't make Dad proud. It is not because we became like you. And in fact, we don't like the citizens—they're too much imbeciles. Now, can you still consider us superheroes?"
"Yes," Blossom unequivocally, unhesitatingly replied. "Even if what you say is true, it doesn't change the fact that saving the city at all makes you one. The only reason you won't admit it is because you're too proud to admit that you've changed a lot, not just a little."
"You don't know that," Brick responded.
"Oh no? Then do you think that the Rowdyruff Boys that Mojo Jojo created will save the city, apologize to us and actually listen to us after what we've done?"
Brick didn't answer.
"Face it Brick, you're changing for the better, even if you don't want to admit how much. You remain bitter at us, but the fact that you even forgave us tells volumes. You're a brilliant leader and fighter, Brick, and very smart, but on this issue, you're deceiving yourself."
"You have no right to lecture me after what you did last night," Brick shouted. "Don't be so moralistic, for it doesn't work for me."
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Meanwhile…
Boomer and Bubbles had a more pleasant conversation, though no less harsh in words.
"Can I be your friend?" asked Bubbles, catching Boomer off guard.
"What?" Boomer again asked, seemingly not believing his ears.
"Can you be my friend, silly?" repeated Bubbles in a playful manner.
Boomer again was caught off guard. He stammered a bit and blushed, but soon recovered.
"No, we can't," he replied, though with less conviction than a Brick might have said.
"Why not?" Bubbles asked.
"Because I don't want to be your friend," Boomer said.
Bubbles wasn't deterred. "Okay, since we can't be friends, can I ask you something?"
"What?"
"Can at least be allies in fighting crime?" asked Bubbles.
"Ask Brick about that," Boomer curtly replied. "He gets to decide. Though I doubt he would."
"Okay," said Bubbles, then decided to ask Boomer another question. "What do you and your brothers think about me and my sisters?"
"You're the most tolerable. I hate Blossom, and I dislike Buttercup," Boomer answered. "Butch also hates Blossom, he dislikes you Bubbles, and on Buttercup, I'm not sure if he hates or dislikes her. As for Brick, he's the only one that doesn't hate Blossom. He doesn't dislike you Bubbles, though I'm not sure if he likes you or not. As for Buttercup, I don't know what he thinks of her."
For some reason, Bubbles wasn't shocked by Boomer's answer. "But why do you and Butch hate Blossom?"
"The monster alliance," was Boomer's simple and clear answer.
"Blossom's really nice, you know," Bubbles said, defending her sister. "You really should get to know her better. And about the Monster alliance, she's very sorry about that."
"Are you going to spill the beans on the monster alliance?" she asked.
"Ask Brick," was Boomer's simple answer.
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Meanwhile…
Butch and Buttercup were just staring at each other, fighting the urge to go and beat each other up.
"What are you looking at," Butch said.
"Something very ugly," was Buttercup's reply.
"I don't see any mirror nearby," Butch teased.
"Why, wanna die of a heart attack?" asked Buttercup.
"Do you wanna die of broken ribs?" answered Butch.
"To a weakling like you, not a chance!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Yeah!"
In the next few minutes, they just insulted each other, supressing the desire to thrash each other.
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"Girls, let's go!" Professor Utonium shouted.
Blossom was about to reply to Brick, Bubbles was about to ask another question to Boomer, while Buttercup was going to make another insult to Butch, but they decided to go down to the professor and continue their arguments another day.
"See 'ya," Blossom said to Brick, who didn't reply, but coldly watched her leave.
"Thanks," Bubbles said.
"You're welcome," Boomer said with no emotion.
"Good riddance," Buttercup said.
"At least there's three less trash in this room," Butch said.
The girls left, and the boys had only slightly higher opinion of their counterparts, while the girls had a new respect for the boys. The meeting, though filled with bitterness, was a sign of improvement, since it is the first meeting between the boys and girls that didn't involve a fight.
"Three quarters says your SUV sucks," challenged Boomer as soon as the girls left.
"You're on!" Brick said, and they resumed their playing.
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Downstairs…
"So how was it?" the Professor asked.
"Well it wasn't too bad," Blossom said. "They forgave us, after all, but it wasn't too good either."
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll make them our friends and allies soon enough!" Bubbles enthusiastically said.
"What do you mean?" asked Blossom.
"Cause you promised me a few days ago that you if there is ever a chance that they could be pulled from the side of evil, and become good superheroes like us, you'd promise that you would do everything that you can to make them our friends and allies."
Blossom then remembered the promise she earlier made to Bubbles, and she slapped her head. 'Me and my big mouth!' she thought.
"You have your work cut out for you," Bubbles observed. "But don't worry, I'll help you."
After that, they went and followed the professor to the car.
Author Thanks:
To Linkin Park Fan,yup, hurrah for the girls! I agree. Good thing that the girls got back their reputations.
To nightglider-star,well, the girls never beat up another set of superheroes live on TV before, nor did a Harold Smith attempted to destroy the reputation of the girls in the manner that he did before. They were just too shocked that they easily fell prey to demagogues like Harold Smith. Luckily, the professor and Blossom restored their senses.
To Stupid head stupid,well, the girls weren't evil in the first place.
To Hairy Gregory, you have to remember that Bubbles never physically harmed any of the boys during the third encounter and defied Blossom several times. Ha, about Smith, though I think they deserved a harsher punishment, but it would do.
To DL23400,well, you have to remember a couple of things. First, think of the level of intelligence of the citizens of Townsville. Second, they didn't know about the monster alliance. Third, the Professor reminded them of the girls past service. Fourth, the girls sincerely apologized. Fifth, even if the town was destroyed, we must remember that in that episode where the girls used Dynamo, Townsville was also destroyed yet the people forgave the girls. In this case, the town thinks the girls had no part in the monster attacks. Sixth, granted that what the girls did was mad, Townsville didn't think it so, or if they did, they forgave them anyway when Blossom apologized.
To BrYtt BRatt,I agree on you on the citizens. Well, I simply assumed that they have fingers (actually, it was an oversight on my part). Well, the monsters ended the alliance themselves by betraying the girls during the fight.
To Ud the Imp,thanks. As for the people of Townsville, given their past record, it's highly unlikely. And about the future, just read on. This chapter gives a lot of hints on what will happen.
To Uncle Sam,once again thanks. As for the boys forgiving the girls, this chapter answers that question.
To Sum-jackass, if there was a firing squad, everything would be perfect! LOL. As for the girls thinking about their reputations more about the boys, remember that the town was their audience, and their reputation with the citizens are very important to them. But I agree. They should have mentioned the boys more often than they did.
To TJ Rose,I'm glad too. Yup, it wasn't easy at all, as they discovered in this chapter.
To Somewei,wow, I never realized my writing could elicit such emotion. I'm honored by your comments. As for the boys forgiving the girls, it's in this chapter.
To Dooly,yup, he is. Ha, I agree with their being cute enough. As for Dr. Edwards, you're right. He is the opposite of the Professor in some ways, yet similar in others.
To Big, big Napkin, (after finger is snapped) must make more chapters…
To Piggy ham beef, thanks.
To Ivygreen,thanks for considering my humble story. As for it having grammatical errors, I do apologize as it is my first story, and I wasn't very good at checking errors.