FlameX

Chapter III

Blossom and Bubbles scouted out over the ground.

"See Buttercup yet?" asked Blossom.

"No."

The wind picked up, and they continued their search.

Professor Utonium lied down on the cold hospital bed, worried. What was going on? Were the girls okay? Suddenly, he was distracted: Something was outside his window...

A surge of fire blasted the hospital to floors down.

"Sweet Jesus!"

The fire was spreading. Up to the Professor's floor.

"Oh my god."

He jumped out of his bed, sprinting through the hall and down the stairs. Then, he saw him.It looked a lot like a RowdyRuff boy, but there was a distinct feeling around this one. A dark feeling. His orange and red hair dangled down his back and his outfit was as black as ash.

He walked up to one of the hospitalized children.

"Lord, no. Not a child." thought Professor Utonium in horror.

"Do you know what it's like to be burned alive? It's at first a very warm feeling. Then it stings. Then you die. Let me show you…"

He picked the child up.

"NO! STOP!" shouted Professor Utonium.

Suddenly, the creature's red eyes pierced into the Professor. The monster dropped the child, who then ran away.

"The creator. I meet you at last."

He preformed a mock bow.

"Who the hell are you?" yelled the Professor.

"The name's Blaze."

A huge beam of fire blasted from his hand, and Utonium jumped down the stairs, dodging it by inches.

"Creator?", he asked himself. "Oh no…"

It all made perfect sense now. He had created this awful creature by mistake. The fire and the Chemical X…it had created Blaze.

As the Professor reached the bottom of the stairs he looked in front of him.

Blaze.

"Surprise."

A blast of flame, a flash of light.

"Blossom?"

"Yeah?"

"What if we don't find anything?"

"Yes we—Oh no! Look!"

The two girls stared at the smoking Townsville hospital and saw a figure fly out.

"…D-dad…was…there…" Bubbles stammered.

The two slowly hovered down to the remains of the hospital.

"He's…gone…"

"No…"

The two sat there. Their guardian was somewhere burning in the hospital, probably suffocated…it was awful to think about.

A voice echoed from the hospital.

"His…name is Blaze."

"Wha?"

"That boy. The monster who kidnapped Buttercup and burned down the hospital. His name is Blaze."

Professor Utonium staggered out of the smoldering remains of the hospital and hugged both of his girls.

"We-we were afraid we'd had lost you," Blossom whimpered.

"Everything is going to be alright now. All we need to do is find Buttercup and-"

"Who said you could leave?"

Blaze stood there, grinning a triumphant grin. And holding a struggling, tied up Buttercup in his hands.

"The fun has just begun…"

TO BE CONTINUED