A/N I feel as though Mojo Jojo is OOC compared to the one on the show, but please keep in mind that it's been 12 years since the show, and he's eviler and dare I say it, a lot more insane than in the show, but in a darker way. He certainly isn't as repetitive, but I have a lot to put in here so if I did make him repeat everything, this would be three chapters!

Hairy Gregory: It's a figure of speech silly! LOL :P And they're using vehicles because it they flew at this point they'd lose all their energy and be useless- remember they're supposed to preserve their powers.  And Kev and BC aren't together…yet?  Oh, and can I possibly put my stuff up on your site?  I was checking it out and I think it's a great site you have there!

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Visiv1695: What kind a crop huh?  Um, how about… strawberries!  Is the V right?  The Z ain't tellin'! :D

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Dooly: Police or no police, powers or no powers, I don't think considering their experience in crime fighting they'd idly stand by and wait while their sister may be in peril.  I don't think I could if it were me.

Bella: BellaBellaBella, thank you for reviewing!  I was surprised to log on and see how much my review count jumped!  I enjoy your little musings- you sure do seem to get into the story!  Two comments for ya:  I think they could grow to be different sizes, fraternal twins do grow differently, identical twins don't, but the PPG are neither fraternal, nor identical triplets, so I think it's open to interpretation.  And another thing, you didn't need to correct my grammer in chapter 7.  I say "I don't feel well" and you say "I don't feel well" but Bubbles says "I don't feel good."  It was put in there on purpose.  Some people aren't always grammatically correct when they talk.  Anyway thank you for showing interest and reviewing!

Chapter Fourteen: The Madness of Mojo Jojo

Buttercup opened her eyes at the sound of an explosion followed by a sharp sting on her cheek. Mojo Jojo had just slapped her, "Wake up!" he demanded.

She groaned to find herself still restrained by the human-like robot, while the larger one was wrecking havoc on the theatre. Typical. Mojo Jojo always had a weird fetish for destruction. They were in the bushes beside the building, hidden in the darkness. She struggled a bit, but to her frustration it did nothing. She hated feeling so weak and helpless. She spit in his face, a mixture of blood and saliva hit him on the nose dead on.

He gave a half grin and wiped it off, "For three years I have been waiting for this moment," he punched her in the stomach. "During the three years of my exile I had been searching for a way to defeat you. To get my revenge."

Buttercup smiled with a bitter contentment upon seeing Mojo's state. His face was horribly disfigured, his nose was an odd shape, like it had been broken too many times to count, but the sight that gave her the most satisfaction was the patch over his left eye. In their last battle he had lost it because of her.

He smiled, lifting the patch, "Remember this?" he asked, revealing a terribly scarred empty socket.

"Yeah, I was just reminiscing about how fun it was actually," Buttercup grinned, not allowing him the satisfaction of seeing any fear in her eyes. "It holds a place in my heart as my favourite fight. Did you come back to lose the other one?"

"I have the advantage now, so don't be smart," he warned, "you have no idea how much pleasure it's going to bring me to seeing you destroyed. But not as much pleasure as seeing you suffer as I have suffered," he said, pressing a button on his remote. The robot threw her to the ground and Mojo knelt to her level, holding her down with one hand and grabbing her chin with the other. "You know, things are for once going exactly how I want them to," he smiled as she struggled to get up. Her head was killing her and her left wrist was bruised and swelling and she could hardly move it and she was no longer strong enough to get up using just her right hand. Mojo Jojo kicked her down, striking between her shoulder blades with his boot. Once she was down he kicked her side and she rolled onto her left side.

"You even helped me," he smiled, harshly rolling her on her back. He straddled her body and held her wrists down, "You see, when I returned I was going to do the old divide and conquer trick, because I know at this point if the three of you were together, you still had a fighting chance regardless of the antidote X because you do still have powers. That and the fact that you three always complimented each other: one girl's strength covering up for another's weakness, such as Blossom's rationality protecting you from your boldness. But on your own," he let her go and rose to his feet, kicking her side, causing her to curl into a ball in pain, "you're pathetic. I mean, if you were smart, you would've run away when you had a chance. But you wouldn't do that, would you? Anyhow, I'm sure you can understand how pleased I was when I saw you three fighting after I unleashed the monster the day I contaminated the water supply."

Buttercup growled in rage, she knew the moment she saw his face that he was the culprit, but hearing such a smug confession enraged her, "That's how you did it!" she tried to force herself up but one deliberate shove by Mojo, hindered her chances of that.

"Oh that's right Buttercup, I did," he pulled her to her feet and threw her into the wall, the back of her head bounced off the hard surface. He leaned in close, his eye glowed menacingly with madness, "I had this so perfectly planned. Alter the chemical just enough to make it difficult to detect, steal the delivery truck stocked with bottled water since we all know antidote X can affect me as well, and I patiently waited until you three begin to succumb to it. That amused me, you see because you three were so stupid that you acted as though nothing was wrong when really you are weak, pathetic, helpless, defenceless…"

Buttercup growled. She fought her overwhelming dizziness and pushed Mojo away from her. She backhanded him, striking his face and he fell to the ground. She quickly advanced on him and began beating him mercilessly. "Jerk! How dare you! You know what? You underestimate us! I can still kick your ass!" She punched his face and kicked side.

He was taken aback for a moment, thinking Buttercup no longer had it in her but he reached for his remote and pressed a few buttons. Whips shot out from the robots hands, one grabbing hold of her raised fist, the other wrapping itself around her waist. She was pulled into the robot, one whip bound her hands together, the other whip remained firmly wrapped around her middle. He wiped his mouth and spit out a few bloody teeth, "That's the best you can do?" he grinned, pulling out a pocket knife, "Disposing of you is going to be a pleasure I must say. You, being the toughest fighter, you are the one who inflicted the most pain upon me." He revealed the blade and held it up, "You cost me my eye, and as the good book says, 'an eye for an eye'…"

Buttercup's eyes widened when she realized what he was going to do, she quickly closed her eyes and twisted her neck, moving her head out of the way the best she could before he could gouge her eye out. The knife lodged itself into the robots chest. The robot began to short circuit, sparks flew out of its chest. It released her hands but the whip around her waist only tightened. The pressure around her waist was unbearable, she let out a scream, desperately prying at the restraints. Mojo chuckled, pleased at the sight. Finally its grip let up and it released her.

"You're mad!" Buttercup hissed, struggling to find breath. She stumbled against the wall and sank to the ground, clutching her waist.

"Because of you!" he screamed, leaning in close and grabbing her shoulders, "You and your worthless sisters! Throwing me out into the cold! Causing me more pain than you can imagine! Turning me into this… this monstrosity! A freak! You don't know what it's like constantly having to hide your face wherever you go! Once I was happy, I was ignorant and carefree until you came along! I didn't know the meaning of pain, love, loneliness and despair until you and your sisters entered my life! Why do you think I caused you so much grief? Because I hate you! Because it is you who has driven me to insanity!" He paused, his enraged tone ceased and he smiled. His tone was eerily calm as he spoke, his one eye glistened, "So imagine my joy when I found an old friend of yours and was able to acquire your kryptonite."

Buttercup's eyes narrowed at this revelation. Mojo Jojo wasn't working alone, "Who?" Buttercup asked, "Where did you get the antidote X?"

Mojo snorted, "As if I'd ever tell you. You probably wouldn't remember him so it doesn't matter."

"Try me," she hissed.

"No, I will not betray his trust. He was the only one who would take me in, who hates you as much as I. No, I will not tell," he sounded distant, and reflective for just a moment as he spoke. Turning his attention back to Buttercup, he tightened his grip, "Although I guess it doesn't matter though whether I tell you or not. When I'm done torturing you, repaying you for the calamities of pain you've bestowed upon me, I will kill you. You see, I always planned to do you in first. You, being the tough one, the one who's caused me the most physical anguish." he grinned, "Killing you will be a pleasure."

Buttercup struggled once more. He was not the Mojo Jojo she remembered, the Mojo Jojo she knew, while crazy was not nearly as insane as he was now. There was a ravenous look in his eye, he was not going to give up this time. Buttercup hated feeling so powerless. He pulled her to him and slammed her back into the wall. Her vision became a blur again, she could feel herself slipping once more, but he shook her, jolting her awake determined to have her hear his plan.

"Once I'm through with you, I will destroy Bubbles. Her and her perpetually annoying cheerfulness. It will be rewarding when I take away the joy and laughter from her life. That I will accomplish tonight when I kill you. She's sensitive, unlike you. She'll be devastated, losing a sister like that. Then when she is in enough despair, I will look forward to slitting her throat. I won't make her endure the physical pain I'm giving you. It's her sweetness that has always made me sick. No, the pain I'll give her will be emotional. It's all part of my perfect plan."

Buttercup closed her eyes, and as he spoke a feeling of bitter rage boiled up inside her. She could feel the anger flow through her veins. She clenched her fists and opened her eyes, her green eyes glistened with fury.

"And then I will kill Blossom. So perfect, beautiful and smart. She's the one I despise the most. Since she was the leader, her crimes were worse than yours. She planned and conspired ways to defeat me. That's why she dies last in my perfect plan. Make her endure losing her sisters before I kill her. Give her a taste of loss and regret. Knowing her she'll feel responsible for your deaths, and you know what Buttercup? I hope that guilt, that pain will drive her to madness!" he released his grip backing off slightly, "When I'm done with her no one will be able to recognize her corpse. My methods of revenge are fitting wouldn't you say?"

Buttercup let out an ear splitting scream and flew into him, knocking him to the ground. She couldn't bear even imagining what Mojo Jojo would do to her sisters. She was so enraged she no longer felt her pain, instead it granted her a second wind. She grabbed his remote and destroyed it. The human-like robot which was still short circuiting fell and exploded. The second robot which was destroying the theatre fell into the building through a hole in the wall it made and it too exploded, bursting into flames.

Buttercup advanced on Mojo and beat him without rhyme or reason with her good hand. "How dare you threaten my sisters like that! You ever touch them… you… You've gone insane Mojerk!" she raised her fist, about to strike him again. He winced but she stopped. There was a strange look in her eyes. She glared at Mojo Jojo and grabbed his shoulders, lifting him off the ground. She looked to the sky and began to fly straight up, holding Mojo Jojo tightly. She didn't know why, knowing that she was losing her strength and powers, but she felt that it was the only way she'd have power over him at this rate, he wouldn't be able to attack, unless he was stupid.

"What are you doing?" he demanded.

"Things didn't have to turn out the way they did," Buttercup hissed, closing her eyes as she flew. She could feel herself weakening every second , the mere act of using her powers drained her of so much strength, but the adrenaline and rage overpowered the antidote X in her system, enabling her to remain airborne. "You kicked yourself out. You're the one who caused us pain. I'll bet you didn't even give the Professor a chance to notice you. We only gave you this grief because you were the one bent on destroying us from the very beginning. It was a long time ago, but I'll never forget it. You tried to ruin our reputation, you tried to kill us, you tried to take over, and destroy Townsville more times than we can count. It was all because of you. I'll never forget that. We accepted you at first but it was you who turned against us. So you felt left out and betrayed, so what? It happens. I know how you feel, but I don't deal with it by destroying things and plotting revenge even though believe me, I want to sometimes, but I don't."

"Put me down!" Mojo Jojo insisted, looking down, they were getting pretty high up.

"Are you sure you want me to do that?" Buttercup asked. She looked down at the theatre which was now in flames. She took note of the crowd of people gathering at a safe distance and hoped that Kevin was among them, hoping everyone got out safely. "Are you sure you want me to drop you now?"

Mojo Jojo shook his head, maybe that wasn't such a good idea after all, "No! No don't!"

"Oh I don't know if I can hold on to you much longer," Buttercup taunted, "All this antidote X you gave us, I don't think I can carry you anymore." For a brief moment, there was a murderous glint in her eyes. She let go. Mojo Jojo screamed as he fell. For that moment, she would've let him fall to his death; he would never bother them again, she would have the revenge she wanted, but she shook her head. It would go against everything she stood for and held dear. She would be no better than he was. She flew after him and caught him. "I should've let you drop, but I'm not like you."

Mojo Jojo looked down. The roof of the burning theatre was getting closer and closer. He looked at Buttercup who was fighting consciousness. She was seriously unable to hold on much longer. She began to gradually lose altitude and he wasn't sure if it was by her own free will or not. He glanced down again. The rooftop of the burning theatre was getting closer. He could handle the drop, and, being a monkey could easily climb down to safety considering the nearby trees.

He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a laser gun. It was still set on the lowest setting, but that didn't matter, considering her condition. He fired. She let out a scream, releasing her grip as the red light hit her dead on, pushing her up. Mojo Jojo fell to the roof, landing wrong and twisting his ankle. "Curses!" he hissed, he smiled when he realized he just missed a burning hole in the roof. That wouldn't be good if he fell in. He was about to leave but suddenly Buttercup crashed into him and they both tumbled through the hole into the fiery building.

I fell in to a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher.

And it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire, the ring of fire.

-The great Johnny Cash

…sorry I just couldn't resist. :P

Gyahhhhh!  Another cliffhanger!   Anyway, I know you don't like cliffhangers, and I don't mean to leave you hanging, but I'm off on Christmas vacation for a month and I won't have internet access (except webTV- I'll be able to R&R, but I won't be able to update), so you won't see any updates until the new year. I won't be leaving until the 15th, but I can't guarantee I will be able to update before then. I'll try though but I just altered the last two paragraphs of this chapter which means chapter fifteen will need to go through another major rewrite. (I generally try to keep two chapters ahead before I update) Please bear with me, and if I don't get to update, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, Happy Mass Merchandising Day or whatever it is you celebrate this season.