What is Buttercup's Plan?
by Tonifranz
(A Sequel to "The Date")
This is a sequel to "The Date." It seems that a lot of the readers were disappointed that Buttercup wasn't able to carry out her plan because Brick was able to outwit her. Well, I decided to make a story where she was able to carry out her plan.
Short Summary: Buttercup decided to "punish" Brick and Blossom for supposedly interfering with their siblings lives by making them take a little of their own medicine. She was able to have Bubbles help her, but what of the boys?
Long Summary: This tale happens directly after The Date, where Blossom attempts again to arrange something for Boomer and Bubbles, with Brick, but Brick would not bite. It would be the last straw for Buttercup, who decided to implement her plan to teach the redheads a lesson! Would Buttercup this time succeed in getting the best out of the two brilliant redheads? What of Boomer and Butch? And will she escape revenge?
Disclaimer: I don't own the Powerpuff Girls or their characters. The Powerpuff Girls are owned by Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. I only own my own characters, the most prominent of which is Dr Edwards.
Chapter 1
Buttercup's Conspiracy
The City of Townsville…
It was a week after the Boomer and Bubbles' date. The date was like any ordinary date but for Butch's and Buttercup's "kidnapping" schemes that interrupted their date, and ultimately involved every other ruff and puff whose purpose ultimately failed when they failed to capture Brick.
As for Bubbles, she developed a slight crush on Boomer because of the date. Boomer, on the other hand, already liked Bubbles before, but he developed a phobia on going on dates because of his experiences during the first part, even though the date ended on a high note.
Anyway, it was the first Wednesday of November, about a week after the date. It was a beautiful, if windy, afternoon. Fallen leaves were flying with the wind, and most people wore jackets or coats when going out.
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In the Utonium household…
"So Bubbles, what are you planning to do this weekend?" asked Blossom.
"Well, I'm just staying home. Hm, maybe Boomer would like to play with us? I know, I'll call him right now!" Bubbles exclaimed. "Shall I call by phone, or by my watch? I think I'll use the phone."
"I'm sure he'll be happy to come over here. He did enjoy his first and last date with you," Blossom commented.
So Bubbles dialled the boys' number on the phone. "Hello," answered Brick's cold voice.
"Hi Brick! Could I speak with Boomie, I mean with Boomer?" Bubbles asked. Bubbles then thought she heard a snicker in the phone.
"Hey Boomer, your girlfriend, Bubbles, wants to talk to you!" Brick shouted, teasing him.
"She's not my girlfriend, damn it!" a red faced Boomer shouted at his brother. "I'm only six years old for crying out loud! I'm too young to have one!"
"Sure, sure," Brick said, snickering at how easy it was to tease Boomer about this topic.
"Yeah Bubbles?"
"Um Boomer, could you and your brothers come over this weekend? It'll be more fun with us together?"
"Well, um, you see, uh, me and my brothers have something planned this weekend, and um, sorry," Boomer explained.
"Okay! Could I go there and join you boys instead?"
"Uh, sorry, it's for boys only," Boomer quickly explained. "Uh, I think I hear Dad calling. Bye!" He then hang-up the phone.
"Well?" asked Blossom.
"They're busy," said Bubbles. "Oh well, I guess we can spend the weekend like we usually do, though I think it'd be more fun with them, or even only with Boomer around."
"I think you should call again later. Maybe they'd change their minds?"
"Oh I hope so!" said Bubbles. "It's much more fun with them!"
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Later…
Blossom sneaked downstairs alone, after making sure Bubbles wasn't following her. He then got to the phone and dialled a number.
"Hello?" answered Brick.
"Um, hello Brick, it's Blossom!"
"Well, it's as if I don't know that annoying voice," replied Brick. "So what do you want?"
"Well, Bubbles just called earlier this afternoon, asked Boomer if he can come, he replied that he couldn't, then she asked if she could come there. Boomer said she couldn't," Blossom explained.
"And you want to tell me this because?"
"Well, Boomer's excuse that you have something planned this weekend is just made up, just so he won't have to go here, am I right?"
"Well, yeah, Boomer just made it up. We actually have nothing planned for this weekend," Brick replied.
"Um, could you then pressure Boomer to go here, or if not, let him to allow Bubbles to go there?"
"Why should I?"
"Well, name your price!"
"Okay. Resign your position as leader of the Ruff-Puff Alliance, and appoint me the new leader!" Brick demanded.
"Ha! You're kidding! Now, what's really your price?"
"Are you deaf? I want to be the leader of this alliance, and if you want me to pressure Boomer, then this is my price!"
"Well if that is so, then the deal is off!" Blossom shouted at the phone.
"Well, it's your loss then," Brick said. "Well, bye then!"
Blossom then angrily slammed the phone. "Oh, that Brick!"
"So, you still are in a habit of making people do what you want even if it's against their will, eh?" Buttercup, who was leaning by the door, said.
"Yes, and so what? I'm the leader, and as such, I know what's best for all of us. I have a right to force people to do what is right because they don't know what's good for them!" Blossom asserted.
"Oh yeah! What makes you think you know what's good for us?"
"I'm the smartest, and I'm the leader, therefore, it's my responsibility! So if I want to manipulate or force other people to do what I want, then I can, because I'm always right!"
"Oh really? What if somebody forces you to do something you don't want to?"
"Nobody can!" Blossom shot back.
"Oh yeah! I was pretty close last week. You were all tied-up and you can't do anything about it!"
"Yeah, but you didn't force me to do anything because you didn't catch Brick, so there!" Blossom asserted, then stuck out her tongue at Blossom. After that, the pink puff left the room.
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Later…
"Hey Bubbles, can I talk to you?" Buttercup whispered.
"What is it, Buttercup?"
"Well, we've gotta teach Blossom a lesson," the green puff said.
"But what did she do?" asked the blond puff.
"Well, she has a habit of forcing people to do what she wants," Buttercup explained. "We gotta make her feel how it is to be forced to do something that she doesn't want to do!"
"But what did she do?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, she tried forcing Boomer to go here this weekend by making a deal with Brick," Buttercup explained.
"Oh, I don't know—"
"Come on! It'll be fun! For us at least! Just pretend we're playing!"
"Well, if you put it that way, then okay! So what are we going to do?"
"Well, remember last week when I keep telling of a plan to force Blossom and Brick to date? Well, we'll do that. We'll capture both Blossom and Brick and teach them a lesson they'll never forget using my plan!"
"Okay," nodded Bubbles.
"Now Blossom is easy. We can get her whenever we want and she won't be able to do anything about it as long as she doesn't see it coming! However, Brick is a problem. We have to persuade one of his brothers to join us so we can lure him out," Buttercup explained. "Okay, I'll ask Butch first."
Buttercup then called Butch using his watch. "Yo Butch, this is Buttercup!"
"This better be good," replied Butch.
"Remember last time, when I have a plan to punish both Brick and Blossom? Well, last time, we weren't able to catch Brick, so it didn't work. But this time, we'll do it again. Now, are you still in?" Buttercup explained.
"Well, does it involve capturing Brick?" asked Butch.
"Duh! That's why I asked you! I need you to lure Brick to our trap!"
"Sorry Buttercup, I promised Brick I wouldn't betray him," replied Butch, remembering his comic book deal with his brother.
"It'll be fun!" Buttercup insisted.
"Sorry Buttercup, but I'm not about to give up on my comic books!"
"What?" Buttercup exclaimed.
"Nothing!"
"Okay, but just don't tell Brick about this call. Can you at least do that?"
"Whatever," Butch replied. He then cut off the connection.
"Well, how about Boomer? Ask him!"
"I don't know, Buttercup, he said he was busy," Bubbles said.
"Just try," said a disappointed Buttercup.
"Well, okay," Bubbles said. She then called Boomer using her watch.
"Boomer, are you there?"
"Yes, Bubbles?"
"Well, um, can you help Buttercup and me try to capture and tie-up Brick this weekend?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, I'd love too, but I can't. Brick's gonna kill me if I do that! Sorry!"
"Okay, can you keep this from Brick then," asked Bubbles.
"Why not?" replied Boomer.
Then the connection was cut off.
"Well, what now? How do we catch Brick? We can't depend on Butch and Boomer," Bubbles said.
"Well, I still have plan B. It will be much more difficult without the boys, but I think we can pull it off—this Saturday!"
Author Notes
This fic, along with The Date, happens between Chapter 21 (The Triumph of the Ruff Puff Alliance), and Chapter 22 (Brick's Challenge) of this story, Allies and Rivals II: Commander and the Leader. The kids already had rescued Prof Utonium and Dr Edwards from Ckracknow's first island. Ckracknow himself escaped, got some financing from Mr Morebucks, and unknown to the kids, was creating the five clones that will attack Citiesville. Blossom's still the undisputed leader of the Ruff Puff Alliance, but Brick was plotting to grab it from the pink puff leader.