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 5
Buttercup's Evil Plan!
The City of Townsville, about 3 PM…
"Muahahahahahahahaha!" Buttercup laughed evilly like a villain. "Those two will pay! Bubbles, get the camera and the other stuff!"
'She lost it! She totally lost it!' Blossom thought. 'Now if only I could get free of this ropes!'
"Okay, you two, I'm going to tell you what's this all about," Buttercup began. "This is my way of teaching you a lesson for interfering with your siblings' lives!"
Both Blossom and Brick had blank expressions on their faces.
"Yeah!" Bubbles seconded as she arrived with the stuff. "What Buttercup said!"
"Just because you're the leaders doesn't mean you can do anything you want to!" Buttercup continued.
"Yeah, what she said," Bubbles added.
"Now you all know what happened last week, when you two arranged a date between Boomer and Bubbles without their consent," Buttercup continued.
"But it was fun, guys! I really enjoyed that date!" Bubbles blurted out.
Brick and Blossom couldn't help but laugh at Bubbles' innocent words that upset Buttercup.
"Bubbles, you're not supposed to say that!" Buttercup said in frustration. "We're supposed to make them feel bad about what they've done, not make them look good!"
"Um, okay," Bubbles replied. "Whatever you say, Buttercup!"
"Okay, now Bubbles, tell them how you are upset that they forced a date on you and Boomer so they can feel guilty!"
"But Buttercup, I'm not upset that they—" Bubbles explained.
"Bubbles, that's not the point! Oh nevermind!" she said, flustered.
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Meanwhile…
"Yeah! I won! I kicked your ass!" Boomer shouted, jumping over his victory in the PS over Butch.
"It was only a fluke! I demand a rematch! We'll see who is the true master of Play Station!" Butch asserted.
"Although I'd like nothing better than to hand your ass in a platter, Butch, it's three and I think we need to rescue Brick!"
"Nah, he'll be alright! The girls won't do anything too bad to him!"
"Butch, what kind of a brother are you? No, we'll go and save Brick! Think of what might happen if you didn't! He might cancel the comic book deal with you!"
"Um, on second thought, we must save our dear brother!" Butch shouted. "Let's go!"
Both brothers then went to the Utonium house. When they arrived, they peeked at the front window, careful not to let the girls see them. They saw not only Brick, but Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. Blossom and Brick wre tied-up together and gagged, while Buttercup was talking to a smiling Bubbles.
"Let's bust in and rescue Brick!" Boomer proposed.
"No, I have a better plan! Why don't we capture one of them and trade her for Brick?"
"That's good Butch! Okay, let's do it!" Boomer replied.
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Meanwhile…
"You see Bubbles, we've gotta teach them a lesson for what they did to you and Boomer last week!" Buttercup said.
"But I don't think they did anything bad, or anything! I don't think we need to teach them a lesson," Bubbles said. "In fact, I think we need to let go of them right now!"
"What! Then they'll get away scot-free!" Buttercup shot back.
"No they won't," Bubbles said. "They haven't done anything to get away scot-free from in the first place! Besides, it would be fun!"
"But you're missing the point!"
"Yeah, but it would be more fun if we let them go," Bubbles said.
They then heard someone knock on the door.
"Bubbles, go see who it is," Buttercup ordered. "We'll talk about this afterwards."
"Got it, Buttercup," Bubbles said as she flew to the front door.
"Yes?" she asked as she opened the door. But there was no one there. "That's odd," she remarked. She then went out to see if there was anybody.
As soon as she did, someone immediately grabbed Bubbles from behind. He immediately clamped his hand over her mouth tightly to prevent her from screaming, while he wrapped his other arm around her body, pinning her hands to her sides. It was Boomer. Another boy, who turned out to be Butch, quickly grabbed her feet, legs and waist before she could kick and struggle. In two seconds, it was all over.
"Ha, nobody messes with the Rowdyruff Boys and gets away with it!" Butch loudly whispered.
"Don't worry, Bubbles, we'll just trade you for Brick," Boomer gently said.
"Look, I'll help you rescue Brick," she tried to say, but Boomer's hand was tight over her mouth, and nothing she said could be understood (and it was also effective in quelling any screams she might have made). She stopped struggling the minute she found out it was the boys, so it wasn't too hard on the two boys to hold her.
"Let's get her home," Butch said.
Boomer nodded, and they flew at top speed holding Bubbles with them.
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Meanwhile, fifteen minutes later…
"What is taking Bubbles so long?" wondered Buttercup as she looked at both of her captives. "Oh nevermind. Let's get on with it, Bubbles or no Bubbles. Okay, since you two like matchmaking so much, let's see how you like it if you two are forced into a date!"
Both Brick and Blossom looked incredulously at Buttercup.
"You know the drill. If your answer is yes, just nod like this," and Buttercup nodded her head to demonstrate, "and if your answer is no, just shake your head like this," and Buttercup shook her head to demonstrate.
Blossom and Brick just rolled their eyes.
"Okay, you want to be untied?"
Both redheads nodded.
"You only have to agree to one thing," Buttercup said, "and you can be free. All you have to do is agree to go on a date with each other, on my terms and conditions of course! Agree?"
Both leaders glared dangerously at Buttercup and vigorously shook their heads.
"I'd rather eat donkey's shit than go on a date with that ugly girl!" Brick tried to say, but the gag only let muffled sounds out.
"I'd rather put lice on my beautiful hair, than date that stuck-up jerk," Blossom tried to say, but like Brick, her gag restricted her.
Instead, both leaders were reduced to frantic and furious shaking of the heads to indicate their opposition to it.
"I thought so! Oh well, you're thinking, well, I might not be able to do anything because I'll have to free you two at six, but it's two and a half hours away, and I have prepared for this eventuality."
But before she could continue, the phone rang.
"Hello," Buttercup said in an irritating tone. "Oh it's you Butch. What do you want? Hurry because I'm busy."
"Well, Boomer and I have Bubbles, and if you want her back now, you must trade Brick for her," he proposed. "What do you say?"
"Let me think," Buttercup said. Should she trade Brick for Bubbles and ruin her plans, or should she leave Bubbles where she was? It was no contest.
"Well, you can keep Bubbles. Take care of her! And don't forget to bring her back by six! Or you might be in trouble with Dr. Edwards and the Professor." She then hung-up the phone.
"Well?" asked Boomer, who was watching Bubbles. Bubbles was sitting in the couch, her hands tied behind her back, her feet also, and was gagged with a handkerchief stuffed inside her mouth and duct tape over it.
"She said we can keep Bubbles and we have to return her at six since it is the time limit that we can spend on these games," Butch spat. "Now what do we do now?"
"I told you we should have bust in and rescued Brick with guns blazing," Boomer added.
"Wait, we could still do that," Butch said. "We already have Bubbles, so we could easily overcome Buttercup two on one. We then can rescue Brick. Then, we win!"
"That's a great idea, Butch," Boomer complimented.
"Of course! Now, put Bubbles in your room and lock it. We can't have her helping Buttercup you know," Butch ordered.
Boomer obeyed as he gently picked up Bubbles and placed her on his bed. "Don't worry Bubbles, we'll free you when we get Brick back," Boomer assured as he patted Bubbles on the head. "Don't go anywhere!"
Bubbles giggled at Boomer's attention, but Boomer then locked the door of the room, put the key on his pocket, and joined Butch.
Both brothers then flew to the Utonium residence. Silent and stealthy, they went into the house without a sound. Since the Professor was at work, they had no fear to being caught by him. But they could not find either Buttercup, or Brick, or even Blossom. They finally saw a large note on a table on the living room
Butch picked it up, and read it.
Butch, Boomer,
SUCKERS! I have Brick and Blossom, and you can't find me. See you at six! Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Buttercup
"Drats! She must have figured out our plan, and went to God-knows-where and took Brick with her," Butch explained.
"What do we do now?" asked Boomer.
"Nothing. We just wait till six since Buttercup must return Brick, so we really have nothing to worry about! Buttercup won't do anything too terrible to him you know."
"I guess so," Boomer said. "But what about Bubbles?"
"Simple, we keep her until six just to make sure," Butch. "What time is it already?"
"Three-forty-five," Boomer said, looking at his watch.
"Let's go home," Butch said.
And with that, both Boomer and Butch went home. They put Bubbles on a couch in the living room, and until six, the two boys with Bubbles watched TV, though they didn't bother to untie or ungag Bubbles, reasoning that since Buttercup and Bubbles probably kept Brick tied up that long, there isn't any reason to treat Bubbles any better.
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Meanwhile…
If Boomer and Butch had bothered to look at the tree house at the tree at the backyard of the Utonium House, then they might have found what they were looking for, because Buttercup had hidden herself, and Brick and Blossom in it while the boys were searching the house. She had reinforced the gags so they wouldn't make any noise that might attract the two boys looking for Brick.
When she saw the boys leave, she breathed a sigh of relief as Brick and Blossom's hope disappeared.
"Ha, now that that's taken care of, let's continue where we left off," Buttercup said as she carried both Blossom and Brick back to the house.
"Now, I'll give you one last chance! Will you two go on a date on my terms?" Buttercup asked.
Both leaders were defiant and shook their heads.
"Oh well, it's your choice!" Buttercup said. "Now we'll see who'll break first!"
She then tied them up back to back, and snapped a picture of them. The camera was a kind of camera that not only automatically prints a picture on a paper, but also has a roll of film so it could be reproduced in the future.
"Now what would the others think when they see this picture?" Buttercup said, showing the picture to both of them tied-up together.
Both Brick and Blossom saw it, and indeed, it would be very humiliating for the two proud kids if it would be shown to others.
Buttercup then took more than two dozen other pictures of them.
Both Blossom and Brick were very angry by now as Buttercup shown them the pictures. "Imagine, two leaders who like to give the image that they are in control, who are in charge, who are the one who gives orders, helpless, tied up, not by villains, but by her own sister!"
She then put the camera on a tripod and put a timer on it.
Buttercup then went and posed with the two leaders.
Buttercup then went up to their room and carrying back a bag. She separated the two. He put the two on opposite sides of the couch.
She removed Brick's goggles, then took a make-up kit from the bag, and began to apply it on Brick's face. Brick tried to resist, but the determined Buttercup was easily able to overcome it.
She then took a picture of him.
She then put fake eyelashes on him, and then she took a picture of him.
She then put a large wig on his head with a large bow, like the one that Blossom wore on her head, and took a picture with it on him.
Brick was fuming, and he cursed Buttercup on his gag, but he couldn't say anything. For him, it was the most humiliating thing that ever happened in his life.
Buttercup then turned his attention to Blossom. First, she took a marker pen, and began drawing whiskers and mustaches on Blossom's face. She then took a picture of it.
She took a clown's nose, put it on Blossom, and took a picture of it.
She removed the clown's nose, then with a marker wrote, BC RULZ on her forehead, then took a picture of her.
Buttercup then removed the bow from Blossom's head, and messed up her hair so she looked horrible, and took a picture of her.
She then started fiddling with Blossom's long and voluminous hair, first making impressions of balls, or just braiding it in crazy and ugly ways, and taking pictures of it.
It was five-fifteen in the afternoon when the picture taking ended, and Brick and Blossom had no doubt of what Buttercup intended to do with those pictures.
"Now, here's the deal. I might show these pictures to our classmates and other kids," Buttercup began, "But, I might not if you two agreed to go on a date like I asked."
Both leaders glared at Buttercup.
"Oh I'm not bluffing, Blossom! You still don't believe me? Oh well, it's your pride!"
Buttercup then picked up the phone. "Hey Mitch, want to see some funny pictures?"
But Blossom and Brick made some noises and began nodding frantically.
"Ah, nevermind, Mitch, I'll call you later," Buttercup said.
"So you'll do as I say?"
Both nodded.
"Okay. I'll keep these pictures to myself," Buttercup said. "And I'll give it to you if you learned your lesson—don't interfere with the lives of your siblings! Understand?"
Both nodded.
"Okay, I think I'll let you go now," Buttercup said, laughing. "But first, I'm going to hide these pictures!"
Buttercup then went up and hid the pictures. After that, she went back and untied the two. Before anything, both went to the bathroom to clean out their faces—Blossom also fixed her hair.
It was five-fifty, ten minutes before six, when the two finally removed all traces of Buttercup's doings.
Brick had a sour expression on his face, while Blossom had an angry look. But both were composed.
"Okay, we'll do whatever you tell us, but please, just don't show those pictures to anyone, please! It'll ruin our reputations!" Blossom pleaded.
"That was mighty sneaky on you, blackmailing us!" Brick said, "but hell, you win! Just keep those pictures a secret!"
"Okay, the date will be for tonight, at about ten in the evening!"
"Tonight! But the Professor won't let us!" Blossom protested.
"Yeah, Dad won't like it!" Brick said.
"Well, how about eight tonight? The Professor and the Doctor won't object since it isn't that late. Besides, most of the kids our age would be at home, and won't see you," Buttercup said.
"That seems fair," Blossom said.
"Now, Brick, I want you to wear some formal clothes, a coat, tie and hat like your Dad? And Blossom, I'm going to choose what you're going to wear since you were the one to select Bubbles' formal apparel. And believe me, you won't like it!"
Blossom just glared at Buttercup, but she knew that until she got her hands on those pictures, she couldn't do anything.
Brick just swallowed his pride. He wanted badly to get back at Buttercup, but like Blossom, he knew he couldn't be too rash. "Whatever you say, Buttercup!"
"Well, have you two learned your lesson?"
"Yes we did," Brick said, biting his tongue, swallowing the distaste of his admission, crossing his fingers behind his back.
"And you won't interfere in your siblings lives again?"
"Yes, I won't," Blossom insincerely said. She also crossed her fingers behind her back. "I shouldn't have done it."
But they didn't really learn their lesson, and what Buttercup didn't know was that they began plotting their revenge on Buttercup.
But for now, Buttercup had won, and the two leaders were humiliated and defeated. Besides, Buttercup had blackmail material against the two.
Author Thanks
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.
To Ud the Imp, well, how'd you like her plan?
Well, Boomer and Butch botched up their rescue attempt, as you could well see.
To DL23400, of course I know of the plan. I'm the author!
To BrYtt BRatt, I'm glad you thought it was funny.
Well, those two boys did interfere, but Buttercup handled it really well.
Well, it was blackmail! It was really simple, but very effective, don't you think?
To Kats02980416, well, they knew Brick was captured, but not of Buttercup's actual plan.
To Hairy Gregory, well, taking pictures of them like Buttercup did is something Buttercup did to teach the two a lesson.
Well, they didn't forget about Brick, but they didn't do well in their rescue attempt either.
To Grochek1, yup, she won't, but she'll be a good amateur kidnapper for sure.
To Libertygirl0115,well, Boomer and Butch are not really worried about Brick.
To Dooly,and Buttercup pretty much succeeded.