The Dance
by Tonifranz
This fic happens after What is Buttercup's Plan. But reading that fic and my other fics is not necessary for understanding or enjoying this fic. There are references to my other fics, notably Allies and Rivals and Allies and Rivals II. However, the only thing that needs to be understood in this was that a certain Dr William Edwards was the one who recreated the Rowdyruff Boys, not Him, after they were first destroyed by the girls by being kissed, and under his guidance, they were not evil anymore. And they were in alliance with the girls, called the Ruff Puff Alliance, with Blossom as leader.
Short Summary: Pokey Oakes elementary has an annual school dance for its first graders. Sounds good. The catch is, the girls are the one who invite the boys, and the boys, according to school rules, can't refuse the girl who first asked them.
Long Summary: This is a story about a Sadie Hawkins Dance, where the girls ask the boys, and the boy has to take the first girl to ask him to the dance, or else! The boys conjure ways to get out from being asked, and going to the dance, while the girls, as a result of a combination of events, were left with only the Rowdyruffs to ask. Will the Rowdyruff Boys escape from the terrors of the dance? Or will the Powerpuff Girls manage to get the boys to the Dance? And what does Princess Morebucks have to do with all of this?
Announcement: I've made a new story, Allies and Rivals III : Mind Games. It records events four years after the events of Allies and Rivals II. Hope you read and review that story too!
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 4
The Cat and Mouse Game
The City of Townsville, or rather, Outside the City of Townsville, the boys were on the run from the girls. They had imagined that they would be in the most horrible torture called a 'dance' if they were caught.
It was Wednesday night. The family had dinner at a diner, where Dr. Edwards paid in full for all the food his boys ate. The boys were asleep in the car while they father drove in the straight, featureless road bordered by wheat farms on both sides. Finally, the doctor spotted an isolated motel with a vacancy, and pulled over.
"Boys, wake up," said their father.
"Huh? Did we arrive in the farm?" asked a sleepy Boomer.
"No. It's still too far away, and I'm too sleepy to drive, so we're staying on this motel," said Dr. Edwards.
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The next morning, Thursday…
Dr. Edwards and the kids were eating breakfast on the diner besides the motel. As usual, the kids ate a large amount of food, and he paid the restaurant for it. They were about to leave when a pair of robbers wearing ski masks burst in, one very tall and the other a little short.
"This is a robbery! All hands up in the air," shouted the tall one, pointing his gun at all the customers. All customers did so in fear, but Dr. Edwards and his boys ignored them as they walked towards their homes.
"Hey, you, I said hands up in the air," said the short robber.
Dr. Edwards chuckled, raised his hands in the air, and continued on his way towards the door followed by his boys.
"I didn't say you can leave," said the short robber.
"Well, you should have said it the first time," laughed Dr. Edwards as he walked to his car, still with his hands in the air. "Billy, will you get the car keys on my pocket. Because that nice gentlemen with the mask and gun so politely and so nicely asked me to raise my hands in the air."
At that, Brick, Butch and Boomer collapsed in laughter.
"Hey, they're laughing at us," said one robber to his colleague. "You three, freeze, or I'll blow your brains out!"
"What do you think, boys? Should you beat them up now or do you want to have some fun with them first?" asked Dr. Edwards to his sons as he stopped.
"This morning was boring," said Brick. "Let's make fun of those bozos!"
"Okay, you, get into that car over there," said the other robber as he emerged from the diner, having finished his stealing.
"That car? Is that yours?" asked Boomer innocently.
"Yes, it's ours," said the robber pointing the gun at them.
Ten seconds later, the car was a ball of fire.
"Huh? What happened?" asked the tall robber. He, of course, didn't see that Brick destroyed it with his laser eyes. But then again, Brick was too fast for ordinary human eyes.
"I think our car was totalled," the short one said to the tall one, who just came out with a bag full of stolen money.
"You, gimme the keys to your car!" said the robber.
"Dad, can we kill him now?" asked an impatient Butch.
"Ha, that little kid says he wants to kill us," laughed the tall one. "What's he gonna do, pinch us?
"No," said Dr. Edwards.
"Aw. Okay, could we rip off their arms off their sockets, and gouch out their eyes?" asked Butch. "I mean, they'll still be alive!"
"No," said their father.
"Could we maim them?" asked Boomer. "We promise not to kill them!"
"No."
"Could we break the bones of their arms and legs?" asked Brick.
"No."
"Could we hamstring them?" asked Butch.
"No."
"Could we burn them till they're near death, then freeze them?" asked Brick.
"No!"
"Could we break their backs and knock out their teeth?" asked Butch.
"No," said the doctor.
"Aw! Aren't those boys cute? Thinking they could kill or hurt us!" laughed the tall one.
"Hey you, give me the car keys or I'll shoot your little boys here," said the short one, pointing his gun towards the kids.
"You're bluffing! You wouldn't shoot my sons," said Dr. Edwards.
"Oh yeah, we'll see about that," said the short one, and he shot Boomer three times.
However, to the amazement of the short robber and bystanders, the bullets that hit Boomer just bounced off him and landed on the ground.
"What the—"
"Dad, could we beat them up?" asked Brick.
"I'm getting tired of this, so okay, you three can beat them up, but don't be too harsh on them, okay?" said Dr. Edwards.
Two seconds later, the two robbers were knocked out by Butch's fists, and they were lying on the ground, unconscious. Their teeth were knocked out, their noses were broken, and their eyes were blackened.
The crowd around them clapped, as did the people who were robbed by the robber.
"Thank you, sir," said one customer. "We owe you our money."
"Thank my sons, not me!" said Dr. Edwards modestly as he and his kids went to his car after signing a couple of autographs and having their picture taken by a local paper.
Soon, the kids were on their way to Dr. Edwards' cousin.
"Okay, were going to your Aunt Ellen Fish, my cousin, and her husband, Mr. Joe Fish, both in Nebraska. Both of them are farmers, and I haven't seen them in three years, though we regularly exchanged birthday and Christmas cards," said Dr. Edwards.
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Meanwhile…
It was Thursday morning, about ten…
The girls had spent the late afternoon Wednesday and Thursday morning searching the most likely place the boys could be.
"So now we put a mark on the map of all the places that they have been," said Blossom as the side on an isolated road in the middle of the country, looking at a large map. Bubbles had a large red marker on her hand.
"Okay, so, they removed a pile-up in the road here, please mark that Bubbles," said Blossom, pointing at the map.
"And over here is where they put a restaurant out of business," said Buttercup. Bubbles put an appropriate mark.
"And here is where they got in a gambling incident," said Blossom. "And here is where they made fun of that cult!"
"Ha, ha, that was so funny," said Buttercup. "Anyway, here is the makeshift road they made through the forest and farms."
"Now, base on the directory, we have found a list of the relatives of Dr. Edwards who are farmers," said Blossom, "and their addresses." Bubbles then marked them.
"Let's see. Drawing a line connecting all of these, and see the nearest farm to it, and voila! They're going to Mr. and Mrs. Fish's farm," said Blossom.
"Then what are we waiting for?" said Buttercup with an impatient tone. "I want to get this over with as soon as possible."
Bubbles giggled. "I bet those boys will be surprised we went after them so far from home."
The girls, using the map, then went towards the Fish Farm. Because they flew high in the air, no incident happened on the way. At about ten-thirty, they finally spotted the farmhouse.
The girls landed on the front porch, and Bubbles knocked on the door.
The door opened, and a middle age woman with brown hair and wearing a jumper dress over a blouse. "Hello, little girls, come in, have some cookies," said the woman.
"Um, are you Mrs. Fish?" asked Blossom as the girls walked behind her as she led them to the kitchen.
"Yes, my dear. Mr. Fish is out on the farm," said the woman as she put some cookies from a cookie jar to a plate. "Here, have some cookies!"
"Cookies!" Bubbles said as she placed her marker on the table, took one of the cookies, and began eating. Buttercup joined her sister in devouring the tasty treat.
"Um, Mrs. Fish, you're the cousin of William Edwards, of Townsville, right?" asked
"So that's why you're here?" said Mrs. Fish. "No, he's not here. He hasn't been here for a few years now."
"Oh he's not?" asked a disappointed Blossom.
"Well, we better be going now," said Blossom, pulling her two sisters with her.
"Thank you for the cookies," said Bubbles.
"Yeah. It's delicious," said Buttercup.
"But who'll pick you up? There's no one outside," she asked, concerned.
"Oh, we can manage," said Buttercup.
"Who are you, by the way?" asked Mrs. Fish.
"I'm Blossom, this is Bubbles, and Buttercup. We're the Powerpuff Girls. Well good bye, and thanks."
"Wait—" but before she could finish, the girls flew away. Mrs. Fish remained in the door, staring at the sky, shocked to learn that the girls can fly. "By golly, little girls flying? What is the world coming to? Next time you know, monkeys will turn evil and try and take over the world, or aliens shaped like broccoli would try to invade the earth!"
"So they're not there," said Buttercup. "So where do we go?"
"Well, we go to the other farms to see if they're there," said Blossom. "Bubbles, give me the map."
"Well, the next nearest farm is on Miller's bend up north. Let's go. We still have 13 farms and relatives to check out," said Blossom as she again double checked the map and they went to Miller's bend.
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At 11:00 a.m., Thursday…
Mrs. Fish opened the door after he heard the knock. "William! It's you! It's been so long! Look at you! You haven't change a bit! You still looked like you're thirty! Come in, come in, I heard you're quite famous, rich even, and—who are those three cute adorable little boys!"
"We're not cute," Boomer said, pouting.
"Or little," said Brick.
"And definitely not adorable! Yuck!" Butch grimaced as she began ruffling his hair.
"Ellen, these are my three sons, William Jr., but call him Brick, James, but call him Boomer and, Wilbur, but call him Butch," said Dr. Edwards to his cousin. "They are the Rowdyruff Boys."
"Come in, come in, and have some cookies. Oh yes, a couple of minutes ago, three girls arrived here and said they were looking for you," said Mrs. Fish.
"Three girls, Ellen?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"Yup! One was a blond, the other a redhead, and other a brunette. They were wearing matching blue, pink and green dresses, they're names are Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup, and they called themselves the Powderpuff Girls. Plus, they can fly," said Mrs. Fish.
"Powderpuff Girls!" Brick guffawed at Mrs. Fish's mispronunciation of Powerpuff.
"Wonder why the girls came here?" asked Dr. Edwards.
The boys paled, and as the talk shifted about old times, the boys were very nervous.
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Later…
Dr. Edwards and his sons were walking on the farm, admiring the view of the autumn plain as cold winds blew against them.
"Boys, I've been thinking. Do you think there's an emergency back home? I mean why else would they go here?" said Dr. Edwards.
"But Dad, Mr. Clark has your number. If there really was an emergency that requires our presence, he'll call you by your cell phone," Brick argued.
"You're right. Still, I'll remove the device that keeps signals from the girls' watches from reaching ours," said a worried Dr. Edwards. "That way, you can call them and ask them if anything's wrong."
"No!" said the three boys in unison. "Please don't!"
"And why not?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"Well, you see, um, the girls probably want us to annoy us or something," said Butch.
"Yeah! And besides, we don't want our vacation to be ruined by those girls! Eew!" said Brick.
"Now come on, boys, those girls aren't that bad! I think that we really would enjoy our vacation if those three girls are with us!"
"No! Think of it Dad! You're a man! We three are boys! We're perfectly happy! Now, how'd you ruin it? Add a girl, or worse, three girls, or worst, the Powerpuff Girls!" Butch said. "And we'll be miserable for the rest of our vacation."
"Yeah Dad, one of the reasons we took this vacation is to get away from those goody-two-shoes girls," said Boomer.
"Ah, well, okay, just for you three because you've been such good boys," said Dr. Edwards. "But I'm betting when you grow up, you'll be changing your lines about the girls. In fact, you may even like them!" their father then laughed.
"No! I would never, ever like those girls!" proclaimed the six-year-old Butch. "They're yukky, and disgusting! Even when I grow up, I'll never like those girls!"
"Not to mention ugly too!" said Brick. "Though they're not so bad, but they're very annoying. Especially Blossom! I'll put her in her place when I become leader of the Alliance! Then I won't have to listen to her say that she is the leader and I should obey her orders!"
"I agree with you! Those Powerpuff Girls are yucky!" Boomer said.
Dr. Edwards laughed.
"And they'd even invite us boys to dances!" Butch added.
"What's wrong with dances?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"Well Dad, if didn't know, dances are torture devices inflicted by girls on boys! And any boy who attends will be scarred forever! Oh the horror!" Brick said, shuddering at the thought.
Dr. Edwards laughed at his sons' naivety on girls and dances. They may be very smart and intelligent, but when it comes to girls and dances, they are completely clueless. "No wonder you three exploded when the girls kissed you before," he teased. "Okay, okay, I won't unjam their watch frequencies from our watches, at least till Monday."
The boys sighed in relief. They then began playing on the ground while their father walked by himself.
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Later in the afternoon, about three in three o'clock…
The Powerpuff Girls had just left the last farm house on their map. It had taken them about five hours, most of which was spent having long chats with the residents, having to eat their snacks, and on some occasions, having to play with their kids, all out of politeness, not to mention having to save the day when a swarm of locusts threatened to destroy the crops.
They were floating high in the air, talking among themselves.
"Oh this sucks! We lost! And those boys won!" Buttercup angrily said.
"And Princess too," said Bubbles. "Well, we can't win them all."
"Let's go home. We lost," said Blossom. "After all that hard work, all we got was—nothing."
"Blossom, where's my marker?" asked Bubbles.
"I don't know. Isn't it with you?" asked Blossom to Bubbles.
"No. Buttercup, do you know—" Bubbles asked.
"Why should I know where you keep your stupid marker?" Buttercup snapped.
"Oh no! I think I left it at Mrs. Fish's house!" Bubbles suddenly remembered.
"Oh! Okay, we'll go there and get your marker, then we'll go home," said Blossom.
Buttercup said nothing as the three girls flew as fast as they could towards Mrs. Fish's house.
However, as soon as they were within seeing distance of the Fish farm, Bubbles suddenly stopped in mid-air as she gasped and pointed at the farm.
"What's the hold-up Bubbles?" asked Buttercup.
"Look, it's Dr. Edwards and the boys," she said, pointing to the field outside the boys, were the boys were playing marbles while their father talked to Mr. Fish nearby.
"Well, well, well! We haven't lost at all," said Buttercup with a sinister tone.
"They must have arrived after we left. Girls, get them!" Blossom shouted, and all three of them flew towards them.
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Meanwhile…
"Oh shit! The girls! They found us!" Boomer shouted as he saw the girls fly towards them.
"RUN!" ordered Brick, and he and his brothers abruptly flew away from the girls as top speed.
"Look, they're running away! After them," Blossom ordered.
And thus began the chase.
Author Thanks
This fic, along with The Date, and What is Buttercup's Plan? 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 Hairy Gregory, yup, they found the boys without the need of any tracking equipment at all. Yup, they did follow their tracks thanks to all the chaos the boys made.
Well, who would've have thought that anybody can eat all the food offered by that restaurant.
Yup! Only girls their grade from Pokey Oakes Elementary can invite them, and vise versa.
To Ud the Imp, you're so right about them being evil still! And Dr. Edwards is no saint himself!
To Lynx Sarnage, the girls now saw the boys and are now chasing them!
To Kim, well, the boys are running away from the girls now that they were found! Literally!
To Divagurl277, thanks.
To Moonjava, thanks.
To Tones, thanks for laughing. Well, the restaurant did make the offer. Well, she can't bear to lose to Brick, but even more to Princess.
To BrYtt BRatt, well, they nearly missed them, and if it wasn't for Bubbles accidentally leaving her marker, they wouldn't have found them.
Well, I wanted to show the desperation of Mr. Marvin to not let the boys win the offer of the restaurant. Sorry if I offended you. As for the elephants, well, it makes more sense than the Mayor selling the City for food to Princess.
To Dooly, well, you're right. The boys had no idea that the girls would actually chase them this far of the country.
To PinkPuff5414, thanks for finding it funny! Well, the girls did find them. Now let's see if the boys can outrun the girls.
To Akum, thanks.
To Nightglider, I am very sorry about it. I am unaware that people in India worships boars. I had no intention of ridiculing anyone in writing about it. I only intended that scene to show how mischievous the boys are.
To The Ultramind,well, I hope that for the boys' sake that the zerg swarms work!
To John,thanks.