Change Of Command
Disclaimer: I do not own the Powerpuff girls or anything that relates to them. They are the property of Cartoon Network and Craig McCracken. However, I do own the plot of this story.
A/N: Hi Everyone, James of Vale here. I've decided to take a little break from "To Boldly Go where no Puff has gone before", to bring you this nice and touching little story. So, without further delay, I bring you… Change of Command.
Chapter 2: First Day
The next day rolled around and the sun shone into the medical bay. Blossom still can't see, but she could feel the sun's rays on her face. She tilted her head to where she thought Brick was lying. She tried calling out to him. "Honey, please wake up… I miss you…" She almost imagined that he would just reply almost immediately and tell her that he's ok. Moments later, a tear rolled down her eye. Her face burned from the tears last night, and the tears wouldn't dry so quickly as she can't move her hands to wipe them off. She suddenly heard Buttercup and Bubbles calling her. "Red, we brought you breakfast before going to school, so open up!" Bubbles squeaked in a cheerful tone. She was trying to keep the negative thoughts out of her way. Blossom just smiled and asked what's for breakfast. "Bacon and Eggs, some toast, and orange juice. Don't worry, we'll feed you…" Buttercup answered in an unusual amount of kindness. Blossom just broke up in tears after hearing that way. "You've changed so much over night, Buttercup!"
Buttercup placed the rack of food on a table next to Blossom's bed. "Of course, I'm the leader for now, remember? You passed it too me. I have to set the example. Besides, I just can't be my tough and mean way when you're helpless like that… It's just…" Buttercup stopped herself and wiped a tear off her face. She answered a moment later, with a voice distinct enough to let Blossom know that her sister was feeling very emotional. "I care about you a lot sis…" Buttercup then giggled and continued, "but not that way!"
Blossom smiled and just thanked her sister for her kindness. "C'mon, let me feel my hair bow on your head!" With that, Buttercup and Bubbles embraced their beloved sister. Blossom could feel her hair bow tickling her nose from what she guessed was Buttercup's head. "Well, aren't you're gonna feed me?" She said as they broke the embrace. Bubbles giggled a bit and said, "Open up!" The 3 sisters just talked a bit, as Bubbles and Buttercup feeding Blossom. Blossom was feeling a bit upset with having to be fed like a baby, but then she didn't mind much. "Hey…might as well get used to the service…anyways…this is only temporary…But I certainly hope Brick will recover…"
The girls were unaware that they were being watched by an invisible figure. "What has happened to me? And why can't they see me…" The figure looked over at Brick in his bed and exclaimed. "What? It…it…it can't be!" The figure walked over closer to the bed and we see the figure is actually Brick! "How did I end up here? And…am I'm dead?" He pondered as he looked over himself. He noticed that his current "body" was transparent like a ghost. But something did not look right. He looked over at his body in the bed. The monitor was still showing that his heartbeat was going steadily. "According to that, I'm alive…but how can this be? Am I'm still dreaming?" He looked over at the pad hanging at the foot of his bed. He read it and just sat back. "I'm in a coma…that explains it…I might be dreaming or…wait…could it be astral-projection, where a sleeping person could generate a walking spirit form?" He was suddenly cut off when he saw Butch hover down the stairs. He noticed that his brother was wearing his cap.
Butch hovered by the girls and talked. "How are you feeling Blossom? Regained any feeling yet?" Brick just stood there and watched. "What does he mean by regaining feeling? Wait…" Brick hovered to Blossom's bed and read the pad at the end. "Temporary paralysis and blindness. Oh what has happened to you? If only I wasn't in that coma, you wouldn't end up like this!" Brick was in the middle of sobbing when he felt Butch walk through him. "They can't see me or get in my way…I wonder if I can pick up something to get their attention?"
Butch was going over to where Brick was lying and began talking into his ear. "Bro…please…wake up…" Suddenly he felt a wind suddenly blow his cap off. "Hey! Give my cap back!" Brick tried yelling at his brother. Butch just picked up the cap and put it back on. "That's weird, the windows are closed." He just walked through Brick again and walked to Blossom's side after Bubbles had wiped her cheek. "Ok, Blossom…me and Buttercup have to get going to school. Don't worry, we'll be the best acting leaders you'll ever have!" With that, the 3 of them hovered back upstairs after saying goodbye to Blossom and the unconscious Brick. Brick just hovered over to where they left and spoke. "So, Blossom appointed them the leaders for now…no wonder he's wearing my cap…oh well…there's nothing I could do…wait… I made the cap fly off Butch's head! Maybe I can do something…but how?"
Blossom smiled at where she heard the others flew off. She then looked over again at where Brick was lying. "Oh Brick…Please wake up." Suddenly she heard his voice somewhere and it was quite faint. "…I made the cap fly off Butch's head!…" was what she heard. She cried out loud, "Brick? Is that you? You're awake!" She let out tears of joy and relief.
Brick turned around to see Blossom calling out to him. He looked over at his unconscious body. "Nope, still out cold…just what is she hearing?" Suddenly Blossom called out, "You! Stupid! I heard you!" Brick let out a gasp of surprise. "She can hear me, but how? Butch and the others couldn't hear me!" Blossom was getting more and more concerned as she still couldn't see him. But she was hearing him loud and clear. "I dunno, but please, come closer, wherever you are…I missed your voice!" Brick just hovered over to her and tried to touch her hair. Blossom flinched a bit when she felt a mild static electricity shock on contact. "Yow! What was that?" Brick just sighed and realized that he still have no control over matter. "That was me… I was trying to touch your hair. Other than that and making wind to blow at people, I can't touch anything." Blossom just smiled at where she thought the voice was coming from. "I'm just glad you're here…I missed you… I have a feeling your still out cold and using astral-projection, I think…" Brick just replied, "Yeah, I don't know…but at least I can watch over you somewhat… and why is it only you can hear me?" Blossom tried to shrug using only her face. Brick just smiled. He leaned in closer and tried to kiss her. It resulted in Blossom feeling a "phantom" kiss. "You tried to kiss me, didn't you?" She smiled as she heard him chuckle. "I hope the both of us will recover quickly." Blossom just sighed.
The remaining healthy heroes flew to Pokey oaks elementary. As they were flying, they still can't believe that their leaders were struck down so easily. "Hmmph! That monster got lucky, that's what, good thing I beat the crap out of it." Butch thought as he flew forward. Suddenly a loud explosion could be heard from central Townsville. From the distance, they could see a giant metallic machine causing chaos. "Darn, Looks like Mojo is getting to an early start. C'mon guys." Buttercup said as she broke formation with Butch. Bubbles and Boomer followed.
As the heroes converged on his location, Mojo Jojo was having some fun withharming thecivilians. He thought, "Yess! Everything is going as planned! Soon, I will be face to face with the Powerpuff girls and the accursed boys that I once created! Pah!" He then pressed a few buttons and fired more lasers out of the hands of his new Robo Jojo Mark XXIV, as the heroes had destroyed countless versions of it before. And as If on cue, the 4 kids appeared on his radar. "Hmm? Only 4 of them? The other two must be planning a rear assault…I have to get ready."
As they flew closer, Butch spoke quickly to Buttercup about a brief plan they could put into action. "I think we should try to avoid those hands of his… Let's have Bubbles and Boomer strike the sides while you and I will go against him head on." Buttercup suggested. They suddenly saw Mojo rotate the machine to have most of the detectors cover the rear. "Hey look! He must be expecting 2 more of us to strike the rear…I guess keeping Blossom's and Brick's injurya secretcould be an advantage to us…" Butch said. The two of them nodded and told their siblings about the plan. They flew into action a moment later.
Mojo Jojo kept sweating and lookingto and fro of therear and the front of his Robo Jojo. "Curses! What ever their plan is…its making me nervous." Suddenly his robo Jojo suit started shaking from the side impacts from Boomer and Bubbles. "Blargh!" Mojo Screamed as 2 streaks of green light struck the front. As the robot stumbled backwards, Mojo quickly pressed a button and the left arm swung forward, managing to catch Buttercup and Butch in its grip. The arm was made out of solid duranium and was slowly choking them. Within the next moment, the Robot's right arm swung around and caught Boomer and Bubbles in its grip as they tried to free their siblings. Mojo laughed when he realized that he suddenly had the advantage. "This is getting too easy! I do not like the feeling of this…but oh well! You end has come, for I am choking you in my Robo Jojo's hands, and when your end comes, you will have died in the hands of my Robo Jojo!"
Butch struggled in the death grip and tried to breathe. "Oh…Brick, Blossom, if only you were here! I can't believe we're gonna die from Mojo!" He was suddenly cut short when he caught sight ofa pink/red streak of light struck into the side of Robo Jojo. The arms instantly let go of the 4 heroes as they gasped for breath. As they breathed deeply, they could see Mojo getting whupped by a single figure, looking much taller than what they thought it was. The figure wore a red costume and wore a pink cape. On the head, the figure wore a helmet that was split into 2 different colors, red on the left, pink on the right. Bright red hair flowed down from the figure's back. Mojo was left bruised and beaten on the ground, while his Robo Jojo exploded. As the kids tried to see who was the mysterious figure, the figure suddenly disappeared into thin air. "Who the heck was that?" Boomer asked as he and his siblings picked up Mojo and dragged him to Jail. "I dunno, but I'm grateful for him or her saving us."
Meanwhile back at the Utonium residence, Blossom awoke suddenly. "What was that? It was almost real…what kind of dream was that? I don't remember falling asleep so quickly, I was talking to Brick." Suddenly her thoughts were broken when Brick spoke to her. "I believe I had the same thing too…my surroundings just flashed…and all of a sudden I saw this figure take out Mojo. Did you see the same thing?" Blossom just nodded and replied that she did. "Whatever it was…it was weird."
A/N: And that was the end of Chapter 2: First day. The 4 heroes did an ok job at taking out Mojo. But who was that mysterious fighter that came to their aid? Stay tuned for chapter 3: "Realizations" and thank you for reading! Please Review and no flames please!