To Boldly Go Where No Puff Has Gone Before
Disclaimer: I do not own the Powerpuff girls and their related content, as they belong to Craig McCracken and Cartoon network. I also do not own anything that is related to the Star trek Universe, which are created by Paramount Pictures. However I do own the idea for the design of the Starship, the USS Dynamo, and several made up alien races scattered throughout the galaxy. Everything else, like the galaxy quadrants, warp drives…etc belong to startrek.
A/N:This is a slightly similar Powerpuff Girls version of the "Startrek Voyager" series. There is bound to be some violence, so this will be rated "R" in later chapters for graphic scenes and language.
And now on with the story!!
Chapter 1: The Starship DynamoIt was an ordinary day in Townsville. The same routine keeps going back and forth for the Powerpuff girls and their super powered boyfriends, the Rowdyruff boys. The boys would routinely patrol the west side of town, while the girls handle the east. And they would switch after 2 hours, meeting in the skies above city hall. There they would give their sweet hearts an occasional kiss and would give their reports on their patrols, then they would give a brief farewell and continue their patrols as before.
But while this boring routine was going on, Professor Utonium was hard at work at something that will revolutionize the technology on space travel. In the lab, the Professor was standing behind a console that controls the secured environment inside a testing chamber. Inside the chamber a huge device, about the size of an elephant was being tested. It was a giant tube like object with slots that looked like it would fit small cylindrical, containers. The Professor moved the controls around, gingerly controlling the robotic arms inside to insert several cylinders of pure plasma into the object's slots. "There, that's the last cylinder. Now, let's begin the test…charging device with plasma energy cells…check..." He spoke to himself as he went over checks as the test was getting ready to begin. The Device became fully charged, as Professor pressed a button, revealing a doorway inside the testing chamber. On his console, it showed that the door way leads to a 900-mile long tunnel. As soon as he watched the tunnel's doors flung open, he pressed the button that was labeled "Launch."
The Tube object released a bright blue flash from the rear as it suddenly accelerated at an incredible rate. One nanosecond later, the computer automatically shut down the "engine", just before it would crash into the wall at the end of the tunnel. Already, the console was coming out with the readouts, and listed that the object has reached the speed of light in less than one nanosecond, and after one whole nanosecond, the "engine" has already reached the end of the tunnel. "Incredible! I have perfected the first faster-than-light engine! This will revolutionize space travel! I think I'll name it the Utonium Warp Drive!" The professor smiled happily as he keyed in the controls to have the warp drive engine brought back from the tunnel back into the lab. A nanosecond later, the warp engine was back in the test chamber. It was steaming as half of the cylinders on the machine were completely drained.
The next five months went off uneventful for the kids as usual, until the Professor let them know about his most recent creation. The professor had spent the past 5 months putting the warp engine he has invented into an actual starship, complete with other features. The ship itself was a very slick looking ship. It was about quarter mile in diameter and about 3 stories high. The ship itself consisted of a main module that looked like a bald eagle's head, and it was attached with a crescent shaped wing on each side. At the back of the main module, were five thrusters that were about a yard wide in diameter for each thruster. They were the primary propulsion for the ship when it is not traveling at faster-than-light speeds. The ship was complete with airlocks, a matter transporter, 2 shuttlecrafts in the rear shuttle bay, and the main bridge with the latest of exploration equipment the Professor had ever created. He told the kids to blindfold themselves as he led them down to the lab's hangar.
Bubbles could hardly hold her excitement as she was led to the lab while holding hands with Boomer. She keeps giggling and saying, "Are we there yet professor?" every couple seconds. For about the 5th time, Buttercup was getting annoyed, "Geez!! Just be patient Bubbles!!" She shouted at her sister. Bubbles was about to cry as she whimpers behind the blindfold. She was comforted as Boomer squeezed her hand softly. Using ultra hearing to pinpoint where Buttercup was hovering at, she faced her head towards Buttercup and did a raspberry. Her sister just growled and continued floating with Butch's hand in tow.
Blossom was in the lead with Brick as they followed the Professor's voice as they hovered blind. "Are we almost there?" "Just a few more feet!" The professor chimed. "You may take them off now." The professor spoke, as he pressed a button to open the hangar doors. The kids took off their blindfolds and looked at the massive ship with bewilderment and excitement. "Whoa!!!" The Rowdyruff boys flew up to it, as they muttered again and again how cool and sweet it looked. "I present you, the USS Dynamo!!" The professor exclaimed. The professor took them onboard the ship through the airlock on the port side of the ship's bow. He showed them the specs of the ship and wants them to take it up into orbit for its maiden voyage to Pluto and test the rest of the systems. The girls were really excited and yet, they were worried about defending Townsville after they are gone. "No problem! With what the professor said, with the warp thingy, the Dynamo is probably the fastest ship there is!! We'll be home before anyone notices we're gone!" Brick exclaimed, as he really wanted to go see space and experience the sheer power of warp speed.
Eventually, Blossom and the other girls accepted and they went to pack. As the girls packed supplies, the professor was showing Brick the main controls at the helm. It was decided that Brick and Blossom would man the helm and communications at the main controls, as the other stayed behind in their seats and monitor the other less important systems that are usually located in the back of the ship, like Engineering. So, the made Brick the Captain and helmsman, Blossom as his 1st officer, Butch at the engineering station, Buttercup at tactical, Bubbles and Boomer at the science stations.
As everyone got familiarized with their station, the professor noticed that Buttercup was disappointed after she realized that her tactical station was not armed with weapon controls. "This ship looks so cool and kick ass, and you didn't include weapons!?" The professor said sorry that he didn't include any and also told her to watch her language. Buttercup just stuck out her tongue and said, "then how are we going to defend ourselves…if there is any need." The professor said at first, that there is a low chance they need weapons in the solar system, and the vessel is a science exploration vessel, the ship is equipped with evasive high speed maneuvering that would allow the ship to twist and turn in tight areas. He told her she would be able to make sure this is possible, as she is the one who controls how the ship's crescent wings contract into and extend from the main module when the maneuverings are taking place. She understood later and said that is a cool feature.
The professor opened the roof opening of the underground hangar as he stayed inside an observation station, watching the ship inside the main hangar. The kids have strapped themselves already to the seats, and Brick was going over pre-flight preparations.
"Engineering?" He asked, and Butch replied with "check!" and so on with the other stations. Brick then checked to make sure the fuel cells are primed and filled. He spoke into the radio, notifying the professor. "Control, the is Dynamo, I am activating the main thrusters now on 5…4…3…2...1!" Brick pressed a button, and a loud hum could be heard from the back of the ship, increasing in intensity as the engines powered up and all other systems read optimal conditions.
"Dynamo, You are clear for launch!" The professor shouted into the radio. Brick nodded and pulled up on the main controls, as he increased the throttle. The Ship rocked forward a bit as it rose vertically up the opening that was opened and out into open sky. The ship's bow tilted about 80 degrees up towards space, as Brick cranked the throttle to max. The 5 thrusters roared with full power as the ship zoomed upward very quickly. The ship entered orbit and Brick slowed down. He had seen the air rush outside the ship very quickly and he thought, "Wow, this ship is so cool, such an velocity would generate a lot of turbulence, but this ship is going up so smoothly!"
The Professor's face lit up the communications screen after Blossom opened it. "Good, it's working properly," as he could see the kids sitting at their stations, each wearing a thermal suit like uniform that will be worn inside their space suits whenever they need to step outside. "Now, line the ship to course 130-34. That would take you straight to Pluto, while gliding over the asteroid belt. Begin the pre warp flight systems, Blossom will assist you at that." Brick nodded and the two of them pressed 2 blue buttons on their console. Outside the ship, just above the thrusters, two large panels slid open and a giant tube engine came out of each of the open panels. It was the warp engines. They began to glow with a hue of red and blue as plasma flowed out of the storage units and into the engines. The crescent wings slowly rose to a slightly slanted position as they made preparations to jump to warp.
"Ok, professor, we'll let you know when we reach Pluto!" Brick exclaimed and pressed a red button labeled "Engage warp". The ship's bow appeared to stretch forward as the ship lurched forward and jumped into a speed level equivalent to 2 times the speed of light. As the stars streaked past them, Brick held tight on the controls, as the first warp jump was a bit unsettling. The other children were just as uncomfortable. Brick shook off the discomfort and disengage the jump just as they reached Pluto. The ship looked like a stretched rubber band being released as it "shrunk" back into its proper length. The kids had their breaths knocked out of them as they looked out the view screen. They were just orbiting Pluto. Blossom contacted the Professor with the communications station and told him that they had arrived. "That soon?! I thought it would take 10 minutes at least, you guys are already there in 2 minutes!" "I guess you underestimated your own creation Professor!" Blossom chimed as she looked at Pluto's beautiful scene.
Bubbles started using the ship's sensors to take pictures and Boomer transmitted the pictures back to earth. The pictures would safely arrive back on earth within the next minute. After Boomer had sent the pictures, he detected something off their starboard bow. "Ummm, Brick, I can't get a good enough look at the anomaly from the side sensors, you would have to turn the ship to face it, and we'll see it through the view screen." Boomer told his brother. Brick complied and turned the ship towards starboard and the anomaly came into view. They saw it at the distance but they had trouble telling what it was. Boomer zoomed in…it looked like a small wormhole. "Professor? I think we have a wormhole out here." Blossom spoke to the Professor, after he had looked up from the photos of Pluto they sent. A picture was taken and sent to him. "Hmmm, ok, Brick…see if you can get closer, and let Bubbles do a deep scan on it…" "We're on it…wait…why we're moving forward? I haven't even increased the throttle yet." Brick stammered. It dawned on them a second later that the wormhole was actually pulling them in.
Professor took the readout from the deep scan and looked up with a pale face at the view screen in his lab. He shouted to the kids, "Get out of there! That thing has a gravitational pull that's 50 times stronger than the Earth! If you get too close, your ship will be powerless to fly out!" But it was too late. Brick had already set the thrusters on full reverse, even though the ship kept being pulled forward. Bringing the ship about, Brick hoped to use the warp drive to get them out of the wormholes pull. Blossom looked her lover's grim face with horror as she watched him struggle to get the ship out. The ship rocked forward a bit, but the pull was too strong that it gave the warp engines a bit too much strain and they were shut off automatically. The engineering station and the helm station blew up in a shower of sparks as the control screen read "warp drive offline, propulsion 30 percentfunctional."
The Professor watched helplessly as the USS Dynamo was pulled into the wormhole along with the kids. "no…no…this can't be!!" He yelled in despair. His latest invention, had sent his loved ones into danger. He just looked helplessly at the wormhole, where the ship had been 2 minutes back.
The ship rocked violently as it was being pulled through the wormhole. Stations were exploding , shields were barely functioning as the ship was pulled at an even faster rate than what the warp drive was capable. Brick saw that his panel in front of him and Blossom was about to blow, so he grabbed her by the arm with all his might and flung her back towards the rear of the bridge. As she flew back, the console exploded, hitting Brick with a blast that left him unconscious. He lay on the floor, with blood flowing slowly down his forehead. Despite being a Rowdyruff, such an blast was still dangerous to him.
The ship came to a stop at the other end of the wormhole and as Blossom struggled to her feet along with the others, she looked around and noticed that the bridge was a mess. Her eyes looked down at Brick, still unconscious on the floor and realized that he had saved her, as always. She flew over to him and cradled him. "Please! You must wake up! Don't die!" She pleaded as a tear was shed from her eyes, mixed with some blood from a small scratch on her face. Bubbles opened the door of the Bridge to the corridors and the kids flew Brick to sickbay. The kids arrived and were relieved to find the systems in Sickbay were still intact and powered. They placed Brick onto a bed, and the machinery did its work. After 3 minutes, it said Brick was out of critical condition and would fully recover after a night's sleep. The other kids then went on to treat each other of their wounds. Most of them had minor burns and scrapes, far less than what Brick had went through.
As Blossom hovered back into the Bridge after making sure Brick was going to be ok, and tried to work the communications systems to contact the professor. It was barely functioning and yet something was not right. The system showed no nearby communication systems that register Earth. Then as Blossom checked the astronomical chart at Bubbles science station, she was shocked to find out that they were thrown about 50 light years away from Earth, out of the Alpha Quadrant, and into what was labeled the Delta Quadrant… "How…are we supposed to get home?" She thought as she placed her hands over her face. She flew out of the Bridge to go to sickbay and inform the others… They are going to have a hard time planning their long journey home.
A/N: And that's the end of Chapter 1! Very moving…very sad! But things will change as the kids will find a way out of the delta quadrant, and back home to Earth. Stay tuned for the next Chapter, "First Contact". No flames and please review! This fanfic is going to become a massive one, so I would like a lot of feedback on certain ideas. Come up with some nice ideas, I might just add those ideas into the story, and give you credit, readers! Have a good day!
