"Dangerous Girls," written by Freedom Fighter

Chapter Two... and we get to see battling at long, long last!

Okay, it hasn't been that long...

Disclaimer: None of the characters from the animated series "Kim Possible" or
"The Powerpuff Girls" belong to me.

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Chapter 2 - Best Friends, Best Enemies (07.11.03)

Drakken's henchmen charged head-on towards the Powerpuff Girls. They seemed
confident that they could handle the girls easily.

Then again, they don't know the Powerpuff Girls.

"Alright, girls! Let's get 'em!" Blossom ordered.

Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup split off in three different directions, looking
to attack from all sides. With the electrified jousting sticks at the ready,
the henchmen prepared to counterattack. Unfortunately, the girls were way too
fast for any such attempt.

Blossom was the first to strike, simply flying through the center of the henchmen
formation and knocking several off of their feet.

Bubbles came in from the left, slugging one lackey on the chin before doing a
midair split kick to get rid of two more.

Buttercup entered from the right, aiming for a line of four henchmen in a row.
Punching the first one hard in the stomach, he flew back into his three
comrades, sending them all sprawling to the ground.

Back to Blossom, who ducked just in time to avoid a stick swung by one of the
grunts. A second tried the same manuever, but Blossom snatched it from him
and quickly broke it in half. The two henchmen reacted by taking a step back
in fear... that was all they would do, as Blossom downs them in an instant.

Bubbles stood on the ground as four henchmen charged at her, jousting sticks
above their heads. Bubbles giggled as she waited for them to get close before
flying away at the last moment, causing the foursome to run right into each other.

Meanwhile, Buttercup had picked one of the thinner henchmen up and was twirling
him around her head. She smirked at two approaching men, whom she threw their
teammate at. The butting of heads was enough to knock all three of them out.

"What are they doing?" Drakken asked, observing the carnage from the jellyfish's
cockpit.

"They are getting their butts kicked by the Powerpuff Girls," Mojo replied. "I
told you NOT to underestimate them!"

On ground level, the twenty henchmen, all either unconscious or groaning in pain,
were stacked in a giant dogpile. The girls were on top of the pile, and they
didn't look exhausted at all.

"Man, is that all you sissies have?" Buttercup asked, kicking one of the men
on top for good measure.

"Now we have to save that hostage!" Blossom stated, announcing the next part of
their plan. "You two distract Mojo, and I'll save the scientist!"

"Right!" Bubbles and Buttercup said in unison.

Bubbles and Buttercup flew right at the mechanical jellyfish, while Blossom took
the long way around and tried to sneak up from behind. Bubbles and Buttercup
stopped right in front of the cockpit, in plain view of Mojo and Drakken.

"You can't catch us!" Bubbles shouted, sticking out her tongue.

"What's the matter, Mojo?" Buttercup asked. "Shoot us!"

"With pleasure!" Mojo responded, reaching for the control console and pushing a
purple button.

Out of the jellyfish's mouth shot a ball of ink, designed to blind and ensnare
anyone who gets in its path. The girls dodged it and then turned around to
watch it land on one of the city's main thoroughfares. Luckily, the streets in
the area had already been evacuated beforehand as a safety precaution, though
there were crowds of people watching from behind barricades a few blocks away.

Switching tactics, Mojo activated the tentacles' free motion system. Those that
weren't keeping the jellyfish upright swung out and at Bubbles and Buttercup.
Coming one at a time, Bubbles and Buttercup simply flew out of harm's way.

"You're doing it all wrong!" Drakken yelled.

"I know what I am doing!" Mojo yelled back.

Suddenly, Blossom bursted through the glass pane window protecting the cockpit
from the outside. She gave Mojo a hard right to the face, sending the manic
monkey to the wall.

"Don't worry," Blossom said, looking at Drakken, "I'll get you to safety!"

Blossom picked Drakken up, and before he knew it, he was being carried out of
the cockpit and down to the ground... a safe distance away from the jellyfish
robot, of course.

"Unhand me, you little troll!" Drakken shouted as Blossom put him down.

"Geese! You could at least be greatful that I saved your life!"

"I didn't need my life saved!"

Blossom quickly flew back into battle, joining her two sisters, who were now
battling the robot hand-to-hand. Inside the cockpit, Mojo was back at the
controls again, trying even harder to destroy our heroes.

"Girls! Use manuever 37-B!"

Buttercup started off the called manuever by grabbing one of the jellyfish's
tentacles and guiding it towards its matching one on the other side. Bubbles
followed suit, though she took care of a different set of legs. Mojo, catching
on quickly, tried his best to keep the tentacles from being tied. But that was
hard to do, especially with Blossom floating in the air just a few feet in front
of the cockpit.

Using her heat beam eyes, Blossom fired, frying Mojo to the point where he
couldn't move anymore. With Mojo and the robot disabled, the girls could now
proceed to finish the battle.

Lining up alongside each other, the Powerpuff Girls made one final charge at the
robot's engine, located right under the cockpit. Their aim was dead-on, as the
engine exploded instantaneously. The townspeople cheered as the robot fell to
the ground.

Townsville's local police force was on the scene, ready to apprehend Mojo and
cart him off to jail... again.

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Minutes later, a now conscious and handcuffed Mojo Jojo was sitting in the back
of a paddy wagon as the rear doors were closed and it pulled away. The girls
stood in the streets, getting a round of cheers from the townspeople and some
congratulatory thanks from the Mayor and Miss Bellum.

"Once again, you've saved the day!" Mayor said.

"All in a day's work," Blossom admitted, blowing the battle off as if it were a
piece of cake... which it practically was.

"When will Mojo learn that he can't beat us?" Buttercup asked rhetorically,
shaking her fist at a nearby television camera to prove her point if Mojo was
watching.

"Hey!" Bubbles shouted. "Where did that professor go?"

Everyone looked around, but Doctor Drakken was nowhere to be found.

"I guess he must've gone home," Blossom concluded. "He must have been terrified
by Mojo. I hope he'll be okay."

Little did Blossom or anyone else know that Drakken was watching from a nearby
alley.

"Curses!" Drakken said to himself. "Those girls are pretty strong. Almost as
strong as... Kim Possible! That's it!" Drakken smirked. "I know the perfect
way to beat those girls and get rid of Kim Possible at the same time!"

Drakken laughed as he ran down the alley, disappearing into the crowd of people
returning to the previously empty 'attack' area.

(Oh, I don't like this Doctor Drakken fellow. Even with Mojo Jojo behind bars,
this guy seems to be almost just as evil! Whatever he's planning can't be good.)

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Speaking of Kim Possible, we go to Middleton High School. The cafeteria, to be
exact, as it was lunchtime. Kim had just finished going through the line,
walking to a table while carrying a tray with a plate of beef noodle stroganoff,
some soggy French fries, and a carton of milk. As she expected, both Ron and
Monique were sitting at the table, waiting for her.

"So girl, who's it gonna be?" Monique asked.

"It's gonna be me!" Ron said, pointing to himself. "We're like glue... we're
never apart for anything!"

To prove his point, Ron interlaced his fingers and held them there for a few
seconds... before realizing they were too tight and he couldn't get them out.

"You'll be happy to know that I've made my decision, and that I already
submitted it to Mr. Barkin," Kim announced.

Ron, who now has Rufus trying to unstick his fingers, and Monique lean in close,
awaiting for Kim to announce the name of her partner.

"Ron..." Kim started.

"Boo-yah!" Ron shouted, raising his arms into the air, breaking his tied
fingers... and falling backwards out of his seat.

Monique stifled a laugh as Kim continued. "What I was going to say is that
Monique is right, Ron. We do spend way too much time together."

"You mean you picked me?" Monique asked excitedly. "I knew you would, girl!"

"Who am I supposed to partner with?" questioned Ron as he picked his seat up and
then sat back down in it. "You know you're the only person that would team-up
with me, Kim."

"Exactly!" Kim exclaimed. "That's why I partnered you up with the one other
person you would be comfortable with."

"Who?"

"Monique."

Monique, who was drinking from her milk carton at that moment, nearly spit it
back out at Ron. "What?"

"Monique?" Ron pointed at her. "I thought you were with her, Kim!"

"Yeah!" Monique added. "What gives?"

"Well, the funny, or not funny thing is, that someone had already signed me up
to partner with them. And since you two were one of the few left unpartnered,
I decided to put you two together."

"Wait a minute!" Ron spoke up. "Someone selected you as their partner?"

"Who would do that?" asked a confused Monique.

The answer... was tapping Kim on the shoulder.

"I can't wait to work with you tomorrow, Kim," the brunette, brown-skinned girl
behind Kim said.

"Bonnie?"

Ron and Monique were confused as Bonnie walked off to another table. Kim sighed
as she lowered her head down.

"Apparently, Bonnie's so bent on finding a way to embarrass me on the Class Trip
that she was willing to partner with me to make sure of it first hand!"

"That's harsh," Ron commented.

"She's trippin' if she thinks she can do that," Monique added.

"There's no way I can change it now," Kim stated. "I checked the list again
before I came down here... and everyone going on the trip already has a partner!"

"Now that I think of it," Monique smiled, "being paired with Ron isn't as bad as
I thought."

"Hey!" Ron blurted out.

This time, Monique couldn't hold in as she laughed out loud, much to Ron's dismay.
Kim just groaned, already dreading everything Bonnie might try to pull on the
trip tomorrow.

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Back in Townsville, Professor Utonium was wandering through Malph's Supermarket.
He was taking care of grocery shopping, for there was nothing at home to prepare
for dinner.

"Let's see..." Professor Utonium said aloud as he wandered into the cereal aisle.
"Where is that cereal the girls love so much? Lucky Captain Rabbit King Cereal?
Ah... there it is!"

As he reaches for a box, a hand intercepted him. An evil blue hand.

"Excuse me, but I saw that box first!"

"You can have the box... it's you that I want!"

The blue hand, naturally, belongs to Doctor Drakken.

(What does this Drakken fellow want with the professor? Oh, this can't be good!)

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Coming in Chapter 3: "That's One Genius Too Many"
- Why has Doctor Drakken employed Professor Utonium's help?
- How will Mojo Jojo break back into the fold? Actually, that's a easy one...
- Plus, Kim's class finally goes on their class trip... but where will it be?

Posting date of next chapter: Friday, July 18th.