Disclaimer: None of the characters from either "Kim Possible" or "The Powerpuff Girls" belong to me.
Chapter 11 - Townsville's Least Wanted (06.30.04 / 02.21.05)
Flying at high speed just above the streets of Townsville, the Powerpuff Girls were heading towards the Mayor's office, in response to a call for help.
"Looks like it's just as we thought," Blossom commented.
Bubbles and Buttercup agreed as they saw the large group of police cars surrounding the perimeter of City Hall. The cops were doing their best keeping the curious citizens of Townsville out of danger, but things seemingly calmed down when average Joes and officers alike cheered at the site of the arrival of the Powerpuffs.
The girls came to a halt at the front of barricade, floating above as they tried to assess the situation.
"What's the problem?" Blossom asked one of the cops.
"It's a hostage situation," he replied. "They've got the mayor and Miss Bellum in there. Three of them."
Buttercup scoffed. "Only three? This'll be a cinch!"
"So... how do we handle this?" Bubbles asked.
"Bubbles, you and Buttercup will go around to the other side and bust in from their blind side. I'll hit 'em full force straight on! We should be able to subdue before they can react! Ready?"
"Ready!" Buttercup and Bubbles replied in unison.
The girls took off, putting their plan into action before any semblance of a doubt dared enter their minds.
Up in the office itself, the Mayor and Miss Bellum were tied up, back-to-back on the floor while two burly henchmen pointed a gun at each of their heads. Their leader, a short, yet gruffy looking guy, was leaning back and relaxing in the Mayor's own chair, smoking a huge cigar.
"You know," the leader said, in a raspy voice, "all of this pain and suffering could come to a quick and abrupt end if you just sign over the city to me, Luscious Landon!"
"Pain and suffering?" Miss Bellum asked, irate. "All you've done so far is tie us up and make fun of the Mayor's height and my excessive locks!"
"You've got sass... I hate women who has the sass! If you do not knock off the sass, Pugsy and Lugsy here will make sure that your pain and suffering will be short-lived, if you get my drift."
Pugsy and Lugsy, the two henchmen, chuckled heartily as they placed their trigger fingers in place, ready to end the lives of Townsville's favorite mayor and secretary.
"Don't hurt Miss Bellum!" Mayor spoke up. "You can hurt me and you can take my city, but leave her out of this! Let her go!"
"I won't leave without you, Mayor!" Bellum exclaimed.
"Nonsense... I'll be perfectly fine. All that's needed are a few negotiations, maybe a little brawl or two, and we all can get on with our lives!"
"Sorry, Mr. Mayor," Luscious cut in, "but if I wanted to utilize the services of you as a punching bag, I would've done so already. You see, it's not my nature to injure women, children, and unarmed men of diminutive stature. Of course, I have been known to occassionally make exceptions..."
Luscious reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a Swiss Army knife. He flipped up the razor blade, which for some reason made the Mayor start shaking in fear. Seeing the Mayor's reaction, Luscious smiled, then retracted the blade and returned the knife to his pocket.
"But you're a smart Mayor, so I hope it would be in your best interest to just hand over control of everything in Townsville... to ME!"
Unfortunately, having been frightened by the blade, the Mayor had lost his train of thought.
"You're doing what now?"
Before there was any sort of retort, the noise of two wooden doors being broken filled the air as Buttercup and Bubbles burst into the room.
"Stop right there, bad guys!" Buttercup shouted.
"The Powerpuff Girls are here to save the day!" added Bubbles.
"Powerpuff Girls!" the Mayor and Miss Bellum exclaimed, overjoyed to be rescued.
"What are youse waiting for, you lugs?" Luscious said to his henchmen. "Shoot them!"
Pugsy and Lugsy quickly turned to aim their guns at Buttercup and Bubbles, but before they could, the girls were on them like ants on a picnic basket. They started wailing on them, managing to whip out words between punches and kicks.
"This... will... teach... you... to... try... to... take... over... Townsville" Buttercup said, using the last punch to send Pugsy flying into a nearby wall.
"And... didn't... your... mom... tell... you... guns... are... bad?" questioned Bubbles, as she followed her sister's example with Lugsy.
"Pugsy! Lugsy!" Luscious cried out in concern as he hopped out of his seat.
Suddenly, Blossom came bursting through the window behind Luscious, the one that overlooks the city. The mobster didn't even know what hit him as Blossom delivered a one-hit KO that sent him crashing right into his fallen henchmen.
"Looks like your plot to take over Townsville has failed!" deduced Blossom as she watched her sisters head over to the Mayor and Miss Bellum to untie them.
Bubbles giggled as she and Buttercup took the rope that had restrained the Mayor and Miss Bellum and used it to tie up the bad guys. But just as they had finished and the Mayor was getting ready to praise and reward them, the Powerpuff Hotline began ringing in the lone, untouched corner in the room.
Back down on ground level, Kim had arrived on the scene and was trying to push her way through the crowd and to the barricade.
"Excuse me... pardon me... sorry... haven't we met... I'm here to save the day!"
But when she got to the barricade, her path became blocked off by the officers that had questioned her earlier on the day.
"It's you again," the officer said, remembering Kim's face.
"What's the sitch?" Kim asked. "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"What did I tell you before? Leave the crimefighting to the real heroes, the Powerpuff Girls!"
"But..." Kim said, attempting to plead her case as the officer started to push her away, "I am a real hero! I'm Kim Possible! I can do anything!"
"You think I have a bad memory? You tried that tactic earlier, and if you think I'm gonna fall for it this time..."
Before the officer could finish his sentence, glass was heard shattering from above as three colorful streaks of light flew out from the Mayor's office and towards the northwestern part of the city, where another crime was in progress. Cheers erupted once again from the crowd as officers, assuming the crisis had been averted successfully, headed inside City Hall to apprehend the criminals.
"Don't be getting yourself into trouble now, you hear?" the officer said as he let go of Kim and headed off after his fellow men in blue.
"Ugh... this is the pits! How am I supposed to save the day if no one will let me?"
Suddenly, Kim heard Ron screaming his head off. The crowd in front of Kim parted as Ron skated towards her, teetering one way, then stumbling another. Kim couldn't do anything but close her eyes as Ron tripped over his own two feet and fell, landing on the ground right in front of her.
"Trouble with the skates again, Ron?" Kim asked as she squatted down to help him up.
"I swear," Ron stated, grabbing Kim's hand, "sometimes I think all Wade gives me are the prototypes! Like he enjoys seeing me embarrass myself!"
Kim did her best to stifle a giggle. "Well.. maybe if you'd learn how to skate, you wouldn't have any problems. Oh, and speaking of problems, we gotta go..."
"Go? Go where?"
"The girls were done by the time I got here, but they didn't leave in the direction of their home. Something tells me someone else needs saving, and we've gotta be there to help out! Come on!"
"But waaaaaaaaaaait!" Ron cried as Kim grabbed his arm and then blasted off, following the girls' trail and nearly running down a few people on accident as they tried to get out of the way.
Kim and Ron spent the next few hours following the Powerpuff Girls from one end of the city to another. The duo found themselves in a wild goose chase, not being able to keep up, for as soon as they arrived on a scene, they found the bad guys already subdued, and the girls gone, heading to stop another crime.
Despite not being able to help, Kim took solace in noting each of the girls' individual styles of crimefighting. Blossom had the tendency to use well-placed everyday items to trip her opponents up. The ones that had been beaten up by Bubbles didn't look in as bad a shape as the others, while it was easy to tell which ones Buttercup had gotten a hold of, as evidenced by the discovery of a broken tooth or two.
Ron just took solace in knowing that they could finally head back when Kim spotted the girls finally leave the downtown area... just as night fell on the now peaceful metropolis.
Ding dong.
"I'll get it!" came Monique's voice from the other side of the door as the sound of latches being turned filled the air.
Monique opened the door with a smile... which quickly turned into a frown when she noticed Kim's frazzled hair and Ron's really-not-there look. Which turned out to be a out-like-a-light look as Ron twisted around and then fell backwards into the house. Monique, having recovered fully from the bump on the head at school, quickly reacted and caught Ron before he hit the floor. Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket, pooped as well, breathing a sigh of relief as he waved a small, white flag back and forth.
"Let me guess... the whole 'tailing' didn't go so well?"
Kim nodded as she stepped in and helped Monique drag Ron towards the living room.
"We couldn't keep up with them!" Kim said. "I've never seen anyone move so fast!"
"It's amazing, isn't it? They're so adorable, and yet, so powerful! They can do anything!"
"Hey!" Kim interjected, raising an eyebrow in disgust.
Kim and Monique brought Ron towards the couch, where Professor Utonium and the girls were enjoying some after-dinner TV.
"What happened to you guys?" Blossom asked.
"We've been trying to follow you three for the last few hours!" yelled Kim.
"Heh..." Buttercup sneered. "Some heroine you turned out to be. You can't even keep up with three little girls!"
"Now Buttercup," the professor cut in, "it's not nice to make fun of people who don't have superpowers."
"To be truthful," Bubbles said, "we save the world because we have powers that make us invincible. Although there our heroes out there who don't have powers like we do, we don't think such amateurs should put themselves at great risk!"
"Bubbles... that's not nice to say either."
"But Professor," defended Blossom, "all they're doing is putting themselves in danger. We shouldn't have to look over our shoulders to make sure they're okay all the time!"
Monique beat Kim to the punch with a response.
"This is Kim Possible here! She makes a living going all around the world stopping evildoers and their world domination plots! I wouldn't trust my life with anyone other than Kim here... she's all that and a bag of chips!"
"Thanks... I think," responded Kim.
Professor Utonium glanced at his watch, and noticing the time, stood up and turned the TV off.
"Alright girls, it's bedtime!"
"Awww..." Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup groaned in unison.
"I'm going to put the girls to bed. Kim, you and Ron can head over to the kitchen... there's some leftovers from dinner, and I'm sure the two of you are starving..."
"Dinner?" Monique was shocked that Ron practically jumped out of her arms at the sound of that word. "It's time to get my grub on!"
Ron bolted for the kitchen in a flash, leaving everyone else in total shock.
"Did they even feed you at Pokey Oaks?" Professor Utonium asked.
Kim sighed. "It's been a long day."
"And tomorrow's gonna be even longer!" Monique exclaimed. "But it's okay, 'cause tomorrow, we get to go out on the town! See the sights! Do some shopping! And just kick back and relax!"
"And I'm sure the girls would be glad to have you around... right, girls?"
"Yes, Professor..." the girls replied, noticing his menacing 'be good' look.
As Professor Utonium led the girls up to their room to change into their pajamas, Monique looked at Kim and smiled gleefully.
"Who would've ever thought this trip would be so wild?"
"Yeah," Kim answered with mild enthusiasm. "I can't wait for the rest of this weekend."
"I know!" Monique added as she ran off to check on Ron.
"I can't wait for the rest of this weekend to go by," Kim thought to herself.
Coming in Chapter 12: "The City of Townsville - Part 1"
- Souvenirs, the latest fashions, and lunch! Guess who's fitting the bill!
- Will Kim prove to the Powerpuff Girls that she saves the world on a daily basis?
- And, to maintain the crossover factor... that dang PPG narrator is back! Oh joy!