Sorry again about the delay you guys.. Been having some family trouble and such, and school's been extra busy, so I haven't gotten much time to write. This is my first fight scene, so let me know how I can make it better for future fight scenes.
Sooo.. here I am again, and a thousand apologies oh patient ones :P
Chapter 10: Saevus Saevitia
Bubbles and Buttercup stared at Blossom as though she had just sprouted two heads. Blossom stood in silence, frozen with her fist held out where she had hit the Professor only moments earlier. She paid no attention to her flabbergasted sisters as she stood staring at the demolished wall where the Professor had yet to emerge from. Suddenly her empty expression changed to that of sadness, and she began to cry softly again.
There was some slight movement underneath the rubble in the study where the Professor had crashed into. Professor Utonium grunted and groaned as he slowly stood up and stepped over the remains and into the living room towards Blossom, a mixture of anger and confusion on his face. He began to walk pitifully with his back hunched forward towards his weeping daughter. The whole right side of his face was red and blood poured steadily from a small cut on his cheek
He bravely drew close again, reaching his hand out to her in concern, determined to help whatever was the matter.
"Blossom, dear, please tell us what's wrong... Don't you see what you're doing? We just want to help, sweetheart." He said painfully. A soft rumble of thunder was heard in the distance as gray clouds began to consume the once beautiful twilight sky.
"You're what's wrong." She said, her voice dripping with bitter resentment. "I see exactly what I'm doing. I'm not going to let my family or Townsville live in danger."
She raised her gaze until her fiery eyes met his frightened and confused eyes.
"I'm going to stop you."
"What are you talking about, dear? What do you mean 'stop me'?" He said as he looked at her in confusion, a look of innocence on his face.
"The Professor never called me dear." She said as she gritted her teeth in rage.
Suddenly she leapt in the air and threw a kick on the other side of the Professor's face and neck. There was a painful crack as the impact twisted the Professor's neck, sending him face first to the ground.
Blossom landed nearby, watching intently to see what the Professor would do next. Bubbles and Buttercup hadn't moved from where they were, and they were watching the scene before them in horror and awe.
Suddenly, Blossom dashed forward and lifted the Professor from the ground by the collar of his shirt, her frightening glare burning into his dazed and confused face.
"You're not fooling anyone, Quasi. Now tell me, where is the Professor?"
Bubbles' eyes darted back and forth between Blossom and the Professor, trying to figure out just who was who. Buttercup just stood there open-mouthed, disbelieving that ANY of these people were her family.
Professor Utonium was quiet for what seemed like ages. He just stared into Blossom's fiery eyes, and the only sound in the room was the soft drizzle of the rain that started to fall outside and her heavy breathing as she tensed herself for yet another attack.
"Fine." Professor Utonium spoke in a low voice after several minutes. He then jerked his shirt from Blossom's grip as he stood up suddenly.
He just stood there, staring down at his daughter with the same kind of fire that Blossom had had in her eyes before. They locked their gaze for several minutes, and if looks could kill, they would both be burning to a crisp.
Very slowly, Professor Utonium's eyes began to glow red slightly, and then began gradually increasing in intensity. His face twisted into an awful evil grin, which was slowly being consumed by a gooey liquid substance. The substance seemed to ooze from the very pores of his skin, the right side of his face becoming a pure, featureless white and the left side becoming an empty jet black.
Once the blanket of goo had covered his whole face, the only features still distinguishable were his glowing red eyes, and his big evil grin. Then the same substance slowly began to cover his whole body, white twisting and swirling into black and black melting into metallic white.
Once the metamorphosis was complete, Quasi lifted his head and looked into Blossom's eyes, a sadistic grin on his face. Blossom didn't even flinch, but instead stood very still, watching Quasi to see what he would do next.
After several minutes he then chuckled softly in a ghostly voice and then began to speak.
"Well well well.. It looks like the smart one figured me out eh? I'm impressed Blossom, thoroughly impressed. I certainly underestimated you, didn't I? How could I even imagine to trick such a wise and powerful leader?" He said and then burst into a fit of laughter.
Blossom gritted her teeth but still remained motionless in fighting stance, preparing for action.
Quasi's laughing suddenly ceased. And then he shot Blossom a curious smirk and cocked his head to one side.
"What's wrong sweetheart? Do I make you angry?"
"I'll ask you again. Where is the Professor?" Blossom said under her breath in a low growl.
Quasi's eyes grew wide in mock surprise, and then he pretended to look frightened. He then grinned again and his eyes became even more menacing than before.
"Fine. You girls are no fun." He simply threw his chin in the air and folded his arms.
"Tell us where the Professor is!" Bubbles shouted suddenly, causing both Blossom and Quasi to look her direction in surprise.
A wide grin grew across Quasi's face again.
"I don't know."
His arm shot out suddenly and stretched like rubber towards Blossom's neck, gripping it tightly before she even had time to gasp.
"He managed to escape before I could do the dirty work." He picked her up in the air, his arm moving like a tentacle, as he held her close to his face.
"But no matter. He doesn't concern me any longer. I've already taken his chemical X, and now all I have left to do is destroy the only thing that's in my way."
Bubbles and Buttercup gasped as Blossom was suddenly lifted up higher into the air, and then slammed face-first into the ground, with enough force to send her through the floor with a deafening crash into the underground laboratory.
A flash of lightening filled the room, the silhouette of Quasi casting shadows that fell on Bubbles and Buttercup as they stood in shock. A loud clap of thunder soon followed, and then a violent deluge of rain poured down onto the roof with increasing intensity.
Buttercup leapt towards Quasi with his back turned, fist back, screaming in rage. In only a split second, Quasi had spun around, and his right arm had morphed into a muscular, monster-like black arm. He slammed Buttercup hard across the face, sending her spinning across the room until she caught herself and swivelled around to face him in midair. She wiped away her bleeding lip and glared at Quasi, trying frantically in her head to prepare her next attack.
Suddenly Quasi's grin turned into a gasp of surprise as a deafening crack filled the air and he stumbled forward clumsily. Floating in midair behind him was Bubbles, frozen with her foot forward, having landed a hard kick on the back of his head.
Buttercup was silent in surprise for a moment, but then took the opportunity to fly towards Quasi again while he was still in a daze. Quasi barely had time to turn his head to see what had hit him when Buttercup slammed him across the face with a hard, furious, and well-placed punch that would've shattered a block of cement fifty feet thick. At that same moment, Bubbles darted across the room and flew towards Quasi, hitting him in the stomach with that same fury and intensity.
This double assault pattern continued for a minute or two, each attack following the next so quickly that Quasi had no time to even think, much less fight back. Once Bubbles and Buttercup sensed him weakening, they stopped suddenly, and regrouped on the opposite side of the room, breathing heavily but still prepared for action.
Quasi stumbled backwards dazed and dizzy from such an unexpected attack. He fell to one knee, gasping for breath and staring at the ground. He lifted his head up to face them, a look of surprise and anger in his eyes. He stared breathing heavily for several minutes, trying to compose himself after such a powerful onslaught.
He then began to grin and chuckle slightly, causing Bubbles and Buttercup's eyes to grow wide in shock. His chuckling soon grew into evil laughter as he stood up and grinned mockingly at his astonished attackers.
After a few moments, Bubbles and Buttercup exchanged knowing glances and nodded at each other. They then smirked at Quasi, catching him off guard and causing him to stop laughing and stare in surprise. They each brought a foot back, preparing to attack and giggling to themselves, while Quasi still stared in disbelief.. only for real this time.
Quasi's disbelief quickly turned to surprise when he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his chin and heard an excruciating crack. He felt his neck jerk backwards, and barely registered himself falling backwards as his mind became clouded with the agonizing pain.
Just as planned, Blossom had shot through the floor of the room, sending splinters and debris flying everywhere, and delivered a powerful blow to Quasi's chin. Bubbles and Buttercup grinned even wider when they saw the look of surprise upon their enemy's face.
They both jumped forward and began attacking Quasi simultaneously, punching and kicking with all their might, fueled only by their rage. After several minutes of this merciless barrage, Quasi suddenly grew furious and screamed in annoyance, at the same time sending a blinding shockwave in all directions, knocking the girls across the room.
When the girls had recovered from the momentary daze, they stared in awe at the sight of Quasi, glowing an eerie white light and walking towards them, a furious glare on his face. Once again the tables had turned, and these once confident heros began to shrink under this evil villains glare.
Although afraid, the girls slowly rose to their feet, determined and angry looks masking their clearly frightened feelings. At this, Quasi seemed to suddenly explode with even more power, sending yet another shockwave of pure white evil energy all around him, making all the windows explode and making the girls fall to their feet again.
The curtains were whipped around, flapping helplessly in the in fury of the harsh winds and stinging rain that began to blow into the room. Quasi suddenly stopped walking towards the girls, and suddenly the psychotic grin returned to his face as he devised another malicious plan. He sensed the girls' fear, he could even almost smell the fear coming from their very souls. He decided he would have a little fun with them before finishing them off for good; make them wish they had never been born.
He began to laugh that wicked, sadistic laugh again, causing the girls to step back involuntarily in apprehension of Quasi's next attack, despite their die-hard determination and fiery rage.
When he stopped again, he looked into the girls' frightened eyes, smirked and began to speak.
"Well this doesn't seem like a fair fight, now does it? Three against one?" He sighed to himself and then put a look of mock worry on his face.
"You're one to talk about fair fights! You killed a defenseless little girl and a poor old man." Blossom spat back at him.
"You don't deserve a fair fight." She growled.
Quasi said nothing else, and instead began to morph right before their very eyes.
He sank low to the ground, and then began to grow very wide, stretching across the floor like taffy, until he suddenly snapped apart into three different piles of goop. Each pile slowly rose up from the ground, forming three separate bodies much to the girls' surprise and horror.
The bodies were each a carbon copy of Quasi himself, only shorter - about the size of the girls themselves. They just stood there, chuckling in high-pitched voices, enjoying the looks of fright and confusion upon their enemies' faces.
"It's time you picked on somebody your own size." The three said together in unison with a smirk and a chuckle.
Then, without warning, the three mini-versions of Quasi simultaneously leapt forward to attack.
The girls didn't even have enough time to cover their faces with their arms to defend themselves before the three evil pests were already upon them.
Blow after blow was perfectly planned and carried out. Each punch and kick hit with inhuman accuracy, and the girls couldn't stop the onslaught no matter how hard they tried to throw a punch.
Bubbles was hit hard in the face but caught herself in midair, turned around and threw a kick towards the mini-Quasi's face. She gasped when she felt her foot grabbed suddenly, just before it hit mini-Quasi's smirking face. Mini-Quasi then swung Bubbles around by her foot, picking up speed and momentum until finally letting her go.
Buttercup had locked hands with her mini-Quasi, pushing forward with all her might while he hadn't even broken a sweat, and yet still overpowered by his inhuman strength. He let go suddenly, letting Buttercup nearly fall over in surprise. She stumbled forward slightly and when she looked up mini-Quasi had vanished. He appeared several feet away, laughing like a little gremlin at her dazed and confused expression. Before she even had time to attack again, Bubbles came crashing into her, knocking them both to the ground while both mini-Quasis laughed like crazy.
Meanwhile, Blossom was having just as much trouble attacking her own mini-Quasi. She launched an assault of eye beams, which mini-Quasi dodged nimbly and countered with a kick in the jaw. Blossom stumbled backwards and then retaliated with a fierce ice breath surprise attack.
Mini-Quasi was frozen in his tracks, and Blossom felt she had the upper hand. She flew towards him and prepared to strike while mini-Quasi was a defenseless block of ice, when suddenly the ice began to melt rapidly much to Blossom's surprise and dismay. Mini-Quasi burst into flames and melted the ice almost instantly, unfortunately too late for Blossom and her attack. She threw her punch towards mini-Quasi's stomach, but instead was met with a painful burning surprise.
She yelped and stumbled backwards, grasping her burned and bleeding hand. Mini-Quasi wasted no time in hitting Blossom in the stomach, causing her to fall to her knees and gasp for breath. He then kicked her in the side, causing her to roll across the room next to her barely-conscious sisters.
After several minutes, the girls began to stand up slowly, much to the mini-Quasi's surprise.
Again they prepared to attack, despite the cuts and bruises all over their bodies. As if on cue, the mini-Quasis began to regroup and walk towards each other, until finally morphing back to Quasi himself.
"Well, I'm very impressed girls. You lasted longer than I thought you would." He said in genuine surprise, but then grinned evilly at them.
"Looks like I'll just have to cut to the chase then." He pretended to look at a nonexistent watch. "This is taking far longer than I had hoped for."
Quasi said nothing else but instead began to morph yet again. He began to melt down into the floor, creating a puddle that spread across the ground and surrounded the girls' feet as they slowly backed up against the wall. They flew into the air, but were soon dragged down to the ground as several strands of Quasi's sticky body shot up into the air and wrapped tightly around their arms and legs.
They were each pulled into the substance one by one, discovering it to be like fly paper as they struggled to pull themselves free. The pulsing, gurgling goo then began to consume their bodies, ignoring their muffled screams for help as it wrapped around their mouths and faces.
The girls felt themselves grow weaker as their chemical X was being slowly sucked from their bodies. Buttercup continued to punch and kick the goo, but without any luck as she was sucked even deeper with each blow. Bubbles had begun to cry as she wiggled and struggled to get free, letting her fear come to the surface as she, too, was being absorbed.
Blossom, however, had stopped struggling long ago and let herself be consumed in silence. She closed her eyes and just waited for the end.
It's just as well I suppose. Lets just die now.. and end it. This was all my fault anyway. If only I had stopped Quasi when I had the chance that one night... and... and now my sisters are going to die because of my stupid mistake.
Blossom's eyes snapped open as she thought deeply about this.
If we don't stop him.. he'll put the whole world in danger... not only will I be responsible for my sister's deaths, but the whole world will perish..
"I.. I can't let that happen.." Blossom whispered to herself.
Quasi was sitting across the room in the recliner, watching gleefully as he sucked up the girls' powers. He stood up and walked towards the puddle of black and white chemicals. They throbbed and pulsed as they sucked up the chemical X, growing stronger by the second.
Suddenly, a powerful pink blast pierced a large a hole in the puddle of goo. Quasi suddenly gasped and doubled over in pain, falling to his knees as he felt his body being town apart. Very slowly Blossom began to emerge from the chemical, despite its powerful grip on her arms and legs. A strange pink aura began to glow around her body as she powered up with what was left of her chemical X.
Instantly the goo retreated back to Quasi, melting back into his body and giving him a burst of fresh energy. Bubbles and Buttercup where left cold and weak on the ground, shaking and shivering in shock. Blossom helped her sisters up, luckily finding them to be weak, but with about a fourth of their original chemical X still within them.
Blossom turned to face a clearly flabbergasted Quasi, stepping forward in front of her weakened sisters to protect them. She glared at him with even more savage rage burning within her than before, and prepared to attack yet again despite her disadvantage.
Quasi merely scoffed and chuckled, feeling confident after such a sharp increase in his own power. He put one foot back, taking a fighting stance and smirking at his enraged adversary.
"Bring it on."
Thankies for reading everyone!