Allies and Rivals III
This fic happens after Allies and Rivals II: Commander and the Leader. But reading that fic and my other fics is not necessary for understanding or enjoying this fic. There are references to my other fics, notablyAllies and Rivalsand Allies and Rivals II. However, the only thing that needs to be understood in this was that a certain Dr William Edwards was the one who recreated the Rowdyruff Boys, not Him, after they were first destroyed by the girls by being kissed, and under his guidance, they were not evil anymore. And they were in alliance with the girls, called the Ruff Puff Alliance, with Blossom and Brick alternating as leader.
Summary:The Powerpuff Girls and Rowdyruff Boys race against time to prevent an evil from escaping to this world. Who are your true friends, allies, and enemies?
Disclaimer:I don't own the Powerpuff Girls or their characters. The Powerpuff Girls are owned by Craig McCracken and Cartoon Network. I only own my own characters, the most prominent of which is Dr Edwards.
Chapter VII
Absolute Loyalty
A. Calling the Investigation Off
The City of Townsville, the morning of July 17…
It was a bright morning at six. The boys woke up to a groggy morning, and went to the kitchen where Ms. Lawrence had already prepared breakfast consisting of pancakes and cereal. They already changed from their pajamas to T-shirts and jeans, with the color of the clothes being the only difference between the three.
"Where's Dad?" asked a still sleepy Butch.
"Yeah, shouldn't he be here, fully dressed, reading his paper while sipping his coffee, sitting there, right about now?" asked Boomer.
"Well, I don't know. I think William is still asleep, though it's weird considering that he's an extremely early riser," said Ms. Lawrence said.
"I know! Let's wake him up!" said Brick.
"No you won't, young man," said Ms. Lawrence. "He needs his rest, you know."
"Okay," said the boys as they dug in to their breakfast.
Thirty minutes later, after the boys had gobbled-up all their food, their father joined them for dinner. He was dressed for work, wearing a suit, a vest, and a blue tie over a white dress shirt. He already wore his hat up to his eyebrows, completely covering his forehead. He was rough and didn't say a word, surprising the others. He didn't remove his hat and immediately sat and ate.
"William, you should remove your hat," said Ms. Lawrence, "when eating."
"Ms. Lawrence, you will call me Dr. Edwards, not William," said Dr. Edwards. "And no, I won't remove my hat, thank you!"
All concerned were surprised, if not shocked. He very nearly shouted at Ms. Lawrence, which was very unlike Dr. Edwards. Ms. Lawrence was hurt, but she decided that he was just in a bad mood, so she let it pass.
Dr. Edwards ate quietly, and sparsely. After that, Ms. Lawrence went to the grocery store, leaving Dr. Edwards and the boys alone.
"So, boys, what are you planning to do today?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"Well, at nine we're going to meet with the girls so we can interrogate Mr. Kaczinsci," said Brick.
"Yeah Dad. You see, we want to now why he made the forged notes," said Boomer.
"And we get to torture him too if doesn't talk," said Butch.
"Boys, you will do no such thing," Dr. Edwards said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Brick.
"You will cease your investigation on this matter, and from now on, will cooperate with the Mayor, the Police Chief and myself in our undertakings, and whatever happens, you will not oppose them, rather, you will support them," Dr. Edwards said.
"But Dad, you can't just order us to do this! I mean they murdered Mr. Grulp for crying out loud! And the Police chief covered it up! We gotta know why!" said Brick.
"Well, Grulp was a threat, and had to be eliminated in order for our plans to succeed. He won't tow the line, so he was disposed of," said Dr. Edwards.
That statement extremely shocked the boys. That is so unlike their father. It's as if he became another man.
"But he's your friend! You told us before that he was your dear friend, and you were very angry about it!" said Boomer.
"It is irrelevant!" said Dr. Edwards.
"But you can't just order it! All our hard work in the past few days would be for—nothing!" Brick argued back. "How do we punish the murderers of Mr. Grulp, let alone find him, if we don't continue with our investigation?"
"I am your father, I recreated you, and you will do as I say!" shouted Dr. Edwards in a loud, booming, frightening, voice that terrified the boys. "And I don't give a damn for all your hard work! As for punishing the murderers, well, forget about it! It would not be in our best interests for it to happen!"
"But Dad, why did you change you mind?" asked a confused and utterly despondent Boomer.
"And what do you mean by 'best interests'?" asked Brick. "How could it be in our best interests to just leave things as it is?"
"All in good time, my sons," said Dr. Edwards. "Now, objections aside, what I'm saying is not a suggestion, but an order! Will you follow my orders, or will you defy me?"
The boys had no choice. "Yes Dad, we'll follow," said Brick, afraid of angering his Dad further. Boomer and Butch were out of their wits.
"Good," said the Doctor.
"But what do we say to the girls? They're not going to listen to me or to you if we just say to drop all of it. They don't have the same amount of loyalty that we have, and they fight for what they think is right," said Boomer.
"Ah yes, the Powerpuff Girls. Well, we'll have to wait for the Professor's call to see if he can sway them over to our side!" said their father.
"What? Professor Utonium is in it too?" asked Boomer.
"Yes," said Dr. Edwards. "He was in it from the start. We just hid it from you kids!"
"No! That couldn't be!" said Boomer. "We all know the Professor, he's more kind and gentle and virtuous than you, Dad, and I know he would never do such a thing!"
"Besides, he's really naïve," said Butch. "I doubt he'll do such a thing. If he tried to pretend to be something he's not, he'll be found out faster than a scratched pokemon card."
"I don't believe the Professor would switch sides! He's too moral to do it, and it's—well, it's just not him!" said Brick. "It just won't happen!"
"We'll see," said the Doctor. "We'll see!"
"But what do we tell the girls?" asked Boomer.
"Yeah! It's not as if they'll just roll over and pretend to be dead if the Professor tells them to! I mean, they're not us! They're not as loyal to the Professor as we are to you, Dad, and they just won't abandon their principles because the Professor told them to!" said Brick.
"Like you?" said the doctor. "I don't think you mind abandoning your principles in obeying my orders, now do you?"
"No, we're not betraying any of our principles," said Boomer.
"Yeah! To us, loyalty to you Dad, is the most important principle we value, and all the others are below it! We might value many other things, but it would be only secondary to our loyalty and our willingness to obey orders," said Butch.
"Love and loyalty to you Dad, is our dearest principle to heart, and we would never ever turn against you, no matter what, even if you decided that you would destroy us," said Brick, in an emotional voice. "You created us, you nurtured us, and you gave us the best possible four years of our lives! It's the least we can do if we are to express our gratitude!"
"And we will never forget all of these, and we'll always stand by your side, no matter what!" said Boomer.
"But the girls, they are different!" said Brick. "They are not motivated by loyalty and love to a person, like the Professor, but what they perceive is morally right! They'd never intentionally hurt anyone not a threat, and wouldn't hesitate to ignore the Professor if he ordered them to do evil things."
"In other words, the Powerpuff Girls, no matter what, would oppose you," said Butch.
"We'll just have to wait for what the Professor has to say then," said Dr. Edwards.
B. The Girls and the Professor
Meanwhile…
It was seven-thirty in the morning, and the girls rose from their beds. They stretched, yawned, got out of bed and washed in the bathroom. They then changed from their nightgowns to their more regular clothes. Buttercup wore blue jeans, and dark green T-shirt, and sneakers, Blossom wore a pink full but short skirt extending to her knees, and a dark pink T-shirt. Bubbles wore a blue jumper dress over a light blue blouse, the hem of it's skirt reaching just above ankles, but it's skirt is large and full enough to allow her to kick and do anything she wants with her legs.
It was about eight when they went to have breakfast. They saw the Professor reading a paper while eating toasted bread on the table, while there was already breakfast prepared for the three of them. He was wearing his white lab coat over a black tie, but what was odd what that he is wearing a black hat over his head up to his eyebrows. His forehead was not visible at all.
"Morning Professor!" Bubbles cheerfully said.
"Morning," said Buttercup.
"Good morning, Professor," said Blossom.
The Professor ignored the Powerpuff Girls. The girls were surprised.
"Strange," whispered Buttercup to Blossom. "He always greets us back after we greeted him Good morning."
"Probably is in a bad mood," said Blossom.
Professor Utonium lowered his newspaper and looked at the girls. His face had a very hard expression, with a smirk on his face. His eyes were not warm and gentle, but cold and uncaring. "Will you three stop jabbering and standing there, and eat?" he scolded them.
The girls were taken aback. The Professor had never acted this way. But they obeyed him nonetheless and went and ate their breakfast quietly. After all, he did cook them breakfast.
They looked at each other and the Professor while they were eating. The Professor by this time had finished eating his toast and was drinking his hot coffee. The Professor's expression softened, though it was still quite hard and unreadable.
"Girls, what are you doing this day?" asked the Professor with a cold voice.
"Well, at nine we're going to meet with the boys at their house," said Bubbles.
"And after that, we're going to interrogate Mr. Kaczinsci," said Blossom. "After all, we know that there's something fishy about this. Ms. Bellum is almost certainly involved, though to what extent we do not know, and we hope we can find out today."
"And what will you do if you find out the truth? And if all the officialdom in the government are involved, how will you deal with them, since you can't turn them over to the official authorities?" asked the Professor.
"Yeah, but we plan to punish them by beating them up then imprisoning them in Dr. Edwards' and our training room," said Blossom.
"Then we'll try to find out who's behind this, so we can break the spell of whoever is controlling them," continued Buttercup.
"How do you know someone is really controlling them?" asked the Professor.
"Why else would they do things that they absolutely wouldn't do otherwise?" asked Bubbles. "It happened before, you know. You know, when Him tried to turn Townsville against us by controlling all of Townsville, including you, Professor, but there is no indication as of now whether or not it's Him."
Blossom continued. "Knowing Him, he would promptly reveal to us that he's behind all of this if he really is the mastermind! But there are reasons why Him may not be behind all of this. First, Him disappeared and has not made an appearance for four years. Assuming of course, that this is his comeback, then why would he attempt this again? I mean, he did say he doesn't do repeat performances. And again why would Him put on V marks to those he controlled, and why doesn't he control everyone? It's just not his style! Anyway, if he doesn't show up or is discovered pretty soon, then I'd bet he's not the one behind this. I mean he is really lousy in hiding his own roles in operations where he wanted to keep his participation secret. Then again, he might improve his ability to conceal his involvement. And also, he's a vain pompous idiot, that, most likely, will make him boast to us his plan and how smart he is and how it will destroy us all and how we can't do anything about it. So it could go other way, though there is absolutely no sure way of finding out the truth until later."
Buttercup continued. "But if not Him, who?"
"I don't know," replied Blossom.
"Well, gook luck then," said the Professor, as he put his paper down and went upstairs.
"Notice anything strange with the Professor?" asked Buttercup when the Professor is out of earshot.
"Yeah! He seems—cold! I even felt a chill talking to him. He seems—different!" said Bubbles.
"He's just having a bad day," said Blossom, trying to diffuse their worries, "and in a bad mood. Yeah, he's never acted this way before, but I'm sure it's really nothing. You'll see. Later, or at the latest tomorrow, we'll see the old Professor come back and be his old joyous self again. We'll just need to give him some time alone so he can cool off or sort out whatever gave him a bad day and caused him to act like this."
"Well, I guess you're right," said Bubbles. "So what do we do till nine? We have still an hour left you know."
"I know! How about we play pretend tea?" the ten-year-old Blossom said.
"Yeah!" said Bubbles, and she immediately got her tea set from her room.
"Couldn't we play something else? Like baseball, or wrestling?" said Buttercup.
"Nah! Too violent!" said Blossom.
"Well you two go ahead, I'm going to punch some skins outside," said Buttercup before leaving Blossom and Bubbles to play for the next hour.
Meanwhile…
The Professor went to his room and called Dr. Edwards.
"Hello," said Dr. Edwards on the phone. "Oh, it's you! So you persuaded them to join us?"
"Wouldn't waste my spit on it," said the Professor. "We all know they wouldn't, no matter how much I argued. They won't turn to evil, or even turn a blind eye and give us free rein, you know, no matter what."
"So the girls are a threat to the Master's plan?" said Dr. Edwards.
"Pretty much so. How about the boys?"
"Better news here. The boys are as loyal as I expected, and I had no problem getting them over to our side," said Dr. Edwards.
"Well, there is still the problem of the girls. How do we get them out of our hair?" asked the Professor.
"Do they know that you're not really Professor Utonium?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"No. They don't suspect a thing," said the Professor.
"Good. That would remove a lot of complications," said Dr. Edwards. "We wouldn't want you ending up in the hospital after they beat the living hell out of you, you know. The less they know, the better. Anyway, we could use the boys as a counter to the girls."
"So what are you planning?" asked the Professor.
"Well, we have to eliminate the Powerpuff Girls. They are too much of a threat," said Dr. Edwards.
"I agree, but how do we do that?" asked the Professor.
"I'll simply order the boys to neutralize them, you know, eliminate them. You know, Powerpuff versus Rowdyruff," said Dr. Edwards.
"But how are you so sure that the Rowdyruffs will win? I mean, if they lose, then it would be pretty much back to square one for both of us," said the Professor.
"Well, I'm pretty confident they can handle the job," said Dr. Edwards. "It could go either way. But I'm sure they'll win. If they lose, well, back to the drawing board!"
"By the way, the girls are coming there at nine, just in case you want to know," said the Professor.
"Yeah I know," said Dr. Edwards. "Anyway, does Ms. Bellum, the Mayor and the Police Chief know about us going over?"
"Pretty much," said the Professor. "The Master would have told them by now. Remember, as soon as the girls are no longer a threat, we proceed with our plans."
"Oh yes," said Dr. Edwards. "Anyway, call you later."
"Bye," said the Professor, and he put down phone.
C. Willingly Evil or Controlled?
Meanwhile…
The boys were on living room, lounging on the couch, depressed and confused, when their father returned.
"Boys, I have a mission for you," said Dr. Edwardss.
"What is it, Dad?" asked Brick as he and Brick stood in attention to their father.
"Simple. The Powerpuff Girls will most likely try to stop our plan," said the Doctor.
"What plan? And what do you mean by 'our'?" asked Butch.
"It meant me, the Professor, the Mayor, Ms. Bellum and the Entire Police Force," Dr. Edwards explained. "As for the plan, it's none of your business. I'll tell you in the right time, but not now. You will eliminate the Powerpuff Girls as a threat, since they are our enemies."
"But Dad, you can't order us to just go and kill the Powerpuff Girls!" protested Boomer. "I mean, it would be betrayal in the highest level! It's treason!"
"Yeah! How could they trust us again if we turned against them? We can't just do that!" said Brick.
"Yeah! I hate to say this, but for four years, they are our allies! How can we just turn on them, just like that?" added Butch.
"Please Dad, order us to do anything else, but don't force us to kill them! I mean, we're their friends," Boomer added. "It's been four long years, and if it weren't for them, we won't be here today!"
"Yeah Dad! Four years ago, when you recreated us, and when we still hated the Powerpuff Girls, if you hadn't ordered us to not kill the girls, only defeat them, then we might have killed them willingly and without wincing! But not now Dad! Not now!" said Brick. "After all we've been through, we can't just kill them!"
"Besides, I know I'm going to hate saying this," said Butch, "we're not evil anymore."
"Well, I AM YOUR FATHER, AND YOU WILL DO AS I SAY! AND I ORDER YOU TO ELIMINATE THE POWERPUFF GIRLS AS A THREAT!" shouted Dr. Edwards. "OR ARE YOU GOING TO DISOBEY ME? HA, SUCH LOYALTY INDEED!"
"No Dad, we'll never disobey or even hint disloyalty to you," Boomer pleaded. "If you want us to fight the girls and defeat them, we will definitely do it!"
"But we want to know if you really want us to do it? I mean ordering us to attack the girls. Dad, it's so unlike you, you know! You always speak favorably of the girls. You didn't want us to kill them at a time when we would have gladly done so! After all, they saved you many times. You always were happy when they are around!" Brick said. "It's not like you at all!"
"Well, people can change! Now, I decided I'd rather be evil than semi-evil, like before," said Dr. Edwards. "So do it!"
"Yes Dad! We won't like it, but we'll do it for you!" said Boomer.
"I don't care if you like it, just do it, and do it right!" said Dr. Edwards, nearly shouting. During that time, he removed his hat and wiped his forehead covered with sweat. The boys froze.
There was an upside-down V mark on his forehead!
"God! They got you too!" gasped Butch.
"Now go and do it! Eliminate them as a threat!" ordered Dr. Edwards.
Confused, shocked, and dazed, they silently left the house, then just floated high above the house, too shaken to say anything, and just stayed there, for five whole minutes. Boomer had an angry face, Butch had a sullen one while Brick was very sad.
"Dad's not Dad," Boomer finally said when he regained the ability to talk after snapping out of it. "I mean, he has the mark for crying out loud!
"This is so like Revelation 13, and the mark of the beast!" said Brick. "Anyway, the question is, is he really Dad? All evidence indicates that he is not, since well, he's not himself! Most probably, somebody seized control of his body."
"So what do we do?" asked Boomer.
"I think we better go and lock him up in the training room till we can figure out how we can bring him back to his senses," said Brick. "Meanwhile, we'll meet up with the girls. Hopefully, whoever is behind this haven't got the Professor yet! Wait, oh yes, Dr. Edwards already said they had! What say you, Butch? Butch? Butch?"
"No, it's Dad! Nobody took any kind of control over him!" said Butch.
"What? No! It's clear that Dad became evil, and there's no good reason why Dad would be so," said Brick. "Pray tell, why would it be so? Why would Dad willingly become evil?"
"Well, I just know it to be so!" said Butch.
"Oh there you go again! Please, enough of your hair-brained theories! Now, I am ordering you not to—" Brick said.
"Then listen to me then! I know something!" said Butch.
"Well, then, talk," said Brick.
"Okay. This is something that I'd rather not tell anyone, since, well, just listen to me, okay? You see, a few days ago, right before Mr. Grulp went to us and told us his suspicions, I had a dream," said Butch.
"What? A dream?" asked Boomer.
"Yes, a dream. It is very similar to Brick's dream. A voice, rather the Voice, asked me what wish I was going to make," said Butch. "I said I wanted to be tough. He said sure but I must be evil to be tough. Without being evil, my wish cannot be granted. So I pretty much destroyed Townsville and killed many of its inhabitants. I turned myself into an evil boy! And if he grants you a wish, an upside down V mark appears on your forehead. It has the same color as your skin if you wish it, and a black one if you accept your wish."
"Wait, you're telling me that you had a dream similar to mine before we knew anything about the mark business?" asked Brick.
"Yes, and you had a choice to. In the dream, I killed the Powerpuff Girls. That's the reason I kept it to myself! Nobody was controlling my mind in that dream! It was my own choice. I wanted to be tough, and if I had to be evil to be one, then so be it. Fortunately, in the dream, the Voice killed you and Boomer and Dad—"
"Hey, how does me and Brick and Dad being killed qualify in being 'fortunate'?" asked Boomer.
"Will you please let me finish?" snapped Butch. "Well, he said that that is the price of being tough, and you know what, I just can't accept it! I'd rather be a weakling with both of you guys and Dad by my side than be tough alone. So I didn't accept it! And I didn't become evil because of it. Thank God it was just a bad dream, but, I think, that the Voice visited every one of those people with the inverted V mark on their head, and each and everyone of those individuals, including Dad, willingly chose to become evil to get their wish. I don't know what Dad wished for, but he sure was willing to become evil to get it."
There was silence for a moment, until the reality of it dawned on his brothers.
"I believe you. I was visited by the Voice too. It would give me what I most fervently wished for, being powerful, but the price was unacceptable," said Brick. "I told you this before. Yet I dismissed my own dream. However, yours is different. I don't believe you're lying now. I'm very sorry. So, our enemy really is the Voice. But now we can't do anything about it, because now that we know that Dad really isn't being controlled. It's by his own decision that he became evil, so we must respect that. We must serve him loyally like before even if we don't like it. And believe me, I don't."
Boomer then began crying. "This is so terrible! Everything that we've worked for the past four years! Everything! Will be gone! I had hope when I saw that mark, because I thought someone is controlling his body against Dad's will, but now, but now, Butch's dream tells me it's really his choice to be evil? Now we're going to be evil again for Dad's sake, and I don't like it, but I'll live with it! And we would be destroying the trust and friendship with the Powerpuff Girls that we painstakingly forged during the past four years! But, yes, I will do it willingly, since, since I won't betray Dad! If I had to choose between the Powerpuff Girls and my father, I'd choose him anytime!"
"Well, what do we do then?" asked Butch.
"I think we must do what Dad said, and plan how to do it," said Brick. "Okay, here's what we're going to do. We are not going to show any of this to the girls! By that I mean, we're not going to show any of our true feelings. It will undermine our mission. We will show no hesitancy in our actions. We will act as if attacking them was really our idea and we would willingly do it!"
"Do we kill them, or not?" asked Butch.
"No. Dad didn't say to eliminate them as persons, but as a threat," said Brick. "So we need not kill them, only persuade them not to interfere with Dad, the Mayor, Ms. Bellum, and whoever else is involved in this venture. Most probably, they wouldn't bite, so we need to fight them. Of course, we'd probably win. If we do, we knock them out and take them prisoner. We can keep them imprisoned in the training room, and if they become too troublesome, we can tie them up."
"But what then?" asked Boomer. "We can't keep them forever under lock and key!"
"What else could we do? The alternative would be killing them, and that I won't do!" said Brick. "Maybe we can persuade them after the fact to join us, but I won't be holding my breath."
"What time is it now?" asked Boomer.
"Eight-thirty," said Butch.
"We have still a half-hour to wait!" said Brick. "Anyway, here's my battle plan. Butch, you go on and take on Bubbles, while Boomer, you fight Buttercup. It would be unexpected, and it would throw them off guard," said Brick. "I'm going to take care of Blossom."
He then told his brothers the rest of the battle plan he had in mind.
D. Showdown
Later, five minutes to nine…
"Bye Professor," shouted the girls as they flew out of their home towards the home of the boys, when mid-way towards their destination, over the suburbs of Townsville, they saw the boys standing there, with their arms crossed, waiting for them.
"I thought we'd meet at the house?" asked Blossom. "Anyway, come on and let's go to Mr. Kaczinsci's house."
But the boys didn't move.
"Why aren't you moving? Come on, we're wasting time!" Blossom complained.
"Sorry, but we can't. See, we switched sides, and we're helping them—you know, whoever is responsible for all of this," Brick declared.
"Oh stop kidding around! Look, I don't have time to play games! Come on!"
"No!" said Butch.
"And if you try to do it, we'll stop you!" said Boomer.
"Look, as leader of the Alliance, I order you to stop this nonsense and come with me!" said Blossom. "We have work to do, remember?"
Boomer suddenly and unexpectedly punched Buttercup in the face, sending her down to the ground.
The girls were thoroughly surprised to find out that the boys were completely serious.
"Brick, what happened? I thought we were allies and we would work together for the common good!" Blossom asked.
"Yeah! You're good guys! You'd never do such a thing as join evil at this moment!" Bubbles exclaimed.
"Then you don't know us very well, now do you?" said Boomer.
"Yeah, we decided that it is cooler to be evil than to be good," said Brick, "so we switched sides!"
"I don't believe you!" said Blossom. "I know you, William Bricker Edwards, and that's just not you! I mean, what would Dr. Edwards think of this?"
"He's cool with this," said Butch.
"Why that Boomer! I'm going to—" Buttercup shouted as she flew to punch Boomer, but she was blocked by Blossom.
"Can it, Buttercup! I don't want to start a fight until I know exactly what's going on!" Blossom said.
"But—"
"Will you please listen to me? You will not fight until I tell you to, and that won't happen until I assess the situation. The boys aren't some kind of crappy monster that will fold with a single punch, you know!"
Buttercup grumbled, and did nothing more than mumble incomprehensible phrases.
"I think I know what happened. Dr. Edwards was possessed by whoever possessed Mr. Kaczinci, Ms. Bellum and the entire police force, and he's ordering you to do this, and you are too loyal to your father to disobey him. Am I right?"
Brick just stayed silent, amazed at Blossom.
"So you're thinking, how'd I figure it out so quickly? Simple. It's obvious that whoever is responsible for all of this is targeting people of authority, and it's only logical that your father and the Professor are next. So, your father becomes evil. Plus the fact it's the only logical explanation why you'd act this way, because I know Dr. Edwards, had he been his normal self, would not let you do this. And you wouldn't do it unless ordered to. But, and I emphasize this, the father that ordered you to attack us is not really your father! Your real Dad would not be happy if you become evil again! Please, stop this, and we can break the spell of whoever's holding them captive! He'll earn your eternal gratitude if you did so!"
"Well, that was very brilliant of you, figuring it out! But you're wrong! My father willingly turned to evil, and because of that, my brothers and I cannot defy him!" said Brick.
"Dr. Edwards would never willingly turn to evil!" said Blossom. "And hence, it's not really your father giving the orders!"
"I beg go differ! I have—no, Butch has proof, that he did so willingly! But I won't waste my time telling it to you! I'm telling the truth, and you know I am not lying! I'm giving you an ultimatum. Call off the investigation, and stay out of our hair, or join us, or fight us and suffer the consequences," Brick warned.
"Is that how it's going to be? Then fine! We'll fight you, because I won't abandon our fight for freedom and justice in Townsville!" said Blossom.
"Fine. Prepare to be crushed," said Brick as he and his brothers prepare to attack the girls.
The Powerpuff Girls prepared for a fight with the Rowdyruff Boys.
And so they fought, this time as true enemies.
