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 XIV
Dr. Edwards's Dream
A. Mr. Hook's Boys
The City of Townsville, August 14…
"So what does he want now?" asked Tom, to another friend.
"Well, Dick said he wanted to find out where the Powerpuff Girls are hiding," said the friend. "I think he wants the reward money."
"So?"
"Well, the usual. Each group would search on his own assigned neighborhood," said Tom's friend, getting a map of Townsville and pointing a location. "Here, like always, is our assigned area. And remember—"
"I know, I know, not a single word to anyone not already a spy for Dick, or our whole organization would be blown," said Tom.
"Well, there's no time to lose, so—" Tom's friend began.
"Not really. I already know where they are," said Tom
"Really? Where?" asked his friend.
"You know the teacher at Townsville Elementary who also teaches kindergarten part-time?"
"What grade?"
"Fourth grade. Now listen. The Powerpuff Girls are hiding at Ms. Keane's house. I'm not sure if this information is accurate, but it would be worth checking out!" said Tom.
"Goodness! This is gold! Are you absolutely sure?"
"No. I just heard a rumor. But like I said, we better tell Dick so he can confirm it for us," said Tom.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let's go to Dick's house!"
Later…
"Richard, your friends are here!" Mrs. Hook shouted.
Richard Hook and his twin sister, was helping their mother do some unpacking when he heard her mother.
"Hm. Do you think that they found them already? It seems so quick," said Rachel.
"We all know that my boys are better than your girls at getting intelligence!" Hook boasted. "Besides, I am the one getting credit with the Rowdyruffs, not you!"
"Only because they only admit boys on their gang!" Rachel countered. "If they admit me too, I'll make the KGB spies look like amateurs!"
"Well, gotta go!" said Richard. He then went to the door. "Iggy! Tom! So, got any news? Have you found them yet?"
"Dick, I have good news for you!" said Iggy excitedly. "Tom here has found the girls."
"Really Tom? Well, where are they?" asked Hook.
"They are hiding in Ms. Keane's house, Dick!" Thomas Billings said.
"You sure?" asked Hook.
"Well, I heard someone said who heard from someone that they saw the girls in Ms. Keane's house," said Tom.
"Well, thanks," said Hook. "Anything else?"
"No. Well, call us again if you need us!" Iggy said.
"I'll do!"
"Bye then!"
Hook then closed the door and went back to the kitchen to help her sister unpack some plates from their boxes.
"Well Richard?"
"Tom said that he heard someone say that they were in Ms. Keane's house. I'm not sure so I'm going to send someone to confirm it!"
"Let me send one of my friends instead!" she insisted.
"Sorry sis! Heh! You forgot! I got the information first, so I get to confirm this so I get all the credit!"
"That's not fair!" she pouted.
"Not really," said Hook.
"Well, next time I get some info, I'll tell Brick myself!"
"If they let you get anywhere near him," replied Hook. "The only girls he lets near him are the Powerpuff Girls. But don't worry, if I get the information from you and your friends, I always credit you!"
B. Glimpse Into the Future
Later that night…
"I hope this works out better than last time," said Blossom as she and her sisters prepared to sleep, and venture once more into the dreams. "Make sure you don't wake up."
"Don't worry, Blossom! I cleared that ledge over my head so that nothing would fall on me while I'm sleeping," said Bubbles.
"Good," said Blossom. "Well, good night to all of you, and see you in our dreams."
The girls then went respectively to their separate rooms to sleep, and to meet in their dreams once more.
"Well, where do we go now?" asked Buttercup. "Are we returning to the Professor's dream?"
"No silly! Don't you remember? We specifically agreed to go to the doctor's dream so we can free him and so make the boys part of our team again," said Blossom. "Okay, here we go."
The girls then entered the Doctor's dream.
Like the girls expected, the Doctor's dream was just like reality. They came and saw the City of Townsville like they expected, and the world was just like the world they had left. They then went into the city.
The city itself looks older. There seemed to be more people. Then they saw the sign.
Townsville – Pop. 4.5 million
"Four point five million? That signed should be fixed! There's only one and a half million people on Townsville!" Buttercup declared.
"Strange. Really strange," said Blossom. "Everything seems normal, but I've got a feeling it's not."
"Look at that! Isn't that place supposed to be where one of Mr. Morebuck's Department store. Instead it has—"
"Another building. A Mall. With Edtech Corp. symbol on it," Buttercup finished.
"That's strange. I thought his company was involved in computers and electronics. When did he move to other businesses?" asked Buttercup. "And look, there are several restaurants with his sign. It's as though he bought them out. And several other businesses too. And by the looks of it, several newspaper chains, TV stations, and weekly magazines too."
"Well whatever it is, it's a result of his wish," said Blossom. "Come one, let's search for him."
"Where are we gonna look?" asked Bubbles. "Maybe they moved somewhere else."
"Let's asked that Police Officer," said Blossom. She approached an officer who was patrolling part of the street.
"Um, excuse me, do you know where Dr. Edwards is?" asked Blossom.
"He's at the laboratory at the University of Townsville," said the Police Officer.
"Well, thanks," said Bubbles, and they flew as fast as they can. While they were flying, they noticed that the people are staring at them.
"It's as if it's the first time saw us fly," said Buttercup.
When they arrived at the university…
"Dr. Edwards is at the laboratory," said the young lady at Information. "Second floor, third corridor, first room. His office is besides it. You can't miss him."
"Thanks," said Blossom, as they decided to walk instead and play the part of sweet innocent girls to draw less attention to them.
They finally arrived at the lab. There were several young men in white lab coats doing experiments, but as far as they can tell, there was no Dr. Edwards. They decided to ask instead.
"Um, could anyone tell me where Dr. Edwards is?" asked Blossom to the security guard.
"I'll call him. Just wait," said the guard before he went to the throng of scientists and talked to one man. Finally one young man, with blond hair, about six-foot-four, thirty years of age, approached them. He has a boyish handsome face that you wouldn't mistake for a thirty-year-old. He looked like he was only twenty.
"Can I help you?" asked the young man.
"Um, we're looking for Dr. Edwards," said Buttercup, looking at the young man. He looks very familiar.
"Well, I am Dr. Edwards," said the young man.
"You are?" asked Bubbles.
"Of course I am. I am Dr. James B. Edwards! I got my doctorate in this university a few years ago, for medicine. I also have PhD for Chemistry and Physics in this very university!"
"Boomer?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, only my family and close friends call me that. Most of my colleagues call me James," he replied.
Blossom hid her excitement. "Um, can we see William Edwards?"
"Ah! Do you mean Senator William K. Edwards Sr., my father, or do you mean Governor William B. Edwards Jr., my brother?" asked "Boomer."
"Well, your father," Bubbles asked.
"Well, you're lucky. Congress adjourned a few days ago and he's now in his home resting," said "Boomer."
"Well, thanks," said Bubbles.
"Wait. Who are you?" asked "Boomer."
"Well, we're the Powerpuff Girls!" Blossom declared.
"Please. The Powerpuff Girls are thirty years old, just like us! They're adults! You're only kids, about ten," "Boomer" replied.
"Well, we have superpowers! We'll show you!" said Buttercup, and the three then picked up Boomer and flew to a mountain near Townsville. There, they demonstrated their powers.
"Can you still fly and do stuff?" asked Blossom to the older "Boomer."
"Of course! In case you forget, I'm a Rowdyruff!" said "Boomer." He then flew and also demonstrated his powers to the girls. "Wait a minute. You three are the spitting image of the daughters of Professor Utonium! And you claim you are them?"
"Yes! We are the Powerpuff Girls!" Buttercup declared.
"I get it! You three are time travellers from the past and you want to see the future, is that it?"
"Well—" Blossom began.
"Great! I'll show you to Dad, and to my brothers! I'm sure they'll get a blast seeing you! Come on! Follow me!" "Boomer" shouted as he flew towards their home.
They arrived at their lot, when the girls noticed something. There were now four houses on the vast lands of Dr. Edwards. And there were bigger walls surrounding his entire property. The houses itself were modest. "Um, why are there three extra houses?" asked Bubbles.
"That house belongs to me, that one to Brick, and the other one to Butch. That house over there is Dad's," "Boomer" said, pointing while above in the air at the four houses scattered over the property, most in the middle of the woods with a road leading to it. "You see, Dad divided the land when we turned twenty-one, and instead of moving out, we simply build houses on it, so we can be still close to each other, yet we could still live on our own. We're now neighbors, instead of housemates, like before. But since Brick became governor and moved to the Governor's mansion in the city, and Dad became senator, only Butch and I live here, thought Dad and Brick spent most of their free time here."
"I see," said Blossom, still digesting the new information.
"How about Butch? What's his work now?" asked Buttercup.
"The company went to Butch. He's now the President and CEO of Edtech Corp." said "Boomer." "He inherited Dad's businesses."
"Butch? But I thought Brick would inherit all his businesses?" asked Blossom, astonished.
"Well, Brick entered politics, so the business went to Butch. You cannot hold businesses while holding public office, you know. Besides, Butch a genius at business matters, something which you can't say the same for Brick, who's gifts are more political and military rather than financial."
"I never thought that Butch would become the owner of the family business," said Buttercup.
"Well, I better call them, so they can meet you," said "Boomer," using his watch.
"You still use those watches?" asked Bubbles.
"Yup!" said "Boomer." "Hey Butch, can you come over here? Right now!"
"What is it now? Can't you see I'm busy?" asked a rude voice over the watch.
"Well Butch, I have a surprise for you! I'm calling Dad and Brick too, you know!" said "Boomer."
"I'm busy running the company, you hear? I don't have time to pussyfoot around!"
"Butch, please come here! I promise you it'll be good!"
"Okay, but Boomer, if I lose a single cent because of this, I promise you I'll relocate the parts of your face that not even you will recognize yourself once I'm done with you!" "Butch" threatened before shutting it down.
He then went and called "Brick." "Brick, come here! I think you've got to see this."
"Couldn't it wait? You know I'm negotiating with the Speaker, Mr. Martin, over the state budget!" said Brick.
"No it can't!"
"Well, okay. I'm canceling my conference, but it better be good!" said "Brick," but unlike "Butch" he did it politely.
C. Three Grown-Up Rowdyruffs and Their Father
Two minutes later, the two brothers arrived.
"Okay, Boomer, what is it?" asked Butch. He was wearing a light blue suit with a tie. He had a handsome face, but his hair was slightly dishevelled. He stood at six foot two.
"Ta-da! Look at this three girls!" said Brick.
"Wow! They can fly!" Brick said, astonished. Brick was the tallest of his brothers, about six-feet-six. He wore a fedora hat on his head, wore a gray suit, and the only one with a vest among them. He looks older than his thirty years. He was very handsome, but what was so amazing to the girls was that his face is the spitting image of Dr. William K. Edwards when he was younger. But what was even more amazing was that there was no genetic relationship between Dr. Edwards and his son because Dr. Edwards simply created them using chemical X. "And they looked like Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup," Brick exclaimed.
"So, that's it? You called me off to work to look at three brats who can fly?" "Butch" ranted. "Thanks a bunch!"
"Not just any kind of brat. They are the Powerpuff Girls! They are time travellers from the past!" "Boomer" proclaimed.
"Whoa! Time travellers! Of course! Those three looked like those girls when we were ten twenty years ago!" said Brick.
"Girls, is that true?" asked "Butch."
"Well, we're the Powerpuff Girls!" said Blossom. "And right now, we're only ten."
"And we're not brats!" said Buttercup.
"Are you sure that they weren't the adult Powerpuff Girls and you didn't accidentally make them into kids with your wacky experiments, Boomer?" asked "Brick."
"Heck no!" said "Boomer."
"Excuse me, could we quit wasting time? We have got to see your father!" Buttercup quipped.
"Will you three shut your mouth while we're arguing? And you're just ten, and we're adults, so you talk properly with us! And we know you have superpowers so we can beat the snot out of you if you don't respect us!" "Butch" snapped.
"Okay, since Boomer here called us here, I think we better let them see Dad to see why they're here," said "Brick."
Buttercup was about to shout something when Blossom covered her mouth.
Blossom apologized. "Sorry about that. Won't happen again, sir."
"Butch" and the boys seemed pleased and smiled at them at the mention of sir. "Okay girls, you want to see Dad? Okay, you'll see him if you just follow us."
The girls followed the boys to the original house that the girls were familiar with in the real world.
They entered a room, where a man, in his mid-sixties, was smoking a large cigar while reading a newspaper. He had gray hair, and an inverted V mark on his forehead.
"My sons! It's so good of you to come!" he greeted. "But what are you doing here? Aren't your three supposed to be at work?"
"Dad, there are three girls here who claimed to be the Powerpuff Girls! And the funny thing is, they're only ten-years-old!" "Butch" said.
"But they can fly, and they have superpowers!" "Boomer" added.
"And they are the spitting images of them when they were kids! I think they're time-travelers from the past," said "Brick."
"Well, let me see them?" asked Senator Edwards.
"Girls, you can now show yourselves to the senator of our great state, the elder Doctor Edwards!" shouted Governor Edwards with glee as he introduced his father. The girls then floated to his eye level.
"Aren't they cute Dad?" said "Boomer."
"Yup! Very cute and beautiful," said "Brick." "Not like our Blossom, who certainly one of the ugliest and most hideous women on this world!"
Blossom cringed at those words. Some things just never change. Once again, "Brick", even though he was only in Dr. Edwards' dreams, managed to complement and insult her at the same sentence.
"Dr. Edwards—"
"Yes?" "Boomer" replied.
"Not you, your father!" Blossom replied.
"Butch, get the photo-album—you know, the one when you were just kids," said Senator Edwards.
"Yes Dad," Butch said, and he retrieved the photo-album from a nearby bookshelf and gave it to his father. He looked at it, and compared the pictures of the Powerpuff Girls when they were kids with the three girls floating in front of him.
"Well I'll be damned! It is you! Okay, a couple of questions first to see if you're really who you claim you are. When did you first saw me?"
"When you and the Professor were still enemies. We tried to reunite you, and we didn't know you were training the boys to defeat us!" Blossom replied.
"Okay. Who did I choose to be leader in the mountains while we were hiking?" asked the old man.
"Me. We won a match against the Rowdyruff Boys. However, Brick tricked me into making a vague statement. Still, after a full day, you chose me over as leader. Later, during the fight with Ferguson Ckracknow, we thought you were dead and Brick blamed himself, so he resigned as leader of the Rowdyruffs. Then you weren't dead after all, so Brick again became leader. We then went and rescued you and destroyed the base."
"Okay. Did you become leader indefinitely?"
"No. I became arrogant and shouted at Buttercup, so she defected and voted for herself in an election for leadership. So Brick became leader."
"Then what happened? Did he remain leader?"
"Well, after defeating the Five evil teen-agers, Alpha, Beta, Cychaela, Delta, and Epsilon, Buttercup and Bubbles locked Brick and I on the training room of the Professor, then forced us to compromise. So we took turns as leader every month. We then went, with Boomer and Butch, and tied-up Buttercup and Bubbles, and tickled them mercilessly."
"So it really is you," said the elder Dr. Edwards. "Only very few people know about all those events."
"Yes, and we're so glad to see you, Doctor," Blossom emotionally replied.
"So, why did you come to the future?" asked "Boomer."
"Well, for one thing, this world does not exist in the real world, and among all of you here, only William Knox Edwards Sr. really exists. Sorry, but this world is only on the mind of your father," said Blossom.
"Get real!" "Butch" replied. "I'm as real as you, you know!"
"Pfft! A time traveller from the past! And what is her message? That we don't exist!" "Brick" replied.
"Are you serious?" "Boomer" asked of the girls.
"Unfortunately, yes," said Blossom.
"Well, what's your proof then?" asked the elder Dr. Edwards.
"How did you get that V mark on your forehead?" asked Blossom.
"Sorry, I won't tell anybody. I haven't told anybody yet, nor would I start now," said the elder Dr. Edwards. "Not even my sons or my wife Tiffany know why I have the mark."
"That's okay. We already know how you got your mark," said Blossom.
"So why don't you tell us?" "Brick" replied.
"Well, while you were sleeping, a voice came and visited you," Bubbles began. "He calls himself 'The Voice.' He grants wishes. You made a wish, and you got a mark as a result. But you never woke up. You were, and still are, trapped in the world he created within your mind. Your body, your true body, is being controlled by the Voice."
"And this world, and everything that happened, is controlled by the Voice," said Buttercup. "Everything, including, sadly, you three," pointing at the three adult ruffs, "are only created by the Voice, whether you know it or not."
"Bah! My one-year-old son can tell a better fib than that one," "Brick" replied. "Sorry, nobody believes you"
"Yeah. What you told us is just fairy-tales!" "Butch" added.
"Hell, why should we believe you?" asked "Boomer."
But the look on the elder Dr. Edwards face was different. He was pale—completely pale. He looked like he saw a ghost.
"Brick, Butch, Boomer, get out of this room!" he suddenly shouted. He then pointed at the three girls. "You three. Stay. I want to talk with you."
"But Dad!" "Boomer" began.
"I said out!" the elder Dr. Edwards shouted, his face enraged. "You may be thirty-year-old adults, but I am still your father, and you will do as I say!"
The girls looked on the three young men. Despite the long years, they still were terrified at their father when he was angry.
"Yes Dad," the three men winced as they went out of the room.
"And wait for me outside the house."
D. Revelations
When the three men were out of the room, he looked at the girls. "Okay, now that we're alone, I think we can have a franker discuss—What the? Why did Bubbles just disappear like that?"
"Oh no! Bubbles woke up!" Blossom said, hitting her head with her palm.
"Isn't she already awake?" asked the elder Dr. Edwards, who was confused.
"I'll explain later. Buttercup, if anybody of us is waken by Bubbles, tell her not to wake the other. Doctor, I want to know, what is your wish to the Voice?" asked Blossom.
"Since you know as much, I might as well tell you the rest," said the elder Dr. Edwards. "And tell me. How did you know so much?"
Blossom then told him all, from the boys in the real world turning against them, to her going to Professor Utonium's dream.
"So the Professor already knows about this?" asked the elder Doctor.
"No. You see, his dream world, there are Powerpuff Girl equivalents of us—in the same age—and the Professor mistook us from his daughters of his world, and so when they saw us hugging each other, well the Powerpuff Girls of his dream thought the worst and thought we were impersonating them. So they tried to beat the heck out of us, and we never have a chance to explain."
"So that's it. Oh I feel so terrible!" said the elder Dr. Edwards.
"What was your wish, Doctor?" asked Buttercup. "I'm sure you only meant well."
"I wished for my sons to remain good. The Voice showed me the future which shows, that if I didn't make the wish, they would turn evil and ruin the earth," said Dr. Edwards.
"Oh the irony," Buttercup muttered.
"Yes, you were tricked by the Voice," said Blossom. Suddenly, she disappeared.
In the real world…
Blossom noticed that she was wet with broken fragments of china around her. She then looked up, and saw a rat on the ledge up. "Eeek! A rat!" she shouted, and ran from the room, screaming like a little girl across the house, waking Ms. Keane with her hysterics. Luckily, Buttercup, in sleeping, put on some earplugs so she didn't wake immediately.
In Dr. Edwards's dream…
"What happened to her?" asked the elder Dr. Edwards.
"She woke up," said Buttercup.
"Okay, here's what happened," said the elder Dr. Edwards. "After I made the wish, I woke up, and suddenly, I noticed it was twenty years in the future. I kept wondering what happened, until the Voice told me I was in the future with my wish already fulfilled, and he then put on my head all the memories all the things that supposedly happened in the intervening years. I was really happy when I found how I and my sons turned out, and I was very happy, until this day."
"Doctor, you can still contact the Voice, can you?" asked Buttercup.
"Yes, I suppose I can."
"Well, don't let him know we're on to him. Please!" Buttercup pleaded. "At least until we figured a way to release you."
"Okay, I'll keep it to myself. But I'll tell my boys here. They deserve to know," said the doctor.
"But please keep it to yourselves," asked Buttercup. "We don't want more trouble. Somehow, we'll figure a way to free you."
Suddenly, a mosquito went inside the room and went to Buttercup's arm. Buttercup slapped it, but slapped her arm instead. Suddenly, she woke up, and cursed herself for waking up an inappropriate time.
It was August 15, the morning of the next day…
"Man, it's so, let's say, surreal!" said Buttercup. "I mean Butch being the heir to Dr. Edwards' business, not Brick? And Brick being governor of this state? And Dr. Edwards a senator?"
"Not to mention that they're very handsome when they're grown-ups."
"Yes, but it is all the creation of the Voice," Blossom reminded them. "The boys might be bums, or they might even be President of the United States, but what we saw is what the future might look like, not what they will be. Besides, at this rate, the real boys in the real world might turn really evil. Remember, that is the wish of Dr. Edwards, and that is what their father want them to be in the future."
"But what of us? I mean, there was no mention of us in that timeline, but they clearly knew us as adults. Why didn't they talk about us?" asked Buttercup.
"I don't know. I really don't know. But next time we visit his dream, I'd like to find out what happened to us in that dream," said Blossom.
"So how do we get them back?" asked Bubbles.
"I don't know. I just don't know," said Blossom. "I'll guess we'll have to go back to find out. At least we aren't mistaken for imposters there."
E. Informing the Rowdyruffs
Later…
"Nice to see you, Hook," Brick said as the boy with thick glasses entered the house.
"Same to you, Brick, Boomer, Butch," said Hook.
"Well?" asked Boomer.
"I know where they are!" Hook exclaimed.
"Um before you say anything, did you get his from your boys, or from your sister?" asked Brick.
"From my boys!" Hook proudly said. "They're at Ms. Keane's house, hiding."
"Are you sure? How can we be certain that this isn't some kind of wild goose-chase?" asked Butch.
"Well, I sent one of my assets to check it out. It checked out. If you don't believe me, look at this picture," said Hook, handing a picture. Brick looked at it, and smiled. It was a picture of Bubbles looking out of the window of Ms. Keane's house.
"Excellent! Excellent!" said Brick as he looked at the pictures.
"Let me see! Let me see!" Boomer said, grabbing the picture of Bubbles.
"Try to kidnap Dad, will they? We'll see how they'll feel once they're the ones kidnapped!" Butch snarled.
"One more thing. My asset told me that Ms. Keane, tomorrow would be on some sort of Teacher's conference in Citiesville, for a whole day. From seven in the morning till five in the afternoon! So the girls would be alone for most of the day," said Hook.
"Hook you are brilliant! Brilliant I tell you!" said Brick as he took a bill from his pocket and gave it to Hook.
"Yes! Yes! You are! Brilliant I mean! Very extremely brilliant! You're very good!" said Butch as he patted him at his back.
"Ha, I always knew we could depend on you!" Boomer added.
Hook looked at the bill of money given to him by Brick. His eyes widened as he saw it. It might be crumpled, but it was a crumpled fifty dollar bill.
"Fifty Dollars!" said Hook. "It's a bit too much."
"Nah, you deserve it!"
"But we're friends! I didn't do this for money" Hook protested, trying to give back the money.
"You want to be my friend still?" asked Brick.
"Yeah."
"Then take the money! And give some to your assets too! By the way, how did you find them?" asked Brick.
"Well, just as a magician never gives away his secrets, so would a spy never tell his!" Hook replied.
"Well, if that is how you want it, then fine! Still, thanks!" said Brick.
"Aw, I'd do anything for you!" said Hook. "Just don't tell anyone, or my whole operation might be blown."
"Don't worry, you're secret's safe with us!" said Butch.
"Yes, tomorrow, we bag the girls!" Brick proclaimed and he began laughing evilly. His brothers joined him too.
"Yes!" Butch added. "And they won't escape this time! We promise!"
"And Dad won't be in any danger again from the girls!" Boomer proclaimed, as he too joined in the premature celebrations of the boys. Hook got carried away and began laughing and jumping as well.
F. Brick's Dream
Later that night…
"Let's hope that we don't wake-up prematurely," said Blossom. "Good-night, you two."
"Good night," said Bubbles.
"Good night," said Buttercup.
The two girls then went to their respective rooms and slept.
In their dreams…
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the Doctor's dream!" said Bubbles.
"Well, you two go ahead," said Blossom. "I'm going somewhere else."
"Huh? Where are you going, Red?" asked Buttercup.
"To Brick's dream. I have got to tell the boys what we saw! And you know we just can't go in front of them and talk. They'll seize us first, tie us up and lock us in the room before they'll let us talk," said Blossom.
"What about us? What are we going to do?" asked Bubbles.
"You'll know what to do when you get there," said Blossom. "Don't worry, I'll join you after my visit with Brick—unless of course he wakes up while I'm in his dream."
"Well, good luck Blossom," said Buttercup.
"Good luck to you two," said Blossom, before she disappeared and went into Brick's dream.
In Brick's dream…
Blossom appeared in what appears to be an all-you-can-eat restaurant. She scanned the building and she found piles and piles and piles of food on the top of the tables. She then realized something. She wasn't in a world created by the voice, but in a natural dream. She tried to do some experiments. She snapper her fingers, and one of the tables with a pile of food disappear.
She heard someone eating, and there he was. Brick in his dream was pigging himself out. He obviously was very happy with all the food that he was eating. He was eating very fast, and obviously felt very pleased with himself.
She floated up to him. He didn't seem to notice as she was just standing over him. He was seated in a chair. On his hands were a fork and a knife. Despite the speed of his eating, and the volume of the food he was eating, there wasn't a single crumb outside his plate, his mouth was clean—generally he was neat when he eats.
"Brick," Blossom called.
He didn't notice her as he continued eating.
"Brick?"
Still, there was no response.
"Well, this calls for drastic measures, girl!" she said to herself. She patted him hard at his back, at the same time as shouting to his ear. "Earth to Brick! Hello!"
"Wah! Hah! What the—" Brick was totally surprised, and he jumped—into the food, collapsing the table, splattering food all over himself.
Blossom giggled then laughed.
"Blossom, what are you laughing about? And what are you doing in my dream?"
"Let me fix you up!" said Blossom, still laughing. She snapped her finger, then the table with all the food disappeared. "Now, for your messed clothes." She snapped her finger, but instead of replacing his soiled clothes with new ones, it instead disappeared, showing him only with his boxers. "Oops, sorry about that," she said before laughing. Brick, at that age, was very skinny and thin and short and small. She then snapped her fingers, and Brick got some clothes. Blossom then laughed. Because the clothes that appeared around Brick was a dress. "Oops, let me fix that!" She then snapped her fingers, and Brick was again in another dress—a very frilly large dress that would put the Disney Princesses to shame.
Brick was now red. "Will you change me into some decent clothes?"
Blossom giggled. "I always wanted to know how'd you look in a dress! I've always wanted to dress you up!" She fell over her side and laughed and laughed.
"Okay, okay, I'll put you on some normal clothes," said Blossom. She giggled, snapped her fingers, and he was back wearing his normal clothes. She also changed from her pink dress to clothes similar to that of Brick. "Oops, didn't mean to change that too!" said Blossom, and she snapped her fingers, and she was again wearing her customary knee-length pink dress.
"Just my luck! I'm in a nightmare controlled by the ugliest girl in the world," said Brick. "I'm just glad the real Blossom in the real world isn't as crazy as she is ugly."
"Well, I am the real Blossom. Me and my sisters can enter dreams of anyone, and we can control that person's dreams once we're inside," said Blossom.
"Yeah right," said Brick.
Blossom snapped her fingers, and they suddenly were in a room with only two of them.
"I am. Look, I am here to tell you something," said Blossom.
"Get on with it," said Brick.
"I also entered your father's dream, and the Professor, and they are stuck in their own minds. Look, I'm serious! Stop rolling your eyes! Look, there is this thing, called 'The Voice', whom—"
"Wait a minute. Did you say 'the Voice?'" asked Brick.
"Yes. He grants wishes, and your father and the Professor made a wish," said Blossom.
"I already know that. The same Voice visited Butch and me. We rejected them, and didn't make any wishes. Dad and the Professor both made wishes, and became evil as a result. They became evil in order to have those wishes."
"You know?"
"Yes. That is why I know for a fact that Dad chose evil—he freely chose evil."
"Then you don't know half of it! Listen to me!" said Blossom. "If somebody makes a wish, the Voice grants it, but only in his mind. The person would be stuck on his own mind, but the Voice would warp it so he would think that he's still living in the same world. The Voice would then take control of the body of that person. The father who ordered us taken out is not really your father! It is the Voice!"
"Are you sure?" asked Brick.
"Yes! I saw Dr. Edwards. The real Dr. Edwards that we all know and love. Yes, I saw him and talked to him! Believe me!"
"Really! Then you must take me with you to his dream!" said Brick.
"I can't!"
"And you can't take the Dad whom you claimed you saw on his dreams, here on my dream, or on the outside world to show to us?"
"No. I can only go to any dream, but I can't drag anyone from one dream to another."
"Ha! You had me fooled there! Now, what do you call a claim that you can't back up with solid proof? It's called a lie! You're smart. I almost believed you. But now that you can't show me anything to back up your unsubstantiated claims!"
"Well, go to his dream then," Blossom spat out.
"You know I can't. Me and my brothers don't have that kind of ability. Oh I get it! You make a claim that would have require me do the impossible to verify. Now listen here, Blossom. Unless you give me positive, hard proof, then I won't believe a word you say about Dad."
"Well, I don't have the entire night to convince you," said Blossom. "I have some other business to attend to tonight, but I promise you, I'll give you proof. But tonight, I can't. But I will return tomorrow night."
"Liar!" said Brick. "You just want to turn me against my Dad."
"I don't need to. You already did," said Blossom, as she disappeared.
Brick, while in his dream, stood there, confused.
Suddenly, Blossom again appeared. "Oh yeah, I forgot something." She snapped her fingers, and Brick found that himself wearing another dress. "Just to remind I control your dreams while I'm in it!" said Blossom, laughing. "Bye!" She then disappeared.
"GODDAMNED YOU, BLOSSOM!" Brick shouted at the place he last saw her. After that, he decided to try something. He snapped his finger, and was back to his normal clothes.
Meanwhile, at Dr. Edwards dream…
Buttercup and Bubbles were at the elder Dr. Edwards house. His three grown sons were with him.
"So it's true," said "Boomer." "We don't really exist." He was dejected at knowing the whole information.
"I'm sorry, boys," said Dr. Edwards. "I never realized what really is going on."
"It's okay Dad. Well, we still exist here in our world, so we might as well help you get out of here and regain control of your body."
"Yeah," said Butch. "Well, girls," turning to the two, "what do we do?"
Both Buttercup and Bubbles didn't know what to do next. "Well, I don't know," said Bubbles.
"Oh great! You come here and tell us all is doom, then you say you don't know! Heck, we don't even know what would happen to us after this," said Butch. "Shall we just disappear? Shall we die? Heck, I'll do anything for you, Dad, but I want to know what will happen to us."
"Well, before we free myself from the Voice, I must find a way to preserve this world," said the elder Dr. Edwards. "They might not really exist, but my boys here in my dream are also alive. Maybe, I can invent something which can say, preserve this world."
Blossom suddenly arrived.
"So, how did it go?" asked Buttercup.
"Not good. He didn't believe a word I said," said Blossom. "But at least I had a little fun at his expense."
"So, Blossom, what's your brilliant plan?" asked "Brick." "If our fate is just to disappear, then let's get on with it.
"Well, first of all, well, I have no idea how," said Blossom. "But I'm sure, all of us together can find a way to release him."
"Look, do you have some way of me contacting any of my sons in the real world?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"There must be a way!" said Blossom.
"Well, we better start thinking right now!" said Buttercup.
Suddenly, Blossom disappeared.
"Uh, oh, I think she woke up," said Bubbles.
"Why I ought to!" Buttercup ranted. But she too woke up.
"Well, that's what happens when you—" Bubbles never finished her sentence as she too woke up.
What happened in the real world was that a group of cats just outside Blossom's window started to sing and make loud annoying noises. That woke up Blossom. Then two dogs spotted the cats and barked loudly. This time, Buttercup forgot to put on earplugs, so she woke up too. Then, the cat jumped on a couple of trash cans with the dogs chased after them. As a result, the cans were turned over, producing more noise. Some neighbors then woke up and cursed through their windows at the cats and dogs. That woke Bubbles.
So the three girls accomplished nothing in their second night of visit to Dr. Edwards' dream.
F. More Setbacks
It was the morning of August 16…
By this time, despite the interruptions of the Powerpuff Girls, all the buildings of the Central District of Townsville were demolished. All that remains before the actual digging is to clean up all the rubble, so trucks were brought in to help. That morning, the girls didn't relent as they again destroyed most of the needed equipment.
Ms. Keane, who already told the girls the previous day about her trip to Citiesville, left before light and before any of the girls woke up.
The Rowdyruff Boys decided that it was time for them to make their move.
They arrived at about seven in the morning on Ms. Keane's backyard. Each of them carried on his back a large backpack filled to capacity.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let's go in!" said Butch. He went to the front door, and turned the knob.
"Damn it, it's locked. Well, we can easily fix that!"
"No," said Brick. "We don't want to alert them of our presence until we got them. Let's see if there's another way out."
"Hey look!" shouted Boomer. "The window over there is open!"
"Well, good," said Brick. "Come on, let's get in."
"This must be Bubbles' room. Just look at the stuff here," said Brick after they went in. "Anyway, you know what to do, okay? If one of them comes up alone, then we immediately gag her and tie her up so she can't warn the other two. If they come in twos, or all threes, then we fight them. We have armored clothes, shades, and a bunch of other stuff so we'll win if it comes to that."
"Okay," said Butch and Boomer.
"We'll wait. Let's hope one of them is stupid enough to go here alone," said Brick.
Later, one hour later…
The girl arrived from another morning of destroying the equipment of Townsville's evil authorities. The girls were dressed in their usual way. Buttercup wore black jeans and a dark green T-shirt. Blossom was wearing a jean full skirt up to just below her knees, and a short-sleeved jean blouse on her upper body. Bubbles wore a light blue ankle-length dress with long sleeves. Like Blossom, the skirt of the dress was full, not tight, so she can kick and run quite easily while wearing it without having to hold up her long dress with her hands.
"Well, another day, twenty more machines destroyed!" said Buttercup. "Huh, Blossom, what are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking how the heck do we free Dr. Edwards from his dream! And how to persuade the boys of what is happening? Darn it, I can't show them proof because we can't bring anything to anybody else's dream!" said Blossom.
"Well, I'm sure we'll think of something," said Bubbles. "Especially with a smart girl like you, Blossom."
"Yeah I guess!" said Blossom. "Thanks! But we'll again have to visit Dr. Edwards' dream tonight I guess."
"Well, since Ms. Keane's not around, I guess we can have some really loud music!" said Buttercup, as she scanned Ms. Keane's CD collection, picked up one, and put it on the DVD player. The DVD player was connected to speakers around the house, so, by pushing certain buttons on the sound system, it can be heard throughout the house.
Buttercup then put the volume at full blast, then played the music. It was rock music, with voices accompanying it that could be more described as ranting and raving rather than singing. But Buttercup seemed to enjoy it, while her sisters were annoyed.
"Buttercup, it's too loud!" said Bubbles.
"What? Make it louder! I can't hear you!" said Buttercup as she started listening to the deafening music.
"I said," Bubbles shouted, "it's too loud!"
"Oh! Well, sorry, I like it this way!" shouted Buttercup.
Bubbles covered her ears and went upstairs to her room. Blossom just shook her head, covered her ears, and went to the basement.
Bubbles entered her room, and when she was, she was grabbed from behind. She opened her mouth to shout, but Boomer immediately put a rolled sock in it. The boys then tied her up. She was able to shouted muffled cries, but it was drowned out by the extremely loud music.
Downstairs, Buttercup and Blossom were oblivious to what is happening. Blossom came up.
"Buttercup! Can you call Bubbles!" shouted Blossom while they were face to face. "I need her to help me with something in the basement."
"Why should I?"
"Because if you don't, I'll shut this music off!" Blossom threatened, also shouting while covering her ears.
"Okay, I'll go get her. But promise me you won't shut this off or turn the volume down while I call her!" shouted Buttercup.
"I won't!" said Blossom. "Just get her!"
"Okay!" Buttercup said, and went upstairs. Blossom then retrieved a pair of earplugs from the cabinet, put it on her ears, and sat on the couch on the living room to wait for her sisters.
Buttercup entered Bubbles room still singing the tune of the music. "Bubbles, Blossom wants—" she was frozen when she saw Bubbles bound and gagged on the bed. Her mouth opened in shock. Then, from behind, someone grabbed her while another one put a rolled cloth into her mouth. She fought, but it was futile against the three Rowdyruff Boys who quickly tied her up tight like Bubbles and put her to bed. She angrily shook her head and glared as she was placed besides Bubbles. But she was helpless and knew it too. She tried to shout to warn Blossom, but whatever sound that escaped from her mouth under the gag—and it was still loud—was drowned out by the loud music.
"Well, two down and one to go!" said Boomer.
"But don't jump Blossom. She's the last, so we won't need to," said Brick. "Let's just wait for Blossom to go up and come looking for her sisters."
"They're still too loud!" said Butch, complaining about he loud groans of the girls. "We need to replace their gags with something tighter."
"Don't worry. That music would just do until we get Blossom. Then, when we get her too, we can gag them properly," said Brick.
Ten minutes later…
"What's up with those two!" said Blossom, waiting impatiently. "Well, I better see what those two are up to again!" Without putting off the loud music, or even toning down the volume, she went upstairs. She immediately went to Bubbles' room. "What's taking you so long?" she shouted as she opened the door. Then she froze. She saw Buttercup and Bubbles sitting on Bubbles' bed, tied-up and gagged, shaking their heads. Their muffled moans over the gag was loud. Besides them was Boomer.
Suddenly, the door behind her closed, and she turned around and saw Brick and Butch standing behind her. She was surrounded. Trapped. And for the third time, captured by the Rowdyruff Boys.
"You can surrender now, or we could jump you like we did your sisters. Either way, you'll end up trussed-up like a stuffed Turkey. You choose. Easy way. Or hard way," Brick said.
Blossom sighed. She raised her hands, and said, in a defeated tone, "I give up. But first, let me tell you something."
"Okay, but before you can say anything, we'll have to tie you up first. Then talk. After that, we'll gag you," said Brick. "Now keep quiet while we tie you up. Don't worry. You'll be tied up exactly the same way as your sisters."
Brick then took from his pocket two one-ring-cuffs that Dr. Edwards recently invented, and pulled Blossom's hands behind her. He crossed her hands, then put the first cuff horizontally around her wrists, then the second cuff vertically, forming an X. He then locked the two in place tightly, causing her to wince.
Brick finished off by putting on her an anti-gravity belt. He was careful to place the buckle at her back. He then locked it in place.
Boomer then took a meter length hardetal rope and began wrapping it around her wrists, horizontally, then vertically, about five times, then wrapped it five times around the belt buckle and her wrists.
"Don't you think you're overdoing it with the rope? I mean I'm sure I can't get out of those cuffs," she said as she experimentally pulled her wrists against the cuffs, and found that she already couldn't break it.
"No talking yet," said Brick as Boomer cinched the rope, the knotted it off and buried it within the knots. The ropes buried the buckle of the belt underneath it, so there's no chance that it can be taken off without removing the ropes around her wrists. Plus, it covered the keyholes of the cuffs, so they can't pick the lock using a hairpin. Boomer then took another rope, tightly wrapped it around her waist, then tied it to her wrists.
Butch then came with a large roll of duct tape. He wrapped it several times around the ropes of her hands. After that, Brick placed two more one-ring-cuffs over the tape, then taped it over again. "Ha, try getting out of there!"
Meanwhile, Boomer put on two cuffs around her ankles. Her ankles followed the same procedure. Cuffs. Then rope. Then tape. Then cuffs again. Then tape. Still, more rope was wrapped around her knees, her shoulders, and her midsection, and each time, Boomer tied it nice and tight. Those at the knees were tied over the hem of her skirt to avoid it from sliding up her legs and to maintain her modesty.
"Well, can you get out?" asked Brick.
"No," said Blossom.
"Good. Now, hop to that chair over there and tell us whatever it is you want to tell," said Brick. He then turned to Bubbles and Buttercup. "I'm going to ungag you now. Now behave, understand?"
Bubbles nodded, while Buttercup, despite not wanting to, nodded too. Butch peeled the duct tape from their mouths and removed the cloth packed in.
Blossom hopped over the chair and sat. "Okay, but I've already told Brick most of what I needed to say to you guys. I told him last night."
Both his brothers looked at Brick. "Well, aren't you gonna tell us?"
"You didn't talk to me last night! I swear to God I didn't see you! You're lying, Blossom!" Brick accused.
"Oh really. I suppose you don't remember the dream where you were eating, I then appeared, you fell on the table, so I made the table disappear, then, at the snap of my finger, made you wear a dress!"
Brick was suddenly silent. "My God! You really did enter my dream!"
Blossom then told the rest of the story. Several times, the girls and his brothers laughed at Brick, while Brick was just silent, thinking.
"Well, this is good news!" said Boomer excitedly. "I think she's telling the truth!"
"If she's telling the truth!" said Brick. "Sure, they can visit and control other people's dreams, but, how do we know that what they're telling us about Dad's dream is the truth? Girls, I will reiterate to you what I said to Blossom in my dream. Unless you can give me proof that what you're telling about Dad and his dream is true, then I will not listen to you. Boomer, Butch, they don't give us any proof other than their words. You see what they're doing? They're trying to turn us against our Father. They can't take us to Dad's dreams. They can't bring Dad to ours. They can't bring him back yet. In other words, more excuses. They're just making it up! They're just playing mind games you know."
"For God's sake, Brick, don't be so stubborn! Believe us!" Buttercup shouted. "We're telling you the truth!"
"I'll have no more of this. I think it's time to gag them," said Brick.
"Okay, but before you do that, remember that me and my sisters can easily enter your dreams and control it! We already did it before and we can do it again!" Blossom warned.
"Really?" replied Brick dismissively. "Butch, go ahead."
"Bubbles, where are your sock drawers," asked Butch.
"What do you need that for?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, you don't want dirty socks in your mouth, now do you? If we can't find one, we can just remove the socks from your feet and put those on your mouth," Boomer replied.
"Eeew! Anything but that! Okay, look in the third drawer on the fourth cabinet," said Bubbles.
Butch went to the drawer, and took three pairs of thick socks.
He took the first pair, balled the first sock, then put it on the second one. He then balled the two into one big wad.
"You aren't putting that in our mouths, are you? It's too big and I don't think it would fit," said Blossom.
"I'll be the judge of that," said Butch. "Now, Blossom, open wide. And I mean really wide."
Blossom reluctantly did as asked, and she did. Butch pushed the wad in her mouth. At first, he had difficulty inserting the enormous wad, but it finally popped in behind her teeth and fit snugly in her mouth with no give. Her mouth was really packed. Butch then took a large bandana from their drawers, folded it up on a rectangle, pushed the center of it pass her teeth against the wadded sock, then tightly knotted the ends of the bandana behind her head, putting the wad in place. "Now Blossom, clench your teeth. Then put your front lips together." She did, and closed her mouth. Butch then tore three long strips of duct tape and put it over her lips, covering her mouth. Butch then wrapped another bandana over the duct tape, tying it again behind her head.
"Now scream as loud as you can," Butch asked.
Blossom did, and there was barely a peep, and even Butch had to strain his ear to hear it. Even the drop of a pin on a carpet would be louder than what came out of Blossom.
After that, Butch did the same to Buttercup and Bubbles.
"You won't escape this time," said Brick to the three girls. "And just in case you want to know, your routine would be the same as the last. You would be untied for one and a half-hours every morning and evening to eat, to bathe, to pee, and to change clothes. Then, you'd be tied-up and gagged again. This time, the way you're tied and gagged right now would be how you'd be bound instead of just your hands behind you like before. At lunch, you won't be untied because my brothers and I will feed you. Other than those restrictions, you can ask me anything you want from me and my brothers. And don't worry girls. After Dad completes his mission, we'll set you free and won't bother you again, provided you won't try to kidnap him again. I'm sorry for having to tie you up like this, but your previous escape attempt leaves me no choice. And it certainly is no worst than some of the pranks we play on each other that leaves one just as trussed."
Brick then made a note to Ms. Keane. Boomer put it on the refrigerator and then switched off the very loud DVD, and went back up Bubbles room. The boys then picked up their counterparts, and flew home.
Author Notes
This story was deleted along with all the reviews, but I decided to include my replies to the author notes as they could give some information about this story.
To Firespirit, no, not hate, but more like really dislike. Well, the Professor now thinks that the girls were there to impersonate his "real" daughters.
The attempt on Dr. Edwards' dream indeed is much better than what happened on the Professor's dream. Yes, you're right. It took place in the future.
The girls can control the dreams of the boys once they enter. The only problem is, they can't simply drag a person from one dream to another person's dream.
To Lynx Sarnage, well, they were more successful in Dr. Edwards dream than in the Professor's dream.
He, he, you're right. Once the boys found out where the girls are, they're captured.
By the way, what's a Holodeck?
To Tones, well, considering that they were more successful in Dr. Edwards' dream, and they can easily enter and leave the boys' dream, well, things are not as bad as it could have been for the girls, but still, it's still very bad.
To Kezzer, well, the girls completely won Dr. Edwards' confidence. And even thought they were again recaptured the girls, the girls could still enter his dream and the boys' too even though the girls are tied-up tight.
To Zero Unknown, well, thank you for your complement. Well, if you've read this fic, I've hoped you've read my earlier fic, as all of my stories are connected.
To Akum, you're right about that. The girls can still go to Dr. Edwards' dream.
To Gen Xer, well, Butch at least rejected the Voice's overtures at the end.
To Hairy Gregory, yup, they really should thank the rat. Although they are really unlucky that they weren't able to properly talk to the Professor.
They found the girls and told the boys, unfortunately.
Well, they caught the girls while they're fully awake, so I don't think it makes a difference.
To Scotty Boyo, you're quite on target about the boys in the Doctor's dream. But they didn't quite see their counterparts in his dream.
To Dooly, you're right. The Doctor was much easier, but only because the girls had no look a-likes in his dream who thinks they're trying to impersonate them.
To Lil Fang, well, they did enter the dream, though I must say that they can't drag them to another dream, and violence will come soon enough.
