By Kevin Larry Ivy
I don't own the Powerpuff girls or any related characters. I do own Leviathan and the six dark puffs.
Blossom looks into Belial's cold, heartless pale blue eyes. She feels her own eyes well up with more tears, which begin pouring down. Belial grins and licks the tears away from Blossom's cheek. She then kisses her hard on the lips, slipping her tongue into Blossom's mouth. Blossom immediately has to resist the urge to either throw up, or bite Belial's tongue. After far too long for Blossom's liking, Belial pulls away.
"I'll just leave a copy of this tape for your family to see," Blossom's eyes widen and she struggles to get her voice to work. Belial grins and says something that Blossom can't make out. She relaxes though, feeling that she should. Belial kisses her cheek, and then licks away her tears again. She looks into Blossom's eyes. "Blossom wake up. Come on Blossom, please wake up!"
"Huh? What?" Belial's eyes are now light green and her hair is black.
"Come on Blossom, please wake up," her voice sounds scared for some reason. Blossom feels warm for some reason…and wet…
Blossom opens her eyes and looks up at the bathroom ceiling. She jumps, but is caught and gently lowered back down. She turns, expecting to see Belial next to her. Instead she sees Buttercup, who has almost completely recovered. She only has on her nightclothes, a baggy green t-shirt and black sweatpants. She still has the bandages wrapped around her head, but other than that she's completely okay. Blossom looks around and realizes she's in the bathroom, more specifically in a nice warm bath. She lies back, noticing Buttercup relax as well.
"Geez Bloss, you gave me a real scare. I woke up and took off the bandages I didn't need. Then I go to the training room to work out a little and I find you out cold and…uh…lying in a pool of…" Blossom gulps and slides down into the warm water. She sighs happily, feeling much safer now that one of her sisters is with her. Buttercup leans on the edge of the bathtub. She brushes some of Blossom's wet hair out of her eyes. "So when are you going to tell me what happened?" Blossom opens one eye, sits up, and sighs. She pulls her knees up to her chest and hugs her legs.
"…Do I have to?" Buttercup puts her hand on Blossom's shoulder.
"Hey come on. It's me, Buttercup. You know you can tell me anything," Blossom hesitates for a moment, then relaxes and lays back. Buttercup sits back and gets comfortable.
"You know how ye…I mean two days ago I came home from the library and completely ignored you guys?" Buttercup nods. "Well…I was attacked when I walked past the park. There was this puff there, she had long pink hair, these horrible pale blue eyes, and she had this upside down cross necklace," Buttercup shivers unconsciously. "Well she walked up to me and introduced herself, so I tried to be nice. When I was about to leave she attacked me. We fought a little, but she completely outclassed me in everyway…then she got me on the ground and…"
"Yeah go on, what'd she do?" asks Buttercup, now leaning on the edge of the tub again.
"She…t…tickled…me. She held me down and tickled me until I cried. It was horrible, she's so much stronger than me and I couldn't do anything to fight back," Buttercup nods.
"Yeah, that had to suck. But she let you go obviously, right?" Blossom nods, "So what's she have to do with this?"
"Well…I was having a nightmare and woke up. I got a drink and decided to check on you before going to bed. I walked past the training room and there was a simulation activated in the Danger Grid. So when I went in to shut it down, she closed the door behind me and grabbed me. Before I knew what was really happening she'd pulled me into the Danger Grid and locked me to this weird chair…then she…"
"She tickled you again?" Blossom nods, her eyes watering and her breathing quickening. Buttercup pulls Blossom over to the edge of the bathtub and hugs her. Blossom caves the second she's in Buttercup's safe embrace and begins crying while she relates the entire story to Buttercup. After she's finished Buttercup holds her and waits for Blossom to regain control. Blossom pulls away and sits in the tub, blushing. Buttercup motions for Blossom to lie back. Blossom does so, and Buttercup begins washing her hair. Blossom, still blushing, looks up at Buttercup.
"You don't…you don't think I'm a baby do you?" Buttercup stops rinsing Blossom's hair and looks in Blossom's eyes.
"Of course not Bloss. I'd probably be a mess just like you if that'd happened to me." Blossom smiles.
"Thanks BC…" Buttercup finishes washing Blossom's long hair and kisses her on the forehead.
"Hey that's what sister's are for Bloss, I love ya," Buttercup washes Blossom, letting her sister relax after her ordeal. When Blossom's cleaned off, Buttercup drains the water and helps dry her off. Blossom giggles at Buttercup. "Hey, what're you giggling about?" Blossom giggles again and kisses Buttercup on the cheek.
"It's just so funny seeing you fuss over me. Thanks BC, I love you too," Buttercup wraps the towel around Blossom and hugs her tightly.
"I promise if that loser tries to do that to you again, I'll kick her butt," Blossom hugs Buttercup back and smiles at the thought, although she's not sure if Buttercup would even be able to make Belial flinch. Blossom grins and tickles Buttercup's sides, making her jump and giggle. "Hey cut it out!" Blossom giggles and tickles her for a few more seconds before stopping. Buttercup smiles at Blossom, then wraps her arm around her neck and ruffles her hair. "You're asking for it Bloss," Blossom giggles and pulls away from Buttercup, going to the mirror and combing her hair. Buttercup stands beside her, shrugs, then grabs her toothbrush and toothpaste and starts brushing her teeth. The door opens and a half-asleep Bubbles walks in. She stands on Blossom's other side, pick up her own toothbrush and begins brushing her teeth. Blossom and Buttercup look at her, and then look at each other. Bubbles yawns and opens her eyes. She spits in the sink and looks at her sisters.
"Since when are you guys up this early?" she asks. Blossom sets the brush down and begins brushing her own teeth. Buttercup spits in the sink and wipes her mouth off.
"We um…kinda had a visitor last night…uh…yeah…" Blossom finishes brushing her teeth and gargles a little mouthwash. She spits it out and wipes her mouth off.
"I'll tell you while we're getting ready for school," Bubbles nods and brushes her hair, confused and interested. While the three are getting dressed, Blossom tells Bubbles everything that had happened. When she finishes, Bubbles is wide-eyed and trembling. Buttercup fills her in on everything that happened after Blossom passed out.
"So she just came in here, dragged you into the Danger Grid and tickled you for hours!" asks Bubbles in a disbelieving voice. Blossom swallows a lump in her throat and nods. Bubbles hesitates for a moment. "That's like what that puff I fought yesterday did to me." Buttercup and Blossom look up at her. "She just grabbed me and started tickling me. I don't remember how long she tickled me, but then she just let me go and left with her sister," Blossom ties her hair up in a ponytail and thinks about all of this. Three mysterious puffs that are all much stronger than any of them are. Looking at how much damage that one did to Buttercup, it's obvious that if they got serious they could kill them with no trouble. Buttercup raises an eyebrow.
"Hey wait, the puff that tickled you was named Belial right Blossom?" Blossom nods, "Hey Bubs, didn't Blood say something about someone named Belial?" Bubbles think back, and then she too nods. "And it wasn't something good…maybe those two, Blaze and Blood, and their sister are fighting against Belial?"
"Wait, didn't Blood also say something like…they were looking for a Male-bol-gi-a?" Buttercup nods. "And she called Belial one of Male-bol-gi-a's little princesses."
"So Belial must have two sisters like we do, and they're all the daughters of this Malebolgia guy," Buttercup sits down on the bed and thinks about it. The Professor knocks on their door to wake them up.
"Wake up girls, it's a school day!" Blossom opens the door, surprising the Professor.
"We're already up Dad," The Professor looks in and sees all three of them dressed and getting their books together.
"Well then…um…come down stairs for breakfast…"
"Okay Dad," they all reply.
At School
Blossom is sitting in class, finishing up a math test. Just as she finishes, her hotline cell phone suddenly rings. She jumps a little due to having it set on vibrate. She answers it, blushing when she notices the whole class staring at her.
"Yes Mayor, what's the trouble?" The mayor babbles something to her, making her eyes widen. "O-o-okay Mayor, we're on it," She hangs up and turns to her teacher, "C-Can I be excused, I uh have to uh save Townsville?" The teacher nods. Blossom dashes out of the room, sends a message to her sisters on the communicator watches the Professor made for them. Bubbles and Buttercup meet her outside.
"Okay Bloss, what's the trouble?" asks Buttercup.
"According to the Mayor...there are to girls making some trouble downtown, and they have powers like us," Bubbles and Buttercup go pale. "Come on, we need to check it out," Together they fly off to deal with whatever trouble there is.
Downtown Townsville
Battle and Bomb have caused a huge traffic jam, torn a few fire hydrants loose, and have generally caused minimum mayhem in an attempt to get to girls' attention. While Battle is looking in the window of an electronics store, her eyes sparkling blue hearts while she looks at all of the computer software, Bomb sneaks up behind her and giggles as she tickles her sides. Battle squeals and jumps, putting her arms down in an attempt to save herself from her sister's playful tickle attack.
"Hey cut it out! That's not fair!" Battle continues giggling. Bomb smiles and continues her little playful assault.
"Oh come on Battly, you know you love it!" Battle nods, her glasses almost slipping off her face. Bomb stops and hugs Battle, who pushes her glasses back up and giggles again before hugging Bomb back.
"You're the best sister in the world Bomby…I wish Belial was nicer…or wasn't around at all," Bomb adjusts Battle's glasses so that they're not sitting crooked on her face.
"There that's better…yeah me too…Belial's too mean, she's not fun to play around with at all," Battle nods and looks up at the sky.
"Hey they're here!" Bomb looks up and smiles.
"Awesome! This should be lots of fun!" The girls land across the street from Battle and Bomb and look them over. These two don't seem nearly as evil as Blood or Belial, but at the same time they have a mischievous aura about them.
"Alright, who are you and what are you up to?" Asks Blossom. Battle and Bomb move into defensive stances, both grinning mischievously.
"I'm Battle,"
"And I'm Bomb"
"And we're here to fight you," They say at the same time. The girls sweatdrop, but quickly shift into their own defensive stances. Before the fight even begins, both Battle and Bomb jump and straighten up. They both tremble now seemingly scared out of their minds. Battle is trembling so much her glasses are sliding down her nose, making her push them back up. "Oh no, not her. Anyone but her, please let it be Belial and not her," says Bomb, her voice shaking as much as she is. Blossom's eyes widen upon hearing that. These two would rather Belial show up than whoever it is they felt appear. "Please, Please, Please be Belial. At least she's our sister!" whispers Battle, just loud enough for the other puffs to hear her. They hear a rush of air and turn when they hear something land nearby.
Standing in the middle of the street is a puff with long black hair, tied in two ponytails that wrap around each other in a double helix, and part halfway down. Dangling in front of her eyes are two spiky lovelocks. She has fiery red eyes, red eyes brimming with evil. She wears a black tank top, a black skirt and black boots. She has a red aura surrounding her, an aura that gives off the sense of death. She slowly walks toward them, taking steady, precise steps. Battle and Bomb are both breathing so hard it's a wonder they aren't hyperventilating. The puff sneers, and begins gathering energy in her left hand.
"What's wrong, you weaklings look scared," She says in a cold, heartless voice. Bomb trips and grabs Battle's arm. They both fall to the ground, still trembling and scooting back from the puff.
"B-B-Belial's not here…g-g-go away and you can fight her later, please?" begs Bomb.
"Y-Y-Y-Yeah, why do you want to f-f-f-f-fight us Blitz? We're w-w-way too w-weak," Blitz appears in front of them. She kicks Battle across the face, shattering her glasses and sending her crashing through a building. She kicks backward with the same leg and hits Bomb in the chest. She goes spiraling back, crashing through a building. Battle climbs out of the rubble, and coughs up blood. She opens her eyes, but without her glasses the world is just a blur of shapes that she can't make out. A black blur appears in front of her and kicks her in the chin, sending her flying into the air. Blitz appears behind her and backhands her, sending her crashing into Bomb. Bomb catches Battle at the last second, and both go tumbling back. Blitz reappears in front of the puffs and looks at them.
"You must be the Powerpuff Girls…pathetic, Blood should have finished you off Buttercup, and you Bubbles…Blaze is a freak, Father should have sent me instead of her." Battle and Bomb slowly climb out of the rubble, Battle clinging to Bomb for dear life.
"Bomb…BOMB! She broke my glasses!" she buries her face in Bomb's shoulder and cries. Bomb hugs her, but doesn't know anything she can do. They'd have to get Battle some new glasses later, but right now they had more important things to do, like surviving. Blitz raises her hand, her eyes still locked on the puffs and fires a ball of black energy with lightning crackling around it at Battle and Bomb. Bomb sees this and teleports away with Battle as quick as she can. Blitz lowers her hand.
"Weaklings…this entire universe is full of weaklings. My Father deserves to rule over this pathetic realm," The puffs are all trembling. This new puff had just easily taken down two Darkpuffs at once, how could they even touch her? Blitz snorts and raises her hand.
"I've got better things to do than waste my time with you. Blitzkrieg!" Her hand fires a bolt of black lightning into the sky. The sky turns dark and more dark lightning rains down on the planet. The puffs fly for cover, leaving Blitz alone. "This is going to be easier than we could have ever hoped, I need to report back to Father," Blitz teleports away. The Blitzkrieg stops, and the puffs come out of hiding. Most of the area has been completely vaporized, leaving several people dead. The puffs look at each other.
"We need to talk to Dad," they say at the same time, before flying off to talk to the Professor.