By Kevin Larry Ivy
I don't own the Powerpuff girls or any related characters. I do own Leviathan, Sezu, Kisu, Delu, Glyja, Beelzebub, and the six dark puffs.
A/N: No real plot advancement in this chapter, but at the same time I think it's important enough to make into it's own chapter. I'll have an actual chapter ready soon.
On a rock…floating in and endless void a tall figure sits alone on a couch. All light is vacant leaving this endless nothing basked in total darkness. The figure is hunched over, his elbows resting on his knees. His face is buried in his claws and he makes no sound as he silently sits in the darkness. He lifts his head and stares into the blank TV screen. As if on a mental command it comes on, showing Belial sitting in the dark room where she'd just recently been tortured to tears at the hands of Blitz, Blood, and Blaze. He watches her softly cry to herself, her face still flushed from crying and from embarrassment. Him's glowing yellow-green eyes reflect his "oldest" daughters shame and sadness. He can just barely hear Belial whispering under her breath. He knows exactly what she is saying…she's begging him to show up and save her, to get her out of Hell and home where she's safe. Him lowers his head and stares at the floor, resting his chin on his claws. The TV switches to Bomb's room, where Bomb and Battle are lying under the blankets held tightly in each other's arms. Him lets out a small sigh and the TV turns off, leaving him in total darkness once more.
Here he was, the second most powerful demon in the entire universe, sitting on his couch in the dark on the verge of crying. His oldest daughter had been captured and tortured…and all he had done was watch and feel more and more angry with himself. At the same time, he knew exactly why he hadn't immediately rushed to Belial's aid. His full power had been restored, Leviathan's hadn't. Him at this very moment was the most powerful being in the universe. He could probably beat Leviathan right now if he wanted to…but he didn't. He was scared, no terrified. Leviathan had always been the only thing in the entire universe that could make the almighty Malebolgia tremble in fear. Sure they were on the same level in terms of power, but Leviathan was stronger, Leviathan was deadlier, Leviathan was more ruthless. Leviathan was everything Him had tricked the citizens of Townsville and the Powerpuff Girls into believing he was, the evilest of evil…the cruelest of cruel. Leviathan was the stuff nightmares are made of, the embodiment of all the hatred in the universe. He was everything Malebolgia feared, everything Malebolgia wanted to be. And now Leviathan had his daughter, and he hadn't lifted a claw to save her.
Him's eyes shimmer with tears, threatening to spill over the edge. He buries his face in his claws, damning himself for being so weak. He could make the bravest men cower and tremble. He could make the strongest warriors beg for mercy. But whenever he even heard the name Leviathan, he wanted to crawl into a little hole and just cry himself to sleep for a few millennia. He finally loses it and begins sobbing into his claws.
"It's hopeless…I'll never be able to beat him. I should have never disagreed with him and started this war. It's been eons and it's still raging on. Only now instead of our soldiers, we're fighting through our daughters. No…not daughters…not to him. To Leviathan no life is worth saving, no life is worth cherishing…worth loving. They're all just pawns to him, he's the puppeteer and they're the puppets. What did they do to deserve this? It's between Leviathan and me, not them. Now he's got one of my little girls, and I'm too afraid of him to do anything to save her…" He cries helplessly. All of his eternity's worth of pain and shame he's held in crashes against the walls he'd built around his black heart and smashes them to the ground.
This is why he couldn't match up to Leviathan, why he couldn't be the evilest in the universe. He still had a heart…as much as he hated it. Then, that day when he'd watched Professor Utonium create the Powerpuff Girls…he'd come up with a plan to help in the war against Leviathan. He'd done the very same thing, only added a few things. That was the day all of his plans for conquering the universe crashed and blew away. That day he created his daughters (which incidentally was the very same day Leviathan created Blitz, Blaze, and Blood) and that day he realized he wasn't a merciless monster. He was demon, but he still had the heart of an angel. He couldn't tear it from his chest, he couldn't get rid of it, he couldn't make the love go away. Looking into his three little girls' eyes it just made that painful sensation he though he'd cast away eons ago come back full force. He still had his heart…and he loved his little girls more than he could ever hate Leviathan.
But some things never change. He terrorized the Powerpuff Girls, hoping to make them strong enough to help in the war against Leviathan. He had it all planned to the tee and his plans never failed. His daughters and the Powerpuff Girls would grow up and become stronger than any demon could ever be. Then he'd take control of the Powerpuffs and lead them against Leviathan. However, his plans never succeeded where Leviathan was involved. He always did something…was always one step ahead. This time Leviathan had sacrificed the Rowdyruff Boys (who Him had been planning on using as well) to create a body for The Jester to return to the mortal realm. Now he not only had Leviathan to worry about, but also Beelzebub. Him stares at his claws, his vision blurry from the tears. He drops his arms to his sides and lies back on the sofa, staring up at the ceiling and still crying.
"I've tried so hard…I've gotten so far…but in the end it doesn't even matter…" He weakly lifts his arm and flicks his wrist. An image of the Powerpuff Girls, still dead to the world in their bed appears on the TV. "I've put my trust in you…I've pushed as far as I can go…so for all of this there's only one thing you need to know…" The image on the TV zooms in on the girls, still lying dead to the world. Him puts his claw over his face as he begins sobbing once more.
I've put my trust in you three…Sezu…Kisu…Delu…only you can stop Leviathan…