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. I don't own any songs I happen to use in this.
The Puffs and Dark Puffs stared back at Beelzebub, some in terror and some in confusion. To the Puffs, who had faced him before, there seemed to be something more terrifying about Beelzebub's power this time. He had been so easily thrashed by Him, but here he is standing across from them calm as can be. Maybe they aren't quite at Him's level as far as power goes, but they are certainly much more powerful than before, and this time there is seven of them. The numbers and odds and everything apparently didn't matter to Beelzebub though. With a flick of his wrist the music began once more, this time captivating all of them, leaving them nearly breathless.
"Passarino - go away! For the trap is set and waits for its prey," he sings as he motions towards Blitz. Blitz, against her will, steps away from Blood, shaking from being unable to control her movement. Beelzebub continues singing as he slowly approaches Blood. "You have come here in pursuit of your deepest urge, in pursuit of that wish, which till now has been silent, silent..." He motions around him and fire rises along the walls. The room becomes darker, and at the same time everything remains perfectly visible. "I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge - in your mind you've already succumbed to me dropped all defenses completely succumbed to me - now you are here with me: no second thoughts, you've decided, decided..." He is now standing in front of Blood as he continues singing. He gently strokes her cheek, his mask's eyeholes flaring up and burning bright blue. "Past the point of no return - no backward glances: the games we've played till now are at an end..."
Beelzebub steps back and motions around them, the fire around them becoming bigger. His eyeholes still burning bright blue. "Past all thought of "if" or "when" - no use resisting: abandon thought, and let the dream descend..." He holds out his hand, the fire becoming massive and lighting the dark room. "What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks its door? What sweet seduction lies before us?" He runs a trail from one eyehole of his mask to his chin, like tracing a tear, then one more holds his hand out to Blood and continues singing. "Past the point of no return, the final threshold - what warm, unspoken secrets will we learn? Beyond the point of no return..."
While this entire time Beelzebub's eyeholes have begun to burn brighter and brighter Blood's have begun to fade, slowly becoming solid white. She finds herself unable to control her body, as she joins Beelzebub and begins singing where he left off.
"You have brought me to that moment where words run dry, to that moment where speech disappears into silence, silence..." The fire around them begins creating a powerful wind, which manages to completely blow Blood's hair out of her pigtails. Outside her train of thought her body begins moving, walking slowly toward Beelzebub. "I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why… In my mind, I've already imagined our bodies entwining defenseless and silent - and now I am here with you: no second thoughts, I've decided, decided…" Fire rises on either side of Blood and Beelzebub, looking like a bridge or a walkway, as Blood continues, without realizing it, walking toward him. "Past the point of no return -no going back now: our passion-play has now, at last, begun…" the fire around them rises up and burns more then settles back down. "Past all thought of right or wrong - one final question: how long should we two wait, before we're one?" Blood shivers and puts her hands to her chest as a warm, yet somehow cold, feeling rushes through her, "When will the blood begin to race the sleeping bud burst into bloom? When will the flames, at last, consume us?"
Beelzebub walks to her, crossing the fairly large distance almost instantly. He takes Blood's hands in his own. She looks up into the burning eyeholes of his mask, which burn brighter, her eyes with just barely a hint of her orange irises. The two begin singing together as the fire closes behind Blood.
"Past the point of no return the final threshold -the bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn…" Beelzebub strokes her cheek with one hand, the other still holding hers. Blood shivers at his gentle touch. "We've past the point of no return…" together they sing. Beelzebub leans down just enough to be at Blood's eye level. He cups her chin and lifts her hand up to his mask.
"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime." He begins singing as he runs her hand down the cheek of his mask, "Lead me, save me from my solitude…" he lets go of her hand which is now on his chest, "Say you want me with you, here beside you…" He reaches up and takes hold of the side of his mask. He slowly begins pulling, as bright blue light floods the room from underneath, "Anywhere you go let me go too…" He moves his hand down to the chin of his mask and lifts it up, releasing bright blue light throughout the entire room, "That's all I ask of…" he doesn't finish, but instead presses his lips against Blood's. The blue light surrounding them is suddenly filled with maroon light. He breaks off the kiss and puts his mask back in place as Blood slumps to the ground unmoving.
At that moment everything snaps and whatever spell the others had been under is broken. Blitz is the first to react by running to Blood and shaking her.
"Blood? Blood! Blood wake up!" Blitz shakes Blood a bit more, but she doesn't move. She is breathing…though it is very shallow and faint. Beelzebub adjusts his mask and laughs a little.
"Don't sound so desperate, she's still alive." Blitz looks up at him, tears in her eyes and shaking with fury.
"What did you do to her?" Beelzebub brushes off his armor and fixes his hair.
"Simply completed the cycle my dear. She stole their life-force, I stole hers," He holds out his hand and a force slams into Blitz sending her skidding backward. She looks up and shrieks when she sees Beelzebub put his foot on Blood's neck.
"Don't! You said she's still alive!" Blitz screams frantically. Beelzebub looks at her; the eyeholes in his mask stop burning. He laughs and they begin burning blue once more.
"Well I'll just have to fix that." He pushes down hard and in a second a sickening crack fills the room. He looks up at Blitz and begins laughing once more. Blitz stares at Blood and continues crying. She angrily wipes the tears out of her eyes, but more quickly take their place. She stands up, staring at Beelzebub with hatred the likes of which she'd never felt before. She wipes her eyes again, but ends up with the same result. Beelzebub stops laughing and shrugs.
"What's wrong dear? Was there something you needed to tell her before I killed her?" Blitz's eyes widen, staring into the burning lights of the mask's eyeholes. She screams and throws herself at him. Beelzebub simply tilts his head avoiding her initial attack. Each one that follows is avoided just as easily as the first. He takes a step back, which Blitz follows and continues attacking him with savage fury. Beelzebub passes through her with her next attack and solidifies behind her. Blitz spins around and kicks him in the side of the head. In her fury she doesn't register that Beelzebub doesn't budge in the least when her leg connects with his head. The other girls do notice this and at that moment realize Blitz is fighting a battle she's already lost.
"My, my, are you angry darling?" asks Beelzebub, turning to face her. Blitz growls and throws a punch at him. Beelzebub jumps and avoids it. Blitz follows him and throws another punch, which Beelzebub vanishes dodging. He reappears a few feet away, so Blitz flies at him and attacks him again. He vanishes again, appearing upside down a few feet away. Both vanish at the same time and explosions begin filling the cathedral.
Blitz and Beelzebub reappear in the center. Beelzebub is easily holding Blitz's fist, while her arm is shaking from trying to overpower him. The two vanish again, reappearing a few minutes later. This time Blitz is rapidly kicking Beelzebub, who is holding up an arm blocking each kick. They vanish again and every time they reappear they are in a similar situation. No matter how hard Blitz tries Beelzebub is easily avoiding or blocking every attack Blitz throws at him.
Beelzebub appears on the ground staring up at the ceiling. Blitz appears a few moments later, quickly gathering a giant ball of dark matter. She throws it at him, which he makes no attempt to avoid. The ball slams into him, which the others think may have actually done some kind of damage to him. Moments later the ball is lifted into the air, Beelzebub holding it up with one hand. He flicks his wrist and it goes flying back at Blitz, who vanishes. The ball explodes high above them as black lightning bolts begin firing down from the darkness above them. Beelzebub vanishes and reappears, avoiding every bolt flung at him.
Blitz falls from the sky and throws a punch at Beelzebub. He catches her fist, as lightning and darkness erupts around the two of them. Blitz jerks her hand back and spins around to kick him. Beelzebub grabs her leg and flings her across the room. Blitz hits the wall hard and stumbles to her feet dizzily. She shakes her head just in time to receive a backhand from Beelzebub knocking her off her feet and sending her a few yards back. Blitz spins and shakily lands on her feet. She holds her head while the world spins around her. When it stops spinning she is staring at Beelzebub. She punches at him, but he grabs her arm and twists it around behind her back. She chokes trying to suck air into her lungs from the pain. Her hand is nearly touching the back of her head now, her eyes bulging in pain.
"This has been fun, but you're becoming boring. Don't worry, you'll join your sister in the Lake of Fire, then you can tell her your feelings while you're both tortured for all eternity, sound fun?" Blitz screams and jerks away from Beelzebub. She throws a punch at him, but he vanishes easily before she hits him. She looks up and fires her eyebeams at him. Beelzebub chuckles and fires back his own blue eyebeams, which consume Blitz's and drive her into the ground. She pushes herself up, her arms shaking under the pressure. Beelzebub appears in front of her.
"Cute, she's still trying to kill me." Blitz growls and throws a punch at Beelzebub. He catches her fist and the eyeholes in his mask begin burning brighter. "I don't like you enough to sing with you, we'll cut to the chase," he lifts his mask from the bottom, flooding the room with bright blue light, then jerks Blitz forward and presses his lips against hers. The blue light surrounds them and fills with black, streaming from Blitz into Beelzebub. The light flashes outward and Blitz falls to the ground unmoving. Beelzebub replaces his mask, before the other girls can see his face. He lifts his foot and slowly presses it down on Blitz's head. The sound of the bone snapping and cracking fills the room until Beelzebub gives a swift thrust downward. He wipes his boot off on the ground, staining it dark red. He then turns to the shaking heroes.
"I apologize for the wait, but I believe we're ready to begin," He begins laughing. Buttercup glances at Blossom and Bubbles. Bubbles is covering her mouth, eyes watering. Blossom is staring in disbelief, shaking her head slowly. Buttercup glances over at Bomb and Battle who are both shaking. She then looks over at Belial and Blaze. Blaze is crying staring at her sisters' bodies, while Belial is staring at Beelzebub with a strange far-away look in her eyes. Buttercup gulps and looks back at Beelzebub. Apparently things just went from bad to worse…