"JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD"
CH: 2
THE ALTAR
"What a waste of time and mood" Buttercup mused again and again.Buttercup approached her house just to find the professor outside the front door looking worriedly around the sky.After seeing Buttercup professor seemed a little calmed down but his eyes still holds a lot of tension.
"Yeah,yeah professor I know I'm late so go on yell" Buttercup said casually, crossing her arms.
"BUTTERCUP WHERE WERE YOU? I'HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK HERE A-AND WHERE ARE YOUR SISTERS? IF YOU THREE WERE BUSY ATLEAST YOU COULD HAVE CA-"Buttercup cut in between.
"Y….you mean Blossom and Bubbles aren't here?" Buttercup asked,eyes wide open.
"No Buttercup they didn't return home…that's what made me even more worried" Professor answered,then sighed"Do you know where theycould be? Are they okay or not?"
Buttercup remembered the old lady's words "that is when you'll have your sisters" and thought about telling the Professor about it
"Professor when I was at the…..uhh..at the national city hall Blossom told me that she…uhh..she …she has a meeting with the mayor and ms. Bellum and said that she won't be able to come home tonight and Bubbles…umm Bubbles…she uh s-she has a..uhhh YES…she is having a sleepover with her friend" Buttercup gulped and smiled uneasily.yup she thought about telling the truth to the professor but counldn't bare telling it after noticing how worried he really was and besides it's not necessary that whatthe old lady said has to be truethat her sister's are in danger and they really are…..after not returning home…almost the whole night….yeah just a twist of fate….right.
"Really,Buttercup? and why didn't they told me that they're have a meeting and a sleepover tonight?" Professor asked raising an eyebrow
"Rats" Buttercup thought since when did she got so bad in lying.Of course Blossom and Bubbles would first tell the professor if anything is coming upeven if that is the last thing they do
"well…hehehe…you uhh see professor….Blossom was in….a HURRY yes,hurry so she t-told me to tell you that and Bubbles….yes uhhh….she h-has...erm.she h-h-has...phonopox" Buttercup bit her tongue after saying that
"And may I ask…….what exactly is….phonopox" Professor said still raising an eyebrow
"it's…it's a new sort of virus that if one gets it,one cannot call or talk to anyone on phone or the other person on the other line gets it too…….OK professor I'm in a hurry" Buttercup yawned,a fake yawn "I am going to sleep now,kay?-bye" she flew inside her room
"B-but but Buttercu-Oh forget it" sighed the professor and he also went inside and shut the door.When all the lights were out and the professor went to sleep Buttercup, as quietly as she can ,left the house.She wants some answers and she knows where to get them……that isif there are any
A pair of light blue eyes slowly opened .Looking around she didn't recognize the place well…ok she didn't know the place at all.She was lying in a huge circular room,which actually seemed like a hall.Around her,were some strange symbols drawn on the floor, surrounding her almost lifeless form.To her ,if the situation wasn't so serious,was the best place for a horror film She tried to analyze the room-er-hall a little more but couldn't because of two things.First,there were only nine candles in the whole place that as well as the symbols were surrounding her lying form.Everything else was pitch dark(she couldn't even make out the top of the place) and Second,her lack of strength,She could've used her night vision or any other power but was way too weak to do so….
"Bubbles?…Bubble? Is that really you" She heard a voice,a familiar one….way too familiar..but if only her mind wasn't so numb she could've found out the owner of the voice.She heard footsteps getting louder and louder….
"Bubbles Thank god I've found you-OH MY GOD BUBBLES, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"she heard someone gasp but still didn't remember who this person is.The sound of footsteps increased almost double
"who-who are you?"Bubbles coughed weakly
"Bubbles…don't you remember me?….Blossom…your sister"It took Bubbles a little time to register "Blossom….your sister" linebut that's when it hit her. Blossom….her Blossom…Her sister….her leader.
"Blossom…It's really you"she smiled weakly. Footsteps came to a halt.
"Of course It's me Bubs…What happen to you? You look so weak and…and What on Earth happen to your hand" Blossom said, Concerned finally coming in the soft candle light walking slowly towards her sister now.
Blossom tried to help Bubbles but was soon stopped by what seems like an invisible shield around Bubbles.
"What the…"Blossom said angrily as she touched the invisible shield but was soon thrown backwards.
"Blossom…Are you alright" Bubbles asked, trying to get up
"yeah, yeah" Blossom said impatiently, getting up slowly "It's you we should be worried about. Just tell me what happened to your hand"
"Huh ?"Bubbles looked at her right arm and immediately understood what Blossom Meant.There, On her arm, was a very huge cut and blood was still flowing out of it pretty badly.
"I don't know. I didn't even notice it before"Bubbles said looking at it
"Oh C'mon,Bubbles it's not going to take a Genius to figure out that one has got a HUGE cut on his or her hand." Blossom frowned, Clearly thinking that Bubbles is hiding something "besides It's not common for a powerpuff to have a cut like that.It must take something really very powerful to cut you like that and It must really hurt,right?"
"yeah…"Now that Blossom mentioned it,It does really hurt but it was not a surprise that she didn't realized it any sooner when each particle of her bodyis screaming in pain
"So whats it your hiding Bubbles I'm really worried about you..I won't be able to do anything if you won't tell me"said Blossom compassionately, kneeling as close to her as possible without being thrown backwards.Bubbles felt a warmth spread throughout her body to see her sister's love for her but at the same time another pain rose in her heartjust to see her sister so worried and miserable because of her
"I don't remember anything…anything at all Blossom….I swear…All I remember is we were going home after crime fighting and everything blank out"said Bubbles as weakly as ever "How about you?"
Blossom Frowned examining the nine candles and the way it's linking to each other "strange…" she murmured
"Well ?"Bubbles said,watching Blossom
"Huh ?.Sorry Bubbles what did you say ?"Blossom said
"Well,I said How about you?Do you remember anything ?and how did you find me?"
"I didn't remember anymore than you do or How we came to be in here in the first place and as for how I found you…"Blossom Shrugged "Luck maybe..but I do have a feeling that someone was helping me all along.I mean you don't just wake up after being kidnapped and found yourself unharmed and alone when everyone else is thinking that you're all locked-up unconscious"
"How do you know All that?"asked Bubbles
"I heard..well more like eavesdrop some creatures of this place talking about me and you They said something like 'the master is very pleased'and 'something about his second-in-command'and 'how He wanted to kill us including Buttercupand ESPECIALLY you so bad' and 'we are both locked up in the different altars which are located on the far end of each side of the castle' and all the thing like that…well than I do knowthat you'd be in an altarbut still I didn't know in which way I can find this altar"Blossom explained as she tried another unsuccessful attempt to free Bubbles"Then I don't know how but I just passed out and when I woke up I found myself in a corridor which only leads to this place.Once again I got this feeling that someone is again helping me….weird isn't it?"
"yeah….but What do you mean by 'creatures of this place'? and Who do you reckon their master is? and who's his second-in-command? and why does he wanted to kill us and especially me? And….who's helping us?Bubbles mused "And who-"
"Bubbles,I don't think this is a appropriate time to have a conversation"
"And what about Buttercup?….maybe she'll come to help us"
"Bubbles,I don't think this exactly is Townsville or even our world and this is exactly what I meant by creatures"Blossom sigh "And I think right now our best concern should be your heath and how to get you out of there and after that how to warn Buttercup"She said with a stern voice which Bubbles was sure not to argue with
then Blossom looked at the strange symbols that were drawn around Bubbles.Blossom carefully examine the liquid of the marks and looked more than a little uneasy.Bubbles waited patiently for her to recover and…
"Bubbles You know what this means don't you?"Blossom said,looking at her now,seriously
"Well no…."she said, nervously "These markings lookkindastrange to understand,you know"
"No,no,no…I mean your hand in wounded badly,you are very weak a-and these symbols are likely to be drawn from blood"The two fell silent almost immediately
"so…so you're saying that-that these marks are made up from my…."just then they heard some shifting sounds of footsteps andit seems like they belongs to more than one person.Blossom quickly hushed Bubbles and said urgently:
"I'm going to hide around here somewhere….You try to act unconscious"Bubbles nodded immediately and once again lie flat on the ground while Blossom hid in the dark.Both waiting for what's gonna happen next….
author's note : well, There you have it...Hope you like it R/R
Hairy Gregory : Thank you very much :D
Madame Fist : Britna,Old woman and some more villians in my story are totally made up and no, Blossom and Bubbles are not dead...anyways thanksfor reviewing.Feel free to ask anything you don't understand:)
HAIRY GREGORY AND MADAME FIST "THANKS ALOT"FOR BEING MY VERY FIRST REVIEWERS :)