11. Family Feuds

Blossom needed a rest; she'd barely slept for 48 hours now. But then again, they were so close to MJ she felt as if she could almost touch her daughter. She had to keep going.

Still, it felt a bit defeatist, giving in to Mojo like this. They (that is Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Boomer, Butch, Eddy – who'd insisted in coming against everyone's better judgement – and the bastard of a hedgehog) were standing in the centre of Mojo's home, with a pile of scientific equipment.

"Why's it better for us to give Mojo equipment rather than money," she asked Butch, who'd made the deal.

"Firstly it's cheaper," the green ruff responded, "and secondly, if we know what equipment we've given him, we know what he can build with it."

"Which makes it better all round," Bubbles added as she removed splinters from Buttercups hand – the green puff muttering that Mojo's front door used to be built properly inbetween yelps of pain.

Sonic was taping his foot on the ground impatiently. "When's that spasticated Monkey going to call?" The phone rang as soon as he'd finished speaking, and he dived for it. Boomer beat him there.

"Hello, the Jojo residence, Boomer Jojo speaking… yes… yes… got it… thank you." He hung up. Everyone stared at him.

"Well?" said Eddy eventually.

"Oh yes," said Boomer, "when Mojo calls, remind me to tell him that the window cleaner won't be coming tomorrow." Before everyone could throw stuff at him, the phone rang again.

"Hello, the Jojo…"

"GIVE ME THAT!" Sonic snatched the phone off him. "WHAT... oh." He turned round. "It's for you," he handed the phone to Blossom. She took it nervously.

"Hello?"

"Ah, Blossom. It is I, Mojo Jojo, who is speaking to you, that is to say that Mojo Jojo is the person with whom you are conversing via this telecommunication devise. It was also I who captured your daughter with no help from any other super villain, and I who detained her to the point that articles and goods were handed over to me, Mojo Jojo, in order to secure the release of said child from the detention that she is currently in. I would like to reiterate that no other super villains were involved, it was just me, Mojo Jojo."

He stopped to breath, so Blossom cut in.

"We've paid the ransom."

"Good. Then you and the Hedgehog… OW!... and the oldest of your children who you refer to by the name of Edward will precede to the location coming through on the fax machine. No one else will come with you, especially not your sisters. Understand?"

"Why must I bring Edward?" said Blossom.

"I don't kno… OW!... because if you don't, the child MJ will not be returned to you!" the phone went dead. Blossom sighed, and relayed the instructions to the others.

"It's a trap," said Butch quickly.

"Not necessarily," Boomer interjected, "Mojo does like his stupid routines, it could just be that."

"I don't care if it is a trap or it isn't!" Buttercup said angrily, "why can't I OW!"

"Got another one," said Bubbles, holding up a splinter. "Be careful Blossom," she added, "we'll be here if you need back up."

"Th…"

"Great, glad that's sorted," Sonic said quickly, "let's grab your son and get this over with," and he grabbed Blossom by the wrist and dragged her off at full speed.

"BRING BACK OUR DAUGHTER BLOSSOM!" Eddy shouted after them.

Brick stopped by a shelf. On it he expected to find a set of hourglass that were about to expire. Instead, it was completely empty.

"Hum, must be a very safe day today," he mussed to himself, and was about to go and take some time off when he bumped into his boss. "Oh, hello Death."

It is not a very safe day today, Death said. I gave your hourglasses to someone else.

"Oh, why?"

Because it is time for you to take a test.

"What sort of test?" Death handed Brick a decent sized hour glass.

An intelagance test, he said and walked off. Brick watch him go and then glanced at the name on the hour glass.

MJ sat on the ground in a courtyard in the middle of an industrial estate. Mojo had told her to stay there and that her parents would be there soon, so she did.

She'd been thinking more clearly ever since she'd eaten that cooked food, but she was still confused. She had vague memoriesof attacking Nick and George, and Aunty Buttercup, but she didn't feel bad about it. She felt her two fanged teeth again. She knew they were weird, but they didn't feel weird. She also knew it was wrong to eat raw meat, but it had tasted so good when she had.

Her main concern right now was her parents. They were surely going to be furious. She'd effectively run away, she'd attacked people, including her own aunty, and she'd turned her self in to a sort of monster. When they found out she'd done it voluntarily… They may even reject her, she thought; think that she was no longer their daughter.

She leaned over and looked at her reflection in a near by puddle. Something felt strangely right about it.

"I am me," she whispered.

Suddenly, there was a whizzing and then a screeching sound. MJ looked up. Sonic slid to a stop sending Blossom and Edward (who was rather bemused) tumbling to the ground. When they picked themselves up, they both spoke at once.

"MJ!" they yelled, without a hint of anger. She got up and was about to run towards them, tears beginning to form in her eyes, when something pulled her back. The expressionappearing on Blossom's face told her this wasn't good.

"Oh I am so sorry," Him said smugly, "but I'm afraid I have to brake up this happy reunion, because some of us aren't being completely honest."

"HIM!" shouted Blossom, as Edward scrambled backwards behind her, "I should have known. Put my daughter down!"

"I'm sorry Blossom, but she's mine now. I made her what she is today, and she owes me."

"Hey! You said…" but MJ's protestations were lost as she smelt meat. Him handed MJ the chunk of flesh, and she ripped into it uncontrollably.

"Oh it was so easy," Him reflected, "all I needed was some of Spiderman's DNA and a bit of chemical X," he showed off the bottle, "to monster it up a bit."

"Where did you get that from!" demanded Blossom and Sonic together.

"I extracted it from someone very close to you Blossom," Him mussed. "Funny story actually, shame you'll never get to here it!"

Blossom watched in horror as Sonic sidled up along side.

"He one of your villains?" he asked. Blossom nodded slowly: she'd spread her feet slightly and tensed up, clenching her fists, ready for action. Sonic, completely relaxed, glanced at Him before looking back.
"He's just a piece of spaghetti! This shouldn't take long!"

Him looked up, and tapped the gorging Spider-girl on the shoulder. "Deal with the hedgehog, will you MJ?"

She looked up, blood from the dinner dripping down her face. Then, she flicked out her hand, and webbing shot from her wrist. Sonic had time to get to "what the…?" before he was encased from head to toe. The tube that had been a hedgehog toppled over and rolled away into a corner. MJ returned to gorging.

"Mum…." Edward said nervously. Blossom twitched.

"It will be okay Edward, don't be scared." It made her feel stronger, she had been absolutely petrified.

"Oh I'm afraid things are very far from okay," Him said evilly, "for one of us here is a liar. For you see kids…"

"DON'T YOU DARE…" Blossom began, but she had no way of stopping it.

"Your mother is a superhero, with powers and everything!"

The silence was terrible. Edward froze behind Blossom. She turned round to face him.

"I…" see began, but when she saw the look of pure crushing disappointment in her sons red eyes she stopped dead. He gave her another look before scooting into a corner of the court yard. Blossom wished she could go after him, but instead she had to divert her eyes frontward, because MJ had stopped eating.

"You lied to me," she hissed through her teeth. Blossom shock slightly.

"That's it," Him encouraged, "tell your 'mother' how angry you are"

"I SUFFERED BECAUSE OF YOU!" MJ's voice was twisted with hissing undertones. Her pink eyes glowed feverously, acid started dripping from her blood stained teeth, dark highlights formed in her orange hair, and her muscles tensed, showing just how strong she was.

"MJ PLEASE," Blossom said desperately, "I can explain!"

"Oh she can't hear you. Mojo turned her back from her spider mind state with cooked food, but the taste of raw meet has nicely reversed the affect. So now the only thing her human side can provide her is anger and hatred!" he tapped MJ on the head. "Go kill," he said, and with a bloodcurdling shriek, MJ launched her self at her bewildered Mum.

Will be continued in chapter 12. Please review. Thanks