Author's Notes: Ah, Spring Break. The most beautiful time of the year…well, besides Winter Break and summer. Sorry about not updating for about four months, but there is a lot of the end of year stuff going on right now. Enrollment and class forms going out for High School and Qualifications tests, it's just too much and I hardly had time to write, but finally, my dear friends, I found time to actually write and post this chapter up.
Oh! I'm proud to say that we have Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl Music --- "The Medallion Calls" and "The Black Pearl" Medley and it rocks! Anyway, enough of my stalling. I'm proud to present Chapter 13 for all you patient people --- to all who reviewed this is dedicated to you! Oh and Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Klaus Badelt (Composer for POTC Music)…Here ya go everyone…
Chapter 13: Underwater Seizure
Somewei
Buttercup sat on her bed, staring at the floor. Many emotions had been confusing her for the past few days. Too much had happened for the puff. First her pride and confidence in fighting was shattered, then she hesitated to fight in her full strength and now she was scared of Butch. When they were fighting there was a glint in his eyes that she hadn't seen for the past 12 years. The look of…malice? Was that the right term? Buttercup shuddered at the thought. The last time she saw that look was when she fought against him the first time they met, but then again, his eyes then had more amusement and rowdiness in them then malice.
She balled her hands into fists. This was too much for her. The 17-year-old puff just wanted to scream and wake up from the horrible, horrible nightmare. Her blonde sister was fragile and Blossom was a complete emotional wreck, not knowing what to do. It was nearly a year since Ivy had come and Buttercup missed the smell of fresh flowers, damp grass in the morning and homemade pies sitting on the windows, cooling off. She missed the feel of the warm sun or the light drops of rain on her skin. But all of it seemed lost now.
She had heard her sister talking about hope and Bubbles had agreed they needed it, but when Buttercup looked into their eyes, into Blossom's eyes, she saw doubt, fear and despair, like she had given up hope a long time ago. Buttercup stood up from her bed and shook her head. She needed to clear her thoughts. She needed to fight.
Boomer smiled at Bubbles as he helped her back to her room. Her cuts had been bandaged up and her bruises were almost healed, but Boomer felt she was still fragile from their fight. Her injury on her side was what weakened her the most and her sprained wrist gave her a disadvantage, but Bubbles vowed that she would work really hard at becoming stronger, and Boomer admired her for that.
Boomer noticed Buttercup passed by and saw a troubled look on her face. He honestly didn't speak to her since he had come back and he sensed that she had a great distrust in him and truth be told, Boomer would have felt the same. With Blossom, he didn't know where he stood with her. She acted friendly toward him, but he also knew she had a little doubt in him and it was to be expected from a leader like her.
"What do you think is bothering Buttercup?" Bubbles asked as soon as they entered her room. Boomer shrugged as he watched her get on the floor into a push position. She kept her damaged wrist up as she began her one-handed push-ups.
"I don't know Bubbles. It could be numerous of things," Boomer sighed as he lied down on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. Bubbles watched Boomer as she did her push-ups. "I mean, it could be she's stressed, upset, confused, any of those emotions. Honestly, Bubbles, she hasn't spoken to me."
Buttercup actually did. The one thing she said to Boomer was 'You break her heart, I break your legs.' Boomer cringed inwardly as he reflected upon that memory. He was terrified of Buttercup when she said that. Her green eyes showed that she actually would break his legs if he did something to Bubbles.
"Has Blossom spoken to you?" Bubbles questioned as she slowly released a breath after coming up. Boomer remained silent for a short minute before speaking again.
"Yeah, she's said little things to me, but nothing big or any conversation. To tell you the truth Bubbles, I can tell Buttercup doesn't trust me at all and Blossom has some doubts about me," replied Boomer slowly, trying to find the right words. Bubbles sat up straight and Boomer sat up on the bed. Her light blue eyes stared straight into his.
"They'll come around. Buttercup really doesn't trust anyone but her family right now, and Blossom is just stressed out with the whole Ivy ordeal, your brothers and the Doom Girls," Bubbles stated calmly. Boomer sighed.
"I hope you're right," Boomer said with an empty sigh.
Buttercup punched her punching bag with all the rage she held. She swore to herself she would beat Butch even if it was the last thing she ever did in her life. She slept slightly back and wiped the sweat from her forehead. She closed her eyes and imagined the punching bag was Butch and when Buttercup opened her eyes, she nearly stumbled backwards. Butch was standing right in front of her! Shaking her head and rubbing her eyes, Buttercup stopped thinking of her counterpart.
Looking back at the punching bag again, Buttercup noticed that Butch wasn't there anymore. She muttered something about 'being tired' and got ready to attack her punching bag again. Once more, Buttercup imagined that she was attacking Butch and in a blur, Butch replaced the punching bag. Stepping back, she stopped thinking of Butch and he disappeared just as quickly as he appeared.
Weird…Buttercup thought to herself. One minute I'm staring at my punching bag and then suddenly, Butch appears…
Buttercup thought to herself.The green puff concentrated on the punching bag being replaced by the green ruff and suddenly, Butch appeared again. Cautiously, Buttercup approached Butch and touched him, but inside of feeling flesh, her hand went straight through him. Buttercup paled as she stepped back again.
He isn't the real Butch…it's nothing but an illusion. I need to go tell Blossom about this and quick! The raven-haired teen thought urgently as she ran out of the training room she had been in.
"Blossom! Blossom!" yelled Buttercup as the raven-haired teenager collapsed into her sister's room. Blossom looked up from her desk and glanced at Buttercup irritably. The redheaded leader was tired and sore and she really didn't want to deal with Buttercup's jokes. Buttercup regained her composure before speaking again. "Blossom, something really freaky happened while I was training!"
"Really? What Buttercup?" Blossom asked carelessly with a sigh.
"Okay, I was training and while I was, I imagined Butch was right in front of me and I was punching him – don't give me that look – and all of a sudden he appeared in front of me. So I stopped thinking about him and he disappeared! Then I thought 'hey, what if that happened again?' so I imagined Butch and poof! There he was again! Are you get way I'm saying?" Buttercup said quickly in one breath. Blossom looked at her sister with a blank stare.
"BC, are you on crack?" She asked finally. Buttercup rolled her eyes at Blossom's smart aleck remark. She should've known her sister wouldn't believe her. Oh well, she'll just have to prove it to the intelligent redhead.
"Blossom, please. Do you honestly think I'd do something like that? Anyway, I'll prove that I can make images or whatever you want to call it," Buttercup said as a smirk danced upon her lips. Blossom raised an eyebrow, interested…or at least trying to be.
Buttercup closed her eyes and bit her bottom lip in concentration. Taking a deep breath, she said, "I'm going to imagine…um…Brick? I guess…yeah."
Her eyebrows furrowed as she focused on the teenage Brick. Blossom waited patiently and when she blinked, an exact replica of Brick standing before the pink puffs eyes. Blossom glanced at Buttercup with a shocked expression. The redhead gazed back at "Brick" and then back at Buttercup.
"Oh my God. Buttercup, you're an illusionist…" Blossom said breathlessly. A smile danced upon Blossom's lips as Buttercup's face twisted into a confused expression.
"A whatta?"
"An illusionist. You can create any image you want with enough concentration. If you practice enough, making the illusions will be no problem and maybe you can make them move and speak," Blossom explained. Buttercup began to smile widely.
"I like the sound of this," She replied.
"I'm glad you do, but I need to work," said Blossom as she pushed her sister out of her door. Buttercup glanced over her shoulder.
"Hey, maybe you can use my new power as an advantage," the raven-haired teen suggested. Blossom lifted her eyebrows, considering the thought and shrugged. Buttercup shrugged also and walked back to the training room. As Buttercup walked away, Blossom remained deep in thought.
Buttercup is an illusionist, I'm having premonitions…maybe Bubbles has developed something without my knowledge, Blossom thought. The redhead walked out of her room and headed straight toward Bubbles' room. As she approached her sister's door, she passed by Boomer. He gave her a slight smile and she gave him a warm smile back.
"Bubbles," called Blossom as she walked into the room. The blonde puff glanced up at her sister and greeted her with a huge grin spread across her face.
"Hey Blossom. What's wrong?" She questioned in her normal cheerful exterior.
"BB, I need to ask you something. Has anything weird happen to you lately? Anything that seems out of the ordinary? Any new powers?" Blossom asked casually. Bubbles gave her sister a blank stare, wondering if she should tell her sister about her telekinesis. She decided to play it safe for the time being.
"Why do you ask?" Bubbles said innocently.
"Well…" Blossom began, struggling for the right words. "Buttercup kind of gave me a special presentation a couple of minutes ago in my room."
"What kind of 'special presentation' is this?" Bubbles asked. Blossom tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear as she stared at the floor. Bubbles could tell that Blossom was trying to tell her something, so the blonde waited patiently.
"She's kind of what you can an illusionist. Buttercup showed me an illusion of Brick in my room. At first, when she started telling me, I thought it was some sort of practical joke, but then she showed me her powers and she showed me she really does have a special power," Blossom said. "What I'm trying to get at is I'm wondering if we're all developing our own unique set of powers."
Bubbles sighed and with a smile, she said, "I have to tell you the truth. I think we are developing our own set of powers because I can read minds…or rather hear people's thoughts. Do you remember when I was captured?"
Blossom nodded and winced inwardly clearly remembering the whole scenario. Apparently Bubbles remembered too because her face became slightly sadder.
"Well…when I was in the prison, I began hearing yours, Buttercup's and the boys thoughts. Then suddenly I heard everyone's thoughts all at once. It was pretty overwhelming. Ever since, I've been able to hear people's thoughts," Bubbles continued.
"Yeah, I've been having weird dreams lately…" Blossom began, but was cut off by Bubbles.
"I know. I've known for the past couple of days. I can't exactly hear what you're seeing in your visions, but I can hear your distressed calls from inside your head, and not to mention I can hear you talking in your sleep," Bubbles stated. Blossom looked at her sister shocked and Bubbles looked at Blossom with a sad look. "How come you didn't come to us when you have these visions? We could've helped you."
"I know, but I thought I was going to be like Cassandra from the stories of Helen of Troy. People thought she was crazy when she gave warnings to others about her visions. Even her own family was ashamed of her except her twin, Helenus," Blossom explained.
"True Blossom, but we're the Powerpuff Girls. We've stranger things happen and even if we weren't, we would still stand by you because we're sisters and nothing gets in the way of our friendship," Bubbles said softly. The redhead leader smiled at the blonde and Blossom slowly leaned in and gave her sister a grateful hug.
"Thanks BB," Blossom whispered.
"John, I'm serious, I think there are motion detectors down here," Vanessa said anxiously as she gazed at her old colleague through a vid-link on her laptop. The professor pursed his lips together and sighed grimly. He could easily tell that Vanessa was very uneasy.
"Vanessa, if I may ask, do you know if anyone may have trigged the motion detectors?" John said seriously. Vanessa furrowed her eyebrows in deep concentration.
"Well, a young scientist named Anna stepped out to go to another facility. That could've possibly have triggered the detectors," Vanessa mused. John nodded in agreement.
"I'll have Blossom scan the area when she's available, but in the meantime, I want you and all of your co-workers to stay inside unless there is an emergency," The professor said. Vanessa rolled her eyes as she looked at the older man.
"John, honestly, I'm three-year-old. I know that I'm suppose to evacuate the facility if there is an emergency," Vanessa said. John chuckled. "I have to be going. You guys stay safe now."
"Move into the facilities slowly. I don't want a subtle, unorganized attack formation going into those underwater building," Ivy commanded Roberta. The middle-aged woman nodded as she furiously typed all of Ivy's commands into the computer. "Send Princess and Sedusa to gain the girls' attention and have them lead them to Daisy and her sisters."
"Once the Powerpuff Girls get there?" asked Roberta, quickly glancing up at the computer. Ivy smirked slightly as she gazed at Roberta's computer.
"The Doom Girls, of course, will distract the girls while the boys go down in the bay and get out whatever is down there," Ivy said.
"What if Boomer comes out?" The scientist questioned as she raised an eyebrow. Ivy's smirked twisted into a frown as the blue Rowdyruff's name was mentioned.
"I will deal with him personally. No one betrays me and gets away with it," Ivy said seriously. Roberta nodded as she continued typing on her computer. The woman honestly felt bad for Boomer. She hoped the boy would survive.
"Yo, what's up Brick?" Butch asked. Brick shook his head as he stared out at the ruins of Townsville. Butch gave a low whistle once he noticed the black eye that Blossom had given Brick during their fight against each other. "That is one bad shiner that Red gave you."
Brick glared at Butch and the green ruff threw his hands you in defense as if trying to say he was sorry. Brick brushed the comment off and sighed heavily, "Ivy gave me new instructions. While the Doom Girls distract the Powerpuffs, we're supposed to go down under the harbor and – quote, unquote – 'flush out whatever is in those facilities.'"
"As in practically drown the workers in those facilities until they come crawling out?" Butch translated. Brick shrugged carelessly. "And you don't have a problem with this?"
"Why should I?" Brick snapped. An awkward silence filled the air as the two brothers remained quiet. Butch glanced at his brother and could tell he was in deep thought. He couldn't tell whether he was thinking about Boomer or Blossom. Ever since Boomer left the three of them, Brick had blamed everything on Blossom. Butch could even hear Brick cursing Blossom in his sleep.
"Um…Brick?" Butch said hesitantly. Brick gazed at Butch briefly, letting him know he was listening. "I've been meaning to ask you about Blossom."
"What about her?" Brick sneered.
"Well, before we worked for Ivy and before Ivy was even here, you kind of had this thing for Blossom…an attraction towards her, but now you blame her for everything even when she didn't do anything," Butch remarked. Brick rolled his eyes.
"That 'attraction' you say was just something to think about when I was going out with Mia. I never was attracted to Blossom, it was just an excuse to break away from Mia. As for blaming her for everything, she says she doesn't care about being a leader, but I say "once a leader, always a leader." She takes the blame because she leads her sisters throughout everything," Brick said. Without another word, the red ruff turned around and left.
Butch sighed as he never took his eyes off his brother. He knew that whole 'once a leader, always a leader' was just a bunch of excuses to get out of the fact that he feels somehow betrayed by Blossom. The green ruff shrugged and shook his head. He'll never get Brick, but what did it matter…he was only here for the food and the girls.
"Those are motion detectors, no doubt about it," Blossom confirmed. Vanessa frowned. She had contacted Blossom through the computer and sent the images that she saw and the pink Powerpuff had just confirmed her fear. "Did anyone go out of the facility?"
"Yes, a co-worker of mine, Anna. I – we – put the whole staff on full alert," Vanessa answered.
"That may not be enough. If my theory is right then you're in more danger than you know. Those detectors could belong to Ivy, who is or was monitoring for activity and Anna just gave you guys away," Blossom answered.
"Oh God," breathed Vanessa.
"Look, Bubbles, Buttercup and I will head down there to make sure you're safe," Blossom said, trying to comfort the older woman.
"Yes please do, but I have a question. How come whenever you girls came to visit us, you girls didn't see the detectors?" Vanessa questioned perplexed.
"That's probably because they're either just installed or they've just been activated," Blossom answered. "What I don't get is, is that whenever we headed down there, we made sure no one saw us so how could they possible know about you?"
"I don't know. It's quite confusing," Vanessa remarked.
"Yes…"Blossom agreed. "Anyway, we'll be - "
Just as Blossom was going to finish her sentence, an alarm rang off, signaling the Puffs that activity was going on outside their hideout. Vanessa looked at Blossom confused as she noticed the teenage girls distressed face. Blossom looked back Vanessa.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go," Blossom said apologetically. Vanessa nodded in understanding and both the intelligent redheaded leader and the genius scientist signed off. Blossom abandoned the computer she was using and ran out of the room only to collide with Buttercup. Groaning, Buttercup stood up and looked at her sister.
"Blossom, Princess and Sedusa are outside and apparently are looking for us," Buttercup said. Blossom nodded and walked down the hall with Buttercup at her heels. The pink puff noticed both Bubbles and Boomer and jogged up to them.
"Princess--" began Bubbles.
"I know. Is outside with Sedusa. Look, Bubbles, Buttercup and I will go outside and find out what they want. Boomer, I want you to stay here. If anything turns serious I want to be able to know there is someone to help us if we get caught, understand?" Blossom ordered. Boomer nodded. "Good. Girls, move out."
"It's good to hear that phrase again," Buttercup said. Blossom shook her head and smiled. With a streak of pink, light green and baby blue, the Powerpuff Girls were flying out toward Princess and Sedusa. The two female villains smirked when they noticed the familiar rainbow streak. The girls landed, Blossom in the center, Bubbles to her right and Buttercup to her left.
"All right. I know that you guys aren't here for a friendly little chat and some tea," Blossom began sarcastically. Princess rolled her eyes when she heard the remark. "What are you here for and what do you want?"
"We've come with a little intriguing proposition for you, Blossom," Princess started. The redheaded leader narrowed her eyes. There was one to many big words in that sentence for Princess. It was planned. Something was not right. The pink puff wasn't sure of what, but her instincts were telling her to keep her guard up.
"Go on…" Blossom said as her voice trailed off. Princess smiled sickening sweetly as she went on.
"I want to make a trade with you. We have three prisoners over there—" Princess pointed to three shadowy figures. Bubbles, too, narrowed her eyes. "—that we are willing to trade in exchange for Boomer."
Bubbles opened her mouth to protested, but was silence immediately hushed by Blossom putting a hand up to stop her from saying anything senseless. "I don't trust you. No, we won't trade and we will set up no negotiations for the trade of any prisoners for Boomer, Princess, you can tell Ivy that. If she wants him, she'll have to get by us first."
Princess smirked, "How can you girls last one minute with Ivy if you can't even match my speed and strength?"
Buttercup growled. Blossom placed a hand on Buttercup's shoulder and gave her a warning squeeze. The leader knew that Princess was teasing them and what Blossom was afraid was that Buttercup would take the bait. Bubbles wasn't naive enough to fall for that, so she didn't have to worry about her blonde sister.
"Ah, what's the matter? Backing down because you know it's true that I'm stronger than you pathetic excuse for fighters?" Princess continued to taunt. Blossom continued to restrain Buttercup as her raven-haired sister got more and more aggravated.
"Calm down Buttercup," Blossom whispered.
"Let me at her. I swear she's gonna wish she never said that when I'm through with her," Buttercup muttered irritated. Princess smirked. The next two words she would say would control the puffs' actions from that point forward.
"Prove it."
"Your wish is my command!" Buttercup yelled as she broke free from Blossom's grasp. Blossom and Bubbles gasped as they watched their sister who was now chasing after the now running Princess and Sedusa.
"Buttercup! Get back here!" Blossom shouted, but it was too late. Buttercup was gone. The redheaded leader looked back at her remaining sister and gave a distressed sigh.
"There's Buttercup," Butch said as he watched his counterpart head straight into their trap. "But where are her sisters?"
Buttercup was surprised to see Daisy, Dandy and Dawn waiting for her. Dawn smirked at Buttercup and Daisy gave an evil smile. Buttercup stopped chasing after Princess and Sedusa. Now more than anything she wished she had listened to Blossom's command to calm down.
"Hello Buttercup. Glad you could join our party. Come on girls let's go greet our new guest," Daisy said smoothly. Dandy and Dawn giggled as the three sisters advanced on Buttercup. Buttercup paled and the memory of the Rowdyruff Boys beating her up came back to her.
The Doom Girls charged at Buttercup with full speed and the green puff began to wonder where her sisters were. Daisy pulled her fist back ready to punch when she got a surprise attack kick on the side of her face. Dandy got ready to kick Buttercup when someone grabbed her leg and punched her in the face. Dawn was surprised when she felt a fist in her face and a kick in her abdomen.
Brick sneered and Butch stared shocked from afar. The Doom Girls glanced up and noticed the other two puffs floating protectively in front of their grateful sister. Blossom glared at Buttercup, but said nothing.
"If we take the Doom Girls together, we may have a chance of beating them," The leader hissed as she never took her eyes off of Buttercup. The green puff looked down ashamed and mumbled something that sound awfully like a 'sorry.'
"There are her sisters. Come on; let the Doom Girls take it from here. We have to complete our task," Brick said bluntly as he walked off. Butch nodded hesitantly. He didn't like this job, but he never said anything to Brick or any of the others. This task just seemed wrong.
"What about Boomer?" Butch suddenly questioned. Brick glanced at Butch briefly over his shoulder and then continued walking.
"Ivy said not to go near him. She'll handle him on her own," Brick answered. Butch shrugged and didn't say anything. These days he couldn't say what he felt. He didn't really have freedom to do anything. He really didn't like being the bad guy like he used to be. Being a good guy was much more fun than this. With a deep sigh, Butch began to follow Brick.
Boomer…you better survive… Butch thought.
Blossom punched Daisy in the face and then kicked her on the side. She glanced around and noticed her sisters fighting off their clones. Gazing at the harbor, she noticed Brick and Butch going down into the water. Blossom looked back at Bubbles and hope she would hear her.
Bubbles! We have to get to the bay! Knock out your opponent! Tell Buttercup! Blossom said telepathically, hoping that Bubbles would hear her. The blonde kicked Dandy and then gave a Blossom a nod acknowledging that she heard. Bubbles glanced at Buttercup as she gave Dandy another kick.
Buttercup, it's Bubbles. Don't ask questions, just listen. Blossom wants you to knock out Dawn because she saw something by the bay. Knock her out quickly! Bubbles ordered. Buttercup looked at her a little spooked, but nodded all the same.
Blossom noticed that Buttercup got the order and smiled. Daisy charged at the redheaded leader and gave Blossom a punch. Blossom dodged the punch, went behind Daisy, grabbed her head and gave a quick jerk, knocking her out unconscious.
Bubbles sighed heavily as she quickly dodged all of Dandy's attempts on hitting her. Growing tired of dodging, Bubbles, with all her might, gave one final kick to the head, knocking Dandy out. Buttercup went right to knocking Dawn out with one big punch to the face and a quick jerk to the neck.
"Leader Girl, can you please tell me why we decided to knock them out all of a sudden and since when, BB, can you talk in my mind?" Buttercup said. Blossom sighed aggravated and rolled her eyes.
"Listen Buttercup, Bubbles has telepathy and talk telepathically, but that's besides the point. I saw Brick and Butch heading down the harbor toward the facilities where Vanessa is! We have to get down there and fast," Blossom said urgently. Bubbles and Buttercup gasped at the news.
"Well, what are we waiting for! Let's get down there!" Buttercup exclaimed. Blossom nodded in agreement and all three girls took off toward the harbor.
Vanessa ran down the hall looking for anyone. For a strange reason, the facility seemed abandoned, deserted. Panting heavily she turned corner after corner trying to find someone. She knew the scientist in these underwater laboratories were in trouble because she saw two blimps heading straight toward them. She had to find someone and quick. Those two blimps, probably workers for Ivy, could attack any minute.
Suddenly, just as that thought crossed her mind, the lab shook. Small cracks formed on the walls facing the water. Vanessa stumbled to the floor as she felt the jerk. Frowning, she stood up and as best she could and tried to run down the halls again.
Girls, you better come soon…prayed Vanessa.
Just as all three teenagers were about to head toward Townsville Harbor, Princess and Sedusa stopped the three girls. The Powerpuff girls either sigh aggravated, frowned or scowled at them. Princess looked at the girls with a returning scowl.
"You three aren't going anywhere," She snapped. Blossom rolled her eyes.
"I don't have time for you," She said to Princess and then looked at Bubbles. "Get Boomer here and take care of them. Buttercup and I will head to the Harbor and stop Brick and Butch from doing whatever. If you see Ivy, retreat and hide until either Buttercup or I come."
Bubbles nodded and Blossom smiled.
"Good, Come on Buttercup," Blossom ordered as she took off with Buttercup behind her. Bubbles looked at Princess and then look upward toward the sky and closed her eyes.
Boomer sat on a random chair in the main control room doing who knows what and trying to figure out a way to entertain himself while the girls were away.
Boomer…it's me Bubbles. I need you here ASAP!
Boomer's head shot up and smirked. Finally some action. He just hoped that he wasn't going to have to fight Brick or Butch. That would be a problem because no matter what side he was on, they were still his brothers. Sighing, he got up from his chair and ran out of the room. He had to get to Bubbles.
Princess looked strangely at Bubbles as the blonde looked back at the female villain with a smile. It wasn't a cheerful, nothing-is-going-to-happen smile, but an I-know-something-you-don't-know smile and Princess didn't like. Instead of fighting the urge, Princess snapped at Bubbles, "Why are you smiling!"
"Because," Bubbles said simply with a shrug of the shoulders. Princess growled as she charged at the blue Powerpuff and tried to give her a punch. Bubbles squeaked briefly as she moved out of the way. Princess whirled around and tried to punch her again, and again, Princess missed.
"Stay still, will you!" Princess shouted aggravated.
"Sorry, no can do," Bubbles replied as she grabbed Princess' wrist a flung the girl away from her. "I gotta dodge ya and in the words of Buttercup – 'have some fun.'"
Vanessa stumbled into the computer room. The facility was still shaking and the young scientist hoped that she would be able to see who was making it shake. Vanessa had a sickening feeling she knew who it was. Turning on one of the computers, she navigated the underwater camera until she spotted two figures. Vanessa gasped.
"Brick? Butch? They're doing this?" Vanessa exclaimed perplexed. "I thought it Ivy herself. Girls. You better come quick."
Right when she said that, she saw Brick throw his fist back and punch the facility. She fell to the floor as the building shook with great force. Suddenly the sound of rushing water and screams broke the silence. Vanessa's face paled. The facility was filling with water and the screams never stopped. Turning back to the screen, she noticed pink and green streaks crash into the two boys. Vanessa smiled.
The girls! She thought with a slight sense of relief. She turned around to exit the computer room and when she entered the code to the doors, they didn't move. Glancing down at the floor, she saw water seeping through the crack. Her face went a ghostly white. She was trapped with no way out and even more frightening was that water was filling the room.
Brick and Butch looked at the two girls. They were shocked to find them here – actually Butch was. Brick knew that the Doom Girls were out of shape at the moment and Princess and Sedusa was no match. Brick shook his head and flew upward toward the surface. Butch, though thoroughly confused, followed his brother. Although Buttercup wanted to follow them and tried, Blossom grabbed her arm and motioned to the facility.
The green puff nodded in understanding as the both girls went down into the building. Once both entered they were surprised to see the water hadn't filled up the building quickly. Taking a breath, they were soon surrounded by many panicking scientists.
"Girls!" They shouted. "Please help us!"
"Okay, everyone just calm down and think clearly. Is there anything that can help you get out of here? An emergency room? Any submarines?" Blossom asked as her eyes scanned the group. One male scientist raised his hand as he moved through the crowd.
"There are three emergency submarines located just west of here. We can make it time to get everyone loaded and out of here!" he said. Blossom nodded.
"Good. Let's head down there! Quickly and orderly!" She ordered. The group of scientists ran down the hallway until they came to the room with all three subs waiting. Once the last person was in, a young scientist shut the door behind him. One by one, Blossom and Buttercup loaded the submarines and launched them until only one was left.
"Timmy!" shouted one female scientist as she frantically looked around. "Timmy, sweetheart, where are you!"
Buttercup walked up to the female with a concerned face, "Ma'am, is something wrong?"
"My child is missing!" She wept as tears began to pour down her face. Buttercup nodded as she placed a hand on the older woman's shoulder and nodded.
"Don't worry, we'll find him," The green puff reassured. The mother nodded silently as she cried quietly to herself. Buttercup left the woman to find Blossom. She found her sister piling a couple people in the sub. "Blossom, we have a problem!"
"Not now Buttercup, I'm busy!" Blossom snapped.
"But Blossom, a little kid's life is in danger!" Buttercup shouted. Blossom turned around with wide eyes and gasped. Buttercup looked at her redheaded sister with pleading eyes. "Please."
"Right," Blossom whispered and then turned to the few remaining scientists. "Please, please, please stay in the sub. If water begins to fill, I want you all to leave, you understand?"
"But what about my child?" questioned the mother.
"We'll save him as soon as possible," Blossom said. "Come on Buttercup."
Both puffs ran to the door and opened. Right when it opened, a large amount of water rushed in. The girls ran right in and closed the door. The water was up to their necks and Blossom and Buttercup swam throughout the facility, calling for the child. Blossom stopped swimming and looked at Buttercup.
"Look, we're never going to find him. Split up," Blossom ordered. Buttercup nodded and started heading the opposite direction they were going. Blossom continued going the direction the girls were going.
"Timmy! Are you here! Timmy if you can hear me, yell!" Buttercup called. She stayed silent for a couple moments to see if she could a child's cries for help. She didn't hear any, and the green puff kept calling toddler. After several minutes of yelling for Timmy, she heard a petrified 'help!' Buttercup smiled and yelled, "Timmy if that's you shout 'It's Timmy!'"
"It's Timmy! Somebody help!" Timmy shrieked from afar. Buttercup kept swimming until she came to the child who was using a beach ball as a floating device. Buttercup frowned when she noticed his tear-streaked cheeks. She swam up to him and grabbed him.
"Hi Timmy, I'm Buttercup," The raven-haired teenager said soothingly. Timmy sniffled as he looked at Buttercup.
"Are you going to take me to my mommy?" The toddler asked.
"Yes, but you have to hold on to me, okay?" The teenager instructed slowly as she spoke to the five-year-old. Timmy nodded as his small arms clung onto Buttercup's neck. Buttercup immediately swam back toward the submarine room.
Blossom stopped swimming and tried to catch her breath. She closed her eyes and began to think. She hadn't succeeded in getting the child and her only hope was that Buttercup had him. She continued to rest for two minutes until she heard someone screaming for help. The only thing was that it wasn't a little boy's screams. Swimming again, Blossom began to listen carefully.
"Help! Somebody help me! I'm trapped!" the person screamed. Blossom swam until she came to a door where the cries seemed to be coming from. "Help me!"
Blossom gasped as she recognized the voice, "Vanessa? Is that you?"
"Blossom? Blossom, help me! The doors are jammed and water is filling the room up!" Vanessa yelled urgently. Blossom's eyes widened.
"Okay, hold on, I'm gonna get you out!" Blossom said. "But I'm going to need you to get back a little."
Inside the room, Vanessa swam a little backwards. The water was already up to the bottom of her lower lip and she was getting closer to the ceiling by the minute. Vanessa hoped it wouldn't take the Powerpuff long to break through. Vanessa looked at the doors and said, "Okay, I'm back."
"Good," came Blossom's voice. Blossom dug her fingers in between the crack of the two doors and tried to yank them open. Little by little, the doors began to move until finally the redhead was able to get them all the way open. The force of the water dragged out Vanessa until she collided with Blossom. Blossom grabbed onto Vanessa and looked at her. "Come on, let's get you to the sub room. Quick, the water is filling in faster now!"
"Mommy!" screamed Timmy as he ran into his mother's arms. The young female scientist cried happily as she scooped her son into her arms. Hugging and kissing him, she returned into the sub. Buttercup smiled, but her smile turned into a frown when she glanced back at the door. Blossom hadn't come back yet. Sighing heavily, Buttercup headed toward the door. She opened it and right when she opened it, water came rushing in with Blossom and Vanessa hitching a ride.
"Blossom! Vanessa!" Buttercup said as she helped the two up. Vanessa and Blossom stood up and the Powerpuff Leader quickly directed their close friend into the sub.
"Go!" Blossom ordered.
"What about you girls?" Vanessa asked.
"Don't worry about us. We've handled much worse; just get yourselves out of here. Do you know where you are going?" Blossom said. Vanessa nodded.
"Yes, I have a couple of friends who can take us to Australia, away from Ivy," Vanessa said. Blossom gasped and shook her head no.
"Don't head there, it's under control by Ivy. That and Germany, Japan and China. Maybe England," Blossom said. Vanessa's face paled and then the scientist regained her composure before she began speaking.
"Fine, we'll head to Spain. I have friends there also," Vanessa said. Blossom nodded, wished them good luck and shut the door. The sub began its engines and took off into the deep depths of the harbor. Blossom and Buttercup sighed in relief, but their contentment was ruined when the door crashed and water started filling in.
"Come, let's go," Blossom said. Buttercup nodded in agreement as the girls broke through the ceiling and flew up toward the surface with their respective colors behind them.
"Jeez, you guys really took care of them," Blossom said with a low whistle as she looked at the beaten and tied up Princess and Sedusa. Bubbles and Boomer smiled in satisfaction. Buttercup smirked and shook her head.
"Better than me," Buttercup commented. Bubbles' eyes lit up when she heard the remark.
"Really?" She asked.
"No," Buttercup said bluntly as Bubbles' face fell with disappointment. "But it was pretty good."
The other two fighters laughed as Bubbles rolled her eyes. Blossom breathed in the air and looked at her three companions. "Come on you guys, let's go home. Our job is done here. I'm sure that Ivy will find her own fighters here."
Author's Notes:
WHOO HOO! I'm finally done with chapter 13! That took me forever. I was going to post this Wednesday, but it turned out that I wasn't finished. It took me all Spring Break to write this! I hope you guys are happy. LOL. No, I enjoy writing, so I'm okay.
Anywho, I was going to post this on Sunday, but it just so happened my mom planned an Easter party with EVERYONE over and I just so happened to be the oldest cousin so I had to baby-sit. It sucks. But I posted it on Monday after school! How fun! Anyway you guys, school's back and so is Blaze and Blast so yah, finish it off girls!
Blaze: Read and Review everyone!
For those who don't know:
-Helen of Troy is a tragic love story of the Trojans and the Spartans. Cassandra is a character who can foresee things…mainly bad things…before they happen. If you do know about this story, and your interested in the women of the war (Helen and Cassandra), then I suggest a good book called Inside The Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren.
-A Medley in Music terms is a mixture of different pieces of music blended together to make one BIG song. The medley could go on with different songs.
Review Replies:
Hairy Gregory: Your right, Princess would take that kind of trash from Ivy and yes, Ivy is furious with Boomer…but I think she has bigger problems other than Boomer - The Powerpuff Girls. Well, as you can see, her wounds certainly healed up quickly and they are all nicely bandaged and disinfected. Anyway, thanks for Reviewing Person…LOL
Tonifranz: As usual, you're right. Brick WILL be the hardest. In fact, he'll last longer than Butch will. You know, Butch maybe a dimwit a times, but deep down I think he has a good and logical heart like Buttercup…he just has a hard time saying so (that and that he's sorry). I'm so honored I gave you ideas for your fight scene! That makes me happy. . Anyway, great job on your story and thanks for the review!Whitedragoness: For you, I'll make a really nice and green-like BC/B romance…LOL. I'm glad you like the story.
Fangwriter: -gasps- Oh no, did I confuse you? I didn't mean to! I'm sorry! -breaks out in tears- Anyway, I thank you for reviewing me anyway
Animegirl171: Thanks a bunch for reviewing me!
Bubblebean022: Nah, actually I find most BB/Boomer romance too mushy. Blossom and Brick are my kinda couple cuz I can relate to them more…and Butch and Buttercup, but I'm glad you enjoyed the romance between the blues. Don't worry there will be romance with them…that's why it's a genre! Hey that sorta rhymed…maybe not. Thanks for reviewing!
Neo Star: -gasp- Wow, author of "Some Angels are Ruff" reviewed me? I'm blown away. Anyway, Thank you for reading the story and reviewing me!
Libertygirl0115: I'm sorry I nearly killed you without updating for so long, but I really hope that you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reviewing!
Ja Rule: Well, Ja Rule, I hope I made you a happy little reader by updating. Thanks for reviewing!
I want to thank all my reviews and Koorihana (a dear friend of mine) who nagged me to update this story! I hope you enjoy the chapter and peeps remember - NO FLAMES! Anyway, L8er days people!
Next chapter: Chapter 14: The Traitors
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