On another note, I'm happy that I've got this chapter out and I found it very difficult to write, but I'm not going to say why. You'll actually have to read the chapter to find out why. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the chapter and read on…
Chapter 17: Promise My Heart
Somewei
March 7, 2006
Two weeks had passed since Blossom's and Brick's fight and the redheaded teenage boy had once again adjusted to his new surroundings of having a family and friends. These two weeks have also given him a chance to think about what Blossom meant when she said she was sorry. She had said it before to him, but every time she said it her meaning confused him.
Brick sighed heavily as he walked into the rehabilitation room where he found his adoptive mother, Sara Bellum, studying papers that were clamped to a clipboard and Blossom lying in her hospital bed unconscious. Brick cringed at the bruises that covered her arms and face. The bruises that he gave her. Taking in a shallow breath, Brick said, "How is she?"
Ms. Bellum looked up and noticed Brick looking down at his counterpart. She smiled slightly. Somehow that girl had released all his anger out and brought him back to the Brick they all knew. Shaking her head, she looked down back at Blossom's statistics and replied, "Well, you beat her up pretty bad. John says that all the pains, cuts and bruises are finally taking its toll on her. With enough rest and recuperation, she'll be back on her feet. She'll be sore, but will be back on her feet."
Brick nodded and didn't response. Ms. Bellum sighed and walked up to Brick. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and gave a gentle, motherly squeeze. Brick looked down to the floor and in response to this action, Ms. Bellum said, "It wasn't your fault."
The red ruff looked up at his mother confused as she continued to speak, "You didn't ask for the fight. It was Blossom that made that decision. She went up to Ivy and demanded that you two fought each other. She knew that she was going to get hurt and she knew you were going to get hurt, but she did it for a reason."
"The reason," Brick sighed, "was to bring me back to this side. Maybe if I wasn't so stubborn nothing would have happened to her. Maybe if I wasn't so angry at her for no apparent reason nothing would have happened to anyone for that matter."
"Brick, you can't blame yourself for that," Sara insisted. "Like I said, Blossom made a choice. She listened to her heart and followed it. That's something she never does. We all know that she thinks more with her head than with her heart. It took Buttercup, Bubbles and you boys turning to Ivy's side for her to realize that. Blossom would be very disappointed in you, Brick, for believing this was your fault. If there is a person who is at fault it is Ivy. She's to blame."
Brick just shrugged his shoulders and walked off toward a little corner in the room. In that small corner was a fragile wooden chair in which Brick placed himself in with a disconcerted expression written on his face. Sara Bellum, figuring that no more could be said to her son, left with a small sad smile and a quick glance at the unconscious Blossom.
Ivy was not happy about the turn of events. First, Brick is brought back to Blossom's side and now she finds a note that says her computers were no longer applicable. Of course, Ivy didn't believe the note and checked the computers and low and behold, the computers crashed due to a virus. The female villain looked down to the note and growled.
Hope you have fun trying to reboot your computers. It was very amusing for us to download that virus onto it. By the way, sorry about your little pals. They got in the way and Princess had to do something to them. Apparently, she got a little carried away.
Have fun,
Aaron and Princess
The redheaded villain crumpled the note in her fist and growled as she threw it on the ground. Whether the place was clean or not did not matter to her anymore. Her computers were ruined, her windows were broken from Princess' little show of anger and the place was in complete ruins. She turned her piercing eyes towards the Powerpuff base and growled deeply.
"MOJO!" she screamed. The taut monkey scrambled in and soon after Ivy screamed another name, "HIM!" The red creature seeped into the room and stood next to Mojo Jojo. Ivy turned around and said, "Assemble all forces and start preparing them for battle. I'm too impatient for Blossom's next move. We hit them now when they're weak."
"Forces?" Mojo asked as he cocked an eyebrow.
"Yes," She hissed agitated, "Forces. All criminals like the Smith family, the Gang Green Gang, Sedusa, Femme Fatale, Fuzzy Lumpkins, and so on. Do I have to spell it out for you!"
The two nodded and scurried out the door, fetching all hard-time criminals like themselves. The female villain once again turned her gaze out towards the horizons and in a low, dangerous whisper said, "I'm going to get you Blossom and I'm going to make you beg for mercy."
Heaven sat by Blossom's bed and stared at her with tears in her eyes. She had struggled to keep them back, but eventually they just flowed freely down her face. She was so scared. Scared of what the future might bring. Scared that if Blossom goes out again, Heaven might not see her only friend again. She sniffed back some tears and closed her eyes. She brought her clutched hands up to her mouth and she started whispering a silent prayer.
"Heaven?" a voice cut through the silence. Heaven jumped, startled, and turned towards the door of the rehabilitation room. There she found John Utonium standing and looking at her with sincere concern. Walking up to her, he asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," She said, her voice cracking from the crying. She wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand and tried to hide the fact that she had been crying. It didn't fool the professor though. He already knew she was crying.
Sitting down on a chair next to her, he stated, "Heaven, I know something is bothering you."
"Yeah," Heaven confessed after several moments of silence, "something is bothering me. I've been thinking lately and although I know it's Blossom's sole purpose and job to protect others even if it means her life, I can't help but be afraid that I'll never see her again. Just look at what this fight did to her. She's been out for two weeks now. I know I'm being selfish, but I want her to stay and not fight. I couldn't bear the thought of loosing my friend. I mean, she's like my second sister."
"I know how you feel. Everyday I would see my girls go off and fight and I would be worried I would never see them again. Whenever I look at them, I see three perfect little girls who are filled with nothing but kindness and innocence and it breaks my heart sometimes to see them already mixed up in a web of deception and heartbreak," John confessed."Really?" Heaven asked.
"Yes, but you know what I'd tell myself. They were born because they must protect us. They started out as a project to give me a perfect little girl, but I ended up with three super-powered little girls that are all equally perfect in my eyes. That 'accidental' dose of Chemical X everyone says was put in there by mistake isn't really an 'accidental' dose. Although I didn't mean to put it in there, it was suppose to happen. All things happen for a reason. And that event was because the girls were meant to protect those they love. So, I can understand where you are coming from and I know you are scared you'll never see them again, but you must have faith in them, Heaven, that's the only way they'll get out alive," Professor Utonium acknowledged.
Sniffing once again, Heaven smiled weakly and said, "Thanks."
John returned the smile, "Glad I could help." Knowing they reached the end of the conversation, the professor excused himself and left the room, leaving Heaven to reflect on the wise words of the professor. Glancing at Blossom with the same weak smile, she pledged in a faint whisper, "I'll have faith in you, Blossom, I promise."
March 8, 2006
"Did you find a way out?" Dandy asked for the hundredth time within the hour. Daisy glared up at her sister and returned to trying to pick the lock that kept them in. Becoming impatient, Dandy said, "You know, Ivy's really an idiot. Putting the lock on the inside. I would have put it on the outside. I mean, I know that she's under a lot of stress, but come on."
Dawn glared at her sister and the blonde shut up. Without warning, a click was heard and Daisy stood up from her crouched position, a triumphant grin on her face. Turning to her impatient and agitated sisters she said, "We're out!"
"'Bout time," Dawn snapped. Daisy rolled her eyes and then motioned for her sisters to follow her. The three girls exited the room all thinking the same thing…what an idiot Ivy is…
The three silently traveled through the halls of Ivy's palace, trying to locate the kitchen. Silenced whispers broke through the darkness and stillness of the palace. The three sisters looked at each other and discovered that it came from Ivy's room, which they were next to. Leaning in, they all listened to the conversation between Sedusa and Ivy.
"What are you going to do after you defeat the girls?" Sedusa asked. Although the Doom Girls couldn't see it, they could practically feel Ivy smile.
"Take over the universe obviously."
"But what about the Justice League? Or Major Glory? They could stop you from doing so."
"Those ridiculous heroes?" Ivy snorted.
"I would hardly call Superman or Batman ridiculous," The other female countered. "They've won their fair share of battles just as much as the Powerpuffs."
"Please," Ivy said arrogantly. "I've defeated Superman's kind – the Kryptonians – before and Batman is just a human. He has limits. Besides, I've seen all of the Justice League's weaknesses. Granted, there are more heroes out there, but they shouldn't be a problem."
"Why choose the Powerpuffs then?"
"Because they are persistent. They don't give up and they have the capability to defeat anything that comes up against them." Ivy said. "I'm not about to let my odyssey towards universal domination get stopped by some puny little girls."
The two women stayed in silence until finally Sedusa asked, "Since the Doom Girls are exact replicas of the Powerpuffs, what are you going to do about them? Are they going to stay on as your bodyguards or something?"
"Are you kidding?" Ivy laughed. "They are replicas of the girls which means they have the same moral sense and nobility. If the Rowdyruff Boys, who were originally evil, could turn against me, then those girls can too. No, I'm going to decommission them – permanently."
That was enough for the Doom Girls. They pulled away from the door and ran down the hallway. They came upon the door that led to the roof and took it. Once they reached the roof, Dandy broke out in hysterics. "They're going to kill us!"
"I should have seen it coming," Dandy growled. "Ivy is so much of a coward, I should have seen it coming."
Daisy saw her sisters being hysterical and being the only one with a level head said, "No matter. We are going to pretend to serve Ivy, but at the right moment we are going to help the girls win. I may not like the girls sometimes, but if they win and Ivy is defeated, then that could ensure the safety of our lives."
"They may throw us in jail though," Dandy pointed out.
"I'd rather spend time in jail than die," Dandy sniffed and Daisy nodded in agreement. Shrugging, Dandy sighed and followed her sisters off the roof.
"Protect me…"
"I can't…"
"Why?" Blossom stared at the dragon guardian. "You always have been able to. I'm scared."
"I am sorry," Dragon said, sorrow filling his voice. "But I have fulfilled my purpose and you have figured out who I am. I no longer have use."
"Please don't leave," Blossom begged. "I don't know what to do anymore."
Dragon chuckled and snaked his way up to the young girl. He transformed into a silhouette of a young man her age and he kissed her forehead. "You know what to do. You always have. Open up your heart and hear it. Remember, I am always protecting you."
"Promise me that," Blossom whispered. The young man smiled.
"I promise you," He said.
"No," The emotional puff said. "Promise my heart."
"I promise your heart."
A pain shot up through her back as she slowly opened her eyes. She released a small breath that she didn't know she was holding and tried to take that pain that was emitting from her back. She was about to fall back to sleep when someone shouted, "Blossom, you're awake!"
Blossom suddenly felt two arms encircle her in a hug and almost instantly knew it was Heaven. Unlike Bubbles' hugs, Heaven's were softer and encircling her shoulders – Bubbles encircled the neck and were mercilessly tight. Giving a weak smile, Blossom said, "Hi Heaven."
Heaven smiled back and then turned around and shouted, "Guys! Come quick! Blossom's awake!"
Without warning, a stampede of her friends and family filled the room. The Powerpuffs instantaneously jumped on Blossom's bed and gave her hugs while giving their welcomes. Once her sisters were done, her parents gave her gentle hugs and Sandy said, "We're glad you're back sweetie. We were so worried about you."
"Hell yeah," Boomer piped up. "Welcome back Blossom!"
"Yeah," Butch agreed. "Welcome back Red."
Ms. Bellum then came up to the pink puff and gave her a hug, "I'm so happy you're back. I don't think I could have taken another day with you unconscious. Your sisters are so mischievous when you're no there."
Blossom rose an eyebrow in their direction and Buttercup and Bubbles gave innocent smiles. Falcon then said with a cheeky grin, "How you feeling, Commander Blossom?"
The redheaded puff leader rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, thank you very much. My body hurts a little, but I'm fine."
Blossom then sat upright on her bed, her feet dangling over the side. Silence filled the room when John's little cell phone rang. He excused himself and immediately left the room. Sandy then turned her attention to the teenagers in the room, "Come on kids. Let's let Blossom have her rest."
Everyone began to file out of the room when Blossom called Brick back, "Brick wait! I need to talk to you for a second."
Brick nodded and stayed behind while all the others left the room. Heaven glanced back at Blossom and Blossom glanced back at her. The young girl gave her a small smile as she left the two in peace. She knew what Blossom was going to do and hopefully things would turn out okay.
"Did you get the information I asked for?" John asked as he entered the main control room. Aaron glanced at the professor, an unsatisfied expression gracing his boyish features.
"No," He replied bluntly. "This gem's a complex organism."
"Organism?" John asked, raising an eyebrow. "As in a lifeform?"
"Yeah," The young boy replied. "That's what's weird about this gem. I mean, the outside is like an actual jade necklace, but the inside however is like a living organism. I don't know. It's hard to explain. It's like it's an alien…I dunno…thing."
"That's because it is," The older man murmured. Patting Aaron lightly on the shoulder, he said as he began walking out, "Try and figure it out. Something tells me that this is a key figure to Ivy's defeat." Sighing, he continued to depart when Aaron called him back.
"Hey, uh, professor," he asked. "What if its not?"
He stared of into space and took in a deep breath. "I don't know. We'll just have to figure out something then to defeat her. Until then, that little jewel is our last hope for survival and prosperity." Aaron smiled at him and John left without another word, his thoughts troubling him to no end.
Brick stared at Blossom and Blossom returned the stare. Both could feel the awkwardness and Blossom began to regret ever calling him back. Deciding to break the tension, Brick asked, "What did you want to talk about?"
The pink puff immediately panic and didn't know what to say. Brick stared at her for several more seconds and turned around to leave when Blossom said, "Brick, I have something very important to tell you. Something that could affect how we act towards each other."
That immediately turned Brick around with a worried expression, "What's wrong?"
Why does this have to be so hard? The pink puff thought to herself. Sighing, she began, "Brick, I…I…"
"You what?" The red ruff asked, beginning to get impatient. He could see the girl go pale and began shaking. What ever it was, it had to be important. She didn't say anything and Brick pressed the matter again, "You what?"
"I…" Blossom stuttered. I can't do this that's what…
"What Blossom?" Brick snapped.
"I love you," She blurted out. The red ruff stared at her not knowing what to say. The last girl that told him that was Mia and she wasn't exactly on Brick's favorite persons list. He blinked several times, trying to register what she said. He didn't know what to think about this. He was so confused and yet not confused about what she said. Did he feel the same? Yes, she was a beautiful girl. Yes, she did have a tendency to become bossy, but didn't he also? Finally, he came to a conclusion.
"I…" He began. "…can't love you."
Blossom could literally feel her heart breaking in two. She looked down to the ground and tried to suppress the tears that threatened to break free from her eyes. Plastering on a smile, she looked back up at him. Somehow she knew this would happen and that's what she told him in a small whisper, "I know."
"I'm sorry Blossom," He murmured. Feeling awkward there, he turned around and left. Blossom slowly got up from the bed and went towards the door. Pausing, she didn't know what to do. Finally, she closed the door and locked it. She clutched her heart and took in shallow breaths. She did the only thing that she could think of.
She screamed.
Heaven looked towards the direction of Blossom's hospital room and knew what was wrong. Tears brimmed her eyes as she suddenly felt the pain Blossom was feeling. Closing her eyes, she let the tears fall for her pained friend and began whispering small prayers for Blossom. Opening them, she said in a small whisper, "I'm so sorry, Blossom."
Blossom took in deep breaths in hope of calming herself down. Her heart was beating fast. What was thinking? Telling Brick that right after she had just woken up and he had barely returned from Ivy. Of course, he didn't love her. She sat on the hospital bed and closed her eyes. What an idiot she was. She bit her bottom lip, trying to stop the pain that was emitting from her heart.
She finally broke down and cried. She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling, silent cursing herself. Her body began to shake uncontrollably as loud sobs escaped from her. Her opened palms that rested her on legs had closed when small drops of tears fell into them. She slowly lied back down on her bed and buried her face into her pillow. She inhaled deep breaths as she continued to cry uncontrollably.
"What an idiot I am," she sobbed. "What was I thinking?" She brought her face out from her pillow and wiped the tears from her puffy, red eyes.
Infatuation.
That was what she had, she decided. She had mere infatuation and she wasn't going to let it get the way of her job. Her feelings for Brick was only infatuation that was brought upon because she saw what Boomer and Bubbles had…because she saw the playfulness that Butch and Buttercup had. She was Blossom and she was going to be the mature one and let it go.
Yet…
Why did it hurt so much?
March 10, 2006
Brick set down a bunch of scrolls of paper on a table in the training room. His brothers and the two Powerpuffs looked down at the table shortly and then looked back up at him confused.
"Where did you get those?" Buttercup asked as her emerald eyes scanned over the rolls of paper. Bubbles leaned over her sister's shoulder and then looked back up at Brick with uneasiness.
"Blossom's room," The red ruff answered. Bubbles and Buttercup looked up at him and the green puff cocked an eyebrow as he continued, "I actually saw them and decided to enhance them a bit."
"Blossom's not going to like that," Bubbles muttered and her sister merely nodded in agreement. Butch and Boomer, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind their brother's action and just looked over the plans with interested or perplexed expressions on their faces.
"I saw Blossom's idea of a full-scale attack and decided that it would be better if we kept one or two behind and made sure the base is safe and the people aren't harmed," Brick explained. It was the blue puff's turn to cock an eyebrow and then threw a look at her sister. Buttercup returned the glance and then shrugged. Brick noticed the restlessness of the two puffs, but merely ignored them.
"That's not going to happen," Butch pointed out. "Because won't the super villains try to attack?"
The red ruff began to speak, "That's exactly why we need to have two stay behind and – "
"That's not going to work," a newcomer objected. All eyes turned toward the entrance where they found a beaten and exhausted Blossom, whom was leaning on the doorframe for support. Brick cringed at the sight of Blossom and a wave of guilt washed over him. He turned his back on her and took in a deep breath. His brothers and the two puffs noticed Brick's reaction, but didn't say anything.
"What do you mean it's not going to work?" He asked, never turning to look at her.
"You forgot about Daisy, Dandy and Dawn," Blossom began wearily. "That's why I decided to use the Hoplite Phalanx so that way everyone here at the base could defend themselves without us being there."
"The Hoplite Phalanx?" Brick questioned as he rose an eyebrow. It was at this point that he turned around to face his counterpart, "And just why did you decide to use that ancient Greek tactic? What use could it be? How could everyone here at the base use it?"
"To answer your first question, I am using it because it helps shield them while pin-pointing the villains' weaknesses. Furthermore, my father could easily direct everyone that is involved," Blossom explained. "Th others could also my father's inventions while we go fight Ivy."
"The others? As in the idiots that live here?" Brick questioned as he crossed his arms over his chest. His anger was beginning to take over him as he listened to Blossom's objections towards his plans and ideas.
"Hey!" Buttercup interjected hotly. "Watch your mouth buddy-boy otherwise there'll be some serious butt kicked."
"Yeah! A lot of those idiots are our friends and family," Bubbles reminded him quietly.
"And it's a wonder that Miss Know It All hasn't turned into one since she's relying on them oh so heavily," Brick growled. "Though, she's already at the beginning stages of it."
Blossom narrowed her eyes and tried to keep her anger in check. She knew that both were at a vulnerable stage and she didn't want to risk having Brick turn on them during a fight. Buttercup, antithetically, didn't mind running that risk because she then returned the growl, "Blossom should have never brought you back."
"Buttercup that's enough," Blossom warned immediately. The green puff ignored her sister.
"Listen here, red boy, you've been gone for quite some time now," Buttercup snapped, "and I don't like the way you barge in here and think you can take over. I don't know who or what gave you permission to barge into my sister's room, take the plans she's been working on and call them your own. Leader Girl here has been leading us for quite some time without your help."
"Yeah," Brick countered, "well look how far you've gotten in things. Almost a year has passed and not once had you even budged."
"One more insult," Buttercup warned, "that's all it takes – one more insult. I swear, Brick, you better watch it. You're on my hit list and I'm not afraid to attack you. I have some tension built up and I'll be glad to release all that tension on you."
Brick was about the reply when Blossom loudly interrupted, "That is enough! We are both on the same side. Now, we will figure out a plan that involves what we all want to happen and not just one of us, and none of us will argue about it." Blossom turned a glare at Brick and Buttercup. "Both of you better start acting like adults and quit acting like kids!"
"I wish Blossom never brought you back," Buttercup muttered after several moments of silence. All eyes turned on her, either in shock or in anger.
"Buttercup!" Blossom said in a scolding voice. "Apologize!"
"No!" Buttercup said enraged. "I'm tired of him. He comes here and thinks that he can just take over! He disrespects you and not to mention he completely ignores whatever you say. He acts like he's the king of the world! I know Butch and Boomer are used to it, but I'm not! I'm not going to follow his orders anymore until he starts to treat you like an equal instead of some lowly peasant!"
"Buttercup, he and I came to an agreement during our fight!" Blossom protested, but Buttercup seemed persistent to not back down. Her anger remained as she glowered at Brick. Her glare softened barely when she turned to Blossom.
"Agreement or not," The green puff growled, "I'm not going to follow him."
She stormed out of the room in a hurry and Blossom tried to follow her but was stopped when Bubbles gently put a hand on her shoulder. "Let her go Blossom. She needs time to think on her own."
"Getting off the subject," Boomer quickly interrupted, causing the others to turn all their attention to him, "What are we going to do to defeat Ivy? I mean sitting her and arguing about what's going to get done is not going to help. We seriously need to put all our ideas together to create a plan."
"Okay then," Brick said. "Do you have any ideas?"
Boomer smiled and nodded. He pointed to Blossom's plan of the Hoplite Phalanx, "Blossom's plan of using this ancient tactic is a good one because we need the people here to defend themselves considering the fact that we're all going to be with Ivy fighting her off." Brick opened his mouth to interrupt, but Boomer continued, "I called a friend who used to serve in the military. He has connections that could potentially help us. What he did is he called several cops who agreed to help."
"And how is this going to help us?" Butch asked questioningly.
"That's what I want to know," Brick said impatiently.
"Well, my friend, Captain Gertson, and his friends made a plan and gave it to me," Boomer said. "We use Blossom's plan to distract the villains and then have the officers and all other volunteers attack when the villains least expect it."
"Kind of like a Calvary," Bubbles pointed out. Boomer nodded.
"So wait," Blossom stopped the conversation, "The plan is this thus far, a division of volunteers and officers are going to use the Hoplite Phalanx to attacks the villains…"
"Right," Boomer said. "This is Division A."
"…Then Division B will come at some given point of time and surprise the villains," Blossom concluded. The blue ruff nodded. "What happens after that?"
"More importantly, what if it fails?" The red ruff also questioned bluntly.
"That's what Division C is for," Boomer explained. Everyone in the room rose an eyebrow causing the blonde teenage boy to just smile, "Division C is kind of like a sabotage and hostage group where they secretly go in and capture the leader of our opponents and then sabotage all technology being used by them."
"I like it," Butch said.
"I don't know…" Brick said, doubt dominating his tone.
"What about all the remaining citizens that aren't fighting?" Bubbles asked. "Won't they get hurt if they accidentally get involved in the fight?"
"Evacuation," Blossom stated simply. "We evacuate everyone underground. If they're underground, it's a bit more safer than taking them somewhere farther because we don't know how far our fight with Ivy will extend."
"I disagree," Brick opposed. "What if the ground caves in? We could loose a lot of lives. Or what if Ivy unleashes an attack that has some dangerous chemical and it seeps underground? Again, we could loose a lot of lives. No, it's too risky. We should send them to Citiesville."
"This is where I disagree," The pink Powerpuff objected. "If a radioactive attack is released then it could very well reach the bays of Citiesville just as fast as it could underground."
"We could fly them somewhere else," Bubbles suggested, but Boomer shook his head.
"No," He said, "That'll take too long. Time is both our weakness and strength. If we loose time to prepare we could be caught off guard. That's what Ivy is waiting for."
"Not to mention," Blossom also pointed out, "If she sees us leaving, she could attack while we're not there and leave us weakened and no base to return to. So flying the citizens somewhere else is out of the question."
The puffs and the ruffs sat in the room quietly, all debating amongst themselves where to put the citizens. Finally, it was Butch who spoke the conclusion they had all come to out loud.
"We can all safely agree that no matter where they go, they're in danger," He said exasperated. "Why don't they just pick somewhere and hide."
Everyone shot Butch an aggravated look before they returned to their silence and their individual arguments. Bubbles finally broke the silence once more, "I have a question: Who is the villains' leader? I mean, you said Division C would capture the leader, but who is it?"
"We have reason to believe that HIM is running this operation," Boomer replied.
"That's great and all," Butch interjected, "But I also have a question, how in the world are we going to defeat Ivy? We've all tried at one point to defeat her, but she also seems on top."
"We've realized she uses brute strength. She does have some intelligence and a lot of advantages, but she constantly throws them away and ignores all advice," The redheaded Powerpuff said. "We plan on using that to our advantage. We plan on using her arrogance to be her downfall."
"Not to mention, we have Aaron running scans on Ivy's jade necklace as we speak." Brick added. "There has to be some reason as to why that little necklace holds great importance to her. We're hoping something comes up so we can use it against her."
"Okay then," The green ruff said as he sighed, "While Captain Gertson leads the battle here, we go and kick her majesty off her royal throne." He then came to an realization and said, "Wait…who's leading us on our campaign against Ivy?"
Everyone stared at Blossom and Brick. The two leaders looked lost and didn't know what to say. Bubbles, on the other hand, did. "I vote for Blossom!"
"What are you kidding me?" Her counterpart objected. "Brick should lead!"
Bubbles pouted, but then smiled at him. "How about they both lead? Blossom can lead us while Brick leads you guys. It's worked in the past."
"Yeah," Butch said sarcastically, "But we were either fighting against you or doing our own individual fights. We've never fought on the same side before. I don't think it'll work."
"He's right," The hot-tempered ruff agreed. "Blossom and I are too different. It could never work."
"So what are we going to do then?" Bubbles questioned. Everyone looked at her slightly perplexed. "I mean about the citizens and the leadership role?"
"As for the citizens," Brick uttered. "Well…let them do whatever they want. If they want to be idiots and kill themselves, then so be it."
Blossom and Bubbles looked at him shocked. They knew he could be ruthless, but this is where they drew the line. Blossom disturbed expression twisted into one of displeasure and said with bitterness, "You're right. We are too different." Brick, Butch, Bubbles and Boomer looked at her. "Bubbles, order an evacuation. We're not risking the loss of any lives."
"Where to?" The blue puff asked.
"Under the city of Citiesville. The professor found a network of tunnels that leads to Citiesville," Blossom explained, her eyes never leaving Brick, "Have them go through there."
Bubbles nodded and left. Brick then exploded, "Are you crazy? The mayor there won't ever agree to it! Having citizens go there will take time!"
"Which is why I am doing it in secret," Blossom said. "Brick, you are going to lead the boys and I am going to lead my sisters. There is no way you or I are going to submit to the other. And I am not going to risk the disobedience of Buttercup."
"But you're willing to risk arguments between you and myself?" The red ruff countered.
"I highly doubt that if either of us lead there won't be any arguments," Blossom said. "Whether I lead or you lead, there will be some arguments between us. So, we might as well swallow our pride and actually be the mature ones and not argue."
"I'm cool with it," Butch said with a lazy shrug.
"So I take it this is it?" Boomer asked.
Blossom nodded, "We take our final stand now. We crush Ivy."
Author's Notes:
Finally! Chapter 17 done! Yeah, sorry about the whole Brick/Blossom thing, but, you know, I needed to have something dramatic (-snorts- everything in this story is dramatic). Yeah so, as I said previously, no rude comments towards the reviewers or me and now here are review replies
Review Replies:
Cutie4ever: Hey I'm glad that you like my story!
Lil Fang: LOL! I'm glad you like the action. Unfortunately, there wasn't that much in here, but there will be some next chapter…plenty of it, I promise! If there wasn't any, then the genre wouldn't be action/adventure! Yeah so, I'm glad you liked the chapter!
Hairy Gregory: Well, you got to see something about the jade, but I don't think we're going to find anything more about it until later. Anyway, yeah, things have gone bad for Ivy and it seems she isn't too happy about it. Let's see what both parties do next, eh?
Kezzer: -blushes- well, my story isn't one of the best, but thank you anyway! Yes, finally things are looking good for the good guys, but how long will it stay that way? Dun, dun, dun! Anywho, stay tuned for the next YAY! I updated again! I really need to work on updating faster!
RayeBBG: Well, here's the next installment of Silent Enemy! Hoped you liked it!
Tonifranz: I know. Ivy's starting to show her flaws, and although that may be a bad thing for her, it's a tremendously good thing for the good guys. Blossom and Brick plan to use that to their advantage. Speaking of which, I share your view about Blossom and Brick's relationship. Both are so stubborn, arrogant and hotheaded to get along…though that's what intrigues me about their relationship. As you can see, I made the two realize that in this chapter when Blossom says: "You're right. We are too different."
Besides their personalities making them disagreeable, their leadership roles also cause a problem, but not with just them, but the others as well…as Buttercup so strongly said, she wouldn't follow Brick until Blossom straightened up and took responsibility again. The boys on the other hand have a mutual respect for her and wouldn't mind (much likes Bubbles doesn't mind) being lead around by whoever. So, hopefully, they can work something out as you said, but it'll be a battle of wits to see who is the leader in the end.
Yeah…thanks peeps!
Somewei
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