Author's Notes: I love Christmas break! It gives you a time to relax and write! Anyway…hello people and welcome to the chapter that shows the fight that determines everything. Sorry if I left you suspense last chapter. Anyway, enough talk. Read to see what happens…
Chapter 19: A Small Measure Of Peace
Somewei
It seemed like the world stopped.
They were gone…the Doom Girls were gone and all for a noble sacrifice. Blossom clutched her heart and tried to make sure she was breathing. Everyone watching the fight was silent and the Powerpuffs and Rowdyruffs could do nothing but stare in disbelief. The Doom Girls, the last people they expected, were gone all because they saved Blossom from certain death.
The silence was broken when the six heroes heard a familiar wicked laugh. The redheaded female leader looked up and found Ivy laughing triumphantly. Gritting her teeth, Blossom stood up as tears brimmed her eyes. She clenched her fists in anger. All Blossom could feel was anger towards her enemy. For too long this woman was able to laugh and now she was laughing at the Doom Girl's demise.
"How dare you…" Blossom hissed. "How dare you laugh. You have no right to laugh…"
Ivy stopped laughing and looked at Blossom, "I have every right to laugh. I created them and brought life into them and they dare turn against me! For what? For your safety? Their pathetic efforts won't matter in the end because in the end, child, you will be gone. The thing only of you that will remain is everyone's memory of you and how you disgraced them. So, those girls just wasted their lives for nothing!"
"No Ivy…I'm afraid you're wrong," Blossom said as she started to sob. She had seen this in her vision and this was what broke her heart. She could have stopped it, but she didn't. They lost their lives and she did nothing. "For too long you haunted everyone in their dreams and in their lives. For too long you have sat upon that excuse of a throne and proclaimed yourself ruler. For too long you made everyone live in fear…"
The ruffs and the two puffs looked at Blossom and were shocked to find her glowing a soft pink. Ivy narrowed her eyes once she noticed the light emitting for Blossom's body. Blossom clenched fists started to shake and her tears flowed even more freely.
"Today is the day, Ivy, that my sisters and I along with the Rowdyruffs will stop your tyranny and bring peace once again to both Townsville and the world. Today is the day when the women, men and children will be able to live their lives freely without you scaring them into submission!" Blossom said as her voice rose in anger. "No more, Ivy! No more! This ends now!"
Ivy kept her narrow eyes on the emotional leader. She was neither laughing nor smirking like the previous times the Powerpuff Girls had become defiant. She knew that Blossom was serious and judging by the looks of the pink aura, she knew that Blossom was going to be difficult to defeat. She floated down from the sky and when she touched the ground, she walked evenly towards her opponent. She stopped about a yard away from Blossom and in a low, challenging voice said, "What makes you so sure that this ends now? You had tried to beat me by yourself. What makes you certain you'll win this time?"
"Because Ivy," Blossom proclaimed, her voice strong. "I'm not doing it by myself."
Ivy looked at her confused, but she soon narrowed her eyes when she noticed Bubbles and Buttercup float to their respective spots next to their sister. The villainous woman was about to comment, but was cut off by Blossom continuing, her voice filled with anger, "When you came here, you challenged three people that shouldn't be taken lightly. Three people who are very hard to get rid of. Do you want to know who that is?"
Ivy stayed silent as if trying to register what Blossom had said. Her eyes narrowed even more, if it was humanly possible and then said mockingly, "Are you going to go into your monologue again, Blossom? Because I am certain that every time something like this happens, you start blabbing about my ending reign and how my day of termination is coming. Every time someone is hurt emotionally or physically, you began to ramble your heroic monologue trying to convince both of us that you're not quivering in your shoes."
Ivy continued on, but not once had Blossom or any of the other heroes had said anything. The female villain finally noticed that the redheaded leader was not speaking, not showing any emotion towards her small speech. The only expression Blossom wore was a calm one, patiently waiting for Ivy to stop speaking. Blossom finally noted that Ivy did actually stop speaking and said, "Are you done talking to yourself?"
Ivy growled in response, "Are you asking me that so you can start to talk?"
"No," Blossom said calmly. "I'm asking you that because once you shut up we can begin this fight. You're taking to long on your harangue. So, if you're done, can we start?"
Ivy pursed her lips together in utter distaste for Blossom's newfound attitude and instead of commenting the amoral woman got into a fighting stance.
Aaron typed furiously on his computer despite the fact that the building was shaking with tremendous force. His light blue eyes never tore itself away from the computer screen as the scientific and mathematical formulas appeared and disappeared. He desperately needed to know the significance of the Jade necklace. Out of nowhere, a short beep came from his computer's fax machine. He rose an eyebrow as he walked over to the fax machine and pulled out the papers. As he read the message and work on it, his eyes widened. He looked up with a triumphant smile. Resting in his hand was the importance of the necklace.
"Turn your guns onto the shields!" Miller yelled over the sounds of the battle. After Princess's betrayal, Miller immediately gathered his troops and then went on a full frontal assault. Of course, being villains and having inventors on their side, they also had force fields that protected them from any type of attack. However, they too had an inventor and genius on their side and was lucky when John Utonium handed the fighters for Townsville laser guns that could penetrate the villain's force fields if enough force was applied.
The men listened to Miller and turned their laser guns onto one spot on the shields. Despite the fact that the men were busy trying to break through the shields, the villains also continued their assault on the troops. Princess had assumed full command over her own force and ordered a frontal assault on her enemies as well.
Now, it was neck and neck between who would win and both leaders on both sides were too stubborn to loose. Princess smiled, knowing she would win this battle. She had villains with powers on her side. She turned to the Gang Green Gang and ordered them to attack the troops that were trying to break through their shields.
They nodded and left their spot. They crawled through the bubbled shield and ran towards their enemies. Grubb rolled himself into a ball as did Big Billy and both rolled down towards the men and collided with him. Several men managed to stay up and continued working on breaking the shields. The men that were knocked down immediately stood up and once again joined their companions on their task. They were again struck down when Ace tossed Little Arturo into the mess and the little green boy began to trip the taller men. Several were once again thrown down whilst several managed to stay standing up.
From abroad, Miller growled when he noticed what the Gang Green Gang was doing and turned to a unit of men waiting patiently for orders, "Go help them by making sure the Gang Green Gang does not interfere with their work!"
The men nodded and immediately headed towards the struggling men and the Gang Green Gang.
Blossom's fist clashed with Ivy's face and sent the wicked woman back. The pink puff charged at her opponent and began to assault her. Ivy managed to act quickly and dodge at majority of the younger girl's attacks. She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her back and realized that Boomer had kneed her in the back. The blue ruff moved back as Blossom clasped her fist together and hit Ivy downwards. The woman started tumbling to the ground and expected to connect with the hard concrete surface, but never did. Brick caught her by the ankle and roughly tossed her towards Butch.
Ivy finally broke free from being tossed around and managed to jump over Butch before he had a chance to snatch her. She turned around and kicked Butch on the side of his head. The green ruff flew from the impact and began skidding along the ground until finally he crashed into a nearby building. Buttercup retaliated for Butch by trying to throw a punch at the older woman, but Ivy grabbed Buttercup's arm and flipped the girl on her back. The redheaded woman put the green puff in a headlock, stopping all of the other ruffs and puffs.
"Let her go!" demanded Blossom. Ivy laughed.
"One more life on your conscience, Blossom!" She exclaimed as she tightened her grip around Buttercup's neck. The teenage girl choked out in lack of oxygen and struggled to get a breath. Ivy slowly and painfully tightened her grip around Buttercup's throat and the green puff could merely cough. The older woman continued to laugh until she was cut short by an unknown force kicking her on the side of her face. Buttercup gasped out, trying to catch her breath once more. Ivy growled as she looked at her attacker. Butch glared at the older woman as he wiped some blood from his forehead.
"Teaches you not to mess with my girl," He returned the growl.
"Butch," Buttercup rasped, "Get her sorry little butt for me."
The green ruff smirked and cracked his knuckles, "My pleasure, BC." As he took off and charged at the woman that threatened Buttercup's life, the raven-haired puff collapsed on the ground, panting. Blossom took her cue from Butch as did the other two ruffs and charged at the woman. Bubbles, on the other hand, ran to her fallen sister.
"Buttercup, are you alright?" The concerned blue puff asked.
"Do I look alright to you?" snapped Buttercup despite the fact that she was having trouble breathing. Bubbles cringed and then looked at the others and saw them fighting. She glanced back down to her sister just in time to hear; "I can't go on, BB. If I fight anymore I may not be able to breathe. I need to stay here."
Bubbles nodded, grabbed her sister underneath her arms and dragged her behind several big cement blocks that fell from a nearby building. She hid her sister behind there and said, "You stay here BC and rest." A familiar scream startled Bubbles and the blue puff looked back at the battle just in time to see Boomer tossed back, green mist surrounding the blue ruff. Bubbles gasped, "Boomer!"
"Hey Blondie," Buttercup said quietly, "Go help your boyfriend, his brothers and our sister."
Bubbles merely shook her head in defiance, "No. I will not leave you here defenseless."
"Go," The green puff said firmly, her emerald eyes glaring into her sister's azure orbs.
"But…"
"GO! "
"Princess," Sedusa yelled over the sounds of the battle, "The rebel forces are penetrating our force fields. If they keep this up, they'll break through them and we'll no longer have protection."
Princess frowned and then shouted at Sedusa, "Let's take extra precautions. Head over to the supply depot and get the extra force field spheres. Also, put more security on the supply depot and the palace. Do not let anyone get into those places." Sedusa nodded curtly and ran towards the hidden supply depot that lay hidden by several large buildings.
Princess turned back to the battle and shouted, "Push forward. Do not let any soldier get away! Use your powers if you need to!" Without much hesitation, each of the super villains began laughed evilly as they unleashed their powers upon the fighting forces.
From afar, Captain Miller paled in fear and began shouting commands once more, "Pull back! We will not last here! Pull back!" He brought out a small radio and said into it, "Gertson, we'll be needing that sabotage party right about now."
"Roger." crackled the radio. Miller then switched channels.
"Keller, be ready with ambush parties," The young captain said, "We are going into the final stages of this battle." Miller turned off the radio and shouted commands once more to his troops. "Fall back into the city!"
As the soldiers began pulling back into the city, HIM cut them off. In his prissy voice, he said, "Now, now, now, where do you think you're going? The Party just started." His voice grew deeper at the end of sentence as he began to grow into a larger version of himself. The men on the ground backed up in fear.
"Fan out!" Came the cry of one of the younger men. The soldiers swallowed their fear and began spreading out to confuse HIM. The red man growled as he tried stepping on the scampering men. From a short distance, more units of men were making a dash for the ruined city of Townsville. They, too, were cut short by Femme Fatale. The men looked at one another.
"You think you can get passed me little boys?" The female villain taunted.
"Leave her!" Commanded Captain Miller. "And fall back into the city! Don't stop until you've reach the city!"
The men nodded at one another and began running around her. The female villain watched confused and then growled when she realized that the men were running away from her. It was then that she, along with several other villains, began chasing after the retreating units of troops.
"Calling John," came a voice over the radio. John Utonium picked up his walkie-talkie and lifted it to his mouth. There was only one person that could be contacting him at the moment: Captain Keller.
"John here." He replied and then waited to hear what Keller had to say.
"John, put up the shields around the base. Ambush parties are about to begin. The villains are heading in your direction!" Keller ordered. John replied and then turned to one of his computer operators.
"Turn on the shields." He ordered. Immediately the computer operator began typing in various codes and orders and after a moment, the shields turned up. The computer operator then typed in more codes and the computer brought up a video of what was happening outside. Sitting down next to the operator, John waited to see the next move of this battle.
Captain Gertson looked at the hopeless faces of his troops. Each looked tired and broken. Pursing his lips together, he looked back at the battle and found Captain Miller shouting commands over the roar of laser guns and shouts from the soldiers on the battlefield. He turned back to his men with a grim face. He gazed over their faces and found a little of himself in each of them. He closed his eyes and began a silent prayer. He opened his eyes and stared straight into the eyes of each man, "Gentleman, I do not know whether or not we will make it out of here, but all remember that heart of a volunteer and the heart of a soldier is the strongest weapon out there on that battlefield."
Each man listened intently as Gertson continued, "During World War II, many people thought it was hopeless to regain what was lost, but there were those out there that saw it differently. They saw that it was possible to have streets and candy shops full of laughing children once more. They saw that it was possible to rebuild a world where nothing but hatred resides and make it full of happiness once more. This woman wants to take away your families and your lives. Don't let her take it from you. Don't let her fill this world with hatred. Fight for your freedom and for your families and country."
Each man nodded as determination filled each of their expressions. Gertson pulled out his handgun and flashlight; "Let's take this Princess off of her throne. Men, head over to the enemy's supply depot."
The men gathered up their belongings and with determined faces, followed Captain Gertson as he ran towards Ivy's palace. When they came to a tall, stone wall, they unleashed ropes from their guns and once the ropes were secured onto the wall, they began to climb up the wall. They had to get inside, they had to take down those force fields.
Once they reached the top of Ivy's palace, they abandoned their respective ropes and continued on to the door that led inside the palace. Sneaking into the building and avoiding any security cameras, they each went down floor by floor until they reached the ground floor. Gertson peered out a large window and found Princess's back facing towards them as she watched the battle unfold before her. Making a single to his men, they each quietly ran passed the window and across the room. Stopping near an open exit, Gertson turned back to his troops and told them in a whisper, "Alright guys, there's the supply depot. Let's get rid of their supplies and get out of there."
Once again, the men followed their leader outside the building and towards the supply depot. Once they reached the supply depot, they fanned out and began placing small bombs onto the supplies. They were suddenly stopped however, when they heard a female voice call out to them, "Trying to sabotage our supplies, are you? How cute…thinking you can sabotage us, the villains of the world."
Gertson and his men froze where they were. Peering out from where they stood, they found Sedusa smiling back at them. Coiling a strand of her thick black hair around her finger, she coyly continued, "I don't think I'm gonna let that happen."
She stopped playing with her hand and began to walk towards the men. Each seemed frozen in their spots. They could deal with guns and other enemy troops, but they didn't know how to handle a super villain. Gertson suddenly shouted, "Retreat!"
Gertson's troops started scrambling to the exit, but were stopped when Sedusa closed off all the exits with her wild hair. They paled and turned to her. She was giggling wickedly and laughed even more when her hair grabbed Gertson by the neck. "Tsk, tsk, thinking you could leave. Don't you know it's not polite to leave a lady behind."
Gertson started choking from the lack of oxygen and his men sprung into action, trying to save their leader. Sedusa growled and pushed them back with her free hair. "Be good little boys and let mommy take out the trash."
Sedusa's hair tightened its gripped around Gertson's neck and the captain's face turned blue. She was surprised when Gertson kicked her stomach and scrambled away from her. The female villain gasped out from the surprise and then glared at the retreating older man. Her hair shot out once more, taking Gertson by the legs and dragging him back towards her.
Dangling him in the air, she growled, "Didn't I tell you to stop running away from me?"
Gertson again surprised her when he threw a rock and it hit her pale face. She cried out in pain and let go the man. He ran away again, but his attempts were in vain because she immediately grabbed him again. Howling out in anger, she screamed, "FINE! HAVE IT YOUR WAY!"
She threw him towards the palace walls and he collided with the wall. Since he was only a human man, the impact knocked him out and broke several of his bones in the process. His men looked at the female with wide eyes as she turned her fierce glare towards them, "Anyone else want to play?"
Silence filled her ears.
"No? Alright then…"
With that, she walked out of the supply depot. The men thought they were safe when she disappeared from sight and ran up to their leader. They were shocked however when they found that Gertson's watch was missing. The very watch that could set off the bombs that was placed in the supply depot. They tried escaping, but fear consumed them when all the exits of the supply depot were suddenly blocked off.
From afar, Sedusa was laughing hysterically. She pushed a button on Gertson's watch and several bombs exploded from where the supply depot was. Once the raging fire calmed itself, she tossed the watch aside and muttered under breath, "Thank goodness that was only a decoy depot…"
"Blossom," came the tired voice of Aaron. The redheaded puff stopped fighting Ivy for a brief second and left the battle to her sister and the Rowdyruffs, "Blossom, we have a weakness in Ivy. We also found out the importance of the jade necklace."
"Give me both quickly." Blossom ordered as she dodged Butch, who came flying at her because Ivy tossed him to the side. Aaron sighed, but it was not a sigh of distress, but rather a sigh of happiness.
"That's the point." The blonde boy said through the ear-piece. "Both are connected. The jade necklace is Ivy's weakness."
"So, what?" The pink puff said. "We destroy the jade necklace and Ivy dies? Is that it?"
"No," Aaron responded quickly, "I found out that the jade is organism because there are many other organisms in it. Ivy steals the strength of the greatest warriors and uses their powers to defeat her opponents. Did Ivy have any of your guys' attacks?"
"Yeah," Blossom answered. "She had Butch's lightening attack."
"Did the boys at any point feel weak while they were fighting?"
"I don't know."
"Well, she may have drained them of their energy and acquired their powers while she did it." The blonde teenager said. He paused briefly and Blossom could hear the faint sound of typing. "Are you sure that they weren't drained. You didn't notice anything odd in their fighting?"
"Wait!" The hot-tempered Powerpuff leader exclaimed. "During the first fight against the Doom Girls! The boys were doing perfectly fine, but then they started getting weak. This gave the Doom Girls an advantage over them and were able to defeat the boys and us."
"That's when she must've gotten the boys' powers." Aaron concluded. "Be careful Blossom. She may use their powers against you. Did she do that to you at all?"
"No," Blossom paused, "I don't think so, but she could've done it at any point without our knowledge."
"True. Listen, you have to get rid that necklace. You do have it with you, right?"
"Yeah." The redhead replied. "Buttercup has it with her."
"Destroy it."
"But…"
"Trust me."
Blossom silently agreed and went to her sister. She found Buttercup lying behind a rock to remain clear from Ivy's attack and vision. The green puff looked up when her sister appeared beside her. Giving a weak smile, Buttercup said, "What's up Leader Girl?"
"BC, you need to destroy the jade necklace we stole from Ivy." Blossom commanded. With that the pink puff left and rejoined the Rowdyruffs and Bubbles. The five continued to assault Ivy, but the female villain had the upper hand. She remained confident until she heard Buttercup call her. She looked at the Powerpuff and her eyes widen when she saw that the girl had her jade necklace in one hand her eyes glowing red.
"Say goodbye to your strength." Buttercup said with a smirk. Before Ivy could react, the Powerpuff unleashed her eye beams and destroyed the beautiful green jewel in her hand. All six then looked at Ivy and excepted something horrific to happen to her.
At first Ivy's face stayed in a shocked expression, but her face then twisted in a sickening grin. She burst out laughing like a madwoman. The others looked at her questioningly. Through her laughs, she said, "YOU FOOLS! You're too late! I had taken those heroes' powers so long ago they are forever within my body! All you did was get rid the Rowdyruff powers within me!"
"Aaron." Blossom growled as she never took her eyes off the amused woman in front of her. "What happened?"
"I don't…I don't know." Aaron stumbled. "I thought that was it."
"Apparently not."
Keller waited silently in the shadows of the ruined city. In random spots around the city, units of men waited to the command to ambush or waited for villains to come near them. The young captain had heard the command of Captain Miller to prepare to use his ambush parties and that's exactly what he was - prepared.
He could faintly heard the men yelling out commands as they ran away from the villains that were chasing after them. His eyes narrowed when he saw a familiar monkey robot coming towards them and a female dressed in white swinging from building to building. They were almost here.
He looked across the street and saw a young man looking back at him. Keller nodded at him and the young man did the same thing back to him. The young man suddenly turned around, whispered some instructions to the men behind him and then turned back towards the street. The monkey robot suddenly appeared after several men ran passed the ambush party. After several seconds, the young man lifted his gun and fired directly at Keller. Instead of a bullet being fire, a rope did with a grappling hook. Keller grabbed the rope as soon as it was near him and then fired the rope back at the young man. They repeated the process until Mojo's monkey robot's legs was tied up.
The robot monkey was tripped and tumbled down until its glass dome crashed when it came in contact with the ground. All around Keller could hear his men yelling as they jumped out of their hidden spots and ambush the villains. He smiled proudly when he realized that the ambush parties had been successful.
They had managed to capture Femme Fatale, Mojo Jojo, the Gang Green Gang, the white cat and many more. Little did they know that one lone Captain Miller was now facing off against the three most dangerous villains at the moment: Princess Morebucks, Sedusa and HIM.
Aaron sat shocked at his seat, trying to figure out what went wrong. He had the answer and then nothing happened. Ivy was supposed to be defeated once Blossom destroyed the jade necklace. But it didn't work. He looked down at Vanessa's calculations and then noticed that she was written underneath her calculations and diagrams: MUST BE IN EARLY STAGES FOR IT TO WORK!
Ivy was not in any early stage. She had stopped being dependent on the jade necklace but this point. His efforts were useless and he had done nothing to help the girls other then giving them a false sense of hope. Burying his face in his hands, he suddenly felt worthless. He could do nothing more than wait.
The doors to his room suddenly burst open as John walked in, his face twisted in anger. Aaron jumped when the doors burst open and then looked at the older scientist confused. John angrily told him, "Princess betrayed us!"
Aaron blinked. Princess betrayed them? He hadn't seen that coming.
"She did?" He asked dumbfounded.
"Yes!" John snapped. "And since she betrayed us, how can I trust you? I was also informed of your failure on the jade necklace! My operator was watching the girls and was listening to your conversation! You knew it wouldn't work!"
Aaron suddenly realized he was also being accused of being a traitor and immediately tried to explain himself. He didn't betray anyone. Princes might have, but not him. However, John did not believe him, and ordered his computers to be shut down and to be put under house arrest. Several people whom John had brought with him instantaneously grabbed Aaron's computers and took them out of his room.
John gave Aaron one more glare before turning around and stalking out of the young boy's room. The door slammed shut behind him and after hearing several clicks on the outside, the young blonde boy realized he was locked inside. At first he was angry at the false accusations, but then understood Professor Utonium was only being a parent and trying to protect his daughters.
Sitting back in his chair and sighing heavily, Aaron sat down and waited. He could do nothing more than that - wait.
"Buttercup, I need you to do one more illusion." Blossom ordered her sister. Buttercup leaned her head back down on the ground. Her breathing wasn't harsh, but her body was weak and tired. Surely Blossom knew that.
"I can't." She whispered. "Blossom, I can't."
"You have to." The pink puff begged. Buttercup groaned out of protest. "Buttercup if you don't do this, then we'll never beat Ivy. Please, do this."
"Why?" Buttercup asked. "Why should we do this? We've lost. We can't find a weakness on her. She's too powerful. Blossom, why can't you accept the fact that the Powerpuff Girls have finally been defeated. We finally met our match."
Blossom couldn't believe what she was hearing. Buttercup had given up hope? She had given up on even trying. Was this her tired body speaking? No, it wasn't. She had really been feeling like this for a long time. The pink puff had closed her eyes, "We are doing this for our lives. For the children's lives. For our family. I fight so everyone can live peacefully. Even if it is a small measure of peace, but that small measure of peace is worth fighting for. That's why we are doing this. The Powerpuffs aren't defeated. Not by a long shot."
Buttercup looked at her sister and then looked at Ivy. She struggled to get up, but eventually accomplished it. Although she was in pain she looked back at her sister. She gave Blossom a small smile and then concentrated on Ivy. When she was ready she looked back at the evil woman and in a low, deep growl, she said, "Take this, you poor excuse for a woman."
With a sudden wave of power, Buttercup unleashed her last illusion.
Princess narrowed her eyes.
Sedusa should have been back by now, but she wasn't. The teenage girl had abandoned her post when she realized that many of the villains had been captured. It was pointless now to even stay where she was standing. She had then realized that they had not captured HIM nor Sedusa, and thought that perhaps the three could counter. Of course, Princess believed, if that failed she could unfreeze her accounts and run away from Townsville. She had spent enough time in prison when she was little and she was not going back.
As the auburn-haired teenager looked for Sedusa, she noticed that the decoy supply depot had been bomb and there was several people buried underneath the rubble. Sedusa's doing, she had figured.
Princess had suddenly stopped when she heard several muffled cries and a stick breaking in half. That was too suspicious to go unnoticed. Bringing out her golden Sais, Princess cautiously crept around the palace grounds. She was shocked, when she found Sedusa tied up and Captain Miller pointing his gun at the teenage girl. He suddenly yelled, "Put the Sais down and I won't shoot!"
The teenage girl would have laugh had the situation was not so serious. Did this man honestly believe that she would listen to him? This captain was nothing compared to all the times she, Princess Morebucks, had faced off against the Powerpuff Girls.
She suddenly felt the presence of HIM behind her and she snorted at Captain Miller, "No, I don't think I will."
Miller pulled the trigger on his gun and Princess expertly dodged being shot at by knocking the bullet away with her Sais. Miller blinked confused. How had this teenage girl been able to see the bullet? It was then that he came to the conclusion that she had fought against the Powerpuff Girls so many times that she was used to seeing things fly her away faster than a speeding bullet. He also knew that he had been foolish to challenge her and HIM.
She laughed as she started walking towards him evenly. He became nervous and started firing his bullet endlessly, but they all ricocheted off an invisible shield. He looked up and realized that HIM had put up a protective force field around Princess. He tried turning away to run, but Sedusa tripped him with her tied up legs. As he fell to the ground, Princess grabbed his collar and then thrust her golden Sai into his stomach.
His face pale as he felt the piercing of his skin. He glanced into the teenager's eyes and saw them staring back at him mockingly. With a wicked grin, she murmured, "Bye-bye."
She released her grip on him and took out her Sai. Captain Miller fell to ground, his last breath leaving him as he fell. Princess once again laugh as one fact remained. The captain had passed away.
Bubbles and the others stared at Ivy in confusion. She was hitting nothing but air and her eyes seemed blank. The four looked down to the ground and saw Buttercup emitting a light green glow. She was giving off an illusion. Blossom flew up to them and face them with a grim expression, "Ivy believes she is fighting us and winning. This is our chance! We've got to eliminate her!"
"Blossom's right!" Boomer agreed. The other two boys nodded. The all faced the delusional woman and prepared to attack. Butch, as tired and weak as he was, charged up his electric attack and got ready to attack. The wind began to pick up signifying that Brick was preparing and the clouds were becoming grayer and more overcast showing that Boomer was ready. Glancing up towards the sky, Blossom closed her eyes and heard a familiar voice.
You know what to do. You always have. Open up your heart and hear it.
Reopening her eyes, she glanced at the fighting Ivy. She then turned towards her sisters and both nodded. They knew what to do. They had unleashed this power during their first fight against Mojo Jojo. Turning back to the boys, Blossom murmured, "Let's go."
The boys nodded and unleashed their powers upon Ivy. Blossom watched as the boys attacked the woman with their own assaults and realized that she finally opened up her heart. She opened up her heart, listened to it and now because of it, she knew what do to.
Blossom would get even with this foe. This foe that had destroyed lives and tore apart families. Ivy had discouraged Blossom for quite awhile and it even affected Blossom so much that the pink puff doubted she could ever win. Now, the hotheaded leader felt a confidence that she hadn't felt since she was a little girl. She would get rid of this epidemic and get revenge on her.
By this time, Ivy was aware of what was going on, but the Rowdyruff Boys' attacks were so relentless that the female villain didn't have time to counter.
Rain from Boomer began to fall and thunder and lightening split the sky. The water soothed the girls as they all began to glow their colors: Blossom pink, Bubbles blue and Buttercup green. They were ready to defeat their enemy once and for all.
Coming to together, they joined hands at the center. In the center of their joined hands, a small glowing ball formed and began to change colors from pink to green to blue to red and back again. They watched as the ball got bigger and bigger until finally it was ready.
The boys, sensing that the girls were ready, pulled back and grabbed Ivy by the arms so she could not escape. Ivy struggled with the boys, not even realizing why they were holding onto her so tight. She did, however, realize what was happening when Blossom called out to her, "Today's the day Ivy…"
Ivy glanced up and noticed how the girls looked. They were each glowing their colors and each had a serene expression on their faces. None of them looked worried or scared or tired. They were beyond that point now. She once again tried struggling, but found her efforts to be in vain. Then, with three simple words, the villainous woman met her fate, "So long, Ivy."
With that, the girls released the massive glowing attack. The attack hurled towards the woman and Ivy screamed out in panic as she tried breaking away from the boys. They did not let go until the last minute, when Ivy had no chance of escaping. A bright, white light glowed immensely as a hissing noise from the attack mixed with Ivy's screams. A sudden wave from the explosion shook the earth and the light blinded everyone in sight.
Then there was silence.
Author's Notes:
Well, Ivy's gone now! Everyone celebrate and have a happy dance! Yeah so, thanks everyone for the reviews and please keep them coming! They inspire me to write! I know how many hits I get, so I better see reviews! If I got as many reviews as I do hits I would be at 712 reviews! SO REVIEW PEOPLE!
Next Chapter: Chapter 20: Only Hope
"Success is getting up just one more time than you fall down."
– Doc Blakely