Hi everybody. Hope you all had great holidays and everything, yeah. So here's the next chapter. lol, sorry its short, and the plot is kinda lame, but I'll try to make it pick up soon. Tips/feedback is good. Thanks, Enjoy.
Chapter 7: Arisen Quest
Brio suddenly leapt at one of the robots and placed a powerful kick to its face, but was instantly knocked down by another.
Brio stood up, dusted himself off and smirked, "Is that all you've got?"
He warmed up his laser vision and let out a powerful, silver-white beam at his opponents, but unfortunately, not putting a dent in their new and improved black metal armor.
The robots began firing their laser cannons again, and Brio dodged each one and quickly took cover behind a parked car.
We'll see how they like this..
He closed his eyes in meditation, placed his hand solemnly over his heart, knelt down to one knee, and gathered pulsating life energy straight from his heart.
He waited until the robots has slowed their intense firing before leaping out onto the street, gritting his teeth in fury and slamming his fist into the ground, causing the most powerful Cardio Pulse Wave blast he had ever done. The impact created a phenomenal invisible force that shook deep into the ground and the air as well as it radiated all around the point of contact, the manmade epicenter. Even these extremely powerful robots were shaken off their feet and damaged on impact as the earth quaked beneath them.
When Brio had finished pouring out as much power as he could muster into the blast he felt his heart beating weakly in his chest like an injured bird trying desperately to fly. He fell to his knees, grasping his heart and breathing heavily, not even noticing the robots as they stood again, battered from the blast, but still functional.
Brio was then pounded into a nearby building when he was blasted with inhuman accuracy by a powerful red antidote X beam. When Brio tried to stand up again he found himself to be temporarily paralyzed.
His eyes glowed white and his entire body was soon covered with a shining white aura as he tried desperately to power up for an Adrenaline Rush.
But as the robots closed in on him, he felt his eyelids growing heavy and his mind drifting into a black, dreamless sleep.
No.. wait.. he felt himself calling faintly inside his mind, and then it all went black.
Mojo Jojo sat at a large computer, grinning at a screen that took up nearly an entire wall. On the screen was a large map of Townsville, and little red blinking dots that represented each of his droids. Their task was to control the city: disable the police department and hold the mayor hostage. Everything was going to plan, especially since the Powerpuff Girls had fled the city. He drummed his fingers on the console gleefully, occasionally glancing behind him and chuckling.
Behind him was Quasi, grunting and growling in rage as he struggled beneath the grip of two droids that were holding both of his arms.
"I still don't understand," he complained between grunts, "why don't you let me go after them?"
Mojo chuckled, spinning his chair around and standing up.
"You have failed me Quasi, twice. First, when you failed to apprehend the fourth Powerpuff, and second, when you let all of them GET AWAY!"Mojo's voice rose in fury and intensity with each word, causing the other monkeys who were busily working on more and more droids to jump and instinctively run and hide.
"It wasn't my fault, they just disappeared out of thin air, I swear it," Quasi protested.
Quasi groaned loudly as the robots tightened their grip on his arms even more.
"I don't want to hear it. You've proven more than once that you're too incompetent and too stupid to be trusted with anything."
"If I'm so irresponsible then what did you even need me for? Those robots made by your little monkey buddies are powerful enough as it is," Quasi spat, causing Mojo to smirk a little.
"That's exactly what I was thinking. Strange.. Maybe you're not as stupid as I thought," Mojo said, "I was just starting to wonder if I even really needed you anymore."
Quasi snickered, "You know I'm the most powerful villain who ever lived, there's no way you could be dumb enough to give that up."
"Oh, no I'm not going to give you up," Mojo explained, "I'll just use your power for myself."
"What?"
"You may be too foolish to realize just how much potential you really have, but I'm not," Mojo grinned as he watched Quasi's astonished reaction, "which is why I've decided to simply take your power for myself."
"You CAN'T!" Quasi roared, lurching at Mojo and being quickly yanked back by the droids.
"I can, and I will," Mojo sneered.
Blossom flew out of the city of Townsville as fast as she could, the world blurring past her as she flew east from the city. She looked behind her nervously to see if she had escaped the robots and saw Bubbles flying towards her a few feet back. Bubbles looked as though she had changed dramatically within the past few minutes, for a look of anger and determination covered her usually cheery, smiling face.
Blossom waited until they were many miles out of the city limits before she dropped back in speed and was flying alongside her sister.
"Hey Bubbles," she said nervously, finding her sister's silence disheartening, "..are you okay?"
Bubbles stared ahead in silence, seemingly glaring at the task that lay before her. Blossom watched in awe as Bubbles silently lurched ahead, instantly independent of her "older" sister.
Blossom opened her mouth, about to shout an order for her to stay back, but stopped herself just in time. She even smiled a little bit as she watched Bubbles shoot forward towards her destination, a new kind of fire and drive burning inside.
They crossed over the foamy beach and into an endless sea of blue water and salty breeze. The sheer vastness of the ocean was breathtaking, for they flew for miles and miles without any land in sight.
They flew that way for what felt like hours, Bubbles in front for a change, seemingly leading the leader. Even with their super speed, the time seemed to pass slowly, and when the sun finally started to rise on the sea's horizon Blossom could already tell this was going to be a looooong day.
However, once the new day was born, the orange sunrise suddenly began approaching them at a rapid rate as they flew through many time zones in the blink of an eye. Such a surreal sensation, to be flying so fast into the daylight, seemingly defying the laws of space and time.
Blossom shielded her eyes from the blinding golden rays, and dropped her speed dramatically as she struggled to see. Bubbles, however, seemed to drink in the sun's light, and it only pulled her even farther ahead. Just as Blossom was about to tell Bubbles where Greece was, her blonde-haired sister turned very slightly to the right, heading in the direction of Greece, with no questions asked or words spoken. In no time she was out of Blossom's sight, completely on her own to conquer this challenge.
Blossom smiled and veered to the left, heading even deeper into the unknown of her destination.
Buttercup muttered to herself as she flew south, way south. She turned her head back as she grouchily watched America disappear quickly into the ocean as she flew farther and farther away.
"Stupid Brio, thinks he knows everything.. Bah, I could've taken those robots on by myself," she grumbled to herself as she flew past the equator and wiped her brow.
She thought these kinds of things for a while, before succumbing to her inner doubts and fears.
Who am I kidding? I would be nowhere without Brio or my sisters.. She thought, disgusted with herself. Everything is hopeless, I might as well just give this thing up right now.
Buttercup stopped in midair and turned to look back at where America had been, but now appeared to be long gone. She deeply considered just turning back, giving up, and not even trying.
But as expected, the words of Brio still rang in her head, despite how much she insisted that she wouldn't listen to them at all. If one of them failed or gave up, the other two's efforts would be completely useless.
I'm not going to betray my sisters like that... she thought, I'll try, but if this doesn't work I'm going to kill Brio when I get back there..
Buttercup continued to grumble and complain to herself as she flew towards Antarctica once again, only they were more in annoyance rather than selfish pride.
Bubbles continued on to Greece without so much as a peep. She stared heedlessly into the blinding sun as it bore down on her mercilessly, her very being seeming to absorb its energy.
Bubbles scowled and increased her speed yet again, not even breaking a sweat after her long journey over the ocean. She descended closer to the shining blue water, staring at her reflection.
A foamy white trail followed her usual baby blue streak as she flew across the rippling sea. She sighed and closed her eyes in deep thought, images of all the recent events flashing in her mind. Her heart sunk in hopelessness and fear as she recalled the painful strength of the QuasiMojo robots, the unbreakable grip the QuasiMojo empire would soon have over the city in their absence.
She gasped when she saw the image of the Professor imprisoned in Mojo Jojo's lair.
Oh my God! Bubbles thought, What if they kill him!
The Professor in her mind was hungry, weakened, sickly, near death. Painfully thin, heaving and coughing. She felt a single tear slip from her eye and fall into the breeze.
How can we ever stop them?
She opened her eyes and looked at herself reflected in the water as she skimmed across the glassy surface of the ocean; the girl that was staring back seemed emotionless.
Look at you.. You're nothing but a weak, cowardly little girl. How can you possibly save the world?
Bubbles' scolding inner voice was countered with a confident one, one that surprised Bubbles as it echoed in her mind. How? Like all the other times you saved the world.
Bubbles smiled a little at the thought. Duh, she and her sisters had saved the world countless times, and none of them were ever easy. This was just another one of those times.
Well, if the whole world is counting on me I'll try not to disappoint them, Bubbles thought to herself before speeding up and rocketing towards her destination, determined not to let her family down.
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