Alister: Behold chapter 5
Rosemar: We own nothing in this story except: Black Heart, Super-Puff, Dimension X, Various Minions, De-Vel, Ress, the emissary of darkness, and Mecha Mojo Jojo.
Alister: Please read and review.
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The Power Puff Girls X
Part 1 Super-Puff
Chapter 5: Super-Puff
Buttercup awoke in a crater in the middle of the street. Whoa, must have hit the ground pretty hard to do this She thought to herself. She slowly stood up and saw Bubbles weeping into her hands. But before she could ask Bubbles why she was crying, Buttercup saw Blossom a few feet away. She was standing with her fists clenched growling angrily into the sky; which, to Buttercup's amazement, was a big, black void.
"Blossom, what happened?" Buttercup asked.
"What happened? What happened!" She shouted as she turned to look Buttercup in the Eyes. "I'll tell you what happened. The Professor has been kidnapped and it's all your fault!"
"What are you talking about! And how is it my fault!" Buttercup screamed back at her sister.
"Don't play dumb if you can help it!" Blossom yelled "You gave your heart to darkness and while we were fighting you, Black Heart came and stole the Professor!"
"No I didn't, and who the heck is Black Heart?" Buttercup countered
"Wait, you really don't remember?" Blossom asked and was answered by her sister's shaking head "Well, why don't I clue you in."
Several minuets passed as Blossom relayed to Buttercup the events that had transpired since early that morning.
"No way, I don't believe it" said buttercup looking bewildered "I became evil. The last thing I remember was that bat and something about power of darkness. Oh! I didn't hurt you, did I Blossom?"
"Na" she answered "Though I think I may have bruised a rib." She said light-heartedly "Well anyway, down to business. What do we do now?"
"What do you think; we clobber Black Heart and save the Professor." Buttercup said confidently.
"I don't think it's quite that simple" a skeptical Blossom answered "I mean, Black Heart probably has the Professor in his stronghold, it won't be easy to get him out." Buttercup replied:
"So, that's what fists are for, come on." With that the three flew off, straight into the dark void in the sky.
After what seemed to be an eternity, the three Power Puffs emerged from the darkness and passed through an arch into a barren wasteland. The sky and ground was rust colored, and the only visible landmarks were: the arch they had passed through and a strange looking object in the distance.
"Well, now what?" asked Blossom
"We kick but, that's what." She said with assurance.
"Look!" said Bubbles, pointing at the ground where, two strange alligator-like creatures were standing with laser rifles trained on the girls. Without warning they fired bright lasers at the Power Puffs. This was either an act of udder stupidity on their part, or a complete underestimation of the girl's power. Either way, it was the last mistake they would be making for quite a while. Leaving the battered and bloody bodies of the creatures behind them, the girls continued on until they heard a voice:
"Ah, Ress, my liege." The girls turned to see: a dark-blue bat coming in for a landing. He landed and, closing his eyes and bowing over his left wing, he continued to speak. "I was not expecting you so soon. But it is a pleasure. I am confident that Black heart will be pleased with your arrival. And, surly he will be delighted with the knowledge that these two have also chosen to use the power of darkness."
"Um, and you would be who?" asked Buttercup.
"Oh dear me! Have you forgotten me already? I am the emissary of darkness." The bat answered, puzzled.
"So you're the one then, the one that made me go to darkness." Buttercup said, her anger clearly rising.
"What are you talking about? Hey! You're not Ress" the bat said as he finally got a good look at Buttercup. Buttercup formed a ball of lighting in her hand and said:
"Payback time!"
"No please, have mercy!" the bat shouted as he tried to fly away, but it was too late. Buttercup growled and threw the ball, it hit its target. The bat was completely incinerated and as the bat's blackened body fell to the ground, Blossom spoke.
"I wonder why you fell to darkness so easily Buttercup."
"I can answer that." A mechanical voice said. The girls turned to see a strange looking dome. It had lights near its' bottom that lit up when it spoke: "Darkness lingered in Buttercup's heart, this lured the emissary to her. The duty of the emissary is to lure souls to the darkness where they are lost to their own evil. Buttercup's evil was anger, greed, and jealousy and was locked within her heart. However when she became Ress the darkness in her heart consumed her and began controlling her every action."
"You seem to know a lot about me." Buttercup said "just who are you anyway?"
"I am one who was lost to darkness" it answered in a lifeless mechanical voice. "I died and was reborn in darkness, for it was darkness that killed me." The dome lifted itself out of the dirt and a humanoid machine appeared from the inside the dome. The machine was short, painted metallic black, and looked almost furry. The girls gasped and cried:
"Mojo Jojo!"
"Correction" he it said "when my body ceased to exist I was no longer Mojo Jojo and now I am Mecha Mojo Jojo!"
"Whatever" Buttercup said mockingly "either way this still ends the same way." With that they launched themselves at the machine and in less then seven punches it was down. However destiny dictated that Mojo was to have the last laugh. As the machinery crumbled an explosion went off and when the smoke cleared the girls found themselves captured.
The Power Puffs were caught in a strange green goop and to make matters worse they were surrounded by ten more alligator creatures. Then to the surprise of the girls one of the creatures spoke.
"Do not attempt to escape" it said in a lifeless voice "the goop cannot be broken". With that the horde of creatures took the goop in hand and dragged it across the landscape. Along the way Blossom tried to probe the creatures with questions but was answered each time by silence.
After an immeasurable amount of time the group of creatures came to a stop in front of a strange object. It appeared to be a stone statue of a replalycanth (cross between a snake and a lycanthrope werewolf) perched on a cliff. It's snake head originated from a muscled torso and it's claws dug into the ground, these seamed to be the support beams of the statue. The rest of the statue's body was hidden by the cliff face and the mouth of the snake head, which was twenty feet above the Power Puffs, was open.
With a mighty heave the girls, goop and all, were thrown up into the snake-like mouth and they fell down it's throat. They fell a long way, screaming the entire time, before they hit solid ground. The force of impact was just enough to shatter the goop. The girls got up and saw that once more they were surrounded.
They girls stood at the center of a stadium and the seats were lined with more alligator creatures. Each of the hundreds of enemies had laser rifles trained on the girls. That was not counting the two that had their rifles aimed at the professor who was also sitting in the stands. They knew that they were not fasted enough to save the Professor and still make it out alive.
"Come on! Can't you guys give us a break?" Blossom said with contempt. Suddenly the girls turned to see Black Heart stroll through a door onto a balcony. They didn't know how they knew his name, they just did.
"You know, I was really expecting more of a challenge." He said with delight. To this Buttercup answered:
"Well come on down here and fight, that'll be enough of a challenge."
"I would, but I have other matters to attend to" Black Heart said while completely ignoring Buttercup's threat.
"Like what?" Blossom shouted
"Why, destroying your world of course." The villain answered. "And don't try doing any heroics because my men have orders to shoot both you and the professor if you move more then the slightest bit."
"Blossom, what do we do?" Buttercup asked, her fear clearly showing.
"There's nothing we can do." Blossom answered gloomily.
"Yes! That's it, fall into despair.' Black Heart said happily "And enjoy your misery for when I return from conquering the Earth, you and your Professor will die together, just as a family should." With that the room broke out with laughter from Black Heart and his minions. Suddenly the Professor stood up and yelled:
"Girls, forget about me. You have to stop him, remember you're a team.' He was silenced at that point by one of the guards who pushed him back down into his seat.
"He's right girls." Blossom said bravely "remember as a team we can do anything." They put their hands together in a familiar teamwork pose, and then everything changed.
The evil laughter died as the girls were enveloped in light, pink for Blossom, light-blue for Bubbles, and green for Buttercup. And where the colors met white light was created. Soon the room was flooded with bright light. Despite this, Black Heart's minions managed to keep their rifles level, but when the light faded they were dumbfounded. The Power Puff Girls were gone, and in their place stood a new warrior. She wore a white dress and cape, her hair was black and eyes blue. She looked at Black Heart and chuckled.
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Alister: I hate cliffs.
Rosemar: Well, to bad. The readers will just have to what till next chapter.
Alister: Read and review.
Rosemar: And come back soon for chapter 6: The Collision of the super powers.