Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi: Boomer's Story

Chapter Fifteen: "The Face of Heaven"

Brick's eyes widened at the sounds he heard from behind, followed by the silence. He remained silent, but inside, every corner of his mind screamed in agony. His stomach became knotted at he felt as if a large man had struck him in the chest once he heard the "Thud."

No…no…it can't be. It just can't! thought Brick, still turned away. He felt his eyes grow hot and wet.

He looked over to Weasel and the others, who were looking outward with shocked looks on their faces. Brick couldn't bear to look.

Suddenly, someone said something.

"Whoa…dude, look!" said Coop, pointing outward.

Brick turned. Brick didn't exactly know what ghastly sight he expected to see once he turned around, mostly because he couldn't bear to visualize. But, whatever he was expecting, this sight certainly wasn't it.

Brick's jaw lowered.

"What…the hell?" he said.

Several minutes ago…

"What choice do I have?" Boomer whispered.

Bubbles looked out in horror as Boomer bowed down to Blaine's cruel ultimatum. She struggled to get free, but Blaine's arm around her neck would not let free. Jerking at his arm, wiggling, even biting did nothing. Bubble's was ashamed that she could have been taken by surprise like this, and horrified that now it might mean the end of Boomer's life.

No…no, he wouldn't, thought Bubbles. He can't.

"DAMMIT, BOOMER, DON'T DO IT!" yelled Brick from another field.

I can't let him do this, thought Bubbles, staring at Boomer.

"Listen to him, Boomer!" she yelled out. "Don't listen to him! I'll be fine!"

Boomer looked at his hand and closed his eyes. Bubble's eyes widened in horror.

"I'm sorry…for everything…everyone," he said.

No! Why is he doing this? thought Bubbles.

Then, as if to answer her question, her mind recalled that moment, hours ago, at the playground when Boomer theatrically revealed his love for her.

Immediately, Bubbles felt terrible.

He's doing this because of me, she thought.

Brick yelled out something to Boomer, among the yells of horror from everyone else, but Bubbles blocked them out of her mind.

This is all my fault. Boomer's gonna die because of me.

Then Bubbles realized this would be the second time she had killed Boomer.

Boomer began to raise his hand to his head and blue energy began to charge in it. Desperate, Bubbles called out to Boomer once again.

"STOP IT, BOOMER! DON'T!" yelled Bubbles.

"Shut up, all of you!" yelled Blaine. "It's his decision, whether he wants to die on the inside or the outside."

Bubble's glared in anger at Blaine.

How could he even do this to Boomer? For almost no good reason?

Inside, her heart burned with a rage that could not accurately be described by any adjectives in the English language. The fact that her struggling could not allow her to break free and do anything about it only intensified that anger.

Boomer's hand began to shake, as it filled with power.

It can't end like this, yelled Bubbles inside her own head. He can't die like this!

Bubbles thought back to how they talked on the couch only less than an hour ago; however, now it seemed like an eternity had passed since then.

He's nice, and sweet, and he's been through so much…it can't end like this! Especially since I…

I…

Love knows no logic or thought. It comes when you least expect it. At one point, it just dawns on you, and nothing you can say or do can make you believe it was just a fleeting thought. Suddenly, your mind and heart realize it's a fact and refuse to let you forget it.

Boomer's eyes were closed and his finger was up to his head, flowing with energy.

"GODDAMMIT, DON'T DO IT!" yelled Brick.

There has to be something I can do, thought Bubbles, terrified.

She tried desperately to think of someway to get out of this; someway to stop Boomer from doing this, but she couldn't think fast enough.

Boomer looked like he was ready to carry out his sacrifice.

Bubbles, with tears forming in her eyes, yelled out.

"DONNNNN'T!" yelled Bubbles.

"Goodbye…" said Boomer, eyes closed. "I love you."

At that moment, all her recent memories of Boomer fled through her mind; the playground, him at the house, their talk, his dramatic speech to Blaine, and now his attempt to sacrifice himself.

And with those memories of love, with it came a great hatred for Blaine. All the fury she had kept inside intensified a thousand fold.

Suddenly, without even thinking, she preformed an action that changed the fate of everyone that day.

She looked down at her feet, and realized that she was still able to move those. Without a second thought, she bent her knee, and threw her left heel backwards as hard as humanly possible. The foot connected with Blaine's body, in a certain unprotected area of the male anatomy.

WHAM!

Blaine, caught completely off guard, yelled out in extreme pain.

"AHHHHHHHHH!"

Blaine fell down to the ground backwards, relinquishing his grip of Bubbles in doing so.

Thud!

Blaine lay on the ground, in pain, muttering curses.

Bubble's looked over Boomer, who had lowered his hand in the confusion.

Thank God, she thought.

Once she saw that Boomer was alright, she turned her attention back to Blaine, who was trying to get up, but still clearly in pain. Bubbles, glaring down at him, grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up. Blaine had a look of pure contempt in his eyes. Bubbles charged energy in the hand she was lifting him with, surging blue sparks in his neck. The excess sparks danced through the air, making it look like a fireworks show gone horribly wrong.

"Whoa…dude, look!" said Coop from the field he was in.

Bubbles glanced over and saw Brick with a look of shock on his face. Bubbles shrugged that off and pumped more energy in her palm to shock Blaine.

Blaine yelled out in pain.

"Hot enough for you?" said Bubbles, smiling sinisterly at his pain.

Blaine, furious, finally spoke.

"You little bitch! What the hell was that? Kicking me in the nads? What is wrong with you, you sick bitch! Playing dirty like that?"

Bubbles glared and shocked him again, causing him to grunt loudly.

"I'm playing dirty!" said Bubbles, angry. "You've got room to talk! Taking me hostage and trying to make Boomer kill himself…and you say I'm playing dirty! Well, maybe I am, but at least I didn't go as low as you!"

"This isn't your fight, women! It's between me and Brother. Who the hell do you think you are interfering?"

Bubbles looked down at him, without any sign of regret or mercy. Even though Bubbles is nice and forgiving, she had no amount of forgiveness for what he tried to do.

Boomer, noticing what Blaine had said about Bubbles, walked up to him.

"Don't you talk to her like that!" said Boomer, walking next to Bubbles.

Blaine glanced over at him, and smiled through his pain.

"Brother, how does it feel to hide behind a women?" he said.

Bubbles did not take kindly to that statement and tightened her grip on his neck, and pumped another burst of blue sparks into him.

"You wanna know who I think I am?" she said. She picked him off the ground, swung her arm back, and threw him by the neck into the electric field Buttercup was housed in. Blaine was hurled through the air and landed on the field, which shocked him as if he had fallen on an electric fence. After a moment of shouting and searing pain, he thudded to the ground. Bubbles channeled blue sparks in her hands and he tried to get up from the ground.

"I'm hardcore now!" she shouted as she put her hands together and shot a huge beam of blue light at Blaine. The beam pierced through the air, the sparks from it so strong the hair on the back of everyone's neck stood up. Blaine saw the beam coming, and for the first time since he had been there, had a look of fear on his face. The beam collided with him, engulfing him like a wave engulfs a hermit crab on the beach. Once the beam had hit, Blaine stood still for a moment, then fell to the ground, his clothes smoking from the blast.

"Jesus tap-dancing Christ!" yelled Weasel, aghast. "I don't think he's getting up for a while after that."

Buttercup seeing looked down at Blaine.

"He's not moving…you might have killed him. After THAT, I'm wouldn't be surprised," she said.

Bubbles looked outward for a minute, to see if Blaine would get up, but he did not. He seemed to be out cold.

"Whoa," said Boomer, after seeing Bubbles' display of uninhibited fury. Never in a million year did he think that she would be able to do that at the last minute. Boomer was truly prepared to die. He was one second from ending his life for what he believe in when Bubbles saved the day.

What a girl, he thought.

Bubbles, remembering Boomer was standing right next to her, turned and smiled.

"You okay?" she asked, looking him over to see if he was hurt any.

"Yeah…" he said, looking down, embarrassed.

"Good," she said.

Boomer looked down, not sure what to say. It's hard to think of something to say when you didn't expect to live this long.

Suddenly, he felt Bubbles' grip on his arm. He looked up and saw she was very close to him, with a serious look in her eyes.

"Don't ever scare me like that again," she said. "Do you have any idea how worried I was?"

Boomer looked down, ashamed. He knew Bubbles would feel bad if he had carried out what he planned to do, but he only did it so she would be safe.

"I…I…" stammered Boomer, but he had no idea what to say.

He glanced up at Bubbles, who was staring into his eyes.

"It's okay," she said after a long moment of silence. "I…I know you were just doing what you though was best. But still…how do you think I would have felt if I known you would have died because of me?"

Boomer was surprised and horrified to see that there were tears in Bubbles' eyes. Boomer tried to find words to comfort her, but he couldn't think of anything that would do justice. Yet again, Boomer felt like scum.

Boomer looked down and tears began to form in his eyes as well.

Then, much to his surprise, Bubbles pulled Boomer towards her and embraced him.

"I'm…I'm just glad you're alive," she said, crying. "I'm just glad you're okay."

Boomer remained still in Bubbles' arms for a moment.

She…she really cares, thought Boomer. Once again, a warm feeling spread throughout Boomer's chest, and tears began to form in Boomer's eyes.

Boomer hesitated for a moment, then wrapped his arms around Bubbles as well. They remained in each others arms for only a few seconds. Boomer wanted it to last forever.

"Umm…I hate to break up the moment, but could one of you let us out of here?" said Blossom, from the field. The Professor, Weasel, and others in the electric field nodded in agreement.

Boomer and Bubbles looked over at them, then looked at eachother, embarrassed. They quickly parted and looked in opposite direction.

"Yeah. He's not going anywhere," said Buttercup, pointing to Blaine. "Then, when you let us out, we can figure out what to do with Laughing Boy over there."

Buttercup pointed to the dome in which Brisbaine was confined. Right now, Brisbaine was standing in disbelief at what had just occurred moments ago.

Boomer, who had honestly forgot about Brisbaine during the whole ordeal, thought about what Buttercup would do when she got her hands on him, and smiled.

Boomer felt as if someone was staring at him and looked up to see Bubbles staring at him. He looked behind her to see Brick was staring at him to.

"What is it?" he asked.

"You smiled," said Brick, over the static.

"I've never seen you do that before," said Bubbles.

"He hasn't," replied Brick.

Boomer, who hadn't even realized he had smiled looked down.

"I guess…I have something to smile about now," he said, looking at Bubbles. Bubbles' smiled back.

"Ahem," said Buttercup. "Remember the whole letting us out thing?"

"Oh right," said Bubbles. "I'll do it."

Bubbles looked over at Blaine's body, covered by now burnt clothes, once again, to confirm he was not moving. She walked over near Blaine's body and reached for the belt.

Suddenly, his hand shot up and grabbed her wrist. His eyes popped open and he smiled.

"Hello," he said. "I've gotcha now."

Quickly, he reached onto his belt with his free left hand and grabbed an orb from the belt.. Before Bubbles could break away, he threw it at her and rolled out of the way as a blue flash engulfed the area. Once it subsided, Bubbles was in the field.

Boomer, shocked at seeing Blaine up so quick, assumed a fighting position.

Blaine threw his feet out and became airborne. He stretched his arms and legs.

"Ah, much better," he said. "You have no idea how frustrating it was to stay still that long."

Boomer looked at him in disbelief.

"How could you get up after that?" said Boomer.

Blaine looked down and laughed.

"If you think a fancy lightshow was going to be the end of me, you're sadly mistaken," he said. "I admit, your whore's blast was very painful, but it wasn't nearly enough to threaten my life."

Boomer's eyes glared angrily at him.

"What did you say!" he said.

Once again, Blaine laughed.

"It doesn't take much to get on your nerves. You are so predictable, Brother," he said. "Honestly, you didn't think it would be THAT easy, did you?"

Boomer didn't reply. Boomer looked past Blaine at Bubbles, to make sure she was alright. She starred back at him worried, but Boomer gave a half smile, as if he was trying to say he knew everything would be alright.

In truth, Boomer wasn't sure.

"Alright, Brother," yelled Blaine from above. "How about a deal?"

Boomer didn't say anything.

"No more dirty tricks. No more hostages. No more interference. Just you and me. Man to man. Brother against brother." said Blaine.

Boomer looked up at Blaine for a moment. He began to charge blue sparks in his hands, surging out through the air.

"I'll take that as a yes," said Blaine.

Then, Blaine looked around down below at all Boomer and Bubbles' allies. Mockingly, he began to yell in an announcer's voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" he said. "The moment you've all been waiting for is close at hand! You've got front row seats! Now witness…the death of Boomer!"

Boomer looked up, trying to prepare himself mentally.

It's been a long performance, but now it's the final act. The grand finale is close.

Our story is nearly done.