Two apologies. Firstly, sorry this chapter is so short. Secondly, sorry about the random bit in the middle. I asked my brother(mg34)to right a break up bit in the middle of a scene, and that is what he wrote. By the way, that is the same brother that did a lot of the plot for "Parallel Lives" (Sonic's back story and the ending,) but anyone who has read his stories will know that he doesn't post anything serious on here…


11. Get Ready…

After Sonic's escape, Blossom had been moved to a different cell. After being interrogated about the incident first. Fortunately, it hadn't been too bad; they wanted to keep her fairly fresh for the slaughter later. But the new cell was right underneath the torture room, and she could here the screams and moans of the others.

The new cell also didn't have chains restraining her to the wall. Instead it was very firmly built; Blossom couldn't force a way out. Still, at least she could walk around, and make sure she her muscles were loose for the fight. She had to make sure she was ready for it; there was no way she was going to give up without a fight.

There was a flash and Blossom suddenly turned round. She was no longer alone in the cell, but she didn't recognise the new comer immediately.

"Err, hello?" she said, but she raised her fists just in case.

"Hi Blossom!" said the newcomer friendlily, "I've been sent here to give you some advise by Sonic."

Blossom finally recognised him. "Goku?" she said. "Sonic sent you?"

"Yep, he gave me these," he handed her a pile of clothes, "and also I've got to give you some pointers."

Blossom looked at the clothes. It consisted of a pair of trousers, a top and two plimsoll-like shoes. All were stretchy and perfectly designed to give her the required coverage for fighting. But, having been sent by Sonic, they were Pink with a black strip at the appropriate point on the top. Once again, Blossom regretted not repealing the uniform rule when she had the chance. Still it was more practical then the dress she was currently in.

Goku had been waiting patiently. "Okay!" he said, "let's look at how you're going to fight him! What's your plan?"

Blossom thought for a moment. "Plan? I don't know."

"Okay," said Goku, "you haven't fought many people that are the same size as you and stronger have you?"

Blossom thought. Other then the ruff's and Superman (the latter of which was in totally different circumstances) she never really had. And they'd never really beaten the Ruff's in a straight fight. Sure, she had fought creatures stronger then her, but they'd mostly been giant monsters.

"No," she admitted, "I haven't. Is this going to cause a problem?"

Goku scratched his head. "No," he said, "I've looked at some footage of those few fights when you were, and I can tell you where you're at your best. What you need to do is to back off them."

"Back off?"

"Yes, just focus on blocking the attacks of your opponent while looking for an opening. When you see one, then you attack. Until you do, just defend. And remember that he's stronger than you, so you can't force an opening."

"I think I see what you mean," said Blossom thoughtfully, "when I was fighting MJ – my daughter – was just blocking her, because I didn't want to attack. As long as I had space to back into she couldn't hit me, and I could see lots of openings I could have attacked through."

"Did you?"

"No, I didn't want to hurt her."

Goku shook her head. "Shame, she could have learnt a lot. Still, you'll have to be a lot more aggressive if you want to win this, The Kryptonite Prince is a lot stronger and more durable then you, so you'll need to take every opportunity you get, and make it count."

"Right!" said Blossom. "Do you think I can win this?"

"Err…" Goku thought about this for a moment. Blossom didn't take this as an automatic bad sign; Goku didn't lie, so he was liable to think about his response. Eventually, he answered. "Yes. But only just if you remember one thing."

"What?"

"Sonic told me this. He says that Chaos Energy is a lot stronger when it's mad…"

Sonic strode around the SSR building. He was home. It was strange to think like that, he thought, but he hadn't realised how much this place meant to him before he'd left.

Well he was half home. The other half was up on that ship. Sonia, Tails… Knuckles if he was feeling generous. They were probably getting the beating of a life time for his escape. Hopefully Shadow was too.


Sonic glanced around the SSR, at all the heroes making there preparations. No one had made a fuss about him taking over again. They hadn't even tried to arrest him. They were either weak or desperate, probably both. Still, he had a plan, and they needed one.

The blus Hedgehogswung on his heel and shoved the door open to his office, which he was quietly pleased that Blossom hadn't used. In side, the four Green/Blue Puffs/Ruffs were pouring over some blueprints of the Kryptonite spaceship that Sonic had had the foresight to nick while he was escaping.

"Memorised them?" he asked. They all nodded. (Well, Boomer took another look and then nodded.)

"Yep," said Buttercup determinedly, "let's go kick their arses!" Butch nodded quietly in agreement, he was squeezing a ball menacingly in his hand. Boomer and Bubbles looked less convinced.

"Err… why us?" Boomer asked.

"Aren't you the ones who want to rescue Blossom?" Sonic asked slyly.

"Yes, but your plan doesn't include rescuing her," Bubbles pointed out.
"Yes it does!" Sonic replied indignantly.

"But you told us she has to win the fight…"

"She'll win the fight, no problem. But she won't be capable of escaping afterwards, she'll be exhausted. That's when we rescue her." The Puffs/Ruffs looked slightly blank. Sonic sighed; Chaos Energy creatures normally weren't this stupid. "Let's go over this one more time, shall we…

We interrupt this story for Thirty Seconds of Cell and Freeza:

"What's on TV?" asked Cell as he entered the living room.

"Cooler at the moment," said a rather irritated Freeza, "He managed to glue himself to it some how!"

"I was just trying to wash its hair," declared the not quite all there Icea. Cell pause for thought as he watched Freeza chip his brother off the TV.

"I'm going to go out," he said decisively.

We now return you to your scheduled PPG story: mg34.

"Got it this time?" They all nodded. "Good," said Sonic, "Let's get cracking! All we have to do is to wait for the fight to start."

"Hang on," said Bubbles, "I don't know if I can teleport that far!"

"Goku managed it," Butch said, "and he taught you how, didn't he?"

"Yeah, but Goku didn't have five people with him!"

"Oh it's easy," said Buttercup simply. "All you need is enough power."

"But how do I…" Bubbles stopped. The feeling had come back. It was saying; Do it now, do it NOW!

"Back in a minute," she said, "I just need to, err… relax." Bubbles shot out. Boomer sighed.

"She always says that when she's going to the can," he said.


The corridor was empty. Bubbles pushed open the door, and wondered over to the safe. Inside was what she'd craved ever since she'd first seen it. Now, it would finally be hers!

The safe was locked, but Bubbles new the code. However, she had barely started typing it in, when she felt the power of the Emerald inside. Immediately, she ripped the door off and grabbed it. It glowed in her hands bright blue. Bubbles could feel its energy, spreading warmth around her body. She held it there for a few moments and then shoved it in her back pocket.

At last….


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