Heroes From Above: Black Storm
Disclaimer: I do not own the Powerpuff girls or anything that relates to them. They are the property of Cartoon Network and Craig McCracken. However, I do own the main plot of this story.
A/N: Hi Everyone, James of Vale here. I have developed the story for a 3rd installment to my Heroes From Above Series. Enjoy the story! Note: To understand most of this story, read the first 2 stories of Heroes from Above.Chapter 2: "Feeling Rusty?"
Dark energies swirled around the eye of the black storm as the kids flew closer to the source of the darkness. "This is something I have never seen…" Brick muttered as he and his companions suddenly dodged a black lightning bolt that was being released from the storm entity itself at random targets. "Black lighting bolts, or more like energy bolts to me." Butch muttered as he dodged another bolt with his companions. "This new enemy sure does have ways of causing devastating damage!" Buttercup screamed as she narrowly dodged a bolt that flew above her head. "A little too devastating, I bet she is also taking cover some what." Brick said as he analyzed the situation.
"Power! I need more power!" The succubus, Blarina, yelled as she began massacring individual panicking villagers as they ran by her. "Pah! How stupid can these humans be?" She chuckled to herself as she slaughtered yet more villagers and consumed their life force. "I'll be good as new in no time…" She muttered when she suddenly felt the dull pain of feeling some of her controlled minions being struck down. "What? Those corpses I raised from the grave shouldn't be that easy to slaughter, what in the world…" She growled as she gritted her teeth when she felt the demise of yet another zombie. "Something more powerful than these pathetic humans is slaying my minions, I must see to it." She said as she began to walk towards the cemetery, her long, slender legs shining in the moonlight.
Brick screamed a battle cry as he beheaded yet another zombie. "Too easy!" He heard his brothers cheer as they too were kicking undead butt. The girls were a distance away from them, picking off zombies with their bows. Buttercup saw suddenly a pretty large looking zombie climbing out of a crude grave. "Man…look at the size of that guy…" She muttered as she pulled back the bowstring and took careful aim. She aimed for the earth below the zombie and waited. The bow attracted elemental energies to it as she waited for the bow to be fully charged.She let the bowstring fly, sending forth the dark green beam of energy into the soil. The earth erupted fiercely, knocking the huge zombie into oblivion as it was thrown back, several feet in the air, while the large chucks of earth that erupted beneath it had impaled various locations of its mangled undead body. "Nice!" Butch cheered as he gave a low whistle. "Thanks! I haven't done that in a while!" She said as she continued taking crack shots at other targets.
"Impressive!" an ominous feminine voice echoed in the shadows after the dust had cleared from Buttercup's special attack. Blarina walked into view under the moonlight. She had a dark cloak around her. Even though she was 4 millennia old, she still maintained a slim figure. After all, she is a succubus and this was her style of attack. She noticed that the heroes were merely just young adults, at about the tender age of 19. "Interesting mortals…" She thought as she surveyed her foes. She noticed 3 of them were boys. She let out an evil grin as she realized that she has some what of an advantage. "Those girls…probably their companions…I'm more worried about them."
Brick stepped forth and spoke, "You must be Blarina. Your filthy evil will not taint this world! Prepare for your defeat!" Brick then yelled a battle cry and rushed forth charging with his shield and sword raised. His brothers followed behind him as they rushed in to engage Blarina. Blossom watched with an unsettling feeling. "Something's going to go wrong." She muttered to herself quietly as she raised her bow and pulled the bowstrings. "Nonetheless, she will not continue her darkness here. She appears to be a bit weaker than the foes we met in the past." She thought as she noticed that her sisters followed suit and pulled their bowstrings.
Blarina chuckled as she noticed the charge. "Men…so predictable." She let her cloak fall back, revealing a really revealing outfit. Her body was bearing enough features to drive even the most self-restrained men into madness. To complement her succubus abilities, she also concentrated on a spell, generating some sort of hypnotic on the men that were in view of the evil and yet spectacular sight. Unfortunate for the boys, they fell victim to her seducing abilities. Blarina used her index finger and did a few things around her outfit that drove the boys to their mental breaking point. Brick collapsed and shortly after began howling like a wolf before he was reduced to a heap, giggling and laughing madly on the floor. "What is becoming of me? I love Blossom! Things shouldn't be like this! I must resist…no! I have not failed! No! I must not give in…" Brick thought as he desperately tried to fight back the temptation. His brothers soon after began to collapse from their charge as Blarina smiled at what she has done. "For some reason, they are still quite powerful inside, I can't make them turn over to my side, yet. But it is still a good advantage, stopping them in their tracks…" Blarina was suddenly interrupted as she felt the energy bolt hit her.
"You leave our boyfriends alone, you disgusting harlot!" Blossom said as she and her sisters fired volley after volley at Blarina. She was still too weak to deflect and the bolts rapidly drained her energy. Blarina noticed that the flow of energy from the black storm suddenly stopped flowing. She growled when she noticed that her concentration of maintaining the spell was disrupted. She also noticed that her grip over the boys were also failing. Being in too much pain, she used what left of her magic to cast a smoke blast around her, as she darted into the forest, to lick her wounds and fight another day.
The girls flew over to their lovers on the floor whom were reeling back and forth on the floor in sheer madness. Worse, they were also unable to speak or react for a while. "Brick! It's only her mind games! I am not mad at you!" Blossom pleaded to Brick to get him to snap out of it. She somehow knew that such a response would be needed when Brick does respond. But for a good amount of time, the boys seemed to be in some sort of mental pain. "Our boys are not ordinary boys, the seduction spell probably does more damage…" Bubbles said as she tried her best to calm Boomer down. "Sweetie…it's okay!" Boomer just howled in madness. "I don't think that was a wolf howl. I believe her spell generated unexpected results…" She said as she was concerned about Butch. "Yea. Brick…you'll be okay!" Blossom spoke as she tried to snap Brick out of it. He finally did a minute later, still a little shaken but not very sure what had happened. "What…what happened? I remember charging then…" Brick spoke when he suddenly stopped himself when he remembered succumbing to the seduction. "You did well. I believe it might turned you against us, but instead you decided to force yourself into a slight state of uselessness." Blossom said as she deduced what the spell did. Blossom then kissed him on the cheek. "I knew you were still loyal to me deep down!"
The kids flew home quickly while the girls were supporting the boys at their side. "There's no telling what might be the after effects. We gotta be careful with the boys." Blossom thought as she looked at Brick with a loving look and concern. She wasn't mad at all that Brick had succumbed, but she was actually impressed that instead of betraying, he subconsciously chose being disabled then treachery. She also realized just how much difficult this new foe is. She is capable of defeating the boys before they could get to her. She felt they had lucked out when they managed to repel Blarina into the woods. "We have to find a solution to the boys' weakness or we'll never win."
Brick felt something deep down inside him was tainted. He had always suppressed such dark thoughts with ease before, but after the mental violation, he just began to break apart mentally, his will power weakened. He looked at Blossom then looked away. He always loved her as all healthy minded boys would, but now, he had some form of dirty thoughts in his mind that were beyond reasonable. He continued to fight against the temptation to do the unspeakable. As if she read his mind, she squeezed his hand with her supporting hand a little bit tighter, telling him that he'll be able to fight through it. She leaned in and kissed Brick on the lips and held him right then and there. They stopped in midair, as they embraced and had a little time to themselves.
"Why did we stop?" Brick asked as Blossom began to do a few things he never thought she would do. She began kissing his neck and embracing him tightly. Brick felt the surge of the tempting feelings flow through him as he resisted to fight back. He was getting a little aroused and yet something was not right. He shook his head again, yelled "NO!" in his mind and he found himself opening his eyes and not being in an embrace with Blossom. They were once again in flight towards Townsville. She was still holding his hands and squeezing tightly. But she did not show the interaction of what she had appeared to be doing a moment ago. "Was that a delusion? Oh God, please remove this tainted thoughts from my mind! Show me a way to fight this!"
Blossom looked at her lover with concern. She noticed that he has closed his eyes for a moment and was shaking slightly uncontrollably. The next moment he stopped and looked around as though he did not believed his surroundings. "Those after effects! What have you done to my sweetheart, Blarina?" Blossom screamed out her thoughts as she saw the initial mental suffering Brick endured.
Buttercup noticed something very different was up with Butch. As time passed, she found him flying closer and closer to her in flight. She also noticed that he had a strange look on his face. She suddenly gasped when she felt him grab her from behind and heard him howling in utter madness like he did earlier. Buttercup panicked as she felt what he was doing. "No! Butch! Don't!" She screamed as she tried to fight out of his grip. She admitted to herself, it was a little arousing to see him with such an interest suddenly, but she knew it is not like him to behave like this all of a sudden. She finally managed to break free of his grip and she then slammed her fist into his face, hoping to knock him out. "Sorry about this, but you must be restrained!" She screamed with tears streaming out of her face. Butch suddenly screamed in pain as he began spiraling down towards the earth. Buttercup swooped down and caught him in her arms, while she began to weep a little. Butch opened his eyes and showed a look of fear over himself. "I don't know what's happening! What's happening to me?" He screamed over and over again as Buttercup tried to calm him and assure him that they will get to the bottom of this. Holding him, she flew quicker as the others watched the scene take place. Fearing for their own problems, the other girls flew faster, pulling their boyfriends with them.
Brick and his brothers were then put into a duranium reinforced chamber for the safety of their love ones. There was an reinforced observation window where the boys could talk to the girls and the Professor during their ordeal. 'We'll get to the bottom of this, I promise you!" Buttercup said as she pressed her hand on the window. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she watched her half insane boyfriend pressed his own palm against her hand on the window. "Please, hurry! I don't know what could have become of me in this state!"
The girls just watched their sweethearts through the observation window and tried to keep them company as the professor analyzed samples of their brain activity. Things weren't coming up at the moment. The family looked at one another with concern as they breathed out an exhausted sigh.
A/N: And that's the end of chapter 2.Emotional stuff! Will the boys be able to fight off their madness? Please stay tuned for the next chapter, "Going in alone" coming soon! How will the girls handle the situation now? This story has been bumped from rated T to rated M for the increase of the content to visualize the situation.