AN: Very short Chapter One, hope you enjoy. Other chapters will be at least three times this length
The Joy and the Laughter
Chapter One
Professor Utonium had faced the questions for four years since the death of Professor Dick. When was he going to create new girls? When was he able to provide a way for 'saving the day'? Why wasn't he creating new super heroines?
How could he tell them that he hadn't wanted to create girls with powers in the first place? He had just wanted daughters to raise and instead of going to an orphanage, he wanted to create them himself. It was something crazy but it had given him his time with his daughters. That was right. They weren't just super powered little girls, they were each his daughter and they were gone and deceased.
Utonium sighed as he sat on the bed in his room. He got up and walked over to the room where he still had the girl's bed and toys and clothes. He knew he should have given them up, he should have been able to move on from his grief. Afterall, he had been the one to hold them as they had died but he couldn't.
He took a slow breath before hearing a noise in the lab. The crime had definitely increased without the girls here to protect everyone but he hadn't had his house raided for quite some time. Now it was the chance to test some of the self-defense skills and techniques he had learned.
As he entered the lab and turned on the light, he saw a flash and looked around. "Is someone there?" he asked in his strong and steady voice. "I'm warning you…"
"I'm here," a girl sobbed and Professor Utonium took a step back. He knew that voice.
"Girls?" he asked and heard a sobbing continue, he looked around again and followed the crying.
"I couldn't find them, Professor," the girl sobbed and Utonium found her. His eyes widened as he saw a young blond sobbing painfully. He crouched down in front of her. Her blond hair was the same shade and she was the right age, nine-years-old. The professor waited and saw Bubbles raise her head. How was she here and all alone too?
"Bubbles?" he asked to be greeted by a sad smile. He pulled his daughter into his arms and held her close. "The others? You couldn't find them?"
"Are they here?" Bubbles asked hopefully as she gazed at her father. "Do you know -"
"No. I don't," the professor sad sadly. "I didn't even know that you were alive. We'll have to se if we can find Blossom and Buttercup but for now, how are you? How did you get back here?"
"I don't know," Bubbles replied, "I just felt a connection."
Utonium sighed and held the little girl close. "Let's go upstairs and get you a bath," he said and Bubbles nodded as he hoisted her up in his arms. He couldn't believe that she was alive and that he got to carry her. He had seen her zip across the lab so her powers weren't all gone. He just wanted to take care of her. Still if she was here there was a greater chance for all three of them, that was what he had to believe.