A.N. heya so shit gets a little dark here. In fact I feel what I will be writing may be seen as over the line. Maybe a tad offensive and uncomfortable. Remember this isn't a romance story, its not really a redemption story, this is a story of three sociopaths liquidating their competition.
It Hits the Fan
It had been a week since the greens and blues and spent their day together. Neither party saw the other, not from lack of trying on Bubbles part, no one willing to share the information could tell her where the boys lived. Buttercup didn't feel the need to get a challenge, and figured when the time was right she would run into Butch and get another competition going. The Professor, not wanting to risk losing their vacation, had them all ready for the trip within the week.
The girls ate their breakfast, showered and collected what they had packed last night into the car. The professor threw a couple of tents he had in the back and loaded up some snacks in the passenger seats. It was going to be three hours of flying, and each girl had already worked out who would carry the car and switch off at every hour. The biggest advantage to being super heroes on vacation was they never needed a plane ticket. They knew where they were going to be touching down and simply driving to the campsite Blossom picked out.
After the checklist was completed and supplies checked and double checked they all gathered in the car except for blossom who had first duty of carrying the car, she grabbed the top of the car and picking it up flew off headed west.
In the dark room within the observatory a hyper-cranial chimp was laughing as he watched a streak of pink fly out of the city. "Enjoy your vacation little ones, for when you return the city will belong to the fiercest, most cunning, evil, manipulative villain ever to pull off white boots. Me Mojo Jojo." He said finishing off with his trademark laugh. He had been spending months working in his lab making his robot army and was ready to implement them into the streets.
It was about 10 AM and Brick was sitting in his computer chair. He was reading news stories, trying to gain a better understanding of the world. He read everything he could from local news to international. He was had landed on an article about Denmark when he heard some screams coming from the streets. Rushing over and looking down he saw a flood of people running in one direction. Followed by a 20 foot tall robot blasting anything it could.
"Butch! Boomer get out here!" He yelled out.
"Not now, Sleeping!" Called Butch.
Brick ran to his door and pounded he was about to kick it in when Butch opened the door livid. "Dude what is your deal?"
"Someones attacking the city it's time to go to work." He replied, "Boomer you two get out here!" Boomer was more easily woken up, the screams of the citizens were enough to get him out.
"Why should I give a shit, I was sleeping." Butch complained.
"Well those robots are rampaging through the city imagine what will happen to your precious Escalade if it targets it." Brick said with a smirk.
In a blink butch was dressed in a green shirt black pants and sneakers. Boomer dressed accordingly in blue, and Brick was always ready. "What are we waiting for we got people to save." Butch called out and ran to the window.
They rose to the skies and took it all in. There were fifty or so robots ripping apart buildings and had actually killed and injured many of the people who couldn't escape it due to the mob of scared civilians.
"Boys hunt and destroy leave none operational." Brick ordered. With that the three boys went in different directions, Butch took the side with the stadium, Boomer the shopping district and Brick the rest of the city.
Butch found his first target easily and slammed into it like a bullet. When it didn't go down Butch grabbed the single rod leading to its wheels and broke it off. He slammed the broken end into his target repeatedly until he heard the crack and hum of broken electronics powering down. "One down more to go." He spat and moved on. When he came to the next one he saw the glass ball at the center of the claw of the machine, he formed his defense sphere and rammed into it, causing the machine to blow up. "Awesome!" Butch laughed, then set his sites on the rest of the robots in his area. It was about ten minutes work before he cleared his section. He flew up to see how what was left.
Boomer was having more fun that he should have. He laughed as he broke into each machine, once inside he materialized his bat and spun around forming a tornado and destroying it computer parts. Each time the machine exploded with him inside he would let out a laugh and proceed to the next robot. He was covered in soot but had a grin bigger than a football stadium as each bot became junk by his hand. The last robot in his area he lifted up into the atmosphere, once he was found it hard to breath, he grabbed the bottom of the bot and spun it as fast as he could, finally letting it go into the sun. he smiled as he watched it disappear into space, then fell back re-entering breathable space.
Brick had the most to destroy, but he figured as leader he needed to take on most the work. He studied the machines for a few seconds when he spotted the nearby train yard. An idea popped in his head as he landed by the supply shed. Opening it up he found a locked metal cabinet and broke it open. He found bags full of thermite. "Perfect!" he yelled. Grabbing a few bags he flew off and was back in his area. The first bot he found he blasted a hole in the back of the machine and flew in. he threw a bag down, and lit it off with his heat vision. The magnesium inside the mixture burned bright, and Brick was nearly blinded by it before flying out. He watched the machine shut down and molten metal melt through the bottom of the bot.
"I got 8 bags better save them." He reasoned and flew off. His tactic was to fly cut off it's wheels then overheat it with his heat vision. He had finished 20 bots himself when Butch ran over to help.
"So who do you think built these bots?" Butch called out to his passing brother while stabbing another robot with its wheel rod.
"Dollars to donuts it's our 'dad." Brick said with heavy sarcasm in his voice. He had grown contempt for both Mojo and HIM since their stupid argument in the park many years ago. Plus neither one was any good at destroying the Powerpuffs, or even tried to break them out of prison. Brick knew they both just saw them as used up pawns and failed schemes against the girls.
At that time Boomer was falling from high in the atmosphere, crushing a pair of robots with his landing. He rolled out in front of his brothers laughing, "Now this is a good way to spend a Saturday morning."
"I can't say your wrong for once Boomer," Brick said marveling at his brothers enjoyment. "But let's finish this!" With that order each boy was surrounded by electricity and rocketed through the final few robots left. Each one overloaded and exploded as a Ruff flew through them like a hot knife through butter.
Once the final machine fell they regrouped. "Okay so where is the dumb monkey?" Butch asked,
"Oh you think pops is behind this?" Boomer asked scratching his chin, "Makes sense I guess. So we gonna get him or what?"
"Of course we're gonna get him idiot, we're also gonna make sure he can never attack this city again." Brick called out with a scowl. "He is probably at the capitol it was the only place I didn't find a robot, but there was a machine that looked like it needed a driver at the mayor's office." Both brothers nodded at the information, "So let's go visit pops." He growled and red, green, and blue streaks of light raced to the capitol building.
"Mayor Bellum the day has finally come, Where I, Mojo Jojo, will accomplish my mission, my destiny, my chosen path. Which is the total control of not only your city, but eventually the world. It is so unfortunate that your protectors are not here to help you. They have vacated the city, left, vamoosed, taken flight, they are not here to protect the city nor its inhabitants. I, Mojo Jojo know you are not foolish enough to not give into my demands and allow more innocent lives to be lost. You will give in to my demands, which are control over this city, oddly named Townesville. You will surrender complete power unto me, and me alone. No one else. Not another soul will have power but the best suited chimp in power, me Mojo Jojo."
Mayor Bellum had called the girls as soon as she heard the first scream, but it went straight to voicemail. She felt a glimmer of fear before she saw the Rowdyruff Boys fly out of the apartment. As Mojo was ranting she watched the boys make work of his robot army watching what she could of the robots flying and exploding. When she saw the boys colors race to her she knew the army was already dealt with. "Mojo?" She asked interrupting his lengthy rant. "How much of my cities recent events have you been caught up with?"
"All that I needed to, I know the Powerpuffs, your sole protectors are on vacation for an undisclosed amount of time, leaving you vulnerable, unstable, and subject to do my bidding." He would have kept talking if he didn't hear the windows shatter behind him. As he spun around he saw the Rowdyruff Boys standing over him. They had grown since the last time he saw them and each towered over the chimp.
"Boys, I see you have returned to my side, to rule under me as my most loyal servants, I congratulate you on coming to your senses and joining me your creator."
"Is he bothering you mayor?" Brick spoke out ignoring Mojo.
"He isn't doing my headache any favors I'll say that." She let out a small laugh and crossed her arms, "Are you offering to take care of him?"
Three sadistic smiled grew on the boys faces, while murderous intent filled a fire in their eyes. "With pleasure." Brick said. "Boomer grab pops we should be somewhere more private for this." Boomer did as told and they flew out to the front of the building. Brick stopped them on the roof of their apartment building by where Mojo parked his giant robot.
"What is the meaning of this you were supposed to aid in my taking over not thwart it." He began but was punched in the gut by Brick.
"Shut it." his voice was as cold and deadly as the piercing red gaze he gave the mutant. He pulled out the thermite he was saving a broke into the operating platform through the glass. He set the pouches down and flew up blasting each one igniting them instantly, making bright blinding lights and molten steel out of the machine. After the reaction was done and the machine was little more than scrap they flew off with a fearful Mojo in tow.
Feel free to skip it doesn't affect the overall story but I still wanted to write this part to show Brick's sadistic descent
They broke into the observatory leaving a huge hole in the process. With a violent thud they threw Mojo down on the ground. "So what do we do with him?" Boomer asked.
"We make sure he stops being a threat for the rest of his natural life." Brick said a glow in his eyes forming. Mojo felt afraid, he knew if he was on the receiving end of a Rowdyruff beating it wouldn't be as nice as the Powerpuffs beatings,as he stood up to run to his weapon room Butch tackled him down. Brick walked up and using his x-ray vision on his back he found his target he slammed his heel into the final vertebra on the simians back. Mojo left a sickening scream from the pain, but Brick wasn't done.
"Let me know if this hurts." Brick said with a sneer.
"If you're referring to the pain in my lower back it hurts an excruciating amount. Why are you doing this? Are you not aware I am your father! Your Creator! A progenitor!"
"All I understand is you're a slave to tautology, but if that didn't hurt I should make sure the effect lasts." Brick said with a smirk. Butch and Boomer watched as his brother completed his second task. The uneasiness they should have felt watching what Brick was doing was masked by the fact each had grown hateful and resentful to the chimp, and how annoying he was so early in the morning.
"I do not understand what your talking about!" Mojo cried. Just as he finished his protest two long black furry things fell in front of his face. He didn't recognize what they were, until he noticed the matching boots attached to each one. The realization hit him, it wasn't the fact that his own creation had amputated his legs, but the fact he couldn't feel the act being done.
"No boys please have mercy!" He cried out.
"Like you had mercy selling drugs to kids!" Shot Boomer.
"Or how about the time you created an army of monkeys and gorillas to destroy and torture innocents!" Boomer this time yelled.
"Not to mention the numerous times you held this whole city hostage!" It was Butches turn to yell.
"But I created you." He whimpered. "You're supposed to be evil."
"Oh we are, would a hero do what I'm about to do to you. I can't have any other super-villains getting ideas about this being our turf now." Brick said.
"So you think he is no longer a threat to the city?" Boomer asked, the smell of burnt hair getting to him.
"Nah as long as he can hold a wrench he will find a way." Butch reasoned.
"No, No I won't do anything else, please I don't want to die!" Mojo tried crawling away.
"Grab him boys." Brick ordered. Boomer and Butch obeyed and grabbed an arm each holing them to Mojo's sides.
"This is for making us in a prison shitter, you could have escaped and used actual chemical X for us." Brick said scowling. He always hated the fact he was created how he was. It made him feel inferior to the girls, and he was always waiting for a chance to get back at Mojo for it. "Above the wrists boys." Brick said a smile on his face, and his eyes glowing menacingly.
A shrill blood curdling scream could be heard far into the park as the Brick got his much lusted revenge.
If you skipped welcome back
After an ambulance drove away from Mojo's observatory, taking the suffering villain away, the Boys took to destroying the place. Getting into his weapons room each one had fun blasting the equipment. Once everything was destroyed they met in the middle and started punching the floor, making the whole building shake and eventually crumble. As the building fell into the molten lava below the boys flew up and watched the building burn and dissolve into the lava.
As they touched down they noticed a news van and someone approaching. She was wearing a black skirt and white blouse, with her black hair in a bun. "Hello Boys I'm Ash Appellant, I was hoping you could do an interview with us." she said with a smile.
"Sure why not." Brick said.
"Wonderful, now since your reform this is the first major villain you have battled and it was your original creator, could you tell the people listening live what was going through your minds?"
"What do you mean? We saw bad robots destroying the city and we destroyed it." Boomer said.
"But seeing as the fact many could claim you are the sons of Mojo Jojo did any of that fly through your minds?"
"Listen long before we were incarcerated we lived on our own. We fended for ourselves and never needed that dumb chimp for anything. We have no loyalty to the likes of him." Brick informed.
"I'm sure many people are happy to hear that. So how do you think you handled this differently than say the police force or the Powerpuff Girls?"
"We felt it necessary to take more drastic measures when dealing with him. He has a horrible history of escaping and putting more lives at risk. Like some horrible comic character. I think I can honestly say, he will not step foot in the streets again, not raise a hand against this city anymore." Brick said while his brothers stifled sadistic chuckles.
"Any last words for those listening?" She said not noticing how the two brothers were behaving.
"Yes, We are not heroes, We are not protectors. If you're thinking about hurting someone innocent, holding the city hostage or anything like that just know, we are the last straw. We will not just allow you to repeat your actions. Consider yourselves warned would be villains of Townseville."
"Well alright, I hope the villains take your warning to heart. With the girls as protectors, and the Boys as a last resort is this the end of crime in Townseville? Who knows, but as always Channel 5 news will be here to bring you the truth of it all." With that the camera man made a cutting motion with his hand and dropped the camera off his shoulder. Ash looked down at the boys with a warm smile, "I hope your right about Mojo I think everyone is sick of him always attacking the city. Thanks for the interview." She said shaking each of their hands.
The boys each looked at each other. Brick pulled out his wallet noticing he had some money left after paying Langston the money for the internet yesterday. "Whose up for some breakfast?" With that the boys took off to find someplace to eat.
Halfway across the country Blossom was sitting in the car with Bubbles now carrying the family. She was looking down at her hot line phone when the professor spoke up. "Honey why not put that thing away? We're on vacation now." He said giving her a reassuring smile.
"But what if the city get's attacked?"
"I'm sure those boys can handle it. Don't worry and just relax for a while. We've all been looking forward to this." Buttercup called out from the back seat devouring some cookies the Professor bought.
"It's not that they can't it's what if they don't want to or are the ones attacking?" Blossom said sternly.
"Your sister is right Blossom, We all need to just relax, Besides we're halfway there." The professor said. He rolled the window down and yelled as loud as he could to Bubbles. "How ya holding up Sweetheart?"
"I'm fine Professor!" She called out.
"Good, only another 30 minutes and it's buttercup's turn!"
"She better not be eating all the animal crackers!" She yelled.
"No she is sticking to the cookies it would seem!" He yelled up at Bubbles, then turned back to Buttercup. "Seriously though Buttercup take it easy on those, they have to last us the whole trip."
With a grunt she sealed the cookies back up and laid out in the backseat to wait for her turn. The professor rolled the window up and turned to see Blossom staring down at the phone. "Sweetie please hand me the phone." He asked but it came off more of a demand.
"But what if they need us?" She asked.
"It's only for a week they can manage with the boys I'm sure. They've locked them up twice now, and can do it again if need be. Any other villain would be beaten down by the boys." He reasoned. "Now please hand it to me. Lets enjoy our first family vacation."
She let her head drop and handed him the phone. He powered it off and placed it in the glove box locking it away until the next Saturday. "Now," He said trying to get her mind off of it, "Where exactly is our campsite, and what's the first thing we get to do after setting up?" He asked her looking over her itinerary. She had written down a plethora of fun things they could do on this trip, and she decided against her instincts to just relax and enjoy this rare time for them to be together. They spent the next 30 minutes talking about plans, even buttercup asking about the ocean and fire rules. Soon it was time to switch and buttercup flew out her window, and traded places with Bubbles.
She flew in only seconds later and stretching her arms gave a sigh of happiness seeing her coveted animal crackers by her feet. The car was filled with family jokes, and snack eating, but unknown to the girls they had just missed a call about Mojo attacking. Fortunately for the city, the boys took care of it.
Later that day Mayor Bellum was calling the number again, "This is Blossom with the Powerpuff Girls. If you've reached this message it means we are currently fighting crime and can't answer the phone right now. Please if this is an emergency and you are not Mayor Bellum Please call the police, all other people please leave a message." Mayor Bellum was not happy to hear the prerecorded message twice today. If what Mojo said was true, and they went on vacation she should have been informed.
"Girls feel free to disregard that last message, the boys took care of it, but please call me as soon as you get this." she let out a heavy sigh and spoke inwardly, "Nothing to do but wait until they call back or return." She said dropping the phone. Once again her hands were tied when it came to the boys living across the street.
She saw what the boys did to Mojo, and felt conflicted. On the one hand he probably wouldn't be a threat any more, but on the other the sick was the boys joked about what they did in that interview made her skin crawl when she laid eyes on the chimp being prepped for surgery.
It wasn't like she could arrest the boys either, he was threatening the city government, plus thousands of lives. Even some injured or worse. The public didn't know what the boys did, but the media was polling how they felt about the boys, and afters Brick's final straw speech, people backed the boys almost unanimously.
"I guess play it by ear Sarah. Play this by ear." She said as she stared at the apartment building, housing the cities most dangerous heroes. If they even could be called that after this morning.
A.N. heya, so please leave a review or comment I would love to hear what you all think about Bricks methods at this point.