Sorry about the little disappearance, I needed a little break and my depression was really something serious over the last few months
7 Months earlier
"The battle between the Powerpuff Girls and these new comers is ravaging the streets-" A New reporter was shouting, she suddenly covered her head and ear as there was an explosion just a few feet behind her.
Blossom had Brick wrapped around her yo-yo, pulling him, she was able to slam him against the wall; but his body heated up, and snapping the strings. She fell back, looking in horror and disbelief as Brick had broke her yo-yo and threw the shattered pieces in front of her.
The camera man pulled her away as Brick was threw into a trash bin, a courtesy kick from Brianna but Blitz wasn't far behind her. She ducked as he swung downwards at her, the ground cracked underneath his fist.
"I'm so sorry, My princess, " He blushed, looking at her lovingly, "I never want to hurt you, I'm so glad you dodged that punch."
"F*ucking Traitor!" Brick snapped, wiping the trash off him. Blossom used this distraction to give him a generous elbow to the stomach, a shin kick and a spinning round kick. He stumbled back, slightly impressed that she made him bleed.
Brianna's ribbon shot of her sleeve, it wrapped around him, she tossed him over and slammed him to the ground. She stood over him and placed her foot on his chest.
"Submit." She demanded, she pulled harder to tighten it around him.
"Harder, my Love." Blitz's eyes turned into full on hearts, he was actually hurting, "Oh my...I would do whatever you want if you just pull harder."
Brianna groan at his flirting but she sent him flying into a wall, when she suddenly was pushed out of the way by falling blue energy balls by Blossom.
A hyper high pitched laughter echoed throughout the street and a shower of blue energy balls fall and exploded, Boomer had this craze widened look, his teeth all sharpened as he was grinning ear to ear.
"Stop it, Boomer, You're gonna hurt someone!" Bubbles pleaded as she was holding a child who would've been killed if she didn't create a bubble to protect them. She pushed the child off the street, "Someone is gonna get hurt if you keep this up."
He suddenly stopped his laugh, his arms fell down to his sound and he looked down at Bubbles, with this empty look as his eyes suddenly reflected deep pools of blackish blue inky abyss. She rolled out of the way as Boomer slammed down to her as if trying to crush her. He stood up with this cold empty look with a side tilt of his head.
"Who the f*ck are you? How do you know my name?" He asked coldly. He saw her white aura and that his brothers and cousin were fighting those were the same white aura, "My Family is fighting the others...so Logic would be...that I must fight you as well."
Bubbles was taken back by this, "We don't have to fight...Boomer...please." Bubbles blocked his punch with her bubble wand but the force caused her to push back. She dodged his wild moves and blocked his attacks, she ducked, and let him hit a brick wall, "Boomer please." She begged.
"Why do you keep calling my name? You're acting like we know each other...I don't know you." He rushed, grabbing her by the shoulder, looking her square in the eyes, he had this strange excited smile, "Though...I wouldn't mind to get to know you...you're very pretty and you look nice." This cold empty look was beyond disturbing, he suddenly upper cut her in the stomach. She crumpled to her knees as the sheer force of that punch made her cough blood and took the air from her lungs.
"Boomer-" She looked up with tearful eyes.
He grabbed her by a pigtail and pulled her so he was looking down at her, "Or maybe I don't have to kill you...Miss Pretty Lady...maybe I can just hurt you really...really...bad."
She cried out in pain and kicked him right in the private area. He crumpled onto his knees and Bubbles crawled to her bubble wand and was about to swing it at him
He paused for a moment, his head started pounding and he winced in pain, backing away. He had this sudden furious look on his face, "Do you know my name because you...were one of them...My customers..." Boomer created a blue ball of energy, shadows covered his upper face, his eyes glowed blue and he smiled widely...looking like a devil.
Buttercup saw this, blocked Butch's kick, she grabbed his leg and threw him at Boomer...Both of them were sent flying into a car. Boomer just laid on the car's hood, laughing.
She helped Bubbles up, "Bubs, you've gotta fight back."
"I know...I know...but..." She felt conflicted for some strange reason when suddenly Butch lunged at Buttercup. She was taken back by this sudden rush attacks, she backed up and blocked as best as she could. He spin kick at such speed, that she couldn't block it and was sent flying into a wall. It was obvious that Butch knew some form of martial art, she pulled herself off the wall and stood in a fighting stance.
End of flashback (for now)
Back to the present
Buttercup focused on her breathing, her eyes were glowing so she could see the inky black aura that was steeping into the air from Butch. He lunged at her, she barely had a chance to block as he tried to punch her in the stomach, but she blocked it by pushing his punch downwards and responded with an elbow to the nose.
Butch stumbled back, slightly surprised but he gave her this excited half smile, "Well...you've been training."
"I can see his movements." She breathe heavily. She studied Ken's recordings from that eventful battle for seven months ago for at least a month. She learned from the fight that Butch was all about speed, he was still pretty strong and he was smart with good control of his abilities, it was a deadly combination. Her body had years of training but her body just couldn't keep up with his speed, that was evident when he blocked her uppercut and palm her chest, sent her back to a green wall.
She looked back shocked, touching the wall, a faint green wall appeared. Looking around her, she could see the faintest trace of...
"Your force field? What? you're scared I'm gonna run?" She crossed her arms and scoffed.
Butch gave her his half smile, "Oh Tiger Cub, I could use that excuse but no...I really like my home and It would be ashame if our little...tussle wrecked it." He had a mocked pity look, but it a flash, he appeared in front of her with an open fist palm. She blocked it and pushed it to the side, hoping he would be left open for a jab to the chest, he moved just in time to feel her hard punch to his shoulder blade.
He winced and stumbled back as he felt her strength erupted with that punch.
"Damn what a punch!" He blocked her flying knee to his face, grabbing her leg while she was still in the air and threw her up against the Force field, "She could definitely hold her own against Blitz if she could just untap that power." He was oddly excited at that thought. He grabbed her by the head but she back headbutted him square in the face and flipped him over her shoulder, he spin and and swish her feet with his leg. She fell back but she quickly jumped back on her feet. She came with a spinning flying kick, he dodged it at the last minute.
She punched downwards at his knee but he grabbed her hand and pulled it downwards, he open palm to her face but she block it and responded to a knee to her stomach, of course he blocked it. They blocked each other's blows until Butch slashed at her face, she stumbled back but responded to a strong kick to his arm. He stumbled to his wall, wincing and leaning against his force field.
Butch was breathing heavily, "You actually broke my arm with that one." He popped his arm back into place. She was breathing heavily as well, she was reaching her limit but so was he...
"He'll last longer than me. One thing I remembered from our last fight. He needs a lot of energy to hold his force field together." She leaned against the force field, her eyes flickering but she used willpower to tap into the white z, she forced the sudden exhaustion she felt back and punched through the force field.
Butch suddenly stopped, clenching his chest and coughing up blood. He looked up at Buttercup, half smile and all.
"Very Very good move Tiger Cub. How did you know?"
"When Belle broke through your force field, I saw you crumple to the ground just like now and I wondered why? I threw cars at ya, smacked ya with my hammer but you just kept getting up. Simple...because you didn't...you could barely move. Your force field is strong as shit but it comes with a price doesn't. It weakens you... and if someone breaks through it...its like an energy back lash leaving you immovable for a time."
"Very very good, I'm very impressed...but you forgot one thing." Butch suddenly threw a knife at her, she felt a sharp pain in her leg and collapsed to her knees.
Her eyes widened in disbelief as Butch was stood up and over her, "It-It can't be...how?" She winced in pain, her hands were shaking as exhaustion finally took its toll, her whole body ached and it didn't help with the pain.
"That fight, really, really tuckered me out. I haven't had a decent fight in months." He picked her up and slung her on the couch, he went to pour himself a drink, he took a sip and looked down at her, "Now now, Buttercup, don't give me that look. You did a good job holding on your own for longer than I thought. And Here I thought you were just a muscle head like Bricky boy or did you have help? Like that Scientist...what's his name...Utonium and his Son Ken, who goes to New Hope High School with you."
Buttercup had a shock look on her face.
"Don't be surprised, of course I did research on you like I said before. You think staying away from social media would do anything." He took a sip, placing his glass on the table and kneeling right in front of her, she was holding her leg, still in pain.
"Butch..."
He pulled the knife out and grabbed her by the chin, square in the eyes while she was holding her leg, hoping she wouldn't bled to death, "You are very skill at fighting, you might have won...with your skills alone; but battles aren't won by skills and muscle alone. You were half right about my force field, it does take a lot of energy and there is a price to pay if someone breaks through it. But You didn't plan beyond that...or if your theory was wrong or factor anything else, "He tapped the knife on her cheek, "That's your problem...You forgot one thing, my healing factor. I bet you didn't find it even strange that during our fight, I was actually getting hurt...or why I had to pop my own arm into place."
He took a deep breath and shook his head.
"I can actually slow my healing ability down to the metabolic rate or I force it to focus on a certain area at an increase speed. In this instance, I slowed it down during our fight like a cork on a frizzy shook up bottle of champagne, it erupts ya know. The eruption of my healing energy countered the back lash of the force field. It was risky...can't do that for a while."
"If you're gonna kill me, just go ahead. I'm not scared-"
"Kill you? Kill you? No..No, I don't want to kill you, what would I do without you? Fight Fuzzy Lumpkin or That Sedusa whore, no, you're too much fun for that. Plus, I'm sure if I even wanted to kill you, it would be pretty hard." After saying that, he lifted her leg that had the knife wound, keyword had.
She gasped in disbelief, touching her leg, "Whatcha do?"
"Oh I didn't do nothing. Ya know, you are pretty dense at times. Looking over your file, I noticed something. You use to get hurt a lot, sprain ankles, broken arm, broken leg...not surprising given your love of sports and martial arts; but after you turned 13, when you became a Powerpuff girl...didn't you notice you didn't get hurt so much even when you aren't transformed. I scratched your face during the fight...where's that huh?" He grabbed her hand and slashed it with his knife, it healed automatically.
"Way to go...You're a Hyper Healer. Very Very interesting." His eyes flashed those dark green eyes and he gave her a full on smile, exposing his three canines and bottom teeth.
Earlier that day
Buttercup gave Sung Lee (Sugar Man chapter) a hard punch to the face for the third time but he side pistol whip her.
Butch looked onwards as she fell to her back, unconscious from the sudden exhaustion her body felt from triggering her powers. Sung Lee scrambled up on his feet, his face looked like it was beaten by a beam. Butch threw henchmen one to the side, henchmen two was already unconscious.
Butch held up his arms, unimpressed.
"You...You...did this!" Sung Lee, "What have you done to Jumbo?"
"I think you should be more concerned about yourself, considering the mess you're in."
"I will kill you, I will destroy you and your brothers. I've sent my men after-"
Butch sat in the chair, his expressionless face looked down at Buttercup and his eyes flashed dark green, but his cool compromise never broke.
"Enough of this. There really isn't much time for this. My employees have already called the cops by now and they should be arriving shortly."
"What? I said no cops."
"I know...Not my idea, but It was always a possibility, I say 83% chance. Now, if you don't want to spend 5-12 years in jail, I really suggest you put the gun down. It really serves no point for you." Butch said cooly, unnerving Sung Lee who was shaking to the core.
"You think I'm going down alone...I"m gonna take you down with me, you and your sick twisted family. You're a bunch of murderers."
"Really? That's news to me...and who did we kill?" He got up and started walking towards Sung Lee, who started backing up, He whispered just loud enough, "Who did we kill? Do you mean that man in the Car Park Garage...if I remember correctly...there's no evidence...no footage...not even a body if your Black Hand fellow crime lords want to stay out of it. Or do you mean your brother in law. But didn't he jump...after all, not only was he identified in a heist that involved the death of a security guard, but he was embezzling funds from his own company...so he was feeling trapped and took the coward's way out, falling out of a building." Butch's soft mocking tone was enough to send a shiver down his spine as he continued to back away, lowering the gun down.
"Jumbo?"
"Probably Dead, my condolences. But sometimes, these things happen when a hitman breaks into the wrong house. You really should've probably have sent him to Beast, like I said earlier. He would've been alive."
"I sent my men to those ladies? They...they should...handle those women."
"I know...such a shame too. Apparently, it didn't work out too well there either."
"There's proof...there's always proof. My calls? That's right, your text messages."
Butch pulled out his sims called and crushed, "Now...if the police check your phone...it almost seems like you were harassing and trying to black mail me."
"You set me up." Sung Lee finally came to the realization.
"How? How did I do that? After all, you barged into my Restaurant while me and my date were trying new menu items that my chef prepared. Info that was easily obtained on my Facebook and Instagram page, promoting the new items. I'm sure the cops will love to see that. After all, you always called me first...and when I wouldn't barge, you knocked out my date and held me at gun point on an unarmed man." Butch looked back at the table.
"But-" Sung Lee realized that Butch had no weapons, just dull knives for eating, "You...You crazy bastard..." He backed all the way to the steps
"I'm not a crazy bastard, just ahead of the curve. I could smell your plan like blood in water and I just countered it with something...more original." Butch grabbed him by the collar of his shirt as he was leaning at the edge of the stairs, "Now, your Black Hand buddies won't back you up, the cops will connect the dots: you'll be connected to the Drug trafficking ring of a Middle School that we stopped, you retaliated by robbing us of our money and killing that security guard and when we wouldn't give into your demands, you sent Jumbo to try and kill my little brother, sent your thugs to rape my brother's and cousin's women and you came here to rob me...but You didn't know that I knew a little martial art and during our fight, your jaw gets broken and...you fell down the stairs unconscious."
Butch gave him a right hook to his mouth, punching it at an angle and breaking his jaw. Sung Lee let out a gasp from the shock of such a punch but he couldn't make another sound as He held Sung Lee by the collar still as he whispered in his ears.
"I hope...while you're in prison, you remember...this ocean we're in...there's big fish...and there's little fish. So Little fish, it's so boring thinking inside the box."
"In this Ocean filled will fishies, isn't it more fun... to be the f*ckin Shark."
He let him go and watched emotionless as Sung Lee tumbled down the stairs and hit the floor unconscious. He looked on, unbothered.
