'Missed me?' Brick asked as his counterpart got closer and closer.

'Nobody needs to get hurt. I'm here. Just tell me what you want. Blossom approached him, her hands raised in front of here, almost like a peace offering.

Brick tightened his grip on the man's neck.

'Nobody needs to, I agree.' he smiled devilishly. 'I will let everyone get out, damage free, safe and unhurt, if we get out of this place and you fight me. '

Blossom looked wary, was he here to capture her? Why just him and not his brothers? There had to be a catch. She couldn't waste any time though, the hostages were more important.

'Alright, I agree. How will this go down? How do I know you'll keep your word and not hurt anyone.'

Brick loosened his grip, the man fell like a ragdoll on the ground and he quickly closed in on her.

'I guess then we'll have to leave just about ...now.'

He grabbed her hand and soared through the roof at an incredible speed, smashing through thick layers of brick and dangling Blossom behind him.

Frozen with shock for a few seconds, Blossom then managed to get a hold of herself, and realised the cold evening air was whooshing around her. She could feel his tight grip on her hand, and her skin burned at the contact.

'Where are you taking me?' the redhead yelled.

'You'll see. I promise you'll like it.' Brick said without averting his gaze.

Was this the calm before the storm? Blossom realised she didn't feel an impending sense of doom, although she was probably going to die. He seemed much bigger and stronger than her, he bested her when they were kids, how about now? She could just feel her heart booming against her chest and hand burning.

After what seemed like ages of flying she could see that they were getting close to a snowy mountain top, and he dragged her on top of it.

'I think we'll have some privacy here, Pinkie.'

Blossom looked around at the platform of ice surrounding them.

'What is this?'

'Kilimanjaro.' he said in a straightforward manner.

She looked at him with a mixture of confusion and amazement.

'Don't tell me you never went here out of curiosity.' he added in disbelief.

Blossom shook her head.

'Ahaha, guess I've got to show you lots of things. Why have all this power when you don't use it? ' he smirked.

He formed a red energy ball in his hand and tossed it in her direction.

Surprised, Blossom dodged it just in time. 'Damn, I've definitely lost my touch. This bastard is going to roast me alive if I don't get a hold of myself.'

'Why are you here after all this time?' she yelled, while forming her own energy ball.

'This isn't the time for questions, Blossom.'

Blossom could see the ice in front of her melting and fuming as his laser eyes closed in on her. She flied behind him and sent multiple sonic waves to his back and saw him tumbling.

He rised, flew towards her and delivered blow after blow. Blossom blocked some of them but Brick managed to poke through defenses relatively easily. He then punched her forcefully in a nearby cliff and used his freezing breath on her until she was encased in a huge ice block, leaving only her head uncovered.

Blossom struggled to break herself free, but she was helpless as he got closer and closer to her, until Brick was a few inches away from her face.

'Don't you find it fascinating how we can breathe easily here? How you can be covered in ice and still give me mean looks? He said softly, not breaking eye contact with her.

'Normal people die trying to climb this damn mountain, and we're hosting a party for two over here.' he smiled at her.

'Why do you care so much about them? Why do you let them control you ? You must have known you had a slim chance of surviving this unscathed.'

He was so close to her Blossom could feel his hot breath on her face, and could smell a hint of... perfume? For some reason she could hardly imagine him putting on perfume. She hadn't noticed his eyes until then, they were darker than hers, a blood red, following her own intently.

Blossom could feel her ribs pushing against the ice, lungs struggling to catch a breath.

''Why? I'm just one, they are many. They have, families, children..'

'And how many of them think about your well-being? Also, does the lion bother himself with the wellbeing of ants?' he asked, twirling a strand of her hair.

'It's not. the. same. We're not animals.' Blossom spat between her teeth.

'Oh, but we may just very well be.' Brick said, crushing the encasing ice and pinning her body against the wall with his.

She could feel his body against hers, and felt guilty for welcoming its warmth. He pinned her arms above her head and got close to whisper in her ear:

'We're on top of the foodchain, baby.'

Blossom snapped her feet on the ground , a huge shockwave started cracking the ice, Brick was taken aback and she managed to release herself from his hold.

Without looking back she started flying away as fast as she could. Only after a few minutes of wading through the cold air she stopped and looked back.

He had either lost her or hadn't followed her. She sighed in relief and rubbed her wrists where she could still feel his hand gripping them tightly.

'Fuck. fuck. fuck. fuck.' Blossom muttered under her breath. 'What the fuck do I do now?'