The wind brushed through her hair as she sped up across the city. A pang of guilt ate at her, she suspected she had inadvertently caused this fight.

Arriving at the scene she could barely see through the heavy fire and smoke, and the sound of wailing people rang in her ears. Bubbles followed closely behind, both of them terrified of what the next hour had in store for them.

Getting closer to the epicenter, she could see a green dash clashing into a red one violently.

'Oh, this is bad.' she heard Bubbles murmur.

As they got closer, they could see the figures clearly. Buttercup was repeteadly launching towards the red rowdyruff, yelling incomprehensibly, her clothes tattered and bloody. Brick appeared unmoved, dodging most of her attacks while administering the ocasional blow.

'YOU SON OF A BITCH!' Buttercup's eyes widened in anger, her attacks strong, but sloppy, seemingly lit by insanity.

'MY FUCKING SISTER! YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH IT???'

Brick chuckled, vaguely amused, letting her crash in the occasional building as she sprang at him.

'STAY AWAY FROM HER YOU PIECE OF SHIT I'LL KILL YOU!

His calm demeanor enraged her even more, her blows getting quicker and more aggressive.

'You're so much like Butch, it's hilarious. No finesse whatsoever.'

''I'LL FINESSE YOUR ASS YOU CUNT!'

'Oh-uh, looks like your little stunt attracted the others.' he motioned towards Blossom and Bubbles. 'Hn, Butch better take better care of his possessions next time, this might prove to be a slight inconvenience.'

Buttercup looked behind at her sisters, then back at him and mockingly laughed.

'Stealing that idiot's phone was easier than taking ice-cream from a toddler.'

'I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got some errands to run. Stay feisty, this was fun.' he said, turning around and attempting an escape.

'SHIT! DON'T LET THE FUCKER GET AWAY!' Buttercup shouted as she followed the red streak, and her sisters followed suit.

'What the hell were you thinking when you did this?' Blossom yelled, her voice muffled by the wind.

'What did it look like?? Protecting your damn honor!' she replied, focused on the target ahead.

'Protecting my honor? For what? and why alone?'

They were quickly catching up to him, and Buttercup managed to grapple one of his feet, and thus gave her sisters an advantage. Bubbles managed to grab his hands and hold them to his back.

The rowdyruff struggled to break free, punched Buttercup in the jaw and sent her collapsing through the void.

Blossom watched, shocked, unsure of what to do. Ultimately, as she saw Bubbles thrown around like a limp rag,her hands still firmly attached to his back, Blossom closed in on him and encircled him with her arms.

'Hey, pink. I guess your sister is resourceful, well done.' he uttered, his face giving off his alarm. 'Too bad I have one more ace up my sleeve.'

As he was struggling in her embrace, she could feel him getting warm, warmer than usual. She realised something was very wrong, and shrieked at Bubbles:

'LET HIM GO, BUBBLES! NOW!'

They barely managed to break free, when his body was engulfed by red energy and a huge explosion ensued. Blossom could feel her clothes and flesh burning off, the smell making her sick.

She looked down at her arms that had attempted to shield her and could see muscle and tendons being exposed.

'It's fine, you'll heal.' he whispered right before dashing off. Blossom could hear her sister screaming in horror at the sight of her.

'What the fuck happened to you? Where'd he go?' Buttercup cringed seeing their torn bodies as she made her way back at them.

'Fuck! FUCK!'

Blossom watched powerless as her sister flied in circles.

'We managed to overpower him, but he turned himself in some sort of explosion and got away.'

'A fucking explosion? A FUCKING EXPLOSION? Tell me, Blossom, can you do that, because I sure as hell can't do it.'

the circles grew tighter and her pace hastened.

'We have the chemical X, yes? Then why do they have all these special as fuck techniques that I have never heard of in my fucking life of? How about that, eh? A FUCKING EXPLOSION!'

An exhausted sigh escaped from Blossom. 'I wish I could tell you that, I really do.'

She realised her enounciation was messed up: 'Must be because my lips are gone.'

Bubbles had begun to cry, it had been years since she gotten so hurt during a battle. The redhead approached her and rest an arm on her intact back.'

'There, there. Shhh... It's fine.'

She shook her hand off and distanced herself from them.

'No! It's not fine! Why can't I just have a normal life? I just wanna work at the shelter! I'm sick of fighting and death! I'm sick of being their playthings!'

Both her sisters were taken aback by this outburst and fell silent for a moment, they weren't sure how to respond.

Eventually, it was Blossom who began the descent back to the city, and the others followed suit. She got closer to the green one and inquired:

'I still don't understand what you were trying to do with him all by yourself. It was very reckless of you.'

'I could take him, until you had to come and ruin everything.'

Blossom refrained from adding anything else, she knew the brunette would snap if she alluded that she wasn't exactly winning.

'What other tehniques does his brother have?'

Buttercup's brow twitched imperceptibly.

'Stuff involving electricity. Do you have that?'

'...No.' 'Are you scared?'

Buttercup snorted, glancing sideways at her sister. 'Yea, implying.'

'She's jealous. He's probably mocking him when they fight. Very few people around as proud as BC.'Their skin had started to mend, they no longer looked like walking corpses.

'This Chemical X... it's something else. I sometimes forget. ' she marveled at her hands.

They got closer and closer to where the fight started, Blossom could tell by the sound of police sirens. Some buildings were still on fire, and she asked her sisters to help contain it.

The redhead used her freezing breath to quench the flames, the firemen looked at her in awe as she finished their job with almost insulting ease.

A lot of the buildings in the are were ruined, she could see multiple crates where her sister had crashed.

'A lot of people live here. Maybe some were hurt. All of this just because BC wants to protect 'my honor'. These people really are slaves to our whims.'

Blossom locked eyes with a child, it broke her heart when all she could see there was fear.