I was sitting at my vanity, looking at myself in the mirror. Admiring my beauty and how much I resembled my mother. Oh how I miss her... I stared at the aging picture i held in the corner of my mirror. I grasp the picture with my hand and held it close. In the picture there was a young woman. Gorgeous. She had the natural beauty of a model. Perfect facial structure and nicely constructed body. Thanks Mom... I slightly chuckled at my comment. She wasn't all beauty, oh no. Annabel Utonium was intelligent in every aspect, from what I remember. My mother was a wonderful woman. Her death was not only tragic to my family but the Townsville . It greatly took a toll on me... I was only 6 yet I knew once she was in the casket she wasn't coming back. I knew that would be the last time I see her long auburn hair that use to shine in the light. I would no longer see her smile when I went down to breakfast and hear her laugh at my dad's corny jokes. I no longer had someone to look up to, so I had to become an ideal person for myself... I was crying until I heard the maid knock in the door behind me.

"Lady Blossom, is this a bad time?"

"No" I quickly wiped my eyes and put on my best fake smile. "Come in, is something wrong, Hilda?"

She smiled, "I didn't know you knew my name"

"I'm full of surprises, now what do I owe his pleasure?" She held her smile and seemed to gleam.

"Your father wants you downstairs in 5 minutes" I nodded and turned away. I looked at the photo one last time and put it back in its usual spot. I checked my reflection one last time. making sure every mermaid curls were in there directed place. My hair looked as if it was a flowing stream of lava that ripples and I loved it. I stood up and turned to look at myself in my full-length mirror. Strikingly gorgeous. I was wearing my favorite flowy rose petal dress. It had a scoop neckline, and a-line empire waist line. It fit me nicely, showing enough but not too much since I was on the busty side, and it's perfect for this occasion. I went into my walk in closet to grab the perfect shoes when I heard a knock at my door.

"Hilda, I'm coming!"

"I think Hilda would think that's nice to know" It was Butch. He opened my door and sat on the edge of my bed while I was still in my closet. "I can't believe I have to go to this"

"Well think about it like this. No more fighting and you get to gnaw at Buttercup"

"The fighting is like the best part of being a Utonium and Robin will be there so no I won't" I came out of my closet and Butch just stared at me. "Look at my little sister, growing up. So you know I'll kill your husband if he hurts you right?"

"Yeah, I'm sure that cames with your job description"

'Yeah it does! Kick ass and take names, all day!" He clapped his hands together and changed the energy in the room.

"So you going tieless because it's the new style?"

"Yeah, let's tell dad that..." He looped his arm with mine. I grabbed my clutch off the bed before leaving. We made our way to the top of the stair case and Butch cleared his throat loudly, gaining the attention of everyone below. We gracefully walked down the staircase while everyone watched in awe. Everyone except Sedusa. I disregarded the look she was giving me and continued to walk. We made it to the bottom of the staircase, and everyone clapped. I turned my attention to Butch who bowed before me "And that, Bloss, is how you make an entrance" I could help but smile.


Butch simply refused to ride in the limbo with the other, and Robin agreed. Clearly she was still mad. This dinner should be great... Anyways, Boomer, Butch and I took the Bugatti. I would rather arrive in style anyways. Of course we arrive last but it was fine. No one was seated. Once we all got settled, I started putting names with faces. I instantly noticed Buttercup, she had a few battle scars. Luckily I was about to cover up my head wound. She was glaring daggers at me with her glowing lime green eyes. She was dressed elegantly, of course yet her attitude was not selling it. I noticed a little bubbly blond next to her. She had ocean blue eyes and her make up was simple yet striking if I must say. She seemed to my nonchalant to this whole dinner, I wonder what she was thinking about. "That's Bubbles" Boomer was next to me and whispered in my ear. Helping me put names with faces. "That's Maurice. They call him Papa Mojo"

"Should I call him that?" Boomer laughed at my seriousness.

"No" They man we quiet handsome, not looking his age. Obviously surgery has played a role in his life... He had eyes that seemed to look black and intimidating. There seemed to be a permanent smirk on his face, as if he knows something we don't. He had deep dark brown hair that seemed to once be blonde. There was something in his face the screamed kindess"That's their mother, Rosalina". She had fiery red hair and striking green eyes. She didn't look a day over 40. I mean honestly, this family ages well. "The guy with the modified Beiber hair is Mitch" He was is deep conversation with buttercup. He had these chocolate-brown eyes and held a smirk that would make girls swoon at anytime. Well except me

"Well how many kids does Mojo have?"

"He's a family freeloader like robin" I playfully hit boomer in his arm.

"Robin is not a freeloader, her family-" He cut me off.

"Every family goes through something, that doesn't mean you bring others around you down with you" I didn't know what he mean by that, but I had a bad feeling about it. I continued to watch the two. They were all into each other but tried not to show it physically.

"Are they together?"

'No, Mojo believes in arranged marriages"

"That must suck"

"yeah, oh there's Brick" I quickly turned my head. He was wearing a white suit that was spotless. He wore a red tie and fedora with his suit. He sat next to Buttercup, directly across from me. I tried not to stare too hard but he was just... I pushed the thought from my head and tried to act professionally. Boomer saw my struggle and laughed. "This is a friendly dinner, you can flirt a little"

"No one to flirt with" Before Boomer could reply we hear clashes of glass at the head of the table. Noise quieted down and all attention was headed toward the noise. At the head of the table there was my father and Mojo. Standing side by side. Remarkable!

"Can I have everyone's attention. Thank everyone for coming" My father gave his best smile.

"It's not like we had a choice" Boomer mumbles next to me and I tried to hide my smile.

"First and foremost, i would like to welcome Blossom home" Mojo motioned for me to stand up. I followed his instruction and gave my sweetest smile. Everyone clapped respectfully, well everyone except Buttercup. i felt someone's eyes burn into mine, I looked straight ahead to see Brick watching me observantly. He wasn't seductive, cocky or anything like that. He was just watching me. I sat down still under the watch of him...Strange.

"Welcome home. Now you all are probably wonder why you were called here. There are various reasons, yet the most important one is to officially announce our alliance." More claps and cheers rang through us all. I knew all of them were fake. "Thank you thank you. we feel together we are stronger than us separated."

"More news, my wife, Rosalina, and I are renewing our vows"

"It's that a coincidence, Sedurita and I are too" Everyone cheered but I searched sedurita's face. She didn't know this was happening but she went along with it anyways. "Next saturday, you are all invited to our vow renewal in Miami"

"This is fate! Exactly the same as us, we shall unite our ceremonies, and you are all invited!" They were obviously trying to one-up each other and it's sickening yet I clapped. They were both giving us fake smiles. "Now with further delay, let's eat!" They both sat down in their respectable seat and plates were sat down. Pasta, steak, veggies, and salad. That's so healthy... I rolled my eyes at the food choice. As I started to pick at my salad, I couldn't help but hear bickering between Butch and Robin.

"Robin let's not do this now, people are staring"

"Good so now everyone knows what a horrible boyfriend you are!"

"Now you wanna call me names, but you weren't saying that nights ago.." She slapped him.

"How dare you."

"What did I do!?"

"You were dancing on other girls, kissing other girls and probably more!"

"I did not kiss other girl but I did dance. IT'S A CLUB what was I suppose to do stand on the wall?!"

"You shouldn't have went"

"Just like I didn't want you to go to Sonic's Bachelorette party" Robin's mouth dropped open.

"H-How do y-you-?"

Butch cut her off, "Yeah you didn't know I knew about that?! I know what you did! While I was grieving for my daughter you were in bed with another man and a woman!"

"B-B-Butch...I-" He cuts her off.

"I think you should leave. No second thought, stay I'll move" Butch got up and switched spots with Boomer. Robin was sitting there with tears slowly rolling down her face, eventually she got up and left.

"You are such an asshole" The comment came from Buttercup.

"You don't know a damn thing about me, so don't judge me" Butch was glaring daggers at her, maybe it was just lust...

"Still, you could at least go see if she's okay"

"She's fine. Leave me alone" Butch sat there with his head low and his eyes closed. He was slightly shaking, I knew his anger was building up inside.

"No, you need to-" Butch slammed his fists on the table, gaining the attention of everyone.

"Does you father know about your boyfriend Mitch? Does he know your secretly engaged?" Everyone gasped. Buttercup grabbed her knife and threw it at Butch. he catched it and place down on the table.

"That's NONE of your business!'

"Your right, now your dad's apart of it. Now if you excuse me" Butch got up and stormed off. I didn't follow him. I'm giving him time to cool off...

"Dad, I-"

"Buttercup we will discuss this at home" He didn't look at her, his attention was on his steak. She sank in her seat, glaring daggers at me.

"Can I help you?" She stayed silent.

"She's just pisses, don't mind her." Brick's voice someone made me more alert. It was smooth and deep.

"Is she always like this?"

"Yes"

"Are you always like this?"

"For the most part. I want to apologize for last night. I had a few drinks in my system, I apologize for being disrespectful and making you feel uncomfortable" I was taken back by the apology.

"Um, it's okay, I guess" He slightly smiled.

"Maybe we could start over?"

"Maybe..." There was small talk between out parents, Boomer and bubbles but for this most part things were silent. Butch ad robin were nowhere to be seen... the air suddenly turned eerie and dark. Buttercup sensed it because she tensed up and became very alert. I still ate my food yet I also was on high alert. Suddenlt things felt like they were moving in slow motion. Butch came into the room screaming

"EVERYONE, GET DOW-" He was interrupted my a sonic boom that broke the glass windows. I instantly hit the ground, covering myself with my arms. i heard my bombs go off, yet i moved from under the table. The air wasn't clear and smoke was everywhere. I sensed someone and i instantly started to fight. After i didn't hear cries of stopping, i knew he was an enemy. Time to go for the kill. I gave him a roundhouse kick to the head then grabbed his head in-between my hands and twisted his head in an unhuman position. As I dropped it, someone kicked me from behind. A small smile crossed my lips, this is exactly what I trained for.


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