The smell of raspberries and him mixed, seemed to consume Blossom as she woke up. The memories of last night's events went through her mind as she attempted to get up even though her body told her otherwise. She snuggled closer into Brick's chest, taking this moment to truly look at her prize. He was everything and more. For the first time she was in love and it was everything and more. Blossom smiled as she thought of waking Brick up, she planted a sweet kiss upon his lips which he quickly responded to. A refreshed, sweet feeling went through them as their lips connected.
"If I'm gonna get waken up like this every morning, I can get used to this" His voice was husky and deep, making Blossom want to do more. Before she could formally do anything, someone burst into the room.
"Hilda, can you come back later?" Blossom's voice sounded distracted as she was tangled into Brick. She was taken back when she turn a familiar deep voice respond.
"I'm not Hilda, seeing what I'm seeing is gross and Buttercup has been taken" Brick and Blossom turned to see a stressed out Butch. His words came out in a sarcastic bunch. Fast and without breathing. He was wearing the same clothes as yesterday and looked as if he hadn't sleep in days.
"Wait, Butch slow down. What do you mean, is she missing? We saw her yesterday, she's fine. Probably blowing off steam." Brick's 'big brother' side was coming out, even though he knew this was nothing.
"NO LISTEN! I was just held captive by the Gang Green Gang and they tried to kill me but didn't for some strange reason, I STILL can't figure out. They have her. HE HAS HER! And the only fucking reason I am here is for back-up. Are you with me or not?" Butch wasn't in the mood for bullshit but Blossom and Brick were missing vital information but they both knew it wasn't time for that now.
"We're in"
Everyone sat in the living room. No one knew what to say, where to start. There were some many shattered pieces. "Okay Butch we need you to calm down, stop throwing shit" Blossom was attempting to calm him down after she realized how serious this was.
"Don't tell me to calm down. Buttercup was taken by who-knows and you want to tell ME to fucking CALM DOWN?! I FUCKING LOVE THAT GIRL AND I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HER. YEAH I FUCKED UP BUT IT WAS FOR HER AND NOW SHE'S GONE." His anger was being directed by me but I re-channeled it. I pulled him into a forceful, tight hug. He clung onto me.
"I know how you feel. You lost something special to you, but throwing bitch fits will NOT help us. What happened yesterday?"
"I got in that argument with John and went searching for Buttercup"
"Yeah but Buttercup was near us when they were doing the bouquet toss then that little green guy interrupted things." Brick was piecing things back together in his mind.
"So you never found her?"
"No. I was captured as well as she." Butch looked down trying to recall memories.
"Looks like we're going to pay the Gang Green Gang a visit." A sly smile crept upon Blossom's lips as she picked up her phone. "We won't enter with negative intentions of course. They will think of it as an olive branch but won't see what we really have coming"
Buttercup woke up in a strange yet comfortable bed. She rolled over to see a familiar face sleeping soundly next to her. She stared a bit longer but her eyes widened once she realized who it was. Ace. She quickly scrambled out of the bed, not caring if he woke up or not. She realized she wasn't in her clothes and scanned the room looking for them. Buttercup stopped her dress by the window, she ran for it but Ace stood in her way. "Good Morning to you too"
"Good Morning my ass, what is this?! Where am I? How-" Ace cut her off.
"You always were one with many questions. Something I missed about you." Ace held an admirable look in his eyes as he noticed how Buttercup had changed. She covered herself sheepishly.
"Miss me? You left me, remember?" Memories of the past began to flood her mind as she stared at his manly face. Anger began to fill Buttercup.
"We all make mistakes" Ace was so calm as he seemed to finally have what he wanted.
"So you kidnap me so YOU can get a second chance? You broke my heart Ace! YOU HELPED MAKE ME INTO THE COLD-HEARTED BASTARD I AM TODAY!" Her anger flared as more and more horrible memories resurfaced.
"I'm only human." Ace was hurting because he was finally seeing what he did to her.
"Bullshit ass excuse!" Buttercup had to calm down or she was going to add to her regret list. "Can I please just leave and save you the humiliation and ass whooping that's coming you way?"
"Or you could look at this in a positive light. Me kidnapping you is your way away from your father. You get what you have secretly being wanting forever."
"So you've been stalking me now?"
"I call it research. Just think about this right now. I'm basically handing you the gift you've always wanted."
"Yeah but at what price?"
A creepy smile spread across Ace's lips as he replied. "That's negotiable"
Brick, Blossom and Butch stood on the porch of the mansion that belonged to the Gang Green Gang. They didn't know what they were stepping into, but they knew what they wanted out of it. A local maid opened the door speaking a language that apparently only Blossom knew.
The entered the home only to be taken back by its contents. It was fancy, containing one of a kind art pieces and sculptors. The maid brought them into a room with white walls. There was only one green things in the room. Ace.
"We finally meet." He sat with poise as he knew actually how he wanted things to go. He knew how this was going to go.
"I'm Blossom Utonium as you already know. And you are?" Blossom put on her good girl act to lure him in. Now was the time to use what she was born to do.
"Ace Green. Leader of the Gang Green Gang, and we control the south"
"Such a strong title. Never knew you would be the one to obtain it." Brick words were said with a smile but Ace knew his true intentions.
"Stranger things have happened. So what brings you here?"
"Now , why would you ask such foolish things. We all know what's going on here." She held her fake smile for a moment before dropping it. "Where's Buttercup?"
"Oh there's the real Blossom, I've heard so much about you. Buttercup as told me much."
"I' glad her name is in the conversation , where is she?"
"In the shower."
"Great, she'll be clean when she leaves with us" Brick was holding a stare-off with Ace. This roots to something deeper, and they both knew it.
"She not leaving"
"Oh so you're holding her hostage. That's illegal."
"She wants to stay with me, I treat her better than her own family does." That was a strike taken and brick was about to strike back.
"Why would she want to stay with you, when all you have done is hurt her?"
"How is that different from the Jojo family? At least she has freedom and can be herself here"
"Yeah but you will cheat on her when you're bored and abuse her mentally and maybe physically."
Ace raised from his seat, ready to strike but Blossom was quicker. She held a gun to his head in mid-strike. "Don't do this to yourself. All we want is for her to be safe and sound in the arms of who she wants to be with"
"What if she is where she wants to be? What if I am whom she really loves?"
"I don't believe it for a second"
"BUTTERCUP!" She erupted from what seemed to be thin air. She held her screams within herself as she knew this place was loaded. Pulling out a gun wasn't smart on Blossom's part and Buttercup wasn't about to make it worst. Ace smiled as he watched Blossom's and Brick's facial expression diminished as they watched Buttercup.
"Great. You give her the discounted dress and brainwash you into thinking that this is where you want to be." Blossom slightly lowered the gun at the sight of an unharmed Buttercup.
"Sad to say, this is better than where i was. So why not stay? I FINALLY get away from that life" Buttercup sat down in relief staring directly into Brick's eyes.
"Away from that life?" Brick's face cringed as he repeated Buttercup's words in disgust."By being here you still are in this lifestyle"
"But I'm away Maurice"
"You're also away from Butch" They watched her face drop in realization.
"He's been shunned, us being together would only result in death"
"With you by his side at least he would have died happy." Blossom looked at Buttercup in a new light. "Do you know what he was willing to do to get to you? How many laws he was ready to break? How much harm he was about to cause upon himself? OR ARE YOU TOO SELFISH AND HAVE YOUR HEAD SO FAR UP YOUR ASS THAT YOU CANT SEE LOVE?!" Blossom anger had gotten he best of her and without realization, the gun was pointed at her.
"I SEE IT! BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WILL BECOME ITS SLAVE!" Buttercup stood up to Blossom and was yelling at her. "I would be an IDIOT to let this past by me. YES I hate Ace with everything in me, YES I love Butch but coffins don't have bunk beds. I plan on living a happy life..." Buttercup was shedding tears silently. Brick's hear ached as he longed to hold his sister but he knew she was too far gone.
"You know Butch won't accept this" Blossom's words hit Buttercup hard but she didn't expect anything nice from her as the gun was still pointed her way.
"You know Maurice won't stand for this." Brick looked at Ace.
"I'm prepared to give him an offer he can't resist for his daughter's hand in marriage. I may be a beast but I'm not a monster. I have some morals when it come to certain things." There was silence in the room as they realized that this mission was a fail.
"Well looks like you were given a key to the golden gate.I can't say I'm happy for you because i try not to lie. But the least you can do is say goodbye to him. You owe him at least that" Brick looked to his sister. She looked to Ace.
"If he may grant it." Ace nodded and left the room. Brick and Blossom led Buttercup outside to a limo with dark tinted windows. As they approached Butch ran out to conjure his beloved within his arms. He pulled apart for a moment just to capture her lips. The taste of her overwhelm him yet the taste of tears is what alarmed him the most. He released her only to look into her eyes. They changed. She changed.
"What's going on here?" Butch looked to Brick and Blossom for answers. They were in the limo looking for something in particular.
"Did you do your part of the plan?" Brick yelled down the inside.
"Yeah, but he released her so why..." Butch's question was interrupted by the explosion of multiple parts of the house. "Oh that's why. We're on Plan B. Thanks for the heads up guys" Butch was no longer in lovey dovey mode right now. Now was the time to kill.
"What the h-" Buttercup's screams of confusion were interrupted as she was shoved into the limo as it began to drive away. Leaving behind a ring of gunshots.
