A Place To Call Home
Well, this starts the story that hopefully will end up the way I want it to go in my head. Thanks to all the reviews already.
As for a timeline, I'm making the year the first chapter happened as 2001, making the story being set in 2011. I know that won't make it cannon with the show, but hey, this is fanfiction. It's not supposed to be cannon.
As usual, I don't own anything.
"You're pathetic and useless! How could you botch the mission like that?" A smaller, blonde haired boy whimpered. "I'm s...sorry. It won't happen..." A kick to the ribs made the boy scream in pain. "Why are you even called our brother? You can't do anything right." More kicks and punches were dealt to the smaller of the three in the room. The taller of the tormenters picked up a metal bat. "Hold down one of his legs."
Boomer shot up out of bed, gasping for breath. He wrapped his arms around himself as he calmed his breathing down. He didn't want to wake anyone else up in the house. He looked at the clock and sighed as he read the 5:45 on the dark blue screen. "Might as well get up. There's no way I can go back to sleep after that nightmare." As Boomer began putting the braces he wore on his left knee and ankle, his thoughts drifted back to his nightmare. He hadn't thought about the other two in the nightmare in years, or even anything that happened before he came to live where he was now.
Another glance at the clock revealed he had been lost in his thoughts for well over an hour and he quickly got dressed, lest one of the girls walk in and wonder what was wrong. He didn't want them to find out about his nightmare, at least not yet. After all, it was just a dream.
Blossom came rushing in Boomer's room. "Boomer, have you seen my red...um, you know...uh?" "That thing that you use to cover your boobs that's called a bra that is currently residing in my top dresser drawer because none of you three take the time to actually sort the laundry when you do it?" Boomer smiled as he began putting his books in his backpack. "Boomer! I was trying to be considerate of your guy feelings!" Blossom lightly punched him in the arm before retrieving said article of clothing.
"Blossy, after you three hit puberty, AT THE SAME TIME, all consideration for my feelings flew out the window. In fact, I'm not surprised any second BC is going to come in here to raid my closet." With the mention of her nickname, Buttercup groggily walked in, picked a shirt up off the floor, sniffed it, then walked out. "Case in point, Blossom." Boomer continued to smile as he grabbed his Chemistry textbook. "So ready for that Chem test that I'm going to beat you at?"
"You wish, Boomer. Chemistry is MY subject. We may be both in first for Valedictorian, but there is no way you're getting a higher score this time." "We'll see Blossy." Boomer winked as he headed out of his room to the bathroom. Bubbles was already in the bathroom, kneeling down in front of the bathtub. Boomer knelt down beside her and watched a heavily salted slug wriggle helplessly. "You know, just a couple of years ago, your scream at seeing one of those would've been heard in China." Bubbles looked up and smiled. "And just a few years ago, you would have thrown said slug at me just to hear me scream."
Boomer chuckled, then stood up and grabbed his contact case and began putting his one contact he wore in his right eye. He blinked a few times, getting used to the feeling. "Remind me to have Dad make me another contact when he gets back. It's getting hard to focus this one." "Sure thing Boomy. Do my hair, will you? You're better at it. Blossom gets them uneven." Bubbles shoved her hairbrush in Boomer's face. "You know one of these days, you're going to have to do this yourself without help." Boomer chuckled as he put Bubbles' hair in her trademark pigtails.
A loud honk sounded outside and Blossom stuck her head in the door. "That's Brian picking me up. Are you two using the car today?" Boomer's eye twitch as Blossom said her boyfriend's name. "Yeah. We've got Glee rehearsal that will run late and I've got my Musical Theatre classes at the college today." Boomer finished putting the last tie in Bubbles' hair. "Plus I've got Dance class and we'll pick up Buttercup from Karate." Bubbles' chirped then skipped out of the bathroom. "And the fact my leg is starting to stiffen up again." Boomer muttered under his breath so only Blossom could hear. "Boomer! You should have told me sooner! You DO have your braces on right?" Blossom whispered back. "Yes, and I'll be fine. It's just from all the inaction we've been having. We're starting practice for our musical in Theatre today so it'll get worked out. Don't worry." Boomer smiled. "You know I have to worry, Boomer. Anyway, I'll see you guys at school." Blossom ran down the stairs and out the door.
Boomer sighed as he ran his hand through his shaggy blonde hair. He knew he never should have mentioned his leg was hurting him. Blossom would worry about him the entire day and not concentrate on her schoolwork. At least she didn't know about the dream. "You know she does that because she's the leader. She has to worry about us." Buttercup walked in the bathroom, looked in the mirror, shrugged, then walked out. Boomer walked out behind her. "I know she worries and at times I'm glad, but right now she has too much on her mind. She's got her SAT's coming up, all those Debate meetings, and the Science Fair, not to mention Prom in two weeks and Graduation. And on top of that, that...boyfriend, Brian... constantly tries to get her to let him copy her tests. She wouldn't even let ME do that and look where I am today." Boomer griped as he grabbed his bag.
"Yeah, who knew the cute little blondie that Blossom felt so sorry for in grade school and torture tutored for years would eventually be the one who could possibly beat her grade point average." Buttercup pulled Boomer out of his room and they both walked down the stairs and out of the house, where Bubbles was already standing out by the blue convertable the four teens shared. "And don't even think of bombing that test today in Chem either, Boo-Boo. Blossom will immediately know you did it on purpose." "Don't worry BC, I'll still make Blossy work for that top spot."
The drive to Townsville High didn't take too long on account of Buttercup's driving, and pretty soon the three teens found a parking spot and began to head towards the building. Boomer growled slightly as he noticed the bright red Camaro belonging to Blossom's boyfriend Brian. "God I hate that guy!" Boomer mumbled, glaring daggers at the car. "Boomy, don't take your anger out on the car. It's the guy driving it you hate. And what is wrong with Brian anyway?" Bubbles squeezed the taller blonde's shoulder. "First, he's a jerk. Second, Blossom can do SO much better than him. And third, I have to hate the guy. It's a overprotective brother thing. I don't want to see her heart get broken, because if it does, I'll break the guy's face. Shoot, I'd date all three of you just so you'd never have to go through that."
Bubbles smiled and latched on Boomer's arm. "Well, one out of three isn't bad is it? I know you'll never break my heart." Bubbles leaned up and gave Boomer a kiss on the cheek. "Yeah, and I think it's pretty much illegal to date your sisters, even your adopted ones. I'm just glad Dad understood the fact you two didn't call each other siblings from the first." Buttercup grinned. "Not my fault it was love at first sight." Bubbles stuck out her tongue at her sister. "BC was right all those years ago. You ARE the weird one." The remark earned Boomer a light slap on the cheek.
The room was dark, if he was even in a room to begin with, and the air was thick and chilly. Boomer couldn't see anything in the darkness, not even his own hand when he held it up. Faint whispers seemed to surround him from all sides, some even sounded familiar. Lights began appearing, just two colors however, red and green. With each second, they appeared closer to him and the whispers grew louder. Boomer dropped to his knees, crouching in a ball, trying to even out his breathing.
"EARTH TO BOOMER!" Boomer snapped his head up and looked up at Bubbles' concerned face. "S..sorry Bubbles, just daydreaming. What's up?" "Well, we're wanting to know which songs you picked out for us that we're doing at Prom this year. You've been sitting there in a daze for about ten minutes. Are you sure you're okay?" Boomer averted his eyes. "I'm fine. This day has just been stressful. I guess the whole graduating thing is catching up with me like it has Blossom. Don't worry about it." Boomer looked up and smiled. Bubbles rolled her eyes. "That excuse is not going to work with me, Boomy. I've known you too long to tell that you're lying to me. If you don't tell me now, you're telling everyone when we get home." "Fine. I'll tell you later, just not in front of the normal people." Boomer slightly gestured at the rest of the Glee kids.
Boomer stood up. "Okay, now about the songs we're doing for Prom. There will only be two, so we'll be able to dance as well. The first is Seasons of Love from RENT and the second, due to popular request from the student body is Teenage Dream by Katy Perry. And yes I'm well aware that it's due to the fact that they've seen the Glee episode with that song in it and they want us to do it." "Especially if you sing the lead." Bubbles smirked. Boomer sighed. "Yes, they have also requested I sing the lead, but I'm also going to have Dane learn the lead too, just in case something happens, and if not, we'll just have a two part harmony. Now, as for when we're going to sing the two songs..."
Before Boomer had a chance to finish, a giant boom shook the building. Boomer and Bubbles looked at each other. "My notes about the songs are in my bag and could one of you put our stuff in our car for us? Don't know how long we'll be." Boomer pushed open the window and he and Bubbles flew out toward the middle of the town where monsters usually liked to begin their attacks from.
Blossom and Buttercup were already fighting the giant purple tentacled monster when the two blondes arrived. Boomer immediately began charging up an electric ball to aim at the monster, his elemental specialty he learned he had after getting his powers back so many years ago. He fired and it hit the monster, forcing it to roar in pain. "Boomer, fire at it again! I think its weakness is electricity!" Blossom shouted, dodging a tentacle.
Boomer fired energy ball after energy ball at it, until it was in too much pain to attack. Buttercup took the opportunity to grab a tentacle and hurl it as far away as she could, which was several hundred miles. It wouldn't bother them or the town for awhile. Boomer began flying toward the three girls, who had already regrouped, until a wave of dizziness struck him and his flying became erratic.
"Boomer!" Bubbles rushed toward the boy and caught him before he passed out completely. The three girls looked at each other in concern. "Let's get him home. He may just be exhausted. He's been looking a little run down today." Blossom helped get Boomer on Buttercup's shoulders. "I don't think it's that. Something happened at Glee practice today. He's hiding something and he told me he'd tell us later. That may be the reason." Bubbles sighed. "Whatever the reason doesn't matter right now. Let's just get him home." Buttercup grumbled. The other two nodded and they flew off, not noticing the two menacing pairs of eyes following their movements.
"So, what do you have to report?" The sing-song voice was directed at two shadowed figures. "The creature we sent was defeated by the Powerpuffs like we all thought," the taller of the two stated. "Good, good. So they're still fighting after all this time. Wouldn't want our plan we've been working on for years to go to waste," the voice replied. The smaller of the two stepped forward. "Too bad there's a little wrench in that plan. Boomer was fighting ALONGSIDE them!" The two figures were thrown back hard against the wall and suddenly red crab-like claws grabbed each of them and pinned them against it. "WHAT did you say! Answer me!" "Boomer. He's working...with them, sir. That's what we saw. I thought you said that Boomer..."
The two were flung again and the smaller of the two was quickly snatched up again. "I suggest that if you want my plan that's been in the making for all this time to succeed, you'll find a way to distract your brother and get him away from those girls, because if he messes up my plans, you ALL will pay. Do I make myself clear, Brick?" "Y...yes, HIM, sir."
Sorry this took so long to write. We had a bit of bad weather here where I am that usually doesn't happen. Long story short, our water pipes busted and I had to stay a few days without access to computer or internet. Goes to show you I'd rather have a hot shower and be bored than being dirty and staring at a screen.
I'll try to update as soon as I can. Again thanks for all the reviews.