The Consequences

Last Updated: 2-16-05

Updated: 2-19-05

Hairy Gregory: Yay! You reviewed. I love how your reviews are so nice and detailed. You always make me feel that you ACTUALLY read the chapter and thought about the events that took place. I noticed that you also read PPG fic 'Secrets and Surprises' by Forlay. It was an awesome story and I've also read the sequel. Can't wait for Forlay to update. Your review even made me notice things that I hadn't even thought about. And he likes Rayne 'cos she has the same kind of cold personality he does. That piece of info from your review made a whole lot of sense. I actually made him like Rayne because she's more 'obedient' (her rebellion is more through words and coldness) than Brenda and gives his less of a hard time. But he also likes her because she's closer to the type of child he wants so I guess that their similarity in coldness can be a reason for him liking her better. Wow, you really make me think about what I write and bring up issues that I didn't even notice. If only they were more reviewers like you. Oh and the engaged man that Blossom slept with was Brick. If you remember ch2 you'd remember the conversation between Brick and Bubbles and the mention of his sleeping with Blossom and Bubbles catching them together. Thanks for all your reviews and continue to review my PPG stories!

Chapter 4

(Following day 4:30am in the morning at a large Scrap yard Factory)

Mitch smoked his cigar as his private investigator showed him the photos. Pictures of Brick and Bubbles together. A few of them even had Titch in it as well.

"As you can see," the PI said formally, "your ex-wife has moved on with your friend," he added.

"So she thinks that she can get away from me," Mitch said seriously, "any news on Buttercup?" he asked changing the subject.

"She's still in Citysville," the PI started, "but she's married now," he revealed.

"WHAT!" Mitch cried, "you can't be serious Elmer!"

"I told you to call me Sglue," Elmer Sglue told him pointedly, "we're not friends," he reminded Mitch coldly.

"Oh come on!" Mitch shouted, "you're going to keep a grudge from kindergarten?" he asked.

"You know that's not it," Elmer responded, "you're not a good person," he continued, "I'm only helping you because I'm strapped for cash," he added.

"Well it does cost a lot of money for you to buy those tablet capsules that have the medicine you need," Mitch reminded him, "to keep yourself looking human," he added with a grin.

"I am human," Elmer snapped as he picked up an implied tone in Mitch's voice, "I just need the medicine to keep my body from turning back to glue on the outside."

"But you're still glue on the inside though," Mitch recalled, "must be hard to get the ladies," he teased.

"I don't need any ladies," Elmer responded, "my life has made me LOVE my own company," he told Mitch.

"Personally I love woman too much," Mitch said.

"I'm certain that you do," Elmer said emotionlessly.

"Oh come on!" Mitch cried in annoyance, "I'm not THAT bad!" he protested.

"Oh please," Elmer said with a snort, "you'd be stoned out of Townsville if you went back there," he snapped.

"Bet they'd stone you for working for me," Mitch insinuated.

"Tell anyone and I'll make you die suffocating under a mountain of glue," Elmer told him, "and that's not a promise," he continued, "it's a threat," he added darkly.

"I have connections," Mitch said seriously, "you wouldn't live for long."

"Look into my eyes and tell me if you really think that I care?" Elmer asked frankly and his dark brown (I'm just making up an eye colour. I never remembered ever seeing his true eye colour behind those glasses he wore in Kindergarten on the cartoon) eyes grew small behind his black medicated sunglasses.

"You're wearing sunglasses stupid," Mitch spat angrily.

"Watch it Mitch," Elmer chastised, "I might have to dig up some dirt on you for the public eye," he said, "free of charge," he added with a malevolent grin.

"Townsville would never believe you if they knew this was your true profession," Mitch told him, "and Citysville is one of the most corrupted towns in this state," he continued, "they could care less," he said.

Elmer growled at Mitch. Elmer had changed a lot over the years and while the kindergarten and Townsville were accepting of him at first as a glue Monster when he was a kindergartner, they slowly became more annoyed by mishaps as a result and by early second grade his parents had him sent to a special research facility to try and reverse it. But the combination of a radiated (or chemical filled- whatever) fly and glue had changed his nervous system and insides in drastic ways. It was almost impossible for the researchers to even try and reverse the process and by the time he was to enter Junior High, he had to instead go to the private underground labs of the American CIA. He had to go through a lot of grueling testing of trial and error, which eventually yielded a positive result by the time he was sixteen. He was no longer a huge glue monster. But the problem was that despite him no longer being a huge glue monster; he was now the size of a typical teenager whose body was made up of glue. By eighteen years the best accomplishment reached was that he could us a hologram to look human. Unfortunately he had to wear a special suit so that he didn't allow glue to fall all over the place. Elmer decided to call it quits with the CIA and left after promising to not give out any details of his stay there or suffer torture, physical mutilation and eventually death. Elmer was still grateful because during all those years of research and experimenting, one result of an experiment at age twelve made him ultra smart. He was able to complete all his home high schooling within the next two years despite spending almost a year not studying because of extreme testing which required him to be in the lab and in machines almost all the time. After that he decided that he wanted to be a spy and they trained him, but by seventeen he lost interest as he became less hopeful about his recovery and decided to not become a spy after all. At eighteen he left with a few thousand dollars in his pocket and went back to Townsville.

But the reception towards him was nonexistent. No one even recognized him or even cared when he indirectly asked them about 'Elmer Sglue and he felt so disappointed that he left the following day without telling anyone who he was. He went to Citysville and started to work as a bookkeeper in a clothing store. Two months later the holographic watch that he had gotten started to malfunction. One day it stopped working entirely and his boss was so freaked out by his true appearance that Elmer had to run while dodging bullets from the woman's shotgun. By his twentieth birthday Elmer was homeless for nearly a year and a half and was seriously contemplating suicide. Then he met Mojo Jojo who actually recognized him four days later. Mojo Jojo offered to try and find a cure, but he wanted a lot of cash. Elmer contemplated for weeks how he was going to make Three hundred thousand dollars. One day he noticed a Townsville political figure (no not the Mayor) at a strip club, at first Elmer made nothing of this. But after the politician started to get intimate with three of the strippers at once right there in the bar, Elmer got an idea. He used a disposable camera that he had bought from money he had earned from a small reward for finding a little girl's pink poodle three days ago and took several pictures. The following day he showed them to Mojo Jojo and told Mojo Jojo his idea. Mojo agreed and that night Mojo Jojo called the politician and told him what they had on him. At first the politician didn't believe, but immediately changed his mind when he got mail and a black envelope, which held one picture of the three strippers tearing off his clothes. One week later the politician gave Mojo Jojo five hundred thousand dollars. The greedy Mojo Jojo then changed his demand to four hundred thousand and Elmer agreed and used his hundred thousand to buy himself a simple two-storey house, refurbish it and get fake papers to change his identity to Francis Hate. By age twenty-one Mojo had created a medicine strong enough to make Elmer look human on the outside. But after a few free doses which each lasted a month, Mojo Jojo started to demand at first for five hundred thousand. And after two years of Elmer being an illegal and unlicensed P.I. who mainly got dirt on people for others at high prices or bribed and blackmailed rich high classed persons personally, Mojo Jojo demanded Eight hundred thousand per dose. Sometimes he couldn't or refused to pay and had to use his assistant Sedusa (mostly in her disguise of her new identity Iaman Angel) to make drop offs and pick up the cash for him as he stayed hidden in his true form. Mojo Jojo just waited until Elmer would come back with the cash and pay. Elmer now at age Twenty-five hated Mojo Jojo but was still grateful that he didn't have to always see himself as a glue-dripping freak instead of a normal human being when he looked into the mirror.

"You better remember to call me Francis or Mr. Hate in public," Elmer snarled.

"Just remember that I have people who can snoop too," Mitch responded.

"Not as good as I can," Elmer threw back.

"Where did you learn to become so good anyway?" Mitch asked suddenly.

Elmer looked openly taken aback for a moment.

"It's classified," Elmer responded frankly after regaining his composure, "leave it alone," he added seriously.

"Whatever," Mitch said with a snort; "I can find better snoops any day," he said superiorly.

"Good," Elmer said as he got up and stood at his full five foot five height, "because I meant it when I said working for you was a one time job," he added.

"It would be sad if Townsville found out the identity of Iaman Angel," Mitch said suddenly and Elmer lounged at Mitch who had to jump from his seat behind his desk before an enraged Elmer grabbed him, "she'd have to run since Citysville would refuse to harbour her again as they'd fear being implicated if she were caught hiding in their town a second time," he said victoriously between heavy pants.

Elmer shook in rage as he rose back to his feet. He had a rather thin frame but he still looked like any normal healthy Caucasian (except one that was a bit on the thin side). He was wearing a light brown suit, a sky blue shirt, navy blue tie, black socks and light brown shoes. His dark brown felt hat had fallen off his head revealing a head full of wavy black hair.

Mitch stood victoriously with a grin on his face. He was six feet tall exact and his well tanned skin held a much healthier glow than Elmer's slightly pale white skin. He still had freckles on his cheeks from childhood but they made him look more handsome than childish or child like. His dark brown eyes shone in triumph. He was wearing a black business suit, while business shirt, black and white checker tie and black shoes. His brown hair was rather rumpled since he hadn't fixed himself that 'primly' for Elmer's early morning entrance. But he kept the suit in case Elmer surprised him with company; he knew that looking his best made him the best. After all he ran the most successful Scrap yard factory in Citysville while his ex-wife Bubbles was the nicest kindergarten teacher at Citysville Primary before she divorced him and ran off with their only child.

"Help me get dual or total custody of MY son," Mitch said, "then you'll never have to hear from me again," he continued, "you and Iaman Angel," he added.

"Don't you have any shame!" Elmer shouted, "and why don't you just carry Bubbles to court?"

"Because she'll bring up the abuse and my cheating," Mitch told Elmer, "we need to make her sort it with me privately," he said, "otherwise I might never see my son again," he said almost sadly.

"Did you even love Bubbles?" Elmer asked, "well that's a dumb question," he added chastising himself.

"I love my son," Mitch said seriously, "and I WILL have him back with me," he said firmly.

"Fine then," Elmer spat, "but turn back on your promise and I'll be dancing on your corpse."

"Cross me and you'll be bawling over Sedusa's," Mitch responded and Elmer muttered some expletives and left Mitch's office.

(10am at the Utonium Residence)

Professor Utonium walked to his wife's car and slipped in. She wanted to go shopping and forced him to come with her.

"I don't see why you can't go on your own," Professor Utonium whined as they backed out of the garage, "I don't know fashion," he protested.

"Are you pushing for me to become MISS Bellum again?" Mrs. Utonium threatened, "Divorces are very easy today."

"Of course not!" Professor Utonium squeaked, "let's go."

"Married for six years and you still try to worm out of shopping with me," Mrs. Utonium said with a sigh as they now headed towards the mall, "and you're supposed to be smart MR. UTONIUM," she added.

"I am smart!" Mr. Utonium cried.

"Can't say that about our girls though," Mrs. Utonium added sadly, "I hope Sarah turns out differently."

"Blossom and Bubbles will be all right," Mr. Utonium comforted, "and remember that our newest addition turned one years old last week," he said happily as he thought of their only normal baby daughter Sarah who had her mother's red hair but her father's dark eyes.

"But they've made some horrible choices," Mrs. Utonium pressed on, "Blossom slept with Brick which was just insane," she started, "especially since he was ENGAGED to Bubbles at the time," she continued, "Blossom threw crazy claims of Robyn stealing Boomer in her late teens," she said, "Bubbles marrying Mitch who obviously wanted to replace his void of not having Buttercup," she listed, "then moved with him to Citysville where he soon started to cheat and went all beat up the 'blonde wife' on her," she stated, "Buttercup ran way so long ago because of…."

"It was just a minor family disagreement," Mr. Utonium reminded her, "I already told you that she was being rather hot headed that night," he told her.

"Blossom told me differently," Mrs. Utonium responded.

"What?" Mr. Utonium asked in surprise.

"She told me about that night and how you personally elected Blossom back as a PPG," Mrs. Utonium told him, "she told me that Buttercup was furious because you didn't wait for Bubbles and also that you said stuff about Buttercup that offended her," she said.

"Blossom said that?" Mr. Utonium asked in surprise, "I would never have expected her to say that."

"She told me three years ago when she came to visit," Mrs. Utonium chatted on, "it's been a little over a year since her last visit and nearly a year since we got any contact from her," she pointed out, "I hope she's okay," she said with a hint of concern.

"Don't worry," Mr. Utonium said brightly, "Blossom's very smart and resourceful," he declared proudly, "never proved to me to be otherwise," he stated.

"Not even when she slept with…?" Mrs. Utonium started to ask.

"Don't remind me," Mr. Utonium instructed firmly, "that was a real pitfall," he continued, "sleeping with Him."

(Meanwhile at an Underground Lab deep in Downtown Citysville)

Mojo Jojo continued to look over his many accomplishments. He was glad that he was able to strike a deal with Him (Demon Him) that made him able to come back to life two years after he had died. Mojo Jojo had decided to not bother with the PPGs or World Domination anymore. Mostly he just invented many different weapons and from time to time sold some to the highest bidder. He used the Amoeba Boys and Snake (from Gang Green Gang) as his workmen and bidder. Grubber always pretended to be the one who owned the weapons and Snake had to do both the job of bidder and translator (those who watch PPGs regularly enough should know that Grubber does raspberries with his tongue for words) at the auctions. The Amoeba Boys did the manual work and cleaning up.

Mojo Jojo sighed. He missed socializing sometimes but mostly he liked being alone. He knew how Brick and Boomer were and was glad that Boomer didn't end up with a Powerpuff. Brick however disappointed him (Mojo Jojo). He couldn't believe that Bubbles was back with Brick again. He didn't know or care what happened to Buttercup. He was certain that she and Butch weren't together. Or at least he hoped not. Blossom had showed up in Citysville but he just made sure that she didn't come near him. She didn't permanently reside in Citysville but her visits had become more frequent over the past two and a half years.

I really hope that she doesn't decide to live here within the city that I reside because this city is where I'm currently living. That will only make it harder for me to hide my return that I don't want anyone knowing about because I don't want anyone to know that I have returned. (Mojo Jojo's thoughts)

"I'm going to bed," Mojo Jojo muttered as his thoughts alone had worn him out already.

(8pm at Buttercup and Ace's Apartment room)

Ace glared at Janet as she continued to clean the living room. He never liked her.

"Could you lift your feet for a moment?" Janet asked as she came to where he was with the vacuum cleaner.

"No," Ace responded coldly.

Janet simply moved away from him and vacuumed another section of the living room. Ace found this suspicious.

"What's up with you today?" Ace asked suspiciously, "you haven't been talking about me have you!" he demanded suddenly his face becoming red with anger.

"No!" Janet cried fearfully as she clutched the vacuum to her chest, "I swear Ace," she said tears welling in her eyes.

"You better not," Ace snarled at her, "if Buttercup EVER gets wind that I cheated on her," he said, "you'll be the one I'm coming for."

"I won't tell," Janet promised, "I won't tell," she repeated.

"Good," Ace said seriously, "come here," he said suddenly.

Janet closed her eyes and shook her head profusely. Ace sighed and got to his feet.

Suddenly there was a cry.

"The babies!" Janet cried more as if the child was her saviour than over the fact the baby had cried, "better go take care of her," she said with laugh then ran off.

Ace glared after her, muttered to himself then sat back down in his cushioned chair.

Chapter 4 Done

Reggae: Okay. I updated twice this week. Noew I'm breaking from this story and updating another one. But not before I start chapter 5 for this story. That's my new method. Make a starting for a new chapter so that I'm extra anxious to continue. I mean, when I started this on Thursday (or Friday), I never expected to be bringing Mojo Jojo back to life. So surprises are even on me the writer. But I'm certain the readers got some surprises. Tell me what surprised you most as well as tell what you thought of what happened in this chapter. I promise to update at least one time next week. Please review and thank you.

Surprise vote. Who do you want to hear more about next chapter Titch (Bubbles son) or Rayne (Robin and Boomer's child). Whoever you choose will get a personal appearance in the next chapter and will tell their part in first person perspective. If more than one vote comes in and it's two and each one votes for a different person. The first review to be posted will get the vote. Enjoy your vote!