The Consequences
Last Updated: 24-06-05
Updated: 2-02-07
Chapter 12: Varying Events
(Two hours later at a Top rated expensive hotel)
"So Butch invited you?" Bubbles asked and Buttercup nodded, "and you're inviting me to come?" she asked.
"Yeah," Buttercup said, "Blossom will be there too but that's no reason to not have fun," she added.
"I don't know," Bubbles said softly, "Butch didn't invite me," she pointed out.
"But I have," Buttercup said firmly, "I'm not going without you Bubbles," she said seriously, "you need to come," she emphasized.
"Why?" Bubbles asked with childlike curiosity.
Buttercup slapped her hand to her forehead.
"Because…I…uh…I want some…company," Buttercup thought up, "yeah that's it," she declared, "I haven't been to Townsville for years and I don't want to go see Butch alone," she told Bubbles, "and Blossom's there," she added with open distaste.
"I can't believe Butch and his bad taste in women," Bubbles commented frankly, "seems to have a thing for red heads though," she observed.
"More like conceited white bitches," Buttercup mumbled and got a gasp from Bubbles, "like you've never cursed," she snapped.
"I don't like cursing and you know it Buttercup," Bubbles practically snapped, "now please," she said more calmly, "don't do it."
"Fine, sheesh," Buttercup said and rolled her eyes, "so um," she said uncomfortably, "how do you intend to work everything out pertaining to your feeling for Brick?" she asked.
"I don't know," Bubbles said after a sigh, "can we please not talk about that right now?" she pleaded.
"But you need to explain everything to Titch," Buttercup insisted, "he needs to also understand why you won't let him see his fath…"
"Since when do YOU know anything about children!" Bubbles exploded.
"Since I actually have some!" Buttercup retorted then covered her mouth with frightened eyes.
Bubbles eyes were now the size of a planet.
"Ch..Ch…Ch…Ch…Chi…Chi…Chil…Chil…Child…Childr…Child…Children?" Bubbles stuttered.
"Um, I um, don't want to talk about it," Buttercup eventually said and turned away from Bubbles.
Bubbles watched Buttercup. Buttercup who was usually brave and fearless was now looking cowardly and VERY fearful. Bubbles feared that if she even breathed Buttercup would dash out of the bedroom and disappear forever. For Bubbles that was an extremely scary thought.
"O…Okay," Bubbles said softly, "we can talk about something else," she said slowly, "like um, what kind of job do you have?" she asked.
"Oh, I own a club," Buttercup said as she calmed down.
"A club?" Bubbles asked in surprise.
"Yeah," Buttercup said, "it's a lot to upkeep but it makes good money," she said happily, "and I just love the feel of it you know."
"Of a club?" Bubbles asked and it was obvious that she felt differently.
"Well you don't have to say it like that," Buttercup said angrily, "the only club you've probably been to recently is the country club with your red haired lover," she added and Bubbles face went red, "you should watch Butch's mistakes since you noticed his thing for red heads and where it leads."
"I thought they were conceited…what you said," Bubbles countered poorly, "you can be a real jerk sometimes," she declared.
"Well you're no Mother Theresa," Buttercup said with a snort, "least my kids can see their father," she said.
"My child isn't your business Buttercup," Bubbles said darkly.
"Whatever," Buttercup said, "so you coming to …?" she started to ask.
"No," Bubbles said firmly, "you go see Butch and Blossom by yourself."
"Come on Bubbles," Buttercup persisted, "it will be you and me like…"
"Like what Buttercup?" Bubbles asked, "no offence but you disappear for years then reappear to invite me to some meeting or whatever and all you're probably going to do is instigate an argument with Blossom and worse, drag me into it," she said frankly.
Buttercup stared at Bubbles speechless. She never expected her to say that.
"If you want to go see Blossom and Butch fine," Bubbles said, "but just leave me out of it," she told Buttercup, "please," she added.
"Okay," Buttercup said softly and rose to her feet, "I'll leave you out of it," she said, "I'll leave you out of everything," she added and opened the bedroom door.
Standing there was Brick. Buttercup recovered from her surprise quickly.
"Excuse me," Buttercup said formally, "I'm going home," she told him.
"And where might that home be?" Brick asked.
"None of your business," Buttercup said warningly.
"If you get into my business it will become MY business," Brick countered.
"You get into my business and you'll be the undertaker's business," Buttercup threatened.
"Who sent you here?" Brick asked.
"I came to see my sister," Buttercup responded.
"That's bull crap," Brick spat.
"The way you threat Titch is Bull crap," Buttercup countered.
"I don't treat him badly," Brick said.
"You don't treat him good either," Buttercup stated.
"I've tried to do better," Brick told her.
"Try harder," Buttercup ordered.
"Don't tell me what to do," Brick hissed.
"I will long as you're around my nephew," Buttercup said frankly.
"How long have you been around your nephew?" Brick asked superiorly.
"Long enough to know that he hates you," Buttercup responded, "and loves me," she added.
"He'd love one of Mitch's friends," Brick spat hatefully, "who sent you Buttercup?"
"No one," Buttercup said, "and why are you so worried?" she asked him.
"Mitch isn't happy with the divorce," Bubbles spoke up and both turned to look at her.
"Does he want to remarry?" Buttercup asked.
Bubbles looked away.
"I'm not sure," Brick said to Buttercup, "but he might try to take Titch away."
"But can't you guys work something out?" Buttercup asked, "shared custody, supervised visits, sharing holidays and week ends, something?" she pressed.
"I'm not letting him near Titch," Bubbles snarled.
"Why?" Buttercup demanded loudly.
"Because he abused me!" Bubbles cried, "that monster doesn't deserve Titch!" she declared.
"You mean that he REALLY hurt you?" Buttercup asked incredulously and a now tearful Bubbles nodded, "how did this happen?"
"He beat on her and he cheated on her," Brick revealed to Buttercup, "your friend's scum."
"But it can't be," Buttercup insisted, "the Mitch I left wasn't like that," she said.
"Well the Mitch Today is," Brick said seriously, "the Mitch you knew is dead," he declared.
"No way," Buttercup denied, "he couldn't have changed that much," she said, "I refuse to believe that," she told them.
"He's just like his father," Brick stated.
"NO!" Buttercup shouted, "he's not like that monster!" she cried, "he beat up Mitch's mother and treated her like crap!"
"He didn't treat Bubbles like royalty," Brick pointed out.
"Well…he also beat up on Mitch and treated him badly too!" Buttercup pointed out, "I bet my LIFE that Mitch hasn't laid a hand on Titch," she declared.
"How can you be so sure?" Bubbles asked bitterly.
"He hasn't harmed Titch has he?" Buttercup asked in panic.
"No," Bubbles confirmed, "but how were you so SURE that he didn't?" she asked Buttercup pointedly.
"Oh, uh well…I can't really say," Buttercup told her, "but it's a good thing that he never harmed Titch," she said.
"You're hiding something Buttercup," Bubbles said suspiciously.
"Yeah Buttercup, spill it," Brick snapped.
"Who do you think you're talking to?" Buttercup demanded of Brick.
"You aren't okaying Mitch's abuse of me, are you?" Bubbles asked.
"Of course not!" Buttercup cried, "it's just that well, he didn't hit Titch and that's a good thing," she said carefully, "just because your marriage collapsed doesn't validate him to take it out on Titch," she said, "or you!" she added quickly.
Bubbles looked at Buttercup incredulously then she sadly looked down at her feet.
"You blame me don't you?" Bubbles whispered.
"No!" Buttercup denied.
"Mitch never truly loved me you know," Bubbles told them, "it seemed so in the beginning but a year into the marriage started to show his true feelings towards me," she said sadly, "a false sugar coated love which was just a covering for his hatred and indifference," she said, "hatred of me not being Buttercup and indifference because in the end he didn't really care about me," she stated and nearly broke down into tears.
"ME!" Buttercup cried, "it's not my fault!" she shouted.
"Well maybe things would've been better if you hadn't left," Brick put in.
"Bett…wait a minute," Buttercup said, "how come you GUYS didn't get married and have kids?" she demanded, "it's obvious that you didn't with Bubbles' divorce from Mitch and Titch well, being AROUND."
Brick and Bubbles looked at each other, then they both looked away.
"Well?" Buttercup demanded loudly.
"I cheated on Bubbles," Brick revealed, "years ago when we were engaged," he continued, "because of that Bubbles broke the engagement," he concluded.
"He cheated on me with Blossom," Bubbles added.
"What!" Buttercup screamed.
"Hey don't you criticize me when you're boyfriend is much worse!" Brick shouted.
"First off I never cheated on him," Buttercup countered.
"Too bad he can't say the same," Brick muttered.
The room fell into an automatic silence.
"What did you just say?" Buttercup asked.
"Um, nothing," Brick lied.
"Repeat what you just said!" Buttercup shouted.
"I'm certain that Brick's not serious," Bubbles said, "you were just saying that as a counter for Buttercup's words, weren't you?" she asked him.
"No," Brick told them, "I'm sorry Buttercup, but he's cheating on you."
"That's a lie," Buttercup declared.
"What reason do I have to lie to you Buttercup?" Brick asked her, "remember that I helped years ago to mess up your father's machine that would've tracked you down," he reminded her, "I wouldn't lie to you about something this important," he continued, "I never said anything because I thought that maybe you and he had decided to have an open relationship," he revealed, "but when you just said you never cheated on him it hit me that your relationship with him is a steady common law one," he said, "sorry about my response upsetting you and being snide," he added.
"It can't be true," Buttercup whispered, "how long?" she asked Brick.
"I was going to check and see what Mitch was up to at his work place when I saw Ace exiting with a young female employee," Brick told her, "I watched them for a moment and noticed that she kissed him on the lips and thanked him for the great sex the night before and to come by her apartment later for a follow up," he said as Buttercup shook her head in disbelief, "she must be twenty or twenty one at most," he recalled, "she's a real beauty and her accent seems to be Swiss," he listed, "I stopped listening in and tried to sneak into Mitch's building," he said, "but it turns out that he's coated the building with some anti-chemical X thing that makes me almost unable to breathe and I barely got out of there."
"For the last three months of our marriage Mitch forbade me from coming near there," Bubbles announced, "I guess that's why because before I could go and I had no trouble," she stated, "and I'm really sorry about your partner cheating on you Buttercup," she added.
"I have to go," Buttercup declared and turned to leave.
"Buttercup, wait," Brick said immediately, "I witnessed it a week ago and remember the use of super powers are forbidden in Citysville," he reminded her, "don't go doing anything stupid."
Buttercup froze.
"I'm going to kill him," Buttercup said.
"Don't go to jail for him Buttercup," Brick tried to persuade her, "you have kids…"
"Bubbles can take care of my kids," Buttercup said formally.
"But I don't even know who their father is," Bubbles said.
"It's Ace," Buttercup told her.
Brick didn't react but Bubbles looked like she had just been slapped in the face.
"GANG Green Gang ACE?" Bubbles asked loudly.
"Yeah, Yeah, I married a former criminal," Buttercup said and flashed her hand, "don't bitch on me like red would," she said in annoyance.
"I'm not bi…. doing that," Bubbles started to say angrily but caught herself and finished her sentence humbly, "but how could you…well….with Ace?" she asked Buttercup.
"Let's just say my crush on him years ago when I was little held proper merit," Buttercup said frankly, "I met him at a night club years ago and let's just say things slowly got heated between us and well…you know the rest."
"You got pregnant for him," Bubbles said.
"No!" Buttercup cried, "well yes, but we were together and considering marriage before I even got pregnant," she told Bubbles, "the only unplanned pregnancy was my most recent one," she added.
"But Ace?" Bubbles asked still unable to believe.
"Yes!" Buttercup shouted, "and say ACE like that one more time and I'll sock you," she threatened.
"And I guess you knew?" Bubbles accused as she turned on Brick.
"Hey I just checked on Buttercup a couple times to ensure that she was okay," Brick defended himself, "I stopped a few months after she met Ace in Citysville," he continued, "and I wasn't going to interfere into her life," he told Bubbles firmly.
"I probably would've kicked your ass if you did," Buttercup said frankly.
"No way," Brick said immediately.
"And why NOT?" Buttercup demanded.
"Because I'm stronger," Brick declared.
"Stronger!" Buttercup cried, "rich boy, my youngest baby could kick your fine high classed ass," she told him.
"UH UH!" Brick protested.
"UH Huh," Buttercup disagreed.
And they continued for nearly five minutes until Bubbles shouted.
"Shut Up!" Bubbles shouted, "you two are driving me crazy!" she screamed.
A surprised Buttercup and Brick turned to Bubbles.
"Buttercup," Bubbles said, "why Ace?"
"The same reason that you're back here with Brick," Buttercup responded, "and don't even try to deny it," she immediately said angrily.
"Fine," Bubbles said like a child who couldn't get their way, "so you love him?" she asked and Buttercup gave a look that said 'DUH!', "don't look at me like that!" she cried and Buttercup rolled her eyes, "so why didn't you get married?" she asked.
"It was too risky," Buttercup said immediately, "I don't even have a drivers license," she continued, "it's hard enough to hide away from the Professor with the way I look alone," she added bitterly.
"Oh," Bubbles realized, "but Professor gave up the search years ago," she said.
"But he'd still come if he found out where I was," Buttercup countered, "I NEVER want to see him again," she declared.
"Maybe you should," Brick said suddenly.
"What?" Buttercup asked incredulously.
"The Professor's changed Buttercup," Bubbles said, "if you had sent me another message besides that one that told me that you were in the illegal car racing circuit I would've shown him," she said.
"Well I'm certain that Blossom's seen it," Buttercup said and Bubbles gasped, "I read about her becoming leader of the PPGs again back when I recently started living in Citysville and I knew that she must've seen the videotape and bribed you so that you'd stay in the PPGs under her leadership," she stated and Bubbles looked at her feet in shame, "thank you for covering for me sis," she said suddenly and Bubbles looked up brightly in surprise, "I love you," she added and gave Bubbles a hug.
"I love you too," Bubbles said and returned the hug, "will you be okay Buttercup?" she asked after they parted.
"Sure," Buttercup said dismissively, "I'll talk to Ace later," she said and Bubble's face darkened, "don't worry blondie," she said with a laugh, "I promise that I won't kill him," she said and Bubbles gasped in horror, "what?" she demanded, "I though that would make you feel better," she said and Brick slapped himself on the forehead.
"I can't believe you even said that!" Bubbles shouted angrily, "you're just so….you!"
Buttercup just looked at her and blinked.
"Ugh! You drive me crazy!" Bubbles cried.
"But you still love me," Buttercup said with a mischievous smile.
"Yeah," Bubbles admitted and hugged her sister, "just be careful when you see Blossom," she added.
"So you're not coming?" Buttercup asked darkly.
"I'm sorry, I can't," Bubbles responded.
"That's okay," Buttercup said after a moment of thought, "I'll see them myself."
"Um Buttercup," Brick said slowly, "It's good to see you again," he told her.
"You too," Buttercup agreed, "I'm going to talk to Titch before I go," she said suddenly, "bye," she said quickly and sped off to Titch leaving the other two with quizzical faces.
Titch was sitting his room with a drawing he made of his mother and biological father. He drew Brick to the side holding a red pitchfork and having red horns.
"You're a real artist huh," Buttercup whispered in his ear and he jumped, "don't worry," she told him, "Brick looks great with the pitchfork," she said and smiled.
Titch looked at his drawing then at Buttercup. Soon he too smiled.
"Glad to see you smiling champ," Buttercup said and rubbed his hair, "I just came to say goodbye."
"You're going?" Titch asked and his eyes suddenly looked pleading and sad.
"Well, um," Buttercup said as she now looked anywhere but his face, "I have to go home and talk to my husband," she told him.
"Did he do something bad?" Titch asked and Buttercup looked at him in surprise, "your eyes look unhappy," he explained.
"Oh," Buttercup said softly, "well…yeah," she confessed.
"Are you going to leave him?" Titch asked her and Buttercup gasped.
"I uh, don't know," Buttercup admitted, "I'm just planning on talking to him for now."
"Don't leave," Titch said suddenly.
Buttercup looked at him in surprise.
"What?" Buttercup asked.
"I wish my parents were together," Titch whispered sadly.
Buttercup wasn't sure of what to say so she just hugged him.
(Meanwhile at an underground Lab at a secret location)
(Lois's POV)
I opened my eyes.
Where am I? (Lois thoughts)
I looked around. I was tied to a metal table with tubes everywhere. I was even wearing an oxygen mask. I tried to move but couldn't.
I knew it was possible that I was at a hospital because of my powers but I didn't like it here. I wanted to go home.
"Mummy," I whispered groggily, "mummy," I repeated really upset.
Suddenly there was an explosion. I didn't understand what was happening.
"WHERE IS SHE!" I heard a furious demonic voice shout as I heard screaming, "TELL ME NOW!"
I shivered where I lay.
What is that? (Lois thoughts)
Suddenly I heard crashing near where I was. Soon I saw a huge red thing.
I immediately screamed.
"LOIS?" the demonic voice asked and I soon felt something lift me off the table.
"Please don't hurt me," I begged now crying.
"I'll never do that," the voice said now sounding more familiar.
I had closed my eyes in fright earlier. Now I opened them to see my attacker or whoever this person was.
"Him?" I asked in surprised since everyone knew the metrosexual fitness guru, "wha…what are you doing here?" I asked confused.
"Saving you," Him told me.
"From what?" I asked.
Him looked at me. I just didn't understand.
"Do you want to know your heritage?" Him asked me suddenly.
"What?" I asked.
"Your other part," Him said to me, "your demon part," he explained.
"De…what?" I asked as I stuttered in disbelief.
"You're half demon," Him revealed to me.
"What!" I shout and tried to get out of his arms.
"It's true," Him told me as he held my struggling form, "I'm your father."
I stopped struggling.
"Think about it," Him said, "your symptoms, those incantations you and your sister have to do," he listed to me, "you must know that it's not normal," he insisted
DUH! (Lois thoughts)
"So I'm half demon?" I asked him still shocked at this revelation.
"Yes Lois, you are," Him told me.
"This will kill Xandra," I said matter of factly.
"She's like your mother," Him said darkly.
"Worse," I responded knowing he was talking about Susan, "this will kill Xandra," I repeated.
"Well she has to know," Him insisted, "Susan can't hide this."
"But you don't understand," I insisted, "this is even killing me," I told him, "tell Xandra and she'll break," I said, "physically and mentally," I added.
Him sighed.
"Just give it time," I told him, "let's go."
"You'll leave with me?" Him asked in surprise.
"You did save me from a metal table," I said sarcastically.
Soon we were both laughing.
(10pm at Buttercup's Residence)
Buttercup slammed the door open. Her face was filled with rage.
Ace was waiting inside quietly.
"You," Buttercup snarled.
"Babe?" Ace asked confused.
"You cheated on me," Buttercup said in a cracked angry voice.
Ace's eyes widened.
"How dare you," Buttercup demanded, "I may not wear a wedding ring," she said, "but I'm your wife!" she shouted.
"Close the door," Ace said seriously.
"I don't give shit about a door!" Buttercup shouted.
Ace got up and closed the door himself.
"Don't shout," Ace said, "for the kids," he added.
"You have no kids," Buttercup told him.
Ace's face darkened.
"I've been around you long enough to know you Buttercup," Ace told her, "obviously you don't know me."
Buttercup was taken a back by Ace's statement.
"I'm not leaving my kids," Ace stated, "and I'm not leaving you," he added.
Buttercup let out a shriek of rage and punched at him.
Ace ducked but the strength the hit still caused him to fly across the room.
"You think you can tell me what to do you cheating bastard!" Buttercup shouted enraged.
Ace groaned. He had really hurt his back.
"Buttercup," Ace groaned, "Buttercup," he repeated.
Buttercup really wanted to kill him. And she probably would've if she didn't hear one of her kids starting to cry.
"Go to hell," Buttercup whispered in Ace's ear then went to check on her children.
Chapter 12 Done
The first perspective of Butch and Rema Trick will be in the next chapter. But I did put Lois in the chapter like Mad Mauser voted and did it in first pov. I hope all those who've read have enjoyed this chapter. I've been very neglectful of this profile for a while. I plan to update more often now though. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far and please note that the questions I put up in the past were not obligatory. So anyone who has a problem answering them, you don't have to. Sorry for not updating for so long and please read and review. Voting isn't allowed and I can't directly answer reviews anymore so you won't be seeing that anymore. You can make requests though. And I'm not exactly sure when I'll repost 'The Darkness', but I'll let you know when I do. Thank you for reading and please review.
(Like I wrote earlier these questions aren't obligatory. Anyone who doesn't want to answer, don't). Do you think Bubbles decision not to go with Buttercup was for the best or do you think it would've been better if she went? Do you think Bubbles reaction to Buttercup's current lifestyle (kids with Ace, owning a club) is partly because of recent rich lifestyle or is it just Bubbles? What did you think of the confrontation between Buttercup and Brick? What do you think of Buttercup's reaction about what she was told about Mitch? Was it fair? What first entered your when you read that Ace cheated on Buttercup? What do you think of Buttercup's refusal to see the Professor? What do you think of the relationship between Titch and Buttercup? What did you think of Lois's pov? Was it useful or pointless? What did you think when Him came for her? Did you think that Him was right in telling Lois about her demonic half? Was Susan right to keep it from her? Do you think it would be a good idea to tell Xandra she's half demon? Do you think it's safe that Lois decided to leave with Him? What did you think when Ace first realized that Buttercup knew that he cheated on her? Do you think that Buttercup's anger and words her justified? Do you think Ace's dedication to his children is commendable or just a showing of his two-faced attitude? Do you think Ace's decision to tell Buttercup he wasn't leaving was a mistake? Do you think Buttercup's explosion was too much since she has kids in the apartment? What do you think of Buttercup as a mother and Ace as a father? What do you think of Ace and Buttercup together now compared to what you thought before this chapter?