I couldn't stay there anymore. Blossom and I started fighting again. Bubbles wouldn't speak to me. Dad was ignoring me. If I outright gave up crime fighting, they'd insist I get "immunized."

My initial plan was to fall back on the Justice Friends membership. Major Glory wouldn't have it. Hypocrite.

So I went on the run. I could go solo. Heck, Bubbles did it once. Granted, she got caught by Mojo, but we were five. What could really go wrong?

A green streak flashed through the Russian city, racing after an armored truck. Coming up on it's side, red beams shoot out, welding the doors on one side shut. Having completed the task on one side, it flipped to the other and repeated the process.

One of the robbers happened to take a look outside to see a brunette with an x shaped scar over her left eye flying beside the car. Catching his eye, she waved and received a half hearted wave back just before disappearing in a flash to the sky. Then she dropped down on the engine, caving in part of the car.

"Call the cops." She rasped to a nearby person, before flashing off down the street. She'd only stopped after reaching an alley, pulling a case off the side of her leg and opening it to reveal several needles. "Not now." She coughed as she realized that it had only been an hour since her last injection. Scowling, she stabbed the needle into her thigh.

"Hey, wake up."

"Fibe mah mehnuts." Kaoru mumbled, twisting under the covers to get more warmth.

Dee Dee rolled her eyes, yanking the cover off of Kaoru. "You're sick, so you should probably be trying to get better. That includes eating." She set a bowl down on the coffee table. "It's soup."

"Should we stop this?" Professor Utonium asked, looking over at his friend.

"Probably."

"What did I miss?" The blonde girl asked as she came out holding a bowl of popcorn, a pair of glasses already resting on her nose. Catching sight of the man standing next to the professor, she smiled. "Oh, hey Mr. Green. I haven't seen you in like, foreverty."

"I subbed for one of your classes last week, Bubbles."

"Yeah, but that was forever ago." She smiled, munching on some popcorn. "What are you doing here, anyways?"

"Just referring my son for an assistant position."

"Really? Where is he?" Bubbles asked, looking around.

The green man smirked. "Your sister is beating him up."

Meanwhile, Blossom was busy beating up on Ace, aiming most of her punches at his face.

"Blossom, honey. I think you should stop." The Professor spoke up.

"Are you kidding?" Blossom shouted, pinning Ace to the ground with one hand. "He's the leader of the Gangrene Gang. He's-"

"Done nothing wrong." Mr. Green spoke up.

"But he musta broke out of jail!"

"I bailed him out."

"Then, trespassing?"

"I, uh...invited them in, Blossom." The Professor said.

"Oh...heheh." She turned her gaze back to Ace. "Sorry about that. Guess I got carried away." After a moment of the group sitting there, Bubbles was the one to break the silence.

"Why are you only wearing a sweater, Blossom?"

"Eek!" The red head screamed, zooming back into the house.

"Wut iz diz?" The brunette scowled, swirling her spoon through the soup.

"It's chicken noodle." Dee Dee sniffed and set down a glass of orange liquid. "And orange juice."

"Duzn't 'ook libe chikun."

"Just eat up." Dee Dee winked. "We're going to go out later."

"Wut fah?"

"We need to get you some better clothes." Dee Dee smiled, stifling a cough. "You can't just go running around in such a short dress."

"Mr. Astronomonov, sir. Section Three has confirmed work on the machine."

"Excellent." The man said, staying in the shadows even as he looked at the sunrise through his window. "Have we made contact with Him yet?"

"No sir. He is proving to be a hard target to contact." The blonde woman sighed, flipping through the papers on her clipboard. "There is also the matter that you haven't given us the final two we need to enact your plan."

"Patience. No sense taking more than we can chew."

A dark blue streak rushed onto the beach, slamming Brick into the ocean, then stopping at about where he had been standing. Boomer smiled, looking down at Princess. "Yo, you doing alright?"

"Uh...yeah." She said, pushing herself up with one arm. "I can't believe I let him get one up on me."

Boomer laughed, reaching down to help her up. "Let's just hope you do better to-"

"Argh!" Brick shouted, launching from the water into a tackle on Boomer. "What is wrong with you! This is our best chance to take out any of these stupid girls!"

"What? We don't do-"

"Who you calling stupid?" A golden fist connected with Brick's side, sending him flying down the beach.

"Enough of this!" A chimpanzee shouted, rushing out of the jungle. "There will be no fighting on my island which is mine that I have decreed there to be no illicit fighting." The three figures on the beach froze as Mojo Jojo ran onto the beach.

Then, Brick jumped up from where he had landed. "Can't do it."

"What was that, my son?"

"I can't do it." He scowled. "I gave it an honest go, but I just can't do it. My brother even defends one of our sworn enemies. My "dad" wants me to defend his order. Ya know what. I hate order. I-"

"Get to the point." Boomer said, rolling his eyes.

"Ugh, I'm outta here. See ya, Pops." He scowled, then pointed at Princess. "I'll get you the next time I see you." With that, he became a black streak towards the sky.

"So...what are you doing here?" Blossom asked as she walked down the stairs. "Aside from getting on my nerves?"

"Actually, I-" Ace started.

"He's here for the job position you opened."

"What! No way!" Blossom shouted.

Still powering through her giant bowl of popcorn, Bubbles started giggling. "This is even better than the beat down."

Ace and Blossom both scowled at the blonde. "Aren't you supposed to be in school?"

"Nah, it's Saturday."

"Maybe you should excuse us, Bubbles." The Professor said. "We have to take care of some business right now."

"Aw..." She moaned, receiving several dirty looks. "Okay, Dad." She said, rushing up the stairs.

"I'm not riding the plane." Blossom said as soon as her sister was gone. "I can pickup the lowlife when he lands."

"Blossom!"

"At least I'll be able to get there earlier."

"S'all right, I'm used to it." Ace smirked. "Shall we get going?"

(A/N: This was a fun one to write.)