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RATE: Rated M for language and content.

CHAPTER 4: GONE

The girls flew outside and looked for the source of the noise. They could see smoke rising in the direction of their house.

"It can't be..." Blossom breathed. "Come on, girls!" The Puffs took off in the direction of their house, and when they got there, their mouths fell open at what they saw.

"Everything's..." Bubbles started.

"Gone..." Buttercup finished.

"The Professor!" Blossom yelled and looked around for him. "No! It can't be!" Blossom flew back to her sisters and began to cry. Bubbles joined in and Buttercup stood there in shock.

Bubbles pulled out her phone and texted Boomer.

Boomer! Get your brothers and come over to my house rite now! Don't ask y just plz come!

He replied shortly.

OK b rite there!

Boomer went to get Brick and Butch. "Hey we have to go. Bubbles texted me. Something's wrong and I don't know what but it sounded urgent."

"Why do we have to help them?" Butch asked.

"Since when do they ask for our help with anything? Hmm, I don't know. Never. I think we can do them a favor for once. Let's go," Boomer said and took off with Brick and Butch close behind.

"Holy shit..." Brick said. None of the Ruffs could believe their eyes.

"Boomer!" Bubbles called and ran over to him. He automatically hugged her as she cried into his shoulder.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I don't know!" she cried. "Shortly after you guys left we heard an explosion and when we got here we found our whole house blown up and the Professor..." Bubbles couldn't bring herself to say it and began to cry harder.

Brick walked over to Blossom. "I'm sorry, Red." Any signs of the hate she had for him were gone as she hugged him and cried. He gently stroked her head. "It'll be okay," he soothed.

Butch went over to where Buttercup was standing and looking at the ground. She wasn't crying, but he could tell she was just as upset as her sisters. "Come here," he said gently and pulled her into a hug. Normally she'd tried to beat him up for so much as looking at her, but now she didn't heistate and hugged him back.

"Thanks for coming..." Buttercup whispered. Butch gave her a small, sympathetic smile.

"What are we going to do?" Blossom asked. "We have no where to stay, no clothes, no one to take care of us. Everything's gone."

Brick looked at his brothers and they both nodded at him. "If you want you can come stay with us at Mojo's old place."

"What happened to Mojo?" Bubbles asked.

"Been in jail for a while so we kind of took over his pad," Boomer said.

"How's it going to work if we did stay with you guys?" Blossom asked Brick.

"Well since your clothes kind of all disinegrated you could borrow something from us for tonight and tomorrow we can get you some new ones," he suggested.

"Where would we sleep?" Buttercup asked.

"Uhh," Brick began looking a little awkward, "we kind of weren't planning on anything like this happening ever and there's only three bedrooms so take your best guess."

"We each have to sleep with you guys?!" Buttercup yelled.

"What other choice do we have right now, Buttercup?" Blossom asked her. "Just as long as they don't try anything." She gave Brick a small glare.

"Hey, what kind of pathethic lowlife do you take me for?!" he retorted. Everyone snickered except Brick and he rolled his eyes.

"Don't you get any ideas," Buttercup warned and punched Butch in the chest.

"Ow! Hey what did I do?" he asked and glared at her.

"Nothing," she replied, "yet." He was about to reply when she whispered in his ear, "Try something and I might beat your ass, but it doesn't mean I'll tell them." She gestured to their siblings and then winked at him. Butch's eyes widened.

"Hey love birds!" Brick called. "Stop flirting and let's go!"

Butch turned to Brick. "We're not love birds and we were not flirting!" Bubbles and Boomer exchanged a look.

"And the Ruffs keep falling for the Puffs," Boomer whispered to Bubbles.

She giggled. "See? Told you they'd hate each other one day but be in love the next. I thought Brick would be before Butch."

"Oh he already likes Blossom. I can tell by the way he looks at her. He's just better at hiding it."

"Uh huh. Look down a little more," she said. Boomer looked down and burst out laughing along with Bubbles.

"What are you two laughing about?" Butch asked.

Bubbles leaned over and whispered to him. "Brick likes Blossom."

"How can you tell?" he whispered back.

"Look down." He did and he eyes went big again before he too started laughing and fell on the ground.

Brick rolled his eyes and took off with Blossom close behind.

"Come on, we should go too," Boomer said and looked down at Butch. "You going to make it?"

"Give me a minute," Butch replied between laughs.

"See you at Mojo's." Boomer and Bubbles also took to the sky leaving Buttercup with Butch.

She rolled her eyes. "I guess we're doing this the hard way." She picked up Butch, threw him over her shoulder and took off after the blue streaks of light.

A/N: Thanks for reading and please review. Next chapter will be up soon! Sorry if I can't get it done tomorrow because I might be busy all day but I will try to get it up as soon as I can. I apologize for any errors!