The brunette couldn't believe it. "These guys never learn. Just as I was calming down, too." She thought, zooming towards Ace's laugh.
"Butta'cup! So nice of you ta join us today!" The green man sneered, while the group behind him continue spray painting the building. His hands were behind his back and he had a huge grin on his face. "I'm actually surprised to see you so late. Where are your sisters?"
"I don't need them to kick your butt." The girl sneered back, noticing that the rest of the gang was turning around, done with their "mural." "That's nice. Ever consider painting on a canvas?" She pointed at the wall.
"Nope. No pizazz. Besides, you don't want to beat me up."
"Oh, really." Buttercup smiled, cracking her knuckles so that the gang couldn't mistake the action. She wanted to end this quickly so that the leader didn't get a chance to smooth talk his way out of it. "Cause I think I do." She sped forward into the fight.
And she hit Little Arturo instead of her original target, and way too soon. The little midget didn't even get half of the punch she meant to deliver. "What the-" She muttered, standing back up from the collision. Even at the reduced force, he wouldn't be getting back up anytime soon.
"I's got hur!" The giant yelled, grabbing her arms while she looked around confused. He then lifted her up and turned around so that she was facing the rest of the gang. It didn't help her that he had herculean strength when she started struggling.
"Nice work, Billy." Ace smirked, slowly walking up to the green puff, punching her in the stomach. "Not so tough now, are ya? We were almost done too. You didn't have to bug us." He couldn't help but laugh at himself. "Bugged by the bug eye."
The group around him chuckled at the pun, but Buttercup noticed that they all seemed a little nervous. I did hit faster than I thought I would. How did they see it? She smirked, realizing that she had been moving a little faster all night. "What's wrong, Ace? Have to pick on a little girl cause you can't take on anyone your own size?"
"Oh, don't give me that. I've seen you take on monster's ten times Billy's size."
"Exactly." The powerpuff said, kicking back against the giant. It shouldn't have worked because she was too short to actually hit something that'd hurt, but Big Billy tended to be nervous around the girls anyway. Coupled with the fact that her speed seemed to have accomplished a new level of nervousness, the kick was just enough to push herself away from the giant. As she looked around to determine a new target, she realized that Grubber and Little Arturo had gone missing and Big Billy might as well be down for the count. So she let her gaze fall upon Ace, knowing Snake would go sniveling once he was taken care of.
"Nuts to this." He said before she could charge, throwing a few razor cards at her before disappearing down the alley.
Buttercup ducked the cards, knowing they were sharp enough to really hurt her, but didn't bother to give chase afterwards. How could I be real mad? She thought, looking up at the mural they had left. It depicted her defeating a recent monster, so it was kick ass, so to speak.
She laughed, slowly lifting up into the sky to head home.
