A/N: So yeah, haven't updated in forever. My excuse? Well I told myself that as soon as one of my favorite authors updates their story, I would do so with mine. They update pretty regularly, so I was confident. And in the end... they still haven't updated yet, very sadly. So, my other excuse...laziness. Sorry, my sincerest apologies. But I am excited that I've reached past 25 reviews. Yay!

Okay so maybe some of you were wondering how exactly you're supposed to be picturing this story. In my mind it plays like an anime. Try seeing it like that, instead of old Powerpuff Girls cartooning style where they have no ears or fingers.

Oh and by the way, it's better if you read the story kind of slowly. Things jump around here to there pretty quick and you may find yourself lost at some point.

Anyways, thanks again for all the reviews they're much appreciated, can't really say when the next chapter will be up, but it will be sooner I promise.

Melancholy


It was huge. A monster pitch black as midnight, thin in its features, with two glowing red eyes, and the smile of a demon. It towered over the tallest skyscraper and made everything around it seem like an ant in comparison. My sisters and I gaped, we'd never seen anything like it. No monster had ever looked this threatening.

And suddenly, my heart seemed frozen. I felt like every ounce of happiness had been sucked from my body. Drained and tired, I mentally cursed myself. I had never felt like this before, this weak or pathetic. Yet somehow I felt it wasn't my fault. This "thing" whatever it was it seemed to take everything from me. And when I turned to see my sisters they appeared the same way.

The monster looked at us almost mockingly before it opened its mouth wide and let out a high pitched screaming noise. The sound waves knocked the three of us backwards as we attempted to shield ourselves, crossing our arms in front of our face.

Normally I would joke at this point, making a comment about its bad breath or something of that nature. And yet that lighthearted part of me couldn't bring myself around to do it. It was almost like a side of me had vanished and left.

"Buttercup!" I heard Blossom yell to me. "We need to find a weak spot for this thing. Fly around and search for anything unusual about it."

Getting near that thing wasn't exactly my idea of safe, but I did as told. I flew around it quickly trying to stay out of an arms length. I could feel the monster almost seemingly staring me down, like he was waiting for me to turn up empty, which I did.

"I don't see anything," I called to her. "He doesn't have a visible weak point."

And as if the thing understood it laughed, high and shrieky. And before I knew it, it had stretched out its arm past the apparent length grabbing Bubbles. She struggled, weakly, pitifully, before Blossom attempted to free her, only to find herself to be caught in the other hand.

I then leaped into action, but found myself useless to help them as the "thing" quickly threw them into the nearest building. The impact left huge holes. It then extended the arms again, this time devouring them in a gooey substance. When his hands moved two black orbs fell to the ground, each one containing one of my sisters.

I went to where they were, watching how they tried method after method. Eyebeams, handbeams, kicking, punching, specialty moves, nothing worked.

I turned back around to see the "thing" laughing again. And then he looked directly at me before trying to catch me with his extendable hand. I dodged without a second thought, leaping onto the stretchy arm and running my way all the way up until I came into proximity with his face. I then gave a swift kick only to find it started to sink into the monsters black "flesh".

I yanked and pulled, only barley managing to free myself from it, only to find that the "thing" had had grabbed me as well. I struggled as my sisters had done as it slowly raised its arm back ready to throw me into the building. But I thought quickly, I used my eyebeams trying to have an impact on the hand.

I heard a small scream as the beast slowly slacked its grip. I wriggled free flying out of its regular reach. I noticed how the head turned to me angrily and then I looked back at the hand. It was unscathed; my work had done no apparent effect other than a temporary pain.

"Why do you have to be so, damn, tough?" I shouted to it.

It seemed to reply by attempting to grab me again this time with two hands. Once again I dodged it trying to punch and kick, stupidly. Both my arms and legs got caught in the bodily goo and this time I couldn't get out. I sunk deeper into the belly of the beast before I felt myself being spit back out. I noticed then, that I was in an orb similar to the ones my sisters were still captive in. And like them I tired the same methods of breaking free to come to no avail.

And then came a moment of confusion. "How do you beat a monster that you can't attack physically and is barley damaged by other attacks." But I had little time to contemplate on that thought as I noticed the "thing" draw nearer.

Closer it came, to me and my sisters staring up at it from our confinements. We had no escape, and there was no one else to call for help. When the monster finally stopped in front of us it gave a proud call. It shrieked cynically into the dark sky, mocking us, announcing the defeat of the once notorious Powerpuff Girls to the world. And then it raise one enormous arm up into the sky ready to come down on us from above and flatten us in one deadly strike.

I closed my eyes ready for the worst. I muttered a few words under my breath. "I'm sorry," I whispered to Townsville, to my sisters, to the Proffesor… "This is it. I'm sorry I couldn't do more." I sighed. And then only one other person flowed into my mind, "Butch…" I spoke softly wanting to cry, "I love you."

And then I braced myself, waiting, closing my eyes to embrace darkness:

Three…

Two…

One…

……………………………………………………….Nothing?

"Or am I dead" I thought, "quick and painless. That's always hpw I wanted to die I never pictured it would actually happened."

"Buttercup!" I heard someone scream my name.

"Hmm…an angel," my mind said, "I should follow him maybe he'll lead me too…"

"Butterbutt, come on wake up."

Wait that voice…

"Butterfly, I'm serious you have to get your ass up!"

Those names…

My eyes flew open, and there he was. Butch hovered over me. I wasn't surrounded in a stupid barrier. But the sky was still dark. And I could still hear the monster, his screaming echoed from someplace near me.

I looked over to see it there. It clutched it's head as though in pain, wailing loudly. It cast an evil glance to where I was laying on the ground, somewhat cradled in Butch's arms.

"How'd you…"

"Anybody can hear that thing from miles away. And the sky looked ominous. When you didn't come back after a while and the thing was still making noises I got concerned. Flew over here to see it almost crush you before…"

"Before what?"

"I don't even know," he said, "It just kind of got this pained expression and started doing what it's doing now. It released the bubbles around you three. Your sisters seem to have passed out. But you looked like you had color."

"So then…" I smiled wearily, "Why aren't you kicking that thing's ass right now?"

He smirked, "Good question."

And then I watched him as he slowly put me down before gracefully running over to his challenge. He suddenly then leaped into the air coming down on the monster with a swift kick into the jaw.

Instead of eating its leg like it had done mine, it made a forceful impact causing the creature to yell in sudden pain. Then Butch landed a downward kick swiping across it face.

He continued this barrage of attacks, while I watched admiring him.

"Hey," I suddenly heard him call to me, "You gonna stand there gawking or are you gonna fight him with me?"

He didn't have to ask twice I flew towards him passing him as I tred my own, landing a punch square on its face. And for the first time it actually made impact without me sinking inside it. I heard it yell in pain again.

"How is it solid now?"

"No idea," Butch said with a handsome grin, "But I think we stop playing games now and finish him."

"Together?" I asked him.

He smirked, "Obviously."

And then the two of us flew the same distance away on opposite sides of its head. I extended my arms, as did Butch. My hands glowed with a bright green energy. Butch mocked my actions as he called to me, "Ready, babe?"

"Ready as I should be."

He laughed, "Three!"

"Two!" I yelled back.

And together we shouted, "ONE!"

And we both released the beams of light. They aimed directly towards its head causing the monster to yell out the nastiest most high, pitched scream, that filled the air.

The impact caused smoke to fly everywhere, the pillar rising far above our normal height. Slowly, it cleared, until I could see Butch's shocked face and I myself could make one.

It laid on the ground, not defeated, but weak and pathetic. It stared at us through its red slits. But before we could react to it, it let out a low hiss before it turned into a long strand of black goo as the sky seemed to suck it back up into the clouds. It vanished little by little as it went into the sky. And when the last of it was behind the dark cloud, the sky turned blue again and day shined over us.

I then looked to where my sisters were. They had begun to sit up, rubbing their heads wearily. I flew down to them helping them on to their feet.

"What happened?" Blossom asked.

"A lot," I said. "But the only thing that matters in the end is that that thing…whatever it was, got away."

"Drat," Bubbles said doing her best to avoid cursing.

"It could come back at any moment," Butch's voice said from behind me. "So we'd best be on the lookout."

"We?" Blossom questioned.

Butch shrugged, "Unless you don't want me to."

She didn't really reply, "When did you get here?"

"Right before you got smashed. Don't worry, I didn't technically save you. So your superhero reputation is still safe."

"Gee thanks," she said sarcastically.

"Why do you care anyway?" he asked.

"I just wanted to get some information," she said. "Am I not allowed to ask questions?"

"You just asked one, and I don't care if you ask questions." Then I noticed him smirk, "And before you ask the next one, no I came alone. So unless he's skipping, Brick is still at school."

I expected a huge blush to come from Blossom. Instead she scowled. "Why would I care where Brick is?"

He scratched the back of his head, giving an innocent smile, "Oh I don't know, but…there is this little hunch I have. But not to worry it…"

"Buttercup!" she interrupted him.

"What?" I yelled, "What does any of this have to do with me?"

She grabbed me by the arm pulling me over to a more private place before hissing in my ear, "Why did you tell him?"

My eyes opened with shock, "I didn't tell him anything!"

"Then how does he know!"

"Because you're ridiculously obvious, stupid!"

"Don't call me stup…"

"What does all this matter anyway?" I asked. "We just almost got our asses handed to us and you're sitting here worried about Butch knowing you have feelings for Brick?"

She shrugged off my language even though I know how much she disapproves of it. "I'm sorry but I don't want my personal life publicized, if that's all right with you. As for the monster, you'll need to explain what happened when we get home."

I shrugged walking back over to where Butch was the thoughts of the stupid monster still in my head. But before I reached where I was going I felt Blossom jerk me back one last time as she practically spat in my ear, "You'd better not say a word."

I rolled my eyes, and crossed my fingers behind my back, "Whatever."