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Butterfly Chapter 17

(Boomer's P.O.V)

I looked at the scene that was unfolding in front of me in pure shock. My little Bubbly Bubbles was in full out max mode, and by the looks on Buttercup's and Blossom's faces, I don't think shes ever done this before.

Bubbles was squeezing tighter and tighter on Princess's throat, and soon her whole freckly face turned purple. It didn't look like Bubbles was going to stop anytime soon. She was even starting to raise into the air a little bit. With her ponytail out and each strand of her silky blonde hair was silhouetted by her signature blue glow, she looked scary.

I looked at Princess, the source of so much of my depression and sadness over the years, I finally found something as precious as Bubbles, and now Princess was going to take the innocence I needed from her. I know she held my red-headed brother captive, but for right now it couldn't have felt more like her hideous wrath was aimed towards me. I couldn't take this anymore, I wouldn't let her ruin Bubbles as well. "Bubbles, stop! Bubbles you're going to kill her! You haveto stop!" I tried hard to pry her hands open from around the young girl's neck, but they wouldn't budge. Suddenly she whipped her head towards me, and I flinched. Her eyes were blazing, eyebrow raised and it scared me really bad.

"Boomer, but she hurt you!" She said. She frowned when she saw me cringed, but it was because she had spoken with two voices. Her regular, angelic tone, and then a monotone, brass but deep one.

"I don't care!" I shouted, my hands shooting in the air and she jumped just a little, "Look at me Bubbles. I don't want you to have to regret anything you've done because of the likes of me. Trust me, you don't want to do this. Babe, just let go." My voice sounded weary by the end of it.

Bubbles closed her eyes for a second, and Princess had long ago fainted in her hold. When she opened them again she opened her hands and dropped her to the ground, but because she had never experienced Max before, instead of immediately cooling down, she collapsed down and her eyes flickered from normal to blue.

Blossom ran to her, kneeled next to her and grabbed her face, "Bubbles listen to me, you need to calm down. Don't think about anything else except calming down. Just keep hearing my voice. Focus"

Bubbles eyes flickered even faster, and I stepped forward quickly, aiming to shake her shoulders awake. My heart and arms were just screaming for my usual, innocent Bubs. Momma's hand gripped me tight and whispered softly, "You know the process very well, L'Amour. She can only save herself Boomer, don't interfere."

I didn't move back, but I didn't continue to move forward. After a while I knew what I was waiting for, I was waiting to hear the always-an-octave-lower-than-mine, intelligent but rude voice of my bossy older brother. Waiting for him to shoot some sarcastic yet lighthearted comment my way. I wanted him there to tell me that of course Bubbles would be fine, she was tougher than she looks. To put a hard grip on my shoulder and look at me sternly. Letting me shake in his arms as Bubbles fate was slowly coming clear. Just to freaking grunt on how over-emotional I was being! My eyes trembled with a few tears, I hated knowing I was a sissy. I've always hated that about me, even if Momma usually said 'Les hommes emotionnels sont les plus rares, Boomer.'

"Boomster? Bubbles has almost found her way back now, you know. You can snap out of it,"Butch whispered. I looked at him with a strained, confused expression on my face. The whisper in his rumbling voice made me backtrack a bit, it actually seemed like Butch was trying to be tender with me, treating me as though I would break any second. Like glass. I knew this should've offended me, but it didn't. "The sooner we get to him the sooner we can get on. I promise all this will be over soon"

"You shouldn't promise what you don't know for sure, Butch" I said under my breath, knowing he was trying to distract me from the episode happening on the floor a couple feet away from us.

"Good thing I for sure know about this then, huh bro?" he chuckled breathless. Dispatching from our little pep-talk, I finally was able to drag my eyes towards where I knew my sweet girlfriend was. Her eyes looked tired, but they weren't flickering anymore, and she looked like she was dozing off.

I knew I should've moved to get to her, but I couldn't until Butcher gave me a shove. Steadily walking towards Bubbles and Blossom, I could see Bubbles tiredly telling Blossom about what happened to Brick in her last few minutes of consciousness.

(Blossom's P.O.V)

My nerves froze.

"He's...what? There has to be a m-mistake...I thought Princess was just being her regular b-bratty self!" I stuttered, this had to be a lie. Brick wasn't stupid, he was the smartest person I knew. He could never get caught! Especially by someone as idiotic as Princess.

"Yeah well, it's true Petite Amie. Brick's been kidnapped. Just don't get all blubbered up now, okay? The faster we get out of here, the faster we find him. So no time for emotional junk. Gather your smarts up, Leader Girl. Cause we're gonna need 'em" Butch commanded, failing terribly at his one-second french impression. Who looked to be a kind older woman laid a hand on his shoulder, and his voice softened the tiniest bit at the end.

I blinked. For once, Butch was right. The information was definitely being shoved down my throat quickly, and I knew that it was a bit unreasonable for these people to expect me to have a plan so fast, but I knew that if I only dwelled on missing my boyfriend, I'd only be acting foolish. I had to concentrate on getting him back. "Good thinking, Butch. Buttercup, wake up Princess! With the right persuasion," I lifted my fingers to the ground, shooting electric currents into the dark hard-wood floor of my room, "I believe we can get her to tell us where Bricky is"

Buttercup smirked my way, and we all turned towards where we left Princess. Expecting to have seen her still sprawled out onto the floor, my heart froze seeing that she wasn't,

She wasn't there at all.

How did she get away? She was completely unconscious by the time Bubbles let go of her...! My mind was working fast trying to figure out how we didn't notice her slip away, while Boomer slowly walked up to the spot she once laid. He bent down, and when he turned back to us he held a small golden chip that was left in her place. I didn't even acknowledge it until he poked at it and a voice all too annoying came from it.

"I can't believe you did that, Powderpuff Girls! Ugh, you just had to come in and ruin everything, didn't you? First Blossom goes and destroys my fair and my hot face, god do you know how many operations I had to go through to get this face? A quarter of Daddy's money was spent on my perfection! And now the Virgin in Blue decides to pull a random tantrum? How are such fine men attracted to you three? It's not like you're prettier than me. Well, it doesn't matter. Me and Brick are hidden somewhere deep in the line of luxury hotels my Daddy owns, and I don't think I'm ready to give him up yet. You can look all your want, heh this might be fun! If you want him back, just know that this is my game, and my rules are the only ones you can play by. Oh and Boomie! Thanks a bunches baby, I knew you wouldn't let Pigtails hurt me, byeee!" You could hear her awkward attempt at a cute giggle, which failed just as bad as Butch's french impression.

I felt anger. I felt it flowing through me, from the tips of my toes to the very ends of my long pomegranate colored hair. How dare she? She not only belittled me and my sisters, but she stole away Brick. She's playing with my lifeline to happiness, because that's exactly what Brick was to me right now. He took away my anxiety of not having the Professor, helped me steal away from my sisters better than even school ever could, and he made me feel wanted. Wanted, cared and taken for, even if I knew that I could stand on my own. Just the thought of saving my energy by letting someone else hold me, it was nice. It was what Brick did. How had I grown so independent over the course of a couple weeks? Shaking my head, the only thought left was the most important-Princess snatched him from me.

"Blossom, what do you want us to do?" Boomer's slightly shaky voice asked me. He placed his hand on my shoulder, and I turned around to see a faithfulness in his eyes, the same kind I use to see in my sister's back when we fought evil. It made me smile a little, to know that for a while, Brick's leadership was given to me by his brothers. I fully swiveled around in one graceful movement after thinking for a fraction of a second, "Gather your belongings. Tonight, you sleep here. Tomorrow morning, we'll look for them."

I almost saw Buttercup and Butch shiver at the steely determination in my eyes, but the really pretty older woman that showed up with Brick's brothers smiled brightly at me.

She knew that I would not let Princess play with my lifeline.

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