Zshizshibaby-Man, this took awhile to write...and you guys sure sleep awhile...

Brick-If you had slept in with us, you wouldn't have been stuck here with Pookie.

Pookie-Hey!!

Boomer-It's Summer for cryin' out loud! Why wake up at all?! Zshizshibaby doesn't own much...what do you own?

Zshizshibaby-I own Pookie and the plot...

Chapter three: On our way again…

The next morning was havoc. Blossom was on her way to work wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a trench coat so people wouldn't be able to recognize her from yesterday. The more she blended in the better. Then it struck her like lightening to a tree. The morning news. It was on the TVs in an electronic store. "Yesterday, in Modesto, California, the streets were graced by the songs of these three girls," They showed pictures of them. Blossom thought back to what the little girl said about her eyes. There was a bit of anger in Buttercup's and isolation in Bubbles'…which was hard to believe because Bubbles got out every chance she got. "They are now identified as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup Utonium and were super heroines as children before they disappeared. Here's a clip of their singing." They then played a clip of first Blossom singing, then Bubbles, and then finally, Buttercup. Blossom's eyes grew so wide, she was scared they would show out of her sunglasses. "Are these girls returning to the surface? Only time will tell. In other news…"

"Oh…no…" She whispered before heading back towards her home. She had to get out of the world. She had to get back inside before someone spotted her. Bubbles was sprinting through the sidewalks like there was no tomorrow. She got the 'okay' from her manager that she could go home if she wasn't feeling well, and right now she was sick to her stomach. Bubbles had seen the news on the security guards' mini tv and suddenly shrunk back. She rushed out before anyone could say anything, told her manager that she felt sick, and was admitted to go. She ran fast, as fast as she could in gym class…and she was on the track team. Bubbles turned into the office, and got in elevator. Bubbles hurried through her purse, trying to ignore the people who were trying to get her attention, and rushed toward the door. After she opened it, she yanked the key out, rushed in, and Blossom slammed the door shut, locking it. Bubbles looked at her with wide eyes.

"Oh…no…"Buttercup got a cab and told him where to go.

"Hey, aren't you…"

"Just drive, please." She growled as he tried to ask if she was that green girl on the news. He shrugged and began to drive towards her destination. People tried to stop him, to get her autograph, to get a picture with her, but she instructed him not to stop for anyone who wanted that.

"Why are you running? You're a star."

"I don't want to be a star! I was happy the way I was! I just started singing along!" Buttercup snapped. Maybe if she paid more, he'd go faster. Soon, about a few minutes after, she got to her house. She reached to get her wallet.

"It'll be on the house, if you give me your autograph." It was a good deal, so…Buttercup got out a piece of paper, a pen, wrote her name, gave it to him, and got out. Then, she ran into the office, got in the elevator and people began to ask her. She kept switching elevators until she finally got to her apartment. After fishing in her handbag for a few minutes, she got her key, jammed it in, unlocked the door, and rushed in. She turned to the other two as she locked it.

"Oh…no…" They stayed inside like that, trying to figure out what to do until Buttercup blew up. "This is horrible! We've lived underground for…what four years!? We started when we fourteen and it's been fine until now! Then, Ms. Genius over there decides to make us all do a sing-a-long!!"

"It was a choice of either to sing along or not!" Blossom retorted.

"Besides, it was either that or she starts crying." Bubbles added. "No one is to fault here, let's just figure out what we are going to do about it…" Bubbles said as they prepared to get at each other's throats. Thy sighed and nodded with the official peacekeeper. Buttercup and Bubbles looked over at Blossom, expecting something.

"…We do as we did before…we run…" Brick was happy. This morning's news had told him the general area of where Blossom was. He had been searching for her for about…since she left. He knew she could probably destroy his kingdom, land him somewhere he can't escape, and wreck everything he had worked for. And not just for justice. Probably revenge (but not our Blossy, huh?) too. Suzie sat with him as he laughed.

"Man, she's a dope! Thanks, Blossom, for letting me know where you are." He picked up his phone and called Butch. "Hey, Butch…it's Brick, idiot…ha-ha-ha…yeah, well, I think I know where Blossom and her sisters live…yeah, you saw too…? Hilarious, huh…?" Suzie could hear Butch in hysterics on the other side of the phone. "Yeah, you got it, I want every man you have over there searching up Modesto…Yeah, this time they can't get out." Butch hung up the phone.

"Man, those girls are idiots. Better tell Boomer to give the look out." Butch picked the phone up and pressed a blue button. Boomer picked up. He was laughing, hard. "Yeah, yeah, I know…can't believe it too…yeah, tell your scouts to keep an eagle eye on Modesto…hey, if they even hear some singing like that…yeah…with something like this, these goons better not mess up." Butch laughed and hung up. "This is cake." Blossom packed her bags of everything she would want and need. They had alerted the landlady that they were leaving soon. And they packed light. No need for much silverware when they could buy some more later. They got their clothes and some personal stuff like Octi, Blossom's diary, and Buttercup's prized vase (she's got one of those?!).

"Blossom, are you sure we don't need this stuff?" Bubbles asked again about the small TV set they never used, a forth of the cookbooks they bought, picture frames they emptied (take the pictures, leave the frames), etc.

"Bubbles, is there something you want to keep?" Blossom asked. Bubbles nodded and went to get it. It was a small figurine of two ivory elaphants standing on their back legs, their trunks entwined to form a heart, they had small jade eyes with lovely velvet red covers on their backs with impressions of sparkly jewels on the fringes.

"It's your favorite remember?" Bubbles reminded her. That was Brick's first present to her and even though she got rid of most of his presents, she couldn't let go of it. It made Blossom happy and broke her heart at the same time. Blossom's eyes looked hollow before she took it and put it in her purse.

"Yeah, okay, we have everything…"

"Where will we go?"

"Out of here. Out of Modesto. Out of California. Out of the country!" Buttercup said as she loaded the cab with their bags. Bubbles and Blossom got in and waited for Buttercup. When she finally got in, they told the driver to go to the nearest train station. "I don't see why we don't fly out of here ourselves."

"And let them catch us even faster, no." Blossom hissed.

"Where are we going?" Blossom thought and thought until she remembered the figurine.

"Towards Asia. Maybe China."

"We don't speak Chinese, only you do!"

"You'll learn it soon enough." Blossom hissed at her. "Besides, where else can we go. Almost everyone in the world now knows who we are. China is probably the best because it's big and we're just three people."

"Girls, girls, duck!" Bubbles snapped and they went low into their seats. Two of Butch's officers passed. They looked in the car and drove off, talking about how the girls were close, they could feel it. They stayed like that for about an hour before they got back up.

"Good call. Put those hats on." The driver thought they were being suspicious and asked if everything was okay. "Yeah, we just dropped something." He asked about the hats. "Us going to get it made our hair all fuzzy and horrible. We can't even let people see us at night like this." She was a good liar. They stopped at the train station and paid the man before grabbing their stuff and getting in. Blossom had her sunglasses on again, Bubbles had tucked all her blonde hair in her hat, and Buttercup had a trench coat and some sunglasses to hide her unusually bright green eyes (I don't know a lot of girls who have her type of eyes T_T).

"Three tickets for Oakdale Airport please." Bubbles asked.

"Names?"

"…Bubbles Utonium…Blossom Utonium…and Buttercup Utonium…" She whispered to the lady. The lady smiled. "Yes, we are, but don't shout it out…we're kinda in a rush and don't need attention…" Bubbles pleaded. The lady nodded and gave them their tickets and told them to wait. Buttercup spotted two of Boomer's scouts enter in and made it known to the other girls.

"…Bubbles, you stay here and don't say anything. Blossom, go to the restroom and wait for the train to be called…I'll wait outside…" They nodded and went to their positions. Bubbles was a bit nervous and tried her best not to shake. Occasionally, she would glance to make sure they weren't looking at her and they weren't at times. Sometimes a glance, but never staring. What seemed like forever finally ended and the train came, signaling Blossom to get out of the bathroom and to head outside like Bubbles.

"Next time, one of you stay inside." She whined.

"Any progress?" Boomer's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Not yet, Sir. These girls know they made a mistake and they've covered their tracks even better."

"You're not looking hard enough. Are there groups of girls?" About five.

"Yes, Sir."

"Is there a group of three girls?" Two…

"Yes, there is, Sir."

"How many?"

"Two…"

"Do one of the groups seem to be in a hurry?" One group was outside and they each kept checking the clock on the wall, the clock on their cell phones, or their watches.

"Yes, Sir."

"Check them out." The two scouts went outside and Bubbles spotted them, nudged Blossom, who nudged Buttercup. They began to walk towards them.

"I'm hungry." Bubbles said loudly.

"Let's go check out the snack machine. Coming along?" Blossom asked at the same volume.

"Sure." Buttercup answered as they walked in. They tried not to look like they were in a rush. They got their snacks, saw the scouts waiting outside and the train was coming in. "There was another exit…over there." They went out it, narrowly escaping them, and got on the train. The scouts spotted them in the window as the train began to move.

"Hey, you!!" Bubbles turned her face away quickly before they could see her in more detail.

"That was really close." Bubbles whispered.

"Tickets, please, tickets!" The ticketmaster came about. Blossom handed him all three of the tickets. "Hey,"

"Yes, we are, but please don't say anything…" Bubbles replied before Buttercup could open her mouth. He nodded and went on.

"Nice, Bubs." Buttercup said.

"Thank you." With each stop, the girls got nervous, but they finally got to the airport. Brick was not happy anymore. Boomer just reported that three suspects had gotten away on a train going towards Oakdale.

"Thankfully, I've alerted Butch and the scouts in that direction. They should be on the lookout all the way to Oakdale."

"They had better be. If she gets away again, then it will be a very dark day." He hissed. Boomer was silent.

"Would you like a drink, Brick? Like some water or something?"

"Water's fine…" Butch alerted everyone to be on the lookout. Anything that looked suspicious needed to be checked out and if anyone even misses one little detail, he will end up in jail. Buttercup grew worried. More and more officers were appearing at the train station.

"Bloss, how much more?" Blossom also looked out the window and stifled a gasp.

"…Okay, we've passed…Riverbank…so Oakdale is right after this." She replied. "Keep a low profile." They nodded ad shrunk back a little. Two officers came on board.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we are just here to observe. It seems that some…suspects happen to be on this car. So, we are just going to try and single them out. So, if you cooperate with us, we should get along just fine." One said.

"Say nothing…don't ask questions…stay quiet." Bubbles and Buttercup nodded slightly and stayed silent. They tried not to make eye contact with either of the officers and when questioned, they kept raspy tones.

"Why do you talk like that?"

"Strep throat…" Bubbles coughed. He nodded and left quickly.

Please say Oakdale…please announce an upcoming Oakdale…Blossom begged the intercom silently. Like it was complying with her wishes, it announced Oakdale was coming up. Thank you…Blossom let out a breathe she had been holding. Buttercup glanced at one officer and quickly turned her head, preventing him to get a good look at her. Then the train stopped. It seemed to take forever before they finally got out. They split up in the car, weaving through the crowd and made their ways out, heading the same way. Soon, they met up again, then each got a map of the train station. "Okay, walk with me." They walked at a hurried pace. "We have to make this plane. It's the last plane to China until this afternoon." When they were about to split up, Blossom told them where to go and where they would meet up again. Then they'd meet up, split up again, and meet up. And it went like that until they finally got out. They caught a port that was going towards the airport. Almost there…almost there…Blossom thought hysterically. Finally, they'd be gone. Out of there. Brick wouldn't know where to look again. They got to the airport, which was just starting to get some people since it was morning now. They went straight to get their tickets.

"Names, please?"

"…Blossom Utonium…Bubbles Utonium…and Buttercup Utonium…" She whispered fast. Before she could ask, Blossom answered her question. "Yes, we are…but please don't draw aany attention to us."

"Okay, and where are you headed?"

"Tianjin, China." Blossom replied.

"Will this be round trip?"

"One way."

"Alright, how much luggage?" Blossom looked back and saw two suitcases and each of them had carry-ons.

"Two suitcases and three carry -ons…One for each of us…" Blossom replied.

"When would you like to leave?"

"Today."

"Alright, there are three seats available in normal class, but the first on is three rows away from the second and the second is two rows away from the third." Blossom accepted them and took the tickets. Then, they headed straight for their waiting area.

Zshizshibaby-Okay R&R please!

Pookie- If you do, you get a free cookie!

Butch-You don't have free cookies...heck, you haven't bought any cookies.

Zshizshibaby-We have cookie dough. We can make them. Wanna help?

Butch-Sure! I'll call the fire department.