I don't own the game. Hope you like the chapter
Chapter 11: Pivotal Memory and Rowdy Return
Holden decides to return to the abandoned building he used to go to kindergarten at when he was a child. The playground is now overgrown with weeds and several of the windows are broken. No one had used the building since he and his sisters were eight years old. Strangely, there is a Terrafuser nearby, but it isn't glowing like the countless others Holden had previously seen.
He reaches for the door handle to the building, but is interrupted by a voice, "I never would have expected to find you here of all places."
He looks up to see Blossom floating over him with her arms folded across her chest. She lands next to him with a stern look in her eyes. Holden normally knew this look was reserved for him and Buttercup when they were in trouble with her.
She then says in a cool manner, "You should have told me you were coming here. Then I could have brought Bubbles along with me."
Holden lets out a sigh of relief and replies, "I thought you were mad at me."
Blossom places her hands on her hips, gives Holden an even sterner look and yells, "I am mad at you! You didn't say you were coming here or that you were going take out Fusion Deedee at Mandark's house. I've been worried sick about you since Hoagie told me you took off."
Then, Holden's nano Blossom pokes her head out from over his shoulder. Blossom bends down to look at it as the anger in her eyes vanishes completely. The nano floats over to Blossom and hugs her.
"It looks like a five year old me version of me. When did you get this nano, Holden?" Blossom says with curiosity in her voice.
Holden chuckles softly, "After I gave you the Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice and you left the lair. It was created from your ribbon."
Holden takes the nano back into the com as he opens the door to the kindergarten.
Holden and Blossom enter the building to find the power out and everything as it is when they left the kindergarten all those years ago. Some of their drawings are still hanging on the wall though they are badly withered and molded. Holden walks to the cabinet that was his, bends down and opens it up. Inside, he finds his and Blossom's sleeping rolls for when they took naps.
Blossom then shouts over to him loudly, "Holden come over here, I found something you might remember!"
In Blossom's arms is an old dented yellow toy truck.
"You remember this don't you? You used it to stand up to the Rowdyruff Boys your first day here." She giggles a bit after she speaks.
Holden flashes back to that day…
Brick, Boomer and Butch had decided to terrorize everyone at the school while Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles had been fighting the Giant Blowfish in town. It was Holden's first day at the kindergarten before learning he was to live with the Utoniums. He had used the toy truck on Brick with disastrous results. The Rowdy's were so impressed that someone had the guts to stand up to them; they decided to just terrorize Holden instead. They injured his shoulder with their eye beams just to see if he would be brave afterwards. Holden still has a small scar from that attack. Holden at the time didn't care about being hurt and because of that he had delayed the Rowdys just enough for when the girls came back to school, they beat the three boys up and sent them packing. This was also the day that Blossom had become best friends with Holden. And slowly after this event, he had also become a brother to the girls. Blossom secretly admired how brave he was that day and somehow Buttercup and Bubbles always knew this and would taunt and tease her from time to time about it.
"We should leave and go back to the tree house or go home for the night. It's getting dark." Holden says, ending his train of thought after shaking his head.
Blossom looks out the window and then responds after closing her eyes, "It might be safer just to stay here for the night. Besides, you still haven't told me about your adventure in the future and how you were able to get back."
Holden smiles at her and replies back, "Only if you tell me how this entire war started. No one told me what happened when Fuse showed up."
For the next three hours Blossom and Holden exchange their stories. As they finished, Blossom's eye lids start to get heavy and she finds herself leaning against Holden's shoulder barley awake.
She then says in a sleepy voice, "I can stay up a little l-o-n…."
She slowly closes her eyes and she falls asleep. Holden gently moves Blossom's head onto a nearby pillow so she would be more comfortable. Holden then lies down and instantly falls asleep beside her.
A few hours later, Holden awakens and hears a suspicious noise in the back room. He turns to look at Blossom and finds she is still asleep. Holden wants to keep it that way because he loves her and wants to keep Blossom away from harm. Holden stands up, walks over to the door and slowly pushes it open. In the backroom, Holden finds a sizable hole in the wall and there is also a fusion lair in the room as well. Holden gulps and he cautiously enters.
On the other side of the entry, is Pokey Oaks Kindergarten as it had been in the past, but there are two teenage boys standing near a door and another boy on the floor tormenting a bug. The three are dressed in red, blue and green clothing, and instantly Holden knows they are the Rowdyruff Boys.
"Brick, open the door. Let's beat our fusions already." The one in green commands, getting impatient.
The one in red gives a sour look to the other boy and then he spots Holden.
The one in red approaches Holden with malice in his eyes and says nastily, "Well, look what the time stream dragged up. If it isn't little lost Dolton."
Holden frowns and comments coolly, "Brick, Boomer and, Butch. Why are you in this fusion lair?"
Brick sneers nastily at him and replying in a cold voice, "We don't need to tell you nothing. This isn't your business loser."
Butch snickers and states, "What are you going to do about it huh? Are you going to fight us?"
Boomer stands up suddenly, disgusted with his brothers lack of attacking, but seeing they are preparing to fight, he would joins in as well.
Boomer then states in an excited voice, "If you're gonna fight us, you better be able to fight three versus one."
Brick looks at his two brothers. "Well, let's get him out of the way, and then we can deal with the next issue." The three float into the air and charge at Holden with lethal force. Holden fires twice with his shattergun, and then has nano Buttercup use Backfire. The boys hit the floor stunned and some of their energy gone.
Butch is breathing heavily and replies in a nasty tone of voice, "If I wasn't hurt I would beat the snot out of you."
Brick slowly stands up, holding his head and replies in a questioning manner, "Why aren't you calling Blossom or Bubbles to deal with us, huh?"
Holden shakes his head and replies, "I don't need to call them since I can deal with you myself right now. If you don't mind, let me do my job and deal with those fusions."
Boomer stands up and slowly follows his brothers and they leave the lair. Brick smiles right before the portal takes them back to the school. Holden rolls his eyes and then sighs. The Rowdys had let him win that fight. Holden shakes his head and he approaches the next room. He opens the door to see the fusions of the Rowdys ready to fight.
Fusion Boomer charges at Holden first. Holden opens fire with a well placed shot at the head of the fusion of Boomer and it melts instantly. Fusion Brick then punches Holden from behind, but Holden dodges the punch and counters with a four round burst to the fusion's chest, causing it to completely liquefy. Fusion Butch counters soon after and punches Holden in the shoulder.
A little trickle of blood flows from Holden's arm, but Holden uses nano Blossom's Ice Breath to stun and freeze the fusion in place. Holden use the butt of his shattergun and bring it down on the head of Fusion Butch and it turns into a slushy mess. From the remains of the Fusion Ruff Boys comes three nanos with scowls on their faces. They then disappear into the Nancom without attacking or even saying anything to Holden.
Outside the lair, Blossom wakes up at the sudden noise of the three voices of the Rowdys'.
"He passed our test; maybe he really does have a chance of saving the world." Blossom instantly recognizes Brick's voice.
"So that's why you're smiling and why did you have to let him win?" Questions Boomer.
"Who cares, as long as we can fight the loser puffs after the war is over." As always, Butch is being a moron.
She hears a crash as they break through the ceiling of the next room. A few moments later Holden walks from the back room, holding his arm as the nano Mayor is using his healing skill, Soothing Pickle.
"Best I can do for you right now." The little version of the Mayor says as he tightly holds onto his hat and disappears.
Blossom sits up and replies in an anxious voice "Are you alright? Let me look at your arm."
She runs over and inspects Holden's arm. A bruise had formed, but his arm luckily isn't broken.
She heaves a sigh of relief. "Did Butch or Brick do that to you?" She asks with concern in her voice.
"Fusion Butch countered when I was finishing my attack on Fusion Brick. I'm alright, but it's still a little tender."
Blossom goes to the sink, takes a cloth from her pocket, puts some water on it and then returns and wipes the blood off Holden's arm. As she is doing this she starts to blush and she just hopes Holden wouldn't notice. Sunlight starts to stream into the room. They both stand up and look out the window.
"Come on; let's go back to Sector V." Blossom says with a smile, as she takes Holden's hand and pulls him out the door.