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Chapter 20: Loved
After a week of bed rest, Blossom is allowed to finally stand up and walk around. Blossom is glad because she would able to spend more time with her sisters instead of wasting time lying in bed. That night at dinner, the Professor makes Blossom's favorite food in celebration of her recovery, but the tree house still seemed oddly silent. Holden would normally be here but this time, he isn't. The Professor, after searching in numerous places around the tree house, finally sees him outside enjoying the cool night August breeze.
"I wonder when Holden is going to find a nano of me. He already has one for each of you."
Bubbles is excited at the possibility, but the Professor quickly adds, "Well he has to find the original fusion. He's already bumped into a copy of the original fusion of you, Bubbles."
Buttercup shallows her food and says changing the subject, "Blossom, are you ever going to tell Holden how you feel? The more you keep it bottled up, the more it's going to be harder to say."
Little did Blossom know, Buttercup and Bubbles had secretly overheard Holden and the Professor talking earlier in the week about his feelings for Blossom. Bubbles and Buttercup both knew they loved each other and thought that it was about time it came out. Blossom tries not to turn red as her sisters continue to embarrass her.
"Buttercup is right, Blossom. You need to tell him or I'll just have to ask him out myself."
Bubbles is clearly teasing but she managed to say it with a straight face. At this, Blossom stands up and leaves the room. Bubbles and Buttercup both start to giggle.
Blossom slowly steps outside and finds Holden looking up at the sky. Blossom walks over to him but doesn't say anything, for the words she wants to say, refuse to come out.
Holden looks at her worriedly, "Blossom, is something wrong?"
Blossom shakes her head, "Um…no nothing is wrong. I just thought I would see how you were doing…"
Holden closes his eyes while starting to walk in the opposite direction and says, "I need to go talk to the Professor about something quickly."
Holden is almost inside when Blossom suddenly turns around and steels herself as she blurts out the tumbling words of her long-hidden feelings.
"HOLDEN, I LOVE YOU!"
Holden stops, thinking that he is having hearing issues.
Did she really say those words to me?, Holden inquires to himself.
Blossom turns away biting her lip, feeling stupid for saying it. Holden walks to her side, lightly placing his hand on her arm, as he continues to question his hearing.
"Did you…" Blossom turns back and repeats, "I said I LOVE YOU."
Holden turns red but then smiles, "I love you too, Blossom." Blossom turns red as well, but then in that same moment, they kiss. For Blossom, he seemed to taste like a raspberry. Holden though, didn't know what it really tasted like except that, for the time it lasted, he felt a sweet ting that later lingered in his mouth.
Suddenly, a small giggle is heard from the tree tops.
"You can stop spying on us now." Both Blossom and Holden had say at the same time.
Buttercup looks down with Bubbles beside her. "Took you two long enough to say it to one another."
Bubbles then adds, "I thought I was going to have to play cupid to make sure you two got together."
She giggles and Blossom turns to Holden, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I was just afraid of what you would say and to think I was afraid of three words."
She giggles as she rests her head on his chest. "We should have just have come out and said it all those years ago."
Blossom then suddenly grabs his hand with a sudden craving for sweets, "Let's go for ice cream!"
Holden nods happily and they leave excitingly talking to each other. Buttercup and Bubbles float down smiling, finally seeing their sister happy again.
The Professor exits the house and looks at the two girls with large grins stretched across their faces, which turned out to be enough of an answer to his obvious question.
The next morning dawns without much of an incident. Holden was just about ready to leave his room, when his com goes off. It happens to be Dexter who is also taking to Blossom.
"Holden, I was telling Blossom that someone requested to work with you today on your mission to deal with Billy. She wants to go with you too but I have a mission for her and Bubbles."
Blossom appears crestfallen but distinctly knows that she isn't able to get her way.
Dexter then says to Holden, "Your partner is a member of Providence. He'll be out at the mall in downtown. His name is Six, and that's all the info I have for you."
Dexter hangs up and so does Blossom as she just enters the room. She explains that she and Bubbles had been assigned to track down a fusion in Marquee Row that was earlier reported by Arturo and Ace. Arturo thought it was Buttercup sneaking around but it later found out it wasn't, since she was at the tree house the previous night. Ace knew it couldn't have been Buttercup because some of the other incidents that had happened when he was with her.
Blossom sits on Holden's bed and then says, "Sounds like you're going to have a boring day. Well I'm off to pick up Bubbles, I'll see you later Holden."
With this said she gives him a quick kiss on the cheek and leaves for her mission. Holden then quickly eats breakfast and then leaves for his mission.
This time getting downtown is easier. The S.C.A.M.P.E.R.S. aren't broken and it seems everything is going as planned.
When Holden enters the mall, a man in green approaches him, "So you're Holden Wren? I'm Six, I work for Providence as a body guard and sometime babysitter. We're in charge of dealing with EVOS."
Holden notices that this guy didn't seem to express any emotions as he talked.
"You mean nanny, don't you Six?"
A boy in red with a pair of goggles walks up to them. Next to him is a monkey with an eye patch.
"No, Rex stay here with Dr. Holiday and the monkey. I'll be back when we have dealt with the fusions…if there are any."
He and Holden leave the mall and head toward City Station.
Six stops and says, "There has been a report that this won't be a simple item grab mission. There might be a few fusions involved."
Holden rolls his eyes and says, "Well if we do run into them, we might as well be ready."
They take the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. to Endsville to find Billy with a suitcase. He bounds up to them and talks speedily as spit flies everywhere.
"Can you can you can you help me pleasssseeee?" His nose comes as close as an inch from Holden's face.
Holden pushes him back and says, "Billy, give me some personal space. We'll find your items in the graveyard." Billy then nods with excitement spreading more spit around and heads inside.
Holden wipes his face off, "I think I'm going to need to decontaminate myself after this mission."
Six only cocks an eyebrow, "There's no time to waste."
The graveyard isn't that far away, but it is hard to find the entry, but after that, it doesn't take long to make their way to the infected zone. Outside of the infected zone are two of their targets. Holden takes on the Jerk-o-lanterns while Six takes on the mummies, and within a few minutes, they retrieve a few sandwiches and another copy of Pat the Baker. During the skirmish, they didn't notice Billy and Irwin going into the infected zone to retrieve the hat Billy had lost.
Six walks over to Holden, "Well that wasn't too hard. We still need to deal with those Baron Blood Suckers though."
They enter the zone and find a forked path.
"Holden, you go to the left, and I'll go right. Call if you find it."
Holden nods and says, "Happy hunting, Six."
In Holden's path, he finds there were many floating coffins and more jerk-o-lanterns and as he barely arrives at the top of a small building, he receives a call from Six.
"Holden, I'm pinned down by a Fusion Him! I need you to…"
He is interrupted by a new call from Irwin and Billy, "SAVE US, YO! WE'RE SURROUNED IN A FUSION LAIR BY THESE SPINETINGLIERS. GET US OUT OF HERE, YO!" Then the com hangs up.
"Six, I'm going to get those two out of there. I think I can see the lair from here. Think you can hang on for awhile?"
Six responds, "I'll be alright just hurry up and get those two out of there." Holden hangs up and enters the lair as Six takes out his swords and attacks fusion Him.
Inside the lair, things for Irwin and Billy look rather grim.
"This is the end for us, yo."
The Spinetingliers float closer to them but suddenly drop to the floor.
Billy and Irwin watch in awe as Holden walks forward beyond the shot Spinetingliers, "Why did you two come here? We told you to stay at home, Billy."
"But, I wanted to get the hat I left here by accident, and now some creepy fusion has it." Billy states but looked down in guilt.
Holden looks at Irwin, "You two are going to come with me but if that fusion shows up, stay out of the way, got it?"
Irwin nods, "Got it, yo!"
Holden continues along the path and Billy and Irwin follow about fifteen feet behind him. As they close in, they hear a low growl and find that it is a rabid Fusion Billy. It charges on its hands and feet like a dog. Billy rushes forward and jumps on its back and tries to ride it like a horse, unfortunately it throws Billy off and into a nearby wall. This gives Holden a good opening as he takes three shots on it. This does considerable damage but the fusion counters and bites Holden's arm. Holden ignores the pain and shoots the fusion to finish it off. The hat and goop are all that's left, along with a nano Billy picking its nose.
"I wants pie! I wants it! I wants it!" Like Billy, it has a one track mind.
Holden then inspects his arm. While the injury isn't all that serious, Holden still feels the need for a rabies shot.
Billy stands up and picks up the remains of his hat, "I guess I can't run away to the circus now." He says, looks sad but soon rebounding and leaving the lair with Irwin.
Outside the fusion lair, Six waits for Holden.
"You did good work in there." Six states almost smiling.
"What happened to Fusion Him?" Holden asks, already knowing the answer, "It's been taken care of. I'm going back to check in with Rex. You should go back to Sector V."
Six leaves the infected zone, as does Holden, who then heads back to Sector V. Hoagie is outside the tree house fixing his latest creation when Holden arrives.
"Holden, how did everything go? Oh, and do you mind passing me a soda?"
Holden hands him one and then responds, "Well, I had to save Billy and Irwin from becoming Grim's next job. Six took out another Fusion Him while I was dealing with Fusion Billy. Have you heard anything about Blossom's mission?"
Before Hoagie can answer Blossom lands next to them.
She has a rather annoyed look on her face and then says, "When we got to the lair there was no sign of it. There was evidence it had been there but it's gone now."
Holden frowns, "That's the second time this kind of thing has happened. First time was over in Delightful Development. I wonder what's happening."
As Holden and Blossom walk away, they decided that it's time to let Dexter know what's going on with the disappearing fusions.