In the robot hanger, 11:45 PM
The super teens were now activating their respective robots; the Powerpuff girls were inside Dynamo and The Rowdyruff boys were in Dynamite. Both robots then started raising out of the backyard of the PPG home. In the sky above them the USS Iowa II was waiting for them. "Dynamo ready for action!" Blossom announced over the intercom. "Dynamite online!" Brick also yelled. "Good to hear; we just lost contact with an Arleigh Burke class destroyer in the north Atlantic, we sent out a search and rescue team but then we lost them too." Calypso stated. "You think its the sub?" Blossom asked.
"We're not sure, thats why we're sending you out there, the destroyer's last transmission was in the vicinity of a small archipelago of islands 400 miles to the north-east of Bermuda. You need to start your search there." Calypso continued. "Roger that." Brick said. With that Dynamo and Dynamite flew out to sea.
Later.
The two robots were now cruising through the night skies looking for the lost destroyer, while they were searching their minds wondered to speculating about the new Apocalypse sub, if the first was capable of sinking a whole city what was this new one capable of?
"Where do you think the new Apocalypse sub is?" Brick asked over the radio so the girls could hear too. "No idea, we might find it out here, we might not." Buttercup stated. "What will we do if we do run into it?" Butch asked. "I mean we needed to 'borrow' another British ship to sink the first one." he explained. "You're right Butch, hopefully Dynamo and Dynamite have enough firepower between them to at least damage it." Blossom said. "Yeah, me too." Brick also stated. "Hey guys look!" Bubbles jabbed her mitt towards something on the horizon. "Good work Bubbles, lets get a closer look." Blossom stated.
They flew towards the shape on the horizon at full speed, when they got closer they could see it was an island. "Is that one of the islands in the archipelago?" Brick asked. "I think so, thats what the map says." Blossom stated. "But it also says that this is the southern most island in the pelago." She added. "But this is the only island we've seen since we left Townsville Blossom." Bubbles chipped in. "And they line up pointing north-west; where we just came from." Buttercup added. "You sure you're not just holding the map upside down?" Butch joked. Blossom took a good look at the map and double checked she was holding it right; she was. "No its the right way up...something's wrong here."
Just then Boomer spotted something on the island below. "Guys I see something! Its metal!" Brick looked down himself and used Dynamites telescopic vision on the object. "Oh god." he whispered. On the screen was the destroyer they had been looking for, it was a complete write-off: the turrets were gone, the rotors were smashed, the hull was dented and breached and the bridge had been ripped into by something. On the Dynamo Blossom was contacting the Iowa II. "Dynamo to Iowa II do you copy?" "Iowa II copies, what have you got girls?" Gabriel asked. "We've found your ship, its been completely demolished and somehow been thrown onto an island." Blossom explained. "Also this is the only Island we've seen since Townsville and according to the map its the southern most one." Brick added.
"Dammit, alright new plan; the destroyer has a black box on board, its very possible it will have survived whatever happened and it will have a record of the event, get that black box and get back to Townsville." Gabriel ordered. "Roger." Blossom stated. "Boys, me and my sisters will go down to the ship to get the black box, you stay up here and watch for trouble." Blossom commanded. "Alright girls, be careful." Brick said.
Dynamo then landed next to the wreck and the girls flew out of the cockpit onto what used to be the deck of the ship. "Whoa...it must have been some enemy to write off an Arleigh Burke class destroyer." Blossom stated. "Hows it look over there girls?" Brick asked over the radio. "There's a lot of battle damage Brick." Buttercup said "The hull hasn't started rusting yet, this wreck hasn't been here very long." Blossom added. "Do you reckon the destroyer ran into a British battle ship?" Brick suggested. "No...there's no heat or residual energy signature to any of the breaches in the hull, it must have been punctured by something." Blossom mused. "Besides from us 6 how many things on the planet can puncture the hull of a navy ship?" Butch asked. "Not many." Bubbles said quietly.
"OK girls lets go inside." Blossom then kicked down the doorway into the ship and all three of them floated down the hall way. There was no light in the corridors ship; so the girls needed to turn their night vision on. There was debris everywhere they looked: fallen panels, snapped wires, dented walls and a few bullet holes in them. There was no sign of any of the crew; no bodies, no blood, nothing. "Where is everyone?" Bubbles asked. "Maybe they got away? The life boats are all gone." Buttercup suggested. "Lets not jump to conclusions, the ship is in very bad shape and its possible that the life boats may have simply been ripped or blown off during the fight." Blossom stated.
"Then what the hell happened here?" Buttercup asked. "Lets just get the black box and go." Blossom commanded. Buttercup and Bubbles nodded and they continued through the wreck. They were about to pass the CIC (Combat Information Centre) when Bubbles said: "Girls! Over here!" They looked inside and saw someone in the command seat. He was the captain of the ship, his eyes were wide open and staring into space, his mouth hung open not moving and if it wasn't for his chest moving up and down the girls would have thought he was dead. "Hello? Are you OK captain?" Buttercup asked. Blossom waved her mitt in front of his face; no reaction. "He's in shock." Blossom stated. She then gently blew some ice breath on his neck. The captain blinked and then groaned as his stiffened joints were disturbed.
"Where am I?" He asked. "Captain are you OK?" Bubbles asked. The captain looked around and saw the girls standing round him "Uh...Powerpuff girls...what are you doing here?" he groggily asked. "We're here to find out what happened to your ship Captain. Can you tell us?" Blossom explained. "What happened?" The Captain repeated. "We...we attacked that...that thing!" He suddenly spat. "What thing? What was it?" Blossom asked. "I..." The Captain started to sob as he tried to speak "What was it?" Buttercup asked, getting frustrated. "Girls give him a minute he's in shock." Bubbles stated. "OK...Bubbles you and BC keep looking around for the black box, we need to know what happened here one way or another." Blossom stated. Once Blossom's sisters started to sift through the rubble for the black box the Captain continued his story.
"We...we tried to contact HQ to... to tell them about the destroyed islands...but we were being jammed " he explained. "We couldn't run because it had destroyed our rotors." he added. "Where are your crew?" Blossom asked. "Oh had to tell them to evacuate, abandon ship. I told the first officer to get the crew to safety." The Captain answered. "We were dead in the water, guns were down, SPY Radar and fire controls were dead...I stayed behind to keep trying the radio." Blossom was listening intently, taking mental notes of what he said. "Then it came back and lifted the whole ship out of the water like it was nothing and threw it here. My crew were out there with no way back and I was stuck on this rock." He explained. "Captain what attacked you?" Blossom asked. The captain then turned to face her, fear clear in his eyes.
"They say there's no devil Blossom...but there is...right out of hell I saw it!" He screamed. "Captain where's your crew?" Blossom asked. "On the other island." The captain replied sadly. "There is no 'other island'!" Buttercup snapped, throwing a chunk of metal out of one the hull breaches. "You think I don't know that?" The captain retorted in a voice that was mixed with anger, fear and sadness all in one. "There was...but not anymore!" he sobbed. "They called me, they begged me to help but I...I...I couldn't do anything!" That was that, he simply went head down on the control panel and cried his eyes out. "Blossom I found the black box." Bubbles stated. "OK, play the Captains latest log." Blossom commanded. Bubbles flipped a switch and the log started to play.
"Captains log: date: August the 5th ,2011. this is the third day of the search for the alleged British super-weapon: dubbed 'Apocalypse', However we've been informed by HQ that the 3rd island of a nearby Archipelago was breaking up, we knew we we're miles from any known tectonic fault line so we changed course to investigate the disturbance." The recording then ended. "'3rd island', only 1 left now." Blossom thought out loud. "Captain what exactly was it that attacked your ship?" Blossom asked again. "Well..." The Captain sniffed before continuing." "I don't know what it is, I only know its a huge-ass weapon that damn effective." The Captain stated. "What does it look like?" Blossom asked. "Well...its a mile long, maybe longer than that and tentacles the width of a truck and more the size of a man and it had a huge maw that could swallow a luxury cruise liner whole with room to spare!" He exclaimed. "It EATS islands girls! Rips them apart and swallows the remains!" "But what is it? A monster? A ship?" Blossom asked. "Both or neither! I DON'T KNOW!" He screamed.
"Your log said that you changed course to investigate the breaking island, what happened after that?" Blossom asked. "We saw this thing by the side of it, slicing out chunks of it with laser beams from its tentacles." The captain explained. "What kind of laser beams?" Blossom asked. "I don't know I'm a ship captain not a scientist! All I know is that they are purple and slice through anything like a hot chef's knife through butter." He stated. The girls eyes went wide at this. "My God, we've got to get back to Townsville right now!" Blossom exclaimed. Bubbles then picked up the captain and they raced back to Dynamo. But before they could climb on board they heard a very potent sonar ping. The sound thundered round the area and went through the chests of everyone who heard it. An identical sound soon followed the first, it was only then that the Captain said:
"That's what we heard before we we're attacked!" This added a lot more tension to the atmosphere round the group as the sonar pangs continued to pound through the air every 5 seconds. "Lets go move!" Blossom ordered. Everyone got back on board Dynamo and it took off before anything else could happen. "Dynamite this is Dynamo come in!" Brick's voice then came in over the radio. "Blossom...we have a slight problem." "What is it?" Blossom asked. "Don't know, all we know is that its big." Brick stated. Before he could say anything else a huge dark shape could be seen coming round the island, the sonar pangs were getting louder as whatever it was drew near. The shape was huge, longer than the island and just barely thinner. It was still submerged under the water so they couldn't get a good look at it. "T-thats it!" The Captain screamed.
Before Anyone could answer him the shape suddenly burst out of the water, creating a huge wave as it did so and roared loudly, blowing away the two robots. "OK...we're screwed." Brick stated.