Allies and Rivals II
Chapter 20 - Two vs. Two
The City of Townsville, or rather, on a cell at an island off the coast of Oregon.
"Dad!" Brick shouted. He removed his gas mask, and tears showed in his eyes. "I missed you so much! I'm so glad you're alright!"
He then gave his father a tight hug.
"Professor!" Buttercup and Blossom shouted. Buttercup removed her gas mask, and immediately hugged the Professor, and occasionally pecking him in the cheek, with tears streaming down her cheeks. Blossom also went to the Professor, but for obvious reason, she couldn't remove the gas mask on her face or hug the professor. Nevertheless, the Professor removed the mask and Blossom rubber her cheeks against the Professor's after kissing him in the cheek.
"Oh Professor, you're alright!" Blossom said, crying. "I counted the days till we can again see you and hug you again. I'm glad you're alright!"
"I miss you too girls! You don't know how sad I was when I was away from you," the Professor said. "I want you to know that I love you very very much!"
"I love you too Professor!" Buttercup emotionally said. "I missed you very much!"
"I'm proud of you, Brick. Look at you! You survived almost a week without me, and you managed to do just alright! You maybe a kid, but you sure acted like a man! You'd be an excellent leader of the alliance if you asked me now!" Dr. Edwards said. He then whispered in a voice low enough that neither the Professor nor Blossom nor Buttercup could hear, but clear to Brick's ear, "Just between the two of us, I also think you'd be a better leader than Blossom, but don't tell her, or the Professor, or they might kill me."
"Thanks Dad! You don't know how much those words mean to me," said Brick. He then whispered back, "don't worry Dad, those girls and their father won't know that."
Dr. Edwards suddenly took Brick's cap, then ruffled his hair silly. "You need a haircut!"
"Dad!" shouted Brick, quickly grabbing back his cap and wearing it back.
"I'm glad you're alright. Ckrackerpot or whatever his name is, captured your brothers and Bubbles," Dr. Edwards said. "He said you chickened out, but I knew you'd be smart enough to plan ahead."
"Well, Professor," said Blossom, "and Dr. Edwards, our original plan actually failed."
"Yeah, we didn't expect them to use sleeping gas. We were lucky that only three of us were captured, considering that Buttercup and I also lost consciousness, and Blossom accidentally got her hands cuffed behind her," Brick continued. "We all nearly got captured several times, but thanks to luck, we survived!"
"Not only luck, but my quick thinking," said Blossom. "If I didn't cover you with seaweed when you were unconscious, and didn't lure him away, risking my own capture, then we all would've been also captured. By the way Professor, could you remove this cuff off my hands?"
"Let me see that," said the Professor. "Oh sorry, I don't have anything right now that could remove that cuff off you. But I'm sure Ckracknow has a spare key for it somewhere."
"Speaking of Ckracknow, I think we should find Bubbles and Butch and Boomer and kill that Ckracknow," said Brick. "Not to mention kick the ass of that Two."
"Okay! Doctor, Professor, could you lead us to Ckracknow's office? Brick and Buttercup will fight Two, while the rest of us would free our siblings. Once that happens, and when I get these cuff off my hands, then all six of us would fight Two, while you two would guard Ckracknow," Blossom instructed. "Any questions?"
"Well, I think Dad and the Professor should actually neutralize as many as Ckracknow's clones as they could. Plus, they could save in compact disks as many data in the computers of this base as they could, since we all agreed beforehand to utterly destroy this base," Brick said. "After this day, I don't want a single piece to remain. I want this base to be totally destroyed, and when it's done, I want Ckracknow dead, after a long and painful torture of course. But only if Blossom and Dad are okay about it!"
"I don't think…" Blossom began.
"I think it's fine," Dr. Edwards interrupted, overruling Blossom. "This base doesn't deserve to stand one second longer and Ckrator needs to stop wasting oxygen. I think we should give him the water treatment, don't you think? I wonder how long before he cracks up? Before he begs before his life. Oh what fun that will be!" He then made a sadistic laugh at the thought.
Blossom assumed it was only a joke, and both she and her sister went along.
Meanwhile…
"Mr. Ckracknow, sir, something's happened on sector K," one of Ckracknow's men reported.
"You mean where the cell of those two knuckleheads are located? What's wrong?"
"Well, none of the guards replied when I called them," said the henchmen.
"Let's check the surveillance cameras, shall we?" said Ckracknow. "Maybe they just fell asleep."
Ckracknow then looked looked at the computer screens and linked to the surveillance cameras at sector K.
"Holy sh!t!" shouted Ckracknow. They saw all the guards unconscious and tied up with their own cuffs, while the cell was empty.
"Forty-six, call all the men and have them search the entire base for those two scientists! I want them caught, you hear! I want those two caught!" shouted the mad scientist. "Two!" he shouted in the speaker, get you ass here! You on sector Q, change of plans. Implement plan X for Boomer, Bubbles and Butch. Now, all of the rest of you…"
Suddenly, the door leading to the lab where Ckracknow and his men are working collapsed, and Dr. Edwards, Professor Utonium, Brick, Buttercup and Blossom entered.
"It's over!" said Dr. Edwards, with a gun pointed at the doctor. "Now, say your prayers because I'm going to kill…"
"No doctor," Blossom said. "It's better that we not stoop to his level. We better just ask him to surrender himself, then if he won't, we'll force him to, but no killing!"
"Sorry Blossom, but that fuckin' sh!thead deserves to get his brains blown to bits," Dr. Edwards replied with hatred in his voice.
"William, watch your mouth! There are children in here!" the Professor scolded.
"So what? They'll learn it anyway eventually, I see nothing wrong if my sons say those words earlier than others," Dr. Edwards said. "You can't always speak like your some goddamned aristocrat all the time!"
"But they're still kids, they…"
"Will you idiots get back to the topic on hand!" shouted Ckracknow. "I swear, you guys still act like kids!"
"Shut up, Ckracker, we're still trying to decide whether or not we'll kill you," Dr. Edwards retorted.
"Where's Bubbles, Butch and Boomer?" asked Blossom in an effort to change the topic.
But before he could reply, Two suddenly arrived.
"Doctor Edwards, Professor Utonium, I want you to meet my most powerful creation, Two, who I assure you will demolish your brats," boasted Ckracknow with a cackle.
"Don't be so confident," Brick shot back. "The only reason you were able to beat my brothers is that you used sleeping gas. Now, we'll rip the guts off your carcass because we have gas masks!"
"I don't need gas do make you even flatter than your Mom's pancakes!" replied Two.
"Can you then please take your fight outside?" asked Ckracknow. "I don't want my lab to be damaged by a fight."
"Yes sir, Mr. Ckracknow sir!" Two said. "We're going to fight outside!"
"We don't care where we fight you, we'll still kick your butt!" Buttercup swaggered.
Two, Brick and Buttercup then went out through the terrace on Ckracknow's lab.
"Now release Boomer, Butch and Bubbles," Blossom demanded. She didn't join the fight because she can't fight properly with her hands tightly cuffed behind her. "And while you're at it, give me the keys to these cuffs."
"Your hands are cuffed behind you back?" asked Ckracknow in mock bewilderment. "And I thought you just want to keep your hands behind you all the time, or that you were hiding something! Ha!"
"Very funny," said the Professor. "Now give me the key to the cuffs."
"Okay, you win!" Ckracknow unexpectedly conceded. "Here!"
The mad scientist then tossed to the Professor a small key. The Professor took it and bent down to Blossom level to release it. He put the key on the tiny lock, turned it…
…and it broke, leaving the end stuck in the keyhole, and the Professor holding the handle of a key without its end.
"Why isn't it lose?" asked Blossom, who was expecting to feel the cuffs removed.
"The key broke…" Dr. Edwards said, surprised.
"Do you really think I'd free you from those cuffs? Don't worry, in a few minutes after Two crushes Buttercup and Brick, not only your hands but also your feet will be cuffed in duranium, but you'll also be gagged, your eyes would be strapped with especially designed goggles, you'll be wearing an anti-gravity belt to keep you from flying, in a word—totally helpless—and you'd join Boomer, Bubbles and Butch—and the only thing you could do is squirm like worms!"
"Where are my sons?" asked Dr. Edwards angrily.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" sneered Ckracknow as he turned around and walked towards the terrace. "Now excuse me, I'd like to watch Two pummel those two weaklings."
"Why you little…"
"Now calm down, William. We can force Ckracknow to cough up the whereabouts of your sons and my Bubbles after they defeat Two," counselled the Professor. "In the meantime, let's watch the fight."
Dr. Edwards just nodded at the Professor's suggestion, and the two scientists and Blossom followed Ckracknow into the terrace to watch the fight.
Two floated high in the air and positioned to fight. Brick and Buttercup wore their gas masks and floated to the level of Two.
"Buttercup, before we fight that bastard, I want to make one thing clear," said Brick. "In this battle, I will lead, and you will follow. I want you to follow my orders on how we are going to fight him."
"Hey, why should I listen to you? You're not my leader!" Buttercup said, resenting Brick's bossy attitude.
"Quite simple, really! If you want to win this fight, then we need to cooperate and we need to fight as one," Brick said, looking at Buttercup squarely in the eye. "I'm betting that Two is an even more dangerous opponent than One."
"Who's One?" asked Buttercup in curiosity.
"He's probably a weaker version of Two. Blossom and I fought him and we collapsed and didn't recover for thirty hours. Remember when Blossom and I disappeared? Believe me, I know!"
"Geez Brick, you're just like Blossom!" Buttercup exclaimed in frustration. "Okay, so you know more of this guy, big deal! Still, why should I listen to you?"
"Because I'd rather fight him alone than fight him with you insubordinate," Brick declared. "Besides, you still owe me one, and I'm collecting, even if it's only for this one fight!"
The two then engaged in a staring contest for a few contest. They stared eyeball to eyeball. After about thirty seconds, Buttercup blinked.
"Okay, you win! But only because I owe you one! But this won't happen again!" Buttercup spat. "Now what are we going to do, oh so smarty pants?"
"So you're going to fight, or are you going to bore me to death with your arguments, or are you going to fight each other first!"
"Put a sock in it, Two," said Buttercup.
"Okay, let's kick his butt," said Brick. "When you attack, attack with full force. Don't hold back! Don't give him a chance to regain his breath. And when you attack, attack to kill! Now, he may be as strong, or even stronger than us, but we're two. He can't fight both of us at once, and that alone, if we don't make any mistakes, would keep him from winning. Remember, don't fight fair in this. If we did, we'd only lose. "
Buttercup just nodded as both of them raced to Two. Brick made the first salvo when he laser-eyed the large clone. Two was stung, and was about to make a lunge at Brick in retaliation when Buttercup smashed her fist on his head, causing him to fall down. Before Two could reach the ground, Brick shot a powerful laser beam from his hands that struck him, further disorienting him. He hit the ground on the island, creating a large crater, but before he could recover his senses, Buttercup came upon him like an avenging angel. Grabbing him, she gave him a barrage of kicks and punches like never before.
She then took Two's hand and threw him in the air. "Hey Brick, catch!"
Brick caught Two. "So much for your boasts." He threw him higher, froze him using his ice-breathe, flew higher than where he was, then kicked him back to Buttercup.
Buttercup zapped him, caught his head, then kicked him hard in the gut. She then threw him in the ground, and he seemed to be unconscious.
"Ha, you're so wrong, Brick! Two's all bark and no bite! That was the most hyped up fight in my life! I mean only Mojo's rants are more pathetic than your 'He's so strong' warnings!"
"Well I'll be!" said Brick. "That was the greatest overestimation I have ever done in my entire life. I guess all that training to level 17 really paid off. Well, now we know that Ckracknow's just a paper tiger," Brick said.
"Ha, I bet that we only need to reach until level 14 to defeat Two, seeing as how it's easier to defeat him than to squash a cockroach!" Buttercup boasted. "I guess we don't need your or Blossom's fancy plans after all! All we used is brute strength! Ha, brawn trumps brains!"
"Well, it seemed that your pet is dead," crowed Dr. Edwards. "Now, you are outnumbered, overpowered, and defeated. Tell us where my other sons are."
"Don't be so cocky!" replied Ckracnow. "I admit that your children got much stronger than before. That's why I took no chances and gassed them all. But Blossom and Brick were too clever and escaped and saved Buttercup too. However, seeing the performance of those two, I doubt even if all six were fighting him at the same time could take Two down."
"You're the one to talk. In case you somehow became blind during the fight, Two lost and Brick and Buttercup won!" the Professor boasted.
"Oh really?"
"Hey professor! Blossom! Did you see me? I kicked some butt, yeah!" Buttercup boasted, turning her back from the unconscious Two.
"Buttercup, behind you!" Brick suddenly shouted.
It was too late. The moment Buttercup turned her back, Two suddenly grabbed her feet, then buried his knee into her gut. He then balled her fist and crushed it on Buttercup's back repeatedly. Buttercup just screamed of the pain as she was completely caught off guard. And Two did it so fast that Buttercup wasn't able to respond.
"Oh crap! We should've finished him when we had a chance!" shouted Brick as he dived to attack Two. He flew towards him in a zig-zag line, attempting to confuse Two on where his attack will fall.
Two noticed Brick coming towards him. He quickly grabbed the battered Buttercup by the foot and threw her towards Brick. But Brick zigzagged enough to throw off Two's aim, and Buttercup missed hitting Brick by an inch.
It did, however, distract his attention from Two. Two then shot two powerful beams at Brick.
"Butter…aaahhhhh!" Brick shouted as he was struck unexpectedly.
"This is the end," said Ckracknow as he, Blossom, the Professor and Dr. Edwards watched the fight. "He could keep up those beams until Brick cracks. With Buttercup out of the way, the other three not here, and Blossom handicapped in a way, there's no chance for Brick. Now, you can still save him. Tell them to surrender, and let them be cuffed, and I'll call off Two. Or not, and you could watch your son be slowly killed. Can you hear the screaming? Can you see the look on his face? He's in pain. Every second that he's stuck in that laser crossfire, he's feeling pain like a million needles piercing him simultaneously. Surrender, if you don't want to lose him."
"No Dr. Edwards," Blossom suddenly spoke. "I'm going there to help!"
"No you won't. Until you get the cuff off your hands, you will not go into a fight with Two," the Professor sternly said.
"But Brick will be killed if I don't do something!" Blossom protested. "And I can still fight with my feet, my mouth and my eyes!"
"Fighting a bunch of guards with no superpowers whatsoever is not the same thing as fighting that monster," the Professor said. "If both Buttercup and Brick can't beat them with their hands free, you won't stand a chance!"
"But Professor, we can't just give up!"
"And I won't have you fight handicapped. I want you girls to fight with your full potential. I want you to fight with your all. And if you are defeated, it should be after giving all you've got. Now, you'll surely lose, but I know that if your hands are free, you'll have a chance," the Professor explained, though his voice is strained, and his expression pained. "I know it's hard, but it's the truth."
"But…"
"Your father is right, Blossom," said Dr. Edwards, staring at his son. "We can't give up. We just can't. But we have to do it right. It might look bleak, but I don't believe it's over."
"Now I know that since you are his father, you have to be optimistic, but you must see the light! You can't stick your head up your ass this long, Dr. Edwards. If you open your eyes, you'd see that your son has no chance!" Ckracknow said. "Surrender, and I'll call off Two."
Suddenly, Buttercup came from nowhere and kicked a thoroughly surprised Two from behind. It caused Two to abruptly end his devastating laser attack on Brick and cause him to fall to the ground.
"You—you're supposed to be unconscious!" charged Two.
"You should've finished me!" Buttercup replied, spitting blood out of her mouth. She was battered. She was limping. Blood was pouring out from wounds in her head and her dress was stained by a mixture of blood and dirt that it doesn't look green but more of dark brown. She was breathing heavily, and she was hurting from all the injuries Two earlier inflicted on her. Her back was especially vulnerable because of the repeated pounding Two earlier gave her. But make no mistake. She still had a lot of fight in her and had a deadly look in her eyes.
Brick was still conscious after his brush with death. The laser attacks from Two was devastating, and his body, though not weakened much, was reeling with pain. His sweatshirt was burnt, the white shirt underneath which was now showing was covered with sweat, his breathing heavy. He slowly descended into the ground and sat on the grass as he rested. He then watched the standoff between Two and Buttercup.
Since he was near unconsciousness, and a few more blows would take him to dreamland if he fought immediately, so he decided to rest for a few minutes to regain his strength.
'That was close,' thought Brick. 'A few more seconds of being in that laser would have knocked me out, and a few more would had killed me.'
Dr. Edwards frown turned into a small smirk as he saw the tide turn. Ckracknow's grin was twisted into a expression of shock and disbelief.
Blossom was relieved, though she felt useless just standing and watching.
"What the f*ck are you doing, you idiot," shouted Ckracknow at Two. "Get your act together and crush those brats!"
Buttercup assaulted Two, but unlike before, he was prepared. With Brick exhausted by the laser attack, he just sat there to ward off pangs of unconsciousness. Two deftly dodged Buttercup's lunge. Buttercup immediately turned and tried kicking him, but Two easily dodged him.
"Damn! Those attacks really slowed us down. Look at the fight, Two's having no problem dodging it. And he's smart. We clearly got him first, so he pretended to be unconscious, and struck when Buttercup's back was turned! And he caught us by surprise! We should've killed him immediately, not strut around like a peacock saying we defeated him when we actually didn't!" Brick said to himself as he watched.
"Two is just playing with Buttercup," Blossom said.
"I disagree," the Professor replied. "Buttercup's on the offense! Look, Two can barely hold her off."
"No Professor, if you compare it with the earlier fight, Buttercup's much faster than that. Ckracknow's goon did not weaken, while Buttercup did," Blossom replied. "Now please Professor, can I fight Two too?"
"Not until you get those cuffs off your hands," replied the Professor. "I won't have you fight not fully prepared."
"But…
"And no buts!" the Professor sharply replied. "I know Buttercup and Brick can do it."
Buttercup kept up her assault on Two. She kept on kicking and punching him, but Two dodged her every move. Buttercup tried laser-eyeing him, but Two just dodged it with the speed of a bullet. Soon, he broke into a grin.
"What are you smiling about?" said Buttercup as she made another futile punch.
"Well nothing," Two said. "It's just for someone who claims to be the toughest, you fight like a sissy! Wait! You are one!"
"Why you!" Buttercup said, getting angry at Two's taunt. She then made fiercer, more reckless attacks. It increased in intensity, but for some reason, decreased in accuracy.
"Buttercup you idiot!" shouted Brick, who watched the fight. "Two is just making you angry to throw you off your attack. Damn it, calm down, don't let him get to your goat! You're just wasting your energy!"
"I'm tired playing games with him Brick!" Buttercup shouted back, but nonetheless, backed down a bit then attacked, this time with a cooler head.
"So you saw through my little game," Two said. "Not that it would do you any good. Now, I'm tired of playing games, and I'm bored, so let's make this more interesting, shall we?"
Two lunged at Buttercup, punching her hard at the stomach. It was too fast for her to ignore, then gave her a quick kick in the head, sending her flying away. She landed besides Brick, creating a small crater in the impact.
"Well, rested or not, it's my turn!" Brick said. He saw Two fly fast towards him, intending to finish off Buttercup and possibly him. He started making a ball of energy in his hand, growing it until it was the size of a basketball. He then covered it with ice using his ice breathe.
Two didn't notice Brick as he concentrated on Buttercup. Brick slowly ascended into the air, while Two landed on the crater.
"So, not so cocky now, aren't we?" boasted Two at Buttercup, who struggled to get up.
"Two! You got careless, fool! Above you!" Ckracknow shouted.
"What!" shouted Two. He turned and saw Brick floating proudly, holding a giant ball of ice in his hands.
Two then took Buttercup in his hands, kicked her hard in the gut, causing her to cough blood. She then threw her away.
"You bastard!" shouted Brick as he threw the block of ice at Two.
"You think a block of ice will even tickle me? You disappoint me! The smartest one my ass!"
He smashed the ice with his fist, shattering it into a million pieces—
—and causing a large explosion to happen.
"If you were paying attention to me, then you'd notice that I'd put a ball of energy in that ice. Breaking it released the energy, magnifying the explosion exponentially!" Brick said, smirking.
A large cloud of smoke covered the explosion, and Brick waited. A few seconds, the smoke lifted.
Two is still standing, or rather floating, with an angry scowl in his face. His clothes were destroyed, with an exception of his torn pants still covering his private parts, showing layers of pure muscle underneath. His body was full of wounds and soot. But he was still full of fight!
"You will pay for that!" shouted Two. "I am invincible, and nobody does this to me! This is it! No more Mr. Nice Guy! I'm not going to hold back anymore!"
He then began shouting at the top of his voice.
"What's happening?" asked Dr. Edwards.
"Ha! He's transforming into something stronger!" Ckracknow boasted. "He wasn't fighting at full strength all this time!"
Soon, hair began growing all over his body, his muscles became larger, and his face became more rigid. After a few seconds, he completed his transformation. Except for his face, and hands, he looked like a werewolf, with fur covering his entire body, looking more ferocious and terrifying.
"You've been watching too many Dragonball Z shows," commented Blossom. "Who did you imitate, Mr. Ckracknow? Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu? Nah, it looks too much like Cell!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" replied Ckracknow, stumped by Blossom's statement. "What I made is totally original!"
"Nevermind," replied Blossom.
"You're mine!" as Two, in a speed that astonished all participants and observers, grabbed Brick by the arm. Brick tried kicking him, but Two easily blocked it using his other arm. He tossed Brick in the air, and quickly shot a powerful laser beam at him.
He was hit hard, and he fell to the ground. Two rapidly fell on him, slamming him against the ground with his shoulder.
He then picked up Brick. He grabbed his right arm, and in an action which made all cringe, snapped Brick's arm, detaching his humerus (the bone in the upper arm) from his shoulder blade. Brick shouted in pain.
"That's it, shout! Feel the pain!" shouted Two as he again snapped his arm at the elbow, further detaching the bone in the lower arm from that of the upper arm. He squeezed it, shattering the humerus and the Radius and Ulna into a million pieces. The sound of the snapping bones was heard by Buttercup, Dr. Edwards, Blossom and the Professor. Two then threw him down towards Buttercup.
"Brick!" shouted Dr. Edwards, his eyes dropping a few tears. "You monster!"
"Brick!" shouted Buttercup, as he caught him. Surprisingly, he was able to stand on his feet and even float. But his right arm just hung from his body, a useless limp.
"Brick!" shouted Blossom. "Will he be alright, doctor?"
"If he was a human, it would kill him," replied Dr. Edwards. "I don't know if the chemical X would help him, but we can only hope."
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm dandy!" replied Brick. "Of course I'm not alright. My right arm is totally broken, and I'm in extreme pain." Brick's face said it all. It is twisted with pain, and he was sweating, but he was determined. "But I can still fight with one arm."
Then, Two made an announcement.
"Obviously, you're no match for me!" shouted the clone. "So I'm giving you five minutes to plan your attack. Obviously, it won't do you any good, since I'm practically invincible, but it would give some entertainment. So think hard. I want a show!"
Buttercup and Brick then took the occasion to rest, though Brick couldn't really relax because of the excruciating pain.
"Five minutes," said Brick. "He's just…wait a minute, five minutes?"
"Yes, five minutes!" replied Buttercup.
"That's it! Buttercup, wear the special shades that Blossom gave you earlier! I'll use the sunball!" Brick shouted as he took his shades using his left hand from his pocket and put it on.
"Huh! Great plan!" shouted Buttercup as she wore hers.
Dr. Edwards took some shades from his pocket, wore it, gave another one to the Professor, saying, "wear this. I just hope Brick doesn't kill himself in what he's planning!"
The Professor did not know why, but he took it and wore it. Dr. Edwards then took another one and put in on Blossom eyes.
After the end of the five minute break.
Brick took the ball from his pocket using his left hand, pressed a button, and threw it in the air.
Soon, a blinding white light covered the entire area. Soon, everyone except those wearing the special shades were practically blind.
Two was forced to close his eyes. He then blindly charged to where he last saw Brick. But he hit nothing but air.
"Now, let's seriously kick some ass!" said Brick, now sweating heavily. "Buttercup, hit him hard, hit him fast, but above all, hit him where it hurts. We must defeat him before the five minute timer on the ball is up. He can't see us, so it would be as easy as hell, but he's as tough as nails, so don't hold back!"
"You rock Brick!" shouted Buttercup as she and Brick assaulted Two with everything they got.
Brick kicked him hard in the back towards Buttercup, who punched him hard. Brick then used his left arm to shoot laser at him. Buttercup then relentlessly pummeled Two.
It soon became obvious that even as Two could not retaliate, they weren't doing any damage at him at all. They were just too weak individually.
"It's no use! He just not weakening!" shouted Buttercup, rubbing her hands after punching Two. "Punching him is like punching a duranium wall!"
"Right," said Brick. "Well, I have a plan. Can you still do the Furious Fiery Feline?"
"Well yeah, but I need Bubbles and Blossom to do that!"
"Okay! Blossom, could you come over here? We need your help! Don't worry, you won't use your hands!"
"Professor?"
"Well, since Two is pretty much blind, yes, go," the Professor finally conceded. "And good luck."
"Thanks Professor," said Blossom. She then went to where Brick and Buttercup were.
"Blossom, can you make the Furious Fiery Feline even with your hands cuffed behind your back?" asked Brick.
"Yes. What's your plan?"
"Well, that Two has skin as tough as nails, and our attack, even with him blind, didn't make much headway, so here's my plan. We'll combine the Diamond Five with your Furious Fiery Feline, and the combined power of us three should be able to kill him."
"Oh I get it! Nice plan Brick," Blossom complemented.
"But how do you do it? I mean isn't the Diamond Five and the Furious Fiery Feline different attacks? How'd we do it?" Buttercup questioned.
"Well it's simple! We can do it like we usually do and pretend Brick is Bubbles, while Brick can pretend we're Butch and Boomer, and just do like we always do, isn't that right, Brick?" Blossom explained
"By golly, you've read my mind! Yup, that's it!" Brick replied.
"But can you do it? Your arm—does it hurt?"
"It hurts like hell! You can see by the expression on my face damn it, now stop asking stupid questions. I wouldn't plan it if I couldn't do it! And we can't waste anymore time!"
"I know, we can only pull it off while the sunball is working, because I'm sure Two can easily brush the attack off if he can see," Blossom said. "I'm so smart, ain't I. Girls, Furious!"
"Fiery!" Buttercup shouted.
"Feline!" Shouted Blossom.
"Diamond Five!" shouted Brick.
Buttercup and Blossom flew fast towards the sky in parallel lines, while Brick, with his back on the two girls, spun around them while also ascending towards the sky.
Soon, they turned around 180 degrees when they neared space, and soon, the red, pink and green lights merged into a catlike figure, but not quite. Soon it turned into a giant red laser beam with eyes. It soon had lost its catlike look, and looked more like a meteor heading towards earth.
Conveniently for them, Two is floating in the air, with his eyes closed due to the light from the sunball, his back to the sky.
The attack struck him in the back, and Two screamed. To him, it was completely unexpected. At first, it seemed as if the attack couldn't bore down on him, but after a minute, it broke through Two's body, ripping him to shreds.
At that moment, the sunball used up all its stored energy, and the white light disappeared. The laser disintegrated into its component parts.
"Yeah! We rock!" said Buttercup. "C'mon Brick, give me five!"
Brick and Buttercup then high-fived each other—Brick using his left hand.
Buttercup then patted his right arm.
"Aarrrgghhh! Don't touch that! It hurts," shouted Brick. "Well, I'll…"
Brick then lost consciousness—from the extreme pain in his arm and the energy exhausted from the last attack.
"Oh no!" Blossom shouted. "He must have lost so much energy in the last attack. Quick, Buttercup, catch him!"
"Right, Red," said Buttercup, and she quickly caught him a few feet from the ground.
"Let's bring him to Dr. Edwards," instructed Blossom.
"Well, we won," Dr. Edwards said as he soon as the fact that Two was killed registered in his mind. "Brick!" he shouted as he saw his son collapse mid-air.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Brick is okay," the Professor said, patting him in the back. "He's a Rowdyruff. His arm isn't permanently injured. It'll heal itself, but it would take a week or so before he can use his right arm again. But only if you treat it immediately—if you don't, it'll hurt like hell."
"How do you know that?"
"My girls! Remember, you're not the only father whose children have chemical X," the Professor replied.
"But I'm a doctor. I know that bone fragments could make his situation much worst," said the doctor.
"Yes, but your patients are humans," replied the Professor. "All those bone fragments would work themselves back and heal itself because of the Chemical X. The extent of the damage would only make it longer, but it won't be fatal!"
As soon as the kids arrived, Blossom began to bark orders.
"Doctor, I think you should take Brick and find some medical facility so we can treat his arm, while Professor, Buttercup, find Boomer, Butch and Bubbles," Blossom instructed, but she didn't use her usual bossy tone in front of the two scientists. "I'll go with the Doctor to see how Brick is holding up."
"That's a good plan, Blossom," the Professor said. "Now, Ckracknow, tell us…Ckracknow? Where's Ckracnow?"
"Yeah, where is he?" Blossom said. "There's a score to be settled.
"I don't know. He just disappeared," said Dr. Edwards. "One minute he was besides us, with eyes closed, then the next, after the effect of the sunball wore off, he's gone!"
"Well, I don't need that freak of a scientist to find them," said the Professor. "You go on ahead, William, and treat Brick's arm. I'll find the others."
"John?"
"Yes William?"
"Please find them. Brick is in critical condition, while Boomer and Butch, well, I don't know what happened to them."
"Don't worry William," the Professor reassured. "Bubbles is with them too, you know."
The doctor, carrying Brick, accompanied by a still cuffed Blossom, then went to the medical facility of the lab to treat his son's arm.
The professor then saw one of the henchmen of Ckracknow. "You! Don't attempt to run!" Buttercup then grabbed him by the collar.
"Where did Ckracknow keep Boomer, Butch and Bubbles?"
"I don't…
"Well!" Professor Utonium shouted, pointing his gun at the head of the henchmen.
"Follow me, just don't shoot!"
The henchmen then led the Professor and Buttercup underground, towards a single door. The man took a key from his pocket, and opened it.
"They're there!"
The Professor and Buttercup entered the cell, to find, nothing…
"You lied!" Buttercup said, punching the man.
"I swear! This is where Mr. Ckracknow put them," pleaded the henchman. "Honest!"
"Where are they now?"
"I don't know!"
"Tell the truth!" the Professor demanded
"I really don't know!"
Then suddenly the man had a stroke, and died. Buttercup and the Professor just looked at each other, baffled, having no idea what to do next or where to look.