Me: I'm BAAAACK. I had so much fun. I hope nobody died while I was gone. Don't want to be responsible for any deaths that happened while I was gone. :/ Anywayz...Was I missed?
Buttercup: No.
Me: OH BUTCH!
Butch: Hey babe.
Buttercup: Oh hell no! *runs away*
Butch: Butterbabe wait! *runs after her*
Me: On with the story!
An Angel's Halo
Chapter 9: Falling Apart
Disclaimer: I so own the Powerpuff Girls!... I was kidding.
Italicized= Flashback or 'thoughts' or
It was about three o'clock in the morning when Buttercup started to thrash around the bed. Butch was kicked off the bed. He glared at the girl thinking she was awake.
"Not funny Buttercup." he murmured as he brushed himself off. He didn't receive a smart ass reply. Butch looked over to see Buttercup thrashing around the bed. She seemed to be having a really bad dream. She was sweating and was mumbling in her sleep.
"Please don't... leave them alone... take me instead..." she mumbled. Butch hovered over the angel. "BC wake up." he said. Buttercup rolled over and started to mumble again.
"Why?... You asshole... let us go... down the hammer..." She tightened her grip on the pillow. Tears started to pour down her face. Butch started to become concerned. He pinned Buttercup to the bed to prevent her from thrashing.
"Buttercup!" he yelled. She started to thrash more violently. Butch was frustrated. He didn't know how to help her. He hated to see her like this. It hurt him and he didn't know why.
"Buttercup please..." he whispered. Butch kissed her forehead and put his head on her chest. Buttercup woke up and was breathing heavily. "Butch?" she asked. His shoulders were shaking.
"Butch... are you crying?" she asked. Butch looked up. "No." he said quickly unpinning Buttercup off the bed. He looked away. Buttercup sat up. She looked at the time. "Did I wake you up?" she asked. Butch nodded.
"Sorry." Buttercup apologized. Butch walked over to the window. "What exactly were you dreaming about?" he asked not making eye contact. Buttercup suddenly became very silent. "Nothing important." she answered.
Butch walked over to Buttercup. He made her look at him. "I'm only going to ask one more time. What were you dreaming about?" he whispered in her ear. Buttercup gasped at the sudden closeness of their bodies.
"I-I was... dreaming..." Buttercup gasped again as he snaked his arm around her waist. "Butch stop." she said. Butch put his head on her neck. "When you tell me, I will." he coaxed. Buttercup sighed.
"I was dreaming about the day I died."
Butch immediately stopped everything he was doing. He looked at Buttercup. "You were dreaming about the day you died." he repeated. Buttercup nodded. There was a silence. Buttercup started to to poke her fingers together.
"How did you die?" Butch suddenly asked. Buttercup was surprised about the question. "Why do you want to know?" she asked him. Butch shrugged. "I just wanted to know. It's okay if you don't want to- " Buttercup cut him off.
"I'll tell you. It started just like a regular day..."
Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles were walking home from school. "Blossom I don't feel like we should go this way." Bubbles said. Buttercup rolled her eyes. "We always go this way." she said.
"I don't know Buttercup. I kinda feel the same way. I feel like we're being followed." Blossom said looking behind them. Buttercup just scoffed. "You guys are just so paranoid. I'm pretty sure that there's nobody following us." she stated.
"Why so sure Buttercup?" A male voice said. The three girls quickly turned around. "Who are you?" Bubbles squeaked, trembling in fear. "Do you fear me girls?" he asked. "If by fear you mean Fuck Everything And Run then yeah." Buttercup said.
"Fuck Everything And Run?" Butch asked. "Let me tell the story." Buttercup hissed. "Sorry.." Butch muttered. "Anyways..."
The three girls started to run away. Blossom pulled out her phone only to have it snatched away from her hand. Blossom looked behind her to see the same person. The man slammed it on the floor shattering it to pieces.
Two other men were in front of the girls, grinning like maniacs. They were surrounded. Buttercup gulped. "Who the hell are you?" she yelled, confidently. But on the inside she was just as scared as her sisters.
The first man grinned a creepy smile. "Let's just call me HIM." he said. Buttercup glared at HIM. "How the fuck do you know my name?" she asked. "I know all of your names Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup." HIM answered. Bubbles was still trembling in fear when she asked, "H-Have you been following us?"
HIM nodded. "I've been following you girls for months now, waiting for the right time." he said. "The right time for what?" Blossom asked. "For this. BOYS!" HIM yelled. "Hey put the hammer down!" Buttercup screamed. Then everything went black.
"You were knocked out with a hammer?" Butch asked. Buttercup nodded. "Now can I continue?"
Buttercup woke up in darkness, strapped in a chair. "Blossom? Bubbles?" she called out. "We're right next to you." Blossom answered. Buttercup felt Bubbles nod. "Where are we?" Bubbles asked. "I don't know." Blossom said.
"So you girls are awake." HIM's voice said. The three girls jumped. "First I will need Blossom and Bubbles." HIM grinned. Buttercup's eyes widened. "NO! Leave them alone! Take me instead!" she insisted. HIM laughed. "I have different plans for you." he said.
Bubbles and Blossom were dragged away. They were kicking and screaming. Buttercup started to sob. "Stop! Leave them alone!" she yelled. But her sisters were taken away. "Now you sleep Buttercup." HIM said. Buttercup looked up but was hit in the back of with a hammer.
"What's with the hammer?" Butch asked. Buttercup glared at him. He stopped talking.
Buttercup woke up once again in darkness. "You seem to like to sleep Buttercup." HIM said. Buttercup turned to the direction in which his voice was coming from. "What did you do to them?" she asked. "With who?" HIM asked. Buttercup growled.
"You know who." she hissed. "Oh your sisters?" he asked. "Yes, you bastard." Buttercup spat. HIM chuckled. "Such a short temper. I'll let you see for yourself." The lights flickered on. Buttercup looked around. "Where are they?" she screamed at HIM.
HIM laughed like a maniac. "Look up foolish girl." he answered. Buttercup looked up and choked. On the ceiling were her sisters, hanging by their throats. They were obviously dead. Buttercup turned to HIM. "How could you?" she asked.
"I don't need to explain to you, you foolish girl." HIM answered. Buttercup looked up at her sisters' dead bodies once again and tears ran down her face. "YOU BASTARD!" she screamed. Buttercup broke through the binding and tackled HIM.
HIM was not expecting the tackle, fell. "You little bitch!" he yelled. Buttercup was oblivious to the insult and continued to punch and kick HIM. "You killed my sisters!" she screamed over and over. HIM pulled out a knife.
"Now it's your turn." he grinned. Buttercup stopped for a moment, confused. HIM took that moment and stabbed Buttercup in the heart. Buttercup gasped and fell back. She held her chest and started to pant. She looked at her blood in her hand. She then looked at HIM with weary eyes.
"Why?" she asked. "I'm a famous serial killer. You three girls just caught my attention. " HIM answered. Buttercup could feel her life slipping away slowly. She found her phone. She secretly called 911.
"Hello 911 operator. How may I help you?"
"Serial killer. HIM. At 262 Merberry Lane. Abandoned warehouse." Buttercup whispered. "HIM? We'll send help right away!" The operator hung up. Buttercup put her phone and looked at her dead sisters. A single tear ran down her cheek.
'I'm so sorry...' Then she closed her eyes. Never to wake up in the same form again.
The same single tear ran down Buttercup's cheek again. Butch looked at Buttercup,as she stared at the wall, in sorrow. It must have been horrible to wake up to find her sisters dead. He put his hand on her back. She looked down.
Butch could feel Buttercup shaking. He could see her lap getting wet. "Buttercup?" he asked. "I couldn't protect them..." she whispered. Butch made Buttercup look at him. She was crying. Butch could feel his heart ache for her.
Her glistening emerald eyes were showing pain. They were puffy and red. Butch put Buttercup in his lap. She started to sob in his chest. "I couldn't protect them." she sobbed. "They died and it was my fault." Butch shushed her.
"Buttercup it's not your fault. You had no power over him." he whispered to her. Buttercup started to sob even more. Butch hugged her petite body even more. He kissed her forehead. She started to cry a little softer.
Butch started to nuzzle his nose into her raven locks. Buttercup started to sniffle. She heaved a big sigh and her breathing started to slow. Butch kissed to top of Buttercup's head. He laid back with Buttercup on top of him.
Butch ran his hand through Buttercup's long hair. He smiled softly as he looked at Buttercup's peaceful features. She looked so at peace with the world even though just five minutes ago she was sobbing.
'I guess I am falling for you Buttercup Utonium.'
Buttercup woke up the next morning to find herself higher up than usual. She looked down to see Butch him sleeping under her. She smiled at his expression. His mouth was open and there was a trail of drool was going down the side of his mouth.
She put the other side of his face. She started to caress his cheek. "Butch." she whispered softly. He stirred a little bit. "Butch." she whispered again. Butch opened his eyes. "Buttercup?" he asked. "The one and only." she said.
Butch looked around. "Buttercup." he said. He really like the feeling of her on top of him. Buttercup looked at him. "Hmm?" she asked. "I love y- skateboarding." he corrected himself. He couldn't tell her yet.
'Spring formal. Spring formal.' he chanted to himself.
Buttercup looked at him funny. She climbed off of him. She sat on the edge of the bed. "So..." she said. Butch looked at her. "Do you know how to skateboard Buttercup?" Butch suddenly asked. Buttercup shook her head.
Butch got off of his bed. "I'm going to teach you how to skateboard today." Butch announced. Buttercup raised an eyebrow. "Really?" she asked. Butch nodded. "Now get dressed." he ordered. Buttercup bounced up and ran into the bathroom.
Butch called Mitch. "Hello?" Mitch asked.
"It's me Butch." Butch answered.
"Oh hey bro."
"Mitch meet me and Buttercup at the skate park."
"Why?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Well I can bring Robin right?"
"Sure."
"Cool I'll be there. What time?"
"Noon."
"OK. See you then." Butch hung up. At that exact moment Buttercup came out the bathroom. She looked at Butch. She rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers. Butch was now dressed. He looked at himself. "I was going to change." he stated.
"You took too long." Buttercup deadpanned. Butch frowned. He grabbed his skateboard and his extra skateboard. "Let's go." he said. Buttercup didn't understand why he was in a hurry. She quickly followed him out the door.
Buttercup and Butch met Mitch and Robin at the skate park.
"Hey guys." Buttercup greeted. "Hey." Robin said. "Well I have to tell Mitch something. You girls can talk while we're gone." Butch said in a hurry, dragging the brunette behind him. Mitch waved at the girls. They looked at each other.
"Well that was unexpected." Robin stated. Buttercup nodded in agreement.
(K/N: The lines are going to mark each conversation. Like in those movies when they're two different conversations and they change it.)
"What's wrong?" Mitch asked. "I'm going crazy!" Butch shouted. Mitch shushed him. "Do you want the girls to hear us?" Mitch asked. Butch sighed. "No." he said.
"Now why are you going crazy?" the brunette asked.
"I wonder why the ran off like that." Robin said. Buttercup nodded. "Yeah Butch was supposed to teach me how to skateboard." Buttercup whined. Robin smirked smugly.
"Really?" she asked. Buttercup nodded. "You sound a little excited." Robin said. Buttercup blushed. "What do you mean by that?" she asked nervously. "Oh nothing." Robin said. She inwardly sighed.
'Buttercup you are so dense. How can you not tell he's head over heels in love with you?'
"I'm going crazy because I think I'm in love with Buttercup." Butch said. Mitch looked at his best friend. "What?" he asked. Butch sighed. "I almost said I love you to Buttercup today." he said.
Mitch appeared to be writing down something. He also had fake glasses. Butch looked at him. "Mitch what are you doing." Mitch put the pad and glasses away. "I have come to a conclusion." Mitch announced. Butch looked at him.
"You're in love with Buttercup." Mitch deadpanned. Butch sweatdropped. "I could of found that out on my own." he said. Mitch shrugged. "Let's walk back to the girls." Mitch suggested. Butch nodded.
'I'll confess at Spring Formal.'
Buttercup looked at Robin. She seemed to be thinking about something. "Robin, Mitch is coming." Buttercup said. Robin looked at the girl and nodded. "OK. I shouldn't be getting in the way of your training session." Robin teased. Buttercup glared.
Robin laughed and walked over to Mitch. Butch walked to Buttercup and handed her the skateboard. "Ready?" he asked. Buttercup nodded. Butch set his skateboard on the ground. Buttercup did the same.
"First are you right handed or left handed?" Butch asked. "Left handed." Buttercup answered. Butch grinned. "So am I. So this will be easier." he said. "Now what I have to do?" Buttercup asked, eagerly. Butch smirked.
"Put your right foot on the board. But don't- " He was cut off when Buttercup fell. "Put all your weight onto it yet." he finished. Buttercup groaned. Butch helped her up. Buttercup got up and got her skateboard.
"Now put your right foot on the board." Butch coached. Buttercup nodded and put her foot on the board, careful not to make the same mistake. "Now that foot is going to hold your balance. Your left foot is going to kick." Butch instructed.
Buttercup kicked and she pushed. She thought of the song Lupe Fiasco. "Kick,Push, Kick,Push,Kick,Push, Kick, Push and Coast." she murmured. Butch caught up to her. "You're a natural." Butch said. Buttercup smiled.
"It's easier than I thought." she said. Butch smirked. Than the song by Lupe Fiasco came up. "I wish we were lovers intertwined with no place to go." he muttered. Buttercup stopped. "Thanks Butch." she said.
Butch stopped as well. "For what?" he asked. "Teaching me how to skateboard idiot." she said. Butch scratched the back of his neck. "I knew that." he claimed. Buttercup rolled her eyes but smiled at his clueless-ness.
"BUTCHIKINS!"
"Really?" Buttercup groaned. Princess came out of the bushes. "Spring Formal is coming up. I was wondering if you would be my date." Princess said.
"Your what?" Robin's shriek was heard. "I'm sorry Robin. I just don't like you anymore." Mitch said. Robin's sobs were heard as she ran away. Mitch skated to the three other people. Butch looked at Mitch in shock and disappointment.
"Dude did you just break up with Robin?" he asked. Mitch nodded. He stole a glare at Princess who smirked. "Yeah. I don't like her anymore." Mitch answered. "But you've dated her for three years." Butch reasoned.
"I just don't like her anymore okay?" Mitch snapped. Butch looked at Mitch in surprise. "Okay. I'm sorry." he said. Robin came back and slapped Mitch. "Just to let you know I'm going to Spring Formal with Mike." she said. Mike was behind them and he shrugged. "She asked me." he said.
Mike and Robin walked away. Mitch looked at Buttercup. "Buttercup I really like you. Will you go to Spring Formal with me?" he asked. Buttercup looked at the brunette in shock. "Umm..." she said, not knowing how to answer.
Butch was staring at Mitch in shock. "Mitch I thought we were friends." he said. "Buttercup are you coming?" Butch asked. Buttercup shook her head. Butch glared at her. "Fine." he said, darkly. He walked away.
It was now five o'clock and Buttercup was just getting home. She was grinning. "Butch you wouldn't guess what happened." she said excitedly. Butch just grunted. Buttercup's grin quickly turned into a frown. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing. How was the time with your new boyfriend?" Butch asked, saying boyfriend with venom.
Buttercup looked confused for a minute but then raised an eyebrow. "You mean Mitch?" she asked. "Who the hell else would I be talking about?" Butch snapped at her. Buttercup glared at him. "Don't get all bitchy on me." she said.
Butch stood up and looked down at Buttercup. Buttercup looked up at him (K/N: That does not seem at all intimidating...). "I'm bitchy?" Butch asked. "Hell yeah. I come in here all happy and then you bring down my mood." she said. Butch rolled his eyes. "I bring down your mood." he scoffed as he walked away.
Buttercup walked after him. "What the hell did I do?" she asked. Butch turned around and gave her a deadly glare. "You toyed with my emotions." he hissed. Buttercup looked at him. "What?" she asked. "Don't play innocent Utonium. You know what you did." he spat. Buttercup backed away from Butch.
"You're a backstabbing bitch Buttercup." Butch hissed. Buttercup stumbled and held back her tears. Those words hurt her. "And I know see why you're half Hell's Angel. I don't know why they gave you half. Because you are a Hell's Angel." he hissed. Buttercup fell down to the floor. She held her head. People's words to her flying through her head.
"Only those kinds of angels have black wings."
"A Hell's Angel a guardian?"
"Absurd!"
"Buttercup Utonium you are being sent to Hell."
"She has no place here. Hell's Angels are supposed to go to the Underworld."
"Because you are a Hell's Angel."
Buttercup stood up. Her tears flowing down her cheeks. She looked at Butch with so much hatred, betrayal, and sadness that he almost felt sorry for what he did. Then he remembered that she broke his heart. He recomposed himself.
"I think we need time apart." she said. Butch looked at her. "I think we do." he agreed. Buttercup sighed and spread her wings. Butch noticed a small change in the wings. The black wing had a white dot and white wing had a black dot. The Yin Yang symbol. Balance.
Buttercup turned around getting ready to fly out the window. She turned her head. "Just so you know I didn't say yes to Mitch. But his house is the first place I'm going." she said. With that the imperfect angel flew out the window.
Butch sat on his bed. She hadn't said yes to Mitch. They weren't dating. Nothing had happened between them. Butch felt like an idiot. He just had to jump to conclusions. That was his fatal flaw. He sighed.
'Buttercup I'm so sorry.'
Buttercup stopped at Mitch's house. She knocked on the door. Mitch opened the door. "Buttercup." he said, surprised to see the girl at his door. "Can I come in?" she asked. Mitch let her in. Buttercup walked into his living room. She sat on the couch and immediately started to sob. Mitch was appalled by this. He never seen the female cry.
Mitch walked over to Buttercup and sat next to her. "What happened?" he asked. "Butch and I got in a fight. He called me a backstabbing bitch and a Hell's Angel." she explained between sobs. Mitch was surprised. Why would Butch call the girl he loved that. Then he remembered what happened at the skate park. He must of thought they were dating and took it the wrong way.
In conclusion this was all his fault. And Princess's. That little conniving little bitch. She must have planned this.
Mitch rubbed her back as she sobbed. He felt so bad. If he had never got caught up in Princess's nonsense a couple years back this would have never happened. He would have never broke two hearts even though one of them doesn't know it's broken. Buttercup looked at Mitch.
"Can I stay here?" she asked. Mitch looked at Buttercup. "Don't you have a family?" he asked. Buttercup shook her head. "I've been living with Butch and his brothers. Please Mitch? I don't want to go back there." she sniffled. Mitch sighed. "I'll have to ask my parents." he said. Buttercup nodded as she hugged a pillow.
Mitch got up. "Hey mom?" he said. Mitch's mother looked at him. "Yes?" she asked. "Um I'm have a friend that's going through some rough times. Is it okay if she stays here?" he asked. Mitch's mother stopped cooking. "She?" she asked. Mitch nodded. "You haven't met her." Mitch said. "Well bring her in." Mrs. Mitchelson said.
Mitch came in a brought Buttercup in the kitchen. She was still hugging the pillow and she started crying again after Mitch got up. Mrs. Mitchelson immediately hugged Buttercup. "Oh you poor thing!" she cooed. "Of course you can stay here." Buttercup smiled gratefully. "Thank you." she said.
Later that night Buttercup was laying awake in her bed. She kept on thinking about Butch and she didn't understand why. She turned for like the eightieth time. She got up and looked out the window. It was a full moon. The night of the Angel Council's Meeting. She wondered how she was doing as an angel.
Then her thoughts floated back towards Butch. She frowned. 'He's just Somebody That I Used To Know.'
At The Angel Council Meeting...
"She's falling for him." the Head Angel announced. Other members disagreed. "She thought it herself. He's somebody she used to know." Another member objected. Members started to argue about the situation.
"Enough!" Headmaster boomed. The argument stopped. Everybody stopped and looked at Headmaster. "she still hasn't realized her feeling towards him. Being as dense as she is she will not realize them for a while."
"But what if she does realize her feeling and breaks the Black Rule. The rule you actually did." The Head Angel asked. Headmaster twitched at the mention of the biggest mistake he's ever done. The Head Angel smirked smugly. Headmaster sighed.
"All we can do is pray that she doesn't make the same mistake I did."
Me: I bet none of you guys thought that this would happen!
Buttercup: At least I'm away from Butch.
Me: Don't worry Buttercup. You'll be in the same house as him again. Butch x Buttercup always prevails.
Buttercup: D:
Butch: I'm not that bad.
Buttercup: Yes you are
Butch: D:
Me: Anywayz read and review! And is it me or is theses chappies getting longer and longer? Oh and the next chapter title is called Somebody That I Used To Know. :3
Buttercup: Isn't that a song?
Me: Yeah I'm just... borrowing it.
Butch: That violates copyright.
Me: D:
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