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Her peers pushed past her , shoving and ramming into her back. Trying to flee they bumped Buttercup into the school's entrance. She held onto the cement structure , clutching her bag to keep it from being snatched away in the tide of kids. The last bit brushed past Buttercup , her gaze was wry to look behind . For she knew it would be something she didn't want to see. It would trigger her urge , it would stimulate her will , her desire to fight. Yet Buttercup had nothing to back the desire up with , what could she use a stick. Just swat the beast away , the creatures would just eat her , and she'd get in the way. Buttercup began walking home her heart wrenched to know she was useless , "I just want to go home and sleep" she thought. Clenching her bag tighter , her knuckles turned white , there's was a loud explosion sound. Her jaw tightened , and another explosion , the sounds were getting to Buttercup. She could feel sweat form on her forehead , her foot pivoted back to the school. She bared her teeth , growling slightly her other foot raised , then she bolted in a sprint the opposite direction of the school. Stumbling a bit as she ran faster the explosion sound getting fainter.
Buttercup rushed past civilians who were gawking at the school smoking. Pointing and chattering oblivious to the danger , "I have to get away if I don't ... if I don't I'll be a burden , more than I already am". "Where are they coming from? " Boomer thought while punching a fist upward , into a large ink creature. It splatted on impact , the black goo ran down his hand. It bubbled a popped , Boomer hoped toward the trashed blimp , he lifted up the flap of plastic. It was dripping the black ooze , Boomer dropped the flap holding his hand. He whipped it off on his pants , he grimaced feeling his hand on fire , as though it was dipped into lava. He failed to notice the flying ooze creature , shooting at him "Boomer ! Watch out" he heard Bubbles hollered. He turned barely missed the attack , as it scraped his face. He fell on his hands , "are you okay? " Bubbles asked rushing to his side. He nodded holding his arm it , one of his eyes closed evident that he was in pain. The smell of burned flesh filled Bubbles nose , as she whipped her hand out little orbs trickled from her hand. Before her hands had the blue spheres around it , "Let me heal you" Bubbles spoke biting her lip. Boomer held his arm in place embracing her comforting presence , it numbed the violent burn.
Buttercup hunched over her chest racked in discomfort , "I - I pushed to hard " she huffed feeling like her lung would burst. Sweat dripping down her face while she leaned up against a alley wall. The brick was cold against her clammy skin , Buttercup looked at the tiny strip of sky above her. Her breathing was regulating , as her thoughts began to wonder. "I - I'm sorry I feel like I'm just running away from my problems " she spoke into the empty air. "Mom ... I'm breaking your promise... I'm sorry" she sunken down to her butt. Bracing her knees to her chest , placing her arms around them tightly , resting her head."I'm sorry ... " Buttercup thought a single tear plopped on her leg , there was a small clicking sound . "Aye get out of here this alley is busy" Buttercup hollered gruffly , the clicking came closer. "Did you hear me ?!" Buttercup whipped her eyes with her sleeve , scowling intensely she was highly annoyed. Her sleeve went to her side she looked at the intruder , the figure's face was masked by the shadows. Yet his outline was in view , "Did you fucking hear me are you dea-" .
"Aghhh " Blossom flew back into Butch they rammed into a tree , it snapped in half with ease. "T-that really hurt sorry Butch " Blossom rubbed her messy hair , feeling like a lump would eventually form. "It's okay the tree broke my fall" he groaned moving her knee from out his side , before they could have time to recover. The ink creatures splashed to a giant mess , Brick and Bubbles stared in shock "The hell going on here ?" . Brick watched the gunk boil and steam slowly evaporating in the dusk air. "It's over already " Boomer blinked looking over his shoulder. Brick crossed his arms his face forming a scowl , "Something isn't right " . Blossom and Butch walked up beside him , "What do you mean ?" Butch glanced at his brother. Who's face looked puzzled "Are you thinking the same thing ?" Blossom frowned watching the blimp seep away into ash. Boomer and Bubbles flailed away moving back from it , "Those monsters were just to easy and where did they come from" Brick thought. "What if ... what if it was a distraction ? " Blossom suggested "Who would be willing to go through all that trouble? " Bubbles chirped furrowing her brows. "We can worry about the who later right now we need to worry about the why people's lives could be at stake" Brick paced around Blossom his brain racked on finding a solution.
"Who would do something like this though" Bubbles cried Blossom looked around ignoring her sister's rants. "Where's Buttercup ?" Blossom questioned it lingered in the air , as it stopped everyone in their tracks. "Check the school Bubbles you check the house she has to be here " Butch ordered running in the school , "Get away from me!" Buttercup barked the figure lunged to her, she leaned up against a trashcan. Quickly reacting she pulled the top off the metal can , using it like a shield. The figure thrusted it's arm through the tin , it crunched as his hand scratched Buttercup's ear. Her teeth ground together as she tossed the improvised shield , making the figure sway , it stood up flicked it's hand to the side chucking the top with a clunk. Buttercup rushed the alleyway , jumping over trash , shoving over dumpsters , forcing obstacles they all failed. The figure yanked her back by her shoulder , she felt something warm touch her , it oozed. Seeping down she felt it trickle to her armpit , she grabbed it's hand feeling a hard shell. It was to dark for her to notice , the warm liquid was her blood. Buttercup tries to pry its hand open feeling her hand get cut up.
A sharp prick was stabbed through her chest , Buttercup's effort was cut short. Her hand dropped down as she fell on her knees , she thought of that day when Butch launched a beam in her chest also. The pain was in the same spot , she fell over with a thud , her body was getting heavy. Her finger twitched , she was eager to not go out like this , but her body didn't coöperate. The figure's shadow crossed over her weakened state , it bent over and whispered something in another language. "I - I can't hear you.. I can't hear you" she thought her voice was stuck in her throat, as her eyelids flickered. The cold air seeped from the figure's mouth gently blowing strands of Buttercup's hair , then her ear began to heat up. She felt the heat rise her skin turning red , the figure whispered more , Buttercup moved her finger. Wanting to stop the pain she couldn't even scream if she wanted to , everything was getting black. The pain was so intense it caused her to pass out , the figure stood up shifting over her unconscious body. It faded into the air dispersing like it was never there , "Buttercup !" Bubbles screamed while running . Boomer was behind her looking around scanning areas that Bubbles might have missed. Bubbles felt tears sting her eyes , as she frantically looked for her raven haired sister. "No time to cry got to find Buttercup ! " Bubbles hollered , citizens next to her stared , like she grew another head.
Buttercup rubbed her sore head , and peered at the screaming blonde rushing toward her. Bubbles threw her arms around her sister , " Bubbles what are you doing ?" Buttercup mumbled almost falling against a random person. " We-we were worried about you , you disappeared and we couldn't find- " Bubbles babbling like an over protective mother. Her raven haired sister was still in her , upset mood about losing her powers. Bubbles figured that out when she saw how Buttercup was uninterested in what she had to say , " I'm fine Bubbles I'm going home " she mumbled shaking Bubbles's affection off. Buttercup didn't recall what happened in the last hour all she remembers is running home , her clothes looked normal as if the whole event was a dream. Boomer patted Bubbles's back " It's okay at least we found her ... " he comforted , "... I don't think she wanted to be found" Bubbles whispered.