At the Utonium household, Buttercup was in her room lying on the bed. A few months ago the family had decided that the trio of sisters needed more room and a bit more privacy. Her room had a small bed with green blankets, a desk with a computer on it nearby, and random posters hung up on the wall, mostly favouring bands. She was rubbing her side, still hurt from fighting that weird huge hunk of junk that just gave up and let her beat it in, until she heard a voice through the door. "Dinner's ready!" her father called out from downstairs. She just wanted to put today behind her, and she flew downstairs into the kitchen to join her family for dinner, seeing her black haired father in a white lab coat who was setting food on the table while her sisters took their seats.
Buttercup just thought about random things, unable to really get Brick off her mind and his current situation. She still had her worries if they were just trying to trick her, but so far she hadn't seen any mean glares, or any threatening appearances from the ruff boys. That was the main reason she was still trusting of them. "So buttercup how have things been between you and this… Mitch boy?" the professor asked, having been informed by Bubbles and Blossom of the rumour even they were starting to believe, since both the student and Buttercup always left immediately after school now. "What? Urgh… I haven't seen him for two days," she hissed, beginning to grow annoyed from the presumption that the two had gotten together. "Did you two have a fight?" Blossom added as harmless teasing. "No! I'm not even dating him! I'm pretty sure the only reason he even hangs out with me is so he has protection!" Buttercup shouted. She genuinely believed the friendship was nothing more than glorified guarding from the older brothers of people that Mitch made the mistake of bullying, though she had been ignoring him.
"I'm going to bed early…" Buttercup sighed, before floating off, having eaten her dinner fast. She didn't want to tolerate any more of the jokes right now. When she got to her room, she closed the door going over and lying down on her bed, muttering angrily to herself, trying to close her eyes and fall asleep. She hoped they knew not to bother her.
Around one hour after midnight, Buttercup was still slumbering. The night was quiet aside from the sound of crickets trying to break the silence. She heard a tapping noise that made her groan. She stood up, letting her hair stay messy as she staggered to where the noise was coming from. She was planning on just blasting whatever was outside with her heat vision, but upon glancing at her window, she saw the all too familiar floating orange haired boy. "What is it, Brick?" she demanded him to just immediately say what he wanted. If it wasn't important, she was going to make sure he got some form of payback. "Uh… I need your help," he simply claimed, the silence of the crickets taking over again. She felt her eyes glaze over while rubbing her forehead, just walking out of the way and letting him float into her room. "Just be quiet…" she warned while taking a seat at her desk. Brick just took a seat on the bed.
"What is it you need my help with?" Buttercup questioned. Brick took off his red cap. "It's about, Butch, y'see. I can't find him," Brick started. She so far didn't see any real emergency since his brother had superpowers just as strong as his. There wasn't any reason to be worried to her knowledge. "I was trying to follow him when he left tonight, but somehow I lost'em. Butch isn't that good at flying, but he somehow got around me. I just was hoping that maybe you had seen anything?" he queried. She couldn't recall any form of green lights in the sky, but she had been sleeping most of the night. "No, I haven't. Where'd you lose his trail at?" Buttercup answered his question in trade for another question. "The west side of town where all those factories are. But what does it matter?" Brick asked back. This did seem to wake her up more. "Dang it… wait outside. And if you peek into this window before I come out, you aren't going to wake up for a year," she threatened. Brick took her warning seriously, putting his hat back on and flying back outside. He wondered what he had done to make her threaten him like that.
Buttercup came out a few minutes later in a green coat and pants. "Come on. I got an idea where he might be," she pointed to the area where some of the town's factories were. Brick nodded, flying off with her, the two leaving a dark red and light green streak of light behind them respectively as they flew. "Why would butch be at a factory? I know he said he had a job, but I doubt even he can beat enough people up to get hired at one…" Brick wondered aloud, though he could tell that she was thinking it was something more severe than that. "I think his 'job' is at a fight yard," she described as the factories were coming into view at their high speed. "That idiot…" he growled while they landed.
The two had landed in an alley. Buttercup pulled the hood of her coat up over her head to cover her hair. "Is there one part of this town that doesn't have something illegal going on in it?" Brick questioned. Buttercup honestly didn't know how to answer that, though she was favouring 'no', as the two approached one of the factory entrances, where two muscular men were guarding it. "Sorry, but uh, no kids allowed…" the first man stopped them idly. Buttercup cast a glance to Brick. "You know what to do," she told him. Brick nodded and grabbed one of the guard's legs, tossing the whole guard aside, watching him fly through a window. The sound of glass shattering to the ground hit their ears. The other guard was stunned for a moment before Buttercup punched him in the gut hard enough to make him hunch over, and then she punched him in the face. That guard fall down unconscious, and the two just continued inside.
Inside, just as expected, was the sound of people chanting. "And here I thought the dog cages were loud…" Brick commented, not able to see through the crowd. The two just began to muscle their way through, both stopping right at the fence surrounding it. The two went to see inside.