As Buttercup attended her final class of the day, she recalled how a mildly disturbed Mr. Stanley issued out preschool level worksheets that could be finished in mere seconds instead of his typical rigorous college assignments for seniors, who worked on their thesis in order to graduate.
"Buttercup," She picks up Midori's voice murmurs her names before she casts her gaze in the red head's direction.
Her friend seemed just as bored as she was at the moment, 'At least, I'm not the only one.'
"Is it just me or has Mr. Stanley left his soul at home and transformed him in to a school zombie teacher?" Midori jokes while Buttercup stifles her laughter and responds to her friend's question with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Hey, Midori," Buttercup calls for her attention, "Yeah, what is it?"
"...you need to quit watching late night reruns of Monster Mash." She advises the red head.
It was at that moment, that she discovered an elusive clue after she searched throughout her crossword puzzle. She carefully pencils the answer in the respective blocks.
"I can't help it! Besides, what are you going to do about next week?" Midori curioisly asks.
Buttercup places her pencil down and briefly stares at the board as if to collect her thoughts.
"I have that covered trust me, my pride and dignity will still be intact." Buttercup simply replies with an evil smirk on her face.
Midori was silently frighten as if she had seen a ghost popped up out of the blue, which caused her spirit to fly off to heaven.
The two girls continue to pass the time by chatting about whatever comes to mind.
The final bell rings signaling that they were free from the prison known as school. Not only that, but the weekend instantly started once they left the school grounds.
Buttercup and Midori met up with Bubbles and Blossom, who stands in front of her lockers.
"Yo Bubbles!" Buttercup bellows over the roar of the students in the hallway while Bubbles twists her locker combination until she feels it pop open.
All of a sudden, she was abruptly entraps in gifts of affections from her numerous admirers and grunts a "uff".
Blossom stuffs her pink messenger tote with an Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry and an American Literatue textbooks.
Buttercup treads over to her locker, twists the circular black lock on her locker, pulls the silver latch toward her, and inspects the contents.
She randomly tosses her textbooks in her lime green bin, removes two green and white composition, and retrieves her skateboard.
"Are you two ready to go?" Buttercup poses once she slams her locker door shut, places the skateboard underneath one of her arm, and faces her sisters.
Bubbles muffles her answer before Buttercup fishes her out of the pile of gifts. One of her hands was pressed against her chest as she gasped for air since she nearly suffocated under the gifts.
"I don't know if all of your gifts can fit in my car. You know the drill." Buttercup mentions as Bubbles nods, turns to her locker, and withdraws two large brown shopping bags.
She allocated majority of the items inside of the two gift bags, which was supplied by Buttercup, and transferred the rest back in her locker.
Blossom abruptly slammed the door of her locker, which shook the rest of the attached lockers, since she was highly agitated.
"I can't believe they would assign homework on a freaking Friday!" Blossom loudly shrieks out of fustration.
Buttercup merely scoops up one of the gift bags and claims, "If I correctly recall, you were the one who wanted to be in the Academy."
"Maybe I can help you out some since all I have is one writing assignment." Bubbles offers Blossom some assistance.
Midori peers pass the sisters and distinguishes Ace and his gang by their unique skin complex.
"Guys, you have a code yellow. Ace and his gang is on their way over here." She muttered a warning to the girls, specifically Buttercup, as they mentally prepared themselves for whatever was in store.
"Buttercup, can I talk to you for a minute?" Ace hastingly inquires with his hands tuck away in his orange and blue flame bubble vest as his black shades shield his beady eyes from their brightly colors.
"Can't you see that I'm busy helping my sister out with something out?" Buttercup fires her response in an annoyed tone.
She was personally fed up that this was Ace seventh time today he had asked to speak to her about something and only once did she accept the offer. That was far too many enough for her today.
"I'll just come out and say it then," He speaks up as Buttercup deposits the bag and her skateboard on the floor and folds her arm in front of her chest.
"...those three new boys that were admitted a couple of days ago, did you accept them?" Ace requested since the hierarchy in the school permitted the Top to have a say in whose accepted or rejected.
She unravels her arms, plucks the handle of the brown bag, collects her skateboard, switches her sights from Ace to Midori, and questions, "Do you need a ride home?"
"Yeah, I'll pay you gas money for tomorrow, alright?" Midori mentions along with a nod of her head.
Before the quad could even take a step forward, he promptly did something incredibly stupid and seizes Buttercup's wrist within his grasps.
Ace's sudden and unplanned action forced Buttercup to not advance any further that she would have liked to.
Midori, Blossom, and Bubbles scrutinize the scene that lay out in front of them when one of them utters a "Uh oh,"
'Ace is signing his early death certificate!' The trio similarly declare while two of them prep themselves to calm Buttercup by any means necessary in case she storms out on a rampage.
Their gaze directs to their sister/close friend, whose raven bangs blocks her lime green eyes.
"Uhm, I think we should leave." Bubbles whispers her suggestion to Blossom once she takes notice that Buttercup begins to glow lime green.
'We need to act now!' Her conscious swiftly urges her to act and protect not only her sisters but the students as well.
"Everyone clear the hallway immediately unless you want to end up dead!" Blossom shouts her warning to the innocent bystanders, who seem curious to watch before they recognize the seriousness in her tone.
Bubbles and Blossom knew from experience that Buttercup was not going to hold back whenever she was angry. They rapidly corral those who did not heed Blossom's advice and direct them to the front courtyard.
Three boys spot Blossom, Bubbles, and another girl quickly mobilize Pokey Oaks High entire of student population outside of the school.
"I wonder where everyone's going?" A curious Boomer poses as they simply observe the gathering before their own eyes.
"Hey Butch, isn't that your girlfriend?" Brick alleges after he identifies Buttercup and another male student in the middle of the hallway.
"What's that green smoke coming from her body?" Boomer questions before he overhears Blossom answer his question.
"That happens whenever she is highly irritated." The brothers pivot their heads to their right and beholds Buttercup's two sisters.
All five of them critically scrutinize and mentally predict what could potentially occur between their sister and the green skin teen-aged boy.
"Let go," Buttercup uttered since she was way passed the point of annoyed. She was so irritated by his action that she wanted to make Ace simply disappear from her sights.
"Um, boss I think you should let her go." Little Arturo suddenly suggests but Ace would not release her wrist. It was as if he was blind to the eerie hue of smoke, which emitted from her body.
"I asked you a simple question that I would like to know the answer to. Did you have any say in having them admitted?"
Once he concluded his question, he found himself trapped in her vice grip and his feet no longer touched the ground. She raises him upward with relative ease.
Ace's vision blurries since his brain did not recieve the proper amount of oxygen due to the intense strength of Buttercup's chokehold. The only noises being produced was choking and gasping as he was attempting to pry her hands open. She adjusts and tightens her hold around his slender neck.
"Buttercup!" Bubbles scream pierces the serene nature as Buttercup slowly rotates her head in the direction of the source. She observes her sisters' along with Butch and his brothers' who glares at her.
"Your life has been spared." Buttercup renders her verdict once she reverts her sights back on to Ace.
She simply tosses him in some nearby lockers as dust swiftly arise after sudden collison.
Buttercup's awareness was now directed at the muggily gang of green skinned buddies.
They instinctively flinched from instilled fear especially after they witnesed the extent of her fierce rage unleashed on their cripped leader.
"I'm only going to give you this warning once don't ever irritate me again." She slowly and clearly expresses her intents to the boys if a similar incident were to manifest with any of them.
They provided a physical response with a simultaneous nod of their heads since they were too petrified to form words for a sentence. Sastified with their for lack of better words speechlessness, Buttercup about faces and saunters down the hall.
Butch and his brothers' were thunderstruck at what just transpired before they developed a newfound of respect for Buttercup after that incident.
"I appreciate that Bubbles. If you didn't call out like that I probably would have kill him. Let's go home." She discloses as they travel outside and locates Midori amongst the massive crowd.
"She easily tossed him against the lockers as if he was a worn out rag doll and with such quickness." Brick explains to his brothers' as a smirk emerges on Butch's face.
"This school just keeps getting interesting by the minute." Butch ecstatically affirms with which the other two agrees along with.
They catch sight of Ace's gang dislodge their leader from his indent against the doors of the lockers.
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Buttercup drove up to a red traffic light when a brillant idea surfaced in her thoughts, "You know what Midori...instead of having to waste my gas from driving over here tomorrow. How about you pack some clothes and crash at our house for the weekend?"
"That sounds like a plan to me! It's perfect timing too because my parents are hosting this black tie party with cocktails and other stuff." Midori mentions as the light flashes green and Buttercup speeds pass the intersection.
"Isn't that the party the Professor and the Mayor are going to attend?" Bubbles curiously probes to Midori, who shakes her head yes.
"Yeah, majority of the adult scene will be at my house while the young crowd will be at that new club opening tomorrow." Midori claims.
"Buttercup, I just remembered that we have to pick up the Professor's suit from the cleaners." Blossom promptly reminds her sister. They veer left and slowly coasts up Midori's large modern house driveway.
"How about we do this," Buttercup speaks up after she shifts the car to park and twists to the girls.
"Midori, you and Bubbles, can go in your house and pack while me and Red swing by the cleaners and pick up the suit?"
"I swear Buttercup, you're like a freaking mind reader!" Midori shockingly proclaims with her eyes wide open, "I was going to ask Bubbles for her expertise on what I should wear to the opening."
A sastified smirk showed on her face from Midori's statement right before she added, "Shall we then Bubbles?!"
"Yes we shall." Bubbles agrees once Midori nudges the door open, pushes the passenger seat forward, steps back, Bubbles crawls outward, and shuts the door when Bubbles make it out.
"See you two in a couple of minutes!" Buttercup shouts prior to them closing the door and heads inside of Midori's home.
"Where's the cleaners at again?" She asked when she drove around a corner. Blossom soon issued out directions.
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Serena hears the lock jiggles until it creaks open and the sight of her three responsibilities enter the apartment.
She was anxious to hear how their day went and what they have planned for their weekend.
Serena stubs out the burning cigarette before the boys migrate inside of the living room and inspects the trio.
"It seems like you had a rough Friday." The orange hair woman chuckles at the sight before her eyes.
"Nah, we had an assembly about something and that's it." Brick explains while he crashes on the couch and his brothers' occupy the other seats throughout the living room.
"That sounds fun! Anyway...do you three have anything planned this week?" Serena interrogates with an inquistive expression her face.
The boys immediately registers her expression and questions, "she is going to make them work over the week" look. She literally gets a kick out of having them clean the storage room just so they will not cause any trouble due to boredom.
"No…not cleaning the storage room! We did that last week for fighting the principal at our last school." Brick complains before Butch reminisces about a party that Buttercup was going to.
"We do have something to do." He abruptly interjects, which nabs their attention.
The raven hair teen stealthily gestures for them to support him when he discloses,"...it's this new teen club opening tomorrow and majority of our school is going to be there."
"I heard about it too! They said it was going to be crazy! So we're going to have to get down there early." Brick expounded on after he silently shushed Boomer because he would repeatedly admit the truth even if his own brothers were the source of the trouble.
Serena critically scans Butch and Brick's facial expression as her sights roam over to a rather reserve blonde boy, name Boomer.
She leisurely stalks over to the quiet one of the bunch, 'Shit...she found him.' "Boomer,"
"...what about you? Did you hear about this party too?" Serena grills him since she knows she could get the truth out of Boomer.
He merely replies with a nod of his head and pretends to stifle a fake yawn. Serena knew that whenever the boys were in synch about a particular subject then something big was going to go down.
"Alright then, just as long as you promise me not to do anything stupid." Serena eventually relinqishes her interrogation as wide grins were beam in her direction.
"...because when you three are in synch with a plan…woo I hate to be the victim." she gravely expresses while Butch and Boomer take off to their respective bedrooms.
"When have we done anything stupid? Reckless and violent yes, but we consistently have our reasons for doing so." Brick explains before he trails behind his brothers to his room.
'I wonder why they're acting so secretive about?' Serena ponders to herself when the home phone rings and makes an attempt to reaches it in time.
"Hello?"
"Is this the parents or guardians of Butch, Brick and Boomer Shaw?" A feminine voice inquries after she answers the landline.
"Yes this is she? Is there a problem?" She questions since she already did not like the direction of this conversation.
"On no, ma'am not at all! Mr. Zeal has requested a conference in order to discuss about the boys' acceptance and what is required of them." The woman conveys in a friendly tone, which instantly ceases her suspicious about them being in trouble for their first couple of days there.
"When is the best time for a meeting?" She poses when she peers upward and spots Brick and Boomer watch her on the phone.
Serena manuevers her body in front of the phone so they could read her lips. She knew that their super hearing could easily picked up on her conversation.
"Well the faculty has a meeting tomorrow morning, however the afternoon is free. You can choose either two or three o' clock?" The woman informs her of the avaliable times.
"Two is perfect," Serena agrees on a time before she returns the phone to the receiver.
She gazes upward at Brick and Boomer as they return a similar stare.
"Who was it?" Brick imposes even though he already overhears her entire conversation thanks to his super hearing.
"Oh, it was just the bank saying that I need to meet with them about a loan I requested." Serena lies before a thought came to her head.
"How about I treat you guys to some ice cream?" She redirects their focus with the temptation of ice cream.
The boys happily stroll over to the door while Serena grabs her jacket before they were off to the ice shop.
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"Is that the suit your father is going to wear to the party?" Midori questioned when she sat in the passenger seat and noticed a black tuxedo that hung from the driver's rear side hanger.
"Yeah, he will probably find him a girlfriend at your parents' party." Buttercup teasingly implies.
She checks her mirrors for her blind spots and proceeds to revesere out of the driveway then onto the street way.
"Man, I can't wait to go to that opening! It's going to be fun!" Blossom says as she glances at the tux and then glances out of the window at the scenery.
"...and we are going to have everyone's attention on us." Bubbles confidently gloates as the girls laugh along with her.
They rolled up to a the red traffic light alongside a group of boys who were packed in an charcoal gray colored convertible.
Buttercup caught Midori and her sisters once her car's engine came to a soft purr. The girls had to admit that they were cute but definitely not their types.
When the light changes green, she veers in a nearby gas station for some snacks instead of going straight home.
"No way…" Bubbles uttered when they pulled up and recognized three famaliar floating blue cells in front of the convience store.
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Author's Note:
07.14.16 Major editing revision