Chapter 1 - Introducing the Powerpuff…Teens
The city of Townsville, and 10 years have gone by.
It's a beautiful day in the early morning. A typical morning for all the people of Townsville, that is to say as well as the residents of the Utonium household.
"Girls, hurry up, your breakfast is getting cold and you will be late for your last day of middle school!" Professor exclaimed. Even after 10 years, he still looked the same and dressed the same as he always did. He had patches of grey hair, though being in his mid-40s, a scientist and father to the only superheroes of Townville, can cause a bit of stress.
Speaking of which, upstairs resided the room of the 3 superheroines that are well-known around their city. But something tells me that whether they were born superheroes, does not make them invulnerable to father time (Or a quirky writer).
"We're coming Professor, just give us 10 minutes!" Blossom cried out while brushing her hair. "Come on girls, we need to hurry before Professor blows a fuse." She announced, once finishing up her hair with her signature lace ribbon.
"I'm coming; I'm coming red, sheesh! Professor has to chill out." Buttercup said, exasperated. She was busy packing her last bit of books and homework to submit to the teachers at school.
"Ugh! Bubbles you too. You're even dressed; what are you looking for now?" she questioned her other sister.
"No, I am not! I am still looking for my favorite blue sweater." She said, still digging through her side of the shared closet. "You know, the one with the white bunny print on the front."
"Alright fine, let me help you look. You might have misplaced it on my side again." She reluctantly offered to help.
Downstairs waited their father, the famous Professor Utonium, creator of the Powerpuff Girls. He was starting his day with his usual cup of coffee with eggs, bacon, and toast. He made the girls breakfast as well. 'Now if only they could come down before it gets cold' he thought to himself, as he was getting ready to make another loud call, "Girl-!", but was cut off before he could finish.
"We're coming!" They all said in unison.
10 years have passed and the girls have all turned 15. They have matured from when they were 5, not little kids but growing teenagers now. As they have grown up, certain things have remained the same but significant things have developed and grown as well. The girls are now taller, reaching a bit over 5 feet. No longer were they referred to as bubblehead kids, now that everything is in proportion. Their body statures were above average and fit; you could say they brought a bit of jealousy to some girls. In the years that flew by, they managed to acquire hands with fingers, feet, and a nose.
Though they were triplets, they always differed slightly in their dress, appearance, and personality; more and more as they got older.
"Here Professor. Just in time." Blossom comes down the stairs, holding her book bag over her shoulder as she makes her way to the table
Blossom, still had her long and lustrous orange-red hair, as when she was young, when untied, it reached up to her knees however when tied up with her signature bow, would reach to her mid-thigh. She has bangs that are evenly shaped and cover her forehead. Her style of dressing has taken a more modest and conservative form. She would often wear red and black plaid knee-length skirts with tights; and button-up shirts with sweaters or vests accompanying them. She would rather dress almost preppy/school-like but still not appear too studious, to not get her sister Buttercup to mock her; though most times she did not care and just ignored it. Blossom just like when she was younger, was often studious and very advanced in intellect way above her peers and also sisters. She would appear to have a more steady level personality than the others.
"Yeah yeah. Keep your pants on, it's only 7:30," Buttercup said, coming downstairs with her camouflage rucksack.
Buttercup's black hair was shorter than the rest of her sisters, being inches above her shoulders; presented in a messy Bob style. She also had bangs, slightly above her forehead and messier than her elder sister's. She would at times hold back either side of her hair with a small green hairpin to prevent it from covering her eyes (but it's also her way of appearing a bit more girly). She has always been a tomboy, someone who loves to fight and get dirty. Her style usually consists of baggy shirts, with ripped jeans or plain knee-length shorts for better mobility as she puts it. She would at times be against wearing skirts, believing it made her look stupid. She was the more athletic one of the sisters, favoring sports than studies; even when they fought, they were all strong, but she was a tougher fighter. She was also known for being a bit feisty when it came to others causing trouble towards her. Her temper did get a bit better as she grew up but people didn't dare to get on her bad side or else they would regret it.
"Right here professor. Sorry, I was looking for something important." Bubbles said, dawning the bunny print sweater she was looking for.
Bubble blonde hair was longer than when she was younger, nowhere near the length of her elder sister but a few inches below her shoulders, which she puts up in her signature ponytails; giving her a sense of innocence and charm. Unlike her sisters, she does not have bangs, but her hair is parted in the middle. She is arguably the girly girl of the group. Often wears skirts and dresses with floral imprints or animals; she is deemed to be a fashionable one of the group. She was always creative when she was younger, often drawing or singing and the like. She does well in school but not so much to the point of being compared to her genius elder sister, enough to not be scolded by her teachers (like a certain raven-haired girl). Bubbles has maintained her kind and caring nature from when she was younger; volunteering in her spare time. She is still a bit sensitive, though has learned to be more assertive when needed; but she still has her times of being naïve.
He only sighed over his newspaper, "Honestly girls, some mornings you're on time, and others…It's like you can't pick one to be consistent on." He said as he lowered his paper to look at his girls.
"Oh, Professor we do make it on time before class anyway. Besides it's a girl thing, at times takes longer to get ready." Bubbles cheerfully added as she took a bite of her toast.
"Well some of us take much longer than others. Right Red?" Buttercup gave a side eye to her other sister.
"Oh please, just because I want to put more thought into my appearance, unlike some people. Doesn't mean I get the blame for being late." Giving her a side eye towards her stubborn sister. "Besides, at least I prepare my supplies in advance, unlike you who was scrambling to get all her homework into the bag." She finished while chewing on her breakfast.
"OH YEAH!" She called out, annoyance in the lines.
"Yeah." She said in a matter-of-fact way tone.
*An argument starts*
"Okay, that is enough!" Professor snaps, silencing the table. "Okay look, I understand that you girls are growing up and need time to get ready but come on! School starts in 30 mins and I need to get to work. So can you please hurry it up next time?" He finished feeling exhausted.
"Yes, Professor." The Pink and Blue girls said in unison. Only Buttercup was silent and looked still ticked off from the remark a few seconds ago.
"Okay, Buttercup?!" Asking with a more stern emphasis towards her this time.
"Yeah sure, whatever." She replies reluctantly. Satisfied with the answer, he goes back to reading his newspaper until he jerks up, remembering an important announcement to make.
"Um…girls, when you come back from school, we have to talk." He said, with a neutral tone that made the girls nervous.
"What is it, Professor?" Blossom was first to ask.
"Is it bad news?" Bubbles looked a bit afraid.
"I don't like the sound of that." Buttercup already deciding her mood.
"Well, it is sort of a change but more details will be given when you all come back." Trying not to give out more details than it needs to be said.
The girls looked at each other, one was puzzled, another fearful, and the other was skeptical about it all.
The girls left their house and were on their way to school. They usually walked to school as it was not so far a walk for them. Their school was Pokey Oats Junior High. They were first ecstatic when they finished elementary school that they would pour into the sister school with all their friends.
"Guys, what do you think is so urgent for Professor to sound like that?" Bubbles asked her sisters.
"I am not so sure Bubbles, but it surely can't be so bad." Blossom tried calming down the situation.
"Maybe…Buttercup what do you think?" Bubbles trailed off, unsure.
"I don't know Bubs. All I do know is that I don't like the sound of it at all!" She exclaimed.
"How do you know not to like it Buttercup? It's not like broccoli you can hate outward without giving it a try." Blossom gave her a skeptical look.
"Oh shut it, Bloss! Call it a gut feeling if you want but I don't like this at all. And I know you guys feel something is going off too, don't you?!" Finishing off, looking at the two girls as if she was right.
Bubbles was quiet but she knew Buttercup was right about something being off. Blossom was barely paying mind to her 'gut instincts', she knew it to not always go right. But her intuition was telling her something else. Just when she was about to give her reply-
*RING* The sound came from her book bag. She reaches down to see it is her phone, but not just any cellphone but the PPG hotline; with the smiling face icon beeping on its red nose. The mayor made it a point to upgrade the girls to a more evolved communication service that befits their ages.
"Hello mayor, what seems to be the problem ma'am?" She addressed me in a formal but urgent manner.
"Blossom, I am sorry to bother you girls while you are on your way to school, but there is trouble at the Townsville National Bank." Her voice was filled with urgency.
"Understood Ms. Bellum, who are the perpetrators?" Blossom replied.
"It seems that your old neighbors, the Smiths are behind all the trouble. And I have a word they want their revenge on you three." She added as if to warn them.
"The Smiths! Oh, brother." With much indignation in her voice.
"The Smiths…?" Bubbles said as if as a question.
"Dummy, they're the crazy, whack job family who tried to take "Revenge" on us when we were 5, for ruining her dinner!" Buttercup said as she flicked her forgetful sister over the head.
"Ouch! That was 10 years ago Buttercup and they were hardly any real threat to us when we were small!" Shouting back in her defense.
"Well girls, it seems they still remember us and still seeking their unfinished revenge on us." Blossom sighs before answering. "We're on our way, Ms. Bellum." She said before hanging up.
"Argh! I guess we will be late for school now." Blossom said solemnly.
"Oh well, what did we expect, it's still the last day of school. I think we will be fine for today." Bubbles said, trying to console her bookworm sister.
"Woo-hoo! At least I have a perfect excuse for turning in my homework late." Buttercup rejoiced.
"Okay let's go. Buttercup to the Townsville bank if you would." Giving out the instructions.
"Don't have to tell me twice. Alright ladies, hold on tight." As the other two sisters held on to her. She squatted down, bracing herself, a green energy enveloped her, before she leaped into the sky, in the direction of the crime taking place.
A few minutes later, they arrived down, safely on the ground right in front of the bank. At that very moment, they hear an explosion. They move into action, bursting through the door.
"Okay, the jig is up, step away from the bank tellers!" Blossom called out as the trio made their way to the scene.
"Well well, well, if it isn't the Powerpuff girls and me, they have all grown up, how lovely." A lady called out with a mocking tone.
What stood before them were the very Smiths, but a whole lot different than who they were 10 years ago.
The woman who spoke up first was Marianne Smith. And was not so small in the frame as she was before. She still wore her villain outfit, her black bodysuit, and thigh-high boots, with a black mask and blue gloves as her villainous costume. But she was no longer the skinny, lanky woman she once was. She got more muscular while maintaining a curvy frame. She grew out her light blonde hair to shoulder length. And she carried 2 large metallic hammers that could have weighed more than her.
"I am sorry the place is such a mess. But I would be happy to mop the floor with you girls' faces." Laughing maniacally at her threat.
The two children, who have also changed over the years, were at opposite ends of the banks, pointing their laser guns at the cashiers. The older child, Bud, was not the lanky, geeky kid with braces he once was; looking to be around 21 years old. He grew much taller and had muscles as well. His green hair grew longer but messier. His costume upgraded, omitting the green cape he once had and opting for a utility belt that housed various weapons. The younger sister, Julie, also changed. For she was no longer the pudgy little 6-year-old girl but a much more mature-looking villain. She had a similar curvy body to her mother but less obvious muscles. Her once blonde ponytail has been cut down to be a pixie cut. She dawned on some red lipstick, nothing else, and wore her mask. Her outfit was a leotard with a spikey-edged tutu.
They turned to stare down the 3 girls that ruined their lives." Oh, look, big brother, the Powerpuff Girls. You think they came to play with us" The teenage villain spoke up with a devious smile.
"Eh, I could toss them around before I destroy them." Giving his devilish smirk.
The ring leader of the gang, Harold Smith, oddly enough glowed up on his own. The once lanky man also acquired muscles but still kept his normal appearance aside from his glasses which he replaced with goggles. What was very different was his villain suit. It was still Red with red black lines on the side but more advanced. He still had the antennae on his head. He had a certain power bank that connected to his gloves, emitting electricity.
"Well, it seems that the guests of honor have arrived at our little get-together. Family, shall we show them the same hospitality they once oh so graciously shown us?" His voice was dark and menacing.
"With pleasure." They all replied.
"Stand on guard girls, this may be a bit trickier than it seems." Blossom throws a warning to her sisters.
With that, Harold fired a bolt of electricity at the three from his gloves. In a flash, an explosion was heard where the girls were.
"Did you get them, daddy?" Julie gleefully asked in anticipation. Harold narrowed his eyes to see if he truly finished them, but he was far from it.
As the dust cleared, what appeared were all three girls safe and sound behind what appeared to be a light blue energy barrier, compliments of Bubbles.
"Oh, Crap!" The father exclaimed
"Nice work Bubbles."
"Yeah, way to go Bubs."
Bubbles giving a small smile, let down the barrier to start the battle at hand.
"Alright family, get those brats!" He ordered, and his family were more than happy to oblige.
"Girls let's split up and take these idiots. Bubbles you handle the children. Buttercup you handle the wife and I will handle the head of the so-called crime family." Relaying his plans.
"On it!" The other 2 sisters complied, splitting up to battle.
As they split up, the two villain kids shot their laser guns straight at Bubbles, who dodged and blocked her field.
"Yo blondie how long are you going to hide behind that stupid force field," Bart called out while firing continuously, trying to tire down the barrier.
"That is so not fair! Come out and play you wench!" Julie demanded.
"If you want to play so badly. How about patty cake?" With that, Bubbles let down her defenses and bolted away from the shooting; she placed both hands on the ground before releasing a small tremor into the area around them. This was effective in throwing them off balance for even a little bit.
"W-what is going on you b-bi-" She did not finish in time.
"Oh don't like this game, how about screaming till you drop." She took a deep breath and let out a narrowed sonic scream directly at the girl slamming her against the wall.
"Ahhhh-Oomph!" Julie screamed as she hit smack dab against the wall, knocking her out.
"Want to play again." She asked as if forewarning, looking over to the unconscious girl. At that moment she was kicked in the side, falling a few feet to the ground only to get back and face the other opponent that she almost forgot. "No one knocks my sister around except me. I don't care if you are a babe." He said quite angrily.
Bubbles only cringed at the attempt at it. Seriously, she knew the guy was in his 20's. He took out retractable metallic batons and attacked her with it. He kept swinging at her, trying to land a hit. All she was doing was dodging as if it was a dance. She did cartwheels, backflips, and spins; avoiding all his advances like they were dancing.
"Why don't take this seriously cutie and fight already!" Breathlessly demanded.
"Alright, you asked for it." She spun towards him. Seeing this as a chance, charged forward and swung his baton at her; only to be surprised that she flipped above his head to land behind him. Now was on the offense, with her kicks and flips striking at the tired-out guy. For her last trick, she landed in a front-hand stand, retracting her knees to her stomach; with a powerful kick, knocked the boy onto his back.
She made her way over to the boy as he was losing consciousness, "And for your information, it's Bubbles and you are not my type." Finally kicking him out cold.
Buttercup made her way towards the wife, ready to take her down.
"Nice to meet you. Buttercup." She said in a sickening sweet tone that almost made her opponent gag.
"Glad you still remember me." She said.
"How can I forget the girl who gave me a swollen black eye!" Still maintained a sweet tone but had underlying anger.
"Well, I am more than happy to give you another shiner to match it." Smugly she said, which only made the woman strike.
She swung her hammers at her target. Each strike redirected, as was Buttercup's blocked by her as well. Marianne dodged an incoming punch, seeing her chance; she gave a hard swing and slugged the girl right across the face. Not letting up, she kept swinging, hitting the green third of the trio until she was well across the other side of the bank.
"Hahahahaha! Oh my, I have been dreaming of slugging you; ever since you brats put me and my family away! Is that the best you got?" She thought it was over, until-
"Okay, now the kiddy gloves are off. Nice hit lady but that was nothing compared to what I'm going to do to you now." Standing from the onslaught, she only cracked her neck, and with a light green glow around her hands, she gave the insane woman a sort of death glare.
"Oh, you want some more? THEN BRING IT ON!" Feeling overconfident, she ran towards Buttercup, mallets in the air to land another blow. When the weapon made contact, however, it was stuck in place.
"What is going on?" She wondered, looking wide-eyed to see her opponent held a palm out, blocking the mallet.
Buttercup smirked. "What a shame. And here I thought you were ready for this" She said with a mocking tone.
Marianne did not listen but retracted her hammers and began swinging at the green Powerpuff in growing anger. Buttercup, in turn, dodged, blocked, or taunted her with more quips; making the woman go even more blind with rage and swinging aimlessly. After a few minutes, Marianne was starting to slow down.
Looking at her opponent who was a few steps away, she said, "Getting sloppy aren't we?" In a fake concerned tone.
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP AND DIE YOU BRAT!" As if powered by some crazy adrenaline rush, she bolted towards her, ready to slam her two hammers at both sides. Though this time with her arms crossed, Buttercup stopped the metallic mallet with each hand on either side, with an audible thump sound.
Marianne tried to pull away again but to her shock and horror. Buttercup held on to the hammers so tightly that her hands made dents into them. What next came was strange for the villain. As she had to remove her hands from the handles on the metallic mallets as if it electrocuted her somehow.
Tossing the dumb weapons aside, she cracked her knuckles at the ready. "Alright time to end this."
"No, I won't let you and your family go scot-free for ruining our lives and my din-" Before she could finish, no less attack. Buttercup leaped forward to deliver consecutive punches and kicks at the annoying woman. Leaving her with bruises, twin black eyes, and missing front teeth that were knocked out.
"I guess you didn't train enough." Standing over the now unconscious woman with an expression of annoyance. "Sheesh, all this because of ruined dinner? That's the revenge you wanted for?" She asked with a roll of her eyes at the twitching enemy.
While her sister's battles were taking place, Blossom was face to face with the ring leader.
"Hello, Mr. Smith. I would say it was nice to see you again but I'm afraid I would be lying." Folding her arms while giving him an uninterested attitude.
"Well, I will make this little meet-up a memorable one for one of us." Saying that he raised an electrified glove.
She however did not seem scared. "I see you advanced your toy gadgets since the last time we saw you."
"It's great what you can do when you have years of free time on your hands."
"After all that time, I thought you would be smarter and get your family and yourself the therapy you all so richly deserve." She quipped.
"This has been a lovely catch-up, but how about you cut the crap and I just destroy you and your sisters." Eyes narrowed at her, filled with intent to kill.
That was all Blossom needed to attack the man. Mr. Smith charges up his gloves and makes his way to the teenage girl, swinging his electrified fists to just land an attack. Blossom was not going to give him an inch; she did her best to dodge each attack as it came but it was difficult. Mr. Smith getting even angrier with this tedious charade fell to the next plan to release bolts of electric shots straight at her. She managed to make her way to the pillar close by. She hid behind it but was met with a shaking pillar as Harold would not stop firing.
"What? Are you too scared of a little shock, Ha!" Mocking her tactics.
But she did not care for she had a plan for this whole thing. She rolled out from behind the pillar. Before Harold could blast her, her hands were giving off a pink glow and just then plenty of the rubble was also coated in the pink aura and floating in the air. She looked at the man and flung her hands, making all the debris shoot at him. Harold only knew to blast the debris, causing it to turn into dust.
But that was the perfect plan as Blossom managed to sneak under the cover of dust over to the man. A silhouette figure emerged from the dust and right then, Harold took his shot.
"Not so fast you brat!" Sending bolts of electricity at her. "Bull's-eye! Not so smart are we!" Laughed as he shot her, but did he?
"What the heck?" Taking a closer look, he was shocked to see a damaged, melting ice sculpture on the ground.
He did not have time to react when he was kicked in the back.
"Too slow with the update sir," Blossom said to the man on the ground. Unfortunately, she overestimated the time and paid dearly.
Mr. Smith took the opportunity to her guard lower and blasted her with a charge of electricity.
"Ahhhhhh!" She screamed from the pain inflicted on her.
"Oh did that hurt you? Good!" He said laughing at his opponent.
Blossom, although she was electrocuted directly, she was seemingly okay. Only her clothes were slightly charged and her hair was a mess. "You're just as tough as you were back then, eh? A few more shocks should put an end to that strong front." Getting ready to blast her again.
"I don't think so." Having had enough, she swiftly restrained the man's arms. Lifting them, she took a deep breath, and released her ice breath at the man's hands and body; seemingly encasing him in a semi-finished ice sculptor.
"Ugh, you brat, you froze me!" He cried out from the pain of the burning ice around his hands.
"Don't worry, I just want to discard your little toys." Without wasting time, she raised her open hand. With a glow of hands, she enveloped the man in the glow, before making a fist, she caused the ice around the man to crack and shatter; destroying his suit and weapons but leaving him in his skin-tight body suit.
Mr. Smith, could not understand how she managed to destroy everything with precision and leave him alone. He also was in shock that his plan was foiled.
Too distracted to see that Blossom came at him with an elbow strike to the chest, grabbed his head bringing it down to deliver a perfect knee kick in the face. She finished it all off with a roundhouse kick that knocked the man out cold.
"That plan did work but I shouldn't make weak mistakes like that again." She chastised herself, before regaining her composure and making her way over to her sisters who defeated their opponents successfully. 'Glad they're safe'giving off a small smile to them.
As the girls finished off their battles, the police came into the building to arrest them. The officers assured the girls that they would put the family away for a long time. They couldn't stay long, for it was already 9.50. The girls were annoyed and angry; having to deal with these idiots and being late for school was no way to spend their last day. But Buttercup was mainly not complaining.
The girls wrapped up their last day of school. They managed to get to their important classes; fortunately, there were two periods of study room. Due to Blossom's tattered clothing, and the fact she didn't have any extra change, she had to borrow one of Bubble's clothing she kept in her locker for emergencies; though it was not her style of choice, she was grateful for it and had no choice. They managed to not miss even more periods due to a police escort they kindly accepted after dealing with the annoying criminals. The school day was as normal for them as can be. There was no class but a day to turn in homework and projects that were long overdue; that was Buttercup's chance to turn in her work and get out of the summer school program.
The school clocked out at 3:30 pm, and as always, they would walk home from school. Though the middle school was further from home, they opted to walk due to the Professor being busier nowadays.
"Honestly, I am so fucking glad we are done and through with Middle school," Buttercup remarked to her sisters with excitement as they were walking.
"I know right? Finally, summer break is on and it gives me more time to myself without worrying about homework." Bubbles also excitedly pointed out.
"Well, I for one am glad that we managed to get to school even with the detour we took," Blossom said groaning at the fresh memory.
"Ugh, I was not happy with how we had to deal with those wannabe villains." Buttercup added, "Like it would have been worth our time if it was Mojo Jojo or a monster or whatever."
"Well I agree with you Buttercup but let us be happy it wasn't so bad, but they were dangerous nonetheless. Those 10 years gave them an upgrade, so to speak." Blossom said.
"An upgrade to what? Total insanity? I see jail made them even crazier than they were. And the kids were so horrible, especially that pervy brother, yuck. His aura was all sorts of dirty." Bubbles shuddered in disgust about her early morning battle.
"Hahahah! Glad I handled the mother, or else I would have socked those two dweebs real good." Buttercup laughed.
"Well I am glad even with the infrequent attacks and crime these years we can hold our own. And with our different changes to ourselves." Blossom spoke up, giving a knowing look that made Bubbles silent.
"Well even if there is less crime than usual or even if we are not the same as when we were 5. We are still the Powerpuff Girls and we are even stronger when we stick together!" Buttercup announced, making the other 2 nods in agreement.
The girls went through a lot of changes these past years of their childhood. They were not the same girls they once were at 5 but you could say they had to learn new ways to adapt to said changes.
The girls walked in silence until they reached their home at around 5:27 p.m. Suddenly Buttercup stands a few feet from the door.
"Man, I am still not looking forward to this guy." She said almost inaudible.
"Buttercup, you're still acting paranoid?" Blossom asked.
"It's not being Paranoid Bloss!" She exclaimed, only to take a deep breath to calm herself "It's a gut feeling and besides, I know you guys have been noticing the Professor has been acting strange for some time now." She said with a serious look that took the girls off guard until-
"Guys, what happens if it is really bad?" It was now Bubbles turn to sound concerned.
Blossom looking at both her sisters couldn't bear to see them so worried and scared. With a determined look, she stepped over to them and gave them a hand on each of their respective shoulders.
"Okay girls, I understand how you feel, and yes Buttercup, I have realized how the Professor has been acting weird for some time. But like you said, we can handle it, together." She finished with a reassuring smile at the both of them.
The two sisters gave each other a side glance and quickly relaxed a bit at the elder sister's words.
"Okay, Red."
"Thanks, Blossom"
As they went to open the door, what was waiting for them was the Professor on the couch talking to a woman in a sharp suit. She looked to be in her late 50s, a few inches taller than the professor. She had grey hair tucked into a tight bun, wore glasses, and had a serious look even when she laughed; it made the girls somewhat nervous. The two were talking until they spotted the girls.
"Ah girls, do come in, we have a guest." He gestured for them to come.
They walked in a straight line to the couch that was big enough to sit all of them.
"Girls, this is Ms. Audrain Von Toft, Headmistress of Saint Victoria All-girls School in France." He introduced the lady as she gave a small brief nod to the girls.
"Well hello ma'am, nice to meet your acquaintance." Blossom was the first to greet and soon the others followed.
"My my Professor, they do seem to be very smart and remarkable, well some of them." She said while giving the raven-haired girl a side look. That did not go over her head though, but was calmed down by 2 different hands on either side of hers 'This lady has some nerve' Buttercup thought.
"Well Professor, I will be off for now. The girls will meet me next week on Tuesday at the airport. Thank you for having me." She stood up and shook the man's hand, walking off, leaving 3 confused faces. At the queue of the closing door, Bubbles spoke up.
"Professor, what is happening and why are we meeting her next week?" She said with a shaky voice.
Taking a deep breath the man spoke. "Girls, look for some time now, I have been working on invention after invention and I got a breakthrough. I sent my research to the World National Science Centre and they find it remarkable and think it can do so much to change the world. But the only problem is that I will have to leave overseas and work there which is why I called that lady over here." He finished.
"That is great Professor but I don't why you called her over here." Though Blossom understood why, she just was hoping it was not true.
"I am going to be gone and I want you guys to focus on school and less on superheroing, so I...signed you 3 up to study in France for high school and then from there-" He was immediately cut off.
"WHAT!" All 3 girls shouted in disbelief.
Chapter 2 - Things Change and Will Change
"What do you mean you signed us up?" Blossom said
"And without our permission?!" Buttercup said next.
"We love Townsville and we want to stay!" Bubbles exclaimed.
"Girls, ENOUGH!" He shouted, causing the girls to go fearfully silent.
"I understand your angry but this is a once in a life time opportunity for you girls to make something of yourself and not rely on being superheroes." He calmly explained.
"That is a load of bullshit!" Buttercup exclaimed, causing an uneasy silence before.
"Buttercup." The 2 girls said in whisper, as if in disbelief.
"I will not have that kind of talk young lady. Show some respect!" Anger seeping in to his words.
"Like you are showing us respect and making us move to another CONTINENT WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE?!" Buttercup didn't back down.
"Look Buttercup, I am your father and what I say goes. Besides it is for the best."
"Yeah righ.t" She sarcastically said.
"Then why are you leaving us Professor and why France?" Bubbles complained.
"I told you, I have to go for this conference/journey. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I cannot pass on and I read about their schooling system and I think it would greatly benefit your academic path." He said with unwavering conviction.
"But Professor, we have a duty here in Townsville. To protect the people and be heroes." Blossom interjected.
"Blossom, you must understand that things have changed. Things are not the same as they once were" he said looking to the side away from their eyes.
"Oh, you mean when we lost our powers?" Buttercup asked with a glare.
There was uneasy silence in the air, with everyone thinking back to when that journey of their life began.
Flashback- 8 years in the past
The city of Townsville and it is the middle of the night. While most people are fast asleep, some are working through the night on a life and death situation.
In the house of the Utonium's, Professor Utonium is tending to his 3 sick 7 year old girls, the Powerpuff Girls.
In the scientist's basement, there lay the girls on examination beds, hooked up to machines that took their readings. Each girl had wires connecting to heart monitors and a certain monitor that was used to read their powers.
The girl's sickness was brought about weeks ago when they started having trouble with their individual powers. It was small things where Blossom's Ice and Heat breath would fluctuate; when intended, she would hardly freeze a room, let alone warm it up but when she would just sigh, the room would turn in to an igloo. Bubble's ability to emit sonic screams, would become too destructive than she intended to; she used it against Fuzzy Lumpkins but was too strong and almost caused him and others to go deaf. When Buttercup would fight, her strength would also seemingly be cut off in worst time. If it wasn't for her sister's help, she might have not survived.
Things came to a head when 3 days ago, they were in their rooms when they started feeling funny; as if taken down with deadly virus. They were all experiencing sudden hot flashes, chills and shakes. They would feel aches and pains that radiated throughout their body, from their heads down to their feet. But what caught the Professor's eye was how their appearance changed. Their skin became pale, their skin became blotchy and they emitted coloured glows; in their respective colours.
The Professor had no idea what was going on upon seeing them. He took them to his lab so he can assess the situation.
After days of research and over a dozen tests performed on the girls, he drew out his conclusion.
Walking downstairs to the laboratory basement, he had a very serious look. His appearance was unkempt and looked to be that he had been very focused on his findings nonstop.
As he approached the girls, they hardly had much sleep due to the pain and ate very little over the course, but it seems that the sickness was also causing malnutrition.
"Pr-professor, w-what's going on with us?" a weakened Blossom asked
He sighed,"Well girls, after thorough research, I have come up with a theory" he said, while opening up his monitor display a presentation.
"Your sudden turn in health is brought up due instability to the Mutation strand in your DNA."
"What does that *cough* mean Professor" Bubbles asked in between her cough
"Well girls. When I was creating the perfect little girls and accidently added Chemical X to the batter, it caused a chemical reaction with the main ingredients: sugar, spice and everything nice. That chemical reaction resulted in my experiment shifting to the point that made you three but it caused you all to have your superpowers.""
"Yes Professor we understand how we were made, but what does it got to do with our situation?" Buttercup impatiently asked
"I was getting to that Buttercup" he sighed, "Your powers are quite, if I may say unique, to put it simply. You girls have special abilities and gifts that no ordinary person can hope to obtain. You have noticed that you have a greater array of various powers and you keep discovering more and more from the past 2 years. Now it is due to the Chemical X in your system that is giving you your powers and unique appearances that are different from the others. But it is due to the now growing instability of the Chemical X strand in your body"
"What, unstable?!" all 3 girls exclaimed
"Yes girls, your powers and bodies are becoming unstable. It was not a problem before but due to your growing usage of your powers, and its evolution to get stronger; it seems that it is getting too much to handle which will end in your disintegration" he said sadly
"But Professor *cough* I still don't understand. I thought we were fine, being that we were made to be the perfect little girls" Bubbles said, now with a look of worry
"Well it was intended to be that way but due to the addition of Chemical X, it changed the whole equation, adding your powers but as well as the change in your appearance from the outside, different from other kids your age" he said
"Okay okay, Professor, is there a cure?" Buttercup asked, though she acted tough but was scared
"Yes I came up with a stabilizing agent that will fix your genetic codes. It is a parallel of Antidote X" Professor said
"You want to take away our powers?" Bubbles quivered
"No not exactly. Unlike the ones I manage to reverse engineer, that will take away powers for good, your Chemical X is very complex and truly attached to your DNA that it won't be dissolved away by it. This Antidote will track down the mutated strands and stabilize it but in doing so, it will cause an endothermic reaction that might remove your more incompatible power strands" he said reassuredly
The Professor prepared to administer the cure in to each girl through injection. He only hoped that this will work and save his daughters before it was too late.
After an hour had passed, there were bright lights of 3 distinct colours coming from the girls. Their bodies, now enveloped by said light, sudden screams were being let out from them; all came to a head when a large blast was given out and knocked the professor to the floor.
"AHHHHHHH!"
Professor was awoken by the screams from the girls. As he opened his eyes, he was shocked to see what was standing before him. The cure worked, in more ways than one. The girls no longer had pale skin, no blotches but looked normal and healthy. The most striking features were how the girls now had hands with fingers, feet with toes, a nose, ears and normal eyes (Not as wide but bigger than normal kids) and head proportions. They looked like normal girls (as in regular looking ones).
After an hour and a half of calming the girls and researching this new predicament. He finally found out from the girls DNA that due to the stabilizing agent aka Antidote X 2.5, the mutant gene did react. It caused the strand to further mutate, somewhat transforming them in to normal looking girls.
The agent did do as it was supposed to. It neutralized their other seemingly incompatible powers, balancing their states. They looked like regular little girls but far from ordinary; for they still had powers. And from his readings, those powers are just as strong if not stronger; he also noticed some strange readings that he kept hidden.
The problem was that aside from the appearance, there were changes to their power flux and something's were inevitably gone. They were not the same as before. But whether they still have their powers is up in the air.
That's how the years have followed, adjusting to the sudden change.
End of Flashback- The Present
"What happened to us was bad, but we still came out stronger Professor so why are you doing this?!" Now Buttercup was annoyed.
"Girls the world doesn't need you anymore and you have a chance to be normal and make more out of your life than fighting villains. All major villains are gone like Mojo Jojo who left with the Rowdyruff Boys. The gang green gang have disbanded and living their reformed lives and Fuzzy Lumpkins territory has been closed off so no one can get hurt. And you all know how Princess is." Listing all major villains off.
"What about HIM huh? He is still out there and he is the embodiment of evil?" She pointed out.
"You know as well as I do that he has not been around for years, he must have given up." He said.
"I highly doubt that Professor. HIM could be buying his time and-" Blossom was cut off.
"And nothing Blossom! I have never wanted you to be superheroes in the first place! None of you! There are other superheroes who can handle the city when you're gone and you have to focus on your futures instead of th-this nonsense anymore!" Standing he loudly gave his points.
There was an eerie silence until sounds of whimpers were heard, it was Bubbles as she got up "No, this is not fair!" yelling out as she ran to her room followed by Blossom to try and comfort her.
Professor was sitting down when Buttercup stood to her feet and spoke up.
"We are the Powerpuff girls, no matter what you say or do, we will not give up that title. We have these powers for a reason and we will be superheroes, whether in this City or not here. And I can tell you are keeping a secret from us Professor; whatever real reason for this is, I hope it is a good one." She said then went off to her room too.
The Professor didn't even get a chance to reply before she left. Honestly he knew that this was the right call and they would thank him one day but it was exhausting to say the least. If only he could tell them the true reason for this.
Buttercup opened the door to her shared bedroom. She was presented with the sight of Bubbles sobbing, faced down in to Blossom's chest on the bed. It was clear that the elder sister was trying her hardest to calm the frantic blonde, though she could see that the elder sister was trying to fight back her own stubborn tears.
She walked over to try to comfort her sad sister, placing her hand on the back; slowly rubbing circles to motion that she was here too. Buttercup was not one to shed tears so easily, most times she would have an angry look on her face to mask her pain; much easier than being seen as weak. All of a sudden, two foreign hands were placed on one of her hands and shoulders. She realized her sisters were also comforting through sad smiles on their faces.
Yes she was not one to cry so easily but when she does, it was around those that saw her as stronger than she needed to be.
That night they all slept without supper, being either too sad/angry to eat after the bombshell news.
The days that followed leading up to the big change was met with much resistance. Sometimes they would try to talk to the Professor to change his mind and other times they would argue with him; all were shut down by him. Bubbles thought of running away but were met with a karate chop to the head by Blossom, inciting it was a bad idea and not thought through.
All hope was gone when the following day came.
They were busy packing their bags when*RING* it was the mobile hotline.
"Ms. Bellum, what's wrong?" Blossom said with urgency.
"It's terrible Girls, there is trouble down in Townville and it's urgent!" She said with an unhidden fear.
"If this is another lame bank robbery than-" Buttercup was cut off.
"No girls, it's HIM, and he is in the center of Town. Please hurry girls!" She exclaimed.
That was enough to make the girls look shaken. They couldn't believe that HIM is back but why was he here, NOW of all times.
"Okay Ms. Bellum we're on our way." Cutting off the call.
"Girls we will have to put packing on hold till we take down HIM." putting the phone back in to her pocket.
"I knew that we still had HIM to worry about. At least we have a solid reason to stay now." Buttercup said, somewhat happy with the outcome.
"It may not be all that simple, since we haven't dealt with HIM for a while now. It might be pretty difficult to handle." Bubbles said.
"I know Bubs but we are superheroes and we got to do something or else people are going to suffer." Buttercup said.
Taking a moment to let that statement sink in before "Yeah you're right Buttercup. Let's go save the day girls." Bubbles exclaimed with resolve.
So they leapt in to action, rushing out of the house, for Buttercup to have enough room, to be able to fly in to direction given with her sisters in each arm.
In a mass of chaos and red tainted sky, the girls arrived to see a scene that seemed to be straight out of a horror movie. They looked up to see the devilish fiend waving his claws, twisting the dark clouds in the sky to his bidding. The creature was the same as they last saw him. A red-skinned, demonic creature with puffy black hair, sinister light green eyes. Wearing makeup, including three long eyelashes, black lipstick, a woman's red jacket with pink tulle at the collar and hemline, tight-fitting red trousers, and black thigh-high spike-heeled boots. The creature appears to not have aged at all.
An echoing effeminate voice, "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, I am back and I have come to play." At that moment he was pushed back by an ear splitting sound that he instantly recognized. Quickly recovering from the shock, he looked down to see his favorite little playmates. They were dressed in their iconic hero dresses that were way bigger to suit their sizes. They each wore their individual colours of pink, green and blue, with a black strap on the waist. They had on white socks and adorned black maryjanes.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha, ah the Powerpuff Girls or should I say Teens? Long time no see. My, how fast you girls have grown over the years." Flashing his sinister grin at the girls.
"Honestly we would have preferred not to have seen you at all." Blossom confidently said.
"Awww don't be like that Blossom, I really missed you 3." With a fake pout.
"Enough of your crap HIM, what do you want now?" Buttercup demanded.
"Always the most straight forward of the bunch, aye Buttercup." All Buttercup did was give a fiery glare, "Very well. I just came to finally get rid you brats and turn Townsville in to my own kingdom. Isn't that ambitious?" He smiled manically at his plan.
"Think again you creep. We won't let you do anything to this Town while we're here." It was now Bubbles who confidently spoke.
"You're right little Bubbles." He was putting on a thoughtful demeanor "You know girls, you won't believe this but I have lived on this planet for millions of years and it has been boring to say the least. I have met individuals who have tried to stop me but ultimately have perished by my claw, ha ha ha ha ha." Lying down in the air while telling his story.
"Stop dancing around your point and get to it!" Buttercup was ready to jump up and attack.
"You know it's rude to interrupt while others ARE TALKING!" HIM shot a laser beam from his eyes straight at where the girls were standing. Luckily they blocked the attack with no damage inflicted.
"Is everyone okay?" Bubbles asked in concern.
"Yeah." They both said in unison under the barrier.
"I guess the years did not teach you any manners, huh girls?" In a low menacing tone before going back to his high pitched one, "What I was going to say is the blonde baby is right. I will never be able to rule this world with you brats here."
The girls were giving a quick look at each other, wondering what HIM was playing at.
"You see girls, for reasons I cannot get in to at the moment, you 3 are poison to my very being and I cannot let you stick around and continue being a nuisance to my life." He said.
"Like Bubbles said, we are not going anywhere freak!" Buttercup shouted.
"Yeah! So you better get used to dealing with us -" Blossom said until they all said together in unison "The Powerpuff Girls!"
He only smirked. "Very well then Girls, have it your way." In merciless tone.
HIM raised both of his claws in to the air and broke open a vortex in the sky. The view was like something out of a Sci-Fi horror comic, with cracks spread out from the portal, the colour was a combination of red, black and pink.
The girls were keeping guard but were shocked by the situation above them. Right then, black humanoid bat-like creatures emerged from the vortex, straight down towards the citizens.
"Oh no, we have stop those things!" Bubbles cried out, before bolting towards some people in danger. She made it just in time to cover the bystanders in her sound bubble field. The creatures were flying around, clawing at the shield to get in. Bubbles was trying her hardest to hold it together but there were around a dozen bats clawing at the field, shaking its structure. She was about to drop it and try screaming them away, until they were all encased in blocks of ice; then surrounded with a pink glow before they were shattered.
"Blossom!" Managing to collapse the field to see her eldest sister running over to her with a worried look on her face. "Honestly Bubbles, you have to be careful, I know you were only helping but we must think logically." She reprimanded the youngest sister.
"Who cares about logic right now? There are humanoid bats on the loose and in case we have forgotten. THERE IS A DARK VORTEX IN THE SKY! I don't think logic has anything to do with this situation, do you?" Buttercup loudly proclaimed.
Buttercup was right about the current state, this was a whole lot crazier than what they faced in the past against HIM and that was saying something.
"Okay you're right Buttercup. Now we have to destroy these creatures before they hurt anymore people." With that, they all left to do as much damage control as possible.
Blossom was bringing in the chill on to those creeps. She would freeze any of the creatures in sight, turning them in to ice sculptures; shattering them with telekinetic strike. She gathered as much broken shards and any street items, tossing them at the bats, necessarily knocking them down and out.
Buttercup was releasing a stronger glow of green plasma, preparing for the swarms of bats above her head. As one charged at her, she leapt forward, delivering a sucker punch that knocked it to the ground; and it was as so with the rest. She threw punch after punch, knocking out each creature she could find, she at times needed to heal off the scratches and cuts left on her body. She took a breath seeing that her share were lying down unconscious, only to reengage once she looked up to see more of them coming.
Bubbles was doing the best she could. She let out a controlled portion of her sonic screams at every group of 7 bats she targeted. She did not want to cause any unwanted injuries to befall upon the people. She remembered how bats have sensitive hearing and used that to her advantage but beating down and scaring off the rest of them.
Bubbles heard something weird but was too busy with the bats that she didn't pay attention to it until she was wrapped up in black wraps, restraining any movement from her. She could not understand what was happening until her mouth was closed shut by said wraps. She squirmed, trying desperately to get out but it was no use, she looked around to see HIM.
"Oh sweet little Bubbles, I won't hurt you…yet. I just need your sisters to follow me too and then I can FINISH YOU ALL OFF." Taking the now scared girl with him, he flew up heading to the vortex.
The girls below were busy fighting off the creatures until they heard a whistling sound and all of them stopped, and the next minute they disappeared as if they were never there, both girls were confused till they looked up and realized what happened.
"BUBBLES!" They shouted in unison.
"Well girls, you certainly handled the creatures but the first act is done and Bubbles is going to be my leading lady. But if you want to see they next act, you better follow us." Flying in to the vortex, with a flailing Bubbles in claw, trying her best to say it's a trap.
"Buttercup let's go and get Bubbles before-" She squealed as she was pulled by her waist and held tightly by Buttercup.
"No duh Sherlock! Hold on tight Bloss and I will give everything I got if we are to catch up!" Buttercup proclaimed, building up her energy to jump up to the heavens and save their sister. She was covered in a stronger glowing light than what she made before. Squatting down to prepare a stance and jumped up; leaving a crater in the ground.
They were blasting through the air, like a rocket that took off for launch. The vortex was not so far up but it began to close, at then she gave Blossom a squeeze to her arms to signal for a little help. Blossom, who was ready, she was preparing her mind to attempt a trick; making sure to not strain her mind or lose control. She raised her 2 hands, which were glowing a radiant pink. She concentrated on the vortex to hold it from closing any faster, she was feeling the strain, thinking she was not going to do it until, her eyes glowed too and the force she expelled was stronger now to stop the vortex from closing; leading them to enter in successfully.
They were in a swirling vortex; its appearance was that of a static screen. Giving of an eerie aura as it swirled with added doses of red with it. Buttercup's green energy was decreasing but their speed was still going on strong. And speaking of the Devil (hehe).
"Look Blossom, there he is!" She motioned to the sister napper. "I can see them. I can also see the end of this vortex, over there!" Blossom said as she pointed at a small opening straight ahead.
Much to the obliviousness of the target, HIM was awfully happy at the outcome. "It seems that we are almost there Bubbles, and your sisters are not much far behind us. Ahahaha." HIM said to the still flailing captive who was shedding a few tears at the horror that may befall upon her sisters and her.
"Whatever his plans was, we have fallen in to it now." She said feeling stupid for falling in to it.
"Maybe not! Hold on tight because we're about to cause a close collision." Buttercup said. With some energy she could muster, she blasted forth one more time, heading straight for HIM and Bubbles.
"What is that noi-Argh!" HIM said too late when Buttercup a gave a striking punch against his back. Bubbles were released from HIM's grasp and caught in her older sister's arms.
"Got you Bubs." With that, Bubbles looked with a grateful face to see her sister with her.
"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU BRAT!" "Aaahh!" Buttercup was whacked off HIM and she flew in to her sister's grasps as well.
"Buttercup are you okay?" Blossom asked, as did Bubbles attempt to say too but was muffled by the gag.
"Yeah I'm fine." Saying that while rubbing the side of her head she got hit.
At that instant, HIM was growing in size and looking pissed.
"Oh well girls. I was going to be a sport and destroy you all pretty quickly but…I THINK YOU ALL ARE TOO GOOD TO BE GIVEN MERCY." Saying that, he formed a dark orb between his claws. Looking towards his enemies with red deadly eyes.
The girls were huddled together, awaiting what would befall upon them. They were trapped in portal type realm, without knowledge of how to get out, and practically exhausted. Blossom was standing in front, basically trying to shield her sister's and Buttercup was holding on to Bubbles, doing her best to show no fear at that; as well as break the restraints.
Bubbles was just praying that they will all be safe from this nightmare. With Buttercup's effort, she manages to get her arms and hands free, which she used to hold both her elder sisters hands. She wanted to at the very least in their suppose last moments, be with them forever, for which the elder sisters happily obliged. They all held hands, gathering in to an embrace, in that moment even Buttercup welcomed.
HIM seeing this, could only at how pathetic they were, "How sweet, enjoying your final MOMENTS," Before blasting a dark beam at the girls, only to be deflected by a barrier of colourful light.
"HUH?!" Was all that HIM could say as he lay his eyes upon a scene that made him do a double take.
The girls were giving off a pure glow of energy, consisting of pink, green, and blue sparkles that morphed to white light. The light was set off and shot at HIM, who was still trying to blast them but was being pushed back. The light flew forth, hitting all the corners of the dimensional plane. In that moment, HIM let out an angry growl, before attempting a last ditch effort.
In an unidentified alley, rats were scurrying all over the place. It was well within the mid-afternoon when a static cling was heard around alley wall. It built up until a vortex opened from it, ejecting 3 girls from its dimension.
They warily collapsed on the dirty floor, puzzled on what just happened.
"Girls…is everyone okay? What happened?!" Bubbles, regaining the shred of consciousness asked to her two groaning sisters
"Argh, I think I am Bubbles but I don't know what happened." Blossom groaned.
"All I know is that psychotic, poor excuse of a clown was about to destroy us until some light stopped it all." Buttercup exclaimed as she stood to her feet. She recalled the whole ordeal. All of a sudden, it dawned on the 3 super girls.
"WAIT A MINUTE, WHERE IS HIM?!"
Before they could discuss further, a crash was heard on a nearby street corner.
"Maybe that's HIM" Buttercup said, ready for a rematch.
"There is only one way to find out. Let's go girls!" Blossom called out to her sister, making their way out of the alleyway and on to the street, but it was not Townsville's street, that's for sure.
"Girls…where are we?" Bubbles asked, seeing things differently.
The girls stopped in place to take a gander at their new environment and yup, it was nothing like their home dwelling.
"Stop villain!" A woman's voice carried towards the girls ears, bringing their minds to a peculiar scene.
It seemed like a woman was battling a monster like man. As the scene was going on, the girls all had different thoughts.
'We are definitely not in Townville' Blossom thought.
'We have to help her' Bubbles thought.
'What is she wearing?' Buttercup thought.