Ch.4
Before Blossom could fully grasp the situation, Bubbles jumped up and ran to her, crying “you’ve returned! You’ve returned!” Buttercup also got up and walked over to her “good to see ya, Red.” Blossom smiled back at them both, “its great to see you both, but how did you get here? More importantly, is the Professor here?” Bubbles and Buttercup looked at each other for a moment before Buttercup spoke up, “what are you talking about? The Professor’s been gone a long time, you know that.”
Blossom was confused. “Wait,” she said, “I think there’s some misunderstandings here. I’m from the past. I was in the Professor’s lab when I got sucked into his time machine and was flung into the far future. But if you’re not from my time, what are you doing here? I thought you were destroyed!” Bubbles and Buttercup looked at each other again, then Buttercup broke the silence “our ancestors were destroyed. You see, when the original Powerpuffs were destroyed, the Professor tried to create another set of ‘puffs. However he didn’t feel right replacing the Powerpuffs like used batteries, so when he made the next set he didn’t add as much chemical X. The chemical is essential for life, but only in small doses, and in our case it made us powerless. The Professor had done some research and found that after a number of years the chemical X in our bodies becomes unbalanced and we die. He left specific instructions for how to make Powerpuffs and we’ve been doing that from one lifetime to another. We’re the 4th generation of Powerpuffs. Just like the Rowdyruffs Blossom thought. Then another thought occurred to her “where’s the Blossom of this time?” At this, Bubbles’ eyes filled with tears while Buttercup filled her in “about a week ago she went out to the woods to get firewood and some food. She never came back. We’ve tried looking for her, but she doesn’t respond to our calls.” Blossom thought the situation over for a moment then nodded to her sisters “I’ll find her.”
Meanwhile, the Rowdyruffs had begun to worry about Blossom. She had ventured off on her own plenty of times before, but she never stayed out this late. Also, there were villains of this time that made the bad guys of yesterday seem like juvenille delinquents. Not to mention the Him was still out there plotting their downfall. So the boys left and began heading to Townsville forest, where Blossom was supposed to be.
Back at Fuzzy’s shack, Blossom was ready to leave. As she headed for the door, Bubbles hugged her and Buttercup said “be careful.” She nodded once more at them, a determined look in here eyes, and left. Taking flight she began to look around her surroundings, thinking that it would be easier to find someone with a birds-eye-view.
The Rowdyruffs had flown through the forest when they noticed Fuzzy’s shack. The landed in front of it shortly after Blossom had taken off. Inside, Bubbles and Buttercup were playing rock, paper scissor. “Rock beats scissors, I win!” Buttercup yelled, throwing her fist into the air. She was interrupted by a knock on the door, and went over to answer it. “Hey, Bloss, didn’t think you’d be back so-” she was cut off as she saw who stood in the doorway…
Blossom had decided it would be better to walk instead of fly as the day got later and the sun began to set. She had no idea what time it was, but it was getting dark. The sun was setting, and was only visible through small gaps in the thick foliage as sun beams upon the ground. If this was in my own time, she thought, and I was with my sisters, the Professor or a friend, this would be very beautiful. But in a different time, and I’m alone-its spooky. As she continued to walk she began to hear the creatures of the night begin to awaken. An owl hooted. Somewhere to close for comfort a wolf howled. A crow cawed. Something in a bush near her leg rustled and Blossom ran off. She quickly lost her sense of direction and wound up in a small clearing. As she circled around, trying to get her bearings, she heard a noise unlike the others in the forest: crying. Human crying. Human girl crying. Blossom headed in the direction of the sound.
She walked towards the sound of the girl and finally after passing through another, smaller clearing, she found her. It was Blossom of this time, and she was huddled against a tree, crying. As Blossom approached she accidentally stepped on a twig and snapped it. The other Blossom abruptly stopped crying and stood up, wiping the tears from here eyes. “D-don’t come any closer!” she cried, her arms held up defensively. Blossom took a few more steps then stopped and held out a hand “I want to help you.” The other Blossom looked at her closely than threw her arms up, “oh great! Now I’m going insane!” “No, no,” Blossom corrected her, “I’m from a different time. It’s a long story, but if you want to, I can take you back to your sisters and tell you about it there.” That got the other Blossom’s attention. “You mean you know where they are!” Blossom nodded, “but you gotta let me fly you there. I don’t know the way on foot.” The other Blossom was suddenly in awe “you mean you’re that Blossom? The Powerpuff girl? The one I’m created after?” Blossom nodded and the other Blossom looked even more in awe. “I’ve always been honored to be created in your memory. I mean, you were the leader!” Blossom blushed, not use to all this fandom. “C’mon,” Blossom repeated, “let’s head home.” The other Blossom wrapped her arms around Blossom who asked “you ready?” The other Blossom nodded, and the Powerpuff took off.
Within minutes they had found Fuzzy’s shack and had landed, the other Blossom running straight into the house leaving Blossom to follow behind. Inside Bubbles and Buttercup were in deep conversation with the Rowdyruffs, who had had no idea up till now that Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup were still alive. When Bubbles and Buttercup saw their long-lost sister, they embraced and sat down again as Buttercup filled them in with what was going on.
“The Rowdyruffs want our help to fight crime! They say the more the better and all we’d need is to get fixed up with just a little more chemical X.” Brick, Boomer and Butch nodded. The other Blossom spoke up “this is it, girls! Our chance to prove to Townsville that we’re just as capable as the original Powerpuffs!” Blossom smiled; things were working out nicely.
Back at Him’s lair, the vile demon was just putting the finishing touches on his worst plan yet…
