PART II
Why These Dreams?
Part II
As the girls walked downstairs and into the living room, the house seemed to ripple. “Concentrate on something, Buttercup,” Blossom ordered, “it’s attempting to pull us into another dream!” They both stopped, focusing all their energy on staying in this dream. The house came back to normal and the girls continued their descent to the living room.
Once in the living room, the house rippled again. Blossom turned to her sister “Buttercup!” and reached out to grab her. A vortex had opened right behind Buttercup and was sucking her up. Blossom managed to get a hold on Buttercup’s outstretched hand and was able to pull her away from the portal, which immediately closed up. The house went back to normal and the girls made their way to the Professor’s lab.
When they opened the door to the lab, the house rippled again. At the bottom of the stairs another vortex opened. “Now what?” Buttercup asked. “Just follow my lead.” Blossom replied, leading them halfway down the stairs. She jumped down the side of the stairwell and Buttercup followed suit. The floor beneath them began to swirl and the girls jumped out of the way just as another portal opened. “We don’t have much time!” Blossom said, looking around for the chemical X. “There!” Buttercup said, pointing to a shelf several feet above them. They ran over to the counter beneath the shelf and Blossom climbed onto Buttercup’s head. Buttercup held her balance while Blossom climbed onto the counted, then pulled Buttercup up as well. They ran over to the shelf and once again Blossom stood on Buttercup’s head as she was elevated to the shelf. She climbed onto it and grabbed a vial of chemical X that she handed to her sister. She grabbed a vial for herself and one for Bubbles. Realistic or not this is still a dream, Blossom thought, so there’s still a chance we can find Bubbles. She poured her vial over herself and flew over to where Buttercup was floating. “Now what Bloss?” “Now,” Blossom said as the entire room began to swirl and become a vortex, “we let the dream run its course.” The portal sucked them up and the dream vanished.
Blossom and Buttercup fell onto a city street. The place was deserted, and the sky was a dark red. “Where are we now, red?” “I don’t know…” Blossom began when a voice interrupted her. It seemed to echo from the very air around them. A hahahahahahahaha. Powerpuffs, how do you like my dreams? I’ve personally sent you into your own little nightmare world, from which there is no awakening! “Him.” Blossom and Buttercup said in unison. “Alright Him,” Buttercup said, “show yourself so we can beat you up! I’m sick of you hiding from us you coward!” “And give us back Bubbles!” Blossom added. Ah ah ah Powerpuffs. Why should I show myself to you when I have the upper hand? If you want to wake up, you’ll have to find the way out yourself. As for your sister, don’t fret. I haven’t destroyed her…yet. She is my prisoner, and will be until you find your way out of my trap. That way I can destroy you all at once! The voice faded away and Buttercup turned to her sister, “now what?” Blossom thought for a moment before she came up with an idea. “Buttercup, remember back in the Professor’s lab. The entire place seemed to be on the brink of reality.” Buttercup nodded while her sister continued “all we have to do is have the dream disappear without going with it. Without a dream, there’s nothingness, which is probably where Him would be hiding.” As if on cure, the entire place began to ripple and a portal opened right beside them. They flew off as more vortexes opened around them. Finally the air itself began to spiral and create a vortex. “This is it! Plan counter clock!” Buttercup and Blossom began to fly in the opposite direction the portal was spiraling in. They were not prepared for what happened next.
At first the portal seemed to slow down, as if it would finally stop and they would stay in this dream. Then it began to swirl at super-high speeds and the world about them became nothing but a blur. The girls continued to fly in circles but they both felt the pull as the portal began to close, then they were blown away with a powerful blast as the vortex shut.
There was whiteness. Blossom, Buttercup and whiteness. Buttercup looked at her sister, who shrugged. For a few moments they floated in nothingness when that, too, began to ripple. The girls couldn’t see it, but they could feel it. Only this time it was pushing them away, not pulling them in. “Buttercup,” Blossom began but her sister interrupted her “I got it.” They began to fly in the same direction the other portals had spun, and a sinking sensation overcame them as they were pulled into the new dream.
But this was not a dream.
They had escaped from the dream realm, and had entered where Him had been hiding and controlling their dreams. The demon was pacing back and forth. Bubbles was tied and gagged on the floor in a corner. Blossom flew over to free their sister as Buttercup confronted Him, who had just noticed their appearance. “Powerpuffs, I’m impressed. You were able to find your way out of the dreams and to me. But I can’t let you leave here. You’re my prisoners.” Buttercup flew forward to punch him but stopped when Him said “and since I’m the only one who knows the way out of here, beating me to a pulp won’t help anyone.” Blossom and Bubbles (who had regained her powers) flew over to them and Blossom said “then how about a truce? We can’t get out of here without your…guidance, and we won’t let you escape without a severe punishment.” At this, Buttercup punched one fist into her hand threateningly.” Him thought for a moment then an evil grin spread across his face. “Too bad for you,” he said as his body began to dissolve. The girls flew forward and each grabbed a part of Him’s body as he left their minds.
They reappeared in their room and Him dissolved into red smoke that floated out their window. Buttercup tried to punch it, but to no avail. Him’s voice echoed from the smoke “oh, Powerpuffs! You may have gotten out of that predicament, but I have many more tricks and plans in store for you.” The smoke floated off. The girls looked at one another. “Hey!” Buttercup said, looking herself and her sisters over “we’re back in our pj’s!” “And my cut’s gone!” Blossom said, feeling where the cut had been. Bubbles jumped into the air “and we still have our powers!” “Yeah!” Buttercup exclaimed, then yawned. Blossom looked over at the clock: 5:30a.m. “Well, that seemed a lot longer than it actually was,” Buttercup said, also looking over at the clock, but at least we’re back in reality!” Blossom nodded, than also yawned. “Let’s get some sleep. We have school later, don’t forget.” Buttercup moaned “man, I should’ve hit Him at least once for making us loose sleep! Ah well, I’ll just take a nap in class.” Blossom tried to glare at her sister but a yawn interrupted her. “C’mon,” she said, “time for bed.” They flew over to their bed, where Bubbles was already fast asleep. As they got under the covers Buttercup asked, “d’ya think Him’s stupid enough to try that again?” Half asleep, Blossom replied “I don’t know, Buttercup. He’s done stuff like this before, he might try it again. Then again, he might not. You just never know.” Buttercup agreed, but Blossom was asleep before the word escaped her lips. Buttercup moved into a more comfortable position and was asleep a few seconds later.
They had no nightmares.
