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Dreams of an Absolution	By : DeusExProcella Category: +M through R > PowerPuff Girls Views: 9670 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"I count the times that I've been sorry

I know, I know

Now my compassion slowly drowns

I know, I know

If there's a time these walls could guard you

I know, I know

Then let that time be right now,"

Ready to Fall (Rise Against "The Sufferer and the Witness")

Dreams of an Absolution

Chapter 42

"NO!"Blossom's pained scream echoed across the Pit of Hate; she lashed out in her fury and her tentacles smashed through the floor, sending red stone spiraling into the bottomless hole below. She held her head in her hands, tentacles flying wildly, her power whipping up around her like a fountain. With another scream, she released a shockwave of power that shook the tower.

"My Lady...please, you'll kill us all," Chamberlain tried to reason with her. Blossom snarled and, in a flash, had him pinned to the wall, her fiery eyes tearing into his soul.

"Don't you DARE TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" she screamed, throwing him to the ground and screaming again, hands flying to her head. Chamberlain looked up at Demongo, then both demons turned to face Aku, who had been sitting in his throne, watching with a pained look on his face. His chest was on fire, his heart burning visibly.

"Blossom..." he whispered, "Speak to me...about your sister," Blossom spun around, tears streaming down her bright red face. She started to growl, but it was quickly strangled and became a pained cry. Her human form melted away, returning her to her true demon form. Completely drained, Blossom collapsed to the ground, pulling her knees to her chest and sobbing uncontrollably. Aku was at her side like a shadow, reaching out tentatively, gently caressing her hair. Blossom's tentacles wrapped around her body, protectively.

"I can't...I can't believe it...this can't be real," she cried over and over again. Since waking up from her fight with the mysterious fourth Powerpuff girl, Bunny, Blossom had been inconsolable. After nearly two hours of screaming, she'd finally worn herself out.

"This sister...Aku doesn't recall you mentioning her," Aku started, slowly. He was worried that, if he was too brash, he might trigger her wrath again.

"We...it's all our fault...all my fault. This is all my fault...I'm horrible," she cried, curling up tighter. When he tried to comfort her, she pulled away, flinching. Aku sighed and sat back, waiting for her to calm down again.

"How? Who is this girl?" he asked again. In spite of their fighting and bickering, even Aku could tell that the Utonium sisters were close as could be. The time he'd spent as Aku Blossom, talking to Buttercup and Bubbles, had given him a tremendous amount of insight into their relationship. They'd forgiven each other relatively quickly after he pit them against one another.

"She's...our...baby sister," Blossom stuttered out, her voice just above a whisper, "We were so tired...so tired...we just wanted help but..." she shivered and buried her face once more.

"We created her ourselves, the three of us. The ingredients were just...things we threw together. She was different back then, but she was our baby sister. We loved her, but..." Blossom began to tear up again. Her voice cracked and she sobbed once more, "We used her...we just sat on our butts while we made her do our jobs. We didn't even explain it right! Then we...we got mad at her. WE GOT MAD AT HER!" A shockwave shot from her body, "We just sent her out to do our jobs for us on her first day alive! We didn't play with her, we didn't talk to her, we just sent her out like...like a..."

"A minion..?" Aku offered. Blossom lowered her head. After hesitating, she nodded.

"We got mad at her for not understanding. Then we got in trouble and...and she came back and saved us. But it was too much for her...our bad ingredients...messed up and she ended up...she..." Blossom hiccuped and looked up at Aku apologetically, "She died...she blew up because she was unstable. And it was all our fault! All my fault! She died because of us! Me!"

"Dearest, no...shh..." Aku pulled her into his arms. She finally relented, latching onto him desperately, "You had no way of knowing..."

"Now...now someone brought her back! They changed her! She's...she's still Bunny, but she's not! I almost didn't recognize her!" Blossom began to heat up, growling deep in her throat, "Why change her?! SHE WAS JUST FINE! THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HER!" she screamed, slamming her fists against Aku's chest. His eyes bulged, but Aku managed to maintain his poker face.

"You said she was different?" he asked. This time, when she hit him, Aku lost his breath.

"THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HER!" she screamed, "Everything that went wrong...it was our fault...the whole thing was our fault...she was just fine...she was perfect...she was perfect..." she continued muttering, burying herself in his arms, sobbing once again. Aku glanced at his minions and gestured for them to leave. With a curt salute, they vanished into the lair.

"You're just fine, Bunny...I'm so sorry...you were perfect, and wonderful, and sweet...it's my fault...it's all my fault, I'm so sorry...you were perfect..."

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The clock in the living room struck two and started to chime. Up the stairs, at the end of the hall, the door to the little bedroom in the back opened and a tiny figure shuffled across the hall, sniffling and rubbing her eyes. She paused in front of another door. She took a deep breath and knocked softly, glancing down the hall to make sure she didn't wake her parents. She could still hear the TV downstairs—the happy couple must have fallen asleep on the couch.

The door opened a crack and a pair of blue eyes met hers, "I can't sleep..." Blossom whispered. Bubbles nodded and bit her lip. Her eyes were red and puffy, Blossom's probably looked the same. "Can I?" Blossom asked, her voice cracking. Bubbles nodded again. Before Blossom was even in the room, Bubbles hugged her suddenly, grabbing her nightie and trembling. The redhead bit her lip and returned the hug with all her limited might.

"We have to save her," Bubbles whispered, after the two stood holding each other for nearly five minutes. Blossom nodded, tightening her hug. If Bubbles could tell she was exceeding her limit, she didn't say anything, only held her tighter in response.

"I can't fight her, Blossom," Bubbles cried, sobbing, "It's all our fault...we did this to her..."

"I know..." Blossom whispered. The two jumped when a third pair of arms joined them. They looked up into their sister's tearful green eyes. The sisters slept together for the first time in three months that night, though none of them could really say they slept at all.

XxXxX

The girls weren't given the time to fully recover, physically or emotionally, from the fight. The very next day, before they could even get to class, the robots returned, swarming the city in even greater numbers. They looked different, bigger, stronger, sleeker. The first one to appear was more than a match for anything the scant few Townsville PD officers on the scene could throw at it. In seconds, they were unconscious in the street.

"Hold it!" Blossom called, smashing the robot into the ground as she landed. It climbed to its feet, repairing itself from the meager damage she'd managed to do. Blossom took a step back, only just avoiding its retaliating strike. Things weren't going to be nearly as easy this time...

"Get back, your Highness!" Blossom dropped to the ground, avoiding Brick's heat rays, smashing into the robot and tearing its out-stretched arm off. He landed and grinned, but his grin faded quickly. Metal tendrils shot from the robot's wound, picking up its arm and reattaching it in seconds.

"They couldn't do that yesterday!" Buttercup cried, smashing one of the robots with a parked car. It climbed to its feet, repairing back to full strength. Bubbles ducked and dodged the attacks from her own mechanical assailant, but her attention was clearly somewhere else. Even when the robot readied a devastating energy attack, she continued to stare off into the sky.

"Bubbles, look out!" Butch tackled the robot, knocking the blast off course. It spun off into the air and exploded several feet up. He smashed the robot's head over and over again, then stepped back, panting. The robot rose up from the ground, able to repair even fatal damage to its head, "No!" he shouted, blocking a volley of energy blasts with his own energy shield.

"Blondie, help him!" Brick shouted, tackling a robot at the same time Buttercup did. The two managed to tear it in half, and wasted no time in smashing it further. Buttercup hurled the debris across the street. Brick unleashed his heat rays, finally managing to vaporize the robot. They didn't have time to hope they'd done the job, as another landed to replace its fallen comrade.

"Who's making these?" Blossom wondered out loud. She was watching Bubbles, who was watching the sky. Blossom glanced at Buttercup; even her attention was divided. They were waiting for her to show up again.

"Blossom move!" someone called. Blossom blinked and looked around. She'd zoned out entirely it seemed and—Blossom hissed, driven into the ground by a robot, smashing into her back and driving her face first into the pavement. The machine drove its knee into her back and grabbed her by her head. A piston rose up from its elbow and, its visor glowing red, it began to drive her head against the ground repeatedly.

"AH!" Blossom screamed, trying to get enough leverage to throw it away. The robot was strong, though. Far too strong to just buck it away without using too much power. Her vision was starting to get blurry. A few more hits like this and she'd surely black out. The last blow stopped abruptly. In fact, the weight of the robot vanished in an instant, followed by an explosion that blew dust in her face. Dizzy, but conscious, Blossom sat up and watched her savior take out another robot en route for her.

"Ugh...Boomer?" she muttered, rubbing her head. Sure enough, the blue Rowdyruff boy was smashing through the robots with relative ease. His eyes were narrowed, focused, and lightning crackled in the air around him. He was wearing his serious face.

"Are you okay?" Bubbles asked, helping Blossom to her feet. Blossom rubbed her head, and wiped a trail of blood from her mouth, then nodded.

"I think...so..." Almost like slow motion, an explosion went off in the middle of the street, one echoed by a shrill scream. It shattered Butch's shield and sent Buttercup halfway through the car she'd been using as a bat.

"Bunny!" Bubbles cried. The purple Powerpuff girl had returned, though she looked no more pleased than she had the day before.

"Powerpuff Girls..." she muttered. Bunny dropped to the ground. Though it was only a few inches, she managed to smash a crater in the street.

"That's her?" Butch asked, getting ready to fight. Brick joined him, but, when they looked to the Powerpuff Girls for support, the Rowdyruff Boys noticed that none of them looked willing to put up a fight. "What are you three doing? Get ready before she-" Brick's head snapped back, taking the rest of his body with it.

"Go away!" Bunny yelled, spinning around and throwing a fierce kick at Butch. He threw up his shield, but the sudden force shattered it instantly. Before he could even gasp in surprise, the kick landed and sent him flying limp.

"Bunny, stop," Bubbles pleaded, "Stop fighting and we can talk about this,"

"No talk, Bunny don't want talk! You talk, but none of it true! Bunny no talk!" Bunny shot back, charging at her sisters. Buttercup tackled Bubbles away from Bunny's initial charge, but neither was prepared for just how fast their sister was. Spinning on a dime, Bunny screamed, her explosive shout hitting them as hard as any punch.

"We're sorry...we can't take it back, but we can make it better! I promise!" Blossom insisted, moving closer to Bunny. The purple puff swallowed and took a step back. She rubbed her head, but her confusion quickly turned to anger, and then to fury. Bunny began to growl.

"NO! BUNNY KILL!" She screamed, erupting into purple light. Bunny shot at her like a bullet, but the blow never landed. Boomer caught her fist, holding her back with a determined, vicious glint in his eye.

"NO! Don't touch her!" He yelled. The two struggled against each other, pushing their strength higher and higher.

"Take this!" Brick yelled as he fired his heat rays, blasting Bunny in the side and away from Boomer. She yelped and crashed into the ground, spinning out of control before landing.

"BUNNY!" The girls yelled, hurrying to her side.

"Get away from her, you idiots!" Butch shouted, finally back in the fight. Bunny turned on her sisters, pouncing on them like an animal. Buttercup dodged a punch, only to take a knee to the chest. Blossom avoided a kick and was punched in the side. Bubbles dodged a punch and reached out, pressing her mitt against Bunny's lips, silencing an explosive shout. Bunny froze, staring at her with wide eyes.

"Shh...it's okay," Bubbles insisted, "We'll help you, okay? You don't have to do this...we're sorry. We can make it better," she smiled, "Okay?" Buttercup helped Blossom to her feet and the two watched with baited breath. Bunny's eyes unfocused, her lazy eye drifting off center.

"Bubbles?" she mumbled, cocking her head. Bubbles beamed and nodded, taking a step closer and gently caressing Bunny's cheek.

"That's right...it'll be okay, alright, Bunny? We love you, and we just want to help you," she explained soothingly. Bunny started to nod. Her face suddenly screwed up in pain and her eyes focused in an instant.

"NO!" She screamed, blowing Bubbles back with an explosive shout. Bunny's hands flew to her head, her power started overflowing around her. "No! You just hurt Bunny! You all hurt Bunny! Bunny hate you! Hate you? Yes! Bunny hate Powerpuffs! Bunny kill Powerpuffs! Bunny do good!" She argued with herself, trembling and stomping her feet.

"Shut up already!" Brick yelled, catching her by surprise and throwing a fierce right hook across her face. Bunny's head shot to the side, but she steadied herself and snarled. She headbutted Brick, knocking him across the street like a rocket. Butch tried to attack her from the side, but Bunny managed to catch him. With a shout, she jumped in the air and then threw Butch down. He smashed into, through and deeper into the ground. She landed and began advancing on the remaining four, lips pulled back, showing off her teeth.

"Bunny finally kill Powerpuffs. Then Bunny do good!" she insisted. She shot at them. When Bubbles tried to get close again, Bunny snatched her wrist and pulled her forward. With a shout she brought Bubbles arm down on her knee. A small shockwave shot from the blow, snapping her elbow instantly. Bubbles screamed and dropped to the ground, her arm hanging limp at her side. Bunny knocked her to the ground with another brutal punch. She lifted her foot to stomp down on the blue puff's head, but Boomer smacked her back with his energy bat.

"GO AWAY!" Bunny screamed, her explosive shout blowing Boomer away. He turned in mid air, fighting against the blast to come back at her. He only managed to fly face first into a powerful punch the sent him careening into a nearby office building. Bunny jumped into the air and came down lightning fast, crashing into Buttercup with a devastating kick. She caught Buttercup by her ankle before she could get far and swung her around, smashing her into Blossom.

"Bunny...ugh...she's so strong...was she always this strong?" Blossom muttered. She tried to get up and quickly fell back down, pain shooting up her leg. "Oh no,"

Buttercup rose to her knees and managed to slide between Bunny and her sisters, "Don't do this, sis," she coughed, slowly rising to her feet. As unsteady as she was even a strong breeze could likely take her down. Bunny took a step toward her and froze. Her eyes unfocused and she came to a halt, holding her head. Tears welled up in her eyes and started rolling down her cheeks.

"Sisters?" she moaned. Bunny's head dropped and she stared at the ground, crying softly. Like before, one of the robots suddenly sprang to life, a mechanical voice rising out of it.

"Bunny, snap out of it. Kill them, or come back," it demanded. Bunny continued to cry, standing completely still. Every so often, she would sniffle and hiccup. The robot pulled itself together and stalked toward her.

"Get away from her!" Buttercup and Blossom screamed, the latter climbing to her feet, standing defiant on her bad limb. The robot ignored them entirely, leaning closer to Bunny.

"Return, you've failed, Bunny," Bunny shook her head, "Return this instant," Bunny winced and a strangled sob escaped her lips. Her eyes focused again and she stood up straight, snarling through her tears.

"Bunny kill them...kill them all..."

"You've failed,"

"Bunny..."

"Is a failure, now return," Her face screwed up in rage and Bunny glared at the robot. She trembled, then screamed. Her explosive shout was powerful enough that, at close range, it vaporized the robot entirely. She growled and glared at her sisters. For a second, her lips quivered. Then, with a snort, Bunny shot off.

"God!" Brick groaned, stumbling over and helping Butch climb the rest of the way out of his crater. Boomer landed, staggering and collapsing to his knees, staring wide-eyed at the ground. He crawled over to Blossom, who had collapsed back to the ground. Though she could barely sit up straight, Buttercup and Boomer knelt down to take a look at Blossom's leg.

"That retard is strong as Hell," Brick muttered, snickering slightly at his own joke. Almost instantly, the street went dead silent. Before he could so much as catch his breath, Brick found himself dangling in the air, two iron-like mitts latched to his throat. Her lips were pulled back in the angriest look he'd ever seen on her pretty face. She was glowing, like a goddess, with waves of light and power pouring off her body. Every wound she'd sustained in the fight was gone.

"Don't you ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!" Bubbles screamed, tightening her hold on his neck with each "ever." Brick gagged, trying to breathe. Bubbles continued to glare at him, unblinking. He finally managed to nod. When she threw him down, Brick heaved and gasped. Bubbles took several deep breaths, clenched her eyes shut and shook, her lips quivering. With a scream, she vanished, leaving behind a gaping hole in the ground.

Across the city, the robots still invading suddenly began to explode into a shower of shrapnel and scrap, one after the other. Each one was sent scattered by a colossal sonic boom, resonating from each strike. Back at the site of the fight with Bunny, Blossom watched Bubbles' rampage. She looked up, making eye contact with Buttercup. Blossom's lips quivered and she lowered her head.

Bubbles was taking out her anger on the enemy, tearing them apart.

Buttercup was taking control of the situation, trying to take care of her sisters.

And all Blossom could do was cry.
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