Chapter 3

“We already know who you are Buttercup.” The red one says.

“Then mind telling me your names?” I ask her.

“Sure! I’m Brat!” The blue one says.

“Brute.” The green one says.

“And I’m Berserk.” The red one says completing the set.

“So why did you take me?” I ask.

They look at each other then start to laugh to themselves. This was a bit creepy. It wasn’t an innocent laugh.

It was like those villains in a cartoon type of laughs. I didn’t like it.

“Simple. We want to destroy the Powerpuff girls. And you’re the strongest. So we have to make sure you’re out of the picture and away from the others.” Berserk says.

This kinda pissed me off.

“Come on dudes! We haven’t even done anything nor could we do anything to you guys! What gives?!” I ask.

They all look at me kinda shocked.

“You’re not scared?” Brute starts.

“Or worried?” Brat adds.

“Or even concerned?” Berserk finishes.

“About?” I ask.

They stare at me blankly. Then they burst out laughing. This time however it was actually normal. Well.. normal-ish.

“Oh, you’re entertaining! That’s good for you.” Berserk says.

“Especially since this means that we won’t have to torture you to fight boredom!” Brute adds.

They eye me trying to size me up. While also trying to see if I’ll or how I’ll react.

I just leaned away from them and raised an eyebrow at them. What? They’re creepy way before they could ever be scary.

“Wow! No reaction! Besides the look she didn’t react! It’s like she’s completely unfazed!” Brat says.

“So where are we?” I ask.

Listen I know they kidnapped. And I know they probably won’t tell me. But hey I can’t show fear!

After all that might just encourage them to get crazier. And I’m not dealing w/ that.

“The city of New Vilestown.” Brute says.

I look over at her. She’s leaning against the wall next to a window. She moved the curtains to the side and.. Yikes!

It looks just like the city on new Townsville but.. in an apocalypse. Buildings are collapsing and there’s a fire like every 5 steps!

“W-what happened here?” I ask still not fully able to process my home being like this.

Even though it’s technically not my home it looks like it. And that’s what matters to me.

“Oh? We just got bored and redecorated it a bit.” Berserk says as Brute recloses the curtains.

“You know what… If I don’t ask can y’all not tell me what you did to them?” I ask.

They look at me then each other and giggle.

“Sure. But it’ll cost ya.” Brat says as she comes closer to me.

She reaches out to grab my face. I lean back and kick my leg out. Yes my leg was restrained. I.. kicked and broke the chain.

But I didn’t even have time to process that. Why? Oh because the kick caused her to lose balance.

And of course she had to land on my lap! One it kinda hurt. And two I don’t want some random girl on my lap!

“Bwahahahahaha!!” The other two start laughing and pointing at our current issue.

Brat after registering what happened and our position turned bright red. I thought she would jump up.

But instead she leaned into my shoulder and hid her face. Causing the other two to laugh more and harder.

“Mind getting her off of my lap then laughing?” I ask as I shift.

Brute and Berserk looked at each other then collectively shook their heads.

“No way. If we get too close you might kick us too! Then we’ll all be on your lap. Unless that’s what you want?” Brute says.

She had a smirk that grew when she said the last part. I glared at her.

“I wonder if Brat would untie me so that I can shove your own foot so far up your ass you can taste it!” I say.

This got them to stop laughing and all three of them to look at me shocked.

“You know what..? Yeah let’s do that!” Brat says. She moved her hands as if to untie me.

“Brat stop kidding! Besides we have something to show her while she’s still.. occupied.” Berserk says.

She looked me up and down. It was almost like she was trying to annoy me but subtly.

But at least Brat got off my lap and walked away from me. Suddenly the chair that I was tied to moved on its own!

As it rotated though I got a good look at the room we were in. It.. looked like the lab!? That’s when I realized something.

Typically we’re w/ the professor, Ken and Poochi, or the mayor and Miss Bellum. But I haven’t seen them.

“Where’s.. the others?” I ask a bit hesitant.

“We only took you.” Berserk says.

“No, I mean where’s your professor, Ken, Poochi, or Mayor and Miss Bellum?” I rephrase.

They all freeze and tense.

After a few minutes they all turned to me and had these hardened gazes that were definitely different from how they were earlier.

“Don’t ask that again!” They all say. I quickly nodded.

I don’t know what it was but something about the way they all looked at me told me that, that was a can of worms I wanted to avoid.

“So… What are you showing me?” I ask instead changing the subject.

“You’ll see.” Brat says. She started typing.

I don’t know what she was typing and I’m not sure if I want to find out. The chair creaked and I looked back.

That’s when I noticed that Brute had moved over to me and was leaning against the back of the chair.

I wasn’t really comfortable knowing she’s so close to me but behind me instead of somewhere where I could see her easily.

“What? Do I have something on my face?” She asks.

I guess I was staring at her and she wasn’t really enjoying the attention.

“No, just confused on why you’re standing there of all places.” I say.

She chuckled slightly then moved closer to me.

“Because I want to. Why? Uncomfortable?” She ask. She clearly wants to push my buttons.

Well two can play that game.

“No. I was just shocked that even when I’m tied up you know better than to try and be in front. You must have already accepted that I’m just better than and no matter what figuratively or physically I’m always in front of you.” I say smirking then turn away from her.

As soon as I was facing forward again I saw Brat and Berserk looking at me shocked. Then they started laughing.

That was soon followed by an angry grunt from Brute who then hurriedly moved in front of me and bent down to get in my face.

“What was that Butter face!?” She exclaims.

Her awful nickname got more laughs from the two hyenas behind her.

“What? Mad that I called you out? Hey how about I let you sit in front of me at my feet? After all the only time realistically you’d be in front of me is if you’re at my feet.” I say and smile sweetly at her.

She looked at me clearly at a loss for words. She kept opening and closing her mouth. She reminded me of a fish out of water.

The other two after a brief moment of silence were laughing again. Brute let out a mix of a groan and a grunt then she untied one of my arms.

She then threw it in my lap and sat on the arm of the chair. I just rubbed my wrist the best I could and waited for the other two to stop cackling.

“First time someone got her to go mute! Nice!” Berserk says giving me a thumbs up.

After a few more moments the giant computer, that Ken and the professor usually use, screen lit up.

That’s when I saw… Bubbles and Blossom!? They were flying all over town and talking to people.

And in Bubbles’ case animals. Still can’t get over her talking to animals power. It also makes her look crazy sometimes.

But they looked really worried. And a bit frantic.

W/ in the couple of minutes of this video or whatever starting the girls had already circled the town five times!

“What’s going on? Why do they look so panic.. no why do they look so desperate?” I ask.

“Can you really not guess?” Brat giggles.

“Oh did one of the Rowdyruff boys go missing or something?” I say rolling my eyes after thinking for a while.

“What? No. Why would you think that seeing this?” Brute asks.

“Well, those boys are the only ones I can think of that they care enough about to react like this. Unless.. don’t tell me their families went missing?” I ask.

“…” All three of them are just starting at me.

I raised an eyebrow at them. My gaze, shifting between them and the screen.

“Are you playing dumb or something?” Berserk asks.

“No, why?” I ask.

“Because it’s obvious they’re looking for you!” Brat exclaims?

For the first time since being here I start laughing and hard.

“Good one.” I say as I look up.

Then I see them all looking at me like something is wrong w/ me.

“Wait.. you’re seriously!?” I exclaim.

“Duh! What the hell happened to where you think we weren’t? I mean you three are attached at the hip, it seems sometimes.” Brute says.

“Do y’all not know about the fight we had?” I ask.

“What fight?” Berserk ask. They turned off the screen and now I have all of their attention.

“You guys really don’t know? Can’t you just go and reverse your footage or something?” I ask.

I really wasn’t trying to tell them about it myself. So it’s best if they just watch it through the screen if they can.

Berserk went over to the keyboard and started typing. After a few minutes she turned to me.

“How far back?” She asks.

“About.. a few weeks maybe a month?” I say estimating when we had the fight exactly.

She nods then starts typing again. A while later the screen comes back on and I see a freeze frame of a few moments before our last fight.

“Yeah that’s it.” I say. She nods then plays the video.

As that played I untied my other arm and freed my leg. They were too occupied w/ the video to notice me moving.

Once I freed myself I just walked to where I thought the kitchen might be here.

I mean yeah this place looked enough like the lab but some things were flipped. Yes I went to find the kitchen.

I’m hungry. I’m not apologizing either. Besides judging by the glance I got of this city I really rather not go out there unless I have to.

So I found the kitchen and started making myself a sandwich. Cause why not? Not long after I started eating I heard someone yelling.

“Where the hell did she go!?” I walked out of the kitchen more into their view and looked at them confused as I took another bite.

Hearing me move caused them to snap their heads to me. I was mid swallow when that happened.

I almost choked not going to lie.

“What..?” I ask as I recover from my near choking experience.

“Did you seriously get free from your restraints and instead of running from your kidnappers you went to their kitchen and made yourself a snack?” Berserk asks.

“Yeah..?” I answer hesitantly.

“Did escaping really not cross your mind?” Brat asks.

“To where? This isn’t my home and I’m not trying to go out there and then something happens to me. Besides I was hungry.” I state.

“Fair. Is there enough left to make another?” Brute asks.

“Yeah, stuff’s still out too.” I say.

She jumps up and heads to the kitchen and starts making her own sandwich.

“Really Brute!?” Berserk asks.

“What? Want me to make you one too?” She asks.

“Yes please for both of us but that’s not why she said your name!” Brat says.

“Can either of you say what she said isn’t reasonable? I mean after all does the city really look like the place she’d fit in let alone be able to navigate w/ out drawing attention.” Brute says.

The other two looked at me while I continued eating my sandwich then each other.

“Alright fair.” Berserk says agreeing w/ what Brute said.

“Can I get my belt back now?” I ask they all looked at me like I was crazy.

“Seriously?” Brat asks.

“What? I’ve worn it so long it feels weird not having it.” I state.

“Brute I’m taking one of your old spike belts.” Berserk says as she grabs a spike belt then comes over to me.

I watch her carefully as she moves behind me and wraps the belt around me.

“Well this is shocking.” Berserk says.

“What?” Brute says as she comes out w/ the finished sandwiches.

“She’s smaller than she looks!” She says.

“What do you mean?” Brat asks.

“Yeah what do you mean? Are you saying I look fat?” I ask.

“No I’m saying your clothes hide how much of an hourglass you actually are.” Berserk says.

I turn bright red and slap her.

“Don’t touch me again.” I say immediately and I move behind the other two.

Brute almost choked on her sandwich because she tried to laugh and eat it at the same time.

Brat was too stunned to even take her first bite of the sandwich. Meanwhile Berserk stood there w/ her mouth open and a hand on her cheek.

“Feisty.” Berserk finally says after a good couple of minutes.

“I’m making another sandwich.” I say walking away from them.

“Anyways I think Brute’s belt is going to be too big on you.” Berserk says as she drops the spike belt and grabs her sandwich from Brute.

“You guys.. aren’t going to let me find a belt myself?” I ask.

“Nope.”

“Nuh uh.”

“Not a chance.” They all say their version of no.

“Why?” I ask.

“It’s more fun this way.” Brute says smirking at me.

“Whatever. Oh wait you must want to be looking at something you like as you keep trying to catch up to me to try and pass me right? But seeing as how you’re so far behind me I’m surprised you can even see me from back there.” I say not looking up from making my sandwich.

“That’s it! Put the sandwich down we’re wrestling right here and now!” Brute says.

She had just finished her sandwich so she seemed ready to go. I’m not one to turn down a challenge.

Especially if it’s a wrestling challenge. So I finished making my victory snack and went in front of her and faced her.

“Hm..” I hum.

“What’s wrong?” Brat asks.

“Something’s wrong w/ the picture in front of me. Brute’s in front of me but something’s.. off. Oh that’s right she’s supposed to be down at my feet if she’s in front of me!” I say.

The other two laughed while Brute grumbled.

“You know what punk style!” She says before suddenly lunging at me.

Let’s just say this was more like a street brawl than wrestling. That is until Berserk realized we were on a rug so she pulled it out from under us.

Literally. Which made us fall. But since we were both attacking we ended up falling on top of each other.

Causing us to wrestle from the ground up. Each one of us trying to claim the upper hand.

Brute somehow got behind me. So as we’re up I’m trying to break free from her grip as she tries to return me to the mat.

Our match took us all over the place. So we ended up right there by where Berserk dropped Brute’s spiked belt.

So as you could guess one of us stepped on it. The culprit being Brute herself. Which caused her to slip.

But because she was holding onto me like I was her life support she ended up pulling me into her lap while holding me by my waist.

Thankfully this looked and felt similar enough to an actual wrestling position. So I kept fighting. But Brute did as well.

Which soon resulted in her holding me close to her while her arms were around my waist as I squirmed in her grip.

“Buttercup it looks like you’re a good cuddle mate!” Brat laughs.

“Shut up!” Both Brute and I yell at her.

“Calm down love birds. She was just teasing.” Berserk says as she and Brat laugh harder.

“Fucking hyenas.” I say.

This got them to stop laughing and they glared at me. Brute however started laughing. Which gave me the chance to get free.

I then pinned her and smirked.

“I win.” I say smugly.

“No fair!” Brute complains.

“When have you guys even done things based on fairness?” I ask.

From what I can assume based on what I saw from them they only do what they want.

“Fair.” Brute relents after a minute or two.

I get off her and I see the other two smirking at us.

“What?” I ask.

“Nothing. It’s just weird seeing someone who is her literal counterpart get along w/ her so well. Makes you wonder if you’ll be, something, special.” Berserk says.

“Shut it!” Brute says.

“What she’s telling the truth. I mean we barely get along w/ you. Let alone someone who should clash w/ you like her.” Brat says.

“Don’t worry about it Brute.” I sigh. They all look at me shocked.

“What!? What do you mean don’t worry about it?!” Brute exclaims.

“Well based on their logic Bubbles and Blossom are going to be their perfect match!” I say merrily and walk away.

It was silent for a moment then Brute burst out laughing and taunting them. Which snapped them out of their shock.

Meaning they soon came running after me. I of course ran like no tomorrow. But these chicks are fucking fast!

But then again they are flying while I’m just trying to escape w/ my life by running. Right before I could turn a corner I felt a bunch of weight on top of me.

“Caught you!” Brat and Berserk yell at the same time.

What shocked me is that Brute is on top of me too! But she was still busy laughing at the others.

“Now, what would make you think that I would even be able to spend a minute w/ that whiny, goody two shoe, fashion obsessed freak!?” Brat exclaims.

“Or that I won’t immediately try to strangle that annoying, comic geek, hero obsessed nerd!?” Berserk questions.

“At least you and Brute can relate over sports and maybe even video games but come on! We have nothing in common w/ those prissy girly girls!” Brat ends their little rant.

“Opposites attract.” I answer shrugging.

They grumble then they both pick me up.

“Hey!?” I exclaimed shock at being picked up suddenly.

“Shut it!” They both yell at me.

Brute has finally stopped her little laughing fit. So she followed behind the two carrying me silently.

Though she seemed amused by my situation. Which I flipped her off over.

When I saw that they were bringing back to the room we were first in I groaned.

“Can I at least get my second sandwich?” I ask.

This made them pause for a second but then Berserk nodded. Which led to Brute breaking off from the group to get my sandwich.

She also made seconds for herself and the girls.

So after the two carrying me sat me in the chair I was previously chained to Brute handed me my sandwich.

I went to thank her but stopped myself when Brat sat in my lap!?

“What are you doing Brat?” I ask.

“Well you got out of the chains and you did break the chain around your leg. So this way we’ll definitely know if you try to get up and leave.” She says taking her sandwich from Brute.

I opted to ignore her and just eat my sandwich. After we all finished our food is when Berserk cleared her throat.

“Alright now time for our plan.” She says clapping her hands together.

“Yeah yeah. I know I know. Let’s just get this over w/.” Brute says sounding annoyed.

“What’s going on?” I ask.

“Well you see us taking you also served another purpose.” Berserk says smiling evilly at me.

“Which is?” I ask.

“To get one of us close and on the inside to help us take over new Townsville and destroy the Powerpuff girls.” Brat says.

“What!?” I exclaim.

“Yep! Doesn’t it sound exciting!?” Berserk says a bit too eagerly.

“So you’re going to do to Townsville what you did here?” I ask for clarification.

“Exactly!” Brute says, sounding a bit excited.

“Shit.” I say under my breath.

“Is that it?” Brat asks.

“Is what it?” I ask.

“Are you really not going to try and beg us to spare your city?” Berserk asks.

This is when I noticed their slightly shocked faces.

“Would that make a difference?” I ask.

“Probably not.” Brute says.

“Then why bother?” I ask.

“Fair. But we still thought you might try.” Berserk shrugs.

“Anyways come on Brute! It’s time for you to get dressed!” Brat says a little too happily.

“Ugh! I still hate this part!” Brute groans.

“Uh.. what’s happening?” I ask.

“Brute’s taking your place.” Berserk says calmly.

“Bwahahahahaha!” I burst out laughing.

I’m laughing so hard that I actually start to cry.

“What’s so funny?” Brat asks looking at me from my lap.

“Imagining her having to act.. like me? Oh that’s too funny!” I say in-between my laughter.

After a few seconds Brat and Berserk joined me in laughing.

“You know what you’re right!” Berserk says.

“Yeah, yeah keep laughing. Just know I’m going to get even.” Brute says.

This caused the other two to stop laughing. But I only laughed harder.

“You think I’m joking?” Brute asks me, moving closer to me.

“How you going to get even w/ me? After all I’m pretty sure I can do what you do and what I do just fine. But being nice might be a struggle for you.” I say challenging her.

“You know what princess why don’t I let those two sissies dress you up like a doll?” She says getting in my face.

I glared at her.

“Don’t call me princess.” I say.

“Or what, Princess?” She says emphasizing the word princess.

I went to lunge at her but Brat kept me firmly in the chair. But my sudden movement did cause Brute to stumble back.

“Well… That was definitely unexpected.” Brute says.

“Hmph!” I turn away from her. I’m now plotting a way to mess w/ her.

“Looks like you really pissed her off Brute.” Berserk says. I can physically feel them all looking at me.

Well for the next two days the punks dressed Brute up to look more like me. They then made her sound more like me.

Which in all honesty is impressive and terrifying all at the same time. They saved the most challenging part for last. Getting her to act like me.

Despite me being the more rough and sometimes ruder one of the girls everyone knows that I’m willing to help out if needed.

So it’s really only a matter of asking me. Which most don’t do. Simply because they’re too scared to.

But after the other two started hanging around me people started asking me for help more often.

Maybe because the other two made it seem like I was more approachable. Or they simply just went to the girls to ask for help and saw me coming along as a bonus.

Who knows. But not like it mattered much of late. W/ me and the girls fighting so often and in front of everyone and anyone people tended to avoid us.

Especially me. Which makes sense. I mean I went to the gym after most of the fights especially when I was really pissed.

And anyone who followed me to see what I was doing saw how strong I was when I didn’t hold back and pummeled bag after bag of sand.

And for those who don’t know. Those things hurt. But me being me and being so mad fought the pain and just kept going.

Which scared some of the boxers that were there. And I regretted it the next day too when my hands ached.

But back to the present. I’m currently watching Brute struggle being nice and gentle in a situation where an old lady asks her for help.

It was taking everything in me not to laugh. The reason why I didn’t want to laugh was because it further annoyed the punks.

Which meant they were going to come over to me. Starting w/ Brat sitting in my lap. Then Berserk leaning in after sitting at my side.

And Brute ending everything by leaning into my other side and holding me by the waist. Also FYI I’m on the couch.

Once they realized I really wasn’t trying to leave nor will I, they let me just sit and wonder wherever basically.

But it’s weird. Berserk whenever she leans in against me she grabs my arm and makes it drape over her shoulder.

And Brat, she grabs my other arm. She either puts it on her waists/ hips or on her head. Which, the last one, is my fault.

I’m used to the girls coming to me when they have a nightmare or for some reason are in a cuddly mood.

And more often than not when that happens they end up using my lap as a pillow and I got the habit of rubbing their heads.

After all the nightmares happened first and the most often so me rubbing their heads got them to fall back asleep faster.

Which meant I got to go back to sleep sooner too. But it didn’t help that Ken saw the girls do this.

And when we ended up watching a horror movie w/ him he ended up coming to me too!

I actually had to rock him the first couple of nights! And of course the professor, the mayor and Miss Bellum just had to be there and took videos and pictures of it.

And I still haven’t been able to get them to forget it. But w/ all that being said, that’s how I got the habit.

Then one day, I of course said something but since only Brat was around she was the only one that decided to act.

So she sat on my lap. And since I was on the couch and not really paying attention I patted her head and asked if she had a nightmare or just wanted cuddles.

Which caused her to blush. And when I saw who it was and remembered my situation I soon was matching her.

We agreed not to talk about it. But now depending on her mood she would put my hand on her head wanting head rubs again.

The other punks saw it but just never commented on it. Or if they did they didn’t say anything to me.

And lastly Brute, she grabs my waist and holds me like a fucking teddy bear or body pillow!

But back to the present situation, Brute finally managed to be semi nice. Which they called it good at.

They did all this w/ in the span of two days because the longer I’m missing the more likely I’m to be dead.

But also they’re impatient and want to hurry up and take Townsville over. If I seem too calm that’s just me trying to get them to lower their guards.

I mean it’s three against one. Not to mention that it looks like they stay powered up. Unlike myself. And the girls.

So it’s best for them to not suspect me of anything and trust me a bit. But I still need to get back at Brute.

Yes I’m still mad she called me princess. No I’m not going to just let it go. And yes I am willing to risk them being a bit suspicious of me.

So I found out that Brute is scared of spiders. Of course I just have to use spiders in my revenge now.

So after they went to sleep is when I acted. I’ve been staying up later than them for the whole time I’ve been here.

I said I’m catching up on my shows, since I don’t really have to worry about school I figured it was fine to do it now.

They shrugged it off and left me be. I did catch up on some of my shows while making cut outs and origami spiders.

It was scary how real they looked. I also made webs for them. Once I was sure they were all completely asleep I acted.

I snuck in quietly and hung up the spiders. But I saved the biggest and scariest spider for her. I placed it on her chest then left quickly.

Something I found out about these guys thanks to how they react when they get really annoyed is that small changes wake them up.

I moved so that I could scratch my back and before I was even finished they were awake and staring at me. Which was unsettling to say the least.

When I asked what was up they said that I moved. Even though it was barely an inch to lean forwards a bit.

And I wasn’t scratching in an exaggerated manner either. So I finished scratching then went back to how I was.

Then pretty damn soon they were asleep again! Also the reason they fell asleep on me like that was because they just spent the whole day trying to train Brute.

So when they finally sat down and relaxed a bit they got tired and fell asleep. Wasn’t fun. I was stuck there for hours.

They didn’t even let me get up to use the bathroom! Like come on seriously!?

So I’m honestly shocked I was able to set everything up w/ out waking her. But I’m pretty sure that soon she’s going to wake up.

*Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!*

Speak of the devil. Sounds like she just woke up. The other punks immediately rushed to her room.

I followed after them. And what I saw definitely made this worth it. Brute was tangled up in one of the fake spider webs.

While trying to shoot and kill all the spiders and get out at the same time! It was pretty funny and I couldn’t stop myself from laughing.

This got all their attention to me.

“What’s so funny!?” Brute exclaims.

I just walked over to her and ripped the paper spider I just picked up in half. This got the punks to stare at me blankly.

“Next time, Don’t call me princess.” I say then walk out of the room.

I wasn’t dumb enough to not have a place to hide after this revenge. So I immediately ran and hid.

“BUTTERCUP!?” Brute yells.

I thankfully already made it to my hiding place. Which she zoomed past. I could hear the other two laughing.

Brute spent the rest of the night hunting me and the entirety of the next day. They weren’t happy about missing their departure day.

I would have hid for a few more weeks. But Brat caught me when I was making myself some food.

So that was immediately scrapped. They also were like since we already missed our preferred day we might as well wait a bit longer.

This took me for a loop. That is until I realized that they were going to annoy me. As in punish me by clinging to me.

I tried to run and hide again but Brute was on me before I could even leave the kitchen! So there went another two days.

Which means Brute is leaving today. So I was watching Brat and Berserk work the computer.

They were making sure we could always see Brute. And it’s scary to say that she’s actually doing a pretty damn good job at being me.

I honestly caught myself thinking it was a video of me a couple of times.

“What the hell?” Berserk says.

I look back at the screen after zoning out a bit and saw Brute getting swarmed by my family and the gang.

“Omg Buttercup! We thought you were in danger!” Blossom cries.

“Where did you disappear too!? And what happened?!” Bubbles asks as they all break the group hug.

“Some creeps snatched me. But I was finally able to get away.” Brute says still stunned.

“But sweetheart the girls didn’t get the notification that you had transformed.” My mom says.

“Buttercup you told your family?” Berserk asks.

“Nope. Blossom and Bubbles did w/ out my knowledge or consent.” I explain.

“We.. didn’t know that.” Brat says.

“Yeah I found out the day you took me. In fact I was arguing w/ my family when you took me.” I elaborate.

“Well… I didn’t need to transform. I’m just that strong.” Brute says.

This draws mine and the other two punk’s attention back to the screen.

“Of course you are! But wouldn’t it have been better to transform so that the girls could still find you and help you?” My dad says.

“I don’t need their help. Nor do I want them to be able to find me.” Brute says.

This is actually the most me like thing she said.

“Buttercup, we get that you’re mad at them but they’re still your friends and your teammates.” My mom says.

“Buttercup we all said things we shouldn’t have. Let’s just apologize and move on.” Blossom says.

I looked at the punks w/ me and saw them tense and frown. When I turned my attention back to the screen Brute looked pissed.

Before I could ask anything Brute went on a tyrade. She exposed what they said during our biggest fight.

This had a domino effect because soon my dad asked for confirmation. Then my mom tried to apologize to me/ Brute.

Brute however was having none of that. She just huffed and walked away. I asked the punks if they had any popcorn.

They didn’t so they ran out to get some. They asked why I suddenly wanted popcorn. I only smirked and said you’ll see.

They didn’t really like me ending it on that note. But the next day they soon realized why I did.

Brute was struggling to keep her cool and keep up the act. Which was funny as fuck to watch.

The other punks thought so too. So for the next couple of weeks we sat there watching Brute struggle.

“You guys were not seriously eating popcorn while watching me suffer.” Brute says as she comes through the portal and sees us eating the popcorn.

“Yep and it was my idea.” I say.

She comes over to me and takes some popcorn then pushes Berserk aside to sit next to me.

“Rude.” Berserk says.

“Thank you.” Brute follows.

“Having fun secret agent?” I mock her.

“Shut the hell up.” Brute grumbles.

“Those two were idiots to actually fumble so bad they lost you as a friend.” Brat says after she finished laughing.

“Definitely.”

“Absolutely.” The other two punks agree.

“Anyways do you feel ready to take over new Townsville?” I ask sarcastically.

“Actually I was thinking we should give up on that.” Brute says casually.

“What?” I ask.

“You know any other mission I would have thought you’ve gone soft or completely lost it, but I actually agree on this.” Brat says

“Seriously?” I ask them both still shocked on what I’m hearing.

“Yeah, I really don’t even know what we saw in Townsville anyways.” Berserk agrees.

“So y’all are really just going to let me go and disappear just like that?” I ask them.

“No!” They all yell.

“Finally stopped ignoring me huh?” I ask.

“Whatever.” Brute says.

“But if you guys are giving up on Townsville why did you guys say no to letting me go?” I ask.

“We caught you fair and square. You’re ours now.” Brat says.

“I don’t think that’s how that works.” I say.

“Don’t care.” They chorus.

“What’s the point in keeping me around?” I ask.

“Just shut up and deal w/ it.” Brute says.

I groan. I get up and start walking away.

“Whatever, I’m going to stretch my legs. Brute you can have the rest of my popcorn.” I say walking off.

Like I said they let me just roam and wonder. But I’ve already explored all other corners of this lab except one.

It was that corner that I was about to turn but they all tackled me before I could. I decided now would be as good as any other time.

So I went to that corner and saw that it led to a door. I opened it. It was locked but it was easy to pick.

But what I saw made me freeze. I saw their professor, Ken, Poochi, Mayor and Miss Bellum tied up, locked up and beaten.

“Holy fuck…” I say under my breath. They all look up at me.

“Brute you changed your look?” The professor asks.

“No.. I’m Buttercup. The punks kinda kidnapped me.” I say.

Their eyes widened.

“I’m the oppressor. This is my son Killer, our dog Poacher, and they’re the conqueror and Miss Blood.” The professor or oppressor as he introduced himself by says.

“Why are you guys in here? And why do you look like that?” I ask.

“Are we sure you’re not Brute?” Killer asks.

I just rolled my eyes.

“Still a bratty kid even here huh?” I ask.

“Shut up.” He says.

“The punks betrayed us and locked us up here. They would come and torture us. But they haven’t recently. Do you happen to know why?” The oppressor asks.

I went to speak but I was cut off.

“What are you doing in here Buttercup?” I jump. I turn and see the punks.

They’re all glaring at me. But it’s nothing compared to the glares they gave the ones behind me.

“I already explored the whole lab. Except for this room so I decided to check it.” I answer honestly.

“The door was locked.” Brat says.

“I picked it.” I respond.

“And why would you do that?” Berserk asks.

“I could ask you the same about kidnapping me. Or how you guys don’t want to let me-.” I start to argue.

“Enough!” Brute says. Her tone was low and angry as she cut me off.

I instinctively took a step back feeling something was wrong. Which turned out to be a bad move.

As soon as I took my step they were on me. They tackled me and pinned me beneath them.

“I took one step back I didn’t run.” I say feeling the impact of their tackle.

“We don’t care.” Brat says.

“But he said we betrayed them? If only it was that simple.” Berserk says.

“Can you explain?” I ask.

“We got our powers, they found us. We worked w/ them and trusted them. Come to find out they thought we were getting too powerful and made these cages to hold us.” Brat explains.

My eyes widen in shock. My attention snapping back to the people in the cells.

“Why did he bother to lie?” I ask.

“He probably wanted you to help them out and defeat us.” Berserk says.

“Oh..” I state.

“Lock her in a room. We’ll deal w/ her after we finish w/ them.” Brute says getting off of me.

Next thing I know Brat’s dragging me away while Brute and Berserk stand in front of terrified prisoners.

After a long drawn out silence I couldn’t take it anymore.

“So.. which room are you locking me in? I ask.

Brat takes a few more steps before she answers.

“Remember that room you found that has chains and cages and more all over it?” She asks.

My eyes widened. It was like some type of strange trap room waiting to be filled w/ prey!  I tensed up and stopped walking for a moment.

She tugged my arm and glanced at me.

“Please tell me it’s a room next to it or past it.” I say.

“It’s not.” She says. I gulp.

“Can I stay unrestrained?” I ask.

“Why?” She asks stopping and looking at me for the first time since leaving the others.

“I promise not to leave the room.” I say hesitantly.

“No. You can pick locks too much of a risk.” She says. She then starts dragging me again.

When we got to the room she pushed me on a type of chair. Like one at a dentist office. Except more heavily chained.

She strapped me in then went to leave.

“Can you at least bring food when you come back?” I ask. She pauses for a moment.

“Depends.” She says then leaves.

It took about twenty minutes after she left for me to hear the screams. They didn’t even spare Killer and Poacher.

But I think what is really terrifying is how the longer they tortured them the louder they got.

Especially since this continued for hours. I honestly think that the people outside could hear it.

This also got me thinking if this is what they do to them even though they really didn’t say much what the hell are they going to do to me?

I mean I have been… Extra. In a sense anyways. I mean I pulled that one prank on Brute after all.

Which also makes me wonder why this is the first time I’m experiencing this side of them.

This just doesn’t make any sense. I’m brought back to the present when I can no longer hear any screams.

This actually makes me more nervous and scared than when I was hearing the screams. Now it feels way too quiet.

I hear the door handle jiggle and immediately snap my attention to the door. Soon the punks come walking in.

It was a really terrifying sight to see them walk in completely covered in blood. I could feel my eyes widen at the sight.

Brat was the last one in so she shut the door behind herself. No sooner had the door closed did they start to approach me.

“Hehe.. y-you guys didn’t kill them right?” I ask hesitantly after a bit of an awkward laugh.

“It doesn’t matter.” Berserk says. I gulp slightly.

“So… What are you guys planning on doing to me?” I ask, biting the bullet.

They all shared a look before they continued to come closer to me. They had just reached me and they pulled me into a cuddle.

Each of them taking their usual spot.

“Nothing.” Brute says pulling me a bit closer.

“Seriously?” I ask. They nod.

“You only picked a lock. We’ve done way worse.” Berserk says.

“Plus we never said you weren’t allowed there. We just assumed you would leave after finding it locked.” Brat continues.

“So relax.” Brute says.

“Wait.. I heard you guys torturing them from here. They only talked to me so why torture them and not me?” I ask.

No I’m not trying to get tortured but it just doesn’t make sense. I mean I’m technically the one in the wrong but they punished some else.

“They lied and said we betrayed them. Let’s just leave it at that ok?” Berserk says.

“Alright.. but why tie me up?” I ask.

“We didn’t want you wondering nor did we want to risk you escaping while we were occupied.” Brat says.

“But in this room of all places?” I ask.

This got them to look around as if they just realized how this room looked.

“Well it’s either this or we would have to chain you to a bed since no other room has a place to chain you up at.” Brute says.

I turn bright red hearing this.

“Nevermind.” I say.