Chapter 4

“Girls are you ok?” Ken asks.

“Yeah we’re fine. Why do you asks?” Blossom responds.

“Because you guys look like the walking dead.” Ken says. Buttercup was hunched over and her eyes didn’t even look open. Bubbles was dozing in and out standing straight up w/ one arm over her chest and gripping her other arm which was in front of her mouth as she bit on her thumb. Blossom’s limbs were limp and she was the middle pose between Buttercup’s and Bubbles’ stances. They all had heavy eye bags.

“Don’t worry we’re fine.”

*Yawn.*

“Just had troubles getting any completely restful sleep.” Buttercup states.

“Girls. Do you want to come to my place? We cover all the mirrors and anything the can reflect can be put far away. Then if you have troubles getting to sleep I can help.” Ms. Bellum suggests.

“Thanks. But I would feel better at my place.” Buttercup says.

“Not us!” Blossom shoots.

“Yeah! I feel like I would worry my grandma too much if she saw me like this.” Bubbles states.

“Me too.” Blossom agrees.

“Ok then it’s settled. Now Professor do you have any ideas on how to help the girls?” Ms. Bellum arranges.

“I got some theories.” The Professor says. After a few hours of spit balling they decided to call it a night.

“Bye Buttercup! See you tomorrow!” Blossom says as they all wave goodbye to each other. They didn’t want Buttercup to go home alone so they walked her home.

“Yea! See ya!” She says then walks in.

“Damn! What happened sis?” Her older brother asks.

“I had to share a room last night w/ a girly girl and an Extreme girly girl.” She answers.

“You are braver than us and stronger by far.” Her brother says as him, her younger brother and her dad all nod their heads.

“Anyways get to bed kid! You deserve a nice long rest!” Her dad states.

“K! Night guys!” She announces as she walks to bed.

“Night!” They all respond back.

“Did the bath help you girls relax?” Ms. Bellum asks.

“Yeah it did!” Blossom replies. Bubbles nods her head.

“That’s good. So do you guys wanna watch a movie?” Ms. Bellum suggests.

“Yeah!” They both say happily.

“Lets go pick one out then.” Ms. Bellum states as she walks away. They watched a comedy. When they were done they covered and turned off the TV.

“Is it ok if we sleep w/ you?” Blossom asks.

“Of course. Let’s get settled in.” She answers. They got in and Blossom and Bubbles cuddled up to Ms. Bellum. “Did those girls scare you guys that much?” She asks.

“Yeah. We don’t know how long they’ve actually been watching us. If it wasn’t for us being alone then we never would have known.” Blossom says. Her voice was low and it sounded sad, scared and worried.

“Then if Buttercup never ran away that day who knows how bad it could have gotten till me or Blossom said something. Not to mention that every time we were alone like at home in the bathroom or our bedrooms. They could have been watching us.” Bubbles adds.

“Surely they would have given you some privacy to change and bathe?” Ms. Bellum says but not fully sure herself.

“No. We didn’t say this part but I connected the dots sice we were in the bathroom they could’ve been there any other time. I asked them and they said they’ve watched us. Well except Brute. But that was because Buttercup never had a clear reflective surface near her when she was. But if she did then she would have watched too.” Blossom informs.

“Well they can’t get you now. So try and get some sleep. I’m here if you need me.” Ms. Bellum reassures. They nod the snuggle closer and then they all begin to drift off.

*Tap.*

*Swoosh.*

*Tap tap.*

*Fabric falling.*

“Finally.”

“Shh! We gotta be fast and quiet!”

“Shut up! Lets just get them!” The three mysterious figures walk through the house. They find Ms. Bellum’s room and spots the three sleeping figures.

“Shouldn’t there be four?”

“Mine could be under the covers or in another room. I know she has to be here since they agreed to come here.”

“Ok let’s get these two then we can get the other one.” The figures grab the girls. This causes to scare awake. They start to thrash and struggle about. This wakes Ms. Bellum.

“Girls what’s wrong?” She asks groggily.

*Gasp!*

“WHO ARE YOU!?” Ms. Bellum yells. One of the figures runs up and punches Ms. Bellum dead square in the face. This knocks her out cold. The girls scream into the hands of the people holding them as they watched what just happened.

“Shh. Calm down cuties. We’re not gonna hurt ya.”

“Yeah. Just take it easy.”

“You two calm them down I’m gonna go get mine.”

“Ok. Just don’t do anything stupid.” One figure walks off while the others keep trying to calm the girls down. The longer the girls struggled and tried to scream the tighter the figures grips got. The girls finally gave up and just wept silently. Time wet by and they were still there.

“Hey what’s taking so long?”

“She’s not here!” The figure growls out.

“What do you mean?”

“Exactly what it sounded like! She’s not here!”

“We’ve already been here to long. Sorry but we have to come back later.”

“Ugh! I should’ve punched that bitch harder!” The girls hearing this got scared. They started to shake violently. But they didn’t make a sound or attempt to get away. Why? Because they knew they couldn’t. They know one is already mad. Plus w/ them still being held tightly they didn’t want to get the others mad and they tighten their grips. That being said that doesn’t mean they went w/ them willingly or anything like that. No they refused to move. The figures stopped trying to drag them and picked them up then carried them. The two holding the girls went through first. The last one recovered the full body mirror.