Chapter 5

“Buttercup do you know where Blossom and Bubbles are?” Ms. Keen asks.

“No.” Buttercup answers. Buttercup did think it strange that the others weren’t at school. But she shrugged it off. They probably over slept like she almost did. She thought. She felt safe at home and was able to relax enough to get some decent sleep. Class went on for about half the hour when Ms. Keen got an alert.

“Everyone I was informed to turn on the news.” She says letting everyone know what was happening to avoid any distress.

“BREAKING NEWS! LAST NIGHT MS. BELLUM THE MAYOR’S ASSISTANT WAS ATTACKED IN HER OWN HOME IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT! SHE HAD BLOSSOM AND BUBBLES IN HER CARE! THESE TWO GIRLS ARE NOW MISSING! PLEASE EVERYONE KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED AND YOUR EARS OPENED!” The news broadcaster announces.

*So that you know I forgot their last names. I’m also to lazy to look them up.*

Buttercup couldn’t believe it. Her friends were gone. Seconds after hearing the broadcast the door bursted open.

“We’re here for Buttercup! We were told to bring her to a safe location!” Some FBI looking dude says. Next thing she knows she’s flanked at both sides and is getting carried away. The drive to the Professor’s lab was short and very fast. After dropping her off the FBI dudes left.

“Do you guys know what happened?” Buttercup asks.

“All we know is that Ms. Bellum said the girls felt uneasy so they all slept in the same bed. She doesn’t know how ling they were asleep for before 3 figures came. Two grabbed the girls the girls started to flail around trying to break free. This woke Ms. Bellum. But soon after seeing the girls being held captive the third figure came up and punched her knocking her out cold.” The Professor says.

“Is she gonna be ok?” She asks.

“They say she should recover just fine and should be back in a few days.” The mayor says.

“I think I know who took the others though.” Buttercup states.

“Who?” Ken asks.

“Who else? The punks.” She says.

“That can’t be! All the mirrors and windows were covered! Also how would they even get here?” Ken exclaims.

“We said they can’t see when they’re covered. We didn’t say they couldn’t hear. Also if they could communicate and watch us w/ them then what if they’re like portals. And if they are then that means they could use any mirror she had get the covering off and take them then recover it as they leave.” Buttercup explains.

“Wait didn’t they say that it looked like they stayed a bit and rummaged through her things?” Poochi asks.

“They did. That doesn’t maje sense if it was the punks.” The Professor acknowledges.

“Wait a second dad yes it does!” Ken says then he rushes to the computer.

“What do you mean?” The Professor asks.

“Think about it. What if they didn’t hear the full conversation. If that’s the case and they heard Ms. Bellum say they can stay w/ her then the girls saying yes. They might’ve assumed they all agreed. So if they thought they all agreed then they would’ve planned to take all three girls that night. But when Buttercup wasn’t in the room.” Ken explains.

“Then they would’ve searched the house to find her!” The Professor finishes catching on.

“Exactly.” Ken confirms.

“So that means that Buttercup’s in danger.” The Professor states. The others just realizing this as well turn to face Buttercup.

“Well then looks like I’m gonna need some bodyguards.” Buttercup jokes.

“Are you two okay?” Berserk asks. She looks over at Blossom and Bubbles who are chained to the wall. Besides them having their arms chained to the wall behind their backs they aren’t restrained in any other way. The punks took their belts and put them somewhere the girls had no clue of. Neither of the girls answered.

“Come on Bubbles! You don’t want to hurt our feelings by ignoring us do you?” Brat whines. She was met w/ silence.

“Ugh! Enough of this! Do we at least know where Buttercup is!?” Brute exclaimed.

“Not yet. But please calm down you’re scaring them even more.” Berserk says as she gestures to the now trembling girls. After seeing her angry and seeing what she was capable of when she wasn’t they developed an evident fear of the woman. Brat was currently holding Bubbles trying to calm her. Berserk went over and brought Blossom over to her work area then rechained her closer to her so that she could try and comfort her and work at the same time.

“I don’t want to hear it! You guys got who you were after but mine was able to escape me! And we all know thay we were close to the breaking point before our little heist. Now imagine if you were the one who didn’t get your target.” Brute states. The two were silent and started to hold the girls tighter. The girls weren’t at all comfortable but they rather be in a safe position then if a position where they would have to be wary of three angry super powered girls compared to one that the other two would hopefully protect them from as long as they don’t act to defiant.

“Yeah. We know.” Berserk says as she starts to squeeze Blossom tighter.

“But we still don’t have it easy. I mean look at them. They were already scared when we got them. Imagine if we acted like you are and we were scaring your target. Do you seriously think that would help? I mean you want her to open up and trust you right? Well if she’s in constant fear do you honestly believe that would happen?” Brat inquires.

“Fair point. But it’s insanely hard to keep my cool. You know for a fact that I’m calmer than what I would be normally.” Brute says. The girls tensed when hearing this. Thinking ‘If this isn’t her at her maddest and you could consider this calm for her then she must be an absolute monster when she’s mad!’

“Hey calm down you two. There’s nothing to fear.” Berserk attempts to calm the girls. The girls share a look then try to calm themselves by taking deep breaths.

“You know if we didn’t want you guys to talk we would have gagged you.” Brat says. The girls stop what they were doing and tensed a bit. “You know what Berserk I hate to say it but I think we need to find Buttercup more than what we thought we did.” Brat sighs.

“I think so too. After all they did hide behind her when they were scared. So maybe having her here could get these two to talk.” Berserk says. This causes Blossom and Bubbles to share a look. This look held fear and concern w/ a bit of worry. One thought was shared. ‘They can’t get Buttercup!’