Aftershock

Isn’t it surprising how a life can change so quickly? How someone can sleep with a smile on their faces to suddenly start smiling because they’re still alive? The world had lived in peace for ten years; there were hardly any crime out of the ordinary stealing and such. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well it was. Soon after my sisters and I turned 16 the planet Earth was put in danger by a new enemy: the evil Fuse. His planet, Fusion, has traveled throughout the galaxy for millennia, devastating and absorbing countless planets and civilizations. This time it had chosen the planet Earth.

My friends and I fought it with all our strengths, but one by one, all of us failed. We have managed to keep some areas protected, thanks to Dexter’s inventions, but it isn’t enough. Fuse’s desire to take over the planet is too strong to fight. One by one, each town in the world fell onto Fuse’s hands. One by one I watched them fall: Endsville, Megaville… Townsville, they all fell and turn a grotesque green goo. The fights became harder and harder to survive as Fuse created his own versions of us calling them Fusions. Little by little, the Earth was dying and with it so were we. I was one of the few surviving heroes that were still fighting. My companions, my comrades, my friends… they all gave up little by little making this fight a whole lot more difficult for me. I felt alone. The only ones I had left were my sisters and the Professor Utonium.

You know what it was like before Fuse attacked? I was a rock star who lived on the road with my boyfriend and his gang. A year before Fuse attacked, I fought my old foe Mojo Jojo overseas. I won the fight, but at a high price. I lost my memory. During this time, Ace and his gang took me in, and under the name of Belladonna, I became a famous singer. After a while, I recovered my memory and went back to my sisters and creator, and when I thought everything was going to be better, Fuse attacked.

After two long years of fighting, there are few of us left. Dexter, Mandark, Dee Dee, Computress, my sisters, my father, Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess, Mayor, Ace, Fuzzy Lumkins, Ed, Edd, Eddy, the Kranker sisters, Bubbles’s stupid dog Courage, Samurai Jack, the Scotsman, Demongo, Billy, Mandy, The KND, Coop, Mac and a few more were still alive. They weren’t enough. But a thought has occurred to my genius sister Blossom: bring the Rowdyruff Boys. For as much as I hated to admit it, they’re our only hope. Fuse doesn’t know anything about them and they might be our saviors. I don’t want to see them, I don’t want them to be heroes, but it’s necessary. I want the Earth to be safe again. I don’t want any more of my friends to die. I want to be me again. I’m only eighteen years old, and yet I felt like a sixty-year-old.

“Are you ready?” My sister Blossom said through the ear transmitter.

I sighed and turned the ear transmitter off. Sector V was under attack and it was my turn to protect it. Numbers 1 through 5 had been called to protect Candy Cove with Licorice Lips and Sticky Beard, while Dexter and Mandark were protecting Tech Square. So I was left alone to protect Sector V.

More fun for me.

I smirked as the Ultramagno Beetle and the Super Sneaky Spawn charged against me. I got in a fighting stand as the first Beetle tried to disable me by stinging my neck. Easy shot. Using my heat vision, I managed to melt it before it even got to my defendant zone. Unfortunately, I was too busy trying to keep the Beetles away from Sector V that I didn’t notice those sneaky pawns to sneak behind me and jump onto my back biting it. A sharp pain went through my body as the paralyzing poison started running through my veins. I hated these things like you have no idea.

More sneaky spawns crawled on me and soon I was trapped under a massive ball of weird acid goo. I could feel my limbs paralyzing slowly, the poison was running through my veins faster because of the adrenaline rushing as the air in my lungs was starting to fail me. If I tried to breathe in, the acid would enter my body faster and kill me from the inside. Dark spots started blurring my vision; I was on the verge of passing out when an explosion sent the sneaky pawns off me. I gasped, filling my lungs with as much oxygen as I could; unfortunately my body was still paralyzed until I got the antidote.

I could see the Beetles and the Sneaky Spawns running away as green energy balls hit three at a time, destroying them. I felt his hands grab my shoulders, his smug smile grew when he noticed I was completely paralyzed, he spun me and ripped part of the back of my shirt. I glared and blushed in my insides when I felt his lips on my back sucking the venom out.

This is so embarrassing…

My body started gaining some movement thanks to him; of course I would never admit it. I hated him with all my heart, even when he had saved my life a couple of times before, I still hated him. I hated the way his green eyes still shone with malice. I hated how his black shaggy hair wasn’t spiked up anymore because there was no more hair gel to keep it in place, making it a sexy mess. I hated how his voice was still filled with rough sarcasm and his smile was still the same smug smirk I wanted to rip off. I hated him because he was still himself after all of this we had gone through.

“You can stop now,” I growled when my limbs were more movable.

The poison wasn’t completely out, but now I could fly and get the actual antidote from Blossom instead of having him humiliate me some more. He sucked the last part of the venom out and ran his tongue up to my neck.

“What the hell is wrong with you?” punched him in the jaw hiding the blush that had taken over my cheeks and the shivers he had made me feel.

“What is wrong with me? I just saved your life!” Butch said cleaning his mouth; I had punched him hard enough to make him bleed. Good.

“I had everything under control until you got here!”

“Forgive me, but all those fuse monsters eating your clothes didn’t seem you were having everything under control to me,” he said with his same smirk eyeing my ripped clothes.

“Who asked you?” I yelled mad, “Who sent you here anyways?”

“Your carrot head sister told me you needed backup,” he shrugged.

“Don’t call my sister that!” I yelled angrily and grabbed his by the collar, “And get this in your stupid little head: I. Never. Need. Backup!”

“Is this the thanks I get for saving your life?” he stood up pushing my hands off of him, “I should’ve let those things eat your clothes away, that would’ve been more rewarding.”

I felt my cheeks burn in anger, “you asshole!”

I tried to slap him but he grabbed my wrist before my hand could get to his cheek and pulled me close to him.

“I know how to get a better reward,” he smirked and licked his lips.

I felt my cheeks burning again as his lips got closer to mine. He stopped when his lips were an inch away from mine; he chuckled and flew away leaving a green streak behind him.

I gasped and cussed under my breath. That good for nothing son of a… monkey? I sighed and flew back slowly. I needed a new set of clothes, a bath and a good nap. Freaking Butch, I hated him so much; I really wished he was one of those many who had lost their lives in the great battle. I would choose Mitch over him, any day.

I’m not supposed to wish bad to anyone, but Butch annoys me so much.

I got to tech square just in time for my sister Blossom to start nagging me about letting my guard down. I could see Butch’s freaking smug smirk as Blossom repeated over and over again that I had been reckless allowing a Sneaky Spawn to paralyze me. I really had to try hard to not yell back at her and tell her what was in my mind. Blossom sent me off to take a bath and to rest, and Bubbles, in her ever-lasting sweetness, told me she would call me as soon as dinner was ready.

I rolled my eyes and got in the bath taking my time enjoying the warm water around me. Butch would probably be in his room in Genius Grove with his brothers and Mojo Jojo. Hopefully he chokes with his food, but I don’t think is possible to choke on canned beans. I made a face and got out of the tub when the water started getting cold. I wrapped a towel around my body, and dried off quickly when there was a soft knock on the door.

“Dinner’s ready,” Bubbles said happily from outside the door.

I rolled my eyes again. I couldn’t help but feel jealous at Bubbles happiness, was I the only one feeling sour about this whole thing?

I opened the closet door and grabbed a gray sweatshirt that said ‘Pokey Oaks High Softball Team’ and put it on. I had grabbed this from one of the abandoned houses, since there wasn’t anyone to make new clothes and all the boutiques had been drowned with green acid goo, we had to take our clothes from the people who had escaped without taking them. Whoever Sarah Downey was, she wasn’t her sweatshirt and I needed it. I grabbed green shorts I had found in the same house and put them on and soon I was on my way to have dinner.

I really didn’t look forward to it. I mean, I have nothing against canned food, but I do have some curiosity of where it’s coming from. All the harvesting crops were completely gone and there was no one to work in factories, so… I rather not think on what I might be really eating when the ‘smashed beans’ go down my throat.

I sat on my usual spot next to my sisters and started playing with my food. I wasn’t hungry, nor was I in the mood to listen to Master Nerdo Dexter talk to Supreme Nerdo Blossom and my… respectable (Super Mega Nerdo) father about big numbers and equations and something about time and space… blah! I had better things to worry about. I looked outside my window, it was late and the sky was completely dark, without the moon to light my night, I felt lonelier that before.

I sighed and finished my food in less than a second. I excused myself from the table and went to my room. Even in this necessity, I had a room of my own, something I didn’t have back in Townsville. My sisters and I would sleep in the same room. We got twin beds and a sofa that transformed into a bed. Blossom slept on the top bed, Bubbles on the bottom bed and me on the sofa. I smiled bitterly at the memories when I walked inside my room and saw through the window the moonless night.

I would give this room up for my old life any time.

I sighed and decided to get out of this room, even if it was just for a little while, I want to get out there even if it is just for fun, not necessarily because I have a sector to protect. I opened the window quietly and flew slowly so my green streak wouldn’t alarm anybody. I noticed some smoke coming from the bushes.

Maybe... nope, I don’t have a good explanation…

I got closer to where the smoke was coming from and noticed a pair of green emerald eyes staring at me. I rolled my eyes and his smirk grew bigger. I hated him so much! Life would be so much better without him… well, my life at least. His smirk turned into a defiant smile as he threw something on the floor and stepped on it. He let out whatever smoke was left through his mouth and ran a hand through his shaggy messy hair. I hated to admit he was really attractive, but all that charm was gone as soon as he opened his mouth.

“Thinking about me?” he asked when I was closer to him, at the outskirts of Sector V.

“I hate your new power,” I said curtly landing in front of him.

He chuckled, “really, I love it, there’s nothing in my brothers’ mind I cannot see,”

Unfortunately for me, Butch had developed a new power which involved mind reading any time, any day. To make my suffering worse, he could also sneak in through my past memories and discover my darkest secrets.

I wish I had that power…

“I thought you said you didn’t like it,” Butch smirked.

“Get out of my head!” I ordered and he got closer to me.

“You know I can see things in your head that you can’t, right?” His smug smile grew.

I blushed, and tried to fly away but he grabbed my arms and pulled me closer to me, “you want that kiss, don’t you?”

“No I don’t!”

He chuckled and licked his lips once more, “see? You want the kiss too.”

“Too?” I raised an eyebrow feeling a smile forming on my lips without my consent.

He smirked and crushed his lips against mine. Pure bliss. The kiss deepened and I could soon hear a door slamming open and shutting close, the ripping of clothes, and gasp and groans soon filled the room. A kiss in desperate moments can lead to something bigger. It can cause an earthquake, shake your world, and then you have to face the aftershocks.

To Be Continued…

I know this is short chapter and kind of weird, but it’s late and I wanted to upload this… I know, I have to work on ‘Things Change’, ‘Music=Love’ and this one now, but I wanted to give it a shot with ButtercupxButch… Tell me what you think in the reviews. I promise a better chapter soon.

Take Care Everyone.

PS: BubblesGirl13, your story is on the making.