Powerpuff Girls V.2 IC thread.

[Nekoman]

A pair of old, worn out sneakers hit the asphalt, knocking some dust from it's place in the crevaces. A shoelace lay awry, dragging along the ground as he walked. Dressed in a simple outfit of black jeans, with a grey t-shirt and red overshirt, he would've looked normal if not for his eyes. Piercing red that gave as if they were perpetually glowing, even as his eyes were half shut with fatigue. He reached up and pulled off his faded red cap, revaling his red orange hair. Dust had settled not only in his long locks, but in the sweat on his forehead. He wiped his brow and replaced the cap, pulling it down over his eyes and pulling his long ponytail out of the loop on the back.

"Ugh. Where am I now?" Brick asked, looking from side to side. He had been walking for half a day, he hadn't the energy to fly anymore.
"What's it matter? I'll only be in this city for a few hours anyhow. Hmm?" Brick noticed the neon sign in front of a bar.
"Vista of Megaville? Hmm.. Megaville.. why does that sound familiar?" He was too tired to think at the moment.

Stumbling around for a while, he finally found a seat on a wrought iron chair outside of a pleasent smelling restaraunt. Looking to the right, he found the sign, which read 'Pizzeria'. He stood and walked inside, dinding a seat by the window. His nose was assulted by the strong smell of garlic and over ripened tomatoes.
He put his elbow on the table and rested his chin in it, almost falling asleep but jerked awake each time by his head slipping and falling from his palm. Which would've been embarrassing to do in a public place, if only he cared.

A mid-height girl with long brown hair and large silver eyes came up to his table, holding a pad and paper.

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Bubbles stared at HIM, bored. She still hadn't received an answer, but that was okay. He could take his time.

Daintily, she reached for another piece of Garlic Bread. If nothing else, they had some damn good bread. She stuck the warm bread into her mouth and chewed slowly, savoring the taste. As good as the bread was though, she still knew that her pizza had to be coming any second.

Wonderful.....that Bailey will probably come in all perky and shit....

Bubbles sighed, smiling slightly.

Dopey girl, she has no idea.

Blowing a stray hair out of her face, she closed her eyes contently.

CRASH BOOM SMASH

Bubbles' eyes snapped open. She chuckled slightly, placing a hand over her mouth.

Speaking of that girl....

Bailey came rushing out of the kitchen, a steamy pizza in hand. Rushing over energetically, she placed the pizza right in front of Bubbles.

"TA DAAAAH! Pizza's here!"

Bailey grinned, proud of herself for not ruining the pizza.

Bubbles grinned slightly too, deciding to take in the server for the first time. She noticed that Bailey was actually really pretty, probably her age in fact. She had light brown hair, reaching her waist. Upon looking harder, Bubbles noticed that her hair was actually pulled into two close low ponytails.

Huh, so people DO still wear them...

What shocked her the most though, was the odd color of her eyes.

Silver? Huh.

Bubbles nodded to herself, this girl probably had alot going for her.

Not for long though.

Bubbles grinned to herself, but smiled up cheerfully at Bailey.

"Thank you so much!"

She noticed Bailey's eyes flicker to 'Allen' again, then wink to her. In response, 'Rini' playfully blushed. Then, the server grinned again.

"Hope you both enjoy the food! ^^"

With that, she ran off to attend to the lonely teen who had just stumbled in.

Bubbles paid him no notice as of yet.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

HIM Looked at Bubbles.

"Hmm, I'm not to sure...how about I let YOU decide today, eh?"

HIM then glanced over at the red eyed boy who had come in a few minutes ago. He saw as the boy stared at a man passing him, and then watched as the man took out his wallet, and gave him money.

"Don't look now Rini...but that bot, with red eyes...I sense somethign about him...he seems familair...and I do beleive he just forced a man into goving him money by just staring at him...very curiouse."

HIM turned back to Bubbles, interest in his cold eyes.

[Nekoman]

"Just.. just some bread and water, please." Brick reached into his pocket for his wallet to be certain he had something on him. Pulling out the small leather wallet, he was hit with a puff of dust.
"Nadda.." Brick hated it, but looks like this would be another eat and run. Too bad, too, the price would probably be taken out of the girl's paycheck, too.
"Or I could always.."
He scanned the restaraunt, and stopped on a middle aged man alone, across the way from him, standing and preparing to leave. Brick waited for the man to pass right next to him, then in a nearly inaudible whisper, issued a greeting.

"W-what?" The man said, turning and looking at Brick, to be met with the boy's glowing red eyes. He shook violently, scares !@#$less by the malevolent stare. Then, Uncontrolled, by his self, he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet, throwing it on the table in front of the boy, then running from the pizzeria.

"Might as well get a pizza too.." Brick said to himself, waiting for the waitress to return.

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Okay, Bubbles was trying to ignore the stranger. But for some reason, she couldn't just ignore him. Taking a slice of her bacon and pepperoni pizza, she casually gazed at the new guy.

Looks familiar....

She narrowed her eyes, obviously there was something off about the guy regardless.

Nowhere but where I am eh?

Before she could go on rambling in her head, Bubbles felt something. It wasn't huge, but it was still there. She looked back just in time to see a scared middle aged man run out of the Pizzeria. The strange boy now had a wallet Bubbles could only assume had belonged to the man moments before.

Huh....did I miss something? Did he threaten the guy or something?

Perplexed, Bubbles figured she should keep a mental tabs on this guy. She took another bite out of the meaty pizza and stared at HIM once more.

"Allen, what do you think? Wanna meet the new guy?"

She grinned mischievously at HIM for a moment, obvious curiosity burning in her eyes.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

"Good idea...Lets go shall we?"

Slowly getting up from his seat, HIM glanced at the Boy. Taking a bite of his pizza, HIM glanced at Bubbles.

"Ladies first, my dear."

[Nekoman]

"Just one slice, please." Brick asked of the girl, and took a sip of water. She walked off as he finished the drink, only to see a warped girl staring back at him in the glass. Lowering it from his eyes, he saw her and her companion, who's face he couldn't see sitting at a table across the pizzeria. He scooted closer to the window, out of thier range of vision.
"Like a person can't be unkempt.. It's not like this place is five star.." He took a bite out of a piece of garlic bread and put his hand back in his palm as the girl returned with his order.

Brick smiled at her. She gave a weak smile back, then noisily put the plate down on the table, causing the couple sitting in front of him to peer over thier seats. Brick's eyes glowed again, and they returned to thier meals.
"Nosey, huh?" Brick said to the girl.
"Uh.. uh-huh.. yeah.." She scurried back into the kitchen, and Brick quickly ate his pizza.

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

"Thank you kind sir!"

Grinning, Bubbles picked up her plate, and the large pizza. Humming slightly, she skipped over to the table where the stranger was at.

She dropped the pizza down at his table abruptly. Grinning at the teen, she pulled up a chair.

"Hey there! You looked a bit lonely."

She beamed at the boy convincingly.

"So my friend and I decided to come and INVADE YOUR TABLE!!!"

She motioned her hands in a creepy gesture, laughing.

"My name is Rini by the way!"

She giggled, motioning to HIM.

"And that's my friend Allen!"

She grinned again. She hoped she was severely weirding this guy out. Cackling to herself, she grabbed the pizza she had been eating earlier and bite into it again, making herself completely comfortable with the random stranger.

[Nekoman]

"Yeah, but you and.. Allen.. are a little late." Brick ate the last piece of garlic bread and left a pile of bills on the table as he stood.
"Come to think of it.."
Brick grabbed the pile of bills and headed back to the kitchen.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

Following Bubble's lead, HIM headed towards the table.

"RINI! How many times do I have to tell you! The guest always waits until the other person introduces themselves before you do!"

HIM took another seat, grabed as skice of pizz, and rested his feet on the table. Smiling evily, he bit into the pizza, and looked at the boy as he left.

"Hey! Where ya goin!? The parties only just starting!"

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Bubbles frowned, glaring at the guy's back.

"Rude..."

She licked her lips, finishing off her bit of pizza.

"Hm and so it gets interesting."

She play huffed and stuck her tongue out.

"Fine jerk! We were just trying to be friendly!"

Now, she knew very well that that was NOT what they were trying to be, but he didn't have to know that.

So familiar though....

She play pouted and turned to HIM.

"Allen! D'= He was MEAN! MEEEEEAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!!"

She hoped she was whining loud enough, she hadn't done it in quite awhile.

"What do we do now?"

She stared ahead of her, forgetting about the pizza.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

HIM took another slice of pizza, and thought to himself. What to do about this boy?

"We follow him, simple as that."

HIM got up, and looked at the direction towards the kitchen. That is where the boy went, so he must be there...

[Nekoman]

Brick burst into the doors of the kitchen, just in time to catch the silver-eyed girl by the shoulder.

"Wh-what is it?" She asked, obviously in a hurry.
"Here." Brick said, giving her the bills.
"Thanks? But seriously, this is too generous.."
Brick left out the back door without another word.

Once in the alley, Brick reached into his backpack and pulled out a pair of fingerless gloves.

"Much better." He took the wallet out of his pocket.
"Time for some new clothes too.."

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Wordlessly, Bubbles laid down the exact amount that their meal would cost. She had memorized the prices and tax just in case a situation had arisen.

"Better be worth me not finishing this whole pizza..."

Pausing, she laid down an extra 10 for Bailey. Hey, at least the girl made an impression.

She nodded to HIM and waltzed towards the kitchen. She ran right into Bailey, who seemed a bit star struck.

"WOW! BIG TIP! ><"

Bubbles chuckled, wiping herself off.

"Hey, have you seen a strange boy come through here?"

Bailey blinked, noticing Bubbles.

"OH! HI! Uh...all the time..."

She laughed a bit, but then got serious, eyeing Bubbles and HIM.

"Back door.....why?"

She didn't get an answer from Bubbles though, because she was already on her way out.

"I see.....odd."

Exiting, Bubbles was cut off by a rather high pitched squeal.

"'NOTHER BIG TIP YIPPEE!!!!"

Bubbles rolled her eyes, sparing one last glance at the Pizzeria, before letting her eyes scan for the boy.

"AH HA! THERE HE IS!"

Spotting him, she put on a playful pout, pointing for emphasis.

"Allen! He ignored us!"

She skipped over to the stranger innocently, staring at him.

"Why so seeeeerioussss?"

She grinned jokingly, not really wanting to have to force the guy to stay.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

"C'mon! We won't bite! We just wanted to be freinds is all! You didn;t have to be so mean!"

HIM ran besides Bubbles, smiling like he had ever smiled before.

[Nekoman]

"Hmm? You guys again?"
Brick turned to face her, smiling.
"I suppose you won't leave me alone then? Whassa matter? No one to go home to? No parents? No siblings to go play with?"

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Bubbles halted for a second, eyes suddenly far away, but then grinned.

"Exactomundo! We have absolutely nothing better to do than hunt down and interrogate random strangers!"

She giggled slightly, curtsying.

"Once again, nice to meet you!"

She laughed a bit, staring at the stranger again.

"What interesting eyes....."

Red....blood red.....don't jump to conclusions....and how rude can he be?.....family.....friends....that's a touchy subject. Damn, making me think of THEM again. Blossom....Buttercup...Professor.....

How could she not though? This guy sure looked alot like someone she had known before. But she couldn't risk herself to confirm until he did.

"You new in town?"

Bubbles grinned again, eyes probing discretely.

"Allen doesn't he have nice eyes!"

To play ditzy, she of course had to be a bit absent.

"So how did you guys like the pizza!?"

[gaarafan15]

HIM

"Yes, his eyes ARE nice...red, a very interesting colour for eyes...ANYWAY! That pizza was Awsome!"

HIM taped his head with his knuckles.

"Of course, I think just about ANY pizza is good!"

[magicmidtown]

-tFabikcalcer-

tFabikcalcer awoke in his bed in the hotel with the sun shining right in his eyes.

"Aw dammit, I should have closed the curtains before I went to bed last night..." he muttered as he rolled away from the windows towards the night table. "What time is it anyway?" He then lazily reached over and plucked the digital clock off the table and squinted at the numbered readout.

12:07 pm

"Aaaahhh, that's nice..." he muttered as he closed his eyes. All of a sudden, he shot his eyes open, sat bolt upright in bed, and stared at the clock in his hands.

12:08 pm

"Ah, shit!"

tFabikcalcer then leapt out of bed, ran to the bathroom, got dressed, grabbed his keycard so he could get back into his room later, and quickly shut the door behind him.

"Of all possible days to sleep in, it just had to be the day that I wanted to get up early so that I can get some answers about what happened in this city and if I really am in the past. I must have been more tired last night than I thought..."

tFabikcalcer ran down the hall to the elevator and anxiously waited for the car's arrival to take him down to the lobby.

"I knew I should have changed into my cat form and jumped out the window. At least I could have gotten downstairs a lot faster..."

Finally, the car arrived and it didn't take too long for it to reach the lobby, (but longer than if he freefell from his window). tFabikcalcer thought that he should at least get something to eat to hold him over until a larger meal, so he settled on grabbing a bagel and a banana on his way outside. As the demon quickly finished the bagel and started on the banana, he decided that he should take a walk down the street parallel to the hotel to see if he could recognize any familiar faces.

"I have to start somewhere and it would be good to stick close to the hotel anyway. Hmm, I wonder where was the last time I saw Butch... It would be the best to start with him since we formed an unlikely friendship in the past...uh, I mean the future...gah, this is so confusing!"

[Nekoman]

"It's obvious you're faking, Rini. That girl in the restaurant, she was bubbly. You, not so much."
He took a step back.
"You two should know, I'm an excellent judge of character, and I don't like y'all's.."
He took off, leaving a crater and a dark red stream of color in his wake.

[tomaszavenger]

Butch had flown for a bit and reached the main high-street. He could walk down it and then he'd get to his avenue. Maybe he could go window-shopping too... pick out something nice to buy.

Butch strolled along the pavements, passing some appliance stores. He noticed a load of different shoe stores were having huge sales, but he wasn't interested. His resiliant black and white sneakers just never seemed to wear out.

Butch passed a hotel, and then caught somebody in the corner of his eye. He didn't remember talking to him before, but it seemed really familiar to him. Butch decided to approach and talk to guy for a little while.

"Howdy there partner... just walking along until I noticed you, and I was wondering, have we met before? The name's Butch." Butch said, extending his hand to the almost-stranger.

He noticed the stranger seemed to be a bit blank and when Butch had talked to him, the stranger seemed to smile as if the stranger knew something about Butch that he didn't.

[Iris]

Ignatius

From his position Ignatius could see the truck steadily gain speed as it headed towards the nearest warehouse, the metallic monster was now completely out of control and nothing short of a solid wall of metal and concrete would stop it.

In a matter of seconds it smashed through the fence that surrounded the docks and shortly after that the truck plowed into an open loading dock.
With a single gesture of your thumb you will become a vigilante to the city but you care not. And no one on this world will truly understand why. How fitting.

Ignatius activated the detonator and watched as the truck's trailer frame buckle from the explosive shock wave, soon the twisting metal blossomed fire that ignited the warehouse and all of it's contents.
"Whoops, too much explosive power. Oh well I suppose any job that's worth doing is worth over doing." Ignatius reflected with a smile as his music roared over the sounds of the explosion and cries of confusion.

Above him the skies looked so natural to him, so welcoming, so earthly. Untainted save for the smoke that was now pouring into it, Ignatius' smile widened as he leveled his grenade launcher at the next building.
"By the power vested to me by my master, I charge you with the criminal act of smuggling illegal substances, possession of forbidden artifacts and conspiring against the welfare of the fair people of... Megaville." Ignatius whispered, he was honor bound to declare his reasons for such a brazen attack but he was not required to shout it out loud, "Since none of you are defending yourself against these charges I claim them to be true and thus, yadah yadah yadah, and therefore I blast your stolen goods back to kingdom come.


And with that, he pulled the trigger and unleashed chaos. All the while the music sang it's twisted melody.

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Bubbles stared after the figure silently. She wondered how on earth he could see through them so easily, but then again she was a pretty good judge of character too. Probably wasn't that hard for someone who had to be able to tell the difference. Sighing, she turned to HIM.

"Well Allen, it seems he got away. He left a crater and a red streak."

She narrowed her eyes. Of course, who else but one of them HAD color streaks following them? This person, she knew, had obviously caused her a shit load of pain. She wanted to kill him, crush his head in her palms.

No.....he was a bad guy, but how could I forget?

She calmed herself, the malicious intent fading away.

"Hmmm No matter what this guy had done, what he did in the past.....I can't kill him yet."

She shrugged, staring ahead again.

After all, if that truly is Brick.......then he saved me once before.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

"Indeed...it can't be helped I guess. Rini...he left a red streak...could he be one of the Rowdyruff boys?"

Him stroked his chin. Things were getting interesting in Megaville...very interesting...

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Bubbles eyes narrowed again.

"Allen, I'm absolutely sure of it."

She folded her arms, sighing. Well, looks like the game was over for now. She'd have to go for round two sometime soon. She smirked at the though.

Just because I won't kill you yet, Brick, doesn't mean I can't have a little fun.

And she definitely would have her fun. Being stuck in that hellish dimension for so long made her anxious. She wanted to rip something apart, but she knew her place. It wasn't time. Playing little games like this one though, she could DEFINITELY do.

"We'll meet him again Allen, I know it."

Casually, she began to simply walk in the direction Brick had headed. She jumped over the crater easily, though not so unnaturally that anyone watching would think she was floating. After clearing the jump, she hummed merrily and walked out of the alley.

"Mmmm Allen, there are two ways! Which one shall we take?"

She stared ahead of her, looking now from side to side. Of course there would be a fork, but which path should they go down now?

[Nekoman]

Certain he had given the two the slip, Brick pulled a somersault in the air and sped downward. Making no means to hide himself, he landed in the middle of the street, unforetunateley for a car that had just bareley missed him by swerving and slamming into a fire hydrant. He strolled into the nearest clothing store, entering with a little ding! from the door.

He walked up and down the aisles, before finally stopping a clerk and asking if they had anything in a deep red. She shook her head in response, then returned to her ever so busy life of stocking sweatervests. Brick scoffed and left the store, slamming the door behind him and shattering the glass set in it. He ran to the next store over, a shoe store. He found a pair in red, black, and white. Bought them and left, putting on the shoes as he did so.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

"Rini...I have an idea...I'm just going to bounce it off you."

Heading right, HIM strolled down cassualy.

"I have you, and now Zim on my side. Imagine how easy it would be if we had Brick on our side. It is just a suggestion though...what do you think?"

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

Bubbles smirked, turing to the left.

"You can try, but I doubt he would listen. Besides, we're getting a bit crowded here."

She took a few steps to the left, turning over her shoulder.

"Well, it was nice seeing you Allen!"

She skipped off, cackling to herself.

This was going to be fun.

[gaarafan15]

HIM

"Good to see you too, Rini!"

HIM continued on too the right. IF Butch would not join them...then he would die.

[TrickyLA]

Bubbles

I hope HIM doesn't do anything too drastic. He should really lay low for a bit. He DID just recruit Zim afterall......

She scanned the building again, vaguely remembering that she had been through this street before. Of all the people to meet, it was to be Brick that gave her the slip. Though, it wasn't like she could follow him without actually giving herself away.

"Mou this is so annoying!"

She frowned, concentrating. She could feel a few power levels, but obviously people had heard of restraint here. She growled, ice blue eyes searching. Of course, this just made the game even more interesting. Hide and seek had always been one of her favorite games after all. Though, tag still had a....special place in her heart.

"I'm going to find you! I'm going to find you all!"

She let out a flurry of giggles, causing her blonde hear to bounce around slightly. Moving some loose strands back in place, she smiled an eerie sort of smile.

"And when I do, you all are toast."