The Powerpuff girls and MegaMan. MegaMan's new beggining

CHAPTER V: OPPOSE THAT THUMB

'Yay!' yelled all three girls in happiness. They jogged up to and through the open gate entrance to Townsville Zoo. Buttercup's black flipped hair wiggled about as she followed her sisters into the place. Trailing behind them was Jojo, dressed the same as ever, only this time he had a black camera held behind his back. His ragged scarf blew behind him as he entered the zoo.

'Ooh,' said the girls, as they peered into the Elephant Pen, the elephant blowing their signature trunk noises. By this point, Jojo had caught up with the girls, though he paid no attention to the elephants.

'Aah,' said the girls, this time watching one seal leap out of the water and another balancing a inflatable beach ball on it's small nose. Jojo passed the girls and continued on, his attention again diverted.

'Ooh,' the girls said yet again, their point of attention this time being a small pride of lions, lying around in their own pen. Jojo had, by now, outpaced the girls by a fair few feet.

The girls flew through the air, searching for another animal pen. They squealed happily when then saw a sign with a zebra on it, pointing due west. They shot forwards in the direction –

Only for Jojo to walk back away from it, a somewhat sincere smile plastered on his face. With Bubbles and Blossom under his right arm and Buttercup under his left, he set off for a section of the zoo titled Primate Plaza, the girls looking a bit puzzled at Jojo's actions.

In one of the large caged pens in Primate Plaza, many small chimpanzees hung from a tree branch by their tail, arm and tail respectively. Many people were milling around in the area, some with more interest then others. Jojo and the girls were right in front of the large pen.

While the girls gazed at the chimpanzees with happiness, Jojo had a more mixed expression on his face. The girls turned to look at him suddenly. He continued to have slightly squinted eyes looking at his fellow simians, his mouth in a slight frown, until he realized the girls were watching him. Turning slightly, he smiled, holding up the camera he had brought with him.

Jojo stepped backwards foot by foot, the smiling girls standing right in front of the chimpanzees, who were now shaking up and down in the camera's frame. Having retreated to a distance long enough for a wide shot, he readied the camera. But he then lowered it, and wordlessly gestured the girls to the side. Still smiling at him, they complied, moving into what they thought was the centre of the frame, but what was actually the edge. Jojo gave a thumbs-up anyways, reading the camera. He pressed the button –

A flash of white light emanated rapidly. When it had fazed, the chimpanzee in the frame's centre was clutching his butt, having squealed, as he fell below their line of vision.

Immediately after this, the girls jumped in the camera's trajectory, adopting silly poses. The camera shifted to face an olive baboon yelling at a second baboon. One flash of white light from the camera, and the baboon stopped yelling, leaping away, his fellow looking after him. Jojo then turned away from the girls again, zoning in on a proboscis monkey perched in a tree branch, with several humans watching. One picture, and he tumbled out of the branch with a grunt.

In a hot spring, one Japanese macaque, a white-haired monkey, was grooming his partner, picking off and eating fleas. But once Jojo took a picture, the groomer macaque towered over his fellow, leering and yelling as his equal lowered himself into the water.

A podgy orangutan ate an apple in silence in a tree. Until the snapping of Jojo's camera made him snap his eyes open, spitting out his most recent bite. Afterwards, a gibbon was photographed next, the picture interrupting his slow tree swinging in favor of a butt clutching, falling to the ground.

This process continued on and on, every single monkey, primate and simian in the zoo being subjected to a flash of white light from Jojo's camera. They all squealed, flinched, recoiled or otherwise reacted, showing obvious discomfort for some reason. Wherever they were or whatever they were, as long as they were primates, it happened to them. And Jojo did this with every last one, right up to a small red tarsier settled against a tree's side. He then joined the girls.

'Worthless,' read Buttercup, reading a caption of a monkey that also read 4.5 Million B.C.

'Lame,' read Blossom, the next monkey from 3.5 Million B.C.

'Stupid,' remarked Bubbles, the following simian from 2.5 Million B.C., having a rock in hand.

'Okay,' sighed Buttercup, looking at the monkey from 2.1 Million B.C., with a moulded rock in hand.

'Better' smiled Blossom, staring at the 750,000 B.C. monkey, with a spear in hand.

'Almost,' piped up Bubbles, the 250,000 B.C. Neanderthal resembling a hairy human.

The last picture, from Today, was of a happy-looking work-man. 'Awesome!' finished the girls together. They giggled as one, oblivious of Jojo beside them. He glared at the display board in discomfort, his arms folded and his eyes crossed.

Rolling his eyes at their enjoyment, he looked sideways – and suddenly widened his eyes. Perched atop a large rock in an air-open pen was a massive mountain gorilla. Gazing off in no particular direction, he didn't notice Jojo smile in the same sinister way as before. Raising the camera to eye level, Jojo placed his finger on the button and pressed –

Concealed by the flash of white light, something flew from the camera at rapid speed, hitting the gorilla's fur dead on. He blinked in slow surprise, lowering his eyes to his fur, and scratching it in vague curiosity. Yet mere inches from his finger lay a blinking red device, imbedded in his fur, obviously a result of Jojo's camera. Whatever it was, it too looked sinister. And only one monkey even knew about them at all.

Jojo lowered his camera back down, his sinister smile still on his face. His purple scarf blew behind him as he started to pace back towards the Primate Plaza exit. 'Come girls,' he said sinisterly, 'our work is fin –' He stopped speaking, yet still walked, as the girls turned away from a meerkat pen. 'Oh, I mean… time to go.'

'Aww,' moaned the girls as the same time, looking after Jojo. 'But Jojo!' they said as they followed him through the Primate Plaza gate, out into the zoo hub.

'We haven't seen the gazelles!' said Blossom in desperation, running past a discarded baby rattle on the ground.

'Or the crocodiles!' added Buttercup, running after Blossom and Jojo.

'Or the unicorns!' added Bubbles, only a bit behind her siblings, approaching the baby rattle. 'Just one unicorn –' Letting out a grunt, Bubbles tripped over the rattle. Picking it up and looking around, she saw a woman walking away in the other direction, dragging a disgruntled boy and with a wailing baby on her shoulder.

'Excuse me. Ma'am,' said Bubbles sweetly, jogging up to the woman. Reaching them, she held out the rattle, the boy glaring from behind his mother's leg. 'I think you dropped this.' The woman glared at Bubbles, her baby still yelling.

She suddenly swiped it from Bubbles, walking away as Bubbles stared in shock. As she dragged the boy along the ground, she was heard to scoff. 'I thought the zoo kept all the animals in cages.' The baby's cries faded away.

'Yeah, well, you're welcome, lady,' yelled Buttercup after the woman, gesturing as she spoke. As a 5-year-old girl, she wasn't capable of higher forms of talkback quite yet, but her tone said all.

'Don't listen, Bubbles,' said Blossom to her sister sympathetically, patting her back softly. Bubbles only gazed at the ground, her pigtails drooping.

'That's right, Bubbles, do not listen.' Blossom and Bubbles looked up and Buttercup turned, hearing Jojo speak as his shadow fell over them. 'All of you, deafen yourself to their heartless words.' He drew up to them, gesturing to his chest and rolling his eyes as he said the last bit. 'They do not know that it is their saviors they are speaking to.' He peered down at them as they looked back, Blossom and Bubbles curious and Buttercup still angry from half a minute previously. Jojo, however, looked quite happy. 'They are unaware that your actions will have helped change their would forever.' He gestured widely with that last part, the sun shining out from behind his paper bag-covered brain.

Slowly, the girls' mouths grew big, happy grins, resembling in many ways the grin which Jojo was displaying upon them. Smiling, he picked all three of them up in his arms, in a meaningful embrace as the girls perceived it. 'Because we have helped the town, and made it a better place,' he said to then peacefully, his scarf drifting silently behind him.

'You think they'll be surprised?' asked Blossom, positioned closest to Jojo's big pink eyes compared to her sisters.

'Oh, yeah,' said Jojo slowly, letting his eyes face elsewhere for a moment.

'Do you think they'll still be mad at us for playing Tag?' asked Buttercup in a fast voice instantly after, though she didn't look angry at all there.

'No,' said Jojo confidently, slight swagger in his voice, 'they'll have forgotten all about that.' About that, he seemed a little less sure then with his answer to Blossom's question.

'Will they love us?' asked Bubbles last, her cute voice and question making Jojo frown suddenly.

For about two seconds, Jojo stared to the girls' side, out into open space. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking, other then that he was doing so quickly.

'Yes,' said Jojo, finally closing his eyes.

'Really?' said the girls all at once.

'Would I lie to you?' said Jojo sweetly, looking at the girls directly.

Jojo stood there with the girls in his arms, all of them smiling with closed eyes. All of them knew great things were going to happen tomorrow.

The only thing was… Jojo was doing so for a different reason.

The sun shone dimly on the horizon at dusk later that day, it's limited glow only partly visible from the gigantic machine atop the volcano.

Inside the observatory, Jojo was making some very fast adjustments with the various buttons and levers in the control station. His paper bag-covered brain wriggled with the various actions he performed. In front of him hovered the girls, watching with anticipation.

Bubbles had her hands clenched over her eyes, fearing that something was going to go wrong. Blossom had her hands over her mouth, watching silently, uttering not a sound. Buttercup shielded her ears, fearing that the machines were going to fail.

All three of them grew more nervous and anxious as they watched Jojo's routine checkup. They just felt that something was going to go horribly wrong –

Jojo suddenly stopped his work, just at the same moment that the lights beeped positive. The girls let out mute gasps.

Jojo stepped out from the control station, opening his arms one more time. The girls all smiled, soaring into his arms simultaneously. Illuminated by the machines' light, they looked as happy as they could. The bond they had established in but a few short days…

Bubbles subtly planted a slight kiss on his cheek, making Jojo open his eyes with realization. Letting go of the girls, he waved as they soared away from him towards the observatory's exit.

The girls soared away from the observatory just as the sun was setting. Inside, Jojo's happy smile remained, although his eyes suddenly curved, making it resemble more of a grin.

His finger touched a button on the panel. The glass cylinders around the permitter began filling with water. Near Jojo's feet, the trench overcoat and ragged shirt landed softly on the floor. As water filled upwards in the large cylinders, the scarf joined the pile of rags.

Last to go was the paper bag. One of Jojo's feet stomped on the lot as he passed it by.

The sun finally set fully, plunging the observatory into semi-darkness. All that could be made out was a pair of pink eyes accompanied by that familiar grin.

That night, the dark sky shone darkly over the Townsville suburbs. The Utonium Chateau stood alone, only the main living room light on. All was quiet until the girls' signature light streaks shot through the air, straight through the front red door without damaging it. Inside, they floated around happily, all smiling ecstatically.

'I'm so excited!' said Blossom with glee, whizzing through the air diagonally.

'Yeah, we'll show them!' said Buttercup with confidence, doing the same the other way.

'Hey,' said Bubbles, stopping in a certain spot, pondering something as she raised an arm, 'where's –'

The red door was kicked open by one of two cops, both of them having the Professor in their grasp. They then tossed the Professor into the air violently, slamming the door behind them. He hit the ground with a thud, his hair still askew.

'Professor!' cried out Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup together. They floated down to his level, Buttercup using her laser eyes on the handcuffs on his hands behind him.

'Oh girls, thank goodness you're okay,' Professor said as the handcuffs melted and his arms fell by his side. 'I'm so sorry… I'm a terrible, terrible parent!' The girls looked at each other and then back at him, not truly understanding.

'You must hate me for not picking you up from school,' he said slowly, moving his eyes sideways. 'But it's not my fault. It's this town – they've gone crazy!' He widened his eyes, then let them lower again. 'It's like they've never seen kids playing before.'

He looked up at the girls, sighing as he talked. 'I knew your powers would take some getting used to. But jail?' Blossom had her mouth wide open. 'Lawsuits?' Bubbles was the same, even though they didn't entirely know what that meant. 'Angry mobs?' Buttercup had her mouth stretched widest of all.

'What's next?' said Professor frantically, gesturing with a fragile hand.

'Don't worry, Professor, things are gonna get better. We promise.'

Although these words successfully penetrated the Professor's ears, they did not reach the ears of a certain primate.

The dome-like observatory stood atop the volcano, no one even noticing it, strangely. Even more strange was what was happening inside.

In the darkness was a figure with light red eyes.' So has plan B been successful?' the shadow figure with a voice of a old man.

'Yes.' a voice that only belonged to Jojo.

'Then it's time for plan C.' cracked a voice of a mad scientist.

In the machine's center sat Jojo, finger raised above the controls. His hobo clothes ditched, he was currently wearing nothing, his skin illuminated red against the glowing technology. All around the observatory, all the large tanks were filled with water, illuminated green. The machine seemed just as sinister as Jojo. Most of the tanks were the robot masters from Mega-Man's past, ready to be experimented.

Jojo's finger hit one of the buttons, making it flash red –

Also flashing red quickly was the device in the mountain gorilla's fur, back at the zoo. He stood asleep in the same position as before, unaware of it, before he suddenly vanished right out of the air.

The orangutan sat asleep on solid ground in his pen. A device blinked out of his fur too before he also blinked out of sight. Simultaneously, the Japanese macaque lay in his spring. Ripples crossed the water as he vanished too. The olive baboon lay peacefully against a tree trunk, until he also disappeared, with a sucking blink sound, and a frame's worth of red sparks. The proboscis monkey stood asleep in his tree perch, until the blinking device attached to him whisked him away.

From a few yards away, all of the small chimpanzees vanished, with the sound and flashes, from their pen, leaving it much emptier then before.

Two of the chimpanzees teleported directly into the two tanks in Jojo's centrical line of vision, to such precision that the suction cups attached to wires placed at the tank's tops stuck to their heads perfectly. In pairs, all of the monkeys teleported into the tanks around Jojo, until every last one had a primate in it.

Jojo sat very still at the front, a closed grin across his face. His finger near a rod switch, he basked in the light of the surrounding, sleeping monkeys before he flicked it up.

The effect was instantaneous. All the wired green lights around the structure's wall lit up instantly, accompanied by a draining sound. At the giant glass sphere's top, all but a bit of the Chemical X was absorbed from it's beaker, straight into the machine.

The smaller glass spheres inside spun around rapidly, the glass balls on rods pushing out to their full length. The Chemical X was divided into these balls briskly as they extended outwards. Jojo had one fist clenched at the controls, snapping a lever forward suddenly with his other hand.

The balls' rotation stopped instantly at this action. The Chemical X inside all of the balls sloshed around briefly until it settled, this sound echoing through all the glass spheres distantly.

Jojo's last action was to turn one dial 60 degrees, such that it activated the machine fully. With a flash of neon green light, the whole place was glowing dark green. Controlled electricity sparked and conducted around and inside the glass balls, making the air almost sizzle as Jojo watched the machine do it's job with his sinister smirk. Simultaneously, the chemical was absorbed into the middle of these balls, sparking with flashing volts until it vanished.

The chemical flowed down the tubes leading to the monkeys' cylindrical resting cases, seeping into them. The instant it flowed in, they all awoke, vibrating as the chemical seeped into their skin, electricity cackling all around them.

The whole place flashed with neon light over and over. The proboscis monkey's pupils were stretched wide as he trembled like his fellows. A hairy ape and a skinny mandril were doing the same, their mouths open in shock. The mountain gorilla was squashed in his case, his hands twitching with the electricity, as was the olive baboon. One of the gibbons was shaking really hard.

Suddenly, one monkey's clenched eyelids shot open. His pupils, open wide, diluted to a smaller size. Electricity sizzled around his trembling hands, as well as his comparatively calm feet. His whole body shook while the cups continued to keep his awake. One monkey's butt and tail were even alive with the experimental electricity.

The skin around one of the small chimpanzee's head suddenly stretched open, as something extended out of it. Slowly but surely, as Jojo's operation proceeded, the monkey's brain extended out of his skull. The pink thinking tissue towered above his small structure, raising to a level that was in the same ratio as Jojo's brain to his body. As this happened for all the simians in the locale, the place was suddenly shielded from view by one hissing flash of white light, that rendered one briefly blind –

(Imagine one of the robot masters would transforms from the chemical X)
One of the robot master waken up from the electricity, it even helped with the chemical X evolved him with a flashing glow of white, after that he soon been changed with the same body of the girls, much like Mega-Man.

The neon light continued, still flashing, as Jojo and the shadow figure laughed one long, loud, shrill, victorious, triumphant, cold laugh. His laughing did not reach the ears of the monkeys, who sat quite prostate in their cases, no longer screeching. A line of five monkeys consisting of a gibbon, the podgy orangutan, a bonobo, the mountain gorilla and the baboon rested still in the liquid in their tanks, all of the Chemical X absorbed into their body systems now. The technology that the girls had helped Mojo build kept their newly extended brains in check, in more ways then one, it might be worth adding. The robots are given the same transformation with each passing spark.

While Jojo's and the shadow figure's laugh kept piercing the air, the flashing light from inside the observatory flashed through the large oval windows lines around it's perimeter. From outside, they flashed continuously, visible as long as the observatory was visible. It stood still atop the park volcano, not moving as it continued to flash green through the windows, Jojo's laugh piercing the air. Only when one reached the outskirts was the view to the observatory blocked by other buildings in the night, although Jojo's laugh almost seemed to be audible even this far. But no one was awake to hear it, though it forewarned big things tomorrow.

And in the girls' bedroom, the laugh seemed to radiate too, although it didn't disturb any of them. Buttercup, wearing a natural expression in her sleep. Blossom, having a slight smile on her face. And Bubbles, smiling the biggest, with Octi safe in her hand, clutched around his tentacle. None of them moved in their sleep or arose from it in any way, too peaceful to do so. They did not know about what had just happened across at the technology to which they had contributed, nor that it had been done with the Help-The-Town-And-Make-It-A-Better-Place machine. They were unaware that their actions had just changed Jojo's world forever in a way they had not expected, because he hadn't told them about that little detail. But yet they slept on, thinking that good things would happen for everyone tomorrow.

But inside was Mega-Man struggling like he was having a nightmare or some sort, coming from the dark laugh. Mega-Man don't know what is going on, but to his gesture, it was not going to be a good day tomorrow. And that cackle, ohh that cackle reminded him of something or someone along time ago. He can't remember the name, but it did feel familiar to him. Can he be sure to stop it? Only time will tell for Mega-Man.

But for now, the darkness of the night has finally consumed the light, Jojo's laugh and the shadow figure's cackle.

The room remained much the same the following day, it's bright, vibrant colors fully notable. The only difference was that the bed was empty –

'Today's the day!' said the three voices of the girls all at once. They were then looping in the air around their bed rapidly, still in their nighties.
'Today's the day!' exclaimed Buttercup flying over the bed from it's top end, a green light trail behind her.
'Today's the day!' added in Blossom, flying around the bed and off in another direction.
Bubbles came up in front of the bed's side, her arms stretched wide and her face bright with excitement. 'Today's –'
'– The day!' said Jojo triumphantly, throwing up his black, hairy arms inside the observatory, the green wiring behind him.

'What to wear?' asked Blossom rapidly, her eyes moving across her seven dresses on hangers in the wardrobe.
'What to wear?' said Buttercup right after her, looking at her own green and black striped dresses.
'What to wear?' finished Bubbles, looking at her own next to Buttercup's.
'Ooh, that's nice,' remarked Jojo, looking at his own new wardrobe, dominated by blue body suits with flowing purple capes attached and retro stylized head helmets.

Bubbles pulled up a white sock onto her leg. Concurrently, Jojo zipped up a white boot on his own foot. While Buttercup slipped her arm inside her dress, Jojo was pulling a white glove onto his green hand. As Blossom secured her hair clip around her orange hair, Jojo clipped the two ends of his costume's torso belt together. And just when Bubbles pushed her dress over her abdomen, Jojo placed a head helmet over his extending brain, covering it perfectly.

Buttercup was ready, looking as determined as ever. Blossom has her mouth open, she was that joyful. Bubbles' tilted head showed off her blond pigtails cutely.
Jojo was a contrast. Compared to the other three, against the wire-lighted backdrop of his observatory, he looked cross yet determined. His fists clenched and his purple cape blowing, his slightly wrinkled face, with large, dominating pink eyes, was enough to give anyone the creeps.

The three girls zoomed out of their bedroom, down to the main living room. Jojo paced his way around the upper level of his observatory, his purple cape blowing behind him.

The girls rebounded off of the second floor railing, streaming past the ceiling-tall fireplace. Jojo transcended down to the main area, all the primates still in their tanks.

The girls streamed through the air, heading for a different room. Jojo's smiling grin was reflected in the tubes of the baboon and the orangutan as he passed them, his forehead lowered.

The girls drew to a stop in front of Professor's lounge, facing the red door. Jojo's cape drifted as he stopped in front of his control panel. His finger clicked the Activate button, making the machines whirr to life –

'Professor, wake up!' the girls cried, having found the Professor asleep as his desk, papers scattered everywhere and a phone still in hand. He slowly lifted his head up as he heard the girls. 'Wake up, wake –'
'– Up, my brothers!' cried Jojo happily, as all of the primates's pink eyes opened together, crossed grins on their faces. Jojo stood at the observatory's control station, arms outstretched as he addressed his fellow simians. 'Wake up, and seize the –'

'– Day!' exclaimed Bubbles, the three girls smiling at the Professor.
He blinked his eyelids slowly, bags hanging underneath them. 'The day?'
'Yeah!' responded Blossom excitedly, floating back to the front door as Bubbles and Buttercup carried Professor by his arms. 'The day when we –'
'– Show Townsville just what our powers can really do!' Jojo slammed the observatory's front doors open, arms outstretched. All the primates leapt past him as he stood there. The monkeys expanded onto the town so fast, all of them screeching angrily as they were unleashed upon the town.

'What?' responded Professor in confusion as the girls flew him out of their suburb, in the direction of the inner districts.
'We're gonna show Townsville just what our powers can really do!' said Blossom, supporting Professor from below his chest.
'Yeah,' said Buttercup, supporting his left arm, 'we did something really good.'
Bubbles spoke from under his right arms, as Professor's puzzled look turned to a small smile. 'That's gonna really, really –'
'HELP!' screamed a woman in the grip of the mountain gorilla fist, three other nearby citizens attacked by the olive baboon, bonobo and orangutan respectively.

'Well,' started Bubbles as they flew towards the city, 'we met this guy.'
Jojo passed the rampaging monkeys, striding confidently towards City Hall.

'With powers like us,' supplied Buttercup, rather eagerly.
Jojo stepped over the last few steps, his fists swinging back and forth in suspended motion.

'Who was also hated by everybody,' remarked Blossom, not looking upset.
Jojo approached the main doors, the low skyline light reflecting on his head helmet.

'But he had this great idea!' exclaimed Bubbles, Professor's hair blowing like the girls'.
Jojo traversed the corridors of City Hall towards the main office, the panicking employees paying him no heed as they ran everywhere in a haywire manner.

'To help the town!' said Buttercup.
Jojo threw open the doors to the Mayor's office. Even across the long room, he could make out the Mayor rigid in his seat.

'And make it a better place!' said Blossom to a now happy-looking Professor, the town getting closer.
Jojo pressed his hands on the desk as he leered down at Mayor, who was shrinking back, sweat running down his face.

'That way the town would accept us!' said Bubbles cheerily.
Jojo returned to the front steps of the Hall, holding out the Mayor in front of the rampaging monkeys and the terrified citizens.

'Cause we did something to help!' added in Buttercup.
Jojo flung the Mayor down on the ground in front of him with no remorse.

'So we used all our powers,' continued Blossom.
A terrified cop hung from a car door as the mountain gorilla heaved it up, preparing to fling it upon the people in front of him.

'And a big team,' said Bubbles in her high voice.
Various gibbons pounced over a running crowd of people, both sides yelling loudly, though for different reasons.

'And his idea,' said Buttercup with excitement.
The various small chimpanzees leered down upon a crowd of shrieking people, who retreated back as the monkeys drew closer.

'To help everybody!' finished Blossom, the city mere seconds away from the flying group now.
'City of Townsville,' said Jojo to the city at large, stretching his arms wide as he spoke.

'It's gonna be so cool,' stammered Buttercup as they flew over more houses below them.
'I'd like to take this moment,' stated Jojo smugly, taking his time to make sure everyone present caught every word he said.

'You're gonna be so proud,' stated Blossom happily, the city so close now they could make out a green glow from the streets.
'To thank the little people,' continued Jojo, swiping a hand in motion to his chest, one of his feet on the bewildered Mayor.

'Everyone's gonna love us,' said Bubbles sweetly as they closed the last few feet between them and the city's main streets.
'Who helped make this day a smashing success,' said Jojo, as the mountain gorilla punched a person in the face repeatedly, thereafter holding him up as he roared, while the nearby orangutan and macaque also tormented people.

'We did really – Good?' The girls stopped short as they came within seeing distance of the chaos. They and Professor saw, with shock, that every single primate from the zoo had an extended brain just like Jojo, physically tormenting every citizen in sight. Their eyes swept over the crowd, past every monkey and human present, over the bonobo who was currently grinning, through more primates and humans, before they saw someone at the front of City Hall.

Jojo, looking triumphant.

He suddenly pointed straight up at them. 'Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup!' Relaxing as he gestured, he intentionally slurred his last line. ' I couldn't have done it without ya!'

One after the other, Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom reacted, looks of horror sweeping their face. They glanced back and forth as they however Professor closer to Jojo.

'It's their fault!' cried out someone, startling the girls, as they saw primates punching people's pants.

'I knew they were no good!' cried out someone else.

Jojo laughed again. This time, there was no question that it was an evil laugh, his eyes briefly clenched as he did so.

'Jojo, what happened?' asked Blossom, Professor watching a few feet away as they hovered in front of him.

'This isn't making the town a better place!' said Bubbles frantically, Jojo grinning at them.

'Yes it is,' responded Jojo, directing a thumb at himself, 'for me! The hobo formally known as Jojo is no-mo!' His eyes curved as he continued, anger from before in his life finally unleashed in it's full power. 'From this day for-ward, I shall be known as…' He whipped his cape around, standing tall, the Mayor still underneath him.

'MOJO JOJO!' he yelled triumphantly, fists clenched as he faced the girls and city. His costume only served to make him that more more menacing. His statement had such an effect that they didn't reply for a few seconds, time almost stopping in front of the triumphant primate.

The girls then gasped together, unbelieving, as he continued.

'For too long, apes and monkeys have been under the thumb of man.' The gorilla and orangutan were pulling people hard, while others had people pinned underneath them as they tugged at their faces and hair. The macaque was biting a man hard while one of the small chimpanzees clawed at a man's face, said man yelling in discomfort.

'Well, the time has come to oppose that thumb!' He stuck his thumb up hard into the air as he spoke, the light shining on his white glove. The citizens were in worse situations then ever, the gorilla punching a person, and a brown monkey pulling at a woman's hair. 'And take hold of what is rightfully ours – the world!' He threw his wide hands to the sky, finishing his superiority spiel.

'Professor!' said the girls frantically, as he collapsed to his knees in front of them, 'we didn't want this!'

'Liars!' screamed out one woman from the monkey tangle.

'Fibbers!' yelled out another man as he was tossed into the air.

'You've doomed us all!' moaned one man, his body being squeezed tight.

'Please, Professor.' Professor looked as white as a ghost. Very slowly, he titled his face up to face the girls, floating in front of him. 'Please believe us,' said Blossom desperately.

Below and behind the girls, chaos reigned, people being attacked by monkeys, while some from both groups ran in every direction, fleeing and pursuing respectively. Professor kneeled very still for a few moments, looking at the girls, before he looked down.

'I don't know who to believe,' he said quietly.

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup all gasped together, the shock of what he had just said penetrating them like ice shards. They had no one now.

They were all alone.

'I thought you were good,' he moaned quietly, moving a hand to his right eye, his head still looking down.

'NOOOOOO!' as the yells of the three girls penetrated the air, their colored streaks shot up from the city, through the sky, and out into the dark blackness of space. Where no one could follow them.

Now everyone hated them. Professor didn't trust them.

And Jojo – who they had though had sympathized with them, had understood them – had used them.

They had been betrayed.

Approximate Chapter Running Time (with extra scenes): 34:54-44:10 (NTSC); 33:30-42:24 (PAL)
Approximate Chapter Running Time (without extra scenes): 34:54-43:39 (NTSC); 33:30-41:54 (PAL)

Endless apologies for the almost year-long hiatus.

The extra scene in this chapter came about from a desire to further both the girls' relationship with Mojo, and the sinisterness of Mojo himself. He's the best part of the film, no question. It would (as you probably gathered from it's lack of dialogue) be silent in a manner similar to the observatory building sequence in the previous chapter, though with no background music. Oh, and it allowed for that great 'See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil' spoof to be echoed ahead of time too.