Mandark Returns: chapter 6

"Bubbles," Double D said as he was going for a typical romantic stroll with his new girlfriend. "I have to talk to you about a very important matter. I suspect that I have a suspicion that I did something very bad to get something very good. Do you know an evil villain called Bell?"

"Bell?" Bubbles narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "She's one of our arch enemies! There isn't any kind of purpose which needs the help of the dark side. What did you do exactly?"

Double D got nervous, but decided to be honest. "I have built a laser cannon."

Bubbles stormed off.

This worried Double D. "Bubbles, wait!"

"I'm disappointed in you." Bubbles folded her arms. She then took out the golden locket and threw it back in anger, making it fall into a mud puddle as it started to rain.

Double D felt very hurt inside now, he picked up the locket and closed it with a tear in his eye now that Bubbles would never talk to him again. They had broken up and had no chance of getting back together.

'Stupid boys.' Bubbles thought to herself as she lay on her bed in anger, but then looked instantly sad.

"Check this out, dog!" Bloo told Courage as he held up a quarter, about to show the pink cowardly dog a trick.

When Bubbles put her head done, there came mechanical claws and octopus tentacles coming out for her. They grabbed her, making Bloo gasp and Courage yelp for her. Bubbles tried to fight them, but they were too strong for her.

"Get yer stinky feelers off her!" Bloo yelled, looking heroic, but got nervous as one of the monsters looked him sharply in the eye. "Please."

Courage growled and tried to bite on the monster's head, but he was grabbed by one of the tentacles now. He was then thrown against the wall with Bloo as the monsters were going to leave with Bubbles.

"Well, we tried, doggy," Bloo smiled slyly to Courage. "Wanna play cards?"

Double D came to the Utonium household, trying to remain calm, he couldn't just let what happened between him and Bubbles go like that. 'Bubbles, I'm here to say sorry.' he recited to himself, then rang the doorbell.

There was no answer. Double D then decided to get his booster boots out like he made for Eddy when he felt too short. He clicked the button, then looked through one of the top windows, knowing that Bubbles' bedroom was in there.

"Jerk." Eddy growled, not liking that boost.

Double D saw no one was in the room and he accidentally fell because Eddy squeezed between the lever shoes. This made the boys fall on top of each other. Luckily, Courage was just outside and now he could get help.

"What does that dog want?" Eddy scoffed.

Courage babbled, trying to tell them what happened, then transformed into the octopus monster with Bubbles held hostage and even roared.

"How could the dog do things like that?" Eddy questioned Courage's shape-shifting abilities.

"Are you trying to say that someone has kidnapped Bubbles?" Double D guessed.

"Exactly," Bloo smiled as he had poker chips and cards against a chicken, then looked shocked at his opponent. "It can't be. I'm losing to a chicken!"

"Blossom was kidnapped too." Eddy remembered, informing Double D.

"Do you have any clue where?" Double D asked.

Bloo took out a paper, giving it to them. "They left this here."

Double D took it and read it, feeling very grave. "They have been captured to the North Pole. Here are the coordinates of the laboratory where we have to go."

"What do you mean 'we'?" Eddy's eyes widend. "And 'have to'?"

"I'm sure that place is farther than Cleveland." Bloo commented.

"We have no time, we have to travel immediately," Double D told them as he got his head helicopter helmet on to take them to the North Pole and get the Girls. "Come on, guys, let's go!" He flew with Eddy, Courage, and Bloo to go on their new rescue mission. He finally landed with them and removed his helmet as they found snow.

"Where now, Einstein?" Eddy asked as his hair even had icicles.

"Take a look behind you." Double D looked rather firm.

The laboratory was there with a flag that had the letter M on it, and even the front of the building had an M on it. They walked over there to take care of business.

"Are you gonna ring the bell or should I?" Eddy asked.

"Bloo, Courage, go back to the city and get some help," Double D ordered softly. "Eddy and I are going to try to save the Girls while you are away. Just hurry."

Double D and Eddy now had to wait. The doors opened up and a claw grabbed Eddy while the tentacles grabbed Double D. They were being brought in the dark and deathly laboratory.

"If you touch me again, I'll..." Eddy started to threaten.

"Eddy, LOOK!" Double D pointed, Blossom and Bubbles were strapped up against their will and their mouths were covered to keep them from screaming. "Hang on! Eddy and I will save you!"

The monsters came up to block the Eds then. Eddy looked angry and determined, but Double D looked a little nervous.

"Do ya think you're freaky?" Eddy taunted the octopus monster.  "You're a giant octopus and a very cheap imitation. You're the unfreakiest monster I've ever seen. Get lost! And you there!" he turned to the clawed creature. He even picked up one of the claws, not amused. "What are these, scissors? Wake up, it's the 21st century, EVOLVE! Change your scissors for hammers, you could be 'Hammer-Handed Harry'! Yeah, sounds good... Go and find a hammer!" he then smirked as Double D looked to him questionably. "I learnt this kinda scam from my brother." he then went to save Blossom, removing the gag from her mouth.

"Eddy, it's good you're here, but you can't open this without the keys." Blossom explained to him.

"Take it easy," Eddy smiled. "Uncle Eddy's got a universal key." He pulled one of his hairs and bit onto it a little, using it as a key, freeing the pink Powerpuff Girl.

"Thanks." Blossom smiled with gratitude.

Double D reached into his hat and took out a paper clip and tried to use it as a key to save Bubbles. "The most complicated lock can be open by rotating a little piece of metal in it anti-clockwise."

Bubbles rushed to her hero instantly and hugged him. "Double D, thanks! I didn't really mean what I said. I love you."

Blossom and Eddy smiled, sharing a high-five.

"How touching..." Bell smirked as she saw the display.

"Bell!?" Everyone gasped.

"That's my name," Bell continued to smirk. "My evil revenge is almost complete. Finally, I can destroy all of you," she set her eyes to the robot army. "Jackbots... ATTACK!"

Eddy and Double D grew scared instantly.

"Stay back, boys." Blossom said as she and Bubbles were ready to fight now.

Blossom and Bubbles gave the bots a taste of Powerpuff Girl power. They didn't even stand a chance against the superhero girls who were born and destined to save the world and fight crime before bedtime.

"Double D, you gotta think of something!" Eddy cried. "Think, man, think!"

"I'm working on it..." Double D tried to use his powerful brain power. He looked to the leaky pipes, looked out the window to see snowflakes, saw a leaky faucet, then saw the main power wires. "Maybe I have an idea of what we could use in this fight."

Blossom flew to face more bots as Bubbles grabbed one, ready to throw it.

"Girls, look out!" Eddy called out, but had a hose ready. "Let's see what Edd has."

"Right, Eddy!" Double D nodded as he put his hand on the high voltage control lever.

Eddy grinned as the machine worked, then the hose sprayed out frozen water with hints of static electricity, frying the Jackbots.

"Edd, you're a genius!" Bubbles praised.

"It's nothing," Double D smiled at her. "It's just a simple electric phenomenon."

"Eddy, you're a hero!" Blossom hugged the other Ed boy.

"And I wasn't on top then." Eddy grinned.

"Well, well..." a voice said, revealing to be Mandark with a crazed grin. "It's good that you five are here."

"Four." Bell corrected as she looked evil next to her brother figure.

"What!?" Mandark looked at her. "Aren't there three Powerpuff Girls and two Eds down here?"

"Not quite..." Bell smiled sheepishly. "We haven't captured Buttercup yet."

"MANDARK!" Blossom snapped. "I thought you were dead!"

"Am I the only one who doesn't know who this 'Mandork' is?" Eddy asked himself in confusion.