Hearts as One

(Open POV)

Townsville…

The city skyline in the afternoon.

"The city of Townsville...is in need of some…" The narrator said.

There is a terrified woman. An alarm is heard ringing.

"HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPP!" Woman 1 said, screaming.

Bank…

It is happening at a bank lobby and the woman who screamed is a teller. Two masked robbers brandish guns and hold bags of money. A crash shakes the room; Blossom lands, her back to the teller, and she and her sisters go to work on the thugs. After several seconds of pounding, the teller has triumph and relief on her face.

"Hooray!" Woman 1, the teller, cheered.

There is the sound of cheering from the other tellers. The girls stand atop the defeated criminals. 

Outside the bank entrance…

A police car is parked. The doors open, and the girls carry the robbers out. Behind the girls and the robbers, at the car's hood - where its driver is lounging and eating a donut, apparently not at all bugged by the Girls doing most of his work and actually enjoying having more free time thanks to them. 

"Hey, uh...uh, Powerpuff Girls, uh...thanks for catchin' those crooks. We, um…" The policeman said, biting into a donut. "...we couldn't a done it without youse." Another bite. "Mmmm...oh, man, this is good. Oh, um...while you're at it, would you, uh, mind, uh...bookin' 'em, too?"

The girls trade a disgusted look at this lack of appreciation for their success or support in it as well, especially from one of Townsville's Finest. Their thoughts are interrupted by another woman's voice.

"Powerpuff Girls…" Woman 2 said, screaming. "HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPP!"

Townsville…

The woman is in the window of an apartment building engulfed in flames. The other inhabitants join her in her cry for help as fire-engine sirens approach.

"Help!" Kid 1 said, while he is whisked away.

"Help!" Woman 2 said, terrified.

"Help!" Woman 3 said, worried.

These two are pulled from their windows.

Now the girls go to work at full speed, carrying the rest of the residents to safety and flying in tight circles around the building, from the roof down. By the time they reach the ground floor, the fire is out. There is a woman with her hair in curlers.

"Hooray!" The curler woman said, excitedly.

The other tenants, gathered around her, cheer as well. Among them: two kids, an old man, a fellow with a towel around his waist and a scrub brush in his hand, and a Japanese geisha. The girls land in front of them. There is a bored-looking fireman, not at all upset at the Girls having pretty much handled the entire emergency without them needing to lend an assist.

"Oh, great job, girls. I didn't even have to move a muscle. Oh, and, uh, while you're at it…" Fireman 1 said, lounging on the back of a fire engine; a Dalmatian sits nearby. "...would you mind walking Spot over here? He needs to go."

Again, the girls look rather disgusted at this show of apathy and lack of appreciation, this time from Townsville's Bravest, and again their stewing is cut off by a cry for help - this time a man's.

"Powerpuff Girls! HEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPP!" Man 1 said, nearby.

Nuclear power plant…

A squeak of metal against metal is heard, and after a moment, the screen is illuminated by the glow of a light bulb - the sound came from it being screwed into its socket. 

Outside a nuclear power plant…

One darkened window lights up; this is where the bulb was put in. 

Nuclear power plant…

A technician leans back in his chair, near a set of control panels. He is the one who called for help.

"Gee, thanks, Powerpuff Girls. It would have taken us minutes to screw in that light bulb!" Man 1, a technician said, excitedly.

The girls are now looking a little more fed up than before with having to do a job as simple as changing a light bulb that the lazy technician could have done on his own, with the light shining behind them.

"You know, us guys at the power plant aren't cut out to handle these kinds of situations." The technician said, happily.

"Powerpuff Girls!" A man said, nearby, he is a mechanic. "HEELLPP!"

Kitchen…

The mechanic is standing in a kitchen, by the sink, and looking quite bored - he is a plumber, but not exactly an ambitious one. Blossom and Bubbles stand in front of him while Buttercup works on the pipes under the sink. 

Car…

A man in his car.

"Powerpuff Girls! HEELLPP!" A driver said, angrily.

Outside the car…

The girls are changing a flat for him. Buttercup holds up one end of the car, Bubbles holds the flat tire, and Blossom puts a new one in place. 

Townsville…

"Powerpuff Girls! Help!" An old man cried.

Old woman's house…

They are in her home. Bubbles cleans out a cat's litter box, holding her nose as she does so. The user of the said box looks on happily; her sisters are rather less enthused. 

Townsville…

The girls are doing a quick series of minor crises.

"Help!" Kid 2 said, needing help with an untied shoelace.

"Help!" Woman 4 yelled, as there is a fly in a bowl of soup.

"Help!" Man 3 said, and he is pushing on a door marked 'Pull'.

"Help!" Man 4 said, struggling to open a jar.

"Help!" Woman 5 said, needing help with a spilled carton of milk at her feet.

"Help!" Ms. Keane said, clapping her erasers to clean them.

Bathroom stall…

"Help!" The Mayor said, trying to grab a runaway roll of toilet paper.

(Jared's POV)

The Professor and I are on the living room couch. The Professor is wearing his underclothes and a faceful of stubble while I am wearing some light blue and white striped pajamas. Snacks and drinks are all around us, including two cans of the Professor's favorite beverage mounted in a helmet he wears and there are several cans of Mountain Dew on the floor with a bug of coffee in my hand. The Professor has one arm stretched out, and I have one arm stretched out too.

"Girls...help…" The Professor said, while his arm is toward the other end of the couch, where the remote sits on the armrest out of his reach.

"Please. We want to watch Friends..." I said, the can of Mountain Dew still in my hand.

"No!" The girls said, looking between the Professor and I.

"Huh?" The Professor asked, looking at the girls.

"What?" I asked, looking down at the girls.

"We said no!" The girls said, at the same time. "No, no, no!"

The girls hover just in front of the Professor's face and my face. The Professor slid down in his chair and I curled up into a ball during the following tirade.

"We're sick and tired of doing everything around here!" Blossom yelled.

"But…" The Professor said, sadly.

"It's 'Powerpuff Girls, this', and 'Powerpuff Girls, that'. We've had enough!"

"But…"

"That's it! We're not gonna take it anymore! You both can just do it all yourself!" Blossom said, looking between the Professor and I.

"But…" The Professor said, frowning.

"But what?!" The girls exclaimed, at the same time.

"But we can't reach it." The Professor said, straining towards the remote.

"One of you can reach it. There's two of you." Blossom said, rolling her eyes.

"So many Mountain Dew energy drinks…" I said, trying to reach for the remote. "Baja Blast is good… Need the remote…"

The girls groan disgustedly.

 "Let's get out of here. Come on!" Buttercup said, and she and Blossom take off through the ceiling.

Bubbles stays put and looks sadly up after them. At the couch; she stands at the end opposite the Professor and I, with the remote next to her. The Professor and I smile pleadingly at her, and after a moment, she picks it up and holds it out to us. 

"Thanks, Bubbles." I said, happily.

Bubbles smiles as well. Instead of giving the remote to the Professor and I, though, she drops it on the floor at our feet; the Professor's face and my face falls. A moment of silence, and Bubbles takes off. 

"This is what happens when I say yes to binge watching Friends with you." I said, letting out a sigh. "And us having a competition as to who can get drunk the fastest."

(Open POV)

Cloud…

Bubbles is lying on her back against a white field. As she speaks, the other two girls are similarly disposed of.

 "Do you think we were too hard on the Professor and Jared?" Bubbles asked.

"No way." Buttercup said, annoyed.

They are lying on a cloud high above Townsville.

"They and the rest of them need to learn to do things for themselves. Jared has gotten lazy since he started hanging out with us more than seeing the universe." Blossom said, lying down on the cloud with Bubbles and Buttercup, with the three of them looking down at the street. "Let's just see how Townsville likes it when we're not here to pick up after them."

The words are barely out of her mouth when a huge green creature slams its foot down into the street. 

Townsville…

A man and a woman shout in surprise; the monster is a sort of lizard, with a piece of the clock tower in its hand. Back at street level, the two onlookers' reactions change to indifferent little sighs, and they continue about their business. A couple and their son stop to watch; they do not seem particularly worried either.

"Why look, son. A giant monster's destroying Townsville." The father said, smiling.

"Can we take him home, Dad?" The son asked.

"No, we better leave him alone." The father said, as the three start to walk away. "The Powerpuff Girls'll take care of him."

Just after they walk away, the monster spits a blast of fire over the buildings. 

Helicopter…

A helicopter flies near it and has its tail rotor knocked off and its main rotor damaged by one swing of its arm. The chopper stops in midair.

"Oh, playful critter." The pilot said, laughing, and he drops like a rock.

Now the beast chomps into a building and tears away the corner of one apartment. 

Apartment building…

Two women sit gossiping and drinking coffee. They pay no mind to what has just happened. The monster begins to eat the masonry again. 

Mayor's office…

On the next line, the view was through the window in the Mayor's office. The Mayor looks on, also rather nonchalant.

"Oh, look. If it isn't another naughty little monster." The Mayor said, laughing. "He must be hungry." He is walking to the hotline. "Well, I guess I'll just call the Powerpuff Girls, let them take care of things."

The Mayor picks up the receiver; the phone rings on the other end. After the second ring, there is a click.

"Oh, hello, girls. I…" The Mayor said.

Blossom cuts the Mayor off, surprising him.

"Hello." Blossom said, over the hotline.

Utonium Residence…

The hotline is in the living room and the cord is connected to it as the girls speak. This runs out along the table and snakes around the floor.

"You've reached the Powerpuff Girls hotline." Blossom said, as a recording.

"Leave a message after the beep, and we'll get back to you…" Bubbles said, as a recording.

Stop on an answering machine.

"...when we feel like it!" Buttercup said, as a recording.

The machine beeps.

Townsville…

A homeboy and his lady are in a convertible, which is being held aloft by the monster.

"Yo, yo, be careful with the G-ride." The homeboy said, as he looked at the lady, as the monster opened its mouth. "Yo, B, I think he's about to get jiggy with us."

The car is promptly devoured whole. 

Cloud…

The girls watch from their cumulus vantage point as more of the city is roasted.

"Can't we do something?" Bubbles asked.

"No, Bubbles, not this time. This is what Jared does for us, now we're doing it for the citizens of Townsville." Blossom said, happily.

"Yeah. Let 'em figure it out for themselves." Buttercup said, frowning.

Townsville…

"Hey, look!" Woman 6 said, on the street, and she and a crowd looked up at the girls. "The Powerpuff Girls! There they are!" The girls looked down at her and the crowd. "Woo-ooo! Oh, woo-ooo! Powerpuff Girls! In case you haven't noticed, there's a monster destroying our town."

The monster roars as the woman speaks.

"Hey, why don't you little ladies just scoot on down here and take care of this little mess, huh?" Man 5 asked.

"Take care of it, yourselves." Blossom said, lying down on the cloud with Bubbles and Buttercup.

The crowd, dumbstruck by this suggestion; the girls look at the crowd slowly as the Narrator speaks, ending on the woman who first spotted the girls and called up at the front and center of the group.

"Did we hear correctly? 'Take care of it yourselves'? What will Townsville do now?" The narrator asked.

In answer to his question, the people scream in panic and run in all directions as the monster rears up behind the buildings. The woman who had only earlier spotted the girls and called up to them now tears her hair out in total panic as everyone freaks. The two words that best describe the crowd's reaction are 'total hysteria'. They run along a street, just barely keeping ahead of the beast's footfalls, then back and forth across the screen in a field outside the city proper, still just staying ahead of the feet. After several passes, they run away, but no giant green foot comes down after them this time. They run back into view and look up with some degree of surprise. The monster is tangled in a set of telephone lines and struggling vainly to pull loose. The various members of the crowd address themselves to the girls on their cloud.

"Powerpuff Girls! Help us! The monster's stuck in the telephone wires!" Man 6 said, terrified.

"That's good!" Blossom cheered.

Long silence. 

"Hooray! We destroyed the monster!" The crowd said, at the same time.

"Uh...no, you didn't." Blossom said, sadly.

The crowd's faces fall. Another long silence.

"Help! Help! Destroy the monster!" The crowd cried, at the same time.

"We're not gonna destroy the monster, you are!" Blossom said, angrily.

"Okay! Let's get him!" Man 7 yelled.

"Yeah, let's get him! Go!" The crowd said, at the same time.

The crowd charge at the monster; the monster roars, and after a moment, they scurry back, their resolve gone.

"Uh...how do we do that?" Man 7 asked.

"Well, how do you think?" Bubbles asked.

"I would use my superpowers!" Woman 7 chirped.

"Or heat ray!" Man 8 said, excitedly.

"I could use my ice breath!" Man 9 said, looking up at the girls.

"You townspeople don't have superpowers like us, so you have to use your own normal powers. Now, how do you get a monster to stop destroying your town?" Buttercup asked.

"Destroy him!" Man 10 said, angrily.

"Yes! Destroy him!" The crowd said, at the same time.

"Good. But how are you gonna destroy him?" Bubbles asked, looking a bit weary.

"Mmmm, uh...we don't know!" Man 10 said, worried.

"Yes! We don't know!" The crowd said, at the same time.

"Well...the monster is stuck in the electrical wires, so what doesn't mix well with electricity?" Bubbles asked.

"Uh...feet!" Man 11 said, worried.

"Frankorstein?" Woman 8 asked.

"I know! A rubber chicken!" Man 11 chirped.

The other people in the crowd talk excitedly about these suggestions.

Cloud…

The girls flop onto the cloud face first, frustrated by the ignorance of the townspeople in answering such a simple question as what not to mix with electricity.

"This is gonna be tougher than I thought. How does Jared do it?" Bubbles asked, looking at her sisters.

"Yeah. How does Jared stay calm when we do something wrong?" Buttercup asked.

The monster roars again and pulls against the wires that ensnare it.

"I don't know. We have to figure it out. He gives us hints for us to save the day. So, why not give them hints? Let's try this another way." Blossom said, looking down at the crowd. 

Townsville…

"Hey! Why shouldn't you put a toaster in a bathtub?" Blossom asked, looking down from the cloud.

The crowd is now thoroughly annoyed and angered by this rhetorical question.

"Well, duh! You wouldn't be able to make toast in the kitchen!" Man 13 said, annoyed.

"Yeah! You would have to go to the bathroom every time you wanted toast. What a waste of time!" Woman 9 cried.

"Why shouldn't you put a toaster in a bathtub, full of water?" Blossom asked.

"Because your toast would get soggy!" Man 9 chirped.

The crowd cheers this idea.

"So, if we can get the monster to take a bath, his toast will get soggy!" Man 13 said, excitedly.

"Yeah, that's how we destroy him! Make his toast soggy!" Man 10 yelled.

"No, no, no! What would happen if you were in a bathtub when the toaster fell in?" Buttercup asked.

"Um...you, uh...get...shocked?" Man 14 asked.

"Yes! Now you have it!" The girls said, at the same time.

"So, if we can get the monster to take a bath...then he will get shocked!" Man 13 cheered.

"But where are we going to find a bathtub to fit the monster?" Woman 9 asked.

"And where do we get a toaster?" Man 14 asked.

"Do you have a toaster?" Man 13 asked.

"I don't have a toaster." Kid 3 said, sadly.

The crowd begins to ask one another if anybody has a toaster on hand. No luck, of course.

"I could be soggy toast." Man 9 said, frowning.

Cloud…

"That isn't the kind of hint Jared would give us." Blossom said, rolling her eyes.

"It isn't." Buttercup said, annoyed.

"How can they listen to us?" Bubbles asked.

The girls have had it up to their eyeballs with these people's obtuseness and lack of common sense.

Townsville…

"There's another way! You already have your toaster. It's the electrical wire wrapped around the monster. Now, what do you fill a bathtub with?" Blossom asked.

"Water?" The crowd asked, at the same time.

"Very good!"

A fireman is holding a dripping hose.

"Where the heck are we gonna get that much water?" Fireman 2 asked.

"FIGURE IT OUT!!!" The girls cried, at the same time.

The fireman begins to think very hard - as hard as his functioning brain cells will allow, that is - with the hose still dripping in his hand.

"Pssst!" A voice said, nearby.

The fireman looks around himself to find the source of the voice. One man points toward his own open hand, which he is holding in a position similar to that of the fireman's hand with the hose. This latter points at the hose in his own hand, bewildered and gets a big nod of approval. He nods back, then points the nozzle at the still-entangled monster and opens it up full force. When the stream of water hits the wires, the monster is enveloped in a blinding flash of electricity. It jerks back and forth, screaming at insane decibels, as the people watch in total shock and awe.

"Ooooh...Ahhhh...Ohhhh…" The crowd said, at the same time.

The beast finally explodes from the voltage it has absorbed. When the dust and debris clear, the townspeople are festooned with globs of green sludge and various monster bits. The girls look down at the crowd as said crowd talk excitedly. The city is mostly safe and the surrounding area also covered with slop.

"You did it! You did it!" The girls said, at the same time.

"Did what?" The crowd asked, puzzled.

"Destroyed the monster!" The girls said, frustrated.

Brief silence.

"Hooray! We destroyed the monster!" The people at the front of the crowd said, at the same time.

The rest cheer and all run back toward Townsville.

"Who needs those Powerpuff Girls?" Woman 8 asked.

"We can take care of things on our own!" Woman 9 cooed.

Cloud…

From their cloud, the girls watch them go.

"I'm beat." Blossom said, sadly.

"Yeah, let's go home." Buttercup said, frowning.

"Woo-hoo!" The Mayor said, nearby.

"It's the Mayor!" Bubbles said, excitedly.

(Jared's POV)

Townsville…

The Mayor is on the ground, calling up to the girls.

"Powerpuff Girls, would you come down here, please?" The Mayor asked.

The girls do so.

"Oh, hello, girls. I want to thank you for teaching the people of Townsville a very important lesson today. I can't quite remember what that was right now, but...oh, well, I gotta get to that party! Later!" The Mayor said, starting to walk off toward Townsville. "Oh, and, girls…"

The girls, again looking quite peeved, possibly from the Mayor forgetting that the Girls showed Townsville how to handle things on their own without calling the Girls to help with everything that they could easily handle without them.

I teleported in. I am feeling much better and energized from a nap after drinking too much energy drinks and eating too much junk food. I looked over at the girls, with a smile of sympathy and walking up to them for a hug.

"Want to go home?" I asked, looking down at the girls.

"Yes." Blossom said, happily.

"Yeah." Buttercup said, smiling.

"I do! I do!" Bubbles said, excitedly.

"Okay. Hang on tight, girls." I said, smiling.

Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup placed their hands on top of my hands and the four of us teleported away from the city.

"...would you mind cleaning up Townsville? It's a major pigsty. Thanks a bunch. Woo-hoo! Par-tay!" The Mayor said, his voice echoing and fading.

(Open POV)

The standard end shot comes up.

 "So once again the day is saved - with no thanks to the Powerpuff Girls! Hey...I did that all by myself!" The narrator said, excitedly.