Protection

Protection has many different meanings the webster dictionary says its a person or thing that prevents someone or something from suffering harm or injury. In some cases protecting a rock from let's say birds, is protecting. The Queen's crown has more security protection than the white house has on documents. The real question that baffles most is what lengths a person will go through to protect the people they care about. How far is too far? When is it enough?

"Your children or Us? Those were the conditions?" Buttercup nodded looking down away from her supposed family.

"What was your plan, B?" She stayed quiet gripping her dress. Butch squatted in front of her taking her hands in his.

"BC please tell me you weren't-"

"You would've done the same thing, Butch. All of you would and you know it." Buttercup tugged her hands away looking away from him.

"Cupcake I'm not mad I'm just... Tell me about the plan."

"Why take two kids when he can have as many as he wants?" Buttercup started

"NO." Bubbles stood her face red Boomer quickly standing next to her. His face glaring at his best friend's sister.

"Butch and Brick's business is successful and flourishing. Boomer and Bubbles have stable careers and happy lives. Bliss, you're making a name for yourself like you always wanted. I know once Blossom has her kid she'll be back to working with the town." She felt their eyes including the Plutoniums.

"You weren't going to come back were you?" She shook her head at Berserk's question.

"You were gonna send your child back then give yourself to Him." Buttercup smiled the fakest ever seen plastered on someone's face.

"Like a true whore right Professor?"

"I see what you mean now." Brace stated leaning against the wall.

"What do you mean?" Bliss asked tears streaming from her eyes as she looked at him.

"Your sister would rather never see her own children again then let this broken family die. Y'all really haven't been so good to her either. Just from seeing you all together now I can tell she got the shit end of the stick. " Brace's word cause the Utonium family to stiffen in their seats. Plutonium looked over at his adoptive daughter as she shook silently.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Blossom glared.

"Just from my observation today. I can tell who was favored and who was treated poorly.' Brace leaned off the wall.

"You three I'm guessing were treated so well that if you were ever yelled at was once every blue moon." He pointed towards his girlfriend, Blossom, and Bubbles.

"But her by how she responds to everything thrown at her I'm assuming she was the 'troublemaker' when in reality she was just struggling to release her bent up power."

"You're right." Bubbles sighed looking down.

"You realized that it wasn't fair and I'm guessing after Buttercup left you snapped?" Bubbles nodded. She watched Buttercup get called destructive and even called a villain cause of her power but no matter how much Buttercup begged for help the Professor did nothing; how long was she supposed to sit quietly for?

"Him, wanted you for a while huh?" Brace questioned watching Buttercup nod slowly.

"He was going to teach me how to control my powers before I started hanging out with Brick." Buttercup said. Brace nodded looking to his brother who was still in deep thought. Brace stopped he knew his brother befriended he green-eyed girl when they were just children. He knew how deeply Brick fought to keep her protected from their father. Looking over to his bother he saw the familiar thoughtful look.

"What you think Brick?" Berserk broke the silence looking toward her counterpart.

"We lost some serious brain and brawn power in this situation." Brick looked back down to Buttercup. Her eyes seemed emotionless. She knew without her they wouldn't be able to put up a good enough fight.

"But we're not alone this time," Butch reminded his older brother smirking.

*Buttercup's Pov*

They can hate me. They can call me whatever they want but no matter I will protect this family. I'll be damned if they don't get the happiness they deserved. I was sitting in Butch's guest bedroom calming my breathing as the twins kicked and moved around. Sighing I laid back ignoring the split pain in my abdomen.

"Let's go explore munchkins," I said aloud. I was alone in his studio apartment. He and his brothers ran off to his office. Walking around I saw just how big this place was. He had three bedrooms two and a half bath with his own office; but what amazed me the most was the kitchen. He had a flat grill built into the counter by the risen stovetop oven. His two-door fridge wasn't much of surprising seeing he and his siblings could eat a restaurant out of business.

"It's six right now. Welp munchkins what we feeling today?" Opening the fridge I started pulling out ingredients for dinner. Let's see chicken, bread crumbs, asparagus, and bacon. Walking to the spice cabinet I began my process. Seasoning and breading the chicken and wrapping the bacon around the asparagus.

*Buth's Pov*

Driving back from the quick meetings with the guys. Walking inside the house My breath stopped seeing the love of my life placing a plate down on the living room table.

"You cooked?" I placed my jacket by the door as she looked up at me smiling.

"Yea...I thought we could eat and talk together." I smiled racing to take off my shoes as I sat down next to her eating. I watched her from the corner of my eye as she ate quietly thinking most likely.

"I..I was gonna tell you that night," she whispered. I placed my plate down controlling my breathing as I watched her cry.

"I was gonna tell you EVERYTHING, but you looked so calm and at ease with her. You even called her babe and you let her spend the night. You have never done anything like that to me or for me. I just couldn't keep ruining everybody's happiness and definitely not yours." Her breathing increased as she rubbed the end of her dress.

"You're right. You were never babe to me. You were and will always be Buttercup. You are my flower, the butterflies in my stomach, my poison, the love of my life." she groaned at the sound of his voice becoming more corse at the same time the babies start to stir more frequently.

"I didn't let you spend the night cause I thought you and Mitch worked it out. At least that's what he kept boasting about. I just went to the first willing person I didn't know." His voice finally cracked as he starting crying softly he kept relying on his mistake he didn't know it was Bliss at the time he was so out of it so consumed in his self-hatred and pity he didn't register just who he laid next too. She placed a hand on his cheek ceasing the tears. The twins continued their storm as their parents talked.

"I looked everywhere for you. You know that?" She nodded quietly. She knew for the first two months she watched him organize his whole operation, the whole business from the ground up just to find her.

"You were right here, right underneath my hand the whole time. I just had to grab you but I was blind. " Buttercup felt more tears pierce the corner of her eyes.

"Butch..please I'm sorry." Butch shook his head at her confused about what she did wrong.

"Don't be Butterfly...You...Brick was right about us." Questioning him he sighed. "I'm so used to getting what I want that even if its right in my face I still won't notice it. I don't deserve you; I know that for a fact, but for the love of God Buttercup please let me love you three. At least til-"

Buttercup shut him up pulling him into a kiss. Halting the constant movement of the twins as she smiled onto his lips when he finally deepens it.

"If I allow this Butch you can not let me go."

"Never." Butch breathed capturing her lips again as he lifted her up onto his lap. He continued his assault on her lips till he felt a strong pressure on his chest.

"Did that little twerp just kick me?" Buttercup lightly hit him.

"Hey, they are not twerps they are your children." Butch gave her a pointed look as she thought over what she said.

"Ok maybe they are twerps but they are still kids so be nice."

"Yes, ma'am." Butch smiled thinking about how he could fix a bedroom for the kids until he had time to search for a house.

"Butch about Him." Butch face turned in disgust. He was pissed he would have to pretend to not know anything about Him's plan again and continue to work with Him. He would have to search for someone he had already found.

"We got a plan Butterfly. Don't you worry about nothing but you and the twerps' health, ok? It's our turn to protect you now."