PowerPuffs Mommy Fearest AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)

"You must be the ones Sara meant. Get in. Boys in the back, the little girl next to me. The name's Francine by the way." A blond haired blue eyed woman said as a white military grade Humvee pulled up about three minutes later, the woman glaring at the boys but smiling softly at Blossom.

"Here ya go sis." Ace said opening the door for Blossom and hoisting her into the seat. Immediately the blond haired woman, Francine, reached over and gently buckled Blossom in.

"Thank you!" Blossom said politely to both Ace, who smiled at her as he shut her door, and Francine who gave her a warm smile in return.

"Thank ya ma'am." Ace said as he let his brothers pile into the back of the car first before he climbed in and shut the door behind him, causing the woman to nod at him in the rearview mirror. It was obvious that she was much warmer with Blossom than she was with Ace and the boys who remained quiet in the back seat. Francine obviously didn't like males and was only letting them ride in her care because Ms. Bellum asked her to.

"You lot are lucky that I had just gotten off of work when Sara called me…and that I used the normal way to get to and from work today." Francine finally spoke after a moment as she drove carefully down the road, glancing at the boys and Blossom.

"Thank you for the ride ma'am." Blossom said smiling at Francine who gave her a soft but warm smile in return.

"You're welcome cutie. I was on my way back home anyways." Francine said smiling at Blossom who blushed at being called cute by someone other than her siblings.

"You live with Ms. Bellum?" Blossom asked curiously and causing the blond woman to nod.

"Yep, me and two others. We've been friends with Sara for years, so when we're in town we stay with her and when she's near our places she stays there with us. Her house here in Townsville is the only place we all call home though." Francine said nodding her head slightly before glancing at Blossom and then the boys.

"We got a few minutes before we get there. Music okay with you?" The woman asked causing Blossom to perk up and nod, glancing back at Ace who gave her a shrug of the shoulders. Francine smiled as she reached down with one hand and flipped on the stereo, her IPod already hooked up and blaring Evanescence.

"Never heard this song before. I don't recognize the band." Blossom commented blinking at the radio, the boys nodding silently in the back in agreement. Francine seemed to freeze for a minute before her head whipped to Blossom.

"You never heard of Evanescence?!" Francine asked sounding scandalized at the very thought of it.

"No ma'am. Before my sisters and I didn't have a lot of time to listen to music…then the professor and his new girlfriend didn't let us listen to music unless they wanted to listen to it, which wasn't often." Blossom said looking ready to cry when she mentioned her Creator and his new girlfriend Ima Goodlady.

"Don't cry sis. Ya know that no matter what ya got me an' the guys in ya corner. We'll never let ya go back to 'em even if we have to kidnap ya an' ya sisters." Ace said reaching forward and placing a hand on Blossom's shoulder, causing her to nod slightly but still look upset as Francine parked her car just outside of Ms. Bellum's house and cut the engine.

"Boys…go on ahead. I want to talk to Blossom for a minute…girl talk." Francine said causing Snake and Grubber to look ready to protest but Ace noticed that her eyes were serious…sad and faraway but serious.

"Guys…it's alright. She's friends with Ms. Keane an' Ms. Bellum…they're good people. We trusted 'em to treat two of our sisters…we can trust their friend to talk to one of our sisters for a minute or two." Ace said causing the boys to blink at him but nod slightly as they silently filed out of the car and into the front door that Ms. Keane was holding open for them.

For a minute neither female said anything as Blossom looked at the older woman curiously.

"…Back when I was little…my mom died. I was your age…and I didn't understand it. One day my mom was there…the next she was gone and not coming back…my dad he went from happy and supportive to cold and angry. He drank more and more…went out and did things to other people…horrible things. One day…I got home from school and noticed another woman in the house. She was my dad's new girlfriend. I was seven then." Francine said finally speaking up and not looking at Blossom as she leaned her head back against the headrest of her seat.

"She wasn't a nice lady. She liked drinking, smoking a funny smelling plant…which I know now to be illegal…and she loved screaming at me for some reason. When I was eight…she and my dad got married and forgot about me…I went days without eating because they went out all the time and forgot to buy groceries…sometimes she would hurt me…my dad knew. He didn't care. He hated me by that time…he said that if I was never born my mom would still be alive." Francine said closing her eyes as a single tear fell down her cheek, Blossom unbuckled her seat belt and crawled over to the other woman. Sitting on her lap the red haired leader hugged the blond carefully, not wanting to hurt her with her super strength. She felt Francine stiffen before gently, almost hesitantly, wrapping her arms around the small girl as well.

"Finally…I had enough…I couldn't live like that anymore. I ran away…much like you and your sisters did. Only…I didn't run into a gang of boys to help me. Most boys I met on the streets only want to hurt and use me…after two weeks of that…I found another runaway, the same woman who shares the house with me, Sara, and Sandy…we relied on each other to survive, me going out and stealing what we needed whenever we had no other choice…she would try her best to keep us from being arrested for it…one day about four weeks after I met the other runaway, her name's Rachel by the way, Sandy and Sara found out about us living on the streets…they were both so upset that we didn't tell them…Sara asked her parents and got permission for Rachel and I to move in with her…although most of the time the four of us stayed at Sandy's until we could each get our own place…" Francine said still holding Blossom tighter ever so slightly.

"…I guess what I'm trying to do by telling you my story…is letting you know that you aren't alone. You're not the only one who's went through it…some people have had it worse and couldn't run away like we had…others did run away but didn't survive. The five of us…your sisters and me and Rachel…we're some of the lucky ones. We survived, we had others that cared enough about us to help us…you're safe now little one…we…all four of us older women won't let anything happen to you and your sisters again…and if the boys mean so much to you then we won't let anything happen to them either." Francine said pressing a gentle kiss to Blossom's hair as she said one last thing before carrying the girl out of the car and into the house, shielding her from the rain with her body.

"I know it's hard but you better get used to having adults that care about you kid. Because you and your sisters just got four brand new moms that'll destroy heaven and hell to keep you three safe."