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Chapter 11: To Be Free

It is during our darkest moments where we have to focus to see the light.

"Hurry up, you idiots!" a seven-year-old Brick whispered harshly shaking his brothers. "Wake up!"

They have been sleeping in an alley on top of flattened cardboard boxes. Not the most comfortable things in the world, but it still worked.

"Stop it! It's the middle of the night," Butch with a undeveloped child voice waved his hands at him half asleep.

"But we have to go now! To Citysville!" Brick whispered.

Boomer yawned. "Why now?"

"So no one will know we're there! So the hags won't come looking for us!" Brick said irritated.

"Okay, fine..." Boomer said lazily and both his brothers got up.

They started to fly towards Citysville. The seven-year-old boys were hoping to start a new life in the city. They became smart enough to realize that they are too equally matched for them to defeat the girls and vice versa.

They were tired of doing what they were told to do by Mojo and Him. As the boys were discussing to each other about how they wanted to start over, Brick managed to find an abandoned, old home there when he was trying to fly away from Blossom during a fight. He decided to check it out one day, and decided that he and his brothers can manage living in there.

"There it is," Brick pointed at it. They flew over to it and went inside.

"Bro, it's creepy in here," Butch said.

"It's fine, Butch. Nobody's in here. Let's just go to sleep, we'll figure things out in the morning." They agreed and went to sleep.

Boomer trusted his brother. His brother is smart. But for some reason, he couldn't feel reassured. He couldn't sleep.

Something's not right.

He suddenly hear very quiet, laughter. He sat up and scooted closer to his brothers. No, this can't be a prank. Brick and Butch are right here, he thought. The laughter got louder and louder as it was trying to haunt him. When the sound was loud and clear his brothers woke up.

"What is that?" Butch said ready to fight.

"Don't know," Boomer replied.

A red, smoke-like swirl appeared in front of them in the dark room. A few seconds later, Him revealed smiling at them.

"Thought you could escape from me, hmm?" he asked evilly.

"Ugh, it's just you," Butch calmed down. His brothers did as well. "You could have just woken us up, you know. You don't have to crescendo your ugly laugh. How did you even know we're here?"

"Well, I know everything," he laughed. "I also know that running away isn't an answer to everything. You must accomplish your goal before starting something new."

"What do you mean?" Brick asked.

"The whole purpose of your birth was defeating the girls. And you haven't done that yet," Him answered.

"But we can't defeat them, and they can't defeat us," Boomer said.

"Not yet you can, but you can in the future," Him smiled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Butch asked suspiciously.

"Your see," Him started. "Every child goes through a period of time called puberty. It's when a child starts to develop into an adult. For little boys, their voices become deeper, they become very tall, and they build muscles that are stronger than girls." The boys widened their eyes. "Muscles are an support to your superpowers. Girls don't have muscles as much as boys do which means that you will eventually become a lot more physically stronger than the girls."

Him was expecting them to be more excited, and they were, but one seemed unsure. "What's wrong? Don't you want to defeat the girls?"

Boomer was definitely unsure. As he grew up, he began to question their fights in its purpose. Instead of answering, he asked: "What happens after we defeat them?" His brothers looked at him as if he just kissed a frog.

"Well, lots of things can happen. Everyone will be scared of you, so you can use that as an advantage to rule the world. You don't even have to take orders from Mojo and me anymore. You can be free."

"'Free?'" They repeated slightly happily.

"Yes, free. You can do whatever you'd like."

Boomer was very excited about being free, but he was still unsure. "But we already do whatever we wa--" Brick slapped his hand over his mouth to shut him up.

"Him, we're in." He smiled evilly as Butch did the same.

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