Lady Robbers

Hey, guys. First up, I would like to give a HUGE apology on how long this Chapter took to finish. Other than some laziness, and craziness that had been happening, I had trouble thinking of the right material for this Chapter on the fly. I mainly ended up having ideas for the future Chapters and honestly, this one's probably not that good, but it was important for me to do this one to show off one of the new scenarios that the boys have to experience in future Chapters. Anyway, thank you all for being patient with me and I PROMISED the next few Chapters will come up real soon and they will be really good.

This is the third Chapter of my Life with Ruffs story. In this one, the RRB will be facing a new problem that they never thought they would have ever since they turned good.

Townsville has been a lot more peaceful ever since the RRB became heroes. Crimes are barely committed anymore, and most monsters tend to be afraid of the boys. Even with the new time of peace, the Ruff and Puffs still go out on patrol to keep the peace.

"Uh, this so boring..." Buttercup complained.

"I know, right?" Butch said in agreement. "No one's dumb enough to do anything bad with 6 superheroes guarding Townsville."

"And that's a good thing, guys." Blossom said. "There has to be a point where crime isn't happening as much now."

"Blossom's right." Brick said. "Besides, this is what we've been working forever since we all decided to work together."

"But, do we have to still patrol around?" Boomer asked. "It's like Butch said. No one's dumb enough to do anything bad with 6 superheroes around."

"You'd be surprised how dumb they are when there's only 3." Bubbles said.

"Well, we're just about done with patrolling." Blossom said. "Let's get ready to head home."

As the kids were about to head home, they surprise to hear an alarm from the bank.

"What's that sound?" Brick questioned. "An alarm?"

"A robbery from the bank!" Blossom said.

"Guess we found a couple of people dumb enough." Buttercup said.

"Man, who still robs banks?" Butch questioned. "It's not like they're gonna be able to spend any of that money when they're on the run."

"Most criminals like to spend it on Black Market stuff." Brick said.

"You mean like weapons and all that kind of stuff?" Boomer asked.

"Exactly, that and they try to skip town, disguised themselves, and change their names." Brick said. "You'd be surprised on how long some criminal get away with it."

"Okay, our question has been answered." Buttercup said. "Let's stop the robbery already!"

"Right!" The others said.

Everyone flew close to the bank, getting ready to stop the robbers.

"Heh, this will be so easy." Butch said.

"Hey, guys." Blossom said. "Why don't you let us handle this one?"

"What, you want to take the credit for yourselves?" Butch questioned.

"It'll just be a minute." Blossom said. "No need for all 6 of us for this, right?"

"She does have a point." Boomer said.

"Ladies first, then." Brick said.

"Thank you." Blossom said. "It won't take long."

The girls went inside the bank while the boys decided to wait. The girls were ready to fight the criminals inside and noticed that they were almost done stealing the money. The girls found the three thieves and were unamused.

"You know, it's quite surprising that you actually think you can get away with a bank robbery these days." Blossom said.

"Unlucky for you, we're here to stop you." Buttercup said.

"You might want to give up if you know what's good for you." Bubbles said.

The thieves were silent and unfazed by the girls. One of them throws a marble looking thing to them.

"What's that?" Blossom questioned. "Some sort of marb..."

Unaware, the marble turned out to be a flash bomb and blinded the girls. The girls screamed from the brightness.

"AHHHHH!" The girls shouted.

"My eyes!" Blossom cried out.

"Can't see!" Bubbles shouted.

"Too bright!" Buttercup shouted.

The thief then threw a giant net over the girls, trapping them while they were blinded by the flash bomb.

"Wh-what's happening!?" Buttercup questioned. "I still can't see!"

"Feels like there's a net on us!" Blossom noticed.

"They're gonna get away!" Bubbles stated out.

The thieves did just that as the girls were preoccupied. Back with the boys, they were waiting +for the girls, hoping that they were okay.

"Huh, it's kinda taking the girls a while." Boomer said to his brothers.

"Yeah, I think we'd be done by now." Butch said.

"Come on, guys." Brick said. "The girls have been doing this WAY longer we have. I'm sure they're okay."

While they thought the girls would be okay, they noticed something surprising.

"Uh, if that were true, how come it looks like the bad guys are about to getting away?" Boomer asked while pointing at the robbers.

"What?!" Both Brick and Butch questioned.

"No way!" Butch shouted. "How did these guys get pass the girls!?"

"They must be smarter than we thought." Boomer said.

"Uhhh, we should have never let them do it by themselves." Brick said. "Come on, let's stop them, quick."

The boys quickly caught up with the robbers to stop them in their tracks.

"Did you honestly think you could get away?" Butch asked the robbers.

"We don't know how you got past the girls, but you won't get past us." Boomer said.

The robbers were about to attack the boys, but they were able to dodge. Brick dashes and tackles one of the thieves.

"Ha, now let's see what's behind that mask." Brick said as he removes the mask on the thief that he tackled.

As Brick removes the thief's mask, he and his brothers shocked to find out the thief was none other than a woman.

"You...you're a girl!?" Brick said shocked.

The other thieves took off their masks revealing that they were all women.

"You're all girls!?" Both Boomer and Butch said shocked.

"We're women, actually." The leader with Red hair said. "And you boys are out of luck."

The leader then threw a net trap similar to what happened to the girls and caught them why they were out of focus.

"Gah!" The boys shouted surprised.

"They got us trapped!" Boomer stated.

"They must have done the same thing to the girls!" Butch said.

"Just, who are you?" Brick asked.

"We're not your average Robbers." The Leader said.

"We're the Robbing Rogues!" All the thieves said together.

"I'm Sapphire." The thief with blue hair said.

"I'm Emerald." The thief with green hair said.

"And I'm the leader, Ruby." The leader said. "Remember those names, because you're gonna be seeing us quite a bit."

The Rogues had a remote control to call out their ride and were making a quick getaway.

"Later, boys." Sapphire said.

"Better luck next time." Emerald said.

The Rogues got in their car and drove off at high speed.

"No, they're getting away!" Boomer shouted upset.

"How do we get out of this stupid net!?" Butch asked angrily.

"Well, if you stop moving so much...!" Brick shouted.

As they were still in the trap, the girls got out of theirs and saw the boys in a tangled situation.

"They got you guys too, huh?" Blossom asked the boys.

"Yeah, and if it's not too much trouble, could you be so kind...?" Brick asked nicely.

"Oh, right." Blossom said.

"Wait..., what about the thieves?" Buttercup asked.

"They...got away from us..." Butch said depressed.

"They used some fancy High Tech car and gave us the slip." Boomer said.

"*Sign*...Just...great..." Buttercup said depressed.

"Guess we're not dealing with our average thieves, are we?" Bubbles asked.

"...Not even close..." Brick said quietly.

Later the day, the kids went home after their failed attempt to save the day. The boys were sitting in the couch, silent the entire time. The girls looked at them and noticed that they were acting off.

"Boys, are you okay?" Blossom asked the boys.

"...Not really." Brick said upset.

"Jeez, what happened to you guys back there?" Buttercup asked.

"The Robbers got us by surprise, but we thought that you might catch them." Bubbles said.

"They kinda got us by surprise too." Boomer said.

"More ways than one." Butch said.

"Who to think that the robbers would be a bunch of chicks." Brick said. "Not only that, but they're also pretty smart too."

"Chicks?" Blossom questioned.

"Yeah, we unmasked them and realize that they were all girls." Butch said.

"Of all the times, why now?" Boomer questioned.

"Wait, why does that matter?" Blossom asked.

The boys quietly looked at each other and knew they had to tell the girls the truth about why they messed up.

"*Sigh* Listen, girls..." Brick said nervously. "There's something we have to tell you..."

"Something important..." Boomer said.

"Something that we didn't think would happen..." Butch said.

"What, you guys don't fight girls anymore?" Buttercup asked as a joke.

The boys looked at the girls quietly and didn't answer the question. Which answered the girls' question.

"Wait, you guys don't fight girls anymore!?" Buttercup asked again only shocked.

"Seriously, but why?" Blossom asked.

"Well, let's see..." Brick said about to explain. "The last time we fought girls, we nearly destroyed them, they actually destroyed us, we came back to life to almost destroying them again, and after what seemed like an endless cycle, we ended up being friends and living together!"

The girls were a bit silent after hearing that explanation.

"So yeah, that pretty much sums it all up." Butch said.

"It's kinda obvious." Boomer said.

"Wait, so you never fought any girl criminals until now?" Blossom asked.

"All the criminals we ever fought were guys." Brick said.

"Even the monsters we fought were all dudes." Boomer said.

"Believe us, we checked." Butch stated.

"Besides, it's not like there's a lot of female criminals here." Brick said.

"Oh, that's not true." Blossom said.

"Yeah, we fought a bunch of baddies that were girls." Bubbles said.

"I doubt you got passed the single digits." Butch said.

"Oh, that's definitely not true." Buttercup said.

"Oh, really?" Brick questioned. "Tell us all females you fought, and on a regular basis. Not just once, but more than once."

"Well, there's Princess..." Blossom said.

"Sedusa..." Bubbles said.

"And...umm..." Buttercup studdered.

The boys quickly picked up that the girls only fought a few female criminals.

"Uhhhhh..." The girls all pondered.

"Seriously?" Brick questioned. "You can't think of anyone else?"

"You said on a regular basis." Blossom said.

"And you just proved our point." Brick said.

"Geez, you're not even close to the two-digit count." Butch said.

"You barely got pass just the one." Boomer said.

"Okay, so you do have a point." Buttercup stated. "It's not out fault most the villains we fight are jerky guys. Oh, no offense."

"Some taken." The boys said.

"Look, fighting you girls back then wasn't the only reason we swore off fighting chicks." Brick said.

"Yeah, do you know how easy it is for a guy to get backlash for hitting a girl?" Butch asked.

"It's not exactly something easy to recover from, and we know more than anyone." Boomer said.

"But these girls are criminals." Bubbles said. "Can't you just let this kinda let this one slide?

"It's not that easy." Brick said. "Hitting a girl, good or bad isn't just something we want to do anymore."

"It could bring back feelings of what things used to be like for us." Boomer said.

"And those are the kinda feelings we don't want to feel." Butch said.

"You remember how it was when Him was controlling to fight you, girls?" Brick asked.

"...Yeah..., we remember..." Blossom said sadly.

"Well, when being turned good, and started to realize all the mean things we did, we felt bad about it..." Brick said sadly. "Really bad about it."

"It's not really a feeling we want to relive." Boomer said.

"Yeah, we're not those kinds of guys anymore." Butch stated.

"Well, we understand that, but..." Blossom said, but was interrupted by Brick.

"This is how it's gonna be for us." Brick said. "Besides, any guy who hits girls, good or bad, are the worse. Period."

Boomer and Butch nodded in agreement with Brick as they all had a serious look on their faces. After the girls heard them say that, they understood the boys feelings.

"Wow, that's actually...pretty mature of you guys." Blossom said.

"Yeah, I'll say." Bubbles said.

"If only you guys were like this when we first met." Buttercup said.

Blossom walks closer to the boys and puts her hand on Brick's shoulder.

"We'll find another way to catches these thieves." Blossom said.

"...Thank you..." Brick said.

"So, what can we do?" Buttercup asked. "These ladies aren't your run-of-the-mill thieves."

"That's putting it, lightly." Bubbles said in agreement.

"You're right about that." Butch said. "They're actually really smart."

"That's an understatement." Brick said. "The way to they stopped us and got away, they knew how to deal with us, even if we never met them."

"Wait, are you saying they knew how to deal with us!?" Boomer asked.

"Then I guess it's no surprise." Blossom said. "Anyone smart in Townsville would know about us."

"And anyone smarter would know how to handle us the way they did." Brick said.

"So how do we catch these smart chicks?" Buttercup asked.

"I don't know..." Brick said. "We never had this problem before."

"So, we're just gonna wait until they show up again?" Butch questioned.

"It's not like we can do anything else." Boomer said.

"In the meantime, we try to find what we can about these 'Robbing Rogues'." Brick said.

"I think that's smart, and don't worry." Blossom said. "We're stopping them the next time we see them."

"Yeah..., hopefully soon..." Brick said a little worried.

The next day past and the kids had just finished school and headed home. They all try to get information on the Robbing Rogues.

"Didn't any of you guys find anything?" Blossom asked everyone.

"Nope." Buttercup said.

"Nuh-uh." Bubbles said.

"I got nothing." Butch said.

"Me neither." Boomer said. "Every time when I try to search for them by name, I get the actual jewels."

"Same here." Butch said. "They sure knew how to throw us off searching for them."

"What about you, Brick?" Blossom asked. "Did you find anything?"

"I wish..." Brick said disappointed. "Maybe we're just searching the wrong way."

"Well, what do we know about them so far?" Blossom asked.

"For starters, they had to be pretty clever to plan everything to get away from all of us." Butch stated. "And they were pretty tough too."

"And they were kinda pretty too." Boomer said. " Not that I was looking."

"Smart, tough, pretty..., we pretty sure we just describe the girls." Brick stated.

"Aww, we're flattened." Blossom said.

"Besides the point, I think I can narrow it down a bit by adding some more details." Brick said. "Let's see, they were about late 20s to early 30s, about 5'7 to 5'9 each, theives..."

As soon as Brick narrowed down the search, he got results.

"Hey, I found them!" Brick shouted out.

"Nice work, Brick." Blossom said.

"Well, I do have serious book and street smarts." Brick said.

"So, What'cha got? " Butch questioned.

"Okay, let's see..." Brick said as he looks at the information. "It looks like their real names are Katy, Jenna, and Marcy. They were close friends since middle school, and were all accepted to one of the best college for science and technology."

"Oh, then they really are super smart as we thought." Boomer said.

"Making them even more dangerous to deal with." Butch said.

"So they're scientists?" Blossom questioned. "Why would they live a life of crime?

"Well, apparently they had trouble getting funds for some of their inventions." Brick said while reading the info. "After a while, they wanted to get the money to help better up their research..."

"So, that how they started their crime spree." Buttercup said. "By robbing places."

"Yep." Brick said. " At first, it was for their work, but then, they started to enjoy robbing places."

"Enjoy robbing!?" Bubbles questioned. "How could they turn into bad guys just from doing that!?"

"Sometimes, people can change." Butch said. "The three of us know that more than anyone."

"Ain't that the truth?" Boomer said.

"Looks like it wasn't long until their actions were found out." Brick said. "After a while, they didn't even care about the way they used too. I guess you can tell what they used their knowledge for it now."

"But, they could have done stuff to help the world." Blossom said. "Why give that up for a life of crime?"

"*Sigh* I don't know..." Brick said a little down. "While there are bad people who can turn good, there are good people that can turn bad. That's just how it is."

"*Sigh*...I just don't want to believe that..." Blossom said sadly.

They were a little upset when they heard Brick said that, but they also knew that it was the truth, for they've meant villains that were like that.

"What if we try to convince them to turn themselves in?" Blossom asked.

"If only it were that easy." Brick said. "We've all seen what they can do, and my guess is that they won't give up if we just told them to stop."

"...You're probably right." Blossom said. "I hope we can think of something soon."

"So what do we do in the moment is wait for them to strike again." Buttercup said.

"Yeah..." Butch said. "It's not like we can find them anytime soon."

The kids had to wait until the next time the Robbing Rogues to show up again, but it wouldn't be easy. Word has already spread about the Ruff n Puffs failure to catch them, but that didn't any of them down just yet. The next day after finishing school, they waited for their next move.

"Anything on them yet?" Brick asked the others.

"Nope, not a thing." Butch said while looking at his phone.

"Maybe they left Townsville." Boomer said. "They might just be one of those 'One Time' lady villains the girls always get."

"Heh, if only..." Buttercup said.

"They don't seem like the kind of robbers that leave after one heist." Blossom said. "They gonna be planning another one."

Brick looks at his phone for information on the Robbing Rogues.

"From what we can find, the Robbing Rogues seem to favor places with the jewelry." Brick said.

"Then they much have used the bank as some kind of calling card." Blossom said.

"Okay, but which one?" Butch asked. "Don't we have like a dozen of those?"

"How are we gonna figure out which ones to do go?" Boomer asked.

"By narrowing down the choices." Blossom said.

"Exactly." Brick said in agreement. "The Rogues are interested in the best of the best, and the top 3 choices would be right here.

Brick showed everyone the top 3 jewelry stores in Townsville. "Townsville's Finest Gems," "Jewel Life," and "10k and up."

"Okay, so one of these three places are probably gonna be next." Butch said.

"Yep, and we have to be ready if and they show up." Brick said.

"Okay, if one of those stores are next, we should split and stand on guard." Blossom said.

"Blossom and I will watch "Townsville's Finest Gems." Brick said.

"Bubbles and I can do "Jewel Life." Boomer said.

"Then I guess me and Buttercup get "10k and up." Butch said.

"All right then." Brick said. "Now that we have a plan, let's head out.

"Right." The others said.

The gang all left the house to their destined jewelry store. They each staked out waiting for the rogues to show up. However, there was no progress.

"Ugh, this is boring." Buttercup said to Butch.

"Tsk, you can say that again." Butch said also bored. "Did Brick and Blossom mention how long we have to do this?"

"Uh, about an hour, maybe two." Buttercup replied.

"Oh, fun..." Butch said sarcastically. "It's barely been 10 minutes yet."

"Just try to be patient, Butch." Buttercup said.

"We're the two most impatient people in our group." Butch said.

"I know, it stinks." Buttercup said in agreement.

On to Boomer and Bubbles's...

"Do you see anyone, Boomer?" Bubbles asked.

Boomer was playing games on his phone and was didn't hear Bubbles's question.

"BOOMER!" Bubbles shouted.

"Wha-what?!" Boomer said nervously after hearing Bubbles shout. "Oh, sorry, Bubbles. I was just doing a bit of gaming."

"We're supposed to keep a lookout for the rouges." Bubbles said.

"I know, but that's not like they'll just show up out of nowhere." Boomer said. "Besides, we don't need both of us to stay on full guard."

"It still helps if both of us do it." Bubbles said.

"Yeah, you're right." Boomer agreed. "Sorry, if it seems like I'm letting do all the work. How about we do our best here, okay?"

Bubbles decided to play games on her phone as Boomer did.

"Wow, we are so much alike..." Boomer thought.

Around the same time, Brick and Blossom were watching their spot, Brick had brought some snacks.

"Still, nothing." Blossom said. "I wonder if the others are having better luck."

"Maybe, or they're probably goofing off or something." Brick said.

"Heh, yeah." Blossom said. "That does sound like them."

Brick hands Blossom a candy bar.

"Here, a little snack wouldn't hurt." Brick said.

"Oh, thank you." Blossom said.

Brick and Blossom sat on the roof together eating their candy bars.

"It's just the two of us again..." Brick thought. " What should I say? I don't want to say anything that would be to awkard for us."

"Me and Brick again..." Blossom thought. "It was really nice of him giving this chocolate bar for me. The old Brick would never do this."

"So, Bloss, about all this..." Brick asked. "Does it get any easier?"

"What do you mean?" Blossom asked.

"You know, these kinds of problems." Brick said. "Dealing with villains that are actually tough."

"Oh, that." Blossom said. "Well, it can be hard sometimes. Honestly, there were times where me and my sisters just got lucky."

"Like those times you girls fought me and my brothers?" Brick asked.

"Now that was definitely luck." Blossom said.

"Heh, yeah..." Brick said nervously.

"But, you know, I think we're even luckier now that we have you guys on our side now." Blossom said.

"You really think so?" Brick asked. "Even though we can't do much for this situation?"

"It's like I said before, I admire what you stand by now." Blossom said.

"Yeah, well, what kind of superhero would I be if I still hit girls." Brick said while blushing. "Thanks, Blossy."

"Heh, you're welcome." Blossom said.

As the two were having their nice conversation, they get a call.

"A call..." Blossom said.

"It's Boomer." Brick said as he answers his phone. "Boomer, what's up?"

"It's the Rogues!" Boomer said on the phone. "We spotted them. Butch and Buttercup are already on their way here."

"Okay, me and Blossom will do the same." Brick said.

"Sounds like we got trouble." Blossom said.

"Yeah, let's hope that luck with us now." Brick said.

Brick and Blossom flew straight to Jewel Life, where they meant up with the others.

"Hey, we're here." Brick said to the others.

"Just in time." Butch said.

"So, how are we gonna stop them?" Boomer asked. "They're probably expecting us."

"Just leave this to us, boys." Blossom said. "We'll stop them this time."

"If you say so." Brick said. "We'll back you up when you need it. Let's go!"

The kids flew down the stop the Rogues.

"Not so fast, Robbing Rogues!" The kids all shouted.

"Well, well, well." Ruby said. "If it isn't the Ruff and Puffs. Didn't learn your lesson, didn't you?"

"Oh, we learn more than that...Katy." Brick said with a sly face.

"Oh, you did some research on us." Ruby said. "You're pretty smart, Red Boy."

"I know a thing or two." Brick said.

"We also know that you all used to be scientists and that you decided to give up on that." Blossom said. "Why?"

"What can we say?" Emerald said. "We may like science, but we love jewels."

"They do say it's a girl's best friend." Sapphire said.

"Well, let's just see how that works for you in jail." Buttercup said.

"Stand back boys." Blossom said.

"We can handle them this time." Bubbles said with confidence.

"Okay, we'll back you up if you need it." Brick said.

"Watch out for any weird tech." Butch said.

The girls went for the attack. Blossom tried to attack Ruby with a punch, but Ruby quickly blocked it with a force field.

"What the...?" Blossom said surprised.

"Like it?" Ruby asked with a smirk. "Figure you ladies would try a full frontal attack, so with whipped up a little something special."

"A force field generator!?" Brick questioned.

"Oh, great." Butch said upset. "They have THAT too!"

"What don't they have!?" Boomer shouted out.

"Well, they can't do this!" Buttercup said getting to use her heat vision.

Buttercup uses her heat vision on Emerald, but she quickly dodged it.

"What the...?" Buttercup said shocked. "Did you she dodged so quickly?"

"That's years of karate training for you." Emerald said.

"Well, let's see it you can handle this." Bubbles said as she was ready to attack.

Bubbles decides to use her super scream on the Rogues. Fortunately, they were not prepared for that. They tried to cover their ears, but it didn't help at all. It was then they looked like they were all going to pass out.

"Look at that." Blossom said. "It's working!"

Bubbles kept using her scream until the Rouges passed out.

"...Did...that...worked...?" Bubbles said exhausted.

"You did it, Bubbles." Blossom said.

"We actually got them." Brick said.

"Guess they weren't smart enough to handle that." Butch said.

"Way to go, Bubbs!" Boomer said happily.

"Now, let's these ladies to jail before they put some funny business." Blossom said.

The girls were ready to apprehend the Rogues, but their surprise, they faked being unconscious.

"Surprise!" The Rogues shouted out.

"What the...!?" The girls said shocked.

"How did...?" Bubbles questioned.

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The Rogues then each put out a pole that was charged with electricity and attacked the girls. It was so so powerful that the girls turned out to be the ones unconscious.

"GIRLS!" The boys shouted.

"Why you!" Brick shouted angry.

"Uh, uh, uh." Ruby said. "We know how you boys work now. You can't hurt us, can you?"

The boys gasped after hearing Ruby said that.

"We noticed it since our first fight." Sapphire said. "You three backed up when you saw that we're women."

"And we heard about what you used to be like." Emerald said. "Not to mention what you did to these three."

The boys were silent but gave an angry glare.

"Tell you what, we'll give you a choose." Ruby suggested. "You three and either try to fight us and fail, or you can take your little girlfriends over there and maybe take care of them?"

"Grr, they got us again!" Brick thought.

"They played us this whole time." Butch thought.

"Just we thought we had them..." Boomer thought.

The boys were again silent, but they all nodded with agreement knowing the choice they had to make. They all walked close to the girls and carried them. Getting ready to go home.

"This isn't over..." Brick said to the Rogues. "The next time we see you, we will stop you."

The boys carried the girls and went home, regretting that they couldn't stop them. They took them to their room and layed them down on their bed. A few minutes later, the girls finally woke up after they got home.

"Uh, what...happened?" Buttercup asked tired.

"We're...home..." Blossom said.

"But, what about the Rogues?" Bubbles asked.

"They got away..., again." Brick said.

The boys were there to greet the girls after waking up.

"You girls remember what happened?" Brick asked.

"...Yeah..." Blossom said upset. "They got the best of us, again..."

"Grrrr, how could we lose to them, again!?" Buttercup asked upset.

"We almost had them, and it still wasn't enough..." Bubbles said sadly.

"You girls did your best." Brick said. "It was more than we could ever do."

"We couldn't even bring ourselves to fight them." Butch said upset. "We just flew away like a bunch of wusses."

"And worst of all, they knew that we couldn't fight them." Boomer said. "They played us the whole time."

"They really are something else." Blossom said. "It's only rare that someone new stops us twice in a row."

"If only we did something..., anything..., this wouldn't happen." Brick said upset.

The boys took it the hardest because they feel like they are the real reason why the Robbing Rogues.

"Guys, don't blame yourselves." Blossom said.

"Yeah, if they stopped us, they could have done the same to you too." Bubbles said.

"We just have to stop them for good the next time." Buttercup said.

"*Sigh*...I don't even know..." Brick said.

"The Rogues aren't like anything that we've ever face before." Boomer said.

"Don't get us wrong, we love being superheroes now, but sometimes, it was a lot easier dealing with this kind of thing when we were bad." Butch said.

The girls felt bad for the boys on what happened. A few seconds later, the Professor called to the kids.

"Kids, dinner's ready." The Professor called.

"Okay!" Blossom called back. "We'll be right down!"

"You girls go right ahead." Brick said. "We need a minute to think."

"Okay..., don't be so long." Blossom said.

The girls all went downstairs for dinner while the boys stayed in the room to think about what to do next.

"There's gotta be something we can do to stop them." Brick said.

"But what?" Boomer asked. "We can't fight them at all."

"Not to mention how smart they are." Butch said. "How do we fight someone without fighting them?"

"Without fighting them..." Brick pondered.

Brick thought hard about that statement and got an idea that might actually work.

"Wait...that might be it!" Brick said.

"Huh?" Both Boomer and Butch questioned.

"Okay, here's what we got to do..." Brick said as he explains his plan to his brothers.

A few moments the boys came down to join the girls for dinner and looked more confident. The girls quickly notice.

"Hey, sorry for the wait." Brick said with a confident look on his face. "Dinner looks good."

"Yeah, thanks, Professor!" Both Boomer and Butch said.

The boys dine on their food and look happy while the girls looked confused.

"Hey, are you guys okay?" Blossom asked.

"Never been better." Brick replied.

"But, you were guys were so sad before." Bubbles said.

"And now we're not." Butch said. "Thanks for noticing."

"There's no reason to worry about anything now." Boomer said.

"What happened in that room?" Buttercup questioned.

"Wait, did you figure a way to stop the Rogues?" Blossom asked.

"Maybe, but we can't tell you yet." Brick said. "Trust me, you know what it'll be the next time we see it."

"Huh?" The girls questioned.

The girls had no idea what the boys were planning, but they trusted them, so they just hope the best. The next day came, and the Rogue were at it again. This time, the boys ready for them.

"All right, this is it, guys!" Brick said.

"Yeah!" Boomer said. "We got this!"

"The Rogues won't see it coming!" Butch said.

"So, are you guys gonna telling us what you're planning now?" Blossom asked.

"Like we said, you'll know it when you see it." Brick said. "Now, come on. There's no time to waste!"

The boys quickly dashed out to where the Rogues were. The girls were still confused.

"Uh, what did Brick meant when he said that we know it when we see it?" Bubbles asked. "What is it?"

"Uh, I honestly don't know." Blossom said.

"Huh, and I thought you knew everything, especially when it comes with Brick." Buttercup said.

"Hey, let's just go already!" Blossom said.

The girls quickly caught up with the boys as they found the Robbing Rogues. They were at 'Townsville's Finest Gems.'

"This is as far as you go, Robbing Rogues!" Brick said ready for anything.

"Wow, you never give up, do you?" Ruby asked.

"What can we say?" Butch said. "We're boys."

"We can be pretty stubborn." Boomer said.

"So, are you gonna tell us your plan now?" Blossom asked.

"Just stay back and leave this to us." Brick said.

"Wait, are you guys actually gonna fight them?!" Buttercup questioned.

"But, we thought that you guys couldn't..." Bubbles asked.

"Just trust us." Brick said.

The boys then walked close to the Rogues looking getting to actually fight them.

"Well, bring it on!" Butch shouted.

"Yeah, we're ready for now." Boomer said.

"What?" Ruby said. "You can't be serious."

"Not gonna let your little girlfriends fight us this time?" Emerald asked. "Very gentlemanly of you.

"How about you ladies make the first move?" Brick suggested. "That's pretty gentlemanly of us, isn't it?"

"Hmm, what's your game?" Ruby asked.

"No, game, unless you ladies are...sissies...?" Brick taunted.

"Ohhhhh..." The girls said in unison.

"He said the 's' word..." Bubbles said.

"Yeah, you ladies gonna take that?" Buttercup asked the Rogues.

"Believe us, we didn't." Blossom stated.

"Come on, they can't hit us anyway." Emerald said.

"Yeah, it'll be easy." Sapphire said.

"Hmm, fine by me." Ruby said. "Let's get this over with."

The boys were ready, but the girls were still confused about what they were doing.

"So, what exactly are the boys planning to do?" Bubbles asked.

"Beats me." Buttercup said.

"I guess we're gonna find out." Blossom said.

The Rouge decided to try to attack the boys but dodged their attack.

"What was that?" Brick taunted. "You were much better the first time."

"Guess their slipping, huh?" Butch said also taunting the Rogue.

"Man, no wonder there's barely any villain chicks." Boomer said doing the same thing as his brothers.

The Rogues started to get a little angry and starting to attack more furiously. The boys continue to dodge all their attacks and kept taunting them, which made them even angrier. The girls still didn't what the boys were doing.

"I don't get it." Bubbles said. "What are the boys trying to do?"

"Yeah, they're not even fighting." Buttercup said. "They just keeping dodging the Rogues attacks."

Blossom looked and finally understood what the boys were doing.

"Wait, that's it!" Blossom shouted. "I know what they're doing!"

"Really?" Bubbles questioned. "What?"

"Take a good look at the Rogues." Blossom said while pointing out to the Rogues.

The Rogues were starting to get tired.

"Now look at the boys." Blossom said while pointing to the boys.

The boys were not tired at all. It was then the girls understood completely.

"Ah, the Rogues are starting to get tired!" Buttercup said.

"And the boys haven't even broken a sweat yet!" Bubbles said.

"This is what the boys were planning all along!" Blossom said.

It wasn't too long that the Rogues figured out what the boys were trying to do. They were starting to run out of breath.

"So, have you noticed it, yet?" Brick asked the Rogues."

"You ladies are starting to get a little tired." Boomer said.

"And unlike you, we can do this all day if we wanted to." Butch said.

"Hmph, you boys really are smarter than you look." Ruby said. "Even so, it still won't help you..."

The Rogues were about to put out their weapons, but the boys quickly used their super speed to snatch them all away from them.

"Hey, looking for these?" Brick said while he and his brothers held the Rogues devices.

The boys then destroyed all of the Rogues devices.

"Ooops, it looks like we broke your toys." Boomer said.

"No more fancy tricks for you, now." Butch said.

It was the end of the line for the Rogues, but for some reason, they did not look defeated for some reason.

"Heh, you think this is over?" Ruby said.

"Uh, pretty much." Butch said. "You're way too tired to get away, and you got no tech to back you up."

"Yeah, it's literally the end of the line for you." Boomer said.

"You boys, just don't get it, do you?" Emerald said.

"We know all about how you boys work." Sapphire said. "We know you can't hit us."

The boys with silent, but didn't flinch.

"Oh, sure, you can run all day until we're super tired, you can even destroy all our gadgets, but you still can't hit us, can you?" Ruby asked. "Because you aren't the 'old' Rowdyruff Boys anymore. You've actually become...gentlemanly."

The boys still remain silent.

"...You're right..." Brick admitted. "Ever since we became good, we can't even bring ourselves to hit a girl without getting nightmares about it later."

"Not to mention, the ones we hurt the most ended up being our friends." Boomer said.

"And that we're still new heroes here in Townsville." Butch said. "It'd be bad to wreck our rep by hitting chicks."

"So, yeah, you're absolutely right." Brick said. "We can't hit you..."

The boys then each made a smug face.

"...But they can..." The boys said.

The Rogues were distracted by the boys that they completely forgot about the girls. Before, they could even think the girls already stook the Rogues down while they had the chance.

"Hey, ladies." Blossom said. "Looks like you forgot about us."

"Heh, nice job, girls." Brick said. "I knew you would get an idea."

"Just tell us earlier next time." Buttercup said.

"Where's the fun in that?" Butch said.

A few minutes later, the cops arrived the arrest the Rogues. Their robberies were finally brought to an end.

"It's finally over..." Brick said.

"Yep." Blossom said. "You really came through again, guys."

"It's was nothing really." Butch said. "All we did was tired of you girls to deal with them."

"When we got the idea to tired them out, it was only a matter of them until they couldn't keep up with us." Brick said.

"All we had to was keep playing mind games with them." Boomer said. "Looks like they weren't smart enough to figure it out in time.

"It was then we realized the best way to attack them was to not attack them." Butch said. "Of course, we had to throw a little wood to the fire."

"If we didn't keep taunting them, they probably would have figured out our plan sooner." Brick said.

"Heh, Classic Rowdyruff Boys." Buttercup said.

"At least it was helpful in the end." Bubbles said.

The kids noticed the Rogues being taken to jail. Blossom looked that them directly and wanted to know why they turned to a life of crime.

"I'm gonna go talk to them." Blossom said. "I want to know why they did all of this..."

"Yeah, me too." Buttercup said.

"Me three." Bubbles said.

"Okay, we'll wait here." Brick said. "Watch yourselves."

"It's okay." Blossom said. "We're fine."

The girls went to the police car that was holding the Robbing Rogues. The Rogues noticed them and were not really pleased.

"What do you three want?" Ruby asked the girls.

"Now that you're caught, we need to ask a question." Blossom said.

"Let us guess, why did we give our life of science to a life of crime?" Emerald asked.

"You said it, not us." Buttercup said.

"It seems that you can do a lot better than what you're doing now." Bubbles said.

The Rogues were silent for a bit but decided to tell the girls the whole story.

"*Sigh...* It's started only a few years ago..." Ruby said. "We were on the verge of many new discoveries for world."

"But we didn't have any of the money to support our idea." Sapphire said. "Any sponsor we try to ask for help couldn't even do anything."

"So, we had to get the money the other way, which you pretty much guess what it was." Emerald said.

"That's when you did your first robbery..." Blossom said.

"It was an easy task, so we were never caught or identified." Emerald said. "We used all the tech we invented to make a clean robbery."

"We hacked the cameras, and left no prints." Ruby said. "After that, we finally had the money to continue our research. We were to get away with it for quite a while, but eventually, people questioned how we came with the money."

"It was then, we had to leave anything behind, including our names." Sapphire said. "We decided to give up being scientists."

"Nothing was left for us, and without money, we couldn't even support ourselves." Emerald said. "So..., well you know the rest..."

"It didn't have to be like this, you know." Blossom said. "I'm sure you could have found someone to sponsor your ideas."

"And you wouldn't have to become villains and get away for so long." Buttercup said.

"It's kinda sad how all this happened." Bubbles said.

"So, now you know." Ruby said. "Got any other questions?"

"Just one." Blossom stated. "How come here?"

"We heard about you girls before, but we were really surprised to hear about those three." Ruby said as she looked at the boys.

"The boys?" The girls all questioned.

"They used to be bad from what we heard, but that doesn't seem to be the case now." Emerald said.

"They're practically the complete opposite of us." Sapphire said." Must have been really hard for them from what we can tell."

"...Yeah..." Blossom said.

"They're keepers." Ruby said. "Better not lose them."

The girls' faces turned red as soon as Ruby said that. The Rogues then did a small laugh and were taken to jail. As the police drove off, the girls just watch as the rogues were taken away. The boys then came to the girls to as them what happened.

"So, what happened?' Brick asked the girls.

"Nothing!" The girls shouted.

"Huh, what's with you three?" Butch asked.

"And why are your faces all red?" Boomer asked.

"Wh-What!?" The girls said shocked.

"Wait, did they say something to you?" Brick said.

"Well...," Blossom said nervously.

"They did, didn't they?" Butch asked.

"Was it something mean?" Boomer asked.

"N-no, nothing like that!" Bubbles said.

"It's was just...they told us that we came here to see what you guys were like?" Buttercup stated.

"Us?" The boys questioned.

"Yeah, they told us that you're like them only the opposite." Blossom said.

"Oh, you mean us turning bad to good and them turning good to bad?" Brick asked.

"Yep, that's pretty much what they said." Blossom said.

"Anything else?" Brick asked.

"Eh, we'll tell you later..." Blossom said.

"Well, in the meantime, let's go home and celebrate!" Brick said.

"Yeah, I'm starving after all of this." Butch said.

"Me, too." Boomer said.

The gang finally went home after a long day. After they ate dinner, they went to the living room watch T.V. They saw the news about the Robbing Rogues arrested and the Rowdyruffs were on praised for stopping them.

"Heh, looks like we're gonna get our reputation back after the last few screw-ups." Butch said.

"Yep, and we didn't have to actually fight." Boomer said.

"You guys really did do a good job, today." Blossom said.

"Thanks, Bloss." Brick said.

"But, I do have one question for you." Blossom said.

"What is it?" Brick asked.

"What will you do if this happens again?" Blossom said.

After hearing that, the boys were silent. They feel that they will be a time when they will have to fight against female villains again.

"...I guess...we're cross that road when we come to it." Brick said.

"Honestly, I hope that's a long time from now." Boomer said. "Or never..."

"Same here, and they better not be a super genius or something like that." Butch said.

"Amen to that, dude." Buttercup said.

"Hopefully, they were a one-time thing, like the others." Bubbles said.

The gang can finally relax, but the boys were still worried that they will be another time when they will have to fight females again, only maybe the next time, they might actually fight.

The End

Next Chapter, Heroes for Hire.