How I Found Her

Chapter 1: Our Job

Was it MY fault that we had to get jobs? No, it wasn't, but my brothers keep blaming me, even though the Mayor was the one who told us to. My name is Brick Jojo, ex-villain. I have blood red eyes, kinda long orange hair, and a red hat on backwards. My brothers and I were 17, in high school. The Mayor said to prove that we wouldn't harm the citizens of Townsville, we should take up jobs and help them. It would be a pain, but we don't have anything better to do, so hey, why not.

My brothers and I were working at JCPenny. We had to work in the women's department, cause our boss says that lots of women ask for a man's opinions. Kind of strange if you ask me, but we took it up. Butch was excited because he would get to meet girls, Boomer liked to help people, and me? A little of both, I guess.

"Excuse me sir, but does this dress make me look fat?" I looked at the girl who spoke to me. She was not skinny, but not chubby. She also had short brown hair and brown eyes. There were two other girls behind her, waving at me. I would say they were all thirteen.

"No ma'am, but may I suggest smaller size? That one is a little too big," I said. I lead her to the same dresses but in different sizes. She smiled, which meant thank you, so I walked away. I saw my brother Butch staring at girls who looked like the same age as us. They were giggling and waving. I grabbed his shoulder and spun him around.

"Dude, why are you staring?" I asked.

"Using x-ray vision." I punched him in the arm. My brother would act so perverted, its not funny.

"Butch! We're not supposed to be peeping, we're supposed to be helping! Where's Boomer?"

"He's helping out the girl who flirts a lot." I rolled my eyes. He was talking about Princess. She would come here everyday trying to catch our eye, but it annoys everyone. I looked around and found Boomer with Princess. He had a annoyed frown on his face while Princess was picking out revealing outfits.

"Boomie, what do you think of this belt?" Princess asked in syrupy sweet voice. It made me gag.

"Princess, that's not a belt, that's a skirt," Boomer said. The thing with women clothes is you'd be surprised of what they'd make. Eh, I don't care.

"Oh. Don't you think it's sexy?" Boomer stared at me with a 'wtf' look. Was this girl serious? Couldn't she take a hint and get lost? I had to help Boomer, so I did the only thing I could do. I took out my cell phone and called Princess on private. It started to ring and she picked it up.

"Hello?" she asked in a annoyed tone.

I cleared my throat and impersonated a foreign accent. "Hello Princess, this is King Flip-Goober, and I have called to tell you that your invited to the Japanese Fair in Tokyo. You need to be there ASAP. Thank you and good bye!" I hung up and looked to see what happened next. Princess stuffed her cell phone in her purse, said bye to Boomer and left. Gosh, that girl is gullible.

"Brick, thank you for getting me out of there!" Boomer said.

"Hey, a RowdyRuff always helps a fellow RowdyRuff. I'm going to cash register, could you make sure Butch doesn't use his x-ray vision on girls?" I asked.

"Sure thing, we don't want to get fired," Boomer said the last five words sarcastically. I rolled my eyes and ran off. Sometimes I feel like I need to be the parental figure for my brothers.

I got there just in time to see a line of four people waiting in front of the cash register. I got behind there and started doing my job.

"Hey Brick, how's it going?" I looked up and saw Bubbles and her sister Buttercup. My brothers and I have been friends with them ever since we made peace. The weird thing is one of her sisters have been missing for five years. No one remembers her name so the search ended and their father held up a memorial for their lost sister.

"Oh, hi Bubbles, hey Buttercup, fancy meeting you guys here," I said.

"So, me and Bubbles were doing a little shopping and we were wondering if you could-" Buttercup said.

"You want me to give you the customers discount?" I said flat out.

"Maybe…" Buttercup and Bubbles both gave me the puppy dog pouts. The pouts would never work on Butch, Boomer would fall right into it, and I would refuse, then fall into it. I feel like a mix of my brothers.

"Well," I said nervously.

"PLEASE!"

"Um….ok, I guess."

"Oh thank you Brick! You're the best," Bubbles said in her high pitched voice. Her voice sounded kind of childish, but it worked for her. So I scanned, they paid, what else is new? I checked my watch and it was already time for my break. I pressed button on my watch and talked to a little speaker.

"Butch, Boomer, I'm taking a break. I'm going to take a walk outside of the mall, okay?" I said.

"Who cares what you do?" I heard Butch said. Then I heard Boomer sighed and spoke, "Okay Brick, see you in 20 minutes."

--

I walked around for bit, looking at the people come and go. Nothing exciting ever happened at Townsville Mall, it was just boring, boring, BORING! If only something cool would happen for once.

TRI-SPLAT!!

I turned around. I swear I heard something like metal fall. The trash cans shook a little. Walking towards it, I rose my fists just in case it was a smuggler. I have super powers, but I have to do it the old fashion way. I went closer and closer until…

"Ah-ha!" I threw cans out of the way, but I couldn't believe what I saw. Right in front of me was a teenage girl. She had eyes that were large and pink…it looked cute. She had long orange hair that went down to her knees. She stared at me with wide, frightened eyes. She was shivering, it looked like the only thing she was wearing was pants and a sweater, with a blanket covering her. I went down to my knees, so my face could be right in front of her.

"Who are you?" I asked. She seemed surprised that I even spoke to her. She looked down to the ground.

"I-I'm Blossom…" she said quietly. She seemed scared to have someone in front of her right now. "What's your name?" she asked.

"I'm Brick. Why are you out here? It's the middle of November."

"Um, I don't know. I've been lost for a long time." I felt really bad for her. I gently held her hand trying to get her to stand up.

"Here, let me take you to my car then you can explain." She couldn't seem to keep support on her legs, so I carried her bridal style all the way to my car. She seemed to blush a little on the way there. I opened the door into the back seat. Once were both inside, I turned on the car for it could warm up, and reached under the chair and took out a pillow. I let her lay down to get comfortable.

"Okay, so tell me what happened," I said. She sat up facing towards me.

"Well, I was really young, maybe ten. I was fly- I mean walking around the park one day, then suddenly four older guys came out of nowhere and drugged me from behind. I slowly fainted. I woke up and saw the same four guys staring at me with mischievous grins. I felt myself and I was completely naked. I realized they were about to rape me, so I completely beat them up until they were bloody and bruised.

"I kept running and running 'till I reached…nowhere. I've spent years hiding because the drugs that the guys used me with somhow erased my memory. So for the last years I've been hiding behind the mall." I widened my eyes. She could not be serious! I mean…I feel so confused right now. I remembered something.

"But you said you were naked. How did you get those clothes?" I asked. She looked down at the clothes and turned back with a devilish but nervous grin.

"I stole it a few years ago." I smirked at her and chuckled. She needed a place to live, but how can I explain that to my brothers. Well, first I need to get her some new and clean clothes.

"Here's a towel, clean yourself then we'll go inside the store to buy you some clothes, okay?"

"…okay…" I guess she felt nervous being with someone she didn't know.

--

"I like this shirt." I turned to see what Blossom was talking about and saw her holding up a pink shirt with long sleeves.

"Perfect choice for winter. Okay you got what need?" She held up four items.

"Shirt, pants, shoes, and purse. I guess I got everything." I quickly scanned the items and took her to a dressing room for she can change. Once she got out, she looked like a perfect normal teenage girl.

"Oh, I got you two accessories that you may like." I opened my hand and revealed a red bow and a heart-shaped hair clip. Her eyes sparkled with curiosity. She picked them up and slowly put them on her head. She stared at the mirror and smiled.

"Weird, I use to have these two accessories when I was a little girl. Thank you Brick for helping me." She rushed into me in a hug. I was surprised at first but I hugged her back and kissed her forehead. Then I heard snickering and whistles. We both reached the corner and saw my brothers laughing at us.

"Oh, hey Brick! How's it going?" Butch said, trying to keep himself from laughing.

"You seem awful chummy with that girl," Boomer said next.

"Brick, who are they?" Blossom asked, staring at my two idiotic brothers.

"Blossom, this is Butch and Boomer, Butch, Boomer, this is Blossom," I said, pointing at each person.

"Very nice to meet you," Blossom smiled.

"Hello. Brick, how did you find such a pretty girl?" Butch said, reaching for her hand and kissing it. She turned a bright color of pink when his lips touched her hand.

"Behind a dumpster," I said flat-out. The two stared at each other and laughed their heads off. Blossom stared at them angrily.

"What is wrong with that?" she hissed. They finally stopped and stared at her if she was serious.

"You mean…" Butch's voice trailed off.

"It's true?" Boomer finished.

"Uh-huh, guys can I talk to you? Blossom, you can just pick out more clothes." I grabbed my brothers and took them somewhere where we can talk. I looked back and saw Blossom just looking at pink stuff.

"Okay guys, I know I found her and she's homeless, but how about she comes and lives with us? I mean, she's been lost for years, and we can probably sign her up to our school." Boomer smiled and put his hand on my shoulder.

"I like that idea, besides what's wrong with helping someone in need?" Boomer said.

"That's a good idea, and it's a good thing that she's smoking HOT!" Butch said, licking his lips. Boomer hit his head, and I slapped his head.

"Dude, you can't act fresh around her. She'll get uncomfortable and probably call the police, then we'll go to jail, and I don't like jail," Boomer said and shivered at the idea of going back to prison. I chuckled remembering two drunk women there flirting with him once.

"Okay, okay, geez!" Butch said annoyed. We all walked back to Blossom, who was looking at a pink winter skirt, white leggings, pink winter boots, and a fluffy pink jacket.

"Blossom, would it be okay with you to live with us?" I asked. She twirled her hand in her hair, wondering over the question.

"Well…you're all really nice guys, and I am homeless, so…sure, why not?" she said, smiling.

"Cool. Well guys, we're done with work, so how about you two buy some home stuff while I take Blossom home?" I said to my brothers.

"Okay. Let's go Boomer before the stores close." Butch ran off. He's probably excited cause a girl is going living with us.

"Alright. Wait, Blossom what's your favorite color?" Boomer asked before running off.

"Umm….pink." And with that Boomer ran off. Weird, five days after getting a job, it gets boring, then something odd happens. Now just because I found a girl behind a dumpster, we're taking her home cause she has nowhere else to go………Man, this town is strange!

--

A/N: I have to agree with Brick, that is very strange! Well, I hoped you liked the story. Weird part is that I thought of this story in a dream.

Brick: You mean the only reason your writing this cause you had it in a dream?!

Author: What's your point?

Brick: Never mind. Review please.

Author: Please! It makes me smiley!