Chapter 17 - Chaotic (Part 1)

Hey, guys! Sorry for taking so long to upload another chapter again. I'll try to update at least twice a month. Anyways, here's the beginning of the fifth chapter...

Blossom just laid in her bed, numbly staring at the ceiling at exactly 02 AM. She felt like her life was just getting worse and worse. Not only Gumball and Dee Dee had been victims of murder and Darwin was executed... and transformed into sushi. But she had also discovered that her sister, Buttercup, had made a deal with Darwin so she could leave the school with him! Ugh, what the hell was she thinking?! They were supposed to get out of this hell hole together! So selfish!

Monokuma had told them that three people would leave the school in the end. In Blossom's mind, that was the perfect opportunity for the three of them to leave that school. They had to leave that school and fast. Not only their mental states were at risk but also the whole world outside. The world outside... She needed to know what was happening outside. She needed to know everyone was safe... although that probably wasn't the case. And honestly she didn't expect that to be the case. She knew that the probability of her city being in complete ruins was huge. After all, they were the only reason their city had still been in pieces... She would literally think about this everyday.

Blossom thought about the probability of the three of them escaping together. There were eight people left... The probability was definitely not huge. But they could still make it. They were gonna make it. "I'm the leader of the powerpuff girls," she muttered to herself. "And I'm going to do everything possible to keep my sisters alive, even if I have to-"

She stopped herself from continuing. She couldn't possibly be thinking of doing that. She would NEVER do that! And Monokuma would never make her do it. Maybe the others had been in such deep despair to the point of killing someone but Blossom wouldn't fall for that. She had to think smarter. Mandy, Dexter and Robin. All of them were serious and really smart. They had survived that long for a reason right? Well, Connie and Bubblegum were also pretty smart... but they just had bad luck. She had to survive that place somehow. She needed to be more focused on leaving that place rather than trying to make everyone work together. Damn, she looked like Mandy or Dexter saying that stuff.

"It is not the strongest or the smartest that will survive, but those who are able to bring about change."

Robin's words echoed in her head. The words he had said on the very first day they were there when they all met. He was right. The people who killed and then died, they weren't able to do that. They couldn't adapt. But she was still alive. She was probably doing something right... Right? Yes! Right! She was going to survive! And her sisters too! However, she couldn't stop thinking about the consequences... She would have to leave her friends behind... Robin, Steven... She closed her eyes. Those were enough thoughts for the middle of night. She decided to actually sleep and rest for the upcoming day that would officialy start in five hours.

"Good morning, my dear students!" Monokuma appeared on everyone's TV's at exactly 07 AM "It's time to wake up and have another despair-inducing day on Cartoon Network's Special Academy! And don't forget to check the new floor I opened for all of you." the TV turned off.

"Well, here we go." Blossom uttered. She already knew what was going to happen next. They would all meet in the canteen, then check the new rooms, and then Monokuma would give them the motive that would result in at least one victim. It was tiring, really. But it's not like there was anything she could do about it.

She got up and headed to her bathroom to brush her teeth. As soon as she stepped inside she felt something weird. A really bad energy. She stared at the bathroom's wall.

Now it made sense. After all, someone had been murdered there.

Jake...

She shook her head, trying not to think about it. She changed from her pajamas to her usual outfit and headed to the canteen.

Blossom stepped inside the canteen where she only found Robin with his personal headphones on while reading a book, seating by himself.

"Hey, Robin." she greeted with barely no emotion.

She noticed he hadn't heard her because of his headphones so she simply went to sit with him.

"Oh hey, Blossom." he greeted as soon as he noticed her presence. "How are you holding up? Yesterday was tough."

"I don't want to talk about that..." she said, remembering the whole Buttercup situation "I think it is time to actually do something." she said with determination. "We need to know why we're in this school and who trapped us here. We need to escape."

Robin nodded "Looks like you just read my mind. I was actually planning on talking to everyone about making a collective investigation to see if we could discover anything about this whole situation. That is, after checking the new floor."

"I wonder what more rooms Monokuma could potentially come up with this time." Blossom said "Hopefully they won't be just full of ways for us to kill each other again." she sighed sadly remembering the events of the previous day.

"I'm more worried about the next motive Monokuma will give us." Robin said "The two last ones caused double murders, that can't happen again."

"You're right." Blossom replied. She muttered "I'm scared..."

"Don't lose hope, Blossom." Robin said, looking directly at her "We will find a way to get out of this hell hole. Together." he smiled.

"Yeah... together..." she uttered, rubbing her arm nervously.

"I'm the leader of the powerpuff girls," she muttered to herself. "And I'm going to do everything possible to keep my sisters alive, even if I have to-"

She simply sighed, feeling guilty for her own thoughts.

A couple of minutes passed and eventually everyone was inside the canteen, including Mandy which surprised all of the others.

Blossom noticed Buttercup would occasionally stare at her an expression of regret, however she simply ignored her.

"Wow Mandy, I wasn't expecting to see you here." Finn commented.

She groaned "I just came 'cause we obviously need to address some stuff here." she responded with her signature frown. "Isn't it right, Robin?"

"Yes, Mandy." he replied "As we all know Monokuma opened another floor. I suggest we go back to basis and form groups so we can carefully explore the rooms more quickly."

"And why would we explore them quickly?" Dexter raised a brow.

"Because after that I was planning on doing an actual investigation, see if we can actually find anything about this school or even about the world outside." he explained.

"Really?" Mandy said deadpanned "You really think Monokuma would just give us any clue about what's going on? Ugh, I wasn't expecting you out of all people to be that foolish, Robin."

Robin sighed "I'm not foolish." he calmly responded "I believe that there's always hope, even on a situation like this one, that we can make it out fine."

Steven stepped in "I agree with Robin. There was also that time Connie found a book about this school in the library. It was right before she... she-" Blossom rested her hand on his shoulder, smiling slightly at him, who smiled back "If there was something like that in here, there's still a chance we can find something." he said.

"Okay then." Mandy walked towards Dexter and grabbed him by his arm without warning "I'll go check the new floor with Dexter."

"Why Dexter?" Blossom raised a brow.

"Yeah, why me?" Dexter inquired, also confused.

"Because out of all of you he's the one who gives me the least headaches." she responded, visibly annoyed.

"I was actually going to pair us in groups of four-" he stopped when he noticed Mandy leaving the room with Dexter "Never mind." he sighed "Well, since we're just six we might as well just make groups of three."

Buttercup tried to approach Blossom "Hey Bloss, wanna-"

"I'll stay with Bubbles and Steven." Blossom quickly said, ignoring her sister.

"Well... okay then." Robin said, scratching the back of his head in confusion "Then Finn, Buttercup and I are together."

"Good." Blossom said before quickly dragging Bubbles and Steven out of the room with her.

"Hey, Blossom, calm down." Steven said, making them stop in the middle of the hallway "What happened there with Buttercup?"

"I- I don't want to talk about her now, okay? Let's just go..." she replied.

With that, the three of them walked their way to the fourth floor, to take a look at the new rooms that had opened up to them so they could find any way to get out of that place.

"Or," a nagging voice in the back of Blossom's head said "Newer ways to kill people."

"Shut up!" she suddenly shouted, scaring both her sister and her friend.

"...What...?" Bubbles uttered, slightly trembling.

Blossom stared at Steven then at Bubbles, her eyes widened. Both of them seemed worried for her "F- forget it, let's keep going,"

"B-but, Blossom are you-" Bubbles tried to rest her hand on her sister's shoulder but the pink powerpuff lightly pushed it away.

"Let's just... let's just keep going." she said firmly before getting back on track and heading to the next floor. Bubbles and Steven simply stared briefly at each other, concerned about the pink powerpuff girl's well-being, before following suit.

"Woah..." Blossom muttered as soon as she entered the first room. She had to shield her eyes and take a moment to adjust to the bright light. What she saw astounded her.

"A botanical garden..." she uttered.

The room looked to be circular, but that wasn't the thing she noticed first. Rather, it was the abundance of green foliage and multicolored flowers. Plants were growing everywhere and the walls were painted a sky blue.

"This place is so pretty!" Bubbles said, jumping full of joy.

"And calming too." Steven added.

Blossom had to agree with that. The room had a certain relaxing vibe that had calmed her down significantly.

It didn't take long for Bubbles to start wandering through the beautiful flowers that there were. Steven followed suit, as he also loved nature.

Blossom wanted to tell them to stay focused but honestly that been the first time in a while that she had seen Bubbles so happy, which made her smile.

"Weeeeeee!" Bubbles exclaimed as she and Steven ran happily through the garden, while Blossom followed them while gazing around the place, calmly. That is, until they took sight of a giant red flower.

"Woah, it's so pretty." Steven said, while looking attentively at it.

"Yeah... I'm gonna touch it!" Bubbles exclaimed, wearing a huge smile. However, right before she could do so...

"I wouldn't touch it if I were you." Monokuma said, appearing out of nowhere "Well, actually I would because it wouldn't harm me since i'm a robot, but it would definitely harm you mere mortals."

"Harm us? What are you talking about?" Steven asked.

Blossom soon appeared on sight. She looked at Monokuma and frowned "What is he doing here?"

"Hello, Blossom. You're right on time, I was about to talk to you about this beautiful yet poisonous plant." he said before starting to read the small plaque that was bottled onto the ground in front of the flower "The Heliamphora is a rare plant from South America. It is incredibly poisonous, with an inside that is filled with green acid. This green acid can cause asphyxiation among other side effects. Please DO NOT touch it for your own safety."

"Woah, thanks for reading that," Blossom said "Obviously, none of us could've done it." she rolled her eyes.

Monokuma looked annoyed "I do my best so you brats have everything you need in this school with the best quality and this is what i get back?! You guys don't deserve me!"

"Maybe it would be better if this wasn't a damn killing game-" Blossom stopped once she caught something in the corner of her eye. "What's that?" she pointed towards something that looked like a control panel.

"Oh, those are for the sprinklers!" Monokuma revealed, returning to his smiley self.

"Sprinklers?" Bubbles inquired curiously.

"Yeah! It controls the sprinklers for the garden." he said "They are set to go off every morning at 8:00."

"Interesting..." Blossom admitted.

"Yes, very interesting. Perfect hour to commit a murder dontcha think?" the bear said between laughs.

The three kids simply glared at him before deciding to leave the room.

After exiting the room and walking a bit, Steven noticed something. "Is that a room?" he pointed towards a door in the wall.

"It seems like it." Blossom said as they walked towards it.

As they walked inside, they found out it was just a plain storage room. It was full of boxes and cleaning utensils. And also dust.

"Oh, it's just a storage room." Bubbles said "A dusty one."

"Seems like there's nothing interesting in here- Hm?" Blossom noticed something while searching through the boxes. Her eyes widened.

"What is it, Blossom?" Steven asked.

"Look!" Blossom exclaimed as she showed them two handbooks, each on each hand of hers.

"E-books? Huh?" Steven seemed lost.

"And there are more in here!" Blossom showed them the box. It contained about ten e-books, among them there was a broken one. "Guys, I think these are the handbooks of... the rest of us. The ones who are not here anymore..."

"No way!" Steven exclaimed in shock. He grabbed an e-book and turned it on. It showed a picture of Mindy. "And they're working too!"

"We have to tell the others!" Bubbles exclaimed.

"That's right, only after checking the other rooms though." Blossom said "Okay?"

The other two nodded before making their way to the next room.

"Is this a studio?" Bubbles asked as they stepped into the next room.

"Definitely." Steven said "My dad was a singer so one time he took me to a studio to show me where and how he recorded his music." he revealed "It was pretty similar to this one, though this seems more professional."

Glancing around the room they noticed the room was actually divided in two. The one they were in was a small and barely able to squeeze the three of them inside. There was a row of buttons and switches, along with three chairs, facing a small glass panel that let them look into another room, that contained plenty of wires and microphones that hung from the ceiling.

"This might me be where Monokuma makes his announcements." Blossom thought aloud.

"Your dad was a singer, Steven?" Bubbles asked curiously.

"Yeah, he sort of was." Steven slightly blushed but his expression quickly changed to a sad one "I miss him..."

Bubbles and Blossom looked briefly at each other, sad for their friend. That was, until Bubbles' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey, Steven, do you know how this works?" she asked as she walked into the small room with the microphones, closing the door behind her, taking Steven off his thoughts.

"Hmm..." he murmured, eyeing a knob. "Maybe if I turn this..." he said as he turned the knob. He flashed Bubbles a thumbs up.

Assuming it was working she started babbling into the microphone. However, no sound came out of her mouth. "What's wrong?" Blossom inquired in confusion.

Steven shrugged as Bubbles bounded out of the room, grinning from ear to ear "So, did you hear what I said?" she asked. Her face fell when Steven shook his head "Aww. Did we do something wrong?"

Blossom raised a brow "We're trying to do something?"

"Well... yeah I guess." the blue powerpuff shrugged. She looked over the board of buttons and her eyes lit up. "Here we go!" she flipped a red switch.

Nothing happened.

Steven hesitated "Umm..." what he was about to say was suddenly cut off when Mandy suddenly burst through the doors "Heh, I guess you guys finally found the studio. I guess it was about time someone started messing around in here."

"Huh? How did you know?" Bubbles asked.

"Dexter and I checked out this place before you guys did. You can use it to speak through the intercoms across the school."

"We didn't hear anything though." Blossom said.

Mandy face-palmed "That's because there are no intercoms in this room." she said, gesturing to the ceiling. She changed her tone to a whisper "You guys shouldn't be messing around this place. Dexter thinks he can maybe mess around with the broadcast signal... Maybe get a signal for help out."

"That's possible?!" Blossom inquired before looking at the camera in the corner of the room.

Mandy nodded "However, that's not why I'm here. Monokuma presented the new motive... Follow me."

Blossom, Bubbles and Steven glanced at each other in fear of what they were about to see. This new motive couldn't possibly be worse than the ones they had had until now... right...?

'Emergency Room' was written in the door of the room the four were about to enter, along with a giant red cross printed on it. Mandy slowly opened the door, revealing a horrible sight.

The rest of the pupils was already there. All of them wearing either a sad or a horrified expression. The room was full of hospital beds and there lying were...

"Professor!" Blossom and Bubbles ran desperately towards their fathers' hospital bed, where Buttercup was, staring at him in horror "W-what is this?!" Blossom screamed in horror, staring at the rest of the room. There were other people lying in there, hanging onto life, she assumed they were relatives/friends of their other pupils.

"Dad!" Steven cried as he ran towards a hospital bed. He started sobbing. "What's happening?!"

Dexter whimpered "My parents..." he uttered "Monokuma... he- he-"

Robin clenched his fists "This must be his new motive." Robin said, actually showing rage for the first time.

Suddenly, a screen that was situated in one of the top corners of the room, above the hospital beds, came to life, revealing Monokuma's smug face "Upupupupu!"

"What have you done, you bastard?!" Finn screamed at him before looking back at the pale girl that was lying on the bed he was holding onto.

"I see you guys have figure out the next motive already! You see, your loved ones here are in a comatose state. They're not dead but they aren't really alive either!" he revealed.

"Marceline..." Finn looked sadly at the girl in the bed, tearing up a bit "Won't you stop killing my friends?!"

"Why the hell did you have to drag them to this?!" Robin furiously shouted at the screen "Starfire..." he clenched his fists.

"Well duh!" he exclaimed "Because it's the perfect motive! Kill to save one of your loved ones." he rubbed his paws evilly "So, I'm willing to make a deal. Should one of you commit the perfect murder, I will save any one of your comatose friends! If none of you manage to do it in three days, they will all be killed!"

"You're disgusting!" Finn spat.

"How did you even manage to find them...?" Mandy asked suspicously as she glanced towards one of the very few friends she had, Billy.

"A bear never reveals its secrets!" he said "Now that the first part is done, everyone head to the dining hall!" he ordered.

"Dining Hall?" Mandy repeated.

"Are you kidding me now?! We're not gonna leave them here!" Buttercup shouted, probably the most angry she had been inside that school. The students nodded in agreement.

"Yes you will! Or else you will be punished!" he said in a serious tone. The screen suddenly shut down.

With no other option, the pupils made their way out of the room.

After waiting for a while outside a set of double doors, the pupils - who were still looking pissed and/or extremely sad with what had happened earlier - heard Monokuma's voice come out from behind them. "I'm opening the doors, right now." Right after he said that, the doors silently swung open and the students were greeted with a pleasant sight.

The room had expensive-looking painting all over the room and a giant table smack in the center of everything. Wooden chairs surrounded the oak table, with a giant throne seat where Monokuma was sitting. Piles of food littered the table.

The students looked at each other warily before seating down.

"So, what are you waiting for?" Monokuma asked "Dig in!"

"No." Mandy spoke up for everyone "You think we will fall for that? The food might be poisonous or something."

"Mandy's right. We will never ever trust you, Monokuma." Robin said "Speaking of which, what's with that?" he pointed over to a sauce in the middle of the table. It was red and it looked a lot like...

"...Blood?!" Blossom inquired in horror.

"What do you think?" Monokuma smirked.

Immediately the pupils stared at the bear in disgust.

"I fucking knew it, you bastard!" Finn said, before standing up from his chair, completely mad.

The bear barked a laugh "I was joking with you, you clowns!" he said "Anyways, as I said, I will present you the second part of the motive. Please look under your chairs."

Everyone's hands went to the bottom of their chairs. Blossom felt a small piece of paper taped to the bottom of her's and pulled it out. It was a small envelope with her name printed on it.

"Inside of the your envelopes you will find the name of a random pupil written on a piece of paper. That means they are your target." Monokuma revealed "You will have to kill only that person and that person only, understand?If you kill someone else other than your target you won't receive the advantage..."

"And that is...?" Dexter raised a brow.

"Half of the evidence of your murder will be erased! That way, it'll make it more difficult to find the murderer. Upupupupu!" he exclaimed happily and certain that a murder was about to happen soon.

Blossom ripped open the envelope and pulled out the paper. "Robin..." she read in her mind. At least she now knew someone wasn't going to be a victim...

New Rooms: Botanical Garden, Studio, Emergency Room, Dining Hall, Storage Room

Alive: Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Robin, Mandy, Steven, Dexter, Finn

Dead: Jake, Rigby, Connie, Mordecai, Ben, Princess Bubblegum, Mindy, Dee Dee, Gumball, Darwin

So? Thoughts? Who will kill? Who will be killed? Upupupu...