Chapter 2 going international

At another part of the world, in New York City, a meeting was held in the mayor's office, where dick hardly arranged a seat at the conference alongside other officials at the table, discussing the amount of crime around the city, even the rate itself, a professionally dressed man was pointing a stick on a graph that was labeled "NY CRIME" showing a high rated percentage,
"the crime rate has jumped Mr. mayor a whopping 86%," said the man at the graph.

"87 to be exact," chimed dick as he entered the room. He rolled in a cart with a pink cloth covering something. Six feet were seen at the bottom of the cloth,

"if I could just take a moment of your time gentlemen to illustrate how a city like Townsville USA..." as he spoke, he saw the cloth squirming and dick smacked it, stopping the squirming "not yet..." he then focused back on the mayor "maintains a crime rate ratio of 003.0?"

"Why, of course, Mr dick," addressed the mayor, "may you tell us how?"

"I'll tell you how!" exclaimed dick as he looked towards the others with sinister eyes "SUPERHUMAN CHILDREN! THAT'S HOW!" he slammed his hands on his table.

"I think this man's nuts," whispered an official to another in which he nodded.

"you mean the Powerpuff girls?" said the mayor, seemingly unfazed by this man's madness "then again, they have been working quite hard over in Townsville, but for the crime rate here in New York, what do you propose?"

"well, it may sound strange," said dick. He then walked back towards his cart, "but what I'm offering is a security system based on that same technology,"

"a security system?" asked the mayor "this had better not be a joke,"

"oh, trust me, it isn't," chimed dick as he then grabbed to cloth and whisked it away "behold! The new and improved Powerpuff girls with chemical Xtreme!"

As the cloth was removed, it showed dick hardly's Powerpuff girls that look like the originals, but with a few differences, the sizes of their body parts and features are not the same, the highlights on blossom and buttercup's eyes are not the same, the bubbles copy has pigtails that ride too high on her head and sit at an odd angle, the blossom copy has crossed eyes and her abdomen is too short, the hairstyles are correct, but the bangs are mismatched, the blossom copy has bubble's part the bubbles copy has buttercup's part, and buttercup has blossom's part as well, it seemed that dick's attempt at creating his own Powerpuff girls were met with some problems in the creation process despite getting all the ingredients right,

"let's be friends!" said the knock off bubbles as if she was reading from cue cards

"prepare to be stomped!" said the knock off blossom,

"girl power!" finished the knock-off buttercup

The mayor and the others looked uneasily towards the exhibit, dick hardly, created his own Powerpuff girls? And as a security system?

"this, is your security system?" spoke the mayor at last,

"yep!" nodded dick "if these girls could clean up crime at Townsville USA, they could certainly clean house in New York!" after a brief silence, he raises his shoulders a bit, a sly grin "so, we got a deal or what?"

"well, alright, Mr hardly," said the mayor, "we'll trust your security system," he then shook hands with hardly, the deal was made, and with that, dick hardly's financial empire had begun.

That night back in Townsville, USA, at the home of the real Powerpuff girls, they were sitting on the couch alongside professor utonium watching tv when they received a news flash breaking in. A female reporter sat on a broadcasting desk, with the news report icon next to her on the screen,

"flash news report!" announced the reporter "today in New York City, a giant alligator monster tripped over the island of Manhattan on his way to work, nearly injuring his toe,"

The televisions screen showed the recent international events, a 400 feet tall alligator indeed was on the scene, seemingly resembling a classic cartoon alligator, and was carrying a briefcase, and indeed lost it's balance and was close to falling towards lady liberty herself,

"luckily," cut in the reporter, "three Powerpuff girls lifted the oversized beast to safety."

And lift the gigantic alligator to safety they did, towards the shore just outside of New York. The three colorful streaks of light revealed the knock off Powerpuff girls that dick hardly created, again repeating their only lines.

"let's be friends," said the knock-off bubbles.

"prepare to be stomped!" said the knock off blossom.

"girl power!" finished the knock off buttercup.

Both professor utonium and his beloved daughters were stunned by this news at New York

"girl power?" questioned the professor, then turning towards buttercup with a gentle grin "since when did you start saying 'girl power?'"

"uhh..." laughed buttercup nervously. "I always say that...uh...girl power?" she then looked uneasily away from utonium and then towards her sisters,

"But wait..." remarked the professor, "when were you in New York?"

All three of the girls widened their eyes in surprise,

"hey!" thought bubbles, "we've never been to New York."

"shh!" shushed blossom, then turned towards her father with an uneasy look on her face "well, uh, the mayor of Townsville is friends with New York, and he said, 'I think it would be good If you guys went there,' and that we should do it, and that we should-should, cause...what was the question again?"

"umm...when were you in New York?" reminded utonium.

"yesterday!" answered blossom, quickly buttercup got to her ear.

"today!" she whispered.

"I mean, today," said blossom, correcting her previous sentence.
"hmmm..." hummed utonium suspiciously but decided to let it slide, as long as they weren't getting in trouble "good, good, well, good night."

Later the Powerpuff girls were snug in their beds. But, they were feeling too guilty to sleep, that they lied to their father to avoid raising suspicion because they were afraid of utonium getting mad at them, that dick tricked them, speaking of which, they couldn't believe it, how could they really have been at New York?

"I feel weird lying to the professor," said bubbles softly.
"a little white lie is okay," reassured blossom, despite the fact lying never goes unpunished "besides, it'll all turn out good cause we're good,"

"and more of us will only be gooder," replied bubbles.

"Yeah, good," nodded buttercup

"good? Good," muttered the girls, putting on a false smile, "good. Good. Good... good night!" they all then went to sleep, seemingly shrugged off their guilt for now...

But in the days that followed, the Powerpuff girls' self-reassurance seemed to be all for naught as one night, after the success of his knock-off, Powerpuff girls dick hardly gathered enough ingredients and synthesized a new batch of chemical X to create more Powerpuff girls. Dick immediately did business in San Francisco, and again he was rewarded with a large sack of money while putting on a false sincere façade, while looking towards his creations with greedy eyes,
Meanwhile, at his factory, dick earned enough money to expand his factory over at the ridge with a new wing, wider areas, and a nearly functional production line. After creating yet another batch of knock off Powerpuff girls, they were immediately shipped to Indiana by boat at a dock at the bottom of the factory,

Afterward, dick again created another batch of knock off Powerpuff girls and went to Japan to strike a deal with the Japanese for the same value in New York USA, to only profit from the knock off Powerpuff girl's efforts and expand his financial empire tenfold by going international, but while this was going on, two factions of Japan's defenders caught wind of this revelation...

One was the photon power research laboratory, which resided near mt fuji and around aokigahara, which was also the home of the gigantic mechanical defender of justice, Mazinger z,
it was founded by professor Juzo kabuto, the former head scientist of the institute, a long time ago, he started his scientific career in robotics and archaeology, he held a mining expedition on mt fuji, where he discovered a new alloy called japanium, which came when a meteor collided with mt fuji, the minerals within the meteorite mixed within the elements inside the mountain, creating a new alloy but while examining japanium, he went to the volcanic area of the mountain where Juzodiscovered that the nuclear fission combined with the elements within the japanium, created a new type of energy, the professor discovered the energy that the fusion created produced a large amount of photons but gave off no pollution, with this discovery, Juzo kabuto was able to reverse engineer the nuclear fission, giving birth to a new type of energy, one that surpassed nuclear power, this new energy was dubbed "photonic energy" afterwards, Juzo combined the japanium with multiple elements to create an alloy stronger and more durable then steel, dubbed 'super alloy z' it's unique molecular structure had no defects and is highly resistant to hot and cold tempetures,

juzo went on to hold another expedition at the Mediterranean island of bardos, where he and a group of scientists discovered the remains of an ancient empire and their mechanical monsters known as mechanical beasts. During the expedition, one of the scientists, who gave themselves the title, dr hell, sought to weaponize the mechanical beasts in his campaign for conquest of the world. His first act was to have all the scientists killed, all but juzo kabuto, who survived and escaped dr hell in order to start work on creating his own robot to defeat dr hell and his minions, as he dubbed the robot project, Mazinger z, forging the gigantic body with super alloy z and creating the photonic engine, however as the work went on, juzo grew restless and insane, and became estranged from his grandchildren, koji and Shiro Kabuto,

one day, Mazinger z was completed, but dr juzo kabuto was killed by a bomb planted by dr hell's henchmen, Baron Ashura. Koji rushed to his grandfather's side as he layed dying. With his dying breath, the professor told his grandson koji of the impending danger posed by dr hell, and granted his grandson his creation Mazinger z and finally succumbed to his injuries. Koji swore vengeance on dr hell and became the pilot of Mazinger z. Fighting alongside him was Sayaka Yumi, his younger brother Shiro, and boss, a local bully at their school, against dr hell, his minions, and the forces of evil since that fateful day...

also defending japan over at mt Asama, stood the Saotome Institute, home of the Getter Robo, founded and owned by dr Saotome, the institute's research focused on a powerful cosmic ray radiation, known as the getter rays, a boundless energy source, which carry the essence of life and evolution itself, this energy has been prevalent since the dawn of time itself, millions of years before mammals evolved, when the dinosaurs roamed the earth itself a shower of getter rays penetrated the atmosphere, driving the dinosaurs to near extinction, the survivors then formed the dinosaur empire within the depths of the earth, with most of the earth's surface emptied for the taking, the surviving mammals evolved under the influence of the getter rays, creating many new life forms, including humans,
millions of years later, dr saotome discovered a source of getter rays near mt asama and founded the saotome institute to study this mysterious energy, for years, saotome and his staff studied the effects of the getter rays, this prompted the development of getter alloys,and bombs but it's prized creation was three jets that could combined into a robot built to harness the getter ray's power, the getter robo, it was originally built for space travel, but the reemergence of the dinosaur empire and the destruction of the prototype getter robo and the death of its pilot, the asama high school soccer captain tatsuhito saotome, the demise of his eldest son forced saotome to modify the getter robo to combat the reptilian empire and their cybernetic dinosaurs, and selectedthree pilots to control the giant robot, ryoma nagare, one of the soccer players of asama high, hayato jin, ryoma's aloof but coldroommate, and musashi tomoe the judo captain of asama high, together these three pilots control the getter robo to combat the dinosaur empire, and all who threaten japan's safety

Over at the photon power laboratory, over at the monitors, a scientist was looking over the radar, receiving strange readings over at Tokyo. At one moment, it seemed like another attack, but then the next minute it vanished when three energy signatures came about,

"professor!" said the official "come look at this,"

"what's wrong?" spoke a man as he walked over to the radar. He had dark hair and a mustache, also wearing glasses, and a white lab coat over a shirt and tie,

"These readings showed an earthquake, then vanished when these energy readings showed up," explained the scientist examining the radar,

The professor looked over the readings carefully. These energy readings certainly did not give off getter ray readings, but wherever these signatures came from surely stopped an earthquake,

"hmm..how strange," thought the man, "please contact koji. This seems to be something going on, not with dr hell, however...but something else..."

"yes, sir, professor Yumi" nodded the scientist, then resumed his work and got koji on the phone as the professor turned to leave.
Professor gennosuke Yumi was promoted to the photon power laboratory's head scientist after the retirement and death of juzo kabuto yumi once worked under juzo and was inspired by his work. He even created his own robots and now acts as an adviser in Mazinger z's battle against dr hell,

Over at an office in Tokyo, dick hardly's work was yet again paying off as his knock-off Powerpuff girls intercepted the recent earthquake and saw to it that the people were safe and sound,

"good job, girls!" cheered dick as he then turned towards an official, who was holding a case,

"thank you, dick!" nodded the man as he handed dick the briefcase "may you, and the Powerpuff girls Xtreme, continue to protect our fair city,"

"thank you, sir," nodded dick as he then walked away after shaking hands with the official, and looked into the briefcase, it was filled with money, "I can see it now," he thought with dollar sign eyes "first New York, Indiana, now japan! They're all going to be eating out of the palm of my hand and this gold mine real soon! more so than those, two robots..."

And dick left to his car back to his factory with the money to only do even more profiting,

Meanwhile, over at the Saotome institute, word of the Powerpuff girls Xtreme's work had reached them as well. They too, detected the earthquake, but it was settled all too quickly to launch the getter Robo for rescue operations. Dr. Saotome was watching the news from his desk along with his daughter, Michiru Saotome,

"today in Tokyo," spoke the reporter, "there was a massive earthquake from earlier, but the Powerpuff girls arrived just in time, first New York, now japan, has the Powerpuff girls suddenly gone international in expanding their crime-fighting campaign beyond Townsville? more information on this strange phenomenon and More at 3,"

"Hmm, strange indeed..." thought dr Saotome as he rubbed his mustache "first New York, and now here in Japan, how could the Powerpuff girls jump to one place at a time in such a quick rate?"

"This does seem strange indeed," answered Michiru, "not to mention they almost don't look like the Powerpuff girls at all,"

"hmm...that is true as well," thought dr Saotome. "Michiru, contact Ryo and the others. This may be the dinosaur empire's work, or something else,"

"right away, father!" nodded Michiru as she went for the phone "Ryo! Are you there?"

"yes, Michiru," answered Ryoma, "what's the situation?"

"Have you seen the news?" said Michiru, "about the Powerpuff girls here in Japan?"

"yes, we saw it on TV," answered Ryoma. "Hayato and I seem a bit suspicious."

"so is dad," said Michiru "anyway, he wants you and the others at the institute immediately. He thinks this may be the work of the dinosaur empire,"

"if it is the dinosaur empire, we'll be there right away!" said Ryoma.

"Please do, Ryo," said Michiru, then hanging up, ending the call.

Back at the ravine on the coast outside of Townsville, dick's factory had earned enough money to expand yet again. This time, dick is now able to hire workers and make his mass production of Powerpuff girl knock-offs more efficient, eventually becoming a production line dubbed Powerpuff girls Xtreme, and named the factory 'Xtreme industries' day by day more Powerpuff girls were manufactured, the conveyor belt automatically giving the ingredients necessary to create the girls, and with a hefty load of boxes, they were sent by boat again to India,

There was panic in the streets below in the desert cities of India, as the people pointed fearfully at the sky, for one top of a tower stood a man laughing maniacally as a laser shot from the ruby on his turban. He also wore long white bagged pants, as he aimed the beam at the streets below, but as his chaos reigned, three streaks of light shot towards the tower and stopped, but form what looks like the Powerpuff girls have more differences than their predecessors, their heads and bodies were heavily distorted, their hair was messy and eyes showing more than one color,

"Hello, it's bubbles here to save you again," said the knock off bubbles in an artificial manner

"We got to save the world before bedtime," said the knock off blossom.

"I think they're asking for a Heine-whopping!" finished the knock off buttercup.

"I am raja Jaja!" said the Indian version of mojo JoJo, arch-enemy of the real Powerpuff girls "taste my choudhamasaladay!"

He placed his hands together, and the beam again shot from the ruby, the knock-offs then dodged it, and when the buttercup copy went to hit raja, her arm fell off, leaving no damage at all,

"oh, that is a good one!" laughed raja unfazed.

But as raja Jaja laughed, the blossom copy snuck behind him and socked him at the back of his head, and the bubbles copy then finished with a final kick, breaking her leg down to the knee in the process however, as raja plunged downwards, having saved the day once again,

Back at Townsville, the professor and the true Powerpuff girls had seen everything through the news channel.

"India, huh?" grinned the professor raising an eyebrow in suspicion.

"Yeah!" cheered blossom nervously, "mazel tov!"

"But what about japan and Indiana?" questioned utonium, suddenly remembering the news earlier from the two foreign countries,

"oh, the mayor also wanted us to uh...go to both countries!" answered blossom, "because we should, and that we definitely could,"

"Hmm, well, it seems the mayor has been asking you girls to go to a lot of places lately," nodded utonium "do you think you girls have been asked to go international?"

"Well, uh..." muttered blossom nervously, "yes, we did, yesterday!"

"hmm...hmm," hummed the professor, "well, just as long as you're not getting in trouble now,"

"uh, of course, professor!" cheered blossom

"Well, good night then," sighed utonium as he then went back to the living room with a suspicious look. The Powerpuff Girls don't usually fight crime outside of Townsville, just what could be going on with these knock off Powerpuff girls?

Over at the photon power institute, professor Yumi called over koji kabuto, the pilot of Mazinger z, over to the main room where they watched the recent report on the knock-off Powerpuff girls activity, including merchandise with the Xtreme industries,

"geez," sighed koji, "these knock offs sure are making a name for themselves, are they?"

"But father," said a young lady's voice, "why would the Powerpuff girls be here in Japan and have arrived so fast before we could get there?"

"that's what we're trying to figure out, Sayaka," said Yumi to his daughter, "but this doesn't seem to be dr hell's doing. If it was, he'd have sent one of his mechanical beasts, or an imposter."

"but it seems these new Powerpuff girls are everywhere in Japan," answered Sayaka "there's already merchandise stores with their names on them called 'Powerpuff girls Xtreme' but they all seem alike..."

"well, in any case," said koji, "if these new Powerpuff girls are sweeping the shelves, especially after they stopped an earthquake before we could get Mazinger z moving, then something must be up."

"exactly, koji," nodded Yumi, "which is why I want you, Sayaka, and the others to keep your eyes open. If this dr hell's work, we may have another crisis on our hands!"

"I understand, professor yumi!" nodded koji.

"you can count on me as well, dad!" replied Sayaka.

"I'm counting on you, koji, Sayaka," nodded professor yumi, seeing koji and Sayaka leave the room and then resuming his work,

At the same time at the Saotome institute, dr Saotome had assembled the getter team in the meeting room, showing the latest reports of the earthquake, the Powerpuff girl's signatures, and the news report over at japan and India,

"professor," said Ryoma, "do you think this is the work of the dinosaur empire?"

"I can't be certain," thought dr saotome thinking over the current situation, "they certainly have no interest in the Powerpuff girls, as they have their own work cut out for them over in TownsvilleUSA,"

"and that place seems to have more attacks than here," commented Hayato.

"in more ways than one, I agree, Hayato," nodded dr saotome, "but the dinosaur empire is interested only in dominating the world, destroying the institute and the getter generator housed here,"

"if not the dinosaur empire," said Musashi, "then who could have gotten the Powerpuff girls over there?"

"a man by the name of dick hardly went over to the local mayor and has seemed to have struck a deal for security measures," answered saotome "not only that but after they stopped the earthquake, product-market shelves were pack with the Powerpuff girls Xtreme,"

"huh? More powerpuff girls?" gasped musashi

"Are you saying those Powerpuff girls could have been massed produced, father?" asked Michiru.

"that is a good possibility, Michiru," nodded dr saotome, "but either way, if there's more to this dick hardly and this Powerpuff girl Xtreme, there may be something else going on,"

"professor, what do you suggest we do?" asked Ryoma

"for now, I want you, Hayato, and Musashi on standby, for the dinosaur empire and anything else having to do with this Powerpuff girl Xtreme," answered dr saotome. "Michiru and I will study more as this develops,"

"We understand, professor" nodded Ryoma

"very good, you all are dismissed," said dr saotome "have a good day."

The getter team then left the room, the meeting adjourned,
It had seemed that this Powerpuff girl Xtreme phenomenon was taking the world by storm as dick hardly's empire only grew, as the owner of the empire only grew more and more greedy and slowly more ambitious, but it had seemed that by doing business in Japan, he has caught the attention of both Getter Robo and Mazinger z, but what will become of the real Powerpuff girls over in Townsville?


It had almost seemed the three forces of justice had joined forces indirectly against this knock-off production line,

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