Life Without a Purpose
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Brick was stuck in a funk. Looking just a bit dour as he sat atop one of the tall towers of Townsville; corrupt now with villainy as it was, usually the streets were empty as The Gangreen Gang patrolled the area, heckling and harassing anyone in sight. It wasn't as bad as the Congo's where Brick's dad ruled with a relatively gentle approach (sans the homosapien based slavery conducted there) and the apes there were a sight to behold in their society; but a society based on outdated and primal instincts that many of the intelligent apes in the area operated by still led to a variety of different issues and civil disputes even after Mojo had consolidated his rule and got rid of the more outspoken aggressors and belligerent opposition.
With super vision that allowed him to view the city with the acuity of a bird of prey, Brick watched as a man got pushed around by a few gang members, faces painted green in stark difference to the natural shade of puke green that colored the
real Gangreen family. Ace was the only one worth remembering as far as Brick was concerned; he was both the leader, and had gained some attention during a short stint spent as a bassist for some band - that hadn't lasted long, but boy did the guy like to brag about it whenever he could.
"Gonna do somethin' about it?"
Brick didn't react much beyond a grunt at the intrusive voice, gruff and taunting. With a sigh, Butch passed Brick, sidestepping him and stepping onto air where he hovered casually, making a one-eighty to face his brother.
"You're always so moody lately, never wanna have any fun." Butch said with some distaste, rolling his eyes, while Brick let loose a huff of air from his lips. "Like, either go help beat up the one dude, or just wreck the shit outta that loser green bean - nobody here's gonna stop you, just do something though, stop sulking!" Butch's voice had slowly climbed to exasperation as he threw his hands up at the end.
"What for? Nobody ever comes to do anything about it anymore. And if that guy didn't want his ass beat, he shoulda been smart enough to not wander the streets alone. It ain't my job to keep him from making bad life choices."
"So instead you're gonna sit here and be angsty?"
Butch's description had Brick feeling just a flare of anger before he tempered it down, letting out another breath before responding with a shrug.
Narrowing his eyes, Butch clenched his fists, and for a moment Brick thought (hoped) that his brother might swing at him. Instead, he just shook his head. In a flash of green light, Butch was gone, and the spot where the gang member had been beating down on a defenseless civilian, was a a small crater with the now unconscious green painted thug. For fairness' sake, Butch gave a solid kick to the stomach of the other man, letting out a loogie as the man cried out in pain, landing it square on his forehead.
With a malicious type of look, Butch turned to meet eyes with his brother, raising a brow and smirking wildly, raising his fist, tongue darting out to pick up a spot of blood from his knuckles. Brick could pick up his whispered words with his Chemical X enhanced hearing.
"I don't feel bored Brick."
Point made, the most reckless of the Rowdyruff Boys flew off, the ground shattering beneath his feet in a needless show of destruction that fit the teen well. Even with the dramatic theatrics done, Brick could barely muster up the ability to be annoyed with his sibling, instead leaning back in his spot, looking to the sky and dredging up the memory of a trio of colors; pink, blue and green, shooting off through the air. That sparks the first real thrill through Brick that he's managed in the last few weeks, a feeling immediately followed by melancholy and disappointment.
With a groan, Brick collapsed back, running a hand over his face, feeling the nose that had grown on his face with puberty. The facial features and appendages that had sprouted on his hands and feet were new additions that made him feel more
human; Chemical X may have made he and his brothers mutants in all respects, but somehow they were still 'human' in some capacity, judging by his bodies desire to match the
lower lifeforms that he looked so alike.
Brick had the ability to admit to himself that he was bored. Being a superior being that could curbstomp most all things in existence lent to a sort of desire for a challenge. It was a feeling that Butch didn't share, caring more about dominating others and feeling like the strongest one in a room, and a feeling Boomer didn't have the wherewithal to think about, content with his own existence, occupying his own time with meaningless hobbies or jobs from either of his 'parents'. It left Brick in an existential crisis he couldn't even share with his simpler siblings.
That feeling of discontent and inability to find something to fill that little hole in his motivation made Brick tired, ready to sleep and hope that maybe when he woke up, there'd be a trio of colors ready to match wits and fists with him; it was a feeling Brick felt a good degree of self-loathing for, and one he was self aware enough to realize was absolutely true.
The ginger haired super being cursed himself. Cursed his brothers, cursed HIM, cursed Mojo Jojo. More than anyone else, Brick cursed the Powerpuff Girls for losing.
Sitting up, Brick shook his head, slamming a fist down at his side, the building beneath him wavering and shaking at the attack. Pushing off from the building, he enjoyed freefall for a moment, before pulsing forward, body shooting out in a beam of red light as he disappeared into the skies at speeds faster than the human eye could track.
Brick had no clue where he was going, no idea of what he wanted, but there was a thought in his mind that had stuck, and one he couldn't shake.
'I don't want to feel this way anymore.'
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A/N
I was struggling to come up with a solid plot for the Rowdyruff Boys, and decided to give focus on Brick since he's a poormans reflection of Blossom, and she's my absolute favorite of the trio.
I tried to keep things relatively true to the established canon, but how close I can't gauge given our limited view on the setting so far.