(Jared's POV)
Clara's apartment / Townsville…
I am busy drinking a cup of tea and snacking on some jelly babies. I have my iPad out with the security cameras out for the city of Townsville.
"Got the cameras up?" Clara asked, walking over to me.
"Yup. So, what's happening at Coal Hill?" I asked, looking up from my iPad at Clara.
The camera has the city skyline in the afternoon.
"I asked the Doctor to help Evie Hubbard with her homework. The assignment is an imaginary interview with Winston Churchill." Clara said, happily.
"The city of Townsville!" The narrator said, excitedly.
I zoomed the camera back and had it pan across the park. We see various couples - one of which was featured on the Real Kolor Film ad in 'Mime for a Change' - in the throes of romance.
"Oh, right. I forgot that was the assignment." I said, smiling. "The Doctor is going to cheat."
"He isn't going to cheat!" Clara cried.
"And love is in the air! Can't you just feel it?" The narrator asked.
Two young lovers ride by on a tandem bicycle; in the background, a man pushes a woman on a swing. I had a camera zoom in on a tree, in whose branches two birds are getting ready to join in the general spirit of things. One of the birds wears a fedora - the male.
"The Doctor has a time and space machine. Evie should have stressed the word 'imaginary'." I said, laughing a lot.
"I don't believe you!" Clara said, giggling.
"You will. Oh. Can you take a selfie with Evie afterwards?"
"A selfie?"
"Oh, my darling, have I ever told you about the birds and the bees?" The male bird asked, in a French accent.
"Yeah. A selfie." I said, sipping my cup of tea.
The male bird chuckles.
"Hey, there." The narrator said, while both birds look up, surprised. "Behave, you two."
The male bird chuckles again, understanding what the Narrator meant.
"Okay. You have to make me see the Powerpuff Girls on a rainy day." Clara said, smugly.
"Sure." I said, munching on a jelly baby.
Clara's apartment / Exterior of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten…
I had the camera pan across the street and zoom in at the school.
"Even the youth of Townsville feel spring in the air." The narrator said.
Clara's apartment / Playground…
It's recess time, and kids are playing happily in small and large groups. One girl sits in a circle with several other kids.
"Your turn, Sammy." Girl 1 said.
In the foreground, near the building, a boy and girl are talking.
"Will you go with me?" Girl 2 asked.
"Okay." Boy 1 said.
Behind them, another girl approaches the classroom door. A boy opens it for her.
"After you, my dear." Boy 2 said.
"No, no, after you." Girl 3 said.
"Oh, no, I insist. After you." Boy 2 said.
She starts in, then turns to him.
"Why thank you." Girl 3 said, happily.
"Brotherly love, I calls it." The narrator said, while Girl 3 goes in, with me making the camera follow. "That is, of course, unless you have…"
"Young love." I said, smiling.
There is a quick flash of the face of a very ugly boy is seen at right. His lips are puckered for a kiss. I had the camera do an extreme close-up of his mouth, which is drooling and showing some very bad teeth as a result of very poor hygiene.
"...COOTIES!" The narrator cried.
"Cooties?" Clara asked, looking down at the iPad. "They are nursery school kids."
"Yup." I said, having the camera zoom back to reveal the boy in question as Harry Pitt, smacking his lips and stretching his arms out wide to grab whatever comes his way, every smack sending saliva everywhere from his mouth, with him oblivious to the reaction this is triggering due to how disgusting and vile it looks. "Man. Now I see why I didn't want to be there in person."
Clara's apartment / Exterior of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten…
The door bursts open and the girl runs out screaming.
"Cooties!" Girl 3 said, running away from the school.
Harry runs out after her.
Clara's apartment / Playground…
"So, what happens in this adventure?" Clara asked.
"Basically, the girls become afraid of getting cooties. So they were afraid of taking down Mojo." I said, laughing a lot.
"Seriously? Anything else?"
"The Mayor had trouble opening his pickle jar."
"Wow. That's hilarious."
"Cooties?!" Girl 2 and Boy 1 exclaimed, running away.
Now he runs all over the yard; the other kids scatter as soon as he gets anywhere near them. A boy and girl play on a seesaw, but stop - with him on the low end. He is Hanout, who had a bit of a part in 'Ice Sore'.
"Cooties!" Handout said, splitting, leaving her up high; after a moment, she drops to the ground.
A boy plays jacks but stops at the sound of lips smacking. He and two other kids look in that direction.
"Cooties!" Boy 3 yelled.
All three run away. A boy on the swing set stops in mid-arc.
"Cooties!" Boy 4 said, jumping down.
Now we see the entire class in a stampede before I had the camera view change to the girls. Blossom is having her hair brushed by Bubbles, while Buttercup looks elsewhere with a rather sour expression.
"Oh, Blossom, I wish I had hair like yours." Bubbles said, sadly.
The styling is interrupted by the kids charging past. Mitch Mitchellson stops next to them; he is out of breath and very scared.
"What are you waitin' for?! Don't you know?! Harry Pitt's got cooties! Oh, man, it's horrible!" Mitch said, running away. "Save yourselves!!"
Bubbles screams in fright and takes off, heeding Mitch's warning to avoid Harry immediately, stopping far enough above the ground to be well out of range of the alleged cootie-carrier. Her sisters address her from the ground.
"Bubbles, what are you doing? You don't even know what cooties are." Blossom said, frowning.
"Oh, yeah?! Well...I'm not taking any chances!" Bubbles said, pointing down. "Look out!"
Harry is nearly on top of the other two girls, who scream and take to the air.
"You're right. They really are afraid of the cooties." Clara said, snacking on a jammie dodger. "Will they be able to stop Mojo?"
Harry is left alone on the playground, with me changing the camera to an overhead view; we can see part of a round black frame around the view at the left side of the screen.
"Maybe." I said, zooming the camera back, to see what is going on.
Clara's apartment / Mojo's lair…
The image is through a telescope and Mojo Jojo is in his lair, peering through the eyepiece. He smiles, then rubs his hands and laughs wickedly.
"Mojo knows?!" Clara exclaimed.
"Yup." I said, rolling my eyes. "He does."
Clara apartment / Outside Pokey Oaks Kindergarten…
Harry sitting sadly on the sidewalk following what happened earlier on the playground during school. Mojo steps into view, his cape blowing imperiously behind him, and sits down next to the boy. After a silent moment, he smiles and extends his hand.
"Hi." Mojo said, happily.
Clara's apartment / Outside Utonium Residence…
"Why aren't you with the girls?" Clara asked.
It is nighttime.
"I gave them a hint earlier." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
Clara's apartment / Girls' bedroom…
"I wish Jared was here. He'd be able to stop the cooties." Bubbles said, sitting on the bed, wearing her nightgown and looking very uneasy. "But...I'm scared of all the bad cooties. I'm sensitive, you know."
Blossom is tucked in and sitting up, while Buttercup floats nearby. All three are dressed for bed.
"I don't blame you. Jared should be here. But he's in the future with his Impossible Girl. With his Clara. He's not here to help us. Who knows what would happen if we got cooties? We might turn blue, shrivel up, or maybe even lose our powers." Buttercup said, annoyed.
"Buttercup, you're scaring her! Jared's in the future, safe with Clara. He won't get cooties. Now let's just try and get some sleep, and forget about the cooties." Blossom said, closing her eyes.
"That's going to be hard." I said, making the camera zoom out. "Really hard."
Blossom's sisters are now tucked in on either side of her.
Clara's apartment / White field…
I had the camera turn down after a moment to show the three girls against the white field - each is rendered in black and her particular color, and all three look quite ill at ease.
"So, the girls are having a bad dream." Clara said, laughing quietly.
"It's not funny." I said, making the camera zoom in on Bubbles; her arm begins to swell with several tiny growths. When fully formed, these prove to be tiny copies of Harry. "They don't know that cooties aren't real. Yet."
"Bubbles! You've got something on your…" Blossom said, pointing at a reduced speed. "…arm! Aah!"
At the end of this line, miniature Harrys' start to sprout all over Blossom's body. She screams as they take full form. A similarly afflicted Buttercup shakes several of them from her leg and stomps them to a pulp.
"Okay. They really are having a bad nightmare." I said, having the camera zoom out to show a much larger Harry glaring down at Buttercup with disapproval. "I should go back to them."
Buttercup zips away; cut to all three in flight. A wave of Harrys' washes over them and tosses them about like rowboats in a typhoon. This shrinks to the center of the screen and vanishes, and after a moment, the girls appear again, unconscious. They open their eyes as Harry's shadow looms over them. He smacks his lips, some spit dripping down, and stamps his foot to send them tumbling. Around them, the scene dissolves to a snow globe in his hands.
"You should." Clara said, as I had the camera pull back slowly as Harry brought the snow globe to his lips and puckers up. "The Powerpuff Girls. They need you."
Girls' bedroom…
It is now morning. The girls sit bolt upright in bed and cry out in shock and terror. I teleported into the room in a flash of blue light when the hotline began to buzz.
"Made it." I said, happily.
Girls' bedroom / Mayor's office…
The Mayor is on the other end of the line, "Powerpuff Girls! Townsville Bank is being robbed!"
"Come on, girls." I said, smiling. "Clara wanted me to be here."
Bank…
Mojo is addressing himself to an individual as an alarm blares in the background, "Just put the money in the bag…"
A scared woman - one of the bank's tellers - stands across from Mojo. Doris wears a name tag, which Mojo leans in to see: 'Hello My Name Is Doris'.
"...Doris." Mojo said.
Behind Mojo, an explosion and shower of dust hide the entire wall from view. When the debris clears, the girls and I stand at a new hole in said wall, ready to dish out some punishment.
"All right, Mojo. What did we tell you about robbing banks?!" Blossom exclaimed.
Mojo does not seem too worried at our appearance on the scene. He keeps his back to us.
"Oh, no, it's the Powerpuff Girls with the Black Pearl. Please don't hurt me or anything with all your superpowers. As you know, I am without defenses. That is, of course, unless you consider…" Mojo said, turning around and holding up Harry, and I looked down at the boy. "...THIS!!"
Harry has the same effect on the girls here that he did on the playground as he begins smacking his lips and spitting saliva everywhere. The girls back up, their anger giving way to fright.
"Oh, no!" Blossom said, terrified.
"Harry Pitt!" Buttercup said, worried.
"Cooties!" Bubbles cried.
Exterior of the bank…
The girls crash out and take off with me, with them screaming.
"Girls, it's only cooties." I said, sadly.
Mojo runs out into the street and looks up after us. He is still carrying Harry.
"Hot dog! It worked! With the Powerpuffs and their friend out of the way, there will be no one to stop me!" Mojo cheered, holding Harry up. "And I will rule the entire universe!"
Mojo laughs evilly.
Outside Utonium Residence…
The windows are dark.
"I said it's only cooties." I said, inside the house. "It's not real."
Girls' bedroom…
The girls are under the covers of their bed. Their silhouettes are visible in the light shining around them. I am standing in front of the girls' bed, watching them.
"What are we gonna do?" Buttercup asked.
I looked underneath the covers, with a flashlight illuminating the scene. Bubbles is holding Octi.
"We're defenseless against the cooties." Blossom said. "Jared, you said it isn't real."
"That's because it isn't." I said, phasing my head through the blanket. "It's made to play on your fears at a young age."
"It's not!" Bubbles said, letting out a lot of tears. "I say we...hide!"
Blossom throws Bubbles a funny look while the hotline asserts its presence.
Girls' bedroom / Mayor's office…
"Powerpuff Girls! Townsville Jewelry Store is being robbed!" The mayor said, the hotline phone near his ear.
Outside Utonium Residence…
The girls and I are flying out through the windows…
Jewelry store…
The front window is smashed out, and Mojo has his back to it to address the people inside. The alarm blares as the girls and I land on the sidewalk just outside.
"Put the jewels in the bag!" Mojo yelled.
"Um...please stop robbing the nice man, Mojo." Blossom said, sadly.
"Oh, no, the Powerpuff Girls. I guess my plan is foiled due to the fanboy giving you a hint and I'm off to jail." Mojo said, sarcastically. "Woe is me. What to do? Oh, by the way…" He stepped aside, revealing Harry behind him. "...have you said hello to my little friend?"
Harry smacks his lips, producing the desired effect.
"COOTIES!" The girls said, at the same time, taking off.
"Damn it." I said, taking off after the girls.
There is a bag of jewels on the counter - labeled, appropriately enough, 'BIG BAG O' JEWELS'. Mojo reaches over for it.
"Pleasure doing business with you." Mojo said, stepping out, carrying Harry.
Townsville…
Mojo is running in place toward a part of the city. He has Harry under one arm and is against a black background. Images of neon signs float past: 'Money', 'Gems', 'Gold', 'Loot', 'Ca$h', 'Stuff'. During this montage, Mojo's picture gives way to a shot of a terrified old woman cowering in an alley. His shadow falls over her, and she screams and runs, dropping her purse. Next, Mojo is running in place again, Harry is held aloft, smacking his lips. Finally, Mojo has his evil laughing face and a shower of greenbacks.
There is an alley with a big rig parked in it. The trucker is being held at gunpoint by two gangster types, one short and one tall. The short one looks around to make sure no one is watching.
The design on the trucker's shirt - a fellow with long arms and legs and a tiny head, walking with one leg slung straight ahead of himself and the other cocked to one side - is borrowed from 'Keep On Truckin'', a creation of the underground cartoonist R. Crumb.
"All right, keep your mouth shut, open the truck, and give us all of the loot!" The short gangster said, angrily.
"Jerk!" The tall gangster yelled.
Four crashes cause the two men to look up in alarm.
"Holy cow! It's the Powerpuff Girls with their friend!" The short gangster cried.
The girls and I are standing on top of the truck. Bubbles's pigtails are standing erect.
"That's right!" Blossom said, determined.
"And you mobsters are all washed up." Buttercup said, smirking.
"You're going straight to…" Bubbles said, sadly.
"He's not." I said, frowning. "Because someone's bananas over your fear."
"Bananas?"
Mojo steps into view, and the girls lose their nerve. Bubbles's pigtails flop down.
"M-M-M-Mojo?!" The girls exclaimed, at the same time.
"That's right!" Mojo said, throwing his cape back over his shoulder, revealing Harry tucked under his belt, and laughed evilly.
The boy winks, and the girls gasp sharply with me rolling my eyes - Bubbles' pigtails standing up in fright - and take off with me without another word. The two gangsters turn to Mojo with awe and respect.
"Unbelievable! You scared away the Powerpuff Girls with their friend following in tow! I can't even believe this over here! Hey...forget the other bosses. Our allegiance is with you." The short gangster said, happily.
Mojo extends his hand, and the short gangster takes hold of it and kneels to kiss it - all that is missing is a ring on said hand, similar to pledging allegiance to a Mafia crime family Don. His colleague closes the door.
(Open POV)
Money Etc…
A shop has been broken into; a car in the street nearby has suffered the same fate. An alarm and police sirens scream out. The side wall of the place is Money Etc. - and a huge hole in the same. Mojo and the tall gangster have sacks of loot over their shoulders, and he looks back in and gives a thumbs-up. The short gangster comes out after them with another sack, and all three run into another room. In a back room, they look over their spoils, which are piled on a table.
Living room…
There is the buzzing hotline at home, the girls looking dejectedly up at it.
"Girls. I keep on telling you that cooties aren't real." Jared said, sadly.
"But it is!" Bubbles cried.
"Cooties are real." Buttercup said, scoffing.
"And there isn't anything we can do about it." Blossom said, letting out a sigh.
The girls hang their heads instead of picking up the call, knowing responding to it means another encounter with Mojo and Harry.
Ca$h…
Ca$h is hit by Mojo and the gangsters. The tall gangster runs out with a bag, and Mojo directs him into the back of a waiting truck. The money is fed into an automatic counter in the back room.
Living room…
On the TV, Stanley Whitfield does a news report, with the Townsville skyline as a background. Mojo and the two gangsters run past behind him; next to him are the words 'Where Are the Power Puff Girls?'.
"Girls, this is as bad as when you had to deal with Daylight Savings Time." Jared said, looking at the Powerpuff Girls.
"We know." The girls said, at the same time.
The girls watch this broadcast at home with Jared; the hotline begins to buzz again, and they regard it with trepidation.
Jewelry store…
There is a clerk behind a sales counter and turns down to show it is filled with jewels. Harry's reflection comes into view - he is being held aloft by Mojo - and extends its arms. The clerk's expression changes to one of fright, and he begins to pull the tray out. Now Mojo stands across from a fat gangster, with the short one standing between them and making the introductions. After a moment, this last steps aside and Mojo holds Harry up. The fat gangster smiles, and the two shake hands.
Townsville…
Mojo standing on a sidewalk, with Harry next to him and his first two associates looking on with great respect and glee. Behind the group is an imposing building, toward which Mojo holds out his arm to direct attention to it. There is a large mansion-like structure with two large M's and a sign with the name 'Mojo's Managemint' erected over the door.
Mojo's Managemint…
A painter stands next to a piece of work covered by a drop cloth. He whisks this away to expose a picture of Mojo on a throne, with Harry on his knee. The monkey and the criminals are looking on. Mojo smokes a cigar and applauds the effort.
Mojo approaches a podium in a meeting hall. Behind him hang banners with a single word - 'MOFIA' - in huge white letters on each, Mojo's take and name for his own version of the Mafia thanks to Harry keeping the Girls from trying to stop him and Jared unable to help the Girls. When he has climbed to the level of the microphone, he says nothing but instead holds Harry up for all to see. Flashbulbs pop from every side, and the assembled criminals cheer.
Mayor's office…
The mayor sings happily as his shadow falls over the knob. As he speaks, the doors creak open. The lighting inside is a little dimmer than normal.
"What's this? My door's unlocked!" The Mayor said, looking at his desk. "What's going on here?"
The chair faces away from the desk. After a moment, it rotates to show Mojo sitting in it, wearing a pinstripe suit in place of his usual attire, though he still has his brain cap. He is stroking the head of Harry, seated on his knee. It appears that Mojo has become the new Don of the local Mafia thanks to using Harry to keep the Girls at bay out of their fear of cooties from him and is happy that Jared's hint about the cooties not being real getting through to the girls.
The Mayor is shocked at this unexpected visit, to say the least, "Mojo Jojo?!?"
Mojo begins to do his best Don Corleone impression, "Correct. Funny that we should meet like this, Mayor. I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse. I take over as Mayor of Townsville and rule the world, and you will be my little houseboy and obey my every whim."
"Hmmm...you drive a hard bargain, Mr. Mojo." The Mayor said, brightening. "But I'll take it!"
(Jared's POV)
Living room…
Whitfield is doing another news report on TV. Total panic has taken hold behind him.
"With no sign of the Powerpuff Girls in sight, the city of Townsville is falling apart. Will this be the last of the Powerpuff Girls?" Whitfield asked, on TV.
The girls are in the living room, watching the news and looking quite downcast.
"Finally!" I said, when the hotline began to buzz. "Been waiting for this hotline call. Answer it."
Living room / Mayor's office…
On the other end, the receiver is held up to the Mayor's mouth. He is tied up.
"Powerpuff Girls? Oh, I'm fine, never better, thanks for asking…" The mayor said, while a gun is put to his head. "Oh! But, uh, the reason I called is…"
The tall gangster holding the receiver, along with a knife, and the short one as the gunman. He holds a sheet of paper in front of the Mayor's face.
"'I...can't...get...this...pookle…'" The Mayor said, reading the piece of paper and he is poked with the gun. "Ow! 'Pickle...jar...opened...and…'".
Living room…
"Girls, the Mayor is being held hostage in his office." I said, sadly.
Blossom has taken the call. This seems to be something she can handle.
"We're on it, Mayor!" Blossom said, dropping the receiver. "Thanks for telling us that he's in danger, Jared."
The girls take off with me.
Mayor's office…
The girls and I crash in through the ceiling.
"All right, Mayor. Let's have a look at that pickle…" Blossom said, happily.
Mojo is facing us from behind the desk.
"Mojo Jojo?!" The girls exclaimed, at the same time.
The outline of a trap door is visible underneath us.
"Let's…" Blossom said.
"...get…" Buttercup said.
"...out of…" Bubbles said.
At the desk, Mojo presses a button in front of him and the hatch opens, dumping the girls out of sight, but I floated myself up from the trap door.
"...HEEEEERRRRREEEEE!!" The girls yelled, their voices echoing, at the same time.
The girls tumble down a vertical shaft and find themselves looking up at Mojo. He holds Harry over the opening and laughs; now he is back in his usual outfit.
"Now the fun begins!" Mojo said, in his normal voice, dropping Harry into the shaft and waves. "Ta-ta. I'm off to take over the universe."
Mojo leaves the girls to their fate with an evil laugh and walks away. I floated myself down invisible, to where the Powerpuff Girls were.
"This is going to take a while." I said, landing onto the ground, near the girls, still invisible.
Harry reaches out and smacks his lips even as he falls. The girls back away from the center of the floor, and he lands in the middle of them. When he stands up, they have retreated to one corner. Bubbles and Buttercup dash away, leaving Blossom to face him alone. He runs toward her, but she darts out of his reach as well. Now he chases them around and around the enclosure; they stay ahead of him until they split up and hit three different walls. Blossom turns to face Harry.
"Girls, I know you're afraid of being blown up like the Rowdyruff Boys after they got kissed by you three." I said, looking between Blossom and Harry. "But it won't happen to you! I promise! Cooties aren't real!"
Blossom and Harry size each other up, terror is written all over her face, as she tries to fake him out by dodging left and right. He holds his ground, though, and she finally moans and faints.
"Blossom!" Bubbles and Buttercup cried, at the same time.
Blossom opens one eye and cries out, weakly raising an arm to protect her face, but Harry's lips extend into view and kiss her on the cheek. Blossom lies in front of him, shaking and fully expecting the Apocalypse to begin then and there. After a long moment in which no cataclysm occurs, she opens her eyes.
"Hey! Nothing happened!" Blossom cheered.
Bubbles and Buttercup regard Blossom with some surprise. Harry stands near her with a pleased smile on his face; now Blossom is on her feet and inspecting herself.
"Look, I'm-I'm okay." Blossom said, nervously. "Jared, that explains why your hint was that something isn't real. You really must have meant the cooties. I feel dumb not listening to you. I'm sorry. Yeah, we were afraid of being blown up like the Rowdyruff Boys after we kissed them. The cooties aren't real. It was just in our imagination."
"That explains why you kept on repeating why the cooties aren't real this entire time." Buttercup said, smirking.
"Yup. I had to knock some sense into ya." I said, smugly.
"Thanks!" Bubbles chirped.
"Don't mention it." I said, as Bubbles and Buttercup trade a glance and smile at each other. "Now kiss Harry as you did the Rowdyruff Boys like no tomorrow."
Beaming, all three girls go and move in on Harry.
"Come here, cutie!" The girls said, lovingly, at the same time.
I'm standing behind the girls as they lean over Harry and start kissing him repeatedly for several seconds. When they stand up, Blossom moves aside slightly and we can see red lipstick on his cheek.
"Come on, girls. Enjoy watching the show, Jared. We've got a date with a monkey." Blossom said, looking between her sisters and me.
"I will." I said, taking off with the girls, heading up the shaft, and we see that Harry's face is covered with several red lipstick marks. "Happy Valentine's Day, Harry."
Harry looks quite happy with what has just happened, but Mojo is another story.
Mayor's office…
"Time to get the kid." I said, watching Mojo get his usual severe pounding from the girls. "He can't stay down there forever."
I phased myself down into the shaft, and I lifted Harry up to make him intangible temporarily, floating back up to bring us back into the Mayor's office. I looked over at Harry during the fight, seeing that he's in awe of the girls fighting Mojo. After the fight ended, I laughed at the badly injured monkey.
(Open POV)
Townsville Prison…
A prison cell door slams shut in front of Mojo, and he looks up. Mojo's cellmate - a big bruiser of a fellow - looking down at him with a small smile. Mojo appears rather nervous at this attention.
"Love is in the air." The narrator said, inhaling deeply. "Mmmm! Can't you just smell it?"
The standard end shot comes up.
"So once again the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!" The narrator cooed.