Aura Power Unite!

This is the 24th episode of Powerpuff Girls: We got the Power

## Summery

When a new villain winds up making Percy feel like a failure after trying a new combination move, it's up to Blossom to get him out of his funk.

## Plot

The episode starts in Townsville Center, as the gang was in the middle of a battle with a villain in a purple outfit, with dark indigo details, holding a scepter, which had what looked like a jagged zigzag mustache on it, made up of thorny vines, as the villain was blasting the heroes with a strange purple energy, which caused vines to sprout from objects, as the gang dodged the blasts, "Time to take you down Thorn Master!" said Blossom, as she and Percy were floating with the others, "Time for plan Olympian Seal!" he said, as Buttercup groaned, "Does he always do this?" she asked in annoyance, as Snowball sighed, "Trust me, you have no idea." Snowball said, as he face palmed at the name of the plan his brother came up with. "Can we just get on with my plan already?!?" yelled Percy in annoyance, as they manifested their energy powers, as the six younger heroes manifested constructs, but just as they were about to attack, they were hit by the purple energy that blasted them back hard, as they got back up from the ground, as Art had dodged the blast in time, as the others were wrapped up in glowing purple thorny vines, save for Bliss, Jaden, and Art, as Bliss and Jaden teamed up, with Bliss manifesting an energy charger, as she channeled her energy through it, into Jaden's riot shield hero, with the energy hooked up to the rampart blasting arm, as Jaden took aim, and blasted Thorn Master away, launching him clear across the city, "I'LL BE BACK!!!!" he exclaimed, as he flew far into the distance, as both gave each other a high-five, as Art erased the thorny vines that held the others, as Buttercup smirked and fist bumped Snowball, "Now that's what I call a blast!" she said, fist pumping, as Jaden smiled, "Thanks Buttercup." he said, rubbing the back of his head, as once Bubbles was free, she flew to Art, hugging him tightly, snuggling her crush, as she nuzzled his cheek, as she floated off with them, as Blossom smiled, "Thanks Bliss and Jaden." she said, as they nodded, while they flew off, but she noticed that Percy was a bit down, feeling a bit concerned about him as they flew off home.

After the gang got home, they enjoyed some pizza from the Townsville Pizzeria, as they enjoyed their reward from Art helping with the sign, while Percy looked a bit crestfallen, feeling something was off, as he simply poked his pizza, as Buttercup and Snowball were scarfing down their pizzas, much to the annoyance of Blossom, as she groaned from her sister and her friend's table manners, as she would correct them later, but right now, her focus was on the depressed boy, as he poked his pizza silently, as the Professor looked to him, "Something wrong Percy?" he asked, as Percy sighed, "Nothing Professor." he said, still crestfallen, as he took a bite of his pizza, but Blossom was curious, not so sure the Greek boy was alright, as she tried to figure this out.

As everyone had gone to the living room for some downtime, Blossom had her homework in hand, but she noticed that Percy was not around, as he flew into her room to set her homework down, as she looked around for Percy, as she noticed his bedroom door was closed, as Blossom knocked on the door, as she opened the door, as he saw Percy at his desk, trying to write something, "Something wrong Percy?" she asked, as she floated in, as Percy saw her, "No, I'm fine." he said, as he turned away, "Are you sure?" she asked, as Percy sighed, "I said I'm fine!" he said, as Blossom was shocked by this, as she flew off, still concerned for the boy.

While they were now in Downtown Townsville, they were facing off against a minotaur monster, but they were getting beaten badly, as Blossom looked to Percy, "What's the plan Percy?" she asked, as Percy felt nervous, "Umm..." he said, as he to think off something, but was unsure what to do, "Plan, Squirrel, Chocolate, Geography, Hairbrush?" he said, as the others looked at him, with a look of confusion on their faces, as Art and Jaden double teamed him, with Jaden forming a clay guardian of energy, holding the monster in place, while Art blasted the minotaur with blue lightning energy, zapping it fully, as it was knocked back all the way back to Monster Island, as it roared in anger and fury, as the others looked at Percy, a confused look on their faces, "Dude, what's going on?" asked Buttercup in confusion, "You usually have these plans down pact." she said, as Snowball was confused too, "What is wrong with you bro?" asked the boy in annoyance, as Percy sighed, "I failed again." he said, as he sulked away, much to the confusion of the others, "What got into him?" asked Buttercup, as Snowball simply shrugged, "This is new, even for him." he said, as he looked to Percy in confusion, "Is Percy okay?" asked Bubbles in concern, as Art shrugged, "I'm not sure." he said, "He's never been like this before." said Art, as he too looked to his brother with concern, as Percy flew off, leaving even Blossom in confusion, as she tried to fly after him, only to find out she had lost sight of him.

While on the news, it seemed to be about Percy, talking about him failing another mission, shown on a TV in the bar, with a bar keeper cleaning a glass with a wash cloth, with an empty glass on the counter, as a hand slams down on the counter top, "Hit me with another grape juice." he said, as it was revealed to be Percy, as he sulked in the dimly lit room, while the barkeep took the glass and cleaned it up, "Feeling like a failure, huh?" asked the barkeep, much to the boy's surprise, "How'd you...?" Percy asked, as the Barkeep grinned, "I've seen someone with a bow and red hair who felt the same way." the barkeep said, as he polished another mug, after handing Percy a glass of grape juice, "She was feeling the same way you do now." he said, as Percy was surprised to hear this, now curious what he was saying, "You mean Blossom had failed too?" he said, as the man nodded, "Of course," the barkeep said, as Percy was surprised to hear this, "She was in your situation too." he said, much to the boy's surprise, "Had gotten defeated a lot by a green monkey, a pink gorilla, and some lady dressed in black." he went on, as Percy knew those foes all too well, since the girls told him and his brothers about those three, "But she was like a balloon Ferris-Wheel." he said, as Percy tilted his head in confusion, as he saw a balloon Ferris-Wheel on the counter, "The point being, you can't achieve perfection with just success," he said, as the boy watched in curiosity, wondering what he was talking about, "The true key is resilience." he went on, as he showed a balloon art version of Percy on the counter, much to his surprise, as Percy had a look of realization, "Thanks Barkeep." Percy said, as he wiped off his lips of the grape juice with a napkin, as suddenly, the news came on, with Thorn Master attacking Townsville, as Percy noticed this, as he had a look of determination, "Now if you'll excuse me, I got a villain to stop!" he said, as he flew off, as the barkeep noticed that his balloon art version of the boy was still there, as a thought came to him, "Maybe..." he thought, thinking of going back to making balloon art, only for the balloon Percy to pop before his eyes, "Oh come on!" he said in annoyance.

Back with the others, they were struggling in the thorny vines that Thorn Master had spawned, who was now a giant and shirtless, with a muscular build to his body, as he cackled in triumph, his staff in hand, as the heroes struggled in the grasp of the vines, "He's too strong!" said Bliss, as she struggled to break free, as Blossom still had a look of determination on her face, "We have to stop him somehow!" she said, as she tried to get back up, but having trouble doing so, "Then it's a good thing I'm here!" said a voice, revealed to be Percy, who had arrived, just in time, as he freed the others from the the vines, as he froze the vines with a powerful icy wind, "Cause I got a plan!" he said, as the gang charged in, but they were knocked back into the ground, as they got back up, as Buttercup groaned in annoyance, "Well that worked." she said sarcastically, as Percy got back up, "That's okay." Percy said, "Because I got another plan!" he exclaimed, as Snowball groaned, "This should be good." he said sarcastically, "Time for Plan: Big Brother, Big Sister 44!" he said, as Snowball was shocked to hear this, "Are you crazy?!?!?" he remarked, as Percy was still determined, "We can do this!" Percy said, as the eight of them got ready, as Bliss glowed and fused with her sisters, and formed 'Sisterhood', while Jaden glowed a multicolored energy, as Percy, Snowball, and Art, merged with him, forming a similar construct, but with the boys' features instead, "Brotherhood!" the form exclaimed, as Sisterhood looked to the new entity, as Brotherhood looked to Sisterhood and nodded, showing he was on her side, as Thorn Master smirked, "It doesn't matter how many of you giants there are!" Thorn Master exclaimed, his staff ready, as the two went into a battle stance, with Sisterhood manifesting an energy sword, with a purple hilt, with the blade being made of pink, light green, and light blue energy, while Brotherhood manifested a sword of his own, with his energy blade's hilt being sea foam green, with a trio of gold, icy blue, and rainbow energy forming the blade, ready to charge in, as they both charged in at Thorn Master, with both swords ready, charging in with intent, as they raised their blades, and with a powerful force of attacks from both sides, as the fight raged on, with Thorn Master striking with thorny vines at the two giants, while both blocked with shields of their energy, as both of them charged up their blades, linking them together, as they formed a larger super blade of energy, as they brought the super blade down, slashing right through Thorn Master's staff, slicing it completely in two, as it exploded into pieces, leaving it nothing but dust, with the mustache shattering to pieces, as Thorn Master cried out in agonizing pain, as he shrank back down to normal size, with his muscles reverting back to twiggy stick like arms, as his eyes now were back to the gray color they were, revealed to be some weakling of a man, as the two giant beings reverted back to the eight Powerpuffs that made them up, as the cops came and took away the now de-powered Thorn Master, as the girls were amazed, "Dude, that was so cool!!" said Buttercup in amazement, as she remembered what she and her sisters saw while they were in their combined form, as the boys smiled, "Thanks," said Jaden, as Bliss floated towards him, "It's called Brotherhood." he went on, as Bubbles held Art in her arms, causing his pink energy flame to manifest, "Well it's still pretty cool!" said Buttercup, as she was in awe of the event, as they high-fived each other, with Art being snuggled by Bubbles' arms, and Blossom smiling towards Percy, as he smiled back, with Bliss holding Jaden's arm, snuggling her head into his neck, to which Jaden smiled and held her close, "That was pretty impressive Jaden." she said, as Jaden smiled, "No problem." he said, as with that, our episode ends here.

## Characters

* Thorn Master (Debut)
* Blossom Utonium
* Percy Hardly
* Buttercup Utonium
* Snowball Hardly
* Bliss Utonium
* Jaden Hardly
* Bubbles Utonium
* Art Hardly
* Professor Utonium
* Minotaur Monster
* Barkeep

## Trivia

* This is the first episode to be centered around Percy.
* This is the first time a Powerpuff has felt like a failure since "Monkey Love" with Blossom, as well as Art in "Artistic Sadness".
* Thorn Master was inspired by Waluigi from the Mario Series and his Waluigi Arc in the SMG4 videos.
* This is the first Debut of "Brotherhood" the combined form of Percy, Snowball, Art, and Jaden's energy forms.
* Thorn Master gets his voice from Charles Martinet, who provides the voice for Wario, Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi as well, from the Mario Video Game Franchise.