

That night, Buttercup returns to the gang's hideout as promised, but finds Ace to be the only one there. Ace then berates the gang and tells them she is not their friend but in fact a tool to help them control Townsville. The gang (except Ace) spend a long time saying goodbyes to her until she is totally out of sight. That morning, Buttercup leaves after accepting to come back again that night. Snake screams at her, saying that she should not be in their hideout, but Buttercup punches him in the nose (just like Ace does often when Snake speaks out of line). That evening, while her sisters are asleep, Buttercup flies to the junkyard where the gang's shack is located. As the gang leaves, Buttercup gives Ace a soda, and Ace tells her she can hang out with them anytime she wants in return. Buttercup saves the other Gangreen Gang members from her sisters by hiding them under a carpet. Ace, who had escaped from the girls' sight, makes his way to Buttercup (who had stepped back from the fight) and convinces her that the gang just wanted a soda and that the girls are being too rough with them. Blossom and Bubbles fly straight away to beat them up. The next day, the girls are on a field trip to the museum when they see the gang smashing exhibits to get into a soda machine. Buttercup develops a crush on Ace and feels sorry for him. Ace pretends to claim that Snake, whom the girls had caught giving a boy a wedgie, didn't know what he was doing. The Gangreen Gang is causing trouble and bullying kids at the park before The Powerpuff Girls show up. Soon, the Gangreen Gang take advantage of this and end up manipulating Buttercup into putting her sisters, Blossom and Bubbles into terrible danger. Buttercup develops a crush on Ace, the leader of the Gangreen Gang.
