Bubbles flew out after her sister; in no time at all she was able to catch up with them. Blossom glared at her upon her arrival. "Sheesh Bubbles what took you so long?"
Buttercup scoffed, "Had to go kiss and hug all your stuffed animals goodbye?"
Bubbles pouted, "Well no, I was just-"
Blossom cut her off, "Look there it is!"
Crashing and destroying the ships like they were mere toy boats was a giant squid. Its giant slivery eye glowed in the darkness, glaring at the girls as it continued to sink the boats in its sleek tentacles.
Blossom ushered her sisters over, "Okay girls here's how we're going to do this; Buttercup you zoom in and take out its sight, I'll take care of the tentacles."
Bubbles piped up, "Hey what'da about me? What should I do?"
Blossom started to zoom away as she yelled, "Save the people on the ship!"
Bubbles nodded vehemently as she rushed away to save the numerous sailors on the breaking ships. She whooshed to the ship getting closer to the ship's dock as the squid let out angry bubbles as it flailed its appendages trying to catch her. Ha! I'm not going to fall for the old 'caught by the tentacle trick'! Suddenly the image of HIM flashed in her mind, clear and vivid as if he was right in front of her, she shook her head in bewilderment. "Wait what? HIM?"
"Bubbles watch out!"
But Blossom's warning was too late, Bubbles turned around a couple of second late; the squid smacked her in the face with enough force for her to go skidding across the surface of the water. Her head bounced along until her entire body sunk beneath the waves.
Come on Bubbles wake up! You can't do this to yourself, or the girls, they need you! The sailors need you! Wake up!
Bubbles slowly opened her eyes; the ocean floor was shifting her focus so all she could see were blurs of colors. She quickly blasted out of the water and back into the brawl. As she neared the giant sea beast she saw with shock that her tow sisters were trapped in the beast's grasp, their faces turning blue from lack of oxygen.
Oh no! How long was I out?
She let out a shriek as she flew in frenzy to the beast. Attacking every part of the squid as she could get: eye, the appendages and the main body. The squid was teetering around in circles seeing stars when Bubbles let it have a final punch to the face. The squid released its hostages as it flew into the distance and disappeared below the waves.
Bubbles zoomed to her sisters, "Girls? Are you okay? Girls?"
Blossom sat up gasped and sputtered. "Oh Bubbles, good you're okay!" They both hugged. Buttercup on the other hand had a verbal lashing swirling inside, she watched the two embrace until she felt the anger couldn't be contained. "GAH! Bubbles we could've beaten the stupid squid if you had gone whooshing off because you weren't paying attention! Geeze why weren't you in the zone today Bubbles?"
Bubbles felt like she was shrinking in Blossom's embrace. "Well um, I'm really sorry. I was really tired and-"
Buttercup rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Let's go home."
Blossom nodded and they both flew off. Bubbles followed, her head hanging in shame.
The next morning was uneventful. The previous night's events forgotten and the girls zoomed to Pokey Oaks in a glorious mood.
Ms. Keane was teaching them about more math, a concept that was diverse in the girls. Blossom adored the complex functions and the lengthy formulas, Buttercup hated the course and would try to skip out on learning it only to fail, while Bubbles had mixed feeling about the subject; she hated how complex and confusing it could be, but at the same time she liked how it looked. How each number could look like an animal if one would look at it really hard. And she loved the feeling she would get when she solved a particularly difficult problem and got the answer right.
As Ms. Keane prattled on about multiplying and dividing Bubbles found herself drawing a red circle, then a small red triangle on the side. The form started to feel familiar to her. She drew a long lender line and added more form to it, and then she colored black at the end part of the red. She added more details and more black and red until she had a picture of HIM right in front of her.
She was enthralled in the drawing; she likes to call herself a good artist, amateurish at best. And usually her art consists of happy things but now; she seemed, drawn to the red being.
Oh no, am I really thinking about HIM?
Author's Note: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, Saturdays are my own free days and I have been spending it at my buddy's house and my cousins. Then schoolwork as been increasing like it's goin' outta style. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope to get back with a new chapter next week.
~Y.T
I don't own these characters but Craig McCracken does.
