Here's the next new episode in line, based on 'Save The Tree'! Enjoy, folks!
Up on good old Mighty Pete, my friends, Arnold, and some of the neighborhood kids we knew were hanging around as we were laughing and talking. Sometimes we hang around Mighty Pete as we do our own activities, sometimes we go to Mighty Pete to have a quick meeting amongst our PS 118 student faculties, but most times, we hang around Mighty Pete because... because it feels like the only true time, aside from going to our newly acquainted Gerald Field, that we would truly hang out together... as fellow students, as friends, and as equal partners.
"This is the life..." I smiled as I was playing chess with Arnold. "Who would have thought that Mighty Pete would be around for so long?"
"I agree, Rhonda." Arnold smiled as he moved his chess piece. "Good ol' Mighty Pete has been doing well for us, and it's the only living tree, aside from the ones in the park, left in the entire neighborhood..."
"Yeah..." Nadine said from nearby as she was rolling some dice and moving her piece on a game board as Sid and Stinky watched.
"You think this tree will last forever?" Stinky asked.
"I like to think so..." Tucker said as he was laying on the small bed that was inside the treehouse. "I mean, come on. This tree has been here through every generation."
"I agree." Arnold smiled. "I love this tree. I think that no matter how much everything changes, we know one thing's for sure. This tree will always be standing."
"Yeah..." Sheena smiled. "I mean, who'd want to tear Mighty Pete down?"
Phoebe, who was looking out the window with Gerald, said, "Big Bob Pataki with his agents and workers."
Everyone laughed as I said, "That's cute, Phoebe."
"No, I mean, Big Bob Pataki, the guy who owns that beeper emporium... he's down below. He's setting up some signs around the tree." Phoebe pointed out. "And a few orange cones."
"She's right, man. You better have a look." Gerald said.
Curious, we all decided to stop our activities as we looked out the window and...
Oh God, Olga's father WAS setting the tree up for demolition. Every kid that was around me was shocked too as we all started to climb down as we checked the signs out.
"Demolition on Friday the sixteenth?" Sheena read.
"They're knocking down our tree?" Arnold said in shock. "They can't do that! We have to do something!"
Sid shook his head. "Forget it, Arnold, what could a bunch of kids do?"
Everyone else voiced their doubts to Arnold.
"Aw, come on, guys, there has to be something we can do!" Arnold said.
"Bye, Arnold!" Gerald, Stinky, Sid and Sheena said as those three walked off.
Me, Nadine, Phoebe, Tucker and Arnold just stared as I called, "Jerks!"
"Well, what do you expect?" Tucker sighed. "Nobody can fight the system..."
"No..." I paused, getting an idea. "But I know someone who can try."
"So let me see if I'm getting this right..." Olga said as me, Nadine and Phoebe were seen hanging with her at the mall's smoothie stand, enjoying smoothies. I was drinking a little from the smoothie to stop the small headache, but well, it's not so bad. "You want me to stop my dad from tearing down a tree that has been around for seven hundred years."
"Yep." Nadine nodded.
"You want me to stop my dad from attaining his dream of getting a nationwide beeper emporium, is what you're requesting me to do." Olga said as she took a sip from her smoothie.
"That's pretty much the case, yes." I nodded.
"I see." Olga said as she sipped on it. "Well, don't get me wrong girls, I can try and do that, I can't guarantee the results are good... but if you can give some VALID reasons why I should stop my dad attaining his dreams, give them to me, and hopefully, maybe he'll listen..."
"Where to begin..." I said. "There's not a lot of room to have a beeper emporium."
"If your dad wants to have a large beeper emporium, try for the largest space possible... preferably one that's not so small, that if you bring a tree down, you'd wreck one of the nearby buildings." Phoebe said.
"Not only that, if that tree falls on one of those buildings, your father will likely be sued by other people due to damages..." Nadine said.
"And if your father loses the case, not only will he be losing a lot of money, he will be out of a job and a home, which will affect not only him, but also your mother and you!" I said.
Olga gulped as she shuddered. "And daddy doesn't like being sued... but I'm sure he can convince them to drop the charges..."
"People will get injured inside the buildings if that tree falls." I added.
"Good luck trying to get out of that." Phoebe said.
"Yep, Big Bob Pataki will be going to jail if he attempts harm on another person..." Nadine said.
"Do you think that'll happen?" Olga said, considering the thought.
"Olga..." All three of us groaned.
"Okay, okay..." Olga said. "I need my house, I need my family... I'll try to tell Dad there's another wide space for his beeper emporium."
"Thanks, Olga." I smiled.
"No problem... but I can't guarantee he'll drop the Mighty Pete thing, but I can try." Olga said.
"Well, give me a call if it works out." I said as I handed Olga my number. "This is my cell phone number. That way you can contact me."
"All right." Olga said as she pocketed it. "Thanks girls. I'll try to talk dad out of it. Thanks for the smoothies. Oh, and Rhonda? You look great in glasses!"
"Thanks." I smiled.
Olga then took her smoothie and started to walk off.
"You think Olga will convince her dad to stop?" Phoebe asked.
"Hopefully she does... otherwise NO PEOPLE will be doing that rally on more than just eating contests..." I said.
Later that night, as I was getting ready for bed, I heard my cell phone buzz. I picked up to see that an odd number. I picked up. "Hello?"
"Hey, Rhonda? This is Olga."
I smiled, but the headache came back as I held my head with one hand, and the phone to my ear in the other. "Oh, hi Olga. How'd it go?"
"Well, it took a little convincing, but I did manage to talk dad out of tearing down your oldest tree." Olga said. "The key is 'suing for damages', like you said. He's now afraid that he may be liable to be sued if the damages are done... so he's going to drop the Mighty Pete thing."
"That's good." I sighed in relief. "So where's he building his emporium now?"
"Well, at first he considered an old lot where it was run down and full of junk, but it got turned into a baseball field and he realized that he didn't want to be sued even more... so he found a big field to build his emporium. He'll only have to get rid of a few rocks, but nothing that can deter him." Olga said.
"Well, I'm glad you could convince your dad..." I said, sighing in relief.
"Yeah, and let me assure you, it was not easy. He started talking about how he wanted his beepers to go up in prices and how his new building will boost his sales. It was like, 'okay, I get it. Shut up!'." Olga sighed over the phone, but then I heard her yelp as she whispered, "Uh, don't tell anybody I said that."
"Lips are sealed." I smiled. "Well, thanks. I'll tell my friends the good news."
"Great!" Olga said. "I better hang up before Dad comes up and sees me on the phone. He seems pretty... excited when I'm on this phone."
"Why?" I asked.
"I don't know, he'll think I'm talking to a boy on the phone or something, he'll take the phone away and speak into it, saying some harsh words... well, at least he's protective, I can say that much... anyway, I gotta go before he sees. Bye, Rhonda!" Olga's voice said as she hung up.
I nodded as I sighed in relief, putting the phone down. Well, I'm just glad Olga did it... I couldn't wait to tell everyone...
"Wait... you already stopped the Mighty Pete destruction?" Arnold said as he and his grandmother were painting signs outside his house.
"Sorry... were you going to try doing it?" I asked.
"We were..." Arnold's grandmother said... before smiling. "But that doesn't mean we can't still do it!"
"I told you Arnold, I knew someone who could fight the system." I shrugged. "Sorry if I ruined that chance."
Arnold paused... before smiling. "No, that's all right. You stopped it, that's good enough."
"Great, buddy!" I said. "Anyway, I already told Nadine and Phoebe the good news, they're probably telling the other kids by now... so I figure we're good for the rest of the day..."
"All right." Arnold said. "Looks like we'll be doing that protest another time, Grandma."
"Oh well, live and let learn, Kimba." Arnold's grandmother said. "But that doesn't mean I'll still protest!"
As Arnold's grandmother took the sign she painted and started walking around with it, I laughed. "Your grandmother is a lovable loon, Arnold."
"She can be a loon sometimes, but she's really nice." Arnold smiled. "Anyway, since I have nothing else to do... you want to go biking with me today?"
I blushed a bit, but I smiled. "Oh, uh, sure!"
Arnold smiled. "Great! We can get Gerald and we'll all go biking together!"
"Oh..." I said, deflating a little, but kept that smile. "Well, sure. I wouldn't mind biking with you guys!"
"All right. Let me get my helmet and bike and I'll be good." Arnold said as he started to run off.
"Good thing I decided to bike my way today..." I muttered as I went out and got on my stylish red bike. I smiled, looking at it. I remember learning how to ride a bike, all thanks to the help of Nadine and Phoebe. I swear, these two were really morally supportive when I was learning, and now that I've learned, I felt more positive in getting with Arnold...
And now, NOW I'm going out with Arnold on a biking trip! Well, okay, it's not a date, but we'll be hanging with friends, w- I'm hanging with Arnold! Yes!
I held my position as Arnold came in with his bike. "Ready to go?"
I nodded as I put my helmet on. "You bet, buddy!"
Arnold and I started to bike down over to Gerald's to meet up with him.
And there is the fifty-fifth episode! How do you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks! And don't forget to add and/or check out the TVTropes page for this story!