The forest. The nondescript patch of trees bordering the city to the south, some distance away from the tall, impressive skyscraper mister Mayor had his office in.
A quiet, peaceful place where a serene silence filled the air, in stark contrast to the bustling noises that Bubbles had become accustomed to in the city, with or without the monsters wrecking it up to worsen the din.
It was here that she could sit undisturbed and untroubled by anyone since no one would come looking for her here. Here she could clear her thoughts and mind so that she could focus more clearly on what really mattered.
Bubbles found a cozy spot in the clearing to sit, where the gentle breeze played with her hair as she sat down and began to chew on the jerky she had brought with her and continued to weigh her options, now free from the ruckus and howls of the city and that loud and rambunctious action movie Buttercup had just put on downstairs.
Speaking to her sisters about her growing concerns had yielded nothing but scorn and apathy. She wasn't surprised, but she really hoped that they might as her sisters, take her worries to heart slightly more seriously.
It wasn't likely therefore, that the professor would be much better. Not that he could do much even if he tried, especially since half the city still shunned him for being a socially awkward shut in. The story of how good a father he had been to Bubbles and her sisters over the years, how he had raised them as his own might never be heard sadly.
She had worried that things would take a turn in this direction from the very beginning but now she was becoming increasingly convinced that this was the one and only way to turn. It sounded silly and ridiculous but the longer Bubbles had thought on it over the past years, the more right and humane the plan that was now brewing in her troubled mind seemed.
Mr Mayor did not care for the well-being of the people simply put. A selfish man that put the interests of big business and himself before those of the city he was supposed to lead and care for.
The poorly trained and equipped police teams who could not even stop a carjacker as he stole the car right in front of their faces, the poor behavior people like and the general lack of law and order in an already chaotic city where the citizens were as cruel to each other sometimes as the monsters threatening the city. Some people were even discriminated against and harassed simply because of the color of their skin.
Bubbles took one look at the mayor's office which loomed ominously and darkly over the many other skyscrapers in the city.
She knew what had to be done now, and she was prepared to follow her plan to the letter.
She would start tommorow, she thought as she flew back home, gliding silently through the open window her sisters always left for her, and settled down on her place on the bed to sleep.
It was going to be a long and difficult day.
A surprisingly quiet day it was. Breakfast passed without event, save a brief pep talk of how Bubbles had wandered off so hastily yesterday without an explanation and how they were glad she had gotten over her anger yesterday.
Midday came, and still no sign of any major disaster in the city or call from the mayor. Yet.
After making sure that the professor had gone out for the day and that her sisters had left the house to enjoy the peace and serenity of an undisturbed day where the city was safe, Bubbles sat down at the computer the professor had in his study, and began to type and type.
Letter after letter, word after word, Bubbles mashed the keys as she scratched her head and thought about what to type next even as she finished another paragraph.
Finally it was finished and taking one glance to see that she was still not being watched yet, Bubbles grabbed a large stack of papers and jammed them hard into the printer.
She briefly hesitated but her stare hardened and her trembling arms steadied as she closed her eyes, and ordered the printer to print as many copies of the poster she had just spent all afternoon working on, as it could do.
Paper flew around and around the room, flooding the study with copy after copy of the document that Bubbles had spent what seemed like her whole life dreaming up.
Thoughts that never surfaced, which she had slid under the rug hoping they'd go away one day where things were better.
But Bubbles knew she could hold nothing back now. They didn't know how this felt. Knowing that the next day, however hard they fought to defend the city and by extension the innocent people from a gruesome fate they did not deserve, they'd just be back where they started when it all happened again. And again, and again.
And something in Bubbles's soul that day, told her she couldn't afford to not care anymore.
That permanent changes needed to take place to ensure horrible tragedies like the ones she and her sisters had had to endure for how long she had forgotten, could finally become things of the past.
Bubbles had not signed the posters. She did not want any accusations thrown at her door before she found out whether the citizens of the city she wanted to help really felt the same way or not.
This way she could always call off this stupid idea, if it turned out her concerns were indeed a delusion, and no one really did support her ideals.
Grabbing a reel of tape, and as large a stack of the papers as she could carry, she darted out of her house and towards the city park, which she knew would be totally deserted until the afternoon.
She would spend a little time here before moving on to the suburbs, and if she had time before her sisters caught on, outside the mall.
But this was just the beginning, sighed the exhausted blonde girl sadly to herself as she wiped cold sweat from her face.
Thank you fans of ppg once more for reading. I greatly appreciate the time you've taken to enjoy this piece of writing I took a long time and a lot of work to think up. Sorry about the grammar errors if there are any. If you enjoyed this work which honestly took me a lot of thought to conjure up, a nice comment down in the comment section would be so nice for support. What do you think could have been done better? How do you think Bubbles's plan will unfold next? How do you think things will or should play out next. Answer by commenting. As always I will see you in the next chapter. Buh bye!