The Wager:
On a sunny afternoon at the football field in the small mountainous community of South Park Colorado a group of school-aged children had gathered to practice for the upcoming rivalry game against Middle Park. Things had started to return to normal after Randy Bratt was captured and his keytar destroyed. Alex McDaniels had replaced him as their football coach and Dovahkiin Hughes' father Denny Hughes had replaced Randy on council.
"This is the rivalry game against Middle Park." Officer McDaniels launched into a motivational pep talk to get them fired up. "I don't need to remind you how important it is for us to send those assholes home with their tails between their legs."
Stan couldn't wait for the big game against Middle Park. He was sure that the Middle Park school principal was still pissed off at his Uncle Jimbo for blowing up their mascot.
"Those assholes don't stand a chance!" He announced enthusiastically.
During their practice game Mayor McDaniels – now running South Park as Mayor Barbrady since her relationship with the Police Chief was exposed to the community – arrived with PC Principal to check on progress. She hadn't been seen in public much recently because she was six months pregnant with another set of twins and suffered severe morning sickness.
He spotted her talking with Officer McDaniels and PC Principal. "Whoa dude!" He exclaimed when he noticed how large she'd become in pregnancy.
"She's fucking huge!" Kenny mumbled through his hood.
"Don't say that too loud!" Dovahkiin Hughes snapped at them. "My dad says she gets pissed off if you do."
They could see her glowering at them from across the field. "That isn't helping us win the game!" She snapped at them.
"I fucking told you!" Dovahkiin said fearfully.
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"What's the deal with Middle Park bro?"PC Principal asked curiously as he watched over the practice game.
"It's a long time rivalry. South Park and Middle Park have hated each other since the dawn of time. Doesn't matter who's in charge of either town they still find a way to hate each other."Alex explained. "Not to mention their police chief has the hots for mom."
She rolled her eyes at her son. He was on thin ice for bringing that up. She wasn't looking forward to going to Middle Park. She didn't want to go to the black tie events or talk about the unity that didn't exist between the two towns. She sighed with exasperation when she realised PC Principal was looking for an explanation. "He's just another scumbag."She explained bitterly. "Every time I have to interact with him he's staring at my chest."
She wished she didn't admit that. The last thing she wanted to do was face their police chief who would be drooling over her the minute she set foot in their town. His sleazy and ambitious personality reminded her of Him. The memories of the attempted rape were still fresh in her mind as though they happened yesterday. The flash backs and dreams were so vivid it was as though the attack was happening again. A wave of nausea had her leaning on PC Principal for support.
"Mom? Are you okay?" Alex asked with concern as she looked green in the face.
The school children were laughing when she couldn't get away from PC Principal in time. She'd thrown up all over PC Principal just like she had done with Randy Marsh when she was pregnant with her first set of twins.
"Dude!"Eric Cartman laughed hysterically with the other children. "That's the fucking sweetest thing I've ever seen!"
"Oh God!"She was mortified. Randy Marsh deserved it. PC Principal was a friend. "I-I'm sorry. Peter, I'm so sorry."
"It's okay bro."To her surprise he wasn't angry at her. He remained calm even though he was covered in puke. "You're pregnant Mary, you can't help the morning sickness. You look tired. You should go home and rest."
Alex cut the training session short and drove her home. She could hardly tolerate motion and spent the rest of the trip home coiled in a ball clutching a vomit bag. The morning sickness was one thing she didn't miss about being pregnant.
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They were preparing to leave for Middle Park and it was no secret that she dreaded the trip. Nausea overwhelmed her. She tried to put on her best game face for the children as PC Principal and Principal Victoria along with Mr. Mackey made sure everyone was accounted for. Her stomach churned and her face turned green as she dashed behind the bus to throw up.
Eric Cartman spotted her and approached with a mischievous grin plastered on his chubby face. "You had the pop tarts for breakfast, hah Mayor?"
She glowered at him. "What are you looking at?" It was bad enough she'd blown chunks everywhere she didn't need the little fat kid pointing it out. He backed away from her and ran off to find his friends as PC Principal ordered all children – football players and cheerleaders to the front of the bus.
"Alright everyone, let's move!" Principal Victoria shouted at the children who lined up to board the bus. The school board gave her back her job when they found out it was Mr. Mackey who got her fired. They didn't want to get rid of PC Principal as he was effective in running the school so they decided they should run the school together as co-principals.
She wondered how the Middle Park school officials would react to PC Principal especially when he went on a war path.
"Wait until those Middle Park losers get a load of PC Principal." The Marsh boy was saying to his friends as they boarded the bus. She wasn't the only one wondering.
"Those posers are gonna shit their pants." Pete added as he got in the car. He wanted to ride the bus originally, but it was packed with kids from the football team and the cheer squad. South Park had a new cheerleader. Katherine Holloway had moved to South Park with her family from Australia. She added to the congestion on the bus.
The convoy had Johnson and Freddy in front travelling in a council car, Alex would follow them and take her family in her SUV, the South Park City Council and some of the chaperoning parents followed her in a council owned bus and the school bus travelled along behind.
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As she predicted she couldn't stand the motion. She tried to tell the Middle Park officials that she was sick and not up to the trip. They didn't listen to her and demanded her presence. She didn't understand their insistence when all they were going to do was fight about which town was superior.
"For God's sake Alex, slow down!" She demanded. Every time he rounded a corner or the road zigzagged through the mountains she wanted to throw up. She wasn't prepared for it, but Alex swerved to avoid a deer as Johnson and Freddie radioed to warn him it was standing in the middle of the road and not about to move despite the oncoming convoy. She couldn't keep it in and threw up all over the back seat.
Pete scooted away from her as far as he could go. "Aunt Mary, sick!"
She scowled at him. "It's morning sickness!" She clutched her stomach as another wave of nausea had her burying her head between her knees. "Alex, pull over!"
Alex radioed the buses to stop. She got out and bolted for the railing. Barbrady comforted her while she threw up on the side of the road.
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"She doesn't look so good." Kenny mumbled through his hood. The children watched as the Mayor of South Park threw up on the side of the road.
"Is she going to make the trip?" Stan wondered.
"Just leave me here to die!" They heard her yelling at Police Chief Barbrady and PC Principal who were trying to make her feel better.
"We're going to be here a while." The new girl Katherine Holloway – a ten- year-old Australian girl with light blue hair similar to Mayor McDaniels, blue eyes and was dressed in the South Park Cows cheerleading uniform along with the other girls – pointed at Johnson and Freddie who were busy cleaning out the puke from the back seat.
"I got grounded for two weeks because you threw up all over the back seat!" Pete grumbled at Stan as they watched his Aunt's aides Johnson and Freddie clean out the car. "Aunt Mary barfed on the back seat."
"Sick dude!" He exclaimed with disgust. "You know it was Kyle's fault. He wouldn't shut up about my dad and your Aunt."
"I can hear you." Kyle grumbled with annoyance.
"What are you guys talking about?" Kat asked. Her full name was Katherine Marie Holloway, but Wendy and the girls called her Kat for short. She was also a superhero. When she worked with the Freedom Pals they knew her as Kitty Litter and called her Kitty for short.
"N-nothing." He didn't feel like talking about it. He didn't even like thinking about it. He still hated his dad for everything he did to the town and especially for what he did to Mayor McDaniels.
"Come on Kat!" Fortunately he didn't have to explain it to her as Wendy and Bebe called her over to the group of girls gathered near the back end of the bus. "We can practice our cheers while they clean out the Mayor's car."
"Okay." She ran off to join Wendy and Bebe. They left the girls to practice their cheering.
"Didn't you also take her car without her permission?" Kyle resumed their conversation after Kat was no longer in hearing range.
"So what?" Pete pushed Kyle up against the bus. "She wouldn't have noticed the car if you didn't make him throw up everywhere!"
"What are you kids talking about?" She was behind them with her arms folded and a pissed off expression on her face.
"N-nothing, Aunt Mary." Pete let go of Kyle and he fell on the ground with a thud.
"Ow!" He picked himself up and straightened out his clothes.
An hour later they had aired the puke smell out of the Mayor's SUV and they were on the road again.