On their recent trip to London, Chase, Bren, and Jinja went out on the town, while Dax and Beyal stayed back in the hotel room. Suddenly, Chase found a £1 coin on the sidewalk in front of a store. He saw a National Lottery sign on the window of the store. "Hey," said Chase, "are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" "Quickforce can beat Charger easily?" Bren asked. "I just want to do such illegal things to him," said Jinja. Chase said "I'm thinkin' we play Thunderball. We could sure use £500,000!" "We sure could," Jinja replied. So they went in and bought a ticket with the following numbers:
11-13-30-33-38 Thunderball: 08
On their way back to the hotel, they found somebody being attacked by S.T.O.R.M. Some boy was being pummeled by Driftblade. "We gotta save him," the gang said. "Lock, launch!" said Chase. "Charger, launch!" said Jinja. "Quickforce, launch!" said Bren. They were able to defeat Driftblade. "Thanks, guys" said the boy. "We're always happy to help," said Chase. "Name's David," said the boy. "Wait just a minute! You're the Monsuno team! I watch your show all the time!" Jinja couldn't take her eyes off David. "You're cute," she said. "So," said Chase "what'd S.T.O.R.M. do to ya?" "Those jerks stole my wallet!" exclaimed David. "It had over £100 in it!" "Wait a minute," said Chase. "You're American, too? I can tell by your accent." "I have an idea," said Bren. "Oh, right," said Jinja. "Chase bought a lottery ticket. If we win £500,000, we will come together and open a bank account for all of us to use." "Actually," said Bren, "I was gonna tell him to get a job." "Ignore him," said Jinja, "let's take you to our hotel room for comfort."
When they got to the hotel room, Dax and Beyal stared at David. They asked who he was, and Chase explained. He also told them about the lottery ticket he bought. Beyal said "I sense a win tonight." "How much?" asked Jinja. "£3? £5? £10?" "You don't want to know," said Beyal. As Draw time was approaching, Chase said "Bren, turn on BBC 1!" Dale Winton presented the National Lottery Draws for Saturday the 23rd of June 2012. Alan Dedicoat announced the winning numbers as they came out:
13
33
38 (at that point, Chase screamed "YES!")
30 (at that point, Bren was biting at his nails)
11 (at that point, Jinja thought she was gonna have a heart attack, although she's a very healthy girl)
The Thunderball was then announced:
08
Chase passed out, Jinja did a backflip (what a flexible girl) and Bren told David he didn't need a job anymore. When Chase woke up, he screamed "WE'RE RICH! WE'RE RICH! WE'RE RICH!" The gang went to Barclays bank a few days later to open a savings account. Here is how the bank balance started out:
Bank balance: £500,000
They then signed a "No reckless spending" agreement. The interest earned per year was 1.8%, meaning first month interest would be £750, assuming they made no further withdrawals or deposits.
And the Savings journey begins.
