Chapter 1 - Just Another Day
Thursday Afternoon - 3:35 PM.
It was a bright August afternoon with very few clouds in the sky. 14-year old Paige Fox sat on a lawn chair enjoying the sun and reading the latest issue of Fourteen. Unfortunately, she had been a victim of her brother, Jason's schemes one too many times. Every few minutes, at the slightest sound, she would sit up, startled, expecting a water balloon or suction dart to come her way.
But each time, it was just a false alarm. Settling down for what seemed to be the thousandth time that day, Paige heard cries of "Yippee" and "It's here". She sat up and saw her brother, Jason and his friend Marcus Jones, running to the mailbox. She watched as they took a large package from the mailman and ran inside. Paige suspected that something was going on, so she called on her cell phone her best friend Nicole.
"Hey Nicole," Paige said after the telephone on the other end had been picked up. "I need you to come over. Yeah, they just got something in the mail. Yep, could you bring over a few things with you, I don't want to go inside. When those two come outside, we'll be ready for them."
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"Come on Marcus," Jason called to his best friend as they sprinted up the stairs to his room with the big package. " I can't believe it's finally here! The Super Drencher XL2002. Now we will be unstoppable in our water games"
"Yep," Marcus replied. "The latest in Drencher technology. Fully equipped with a radar that located anyone within 100 feet, a pack for carrying extra water, and super pressure pump for super drenched enemies." He recited the commercial
" We spent $100 on this baby. Now who should we test it on?" Jason pondered for a moment. The same thought flashed into both of their minds.
"Paige!"
" I bet she won't even expect us." Marcus almost shouted in excitement.
"I'll take a suction dart bazooka for now. You can have the honor." They flew down the stairs, two steps at a time talking about how they were going to get Paige so bad. But they were going to be wrong...very wrong.
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While Jason and Marcus had been assembling the Super Drencher inside, Paige and Nicole had been busy with their own plans. They had attached a trip wire right by the front and back doors, armed themselves with Super Soakers loaded with one of Paige's most deadly perfumes and set up a tent with trenches all around it as their main camp.
"Good thing your parents are at that convention." Nicole stated as they waited for their prey.
" Oh, you mean that 4-day writers convention? Mom decided it was better to take Dad with her and leave us here alone than to leave Dad here. Good idea to because the last time when she went to a convention, Dad flooded the house while she was gone." Paige paused for a breath then continued. "Now when Jason and his friend come out and activate the trip wire, 5 mega-sized balloons will drench them and a bell will ring, letting us know what door they came out of. Then we race over and let them have it." She patted her Super Soaker. Just then a bell rung.
"It sounds like it's coming from the back door. Come on!"
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Meanwhile, after Jason and Marcus had assembled the Super Drencher XL2002, they had grab some HoHos and sat down to discuss their plans.
"I say we sneak up on Paige though the woods and blast her, then run to the tree house." Marcus was saying.
"I say we use plan P-51 in the Jason and Marcus plan book." Jason held up a book entitled
"The Jason Fox and Marcus Jones Planbook - Only $39.99!"
Marcus flipped through the book and spotted P-51 under the chapter "Ways to Annoy Your Sister". (Ironic that a girl is writing this, isn't it? ) He read it out loud.
"'P-51: Buy the Super Drencher XL2002 then walk up to your sister, say ' Hi ____' and when she opens her eyes, she'll see 20 gallons of water heading her way. THEN run for your tree house, room, fort, etc., etc.' So plan P-51 it is then, Commander Jason."
Marcus agreed. They grabbed a backpack and stuffed it with vital supplies like Hohos, Dr. Pepper, suction dart guns, and bottles of water for ammunition, knowing that once they soaked Paige, they would be stuck in the tree house for a long time. Little did they suspect that outside at this very moment their worst enemy was sitting in a trench, ready for the minute they came out. They were about to go outside when Jason's 16 year old brother, Peter came down from his room. He grabbed a Coke and his sunglasses then pushed his little brother aside as he opened the door.
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Oooo, a cliffhanger! ^_^ Dontcha just love 'em?
-- The '89 Girls
Thursday Afternoon - 3:35 PM.
It was a bright August afternoon with very few clouds in the sky. 14-year old Paige Fox sat on a lawn chair enjoying the sun and reading the latest issue of Fourteen. Unfortunately, she had been a victim of her brother, Jason's schemes one too many times. Every few minutes, at the slightest sound, she would sit up, startled, expecting a water balloon or suction dart to come her way.
But each time, it was just a false alarm. Settling down for what seemed to be the thousandth time that day, Paige heard cries of "Yippee" and "It's here". She sat up and saw her brother, Jason and his friend Marcus Jones, running to the mailbox. She watched as they took a large package from the mailman and ran inside. Paige suspected that something was going on, so she called on her cell phone her best friend Nicole.
"Hey Nicole," Paige said after the telephone on the other end had been picked up. "I need you to come over. Yeah, they just got something in the mail. Yep, could you bring over a few things with you, I don't want to go inside. When those two come outside, we'll be ready for them."
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"Come on Marcus," Jason called to his best friend as they sprinted up the stairs to his room with the big package. " I can't believe it's finally here! The Super Drencher XL2002. Now we will be unstoppable in our water games"
"Yep," Marcus replied. "The latest in Drencher technology. Fully equipped with a radar that located anyone within 100 feet, a pack for carrying extra water, and super pressure pump for super drenched enemies." He recited the commercial
" We spent $100 on this baby. Now who should we test it on?" Jason pondered for a moment. The same thought flashed into both of their minds.
"Paige!"
" I bet she won't even expect us." Marcus almost shouted in excitement.
"I'll take a suction dart bazooka for now. You can have the honor." They flew down the stairs, two steps at a time talking about how they were going to get Paige so bad. But they were going to be wrong...very wrong.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While Jason and Marcus had been assembling the Super Drencher inside, Paige and Nicole had been busy with their own plans. They had attached a trip wire right by the front and back doors, armed themselves with Super Soakers loaded with one of Paige's most deadly perfumes and set up a tent with trenches all around it as their main camp.
"Good thing your parents are at that convention." Nicole stated as they waited for their prey.
" Oh, you mean that 4-day writers convention? Mom decided it was better to take Dad with her and leave us here alone than to leave Dad here. Good idea to because the last time when she went to a convention, Dad flooded the house while she was gone." Paige paused for a breath then continued. "Now when Jason and his friend come out and activate the trip wire, 5 mega-sized balloons will drench them and a bell will ring, letting us know what door they came out of. Then we race over and let them have it." She patted her Super Soaker. Just then a bell rung.
"It sounds like it's coming from the back door. Come on!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile, after Jason and Marcus had assembled the Super Drencher XL2002, they had grab some HoHos and sat down to discuss their plans.
"I say we sneak up on Paige though the woods and blast her, then run to the tree house." Marcus was saying.
"I say we use plan P-51 in the Jason and Marcus plan book." Jason held up a book entitled
"The Jason Fox and Marcus Jones Planbook - Only $39.99!"
Marcus flipped through the book and spotted P-51 under the chapter "Ways to Annoy Your Sister". (Ironic that a girl is writing this, isn't it? ) He read it out loud.
"'P-51: Buy the Super Drencher XL2002 then walk up to your sister, say ' Hi ____' and when she opens her eyes, she'll see 20 gallons of water heading her way. THEN run for your tree house, room, fort, etc., etc.' So plan P-51 it is then, Commander Jason."
Marcus agreed. They grabbed a backpack and stuffed it with vital supplies like Hohos, Dr. Pepper, suction dart guns, and bottles of water for ammunition, knowing that once they soaked Paige, they would be stuck in the tree house for a long time. Little did they suspect that outside at this very moment their worst enemy was sitting in a trench, ready for the minute they came out. They were about to go outside when Jason's 16 year old brother, Peter came down from his room. He grabbed a Coke and his sunglasses then pushed his little brother aside as he opened the door.
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Oooo, a cliffhanger! ^_^ Dontcha just love 'em?
-- The '89 Girls