When he got halfway to his house, Furrball was suprisingly met by Terry at the alley. She was wearing her undercover clothing in case there was any crime lurking about. She greeted with a smile and wave, "Hey, bro. How did it go?"
"Great." panted Furrball dropping his sports gag to rest his arms and back. "But we're still doomed."
Terry would put a hand on her little brother's shoulder to try and reassure him. "Hey now, don't get discouraged so soon. You guys haven't even played yet.
"What's the difference?" Furrball still hung his head in discouragement as he sat on his bag. "No matter how hard we tried last year, it was always an epic fail."
"Epic fail? Now Ryan, you're going too far on this. If you keep on getting yourself down, it'll reflect on how you'll play. That's what Chief said to me when I first got in the force."
Furrball looked up and tried to see the light in what his sister is saying. Perhaps there CAN be a chance to change things. "Since you're of the few that believe in us so much, what can I do to help the team?"
"Well come on, I'll show you what I promised back home."
Terry led her little brother to the ACME Police Station. It was quite big on the inside with many offices, a refreshment room, several widescreen TV's, and even one particular looking room that said, "KEEP OUT! Unless Authorized by the Chief" That made Furrball shiver a bit.
"What kind of room is that?"
"Oh, well that's where we're going to go!"
"*Gulp* I had to ask."
Terry opened te door and it turned out to be a secret room. Though it was empty, there were dents and bullet holes all around the walls as well some machinery that was probably the cause of the appearance.
"When I first assigned to the force, they put me here for training. When it comes to crime in ACME Acres, there's no time to play patty cake. It's a dangerous world out there and you don't know what nor when disaster can strike. So we are always on our guard and prepared for every situation on a daily basis." Turning to Furrball, she would also say, "For you, I'll make it a little more simple. I'll tell you what is going to happen through the intercom, then you have to try and dodge every obstacle that's thrown at ya. The decision is yours, bro. You wanna do this?"
Furrball felt a little uncomfortable, but if this means having to go over his fears and conquer his foes, he won't let anything stop him now. "I'll do it. Just go ahead and start it up."
Terry nodded as she headed to the control room to sit down on her rolling chair. She pressed a series of buttons that made several punching bags appear from the ground. They were proceeding vertically then horizontally.
Terry began speaking through the intercom. "OK, bro, here's what you are going to do: You can't stop the punching bags by force, so use those cat instincts of yours and dodge them swiftly."
"What am I, a ninja?" exclaimed Furrball in fear. "Those things are moving too fast!"
"Trust me on this, bro. You can do this." And right away, Furrball began to think in his mind. His eyes were closed and he stood still for a while, hearing the punching bags going in the same pattern. Then, when he opened his eyes, he started running. First, he dodged the front bag, then he moved to the left of the second, then to the right of the third, and spun away from the fourth and fifth. Wherever the punching bags went, Furrball had the confidence to quickly get past the course. All he had to do was to keep the pattern in his head and all will be well for him. When he got to the end, the blue cat had a smile on his face, meaning that he was ready for more.