Two weeks later

"Hannibal!" BA stormed into the kitchen slamming the door behind him. Hannibal looked up from the stove and raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, won't do it again boss." BA said sheepishly. "You've got to do something about those crazy ass fools. They are out of control."

Hannibal hid his smile. Since that day when they had fought Pike at the training ground the boys had been pranking each other. Or Murdock and Face were pranking BA. They had started small, with toothpaste on his hand when he was sleeping. They then tickled his face and when he went to brush away the annoyance he had smeared it all over. Next they had coated his doorknob with Vaseline so that he couldn't get out of his room. It was hours before Hannibal came home and let him out. They filled his Ipod with musicals and deleted his usual rock and rap. Poor BA didn't even realize till he was at the gym and it blasted out over the speakers. He was still being mocked about 'defying gravity'. Through it all the big guy would swear and threaten them but never actually did anything. Hannibal was wondering when exactly BA would reach his limit and retaliate.

Just then the door burst open and in came Face and Murdock. Face was in the lead waving Murdock's lucky hat while Murdock was desperately trying to grab it. They danced around the table while Murdock whined and demanded it back. "Shouldn't have messed up my hair then buddy!" Face taunted back. BA smirked. He knew how Face felt about the hair. He spent ages in the morning getting it just right. BA casually leaned over and snagged the hat from Face's grasp and then grabbed Face in a headlock. He then gave him a noogie so that his hair stood straight out. "No! BA stop please." Face begged squirming in his grasp but BA easily kept him pinned. Murdock was laughing at Face's plight at least until he realized that BA wasn't giving his hat back. Murdock leapt on his back, stretching for the hat held up out of his reach and yelled.

"Alright boys. Knock it off. Dinner is ready." The boys quickly sat down at their places and started loading their plates with the steak and potatoes. Hannibal coughed subtly at them when he realized that the plated of vegetables was still untouched and they reluctantly added some to their plates. Hannibal was just about to add salt to his potatoes when he saw Murdock fighting back a grin and Face subtly trying to elbow him. He casually reached for the pepper instead. BA was so busy sawing at his steak that he missed the exchange and grabbed the salt. As he flipped it over his food, the lid fell off and his dinner was coated in salt.

"What the hell man!" BA roared as Face and Murdock burst into laughter. BA looked at the two laughing men and then grabbed Face's plate. Face outraged, looked at Hannibal to intervene but he just smiled and continued eating. It was a pouting Face who stole half of Murdock's food for his dinner.

"No Face. For the last time, you are grounded." Hannibal was getting annoyed. The whole meal Face had been begging to go out on a date. He had met a hot girl on the way to the training ground and had got her number. Apparently she really wanted to see this concert, which happened to be tomorrow night.

"Please Hannibal! She's got front row tickets and she was super hot. This could be my only shot with her." Face continued to beg as Hannibal got up and walked into the other room. He knew he was pushing his luck but man he was going bat shit insane locked up in this house. "Come on man. It's been two weeks. Cant I just have one night off… for good behaviour?"

"I said no Face. It wouldn't be a punishment if you got to do things you enjoyed. Next time follow the rules and you can go on has many dates as you'd like. Now drop it or else." When Face went to open his mouth again Hannibal snapped. "Room! Now! And I don't want to see you for the rest of the night." Face angrily stomped away and Hannibal sighed as he settled on the couch. He had a mission coming up and was busy trying to make a plan. His boys were doing well on the course now and their endurance was increasing at a good rate. Face was still doing an extra hour of the course and on the weights so his progress was doing especially well though he still tended to lag when Hannibal wasn't watching. The plan just wasn't clicking in his head. He had to be missing some important key fact that would let it all just click. He sighed again.

"How bout a break bossman? You seem beat." Hannibal smiled at Murdock who was holding out the controller for some xbox game. "Come on, Hannibal. A break can do wonders and you can't be working all the time." Hannibal accepted the game and got his ass soundly kicked in halo.

Meanwhile BA was just finishing up some pushups. He headed to the shower and moaned when he felt the hot water rush over his sore muscles. Hannibal had really been working them and his body was complaining. Maybe he could talk the old man into a day off? He was working on his argument in his head as he washed his Mohawk. It took him a while to realize that the foam rushing down his body was not the usual white. What the hell, he thought. He quickly jumped out of the shower and cleared the steam from the mirror. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOOLS!" BA looked in horror at his trademark Mohawk. His pride, his calling card, his wonderful hair… it was pink! "That's it! You've gone too far!" BA strode out of the bathroom and ran into Hannibal. Who took one look at him and burst into laughter. "Its not funny man! I've got pink hair. Who the hell is going to listen to me with pink hair?"

"Sorry, BA. I wasn't listening. What did you say?" Hannibal grinned at the glaring black man, who just growled before stalking into his room.