"Come on Vince don't give up!" Spinelli yells as the others cheer Vince on in a stand off against Erwin Lawson.
"You can do it!" T.J. yells.
"Actually I calculated his odds of survival at 13,007 to 1 but go get him Vince." Gretchen says.
"Get me outta here Vince! I'm not cut out for jail I cant take it!" Mikey yells.
"Shut up Mikey it's just dodgeball jail." Spinelli says before Vince then gets pounded with dodgeballs.
*Timeskip*
"You realize that of course if we lose one more game we tied the schools record of unsecutive doubts and humiliation." Gretchen says.
"I blame myself." Vince says.
"It's not your fault Vince. Dodgeballs a team sport we win together we lose together. Well except for the winning." T.J. says.
"Hey guys how's it going." Gus says as he walks into the shop.
"A bit more swell now that we got smoothies wanna join us?" T.J. asks.
"Cant my mom says I gotta practice my guitar lessons." Gus says as he hugs Alexis before taking a seat next to her in the booth. A moment later a kid walks in and freaks out upon seeing Gus and calls him El Diablo before running into a chips pole. As Alexis goes to walk over to the kid Gus grabs Alexis by her wrist and has her go with him.
"Um Gus what was that all about?" Alexis asks.
"Lets just say if I told you your probably not gonna believe me." Gus says.
"Gus I'm a werewolf and you wouldn't have believed me till I showed you so spill." Alexis says.
"Well the reason the kid called me El Diablo is because I'm really good at dodgeball and got a reputation for it at my old school just don't tell the others for now." Gus says.
"Alright." Alexis says.
"You wanna go to the creek with me for a bit?" Gus asks.
"Sure." Alexis says.
*Timeskip*
"Bravo safety man play another one." Hector says as Gus is playing his guitar while sitting with Hector and Alexis.
"I agree Gus keep going your really good." Alexis says as T.J. and Vince come over.
"Hey Gus fancy act." T.J. says.
"Safety man gonna be a rock star." Hector says.
"Yep I'm gonna lick this thing or my name isn't guitar Gus I hope to do it along side my girlfriend Alexis." Gus says causing Alexis to smile.
"You know Gus we heard another nickname for ya. El Diablo. Fasted hand at the game of dodgeball in the history of playground fun." T.J. says causing Gus to make a sour note on his guitar.
"Sound familiar?" Vince asks.
"Never heard of it." Gus says as he shakes his head.
"Safety man no play dodgeball not safe." Hector says.
"Hector's right I'm just not a dodgeball kind of kid." Gus says as he glances at Alexis before back at T.J. and Vince.
"Oh. Oh ok. Sorry to interrupt your practice." T.J. says s Gus goes back to playing his guitar.
"Gus I gotta admit your guitar playing has gotten really good." Alexis says.
"Thanks Alexis." Gus says smiling as he continues playing before catching a dodgeball.
"Come on you two lets play somewhere else." Gus says as he drops the ball and walks away with Alexis and Hector.
*Timeskip*
After a little while in the cafeteria the gang comes asking Gus to play dodgeball after finding out he is El Diablo.
"No. I'm not playing." Gus says.
"But Gus we need you." T.J. says.
"Nothing personal T.J. but I wont do it find yourself another kid." Gus says.
"But we're friends! Fellow fourth graders. Dessert deep-" T.J. then gets cut off by Mikey.
"Almost mystical bond." Mikey says.
"Almost mystical bond between us." T.J. says.
"Sorry but I've hung up my dodgeballs for good." Gus says.
"Save the drama for your mama Gus were talking all the marbles here." Spinelli says.
"Boy the f cord is murder." Gus says as he continues practicing his guitar.
"Gus this is T.J. talking man I'm not gonna beg but..please! You gotta play!" T.J. says getting on one knee.
"T.J. you went behind Gus's back and made a bet you should of asked first." Alexis says.
"It is after all only marbles." Gus says.
"Only..only marbles." T.J. says as he begins stuttering.
"Only marbles!" Spinelli says as she takes Gus's guitar and starts untuning it.
"Spinelli no its takes me hours to tune that thing!" Gus says.
"Tell me why you wont play devil boy." Spinelli says.
"This is your game. Your El Diablo." Vince says.
"No. I used to be El Diablo. I suppose a kid cant run forever. You see dodgeball used to be my life. I had all the shots. Sliders, curves, skippy, etc. I was the scourge of the school. It was sweet. But I guess I tangoed too close to the torch. Maybe I love the game too much. Anyway that's when it happened. Poor little kid he was s shook up he could never go near the playground again. Steady during lunch I did that to him. Sorry but I just cant play." Gus says as he takes his guitar and goes outside.
"Alex please say you'll at least play?" T.J. asks.
"Sorry T.J. but you dug your own grave you can lay in it. You shouldn't have made a bet like that without consulting Gus first." Alexis says as she follows Gus outside for recess.
*Timeskip*
"Looks like its starting." Alexis says pointing to the kids putting their marbles in a trashcan.
"T.J. is on his own Alex I cant do it." Gus says. Alexis nods as she listen to Gus play while sitting with Hector.
"Gus you gotta do something! It's a blood bath. A massacre." Mikey says as he runs over.
"Guess our little friends never learned the dodge part of dodgeball. You wouldn't happen to now how to make a T7 cord would you?" Gus asks.
"Fiddle on precious nero as your empire burns all around you." Mikey says.
"Hey where's our little friend Hector?" Gus asks.
"There Gus!" Alexis says as she points to Hector holding a marble and one of the kids getting ready to throw a dodgeball at Hector.
"What the!?" Gus asks as Alexis jumps in front of Hector to try and protect him but in doing so both Alexis and Hector are hit with dodgeballs. Alexis then gets up feeling winded but helps Hector over to the steps where they were sitting at and then sees Gus isn't there.
"Where's safety man?" Hector asks holding his arm.
"That's it all the fourth graders are in jail! The marbles are ours!" Lawson says.
"Not quite." Gus says as he stands where the dodgeball game is going on.
"Its him." Gretchen says.
"Yes the one they call El Diablo." T.J . says.
"Pfft. El Diablo huh well now your gonna be El Dialoser." Lawson laughs.
"That so." Gus says before hits all the fifth graders with dodgeballs leaving Lawson by himself.
"Ok you win! The marbles are all yours! Take em I don't care just don't don't!" Lawson yells.
"This one is for my girlfriend and Hector." Gus says before hitting Lawson with dodgeball.
"Wow that was great Gus." T.J. says as the he, the gang, and Hector go over to Gus.
"Now that El Diablo's back were gonna rule this playground right through sixth grade." Vince says.
"Yea. What do you say we challenge the sixth graders next?" T.J. asks.
"Nope." Gus says as everyone starts trying to change his mind except for Alexis and Hector.
"Sorry but my work here is done. El Diablo's hanging up his dodgeballs for good." Gus says as he walks off.