Okay, this idea goes out to my buddy Mr. Harelip and my homie, NicknGrisfan! Thanks for the ideas guys!
Chapter 9
When Greg heard about Nick and Warrick's plan, it got him thinking for a little bit. Maybe there was something he could do to top off that prank. But first, he needed to get something to eat. He was starving and hadn't eaten since five o'clock that evening. And it didn't help that it was almost midnight. So, Greg walked into the break-room and reached into the cabinet, pulling out a box of Quaker's Instant Oatmeal. "Instant, huh?" laughed Greg as he poured a packet in and flooded it with warm water.
Sure enough, the powdering substance turned into Instant Oatmeal. That evil grin that Greg had gotten each time he thought of an idea spread across his face as Nick and Warrick walked in. "Oh no…there's that evil grin again," muttered Nick.
"Guys, do you mind running to Speedy Market and getting me tons of boxes of Quaker's Instant Oatmeal?"
"Sure, what kind?" asked Warrick.
"Any will do, I'm not planning on eating it," laughed Greg.
Warrick and Nick exchanged glances and walked out to their car to get Greg's supplies. After Greg rinsed out his bowl, he headed back to his lab where he saw Catherine and Sara waiting on their results. "Greg, where are our results? We gave them to you just a couple hours ago," moaned Sara.
"Sorry, but this guy was a high time drug user. There is so much chemicals in his blood that it may take it a while to finally analyze it."
Catherine and Sara sighed as they walked out of the room. After waiting a couple minutes, Nick and Warrick came back in with bags of Instant Oatmeal. "Thanks guys, can you bring the gals in?"
Nick and Warrick nodded and ran off, instantly coming back with the two ladies. "Please tell me you got our results," moaned Catherine.
"No, I just wanted to call you all in for a briefing on the next prank. I have many boxes of Instant Oatmeal sitting in front of me. Catherine, I need you to go tell Ecklie that his house had just burst into flames. That will surely get him out of his office long enough for all of us to run into his office and spread the powder all over the office. When Ecklie arrives, we'll wait until he walks in. After he sits down, I'm going to pull that fire alarm that connects into his office and the water from the sprinkler will turn Ecklie's office into a huge bowl of fluffy oatmeal. Can you guys handle that?" asked Greg.
"Oh hell yeah! This going to be fun!" shouted Nick.
"Count us in," smiled Sara.
"Good, we start at 0500 hours," smiled Greg and the team broke out of the DNA lab.
It was 5 o'clock that morning and they were all waiting inside the break-room for Greg to show up. Finally, Greg walked through the doors smiling. "You guys ready to go?" asked Greg.
They all nodded and Catherine walked into Ecklie's office. Ecklie was sitting doing paperwork as usual when Catherine walked in. "Conrad, I have some bad news."
Ecklie looked up at Catherine. "You live at 4573 27th Avenue North-East, right?"
Ecklie nodded. "Well, that house just went up in flames a couple minutes ago. You better go take a look."
Quickly, Ecklie ran out of the office towards his car. Catherine smiled to herself as the team walked in with boxes upon boxes of Instant Oatmeal. "He actually fell for it?" asked Nick.
"Guess so. I think he didn't want his thousand dollar suits to burn," laughed Catherine.
"Okay, Ecklie will be here any minute, so we have to get this done quickly. Dust everything and anything with the powder and then we can move on to Phase three," instructed Greg as he opened a box and began to pour Instant Oatmeal over the office.
After emptying all the boxes, the five fiends all ran out of the office as Ecklie walked in. "My house wasn't on fire. If I ever see Catherine, I'll make sure to give her a piece of my mind."
After Ecklie sat down, Greg pulled the fire alarm and water poured from the sprinklers in Ecklie's office. "WHAT THE HELL!" shouted Ecklie as he stood up.
Before he could get to his door, he saw creamy oatmeal began to take form all over the office. "What the hell is going on?"
Ecklie trodded through the oatmeal and into the hall, where he saw Greg leaning against the wall reading a magazine. "Sanders, what the hell is going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"Don't play stupid with me. Why has my office turned into oatmeal?"
Greg looked at him confused and took a look inside the office. When he saw the oatmeal covered office, he couldn't help but laugh. "What's so funny?"
"Sorry Ecklie. It's just…I've never seen an edible office before."
Steam began to whistle from Ecklie's ears as he watched Greg laugh and walk down the hall into the break-room. When Greg walked inside, he saw the team standing there. "Well?" asked Sara.
"Care for some breakfast?"
They all laughed and walked into the hall and back to work.
TBC…
Thanks again to NicknGrisfan for the fake-fire idea and Mr. Harelip for the Instant Oatmeal office plan. They were great ideas. The big prank is coming together, but if you still have any pranks you wish to see Ecklie suffer, then please, do not hesitate to tell me in a PM or in your review.
