'So. Here we go again,' Alex said, while shoving a sixth squirt gun into one of her pockets.

'Where did you even get that jacket?' Magnus asked, while looking at Alex' new fashion statement: A jacket with about forty pockets. She shrugged.

'I asked Blitz to make me something especially for our second squirt gun prank,' she explained. She stood up and took a lap around her room, trying to see if there was another squirt gun hidden somewhere.

Magnus stuffed a second squirt gun in a pocket that already had one in it. 'Should we check on Mallory and Halfborn?'

'Why? They can fend for themselves!'

'I mean that we go and check that they do not fend for themselves a little too good. We said we would only use squirt guns for our prank, but I feel like they might pull out the super soakers.'

'We'll keep an eye on them,' Alex answered. 'I feel like there are no more squirt guns hidden around this place.'

'Only you would know.'

'That is the fun part - I don't! I might get here for a small break later today and then there might be another squirt gun somewhere. Now let us go find the others.'

T.J., Piper, Mallory and Halfborn were already waiting in the hallway, with as many squirt guns as they could carry. They did not waste any niceties. 'Where do we start?' Mallory had a huge grin on her face.

'I say we start in teams of two,' Alex suggested. 'Me and Mallory, Magnus and Halfborn and Piper and T.J. What do you say?'

'But I want...'

'Yes, great idea!' Piper and T.J. said in unison, immediately rendering whatever Mallory was about to say useless. The son of Tyr and Daughter of Aphrodite ran off, towards the elevator. Alex hooked her arm through the Mallory's and pulled her along, right behind Piper and T.J.

Halfborn grunted. 'Let's go, then.'

'I have a goal,' Magnus stated while the elevator closed and they waited for the next one. Halfborn sighed deeply. 'And what might that goal be?'

'You know those kittens that Freya brought us a little while ago and that have been terrorising us since they broke free?'

'I wholeheartedly agree. Bonus Points if you hit Mittens.'

'Double bonus points if you hit Mittens.'

'Tripple, quadruple, and whatever comes after that.' The elevator dinged. The other four were gone - now it was their turn. 'Let's start on the cats' floor,' Magnus suggested. Halfborn gave him a nod. 'That sounds like a plan.

Piper and T.J. tried to get to the Russian class to the death, via a special, sneaky way. 'I hope you know where you are going,' Piper said while putting a squirtgun straight.

'I have been living here for a few centuries. I know how it works.'

Piper shrugged. 'I feel like you would need a few eons.'

'Than why don't you ask Heimdall for a map with all the secret routes?' T.J. asked back.

'You know what? That is a good idea actually.' Piper made a mental note to go and do that the next time she had to bring Heimdall food. For now, her focus was somewhere else.

They reached the door and pushed it open with a loud roar. Without thinking about it, they aimed their squirt guns and shot. Of course, a measly beam of water came out of the small, dollar store weapons, but a few people still got hit. They all roared in fear as if a monster had appeared in front of them.

T.J. and Piper began to get the feeling that maybe they did not go to the Russian class after all when they heard someone gasp 'our sign!' It did not sound like something that people in a language class yelled. It was then that they took a proper look around. Everywhere in the room where people with signs in their hands, with slogans like 'Safe our lives' and 'don't kill the lungs of the earth.' This really, really wasn't the Russian class. This was the protesting to the death.

'You two are getting in the way of justice!' someone yelled. Piper and T.J. did not feel like explaining themselves. Instead, they turned around and ran away as fast as they could, while an angry group of people armed with heavy signs followed behind them.

Alex and Mallory had more success with targeting the musical to the death group. They hid behind a piece of decor and sprayed the actors with water whenever they got to close. It took them fifteen minutes to find out that there were people pranking them and that the water was not part of the play. When someone pointed at them, Alex and Mallory got out, giggling like school girls.

While they were getting out of the theater room, they came across Magnus and Halfborn. Magnus had a rip in his pants and Halfborn had a scratch on his cheek. 'What have you done?'

'Did you see a group of kittens, by any chance?' Magnus asked, sounding agitated.

'No, we have not seen them. But I thought we were here to target people, not kittens,' Alex mentioned. Magnus shrugged. 'Priorities, Alex.'

'How did you even survive them scratching you?' Mallory wondered.

'Those weren't the poison kittens,' Halfborn explained. 'That was Mittens, who is after us as well. Spray them if you find them, for the team.' They disappeared down a small corridor, leaving Alex and Mallory.

'Shall we go to a random floor?' Alex suggested.

'Great idea,' Mallory answered.

Piper and T.J. had gotten the same idea. They were not sure whether they had escaped the mob of protesters, but at the moment they were in one of the elevators, going at a random, high floor. When the elevator finally opened, after about fifteen minutes of playing 'I spy,' to a floor with a lot of artwork hanging on the walls. Piper sneaked out of the elevator and rung a random doorbell. She held her squirtgun ready.

As soon as the door opened, she fired. The person on the other side yelped.

'Blegh! Even more water? I thought...' The voice fell silent. Piper locked eyes with them. It was one of the protestors.

'You again!' What have we done to you? Are you one of those anti-protestors?'

Piper gritted her teeth. 'No. This is just really bad pranking luck,' she said, while turning around and running away, quickly followed by T.J. They got into the elevator, but the protestor dived right after them and got in as well. The elevator began to go down before they could push her out again.

She took a deep breath. 'Alright. So this is a prank to you?'

'Well... that was the idea. With only squirt guns, you know, super soakers are against the rules.'

'And you thought there would be no-one willing the participate in this prank?'

'It is our prank and only a minute ago you were angry at us for it!' Piper yelled back. The protestor shrugged. 'And now I want to participate. In our protesting group there is this guy, you know, and he keeps stealing other peoples signs. I think he would deserve a water treatment.' She slammed a seemingly random button. When the elevator stopped, she got out, leaving T.J. and Piper to go down again.

'Over there! Over there!' Magnus hugged the wall, but did not let the kittens go out of sight. Halfborn followed his movements. 'We can hit it,' Magnus whispered. One of the kittens twitched with its ears, but they stayed where they were.

With a loud battle cry, Magnus jumped around the corner and sprayed one of the cats with a measly stream of squirt-gun water. The cat gave a weak mew, before shaking it's little head and giving a very deep and rough mew, which was terrifying.

Halfborn was already running down the hallway. Magnus followed as quickly as his legs could carry him.

'Mission accomplished!' He yelled to Halfborn, while they booked it down the corridor and towards the elevator, followed by a herd of creepily mewing kittens and one creepily meowing Mittens. Magnus rammed the elevator button. The doors opened, but when he tried to get inside, he was met with a big beam of water. 'Hey! Hey! That is against the rules! Mallory! Mall...'

He stopped when he noticed the person talking to him was not Mallory.

'Who are...'

'I am a protestor, I was harassed twice and I decided to join in. I do not have to play by your rules.' The elevator doors closed as she went to the next floor Magnus and Halfborn turned around to view the homicidal cats behind them. They knew it was two late. Humans, Cats: 1-3(00).

Mallory and Alex were still going strong, sniping people left and right (On very embarrassing places - use your fantasy for that one!), but T.J. and Piper began to get a little bored. Other protestors had joined in and were now using their super soakers to make other people wet, which honestly just kind of took the fun out of the whole ordeal. Instead, they decided to go provide catering to Heimdal, as well as asking him about the secret hallways. When they did, he pulled out a map with a huge grin. 'I thought you'd never ask!'