The ducks sat at their usual table the next morning, all looking an unhealthy mix of angry and exhausted. Goldberg's eyes were surrounded by thick black circles, Averman blinked continuously trying to keep his tired eyes focused, Connie's head was resting on Guys shoulder with her lids closed and Julie hadn't stopped yawning since she sat down.
Kat, Star, Mari Anne and Nicci bounded over to the table invigorated from a good night sleep. They hadn't known of the "surprise party" and spent the night in the dorms.
"Okay where were you last night?" Nicci took her seat near Luis who was tiredly stirring his Cocoa Pebbles.
"We were at Star's birthday party." Guy answered groggily.
"My birthday party?" Star raised her eyebrows.
"Si, your birthday party." Luis nodded draping his arm over a confused Nicci.
"My birthday is in May guys." Star informed them "So please enlighten us."
"The varsity sent us an invitation to a surprise party for you. The email address was MrsLawrence41, so I figured it was your mom. It said to take the bus to the last stop and get off, then walk a fourth of a mile up the road. Unfortunately we were in the middle of nowhere and the bus only ran every 5 hours. We didn't get back to campus until after 1:00 A.M. To top it all off the dean met us at the door."
The varsity team walked in then laughing and murmuring amongst themselves. Scooter smiled sadly as Jules as they past, as a way of showing her he hadn't know about the prank ahead of time. She knew he had nothing to do with what happened the night before so she smiled back.
Portman's face contorted into a wild expression he was about to push chair back and clobber the entire team when Kat leapt out of her seat. She stormed straight over to Riley, tipping her head up so she was glaring him in the eye.
"You know what Rick Riley, if I had a face like yours I'd try to make up for it with a personality. You're a jerk, you are scum and …" Out of things to say she simply stomped down hard on Riley's foot
"Little bitch!!" Rick reached out and grasped her arm, causing the bash brothers to fly across the room, standing behind Kat with their arms crossed.
"Come on Rick let it go." Scooter put his hand on his friends shoulder.
Riley shot the two large ducks an evil eye telling Kat. "You're not worth it anyway."
The girl grinned proud she had managed to get under Riley's skin so badly. Kenny was stifling a giggle when Kat waltzed back to her seat leaving Fulton and Portman still standing threateningly at the varsity table.
"Dean, come sit back down." Mari Anne slipped her arms around Portman's waist from behind.
"Yeah bash brothers, go play with your little ducky friends" Cole growled
Portman took a step closer to Cole is fist clenched tightly and Mari Anne's arms came tighter around him
"Dean, please."
As the three turned to rejoin the group Cole made yet another comment
"Awww Mari Anne you can stay with us."
That was sit Portman spun around and grabbed Cole by the collar yanking him to his feet. It took Fulton, Russ, Goldberg, Riley, Scooter and Zack to pull them apart.
"I'm gonna kill em." Portman fumed.
"I'm gonna help." Fulton interjected.
"Yeah! Me too!" Kat exclaimed.
The bash brothers just shook their heads.
"Come on guys, you know I could take them!"
Back at the varsity, the only thing that still hurt Riley was his pride.
"Dude!" Cole started. "I can't believe that you let a girl do that too you- a cheerleader, even!"
"Shut up, Cole!"
Back at the junior varsity table Portman was still having a cow.
"It's alright, calm down." Mari Anne tried to calm Portman holding his still shaking hands.
"I've got a better idea." Charlie remembered the plan he had thought of the nigh before. "Um girls could you leave the table for a second, I don't want you in on this."
"Oh no that last time you guys did something we couldn't know about it could've got you expelled." Star shook her head
"Whatever it is I don't want you involved." Nicci told Luis looking deeply in his hypnotizing eyes
"Nic, I love you but ducks fly together." He answered in his sexy Latin accent
"Fine just don't get caught." She threw up her hands in defeat, standing up and the rest of the girls obliged
"Alright Conway what's the plan?" Russ asked sitting on the edge of his seat
"Banksie do you still have any of those steroids they gave you for your wrist left?" The captain turned to Adam.
"You mean the muscle enhancers?" Banks objected to the term steroids and his name in the same sentence, "Yeah I haven't used them since the Goodwill Games, why?"
"Julie tell Scooter not to go to practice tonight." Was all Charlie said.
He whispered the rest of the plan to the ducks on the way to class. The plan, was for them to sneek into the varsity's locker room and plant Adam's old steroids for Coach Wilson to find. Taking steroids to enhance athletic preformance was something that was frowned upon in the hockey leage the school was a part of. It was also something that the Eden hall administration would not be too happy about.
They took action the next night, Charlie, and Guy were sneeking into the locker room, with Connie and Julie keeping watch.
"Why do I always have to do the dangerous stuff?" Guy muttered as he and Charlie prepared to head to the rink.
Charlie laughed. "Because, everybody knows that you'll do it without complaining."
Guy's eyes nearly bulged out of his head. If his teammates knew all of the things that he wanted to say and didn't, they would be very surprised. "Whatever." Guy grumbled as the two started on their way to the rink. Picking the lock was as easy as one two three, just like it had been before. Once they were in, it took all of five minuets to plant the pills, and get out, without anyone ever knowing.
The next day the ducks were celebrating another victory, knowing that nobody would find out about the prank until that afternoon.
Russ, for one was busting with excitement. He loved the whole idea of the prank war. It was going to be so crazy to see the varsity's reaction to this prank, this one could get them kicked out of school, which kind of seemed a little extreme to him, but whatever worked... The best part was, that there was no evidence to prove that the J.V. team was the ones responsible. It was all too perfect.
Kat, Star, Mari Anne and Nicci bounded over to the table invigorated from a good night sleep. They hadn't known of the "surprise party" and spent the night in the dorms.
"Okay where were you last night?" Nicci took her seat near Luis who was tiredly stirring his Cocoa Pebbles.
"We were at Star's birthday party." Guy answered groggily.
"My birthday party?" Star raised her eyebrows.
"Si, your birthday party." Luis nodded draping his arm over a confused Nicci.
"My birthday is in May guys." Star informed them "So please enlighten us."
"The varsity sent us an invitation to a surprise party for you. The email address was MrsLawrence41, so I figured it was your mom. It said to take the bus to the last stop and get off, then walk a fourth of a mile up the road. Unfortunately we were in the middle of nowhere and the bus only ran every 5 hours. We didn't get back to campus until after 1:00 A.M. To top it all off the dean met us at the door."
The varsity team walked in then laughing and murmuring amongst themselves. Scooter smiled sadly as Jules as they past, as a way of showing her he hadn't know about the prank ahead of time. She knew he had nothing to do with what happened the night before so she smiled back.
Portman's face contorted into a wild expression he was about to push chair back and clobber the entire team when Kat leapt out of her seat. She stormed straight over to Riley, tipping her head up so she was glaring him in the eye.
"You know what Rick Riley, if I had a face like yours I'd try to make up for it with a personality. You're a jerk, you are scum and …" Out of things to say she simply stomped down hard on Riley's foot
"Little bitch!!" Rick reached out and grasped her arm, causing the bash brothers to fly across the room, standing behind Kat with their arms crossed.
"Come on Rick let it go." Scooter put his hand on his friends shoulder.
Riley shot the two large ducks an evil eye telling Kat. "You're not worth it anyway."
The girl grinned proud she had managed to get under Riley's skin so badly. Kenny was stifling a giggle when Kat waltzed back to her seat leaving Fulton and Portman still standing threateningly at the varsity table.
"Dean, come sit back down." Mari Anne slipped her arms around Portman's waist from behind.
"Yeah bash brothers, go play with your little ducky friends" Cole growled
Portman took a step closer to Cole is fist clenched tightly and Mari Anne's arms came tighter around him
"Dean, please."
As the three turned to rejoin the group Cole made yet another comment
"Awww Mari Anne you can stay with us."
That was sit Portman spun around and grabbed Cole by the collar yanking him to his feet. It took Fulton, Russ, Goldberg, Riley, Scooter and Zack to pull them apart.
"I'm gonna kill em." Portman fumed.
"I'm gonna help." Fulton interjected.
"Yeah! Me too!" Kat exclaimed.
The bash brothers just shook their heads.
"Come on guys, you know I could take them!"
Back at the varsity, the only thing that still hurt Riley was his pride.
"Dude!" Cole started. "I can't believe that you let a girl do that too you- a cheerleader, even!"
"Shut up, Cole!"
Back at the junior varsity table Portman was still having a cow.
"It's alright, calm down." Mari Anne tried to calm Portman holding his still shaking hands.
"I've got a better idea." Charlie remembered the plan he had thought of the nigh before. "Um girls could you leave the table for a second, I don't want you in on this."
"Oh no that last time you guys did something we couldn't know about it could've got you expelled." Star shook her head
"Whatever it is I don't want you involved." Nicci told Luis looking deeply in his hypnotizing eyes
"Nic, I love you but ducks fly together." He answered in his sexy Latin accent
"Fine just don't get caught." She threw up her hands in defeat, standing up and the rest of the girls obliged
"Alright Conway what's the plan?" Russ asked sitting on the edge of his seat
"Banksie do you still have any of those steroids they gave you for your wrist left?" The captain turned to Adam.
"You mean the muscle enhancers?" Banks objected to the term steroids and his name in the same sentence, "Yeah I haven't used them since the Goodwill Games, why?"
"Julie tell Scooter not to go to practice tonight." Was all Charlie said.
He whispered the rest of the plan to the ducks on the way to class. The plan, was for them to sneek into the varsity's locker room and plant Adam's old steroids for Coach Wilson to find. Taking steroids to enhance athletic preformance was something that was frowned upon in the hockey leage the school was a part of. It was also something that the Eden hall administration would not be too happy about.
They took action the next night, Charlie, and Guy were sneeking into the locker room, with Connie and Julie keeping watch.
"Why do I always have to do the dangerous stuff?" Guy muttered as he and Charlie prepared to head to the rink.
Charlie laughed. "Because, everybody knows that you'll do it without complaining."
Guy's eyes nearly bulged out of his head. If his teammates knew all of the things that he wanted to say and didn't, they would be very surprised. "Whatever." Guy grumbled as the two started on their way to the rink. Picking the lock was as easy as one two three, just like it had been before. Once they were in, it took all of five minuets to plant the pills, and get out, without anyone ever knowing.
The next day the ducks were celebrating another victory, knowing that nobody would find out about the prank until that afternoon.
Russ, for one was busting with excitement. He loved the whole idea of the prank war. It was going to be so crazy to see the varsity's reaction to this prank, this one could get them kicked out of school, which kind of seemed a little extreme to him, but whatever worked... The best part was, that there was no evidence to prove that the J.V. team was the ones responsible. It was all too perfect.