"Trial By Fire' (Chapter Seven)
by Ennon
A/N- Same dislaimers about Degrassi and its characters being Epitome's and not mine and my getting no profits from this AU fanfic.
Thanks for your reviews Kelly (sorry for the name mix-up earlier) and sarbearturtle
. Also, we get some other folks Emma,etc. has previously known on the scene here.
A week had passed and Ellie was helping Marco make his hovel more livable by helping him clean it for the first time in ages.
"You sure collected lots of stuff these past five hundred years!" Ellie remarked.
"I guess I've been using things to make up for not being around people," Marco shrugged.
"What's this? It looks like a large stone marker but I've never seen this kinda lingo!" Ellie exclaimed as she dragged out an ancient fishing net covering the item on the floor.
"It's a rune stone left here by the first explorers to Degrassi-a trio of Viking saga singers who came here about 1000AD on the way to Vinland! They called themselves the Eczema Tonic!" Marco remarked.
"Hmm, that's some sketch on it! Hey, Emma come in here. Take a gander at this!"Ellie shouted.
"What is it?" Emma asked as she was sweeping the trail.
"Look at those Vikings with harp,horn and drum!" Ellie laughed.
"You know, the tall one looks very familiar!"Emma gulped.
"That's the leader. One Aberg Rurik Svensen,"Marco explained.
"It's time for me to get back to help Terri with lunch. See you two at the table!" Emma gulped- as she ran off shaking her head thinking it odd that the tall harp player was depicted with a tattoo of a snake on his right bicep.
"Why did you hide it?" Ellie asked.
"Because after Liberty translated the words, Spinner used it to start some cult and, after a century or so, the others snuck over and asked me to get rid of this stone but since it's history, I couldn't . I put it in my hovel- the one place I knew Spinner would never dare look!" Marco laughed.
An hour later, everyone was fueling up from their various chores at lunch when an odd sound was heard in the background.
"A helicopter! We're saved!" Emma squealed.
"NO! We must get into the jungle surrounding the clearing immediately!" Jimmy ordered as the others were already running towards it.
" But. ." Emma gulped while Manny and Paige quickly dragged her with them into the hidden part.
"What happened with your jamming device?" Jimmy whispered to Liberty.
"It's on the fritz today," Liberty whispered back.
"And have you noticed how the livestock have been jittery today?" Terri whispered.
"The thing's about to land!" Spinner gulped as he climbed into the nearest tree to the clearing with a spear in his teeth.
"Our corn field!" Kendra wailed as the large Canadian Royal Air Force helicopter landed.
" We have enough food stored until we can regrow it," Ashley consoled.
"The helicopter door's opening!" Emma whispered.
"Stay quiet! We can't let them find us!" Manny pleaded as the engine stopped and the rotor blades slowed down.
A tall blonde woman in red slacks and a sleeveless green halter top and elevated mule shoes emerged accompanied by a short shaven head man in blue jeans, boots and a Hawaiian shirt leading out a small girl in blue shorts, red t-shirt and sandals.
"Joey, Caitlin and Angela!" Manny whispered with a gulp.
"And this island's not an any maps? Looks like someone lives here! You think they may know where Emma and the others are?" Joey Jeremiah asked.
"I dunno but it's gorgeous!"Caitlin Ryan beamed.
"Can I run down to the beach now?" Angela Jeremiah asked.
"It looks like a steep trail to it, baby, but you stay with us while we ask around. So, Caitlin, you think this would be a good spot for a honeymoon!" Joey asked while hugging her and raising his eyebrows.
"Manny, they've come all this way looking for us," Emma gulped as Manny tightened her grasp.
"Emma, I don't want to leave here!" Manny pleaded.
"Looks safe from here! Let's have a look around!" Caitlin shouted to the inside.
"How'd you like your first helicopter ride, honey?" Joey asked Angela.
"It was fun but next time could you make it quieter? I couldn't hear the sound on my 'Dora the Explorer' DvD!"Angela exclaimed as she put down the mini-DvD player.
"Spike, you sure you can do this?" Caitlin asked.
" We've come too far for me to turn back now," Spike replied steading herself as she emerged from the helicopter.
"Manny! Stay if you like" Emma boiled as she stomped on Manny's foot then bolted when Manny let go her grip.
"Mom, Joey, Caitlin, Angela! You've found me!" Emma cried as she ran towards them- hugging her very pregnant mother Christine 'Spike' Nelson Simpson.
" You think we'd write you off just because the Bermudan Coast Guard called off the search, baby?"Spike cried as she hugged back.
"Where are your friends?" Caitlin asked.
"Um.. .they couldn't make it. Let's go! Now!" Emma pleaded as she pulled Spike's hand and tried to drag her back into the helicopter.
"Hold on, young lady! Where did you get those red overalls?" Spike asked.
"Um.. Bermuda. Let's go!" Emma gulped.
"That's not what they reported you wearing. Tell the truth!" Spike insisted.
"Ange? Come back here!" Joey insisted as his 6-year-old daughter ran off towards the plaza- and saw a banana that had fallen onto the ground and picked it up.
"Angela! No! That's poison!" Manny screamed as she ran out of the jungle while Emma also ran towards Angela.
"But I'm hungry," Angela cried as she peeled the banana.
Manny dived onto the ground like she was diving for home plate and grabbed the banana out of Angela's hand before she had a chance to put it in her mouth then stomped on it while Emma pulled Angela back in the opposite direction.
"I'm sorry!" Angela cried.
"Ange, you know you're not supposed to eat what you haven't been given but. ..ladies, aren't you overreacting?" Joey gulped as he hugged Angela.
"Um. .we're just trying to teach her a lesson. Well, Emma, it's been good knowing you . Say goodbye to my parents," Manny pleaded in tears as she ran back towards the jungle.
"Manny, come back here! You're crazy if you think we're going to tell the Santoses that we left you on some unchartered island!" Caitlin exclaimed.
"I'll get her!" Joey insisted.
"Angela, let's join my Mom and get back into the helicopter,"Emma insisted as she started to walk back towards Spike.
"[SCREAM] A native!" Caitlin screamed as she saw Spinner in the tree balancing on the branch ten feet above them with his spear in his right hand.
"Hey, punk, don't you be spooking my lady!" Joey yelled as Spinner jumped out of the tree.
" All of you! OUT! And don't EVER come back or tell anyone about the Island!" Spinner snarled as he waved his spear.
"We're not leaving until we find Manny along with the Isaacs and Yorke boys!"Joey insisted.
"You're telling me what to do, short stuff?" Spinner laughed as he waved his hand over Joey's head.
"Hey! Some respect for your elders, kid!" Joey boiled.
"Elders? Dude, that's rich! You embryo" Spinner laughed.
"Quit pointing your toy at me,"Joey insisted as he grabbed at Spinner's spear.
"Now you've got me totally pissed!" Spinner snarled as he made a fist and was ready to punch Joey who'd put up his own fists when. .
"Spinner, don't hit the man in front of his child. I can see he's a good father and it'll traumatize her," Craig insisted as he tried to get between Spinner and Joey.
"I'm a lover not a fighter but I'll make exceptions with you two!" Spinner snarled as he swung at Craig but Craig jumped just before it connected.
"Guys, I've finished the landing procedures," Archie 'Snake' Simpson exclaimed as he emerged from the helicopter in a flight suit suit,helmet and boots.
"It's him! The blood of Aberg Rurik Svensen returns!" Spinner exclaimed as he immediately kowtowed on the ground and started to bow at Snake's boots.
"Not again," whispered Kendra to Toby.
"Spinner, give it up!" hissed Paige while still in the jungle.
"You're just mad because that cult took attention away from your cult," Terri whispered.
"Spinner, what are you doing?" Jimmy stage-whispered from the edge of the clearing
"Kahuna! The Great Viking who first discovered us has sent his blood to bring our people a new era! We must all bow down and fete him!" Spinner insisted.
"Kids, what's going on?"Snake asked.
"Oh, no! I'd hoped he'd forgotten. The cult's back! I'm leaving!"Marco exclaimed in disgust as he walked away.
"You thought we'd forgotten oh Viking but we will prepare a feast then offer up these four zygotes in your honor, dude !"Spinner exclaimed.
"Zygotes? What are you talking about?"Snake asked.
" Snake, I think he means us," Emma groaned.
Paige started pushing Manny back out of jungle but Manny herself grabbed J.T. and Toby-by the earlobes.
"Ow! Watch that!" J.T. snarled as he got dragged by Manny.
"If I have to leave here against my will so does everyone else!" Manny fumed.
"Look, can't we just take them back with us and forget the ceremony?" Spike asked.
"And what's up with calling the kids zygotes and me an embryo?" Joey fumed.
"I'm not sure,"Caitlin shrugged.
"All subjects must greet him at once- or prepare to spend eternity enduring the Viking's Shaman's wrath!" Spinner boiled- as he pointed to himself.
The others emerged into the clearing somewhat reluctantly.
"Where are your parents?" Spike asked.
"We don't have any just leave please!" Ashley begged.
"They can't leave until they've given us an audience and prove themselves to be of the Blood of Aberg Svensen,"Spinner shrugged.
" What's going on here?" Caitlin asked Snake.
"My Great-Grandpa Svensen told me about a Viking ancestor who got stranded on an uncharted island with his friends when he was fifteen- and returned home sixty years later not having aged a day,"Snake gulped recalling the memory.
"Why did they leave?" Joey asked.
"They couldn't find dates," Snake replied.
"And you believed him?" Spike asked.
"Nah, Mom used to have to lock up the paper napkins when he came to visit. He ate 'em like candy!" Snake explained.
"Wait! If they eat anything they'll get poisoned along with any other adults and kids under twelve who come here!" Emma pleaded.
"They must prove their birthright- or never leave this Island!" Spinner warned waving the spear.
"Wait! I think there's another way for them to prove their birthright that doesn't involve them risking getting poisoned," Liberty exclaimed.
"She's right! J. T. bring the mask from my hut if you any of you to live," Spinner growled.
J.T. ran as fast as he could, tripping a few times but retrieved the 3-foot tall warrior mask that had been haunting him and Toby since they'd had to sleep in Spinner's hut.
"What does this mask prove?" Paige whined.
"Here it is!"Spinner exclaimed as he took out a large piece of paper from behind the mask.
" A flysheet from the 'Washington Post' exclaiming Abraham Lincoln's Assassination? Where'd you get this?" Joey asked.
"It washed up in a trunk about twenty ye. ..days after my first camera washed ashore," Craig explained- as Spinner turned around the flysheet to reveal. .
"You did a rubbing of the Eczema Tonic Runestone on the blank backside of the flysheet?" Paige wailed- while Joey gulped when he saw the cardboard backed photograph on the border of the rubbing.
It depicted Craig[holding a corded remote camera bulb in his right hand], Spinner, Sean and Jimmy at the shore shaking wearing collared shirts, suit trousers rolled up at the knees, and stovepipe hats with the caption Jimmy was shaking hands and Spinner had his right hand on the shoulder of a distinguished-looking mustached genteman in a planter's suit with his suit trousers also rolled up at the knees- with the caption 'Had a Hoppin' Good Time Here and Won't Tell a Soul- Sam Clemens (Mark Twain),1867'.
"Oh, you saw our gag photo!" Craig nervously laughed.
"Um. .yeah. Guys let's not eat or drink anything while we're here," Joey gulped.
"Here's the rubbing and it says that the Eczema Tonic led by Aberg Svensen of the Snake Banner sang a song about how all souls crave an undetermined object they'll never forsake," Spinner exclaimed.
"So, you're saying that if we sing this song, it'll prove our bloodline and we can take these 'zygotes' with us?" Snake asked.
"You got it, dude!" Spinner laughed.
"Please don't!" Emma begged.
"In the name of humanity," Manny groaned while J.T. and Toby plugged their ears.
"I thought we wrote the song," Joey insisted.
"It's just a coincidence but let's go with it! Spike, Caitlin, could you join us at this gazebo?" Snake asked.
"Sure why not?" Caitlin laughed while Snake helped Spike take the steps.
"We present the Zit Remedy!" Joey exclaimed as the four started dancing then singing the song that plagued Emma starting with. . ..
Everybody wants something/
They'll never give up!
Everyone but Spinner listened to them with pained expressions on their faces until they finished the song.
"BRAVO! Subjects, I said! BRAVO!" Spinner growled as he gave them a standing ovation all on his own.
"Great! Now, we'll take all of you out of here," Snake insisted.
"You can only take the zygotes- and you can't ever tell anyone else about this island," Spinner ordered.
"There's plenty of room in the fuselage for everyone here and we can't leave you to your own devises," Spike insisted.
Suddenly the ground shook very violently then a rumbling sound was heard
"Hmmph! I don't think it was such a good idea for you to revive that stupid cult," Paige sniffed.
"Why?" Spinner asked.
"That's why!" Paige yelled as she pointed to Mt. Hesphestion summit crater erupting.
"THE VOLCANO!" everyone screamed.
" I thought you said this wouldn't happen for another hundred years?" Toby wailed to Liberty.
" I said within the next century.This counts!" Liberty gulped.
"Let's run into the cave!" J.T. yelled.
"It's a lava tube! It was good for riding out hurricanes but it's probably all melted now!" Liberty groaned.
" Rivers of lava are pouring down the sides! Quick! Get in the helicopter or you'll be cinders!" Joey yelled and dragged Spinner and Sean (neither of whom gave any resistance) with him while Craig carried Angela and ran along with all the others.
"Mom! Are you sure you're okay!" Emma pleaded as she and Caitlin half carried the heavily pregnant Spike back into the helicopter.
"Yeah! Snake! We've got to get out of here! It's time!" Spike insisted.
"It is?" Snake gulped as he ran in carrying Spinner's mask and started up the engine.
"No not for that! The volcano's about to wipe out!" Spike pleaded as she pointed first to her abdomen then to the volcano.
They all ran into the helicopter and sat on both sides of the bench aisle.
"Is everyone here?" Joey asked as the helicopter started to clear the ground.
"I think so," Toby considered.
"NO! Marco isn't! He's on the other side of the Island but are you sure you can get this tin can there in time?" Ellie asked.
"I'll do my best but it'll be cutting it close!" Snake insisted as they flew away watching the first river of lava make its way towards the village.
The helicopter got to the other side in five minutes- so they were spared having to see the lava river wipe out their Village.
" I don't see him anywhere near his hovel," Jimmy gulped as he looked through Snake's binoculars as they landed in a clearing next to it.
" Any luck with the Garbage Dump?" Sean asked
"No! Where could he be?" Terri asked.
" The Cemetary!" Ellie screamed- which was in the direct path of another river of lava due to flow over it in less than a minute.
Snake took off again then flew over there.
"Can't we land this?" Craig asked.
"No, there's no flat place near the tombstones and we're directly in the lava path so if we don't stay aloft we may never leave!" Snake explained.
"Marco! Come with us!"Ellie pleaded as she opened the door while they hovered over him.
"No! I must stay with Salvatore and his Island!" Marco yelled back as he hugged the tombstone.
"But you'll be killed!" Ashley screamed.
" There's no place for me in the Outside World," Marco yelled.
"Things have changed! " Emma yelled.
"Yeah Ontario lets men and women marry their own genders," J.T. yelled.
"No way!" Marco yelled.
"Way! Grab onto my hand and. ." Spinner pleaded while Snake tipped the helicopter towards Marco but Spinner lost his footing and grabbed the railing with his hands and feet- just as the lava stream was two feet away!
Marco grabbed the railing and was able to pull himself into the helicopter fuselage then grabbed Spinner's right hand and helped him into the fuselage in spite of being somewhat shorter and smaller than Spinner.
Everyone cheered as they helped the two settle in the fuselage.
"You were going to save my life," Marco gulped in awe.
""If I'd slipped a few more inches and my a-- wouldda been ash! Can you forgive me for not welcoming you?" Spinner gulped.
"Sure, friend!" Marco insisted as they shook hands.
At that everyone cheered.
"All right everyone! Let's roll! We're taking her out of here!" Snake proclaimed.
"The lava's stopped flowing! We can go home!" Jimmy insisted- when they'd flown about ten miles away.
"No, it's still way too hot for that!" Snake insisted.
"Do you think we could wait this out in Bermuda then the rest of us could return when Festy's cooled down?" Paige asked.
"Look, Daddy! Craig! The mountain's like a balloon!"exclaimed Angela.
"Impossible, baby," Joey shrugged.
"Joey, she's right," Caitlin gulped as she could see the volcano swelling quite dramatically.
"Snake, get us out of here NOW! Mt. St. Helen's!" Spike pleaded while Snake accelerated the speed as fast as he could.
"Vancouver, this is IT!" Joey yelled.
Then, about twenty miles from the helicopter it happened. . the entire volcano and Degrassi Island itself EXPLODED!
Millions of tons of debris, lava, soil, rock,etc. were thrown many miles into the atmosphere.
"Our homes!" Hazel wailed.
"Our livestock!" Terri cried.
"My wardrobe," Paige cried.
"Our lives!" Jimmy solemly proclaimed as he hugged the girls.
"Cover your ears and drop your jaws! There's going to be a noise louder than any rock concert coming this way in a minute! We're not in the clear yet!"Snake yelled.
At that time, the sound waves came and shook the helicopter quite violently.
"Make sure every window and door's sealed!" Snake yelled.
"It's night!" gasped Hazel.
"No, the dust from the volcano's shut out the sunlight," Caitlin explained.
They soon heard dust, then pebbles but soon large rocks fall against the helicopter.
"We're losing altitude! Hold on, tight! MayDay! We're going down at ___Latitude and ___Longtitude. We're getting Engine Fail lights! A volcano's exploded at sea! Tidal waves may follow!" Snake called to the headset while everyone strapped themselves in. Sean hugged Emma who hugged Spike who put one hand on her belly and the other on Emma's shoulder.
"Daddy!" Angela cried.
Lightning was seen to flash all around them in the otherwise opaque black cloud of ash,dust and the vaporized ocean reacting to the large newly open wound of magma on its floor.
"Don't worry! We'll be okay!" Joey insisted as he hugged her and Caitlin.
"Daylight! We flew out of it! We can make it back to the carrier," Snake exclaimed as everyone else cheered.
They turned around and saw behind them a terrible, angry cloud covering the sky as far as they could see behind them- at 8000 feet in altitude.
"Our old life ends but God has spared us for a new one," Ashley solemnly proclaimed as they saw the edge of the volcanic cloud disappear over the horizon as they flew away.
"You didn't tell me Mr. Simpson was a RCN pilot," Manny gasped to Emma.
"There's a lot more to him than meets the eye,"Emma laughed.
" He joined the Royal Canadian Navy to help with his student loans when studying to be a teacher but has been in reserves the past few years. Just a weekend a month and two weeks every summer until now! After this flight, Snake retires his wings, " Spike proudly exclaimed as she walked up to the cockpit and put Snake's free hand momentarily on her abdomen.
"We're coming to an aircraft carrier," Toby gulped.
"An RCN one. A mere three hundred miles from Degrassi Island- and our destination! We're on Canadian territory now, people! Commander, we have some other personel we extracted from the uncharted volcano. They were stranded there." Snake insisted as he landed the helicopter on the deck and radioed ahead.
"What's going to happen to us?" Jimmy asked.
"There's no trace of Degrassi Island left and in a few days, we'll pass its chemical compounds out of our systems and join the rest of the human race aging a day every day! " Liberty explained.
"We're free of the Island and keeping its secret from destroying the world!" Sean cheered.
"Don't worry. We won't tell anyone the whole story," Caitlin exclaimed- as she clutched Craig's hand.
"Besides, who'd believe a teacher, hairdresser, reporter and used-car salesman anyway?" Joey laughed- at that Spike and Caitlin playfully swatted him as the helicopter hatch was opened and several officers climbed inside.
"Officer, these twelve juvenile personell have no papers or identifying listings but were found on the previously uncharted island called Degrassi that has since exploded off the face of the earth," Snake explained as he saluted.
"Very well, we'll debrief them," the first officer( a man) exclaimed.
"You twelve this way,"the other officer (a woman) exclaimed while Emma quickly hugged Sean, Manny quickly hugged Craig, Toby quickly hugged Kendra and Liberty quickly hugged J.T (who didn't resist) before the four friends were separated from the longtime former Degrassians.
"Bud, I'm impressed with your expert chopper handling and your cool demeanor throughout that crazy flight. Way to go, amigo!" Joey exclaimed as he shook Snake's hand.
"The officers are gone and we've safely landed, right?" Snake asked.
"Sure," Spike exclaimed as she, Emma and Caitlin hugged him.
At that Snake shuddered and collapsed from the tidal wave of emotion he'd kept under wraps until everyone was safe.
"Em, time to wake up!" Spike shouted and nudged her daughter.
"Mom, please don't tell me I just pulled a Pam Ewing," Emma groaned as she took a book about the Bermuda Triangle mystery off her covers.
"I'm surprised you'd want to read that considering what you and your friends went through last month!" Spike laughed.
"You. .mean that us getting on the Island for a week with a lost tribe of immortal teens, them thinking Snake a reincarnation and him flying us away right when the volcano exploded was . ..real?" Emma gulped.
"Yeah,sleepyhead" Spike laughed.
"Oh, I can't thank you and Snake for getting us out of there. If you hadn't gotten there when we did. .." Emma shuddered while she and Spike hugged.
" I know, baby," Spike nodded.
"Still, there were people I liked overall- especially that Sean! I hope things turned out okay for them," Emma recalled as she and Spike let go.
"Just remember. Baby or not, no matter what happens, you'll always be a full member of our family and we'll stop at nothing to keep you safe!" Spike insisted as they hugged again.
" Same here! I love you,too, Mom! I guess I'd better get ready for school," Emma said with a big intake of breath.
"Our first day back. It's going to hard coming back after all that's happened," Manny insisted as they were about to round the corner for school.
"I know but the four of us will have an easier time than. .." Emma considered.
"True that! I hope they'll be able to adjust to the Outside World. Oh, I don't know how I'll get through without Craig," Manny gulped.
"Morning, ladies! " J.T beamed as he and Toby caught up to them.
"You seem happy!" Emma insisted.
"Those pictures I took with the cell-phone camera of Degrassi Island exploding and us flying through the dust cloud not only gave our project mucho extra credit- they set off a bidding war between CNN and Discovery Canada so I was able to use that to pay Dad back for the borrowed boat in Bermuda," J.T. beamed.
"Everything worked out for you after all," Manny laughed.
"Not really. The folks pocketted the rest saying I need it for college but I'm not counting on seeing it again," J.T. groaned.
"Wait'll I tell you what happened at my house," Toby groaned.
"Something tells me that we may find a few answers," Emma pointed to the school sign as they rounded the corner.
"They've changed the name to. .. Degrassi?"Manny gasped while the others nearly fainted.
"Look- by the lockers! It's them!" Emma gasped.
All twelve of the Degrassi Islanders were there but no longer in their Island gear- instead wearing typical contemporary clothes. Manny, Emma, Toby and J.T. all ran to the group.
"What happened?" J.T. asked.
"Remember Mr. Simpson mentioning a Commander when he landed on board the aircraft carrier?" Hazel asked.
"Yeah, but. ." Manny replied in puzzlement.
"The man's name is Raditch. In addition to being an RCN Reserve Commander, he's principal here and has a ton of connections!" Jimmy started to explain.
"So how. .?" Emma asked.
" He got us all Canadian passports and new identities!" Craig beamed as Manny hugged him.
"We're now teens for real and we're getting raised by new parents and guardians until we reach our . .new ages of eighteen!" Sean insisted.
"Oh, it's wonderful. They found a couple named MacGregor to adopt me and I have two parents again!" Terri squealed.
A/N- Yes, faithful readers, I know D:TNG Terri is actually being raised by her widowed father who she appears to have remote ties with but I like the character so I'm giving her this break in this AU.
"And I got adopted by parents with a penthouse apartment!"Jimmy gloated.
" We got adopted together by this couple named Mason," Spinner related while putting his hand on Kendra's shoulder.
"And you should see the looks on everyone's faces when we walk through Chinatown and Spinner replies to the folks there in Chinese!"Kendra laughed.
"I got adopted by Joey Jeremiah! It turns out that his late wife Julia's name was Manning before he married her so she and Angela are the direct descendents of my baby cousin Anna. I used to babysit Anna now Angela!" Craig laughed.
"Do you want to tell or shall I?" Ashley asked.
"Vampire got adopted by this older divorced woman who then moved in with my Dad and me!" Toby groaned.
"But we have parents again! This will give a chance to adjust to the Outside World before our bodies turn eighteen with folks to look out and care for us! Isn't that wonderful?" Terri beamed.
"Oh, yeah! Just love dealing with curfews!" Sean groaned.
"And we're getting homework," Marco sighed.
"And having to wear shoes," Spinner growled.
"You boys are such babies! Our monthly visitors returned after all this time!"Liberty groaned while all the other Islander girls nodded.
"Tampons again!" Paige seethed- looking directly at Emma.
"Yeah, but you only have to use those once a month! I'm having to get used to these coffins everyday!" Spinner pleaded- at that the guys walked away and all the girls (including Emma and Manny) walked over and, together, physically picked up Spinner and carried him over to an extra large locker (made especially for a the marching band's tuba and drum player).
"NO! Not that! I get claustrophobia!" Spinner pleaded as they stuffed him in there.
"You take back what you said!" Kendra boiled.
"AH! I surrender!" Spinner pleaded as they walked off.
Mr. Raditch walked by and heard Spinner's yelling then opened the locker. .
"Dude, ketchup!" Spinner proclaimed as he was being let out and held up a ketchup bottle that was somehow inside the locker.
FIN