Chapter 2: Game of Competition

Tommy went up on his room. He wore his pajamas, and lay on his bed. While he was lying, he placed his hands at the back of his head. He can't sleep. He was thinking of two things: First, about how the contest would go; and second, about the defeat. He thought of it deeply. He would even close his eyes tight just to stop the thoughts. But he can't do anything. There was nothing he could do but flow with what his mind is thinking.

"Will we win or lose?" Tommy asked his self.

Tommy then thought of calling his best friends, Chuckie.

"Hey Chucks, still awake?" Tommy said.

"Yeah... Actually, I can't sleep."

"Well, me too. I keep on thinking if we would win or not; also if we would be able to accept defeat.. How about you Chuckie, why couldn't you sleep?"

"Me? I'm thinking of the threat of Sid, and if we would be punched and kicked and slapped and worse, killed by Sid. I'm afraid of that."

Tommy understood Chuckie's feelings. Also he was jealous that Chuckie doesn't think of whether they woul win or lose.

"Ok men, I think we should be sleeping by now." Tommy said.

"Ok, bye." Chuckie said.

Tommy hanged his phone up and went to bed. After the little conversation with Chuckie, he finally felt of getting into sleep.

"GO!" The race is starting. The race is in the jungle. Tommy ran as fast as he could until he could reach the finish line. Nothing entered his mind but of running fast.

The jungle leads to nowhere. When he reached the dead end, he turned his back to find another way. But the tracks where gone. When he turned his back, what he saw was his friends standing behind him. His friends were saying in a creepy slow voice, "It's all your fault!"

His friends are getting closer to him. It looks as if like they wanted to kill him. Tommy doesn't know what to do. He then screamed, "H-E-L- P!!!!!!!!!!"

No one appears to hear him, his friends just laughed at him and gets even closer. Tommy looked around for something to grab, but when he turned his head to his left he saw a gorilla right in front of him; staring at him. He again shouted, "AHHH!!" With his shout, the gorilla panicked and made its very scary howl, "HAHAHUHU-HIHIHOHIHUHOHAHA!!"

Tommy woke up with sweat on his face. "Oh, it's just a dream. Thank God." He went straight for a shower, and wore his shirt. He went down stairs to head for breakfast. Meatloaf was prepared in the table. It was his favorite.

"Got a goodnight sleep son?" Didi asked.

"Yeah. But I have this very weird dream."

"What was it about?"

"Oh, never mind. I don't even want to recall it."

"Oohhh, I think Brother Tommy's dream was about a girl who kissed him." Dil said.

"No! It was not that. Please, let's forget this thing, ok?" Tommy answered.

They all ate their meatloaf breakfast. Tommy was full. He was ready for the big day. He tried not to think of his dream or defeat. All he did was think of happy thoughts; he sang tunes in his mind.

"People killing, people dying, children hurt me in their crying; can you practice what you preach..." He sang just to forget about his worst dream ever. He never planned of telling his dream to anyone. Not even to his best friend Chuckie, because he knows that Chuckie gets scared easily.

There he was; he opened the door of his room. The class was divided in to two groups. RUGRATS and WINDS showed boundary with each other.

"Well, I'm definitely ready and I'm sure we will win! I can feel the trophy in my hands!" Sid said.

Phil got mad that he stood up and shouted, "Oh yeah?! Well then want to fight?!"

"Stop it brother," Lil said. "Violence is not the answer. Let's just prove to them that we will win! Sid, please stop bothering us. Words are not realities unless placed in to action. Let's just see who will win, ok?"

Sid can't do anything. He has a crush on Lil. Everyone remained their anger inside their feelings. "Good Morning class! Are you ready for the big day?" Miss Pecky, their teacher asked.

The WINDS shouted, "WHOOO!! We sure do!"

The RUGRATS however shouted, "Yes we are!"

"Ok class; first let me tell you the rules with this game before we get started." Ms. Pecky said.

"Ha! Rules Shmools! It's a sure bet we would win. Who needs rules? Well, I would bend these rules a little in order to win. I'm sure Ms. Pecky won't know." Sid said softly.

Sid definitely thinks of nothing else but evil.

"Well, at least with rules – we could play safe!" Chuckie thought to his self.

Now the teacher gave the rules: "Obviously, you students should play safe. You should not get help with other people. Do not hurt your rival team and your teammates as well. Lastly, follow the instructions strictly in the clues given to all of you stop. AGAIN, NO BENDING OF RULES! BENDING OF RULES WILL MEAN DISQUALIFICATION!" Ms. Pecky said seriously.

Miss Pecky went outside to see if everything is fixed. In a few minutes, the competition would start. Everybody was excited and nervous.

"Guys, nothing would go wrong. We should all play safe. We should follow the rules. Never be pessimistic, think of positive things and of happy things that could lead us to victory. Let defeat not conquer our souls, ok?" Tommy said with high-spirited tone.

"We will do this! It would definitely be an honor if we will win. Plus, we would get to represent the sixth-grade!" Kimy said.

However, all THE WINDS did was tease what THE RUGRATS aim.

"Huh, listen on how high those brats are endeavoring. What a bunch of weenies!" Sid said.

"Yeah! What a bunch of cry babies!" Jonas, the best friend of Sid said.

It was not too long that the teacher came in and said, "The game will now begin!"