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(P. Panthers' house)

Onni: Joey, I want you to meet a friend of mine.

Joey: OK.

Onni: He lives on the other side of the room, but he went away to SC for a while.

Joey: Oh, okay.

Onni: (leads him to "the other side of the room") Joey, meet Zed. Zed, this is my pal Joey.

Joey: Hey, uh, Zed.

Zed: Hi! I can't believe I'm meeting a real duelist!

Joey: Yeah, well, when you're Onni's pal and Onni's my pal, la dolce vita comes to you!

Onni: Huh?

Joey: Y'know, la dolce vita, the sweet life?

Onni: Why don't you just say that?

Joey: Beats me, I guess I've always wanted to be Italian.

Onni: Romeo was English.

Joey: I guess I wanna be English too.

(JOZ [Joey, Onni, and Zed] laugh)

(the Obstacle Course)

CM: Through the tires! HURRY UP, PEOPLE!

(Joey and Ciara see each other)

Joey: Hi.

Ciara: Hey. I wanted-

Someone: MOVE, THOMAS! THIS IS THE OBSTACLE COURSE, NOT THE HEART-TO-GET LINE!

Joey: Who's that?

Ciara: That's my captain, Captain ACME-Rian; she's strict.

Joey: Strict? My captain's strict.

Ciara: Well, I don't wanna get detention, I guess I'll see you tomorrow.

Joey: OK. Bye!

(Joey goes through the mud)

Joey: I hate this part.

(DETENTION)

CM: (walks up to Joey) Cadet, Commander Drake wants everyone to come eat dinner today. He's got a special announcement.

Joey: Yes!

CM: But that means that you have an extra day to the obstacle course.

Joey: Aw, man!

(Mess Hall)

Commander Drake: Rumors are true and I am retiring, but we will have a new commander and he has had a lot of experience with militaries. I am retiring next week and your new commander will arrive tomorrow. We will have a 'Welcome Dance' for him. He will be introduced to you tomorrow during lunch so everyone must come to lunch.

(Commander Drake steps off the stage)

Onni: Who do you think our new commander's gonna be?

Zed: I dunno. Whoever it is, I hope it's not someone like CM. CM's bad enough; two of them would be like twin villains!

Joey: Or maybe he's gonna be really nice and he's gonna get CM fired!

Onni: That would rock!

Zed: I'm in for it.

(Tomorrow at lunch)

Commander Drake: I'd like to introduce you to our new commander. Everyone, say hello to Commander Wheeler.

(Everyone but Joey claps)

Joey: (Raises his hand) Wheeler who?

Commander Drake: Phillip Wheeler III.

(Joey falls off of his chair)

Joey: NOOOOOOOO!

Onni: Dude, what's wrong.

Joey: Phillip Wheeler III is my dad!

Zed: You're kidding, right?

Joey: I wish I were. I'm totally done for. CM's gonna report every un- triumph I do! This bites!

Onni: Aw man. I don't wanna hear your baby stories!

Joey: (starts worry) I never thought about that! We have to get rid of him!

Zed: But your dad is nice, right?

Joey: No, he's really strict. He made me do 100 push-ups one time just because I came home from school at 7:00!

Onni: We're in for Antarctica.

Zed: Yep, we sure are.

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Poor Joey. Now he's gonna have two dragons breathing down his neck!

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