"So what's our plan of attack?" asked Mallory, clasping her hands together.

"Uh Mallory, it's shopping, not battle strategy," pointed out Kristy.

"Duh, for Mal they're the same," whispered Tanya.

"I heard that," informed the red-head.

"Oh cool!" Kristy spotted Captain Comics. "Can we stop in there? Just for a minute...Pleeease?"

"Oh no," answered Mallory, "that's something you can do with Dive, we're not wasting valuable shopping time."

"Fine," Kristy agreed with a sigh. "So where to first, oh mistresses of the mall?"

"Right there," announced Tanya, pointing to a trendy clothes store.

"Defiantly," agreed Mallory, "we need to get you some real clothes."

"Yeah...who's clothes are these anyways?" asked Kristy, tugging at her oversized sweatshirt.

"Your brothers, Dive's and mine," replied Mallory.

"What?"

"The jeans are Mal's, the t-shirt is Dive's, and the sweatshirt is Canard's," explained Tanya, "but we can fix that."

"Okay, let's go!" And with those words Kristy turned herself over to the two women.

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A couple hours later they were waiting in line to pay for Kristy's new wardrobe. I can't believe all these great clothes, thought Kristy. I'm so excited to show them off...especially to Dive... Kristy smiled to think of his amazement. For some reason she really wanted to impress the blond teen.

"Hey Tanya, Mal, how're we gonna pay for all these?" she asked, hefting an armload of clothes.

Mallory held up a credit card and Kristy's mouth dropped open. "H-How do you have that much money?"

"Oh duh," exclaimed Tanya, "you don't remember." Kristy rolled her eyes, but didn't reply. "So, you know that game the guys were going to tech Dive to play?"

"Yeah...Hockey...." Kristy nodded.

"Well...uh...that's kinda like our job...Mallory?" Tanya couldn't think of how to explain it.

"They pay us to play hockey."

"Why?"

"Um... 'cause we're really good, and..." Mallory was stuck.

"Because it's a sport that few people on Earth can excel at, so they enjoy watching those who are really good compete against each other," said Tanya, thinking fast.

"Okay... but how did you get all the money?"

"From playing hockey," stated Mallory, "we're the best in the league so they pay a lot of money to watch us."

"Wow, and you're spending it on me?" asked Kristy with disbelief.

Tanya laughed. "Kristy, we could buy the entire store if we wanted to. It's not a big deal."

It was their turn then, and Kristy plopped her pile down on the counter. Tanya and Mallory each deposited their own small pile beside hers (because they couldn't leave with out getting something for themselves). Mallory gave her a wink and handed over the credit card. The cashier packed up their purchases and handed each duck her bag. Kristy's was predictably larger than the older women's, but she also had more closet space available, so it all worked out.

"Oh stars..." Tanya checked her watch and saw that it was almost three. "Mal, we've been shopping for like three hours!"

"So?" Mallory wasn't surprised, she'd shopped for longer before.

"Has Canard tried to comm you yet?" asked Tanya.

Kristy stomped her foot. "I can't believe I forgot! I was supposed to comm him every hour, on the hour...and I get the feeling that he's not gonna be happy."

"You've got it," said Mallory, "and since he's least likely to yell at you..."

"Yeah yeah, I'll call him. How do you turn this thing on?"

Tanya pushed a button on Kristy's comm and backed away to giver her some space. The screen was blank for a second, then split into four sections.

"Wing/Duke/Canard/Grin here," answered the guys almost in union as their faces appeared on the screen.

"Kristy? Are you okay?" asked Canard imediatly.

His sister rolled her eyes. "I'm fine. We were just calling to see what's keeping you."

"Hiya Kristy!" greeted Dive, finally getting his comm to work and joining the others on the screen. "You've gotta try this, hockey is sooo cool!"

"Kristy, are Mallory and Tanya there?" asked Wildwing.

"Affirmative," answered Mallory. She and Tanya appeared on the screen too. "You boys have fun?"

"You bet sweetie," replied Duke, "so do we have a plan?"

"Uh, how 'bout you meet us here for lunch," suggested Tanya.

"Ah man, can't we play some more," whined Dive.

"Chill bro, we can stop by Captain Comics and see Thrash and Mookie," said Wildwing.

"Oh yeah! Dive this comic shop looks so cool," confirmed Kristy.

"Alright! We're on our way," exclaimed Dive and his part of the screen went blank.

"Nosedive, watch out!" yelled Canard, then cringed along with Wildwing, Duke, and Grin. Wildwing's screen went blank.

"Canard, do we want to know what happened?" asked Mallory.

"The kid's still just getting used to his skates," commented Duke.

"He forgot to stop and fell over the wall into the penalty box," explained Canard. He glanced at something off screen, "but Wing's got 'im now. We'll be there as soon as we get Dive fixed up. I'm out."

The screen on Kristy's comm went blank as everyone turned their comms off. "Do you think we should've told 'em that we took the migrator?" she asked, walking over to Mallory and Tanya.

"Nah, they'll figure it out," answered Tanya.

"Yeah, let's go put this stuff in there," said Mallory, "my arms are getting tired." She shot Kristy a mischievous glance. "And we I think we have time to change before the guys arrive."