The days passed quickly and soon the game was upon them.

Joey sat in front of her locker desperately trying to physce herself up as she wrapped her knee with an ace bandage.

"hey jo , ya ready for those rascals" Dwayne asked sitting next to her.

"yea ready as I'll ever be" she answered letting her southern twang slide a little.

"well goodluck darlin" he patted her on the back.

"yea Im gonna need it" she mumbled.

"ya know Jo I have known you for almost four months and I have never seen you afraid, you can't let these guys intimidate you they are just players and they go down the same way we do on their ass." Charlie said in his usual team captain tone.

For the first time in a week Joey laughed.

"thanks Charlie, I'll try my best"

The next twenty minutes consisted of O'rion giving the usual pep talk, The team walked out onto the ice to their "theme song" a new thing that the cheerleaders came up with , but Joey picked the song probably the only rap song she liked, Yeah.

As the two teams skated around their ends of the ice the tension began to grow, Joey took her place at center ice across from very possibly the scariest guy she had ever seen but she had a gift of hiding her fear even if it was taking over her entire being.

The puck dropped and the announcer's voice came on over the crowd.

"Ducks Win the face off, Conway travels down center ice, OH Hes Taken out by number 24, London gets the puck, uh oh whats this the two Bear enforcers are hot on her skates, Portman and Fulton trying desperately to get to her, OUCH London is slammed into the wall hard by both enforcers and they are not moving and neither is she, OH and look at this Portman and Fulton oh my god the whole ducks team is over there pulling these Bears off of Joey London. Folks she is not getting up"

"EVERYONE GET OUT OF MY WAY" Portman yelled as he kneeled next to Joey. "Baby its ok I'm here, oh god please let her be ok" He removed her helmet and put a towel under her head.

Her eyes fluttered open, "Dean, knee" she whispered quietly before passing out again.

"Shit" Portman cursed quietly.

"Portman what do you know" O'Rion questioned sternly

"its her knee she was in a car accident a couple years ago and never got it fixed properly, her acl was torn and all sorts a shit, she had surgery once but in was a crap job, it hasn't been the same since"

"alright Portman get her off the ice" O'Rion sighed.

Portman lifted her up and carried her to the paramedics that were waiting outside.

Sorry so short more to come whats gonna happen is she gonna die?

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