"It's called Capture The Flag," Monica repeated. She looked at the faces of her friends, which looked all confused. "C'mon, you guys! We're at the park! Let's play Capture the Flag!"
"But...we don't have any flags," Chandler said slowly, looking at Monica as if she had two heads. He smirked.
"And that is why I brought two bandanas," Monica said, smiling. She fished them out of her back pocket.
"You've prepared all of this, haven't you?" Ross asked.
"Ha, you bet!" Monica said, smiling.
"But who's captain?" Joey asked, then Monica rose her hand up.
"Well, that figures," Rachel said, shrugging. "Fine. Monica is captain, and... who else?"
"Ooh, me!" Chandler said sarcastically, raising his hand.
"'Kay, you're on," Monica challenged.
"What? I-I was joking!" he protested.
"Too bad, so sad," Monica sneered.
"You know what's sad?" Chandler asked her. "You're lack of competition!"
"Oh, no, you didn't!" Monica cried.
"Oh, yes, he did!" Phoebe said, nodding. Monica and Chandler frowned.
"Fine, guys on my side, girls on yours," Chandler said.
"What?" Joey said
"Yeah, that's not fair!" Rachel protested, crossing her arms.
"I agree!" Monica said, frowning. "Rachel's gonna start crying again! And we're going to lose, obviously!" She gestured to Rachel and Phoebe.
"What! N-No, I'm not!...," Rachel said, forcing back tears. Ross rolled his eyes.
"Girls against guys, decision over!" he cried frustratedly. "Now, c'mon, this is getting boring!"
"Fine, fine!" Monica said. Then she said loudly, "Girls, huddle!"
"Okay, okay," Rachel and Phoebe muttered, as they made their way to Monica. They huddled in a circle, as if it were football.
"Where are we going to hide the flag?" Rachel whispered.
"I know the perfect place!" Monica said.
"Oh, wait, we forgot the rules!" Ross suddenly said, interrupting the two groups.
"Rules?" Monica asked. "Who needs rules?"
"You do, apparently," Ross told her sarcastically. "Okay, rule number one-"
"No crying!" Monica said.
"Hey!" Rachel cried.
"What?" Monica shrugged.
"Alright, then no crying," Ross said. "Rule number two: You have to have at least a teeny part of the flag showing, wherever you're going to hide it."
"What? Not fair!" Monica cried.
"What? You don't even know the definition of fair!" Chandler cried angrily.
"Okay, and three: There are jail-houses, and if you get the other teams flag, and someone tags you, you're out and you have to go to the jail."
"What?" Phoebe cried.
"Yeah, there's only six of us!" Joey pointed out.
"Okay, fine," Ross said. "No jail-houses then. But if you have the opponent's flag and you get tagged, you can't keep it."
"Fine by me," Monica mumbled.
"Yeah, sounds perfect," Chandler said, also frowning. He shot Monica a death stare.
"Ooh, can I add a rule?" Joey asked.
"Uh, sure," Ross said.
"Monica and Chandler, please... no murder will be involved."
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"Okay, I hid the flag in the safest place I could think of," Chandler informed Ross and Joey. Ross nodded.
"Where?" he asked.
"Under the sand in the play area," Chandler whispered. He laughed out loud.
"But I thought you said that part of the flag had to be showing," Joey said, frowning.
"It is. Our bandana's color is the color of sand," Chandler said. When they both still had empty faces, he repeated, "It's like the sand's color. You know?"
"But...what happens if a kid gets it?" Ross asked.
Chandler stared into blank space and said, "Damn."
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"Where are we going to hide the bandana?" Rachel asked. Then she quickly added, "I mean, the 'flag'?"
"Hm, I don't know," Monica admitted, frowning thoughtfully. Then when Phoebe opened her mouth to say something, Monica cried in a sing-song tone, "I know!"
"Uh, yes, Monica?" Rachel said, raising an eyebrow.
"It's, like, the prefect place!" Monica cried cheerfully.
"MONICA!" Rachel cried. "Just, please... TELL US!"
"Okay, fine...," Monica said, rolling her eyes.
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"Ready?" Chandler asked, smiling slyly.
"Hah, you bet!" Monica shot back, smiling.
"Okay, on three," Ross began. "One-"
"Hey, why do you get to count?" Monica asked angrily. "No one said that you were going to be the counter!"
"Yes, Mon, no one did, but as I can see, no one is going to," Ross said in a matter-of-factly tone. He scoffed.
"Fine," Monica mumbled.
"One, two-" Ross began again.
"Hey! But what if you're cheating or something?" Monica asked, interrupting him again. Everyone sighed and rolled there eyes.
"Monica, please, do you want to play this game or not!" Chandler cried.
"Okay, okay!" Monica frowned.
"One, two... three!" Ross cried quickly. Ross, Chandler, Joey, Rachel, Monica, and Phoebe all went in different ways immediately. Rachel went back to where her team's flag was, to guard it. She tried to act unsuspicious. Joey, as well, went to guard his team's flag.