The beginning of the match started out normal enough, Connie was fairly sure that she hated Rick Riley with all her heart and soul but when tempers flared and Varsity knocked down even more of the Ducks something inside her snapped.

"Let me at him Charlie" she was riled up and wanted a piece of him; only in the ass-whooping way though.

"Oooh hey here's one, you wanna go sweetheart?" Rick had replied.

Connie felt herself being led away from Riley and his goons by Charlie.

"Maybe later then?" Rick called after her.

Connie ducked to take a peek back at him under Charlie's arm and in that moment their eyes locked and she felt the spark.

"Keep skating, don't let them see we're hurt" Charlie told her snapping her back to the present.

"We can't win if they're gonna cheat!" Connie remembered why she was there in the first place.

"We'll be fine, we're Ducks!" Charlie assured her as he gave her a slug on the shoulder for good luck.

Watching him skate away she noticed Rick had skated up to her giving her a wink as he passed.

She couldn't help but stare after him and take in his features.

He was tall, a lot taller than Guy.

He had the right amount of muscle on his lean athletic frame.

His sweaty dark hair could just be seen under his helmet.

"Connie?" Dwayne had appeared at her side.

"You okay?" he asked when she turned to look at him.

"I'm fine Dwayne, lets kick some Warrior butt!" she told him enthusiastically.

"YEE-HAW!" Dwayne yelled and got ready for the next play.

Charlie got control of the puck, Adam hot on his heels.

Connie could see what was coming next, Adam was making a perfectly legal attempt at blocking Charlie's lead.

Charlie, on the other hand, lost his temper and grabbed Adam in headlock causing them both to tumble to the ice.

Connie skated closer.

"What's your problem preppy?" Charlie snarled pushing Adam.

"Nice take out you'd be in the box!" Adam retorted.

"Why don't you cry to your rich parents, preppy" Charlie pushed Adam again.

And then it was on for young and old.

The Varsity team flew in at the Ducks, Connie felt herself being dragged down to the ice.

That's it! She thought laying into the Varsity goon with all of her might.

"Hey guys wait for me!" she heard Goldberg yell.

"And me!" Julie came up along side Connie and started laying into another Varsity goon, it wasn't really working though since the goon was Scooter and he wasn't going to fight Julie.

"I can't see!" Averman's muffled voice was heard from somewhere within the depths of the main fight.

Suddenly the lights were turned on and Coach Orion's voice was heard.

"BREAK IT UP!"

oh shit, he's not happy Connie thought as she kicked and punched her way out of the pile.

"Varsity out now!"

Connie stared as Orion grabbed Rick by the shirt. "It's a damn good thing I'm not your coach now get your team out of here" he snarled before letting go of Rick.

Rick tapped Cole on the shoulder and started to round up his team.

Rick shot Connie a wink before leaving the ice.

"We're gonna hurt you guys" Cole taunted.

"It's not over" Rick threatened.

"Come on let it go" Scooter laid a restraining hand on Rick.

Orion waited until Varsity had left the ice before turning back towards the Ducks.

"Well congratulations, you've just destroyed any mental edge you may have had over Varsity. Now they know they own you" he started.

Connie snuck a glance at Charlie in time to see his jaw tighten.

He was going to blow his stack and he was going to blow it soon.

"You're not kids anymore, your little Duck tricks aren't going to work at this level" Orion continued.

Charlie's face was growing redder.

"And take those Duck jerseys off"

The entire team looked at Orion for a moment, stunned.

Surely he's not serious.

One by one the Ducks started to take off their jerseys.

Except for Charlie and Fulton.

Charlie folded his arms.

"The Ducks are dead Conway" Orion told him.

Low blow Connie thought bitterly.

"You're breaking up the best thing any of us ever had" Charlie told him.

Connie felt for him, the poor guy looked on the verge of tears.

"Yeah well its time to grow up"

Connie was too stunned to hear what came next.

All she was aware of was that Charlie was leaving the ice.

"Okay, goodbye Conway"

She tuned back in to hear Orion ask if anyone else wanted to leave and the entire team was surprised to see that Fulton was bailing as well.

"Good bye Fulton"

Connie stared after the two hockey players, now ex-Ducks.

What the hell is going on? She wondered sadly. She'd played hockey with Charlie since she could hold a stick.

"20 laps then hit the showers" Orion ordered.

"Hey come on, Charlie'll calm down eventually" Julie tried to sound convincing but no one was buying it.

"Varsity is going to pay for this" Goldberg decided angrily. Without one of their top scorers and their only remaining enforcer they were screwed.

Connie finished her laps in silence and quietly slipped out to the showers.

She was dressed and gone before anyone noticed.


She hit the cool morning air and suddenly felt fresher than she had three minutes ago.

She was still livid, she wanted vengeance for what had just happened.

If she couldn't go and hit Rick Riley personally then she'd take the next best thing.

The boxing bags in the gym and pretend its Rick Riley.


Entering the school's gym she was relieved to find that it was empty.

Using her hockey stick tape to strap her knuckles she removed her jacket and warm up pants until she was in her tank top and shorts.

She stared hard at the bag for a few seconds trying to conjure up Rick Riley's smirking face before she started swinging away.

She was getting a few decent jabs in and a few killer hooks. She ignored the dull pain in her wrists and knuckles as she kept on hitting.

She didn't stop when she heard the door to the gym open.

However she did stop when the all-now familiar voice spoke.

"Well lookey here, doesn't the lady Duck have a temper?"