Chapter 386.

(Royal Woods Middle School.)

At the gym, classes are done for the day and the team known as the Royal Woods Middle Eagles are training up for their first ever Dodge ball tournament against Beaverton on November 21.

Simon, Stella, Trent, Lance, Artie, Mollie, Polly and Jenny. These are the members of the team and the gym is there's to use for the rest of the day for training,

"So, this is it. Our first ever practice as a team and I thought we'd have the basic dodge ball sessions as our playing fields for training" said Artie.

"Sure is gonna be a whole lot different from the kick boxing club we join" said Lance. "I am so pumped up for this thing, I could use some power housed arm throwing right now."

"Anyone here nervous?" asked Stella. "I'm slightly nervous, but I know it's just first time jitters."

"I sure ain't" said Polly. "I got my sights and all my senses locked, stocked and loaded for the battle! But this is training so, maximum effort and let's not try and fluke it out there."

"Same with me, no fear and no worries. Just focus, skill and determination to keep us pumped up and ready for this" said Mollie. "Man I am so excited and ready for this! Bring it on!"

"We just gotta wait for the team captains and then we can get this thing underway" said Simon.

"Still, I like the uniforms the coach made for us, they definitely look wicked cool on us" said Jenny.

"Same, I dig the eagle logos and seems almost related to the common gym clothes we normally wear" replied Trent.

The uniforms they're wearing: Yellow shirts and shorts, with blue, red and orange lines on the right side of the clothing and the white silhouette of an eagle at the back with the name of their team.

Stella looks to her attire. "We are so gonna look good in these when the game begins, though we have some folks spoiling the whole thing." They all look to the left and they see some of their friends are there to watch them practice.

From their closest pals, lovers and they see….. Okay, so why the heck are all the louds here and Michelle Lewis and Peter Harris and Jordan's parents and her dog? What the heck is this?

Also, when did Lynn Jr get merchandise of the dodge ball team? Those things aren't supposed to be sold until the tournament begins next week!

Lucy looks to Lynn. "Why are you dressed with those? You do know this is just training right?"

The eagles are above the gym's ceiling framework and looking down to them and they give them a thumbs up for the wicked awesome clothing.

Then Coach Keck goes to them. "I am impressed at how my cousin makes the uniforms and she got the whole color and the eagle image look spot on too. Now we just gotta wait for the team co-captains and this whole session can begin."

Then the main door opens and they see them walk in. Coach smirks. "Speak of the Royalty and we shall receive."

Lincoln and Jordan walk in, both of them in the same attire as they're crew, but on their right shoulder of the shirt is the name captain and the symbol of a crown. Wait, what?!

"Coach, this captain's uniform for us seems kinda too far, I mean I know we're called the dodge ball king and queen, but this is kinda too far" said Jordan.

"Yeah, I thought we were gonna be co-captain, not royal woods king and queen of Michigan" said Lincoln.

Then Lola yells. "If there's a pageant for that and you guys are joining, then I am gonna beat you two! And if it does happen I'm gonna need Winston."

"Lola, please behave" said Leni.

Coach Keck chuckles. "Sorry guys, but that is not my work or my idea. I think my cousin did those and I'll talk to him about thi. For now, just accept them and get out there and make this practice as good as it gets."

Lincoln and Jordan don't seem to have a choice and they head off to their tea. But Coach smirks and know the truth. 'It was all my idea and I do think it looks good on the two of you. Plus, it also might show signs of dominance and intimidate the opposing team.'

Lincoln and Jordan stand firm and look to their team who are all standing tall and proud in front of them and this makes them smirk.

"Okay guys, this is the first ever practice we're gonna have as the Royal Woods Middle Eagles, even though we have been practicing as we've been dodging and throwing for the past two months" said Jordan.

This makes them all chuckle, she's not wrong. Then Luan snickers. "Dodging, weaving and making everyone see red! At point blank!" Some of them laugh to that joke.

Lincoln then speaks. "Anyways, today we will be seeing how well we have come so far. One thing we do know, is that Beaverton has their own dodge ball team and they seem as skilled as we are, but not as dominant as we are from all we have been through."

"Lincoln's not wrong" replied Jordan. "Beaverton may have been training since the start of the month, but they haven't been through hardships and turmoil of returning enemies. Whenever we face our foes and go game on at gym, then that is our way of training and getting stronger."

"We've faced the odds and learned to overcome them, we've had some scarring moments that make us feel weak, but through that weakness we seem to know how to get over it and turn that weakness into strength and that strength fuels our determination within" said Lincoln.

"They can push us, but we shove back. They may knock us down, but we'll get back up and there is no way we can be beaten so easily" said Jordan. "Our foes have tried, but in each one they don't succeed and if we're still alive and kicking, then it means we have much more to live and fight for!"

"And what do we fight for?!" asked Lincoln.

"For Royal Woods!" The team cheers at this and they each grab a dodge ball.

Lincoln and Jordan smile. "You guys ready for this?" asked Jordan.

They all are locked and loaded. "Heck yeah!"

Lincoln and Jordan step aside and they push the button and some wooden dummies of their old enemies are revealed. The images of Chandler McCann, Jeffrey Williams, Edison Carson, Boy Jordan, Andrew and the goons they have recruited over the months.

This makes them upset and each of them goes for it and they throw balls at their opponents and the wooden dummies have dodge ball throwing machines next to them, to make it look like the enemy is attacking them.

And all of them dodge and grab the balls and they toss them back and hit each dummy.

Lincoln and Jordan stand back and watch as their friends are doing this. "They're really doing well, they're improving so well and I think Mollie is the one who's the angriest" said Jordan.

Lincoln and Jordan see Mollie throwing balls onto the wooden dummy of Edison Carson only and she keeps focusing on him the most and then she aims for the dork who tried to take away Kat from her.

"Wow. She is full of anger, I'd feel bad for Beaverton when these guys enter the front line" said Lincoln.

"But we're not done yet" said Coach Keck. She uses her remote and she pushes the button and an extra wooden dummy appears and it's Leslie Silver. "Now this should be good."

Seeing Leslie makes them focus onto her and each one of them focuses onto the Leslie dummy and each of their balls even hit the other wooden dummies as they keep hitting Leslie.

Then someone else joins the playing field and picks up the dodge ball and she throws it onto the dummy of the rich girl. "You and you're stupid obsession for Lincoln is a horrible, horrible thing you twisted, stupid, rich bastard!" yelled Gretchen in anger.

All of them are kinda shocked she just joined her and so they let her be and just go back to what they were doing.

Lincoln, Jordan and Coach Keck are shocked by Gretchen and how well she's doing. "Did not see that one coming" said Coach Keck in shock and she removes her shades.

"You think we can get her on the team and make her on the reserve bench just in case one of us gets injured?" asked Jordan.

"Umm, I'll see what I can do. Because she sure is killing it out there, damn!" replied Coach Keck. "This is gonna be one epic dodge ball tournament and if the real Leslie Silver was here, then sure as heck it's gonna be bad for her."

Then the main doors open and coming in is Leslie and her posse. "We heard Lincoln would be here, where is he?" Her eyes go wide when she sees all of them with dodge balls and the uniform. "What the heck is this?"

All of them look to her and are not in the mood for her antics. Gretchen answers her question. "Dodge Ball freak!" She then makes a shotgun reload sound with her dodge ball. How?

Leslie and her friends back up slowly, but it's too late and each of them is knocked out of the gym by a barrage of dodge balls, also how the heck the balls are bouncing back into the gym.

Leslie and her posse are now outside the gym and injured badly. "We have to leave, now. Before we get hurt again" said Hope.

Leslie gets up. "No! I am not gonna just walk away from this, I wanna know what's going on!" Leslie then walks back into the gym. "Hey! What the heck is this?"

But in slow motion, she has no clue what is about to happen.

Now, Leslie is at the main door of the gym and is near the bleachers. She wants to know what's going on, but she fails to see incoming enemies from sight lines.

What do I mean by sight lines?

Let's see, over to Leslie's left, there's a dodge ball that bounces off the wall at full speed and is gonna go low. And over to Leslie's right, is a dodge ball that Jordan threw and it's going high.

What happens next, is less than optimal for her.

The dodge ball from the wall bounces off and hits her legs, then the one from Jordan was aiming for the dummy, but for some reason her dodge ball was locked onto Leslie and Leslie is hit on her face and legs and she fumbles to the ground from this and lands face first and groans in pain.

They're all shocked to see this. "Where the heck did she come from and why did she come back in?" asked Lana.

"So glad I brought a barrier enhances to my watch otherwise we'd all be victims of dodge balls flying everywhere" said Peter Harris.

He's not wrong, they're all safe in a barrier he brought with him. And Coach is evading the dodge balls since she knows how to handle this issue. "Come on guys, keep it up!"

Leslie then gets up and she sees Gretchen a few feet from her. "What? What the heck are you doing you traitor? Here to hang out with the loser squad?" even though she is sore, Leslie snickers at this.

Gretchen is locked on her and is angered by her mean words. "Dodge ball fool!" She hits Leslie in the face. "Boom, one point!"

She hits her again. "Boom, two points!"

Leslie falls to the ground and sits up. "Gretch….. Wait….."

"Boom, three points!" Gretchen the keeps hitting her in the face while telling. "Boom, for points! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

All Leslie can do it take all of this dodge ball barrage from Gretchen. Everyone watches this happen and Rita covers Lily's eyes and Lynn Jr cheers. "Yeah! Boom party baby! Keep her going Gretch!"

Lisa is confused. "How is Leslie Silver still conscious after all of those hits?"

"Well, looks like we got ourselves a power house for the team" replied Jordan. They stop and just watch as this happens, they can practice later after this.

"Man, look at her go" said Lincoln. "How the heck does she keep doing this?"

(Skip, late in the afternoon.)

Everyone walks out of the school and all of them are back in their normal attire. "Well, that was one fun practice and our skills have improved from everything we have been through" said Jenny.

"We are so gonna nail it when we hit the actual tournament when the day comes!" said Mollie.

"And with our newest member to the team" said Polly. "Welcome to the Royal Woods Middle Eagles, Gretchen Warwick."

Gretchen chuckles. "Thanks guys, and sorry for going all-out back there. I let my anger get the best of me."

"No need and we're looking forward to the next session and this time we're gonna get some assistance from some High School pals" said Jordan.

Lynn Jr smirks. "You know it. My friends are okay with joining along and helping train you guys, when do we do this?"

"Tomorrow" replied Lincoln. "But for now, we should rest up and enjoy some peace and relaxation. Also, we got homework to deal with and let's not forget that before the big game, we have to deal with the exam next week on Friday."

"How can we forget man?" asked Trent. "We have a lot to cover up if we're to pass and then we have to focus on the dodge ball tournament and Beaverton."

"We're gonna have one heck of a week" said Simon. "Also, when can we have a hang out time with the heroic versions?"

"Soon, I can contact Freezer Burn and ask him when they have free time" said Lincoln.

Gretchen is confused. "Guys, kinda in the dark here. Mind telling me what this is all about?"

(Leslie's Limo.)

Leslie's friends look to Leslie with concern. "You okay Leslie?" asked Hope.

"I feel like my head got hit way too many times" groaned Leslie. "How bad does it look?"

"Umm, we don't wanna tell you" replied Chasity.

"Yeah, it's really bad" replied Karen.

"Give me a mirror, now! I need to see this!" said Leslie.

Regina sighs and she hands her the compact mirror. "Okay, but we tried to warn you Leslie."

Leslie looks to herself and is shocked. She has a black eye, a large bruise to he left cheek, another burise on her forehead, her hair is all messed up and she's missing three teeth. Seeing this makes her scream.

"Told ya" said Regina.

To be continued…..

A/N: The Dodge Ball Tournament is inbound on the 21st of November, so mark that calendar and get ready to saddle up partners! All red-rounded hell will break loose when it comes to that, and we got Warwick in the playing field as well. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.

I put in some references in this chapter. From CoD WW2 insider guide video and the Amazing World of Gumball.

Date made: 10/25/20.