Olivia woke up the following morning in a cold sweat. The whole night she tossed and turned in her bed; the thought of her roommate and Fitz screwing had plagued her mind for hours. Now she was tired and angry. O yea she was angry, the angriest a woman could ever get. She had spent the last year looking after Fitz, paying for his treatment, and watching him constantly to make sure that he was safe and that he was getting better. He was all she thought about for the past year. Day and night she thought about his well being and his health. She had fallen in love with him with every passing day. She couldn't explain it. She just loved him. Weird isn't it, considering the circumstances of their relationship but she spent a whole year, 52 weeks, 365 days thinking about him and his health. Once you've spent a whole year drowning yourself in the thoughts of someone else, they grown on you, they become a part of your daily life and therefore become a part of you. Now she was finally speaking to him again and that gave her hope that maybe they could rekindle what they had. Maybe they could finally be Olivia and Fitz. But no. Monica the slutty, dick sucking hoe had to come and distract Fitz.
God of all the guys on this campus she had to go after Fitz! Olivia thinks angrily to herself as she gets ready for the day.
But who wouldn't. Fitz was so freaking sexy. Those curls, those eyes, that body, that dick. Olivia thinks some more, getting turned on by the thought of him.
I bet Monica thinks she's so awesome cause she sucked his dick. Yea well he screams out my name so ha! Beat that. Olivia thinks again. Olivia was riled up now. Now she was ready to fight for Fitz but first she had to fight Jake. Olivia was so scared of what was going to go down today. This was going to be a long day, a long battle but Olivia was going to do what it took to help Fitz take Jake down.
Fitz was ready. Today was the day that all this shit ended. Jake was no longer going to bully and blackmail people into doing his bidding. No. Now Jake was going to be the one who is bullied and beaten into submission. Because there were so many people involved in his plan, Fitz broke things down into phases.
PHASE I- 10:00 a.m. Saturday March 2010.
Today was an important day for Jake Ballard. It was his last hockey game in the college league because he was a senior at UM so eventually he would be graduating and moving on with his life. Today was a big game for the Gophers because once again they had made it to the championship game. If Jake did well in this game then the NHL will sign him and he would be drafted into a professional hockey league. Jake was excited and he couldn't wait until the game begin.
Jake was in his apartment getting ready for the day. Because the championship game was between two rivaling teams, the college league officials decided that the game should be played in a much larger stadium. So instead of the game being hosted at Mariucci stadium, the game would be hosted at the Excel Energy center in St. Paul, Minnesota. The game was scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. that evening and the gophers were required to meet at the bus that would transport them to the game by 3:00.
Jake was showering when five people entered his apartment. They were dressed in all black and wore black mask. Jake had his radio playing while he was in the shower so he couldn't hear the five people who quietly grabbed his TV, game system, and any other valuable object out of his living room and kitchen. The five black men had a system. Two would go into the apartment and take items out to the three men who were waiting outside the apartment. Luckily no one else was in the campus building because most of the students were in class so the men could move easily in and out of Jake's apartment unnoticed. Jake was now done with his shower and walked to his bedroom to put on his clothes. By now the men had completely ransacked Jake's apartment, excluding his bedroom and his bathroom. The men all left out of the apartment leaving an unknowing Jake in his room. Once Jake was dressed he walked out into his living room and instantly slipped. When he stood up he found that he was covered in honey.
"What the-"Jake says as he looks around his apartment and sees that it is bare.
"Where is all my stuff!?" Jake shouts. As he moves forward to investigate his bare apartment, he slips again. As he falls he tries to grab something to catch himself but only grabs his pillow which was torn by one of the men dressed in black. Now covered in honey and feathers, Jake ran out of his apartment to the security office on the other side of campus. People laughed at him as he quickly walked through campus covered in honey and feathers. While Jake did this, the five men returned all of Jake's objects and returned his apartment back to the original order it was in before they came. When Jake returned with campus security, there was no evidence of a robbery ever happening. Jake was flabbergasted and after a stern conversation with campus security, Jake showered again. This time when he got out of the shower his brown hair was now blue and his body was red. Jake scrambled to look at himself in the mirror and could not believe what he was seeing. He went back to his shower to look at his shampoo and shower gel but everything looked normal. What Jake didn't know was that the five men had replaced the liquid in his shampoo and shower gel with dyes. Now he would look like a red man for the rest of the day and no amount of scrubbing would change that.
Fitz and Huck laughed as they watched the events of Jake's morning unfold through some binoculars that Huck had bought.
"Now for phase two." Fitz says menacingly.
Phase II- Noon, Saturday March 2010.
All of the Gopher's equipment was kept in the Mariucci stadium locker room until it was time for the team to head off to the game. Another group of five dressed in all black quickly and quietly entered the empty stadium. They grabbed Jake's equipment. One of the five kneaded Jake's ice skates, while another loosened the material on his hockey stick. A third person took out some of the padding on Jake's protective padding so that when he got checked in the game, he would have no protection. The five continued to sabotage Jake's equipment and uniform until it met their satisfaction and then they exited the stadium. Meanwhile ten other people dressed in all black had driven to the Excel Energy Stadium. There they worked on the jumbotron, hooking up everything for the game.
Olivia had made it to Jake's apartment as planned. Jake was still scurring about, trying to find ways to get rid of his discolorations.
"Hey babe" -Olivia says as she kisses him on the cheek.
"Hey?"
"It's a 3-letter word that people use to greet others."
"Don't get smart. You know what I'm talking about"
"No honey I don't know."
"WHAT ARE YOU BLIND? I look like the American flag."
"No you're more like the Haitian flag. Their flag is only red and blue."
"You think this shit is funny? I can't believe this. And I got robbed this morning."
"Uhhh." Olivia says as she looks around. "This apartment doesn't seem robbed to me."
"That's because whoever did it brought the stuff back."
Olivia gives him a confused face.
"Just forget it and help me get rid of whatever this is." Jake says.
Phase III-3:00 p.m. Saturday March 2010.
Every player on the Gophers hockey team was now lined up to get on the bus that would take them to Excel Energy Center. The boys were required to wear suits and carry their equipment in black bags. Fitz stood in line waiting to get on the bus when a very frazzled Jake had arrived. He looked wild. He wasn't wearing a suit and his blue hair was all over his head. His red skin was glistening with sweat. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Jake. His teammates quietly snickered as the coach approached him.
"Jake what in the hell happened to you?"
"Someone is fucking with me coach." Jake says frantically.
"Someone did this to you? Do you know who?"
"NO BUT WHEN I DO, THEIR DEAD."
"Ok. Let's just calm down."
"Calm down. I LOOK LIKE THE BLUE MEN BUT RED."
"Why don't you get on the bus. We'll figure this out when we get to the stadium."
Jake gruffly gets on the bus but not without hearing whispers and snickers at his appearance.
Fitz smirks at the situation and then gets on the bus. Everything is working out exactly the way he wants it to. He's got Jake frazzled and frantic. Good.
They all get on the bus and half an hour later they are in the locker room preparing for practice before the game. Once everyone is all suited up, they head out to the ice for practice. As soon as Jake steps foot on the ice, he falls. He tries to get up but only falls back down on the ice. His teammates continue to laugh at him; the coach however is not amused.
"What the hell is going on with you Ballard?"
Jake finally gets his footing and goes over to where the rest of the team are. The coach sets them up into smaller teams to do practice drills. Things go horribly for Jake. First off he can't properly handle the puck because his stick was messed up. He constantly falls and when he got checked into the boards (pushed into the wall of the ice rink) his stick broke.
"We'll try to get you some replacement equipment before the game." the coach assures him
"You'll try. I don't want you to fucking try I want you to do." Jake says angrily he scurries off the ice. Or at least try because he continuously slips and fall.
Phase IV 5:00 p.m. Saturday March 2010-two hours before the game
Huck gathers all of his computer equipment and places it into his van. He waits in the driver seat until Olivia arrives. Huck was wearing all black while Olivia was dressed in a purple top, dark jeans, and beige UGG boots. In the back of the van are five other people dressed in black like Huck.
"You ready?" Huck asks as they drive toward the stadium.
"I can't believe things are actually going as plan." Olivia says.
"Well there's still more to come." Huck says gruffly.
They eventually arrive at the stadium. Huck drops off Olivia at the main entrance where other people are gathered to enter the stadium. Huck then drives around to the back where he uses a fake ID to get past security. Everyone clears out of the van and takes the equipment inside. They all go off to their perspective positions and wait for the game to begin. Meanwhile Olivia and the rest of the people who are a part of Fitz's plan line up to enter the game where they will sit in their designated seats, ready to take position for when the game begins. Everyone gets into position as hundreds of people enter the stadium anxious for the game to begin.
Phase V- 6:40 p.m. , Gophers locker room
There is excitement and anxiety all around Fitz. His fellow teammates are scrambling around the locker room putting on their uniforms and getting their equipment together. His coaches are yelling out various orders while they move in and out of the room. Even within the walls of the locker room, Fitz can hear the shouts and cheers of the fans as they find their seats. Fitz wished that this championship game was just that a game and not some revenge plot. But unfortunately that is what things have come to. It was time for Jake to face the consequences of his actions. Rather there be a game or not. Fitz already had on his uniform and now sat quietly near his cubby. Usually before a big game he would bow his head and fold his hands. He would close his eyes and just breathe. He did this to find his center, his focus, and that part of himself that only unleashed when he was on ice. Because of his current circumstances he can't focus on the game but only on his plan and hoping that it works out.
Saturday March 2010- The Game Begins
Everyone in the crowd is excited and it was a very large crowd. Both teams had been introduced and were now on the ice preparing to start the game. The referee comes to center ice where a player from each team meets to get the puck. There is a brief silence before the referee drops the puck onto the ice and the players scramble to get it. The game started off great. Players were getting aggressive and both teams were fighting to make a goal.
7:30 p.m.
Olivia looks throughout the crowd to find everyone who is a part of the plan. She gives each of them a nod before the lights in the stadium go out. This puts the crowd into a small panic. Suddenly the Jumbotron lights up. Everyone in the crowd is confused until a video starts to play.
Everyone knows Jake Ballard. But do you really know who he is. A deep voice echoes throughout the stadium.
The video continues and shows Jake with three other guys. The guy's faces are covered but Jake's face is clearly seen. In the video it shows Jake and the three guys with a woman who is completely naked on a bed. The video then shows Jake and the three guys taking turns screwing the girl. The crowd in the stadium gasps and shouts out their disgust. The video ends, the deep voice saying,
Do you really know Jake? And the video shows a clear picture of Jake posing on one knee in his hockey uniform. The video ends and the lights in the stadium turn back on. Everyone in the crowd is murmuring as an official comes and stands on center ice.
"Attention everyone. We don't know what is going on but we ask that you please remain come as we try to figure out what is going-
"HEY THERE'S JAKE RIGHT THERE!" A person in the crowd points out and insanely people are rushing out of their seats to Jake who is trying to exit off of the ice. There is a huge shuffle of people rushing to ice to get to Jake, everyone shouting and screaming.
"PLEASE REMAIN CALM. SECURITY GET A HANDLE ON THIS." –This official shouts. Suddenly there is a huge crowd of people running after Jake and opposing them is a flock of security guards as they try to maintain the huge crowd. Jake escapes the crowd and heads toward the stadium exit. He takes off his skates and starts to run but as he gets close to the exit, there is a row of people dressed in black waiting for him. Fitz had followed Jake out of the rink and had discarded his skates as well. When Fitz finally caught up with Jake, Jake was standing in front of almost everyone he had blackmailed dressed in black.
"Hey Jake" Fitz says as he walks up behind him. "I like the new hair color."
"You did this?" Jake questions. Jakes laughs. "Man I should have known. Is this all you got? A video and some dye."
"O no Jake. This is only the beginning. Why don't you turn around"
Jake laughed again and turned around only to see several guns pointed directly had him.
"Fire"-Fitz says and he ducks out of the way as several pellets from the bebe guns fire off, shooting Jake in various places on his body.
Jake shouts out and runs away from the firing guns. He heads towards a flight of stairs and runs down them into the basement of the stadium. Fitz follows him and so does Olivia.
Meanwhile Huck is in the stadium's control room packing up his equipment.
"Hold it young man."
Huck looks up.
"Don't turn around. Just hold your hands up where I can see them."
Huck slowly raises up his hands. The security guard approaches Huck and grabs one of his arms but Huck swivels out of his grasp. Huck struggles with the security guard until Huck grabs the security's taser and shocks him into unconsciousness. Huck then grabs his stuff and then runs out of the room to find Fitz.
Fitz heads down to the basement where Jake ran to. It was dimly lit in the basement as it was a place where a lot of the machines and pipes that powered the ice rink were located. Its loud in the basement which makes it hard for Fitz to hear the sound of Jake's footsteps.
Fitz walks forward but doesn't realize that Jake is behind him until Jake hits him with a small pipe. Fitz falls down and turns around to find Jake ready to hit him again. Fitz grabs the pipe, pulling Jake down to the ground. Fitz uses this position to his advantage and then kicks Jake harshly in the stomach. Jake lets go of the pipe and falls backward to the ground. Fitz stands up and then throw away the pipe.
"Pipes Jake. Really? Man you really are a pussy. You can't seem to fight me without assistant."-Fitz taunts.
Jake angrily shoves Fitz up against a large pipe. Jake punches Fitz in the stomach and then upper cuts him. He was about to hit Fitz again but Fitz grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground. Fitz then lands on top of him and starts punching him several times in the face. Jake rolls them over and attempts to do the same thing but he is shoved harshly to the ground. Jake looks up and sees Olivia towering over him.
"Well, well, well. Looks like Abby's going to die." Jake says. Fitz grabs Jake by his jersey and then places him on a pipe. He then continues to punch him in the face and his sides until a gun sounds off. Fitz drops a now bloody Jake to the floor.
"Fitzgerald Grant?" An approaching figure asks.
"Yes" Fitz answers.
"You killed my friend." The guy says as he fires off his gun again. Fitz and Olivia duck. Fitz grabs Olivia by the hand and then drags her away from the range of the gunman.
"Daniel Juarez. So nice of you to finally join us." Jake says weakly as blood runs down his face.
"What do you want me to do sir?"
"Kill them."-Jake says.
Daniel raises his gun up and beings looking around the basement for Fitz and Olivia. The basement of the arena is filled with large pipes and noisy machines. Fitz finds a large machine to hide behind and places Olivia there.
"Where are you going?" –Olivia ask.
"I need to go find this guy"
"And what? Kill him? He's going to shoot you and kill you before you can ever think of killing him."
Fitz thinks about this for a minute but another shot is fired off and he is forced to duck where Olivia is.
"I know it was you, you son of a bitch. Randal was my friend."-Daniel says as he approaches Fitz.
Fitz tries to stand up but Daniel fires off his gun again. It's quiet for a minute. Daniel starts firing off again this time closer to Olivia and Fitz. The bullets bouncing off the pipes that near their heads. Fitz grabs Olivia and uses his body to shield her away. Daniel stops firing to reload his gun and then another shot is fired off. Fitz and Olivia hear the sound of a gun falling and a body falling to the ground. They slowly stand up from their hiding spot to find Randal dead, a bullet to the head, his eyes open, his gun near him. Huck walks up to them.
"Are you guys ok?"- Fitz and Olivia nod slowly.
"Good."
Eventually the police arrive at the stadium to help calm down the crowd of specters who had ran to the ice and were fighting each other. Everyone who was dressed in all black had left the stadium as did Huck, Fitz, and Olivia. Fitz had locked Jake in the basement. When the police arrived they assumed that Jake had shot Daniel and arrested him. The events at the stadium were announced on the news. Daniel was the only one killed but there were several people who were hurt and injured.
Huck had found a way to hack into Jake's phone and computer and was able to get access to all of his videos and blackmail information. He deleted everything except for the video that he showed at the stadium. So now all the people Jake had blackmailed were free and Jake was arrested and was going to go to jail for rape and murder even though he wasn't the one who killed Daniel.
So the Gophers didn't win the championship this year. But that was ok. Fitz had one more year at UM and for the first time he was actually going to enjoy college. Him and Olivia had reconciled and became good friends. Olivia secretly wanted more but Fitz didn't fully trust Olivia with his heart. There was just too much that happened between them.
2011
Fitz had finally finished college. He had won the championship game for his school and was now the campus hero. Jake was no more and everything was good. Huck had graduated with a degree in computer science and engineering. Fitz, Olivia, and Abby had graduated with a law degree. Eventually Olivia told Abby everything that had happened. Abby was upset but she forgave Olivia because she realized that she had a friend who would go through everything to protect her.
It now draft day. Fitz was excited and nervous.
Hello everyone and welcome to the 2011-2012 draft meeting. Now we had a lot of excellent candidates for our teams. We hope that you all enjoy this event and on behalf of the National Hockey League, we wish all of you the best. The audience applauds as the NHL official ends his introductions.
The first team to pick in this year's draft is the Chicago Blackhawks. The audience applauds again as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks comes to the stage.
We have been watching this kid for a year now and we are very excited to have him on our team. The first draft pick for the 2011-2012 NHL season is a Mr. Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III. Everyone cheers as Fitz dressed in a dress shirt, dress pants, and tie walk on stage. Fitz shakes the hand of the coach.
Welcome to our team Fitzgerald Grant, right-winger number Sixty-two. The coach then presents Fitz with a red Blackhawks jersey with his last name on the back. He did it. He was now a professional hockey player.
Fitz comes out of his memory. There were so many things that had happened. And now Jake Ballard was standing in front of him after all these years. How? Fitz asks himself.