Ch. 8: Crime and Punishment
The next morning after the Debate fiasco, the J-Teens were in Homeroom as they are reprimanding Ice.
"Ice, what were you thinking having Bai Tza talk about that incident with Chrissie?" Colleen yelled.
"I didn't reveal her name yo!" Ice said.
"You still brought that incident up to make your sister look bad," Chrissie said angrily.
"Please, Chrissie," Ice said, "I got enough from my mom. I don't need it from my girl too."
Then, Principal Ramsey called up on the PA system to announce the results of the election.
"Attention, Magus High," he said, "Due to a sudden disqualification to two of our candidates, the winner for School President is Sophie Reilly by default."
All of the students cheer for Reilly, including Ice.
"Why are you cheering?" Hsi Wu asks, "My sister lost the election."
"I know, but so did my sista'" Ice replied, "That's the whole point: to make sure she doesn't win."
After school, Bai Tsa and Stacey were each cleaning a side in the cafeteria. Bai Tza is scrubbing the floor on the left, while Stacey is cleaning the tables on the right. Ice came in with a mop and bucket.
"Ice, what are you doing here?" Bai Tza asked confused.
"This is my punishment yo," Ice said, "I'm to help you two with the clean up for the next two weeks. That's nothin' compared to what my mom did. She cut my allowance to make me pay for the she-beast's ripped dress, and she's locking the photo albums in storage out of mistrust for how I used a few pics. At least Stacey is now grounded for another week, making it three weeks."
"I'm right here within hearing distance!" yelled Stacey.
"Nobody cares, Brat!" Ice back talked, "What about you?"
"Father says I got double dish duty for the next two weeks, and right after Po Kong eats. That's usually one-hundred dishes altogether," Bai Tsa explained, "But I guess I had it coming considering I acted like a bigger monster than Stacey."
"I don't feel bad," ice snarled.
"At least Sophie won the election. She's a better candidate than we are."
Meanwhile, Wanda came in to check on Stacey.
"You okay, Girl?" Wanda asks with concern.
"I lost an election, and I'm grounded for three weeks, so no," Stacey jeered and sighed, "It doesn't matter anyway. My dad wasn't there, thanks to mom's stupid custody restrictions."
"Don't talk to me about restrictions. My cop of a pop can be the same way."
What they don't know is that Shendu is watching them through the magic mirror when Drago and Tso Lan came in.
"Something troubles you, Brother?" Tso Lan asks with his brow raised.
"Yes," Shendu responded, "I don't know why but from the moment I first saw Ice and his sister, they seemed very familiar to me. Drago, did they ever speak of their father?"
"Just that he and Tori have been divorced for five years," Drago explained, "Everytime I ask Ice about his dad, he almost bites my head off, but Stacey always bragged about how he got her everything she wanted and treated her like a princess because he's head of some trade organization."
Shendu thought to himself about what Drago said. Then, he got a good look at Stacey and Ice as they continue to clean up.
"Those two can't be his kids, can they?" he said to himself.