Back at Grimwood school, a drawbridge on the side of the building went down over the river, & Luigi, Toad, & Booigi, who recently joined them in the early-morning exercises, ran out of the school followed by the Grimwood Girls, with Luigi & Toad clad in jogging suits. Still with the Poltergust 3000s on their backs. Luigi's suit, of course, was green, & Toad's was Arizona Topaz.
"Follow us-a, girls." Luigi said. "There's nothing like a little-a jog to get your bodies in shape."
"Yeah." Toad said. "& the best part is, no tutu this time."
"Ah, there's nothing like feeling the wind running through your hair." Sybella said, holding her hair in the breeze.
"This is good for the heart." Elsa commented. "Mine are both beating fast."
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOO." Winnie howled. "How ya doin', Tanice?"
"Great, Winnie." Tanice said. "I've got built-in legwarmers." Meanwhile, Matches was digging a hole in the ground next to the volleyball, obviously intending to have the volleyball buried. Luigi, Toad, & the Grimwood girls then ran over him.
"Hey-a, Matches." Luigi said. "You wanna join us? You could-a probably stand to get in-a shape." This however, only prompted Matches to rear his head & growl at Luigi before continuing with his digging. "Or, maybe not."
"Wow." Toad said. "I guess his pilot light's still warming up." & with that, they just kept on running.
"I just love running through the trees." Elsa said. Phantasma ran by Elsa, & quite literally, through a tree.
"Me too." She giggled. Elsa ran past Luigi, Toad, & Booigi.
"Last one's a rotton apple." Elsa said. At that moment, an avalanche of green apples fell on Luigi, Toad & Booigi. & The apples that didn't hit Luigi & Toad, they slipped on, causing them to fall to the ground. Luigi got into an upright position.
"Well, as-a long as we're here, we might as-a well stop to have-a a bite." Luigi said. He & Toad each picked up an apple & bit into it. However, upon taking a bite, their faces cringed & they immediately spat out the apple bits they bit. "AGH, YUCK!!" Luigi shouted.
"That was the worst apple I've ever eaten!" Toad spoke. "What kind of apples are these?" Sybella then approached them.
"Oh, these are crab apples, boys." She said. "Don't you like them? They're fangtastic." She then practically shoveled a crab apple halfway into her mouth before she sucked it dry. "They're rotton." Luigi & Toad look at the apples in their hands, then at each other, then throw the apples behind their backs in disgust.
"Boy, you girls sure have some weird taste." Toad said to them. Luigi & Toad then got up.
"Well, girls." Luigi said. "We'd better-a get going." With that, Luigi, Toad, & Booigi continued jogging with the girls behind them, an apple in each Grimwood girl's hand. Meanwhile, Matches was putting the volleyball in the hole he had dug & was filling it with dirt, when a voice got his attention.
"Matches!" It shouted. Matches turned & saw Miss Grimwood approaching him with the disembodied hand, both looking very cross. "How many times do I have to tell you, don't dig in the pumpkin patch!?" She said, wagging her finger at Matches along with the disembodied hand. "We need them all for our Halloween open house." She said as the disembodied hand carved a Jack-O-Lantern from a pumpkin. "& you certainly can't carve that into a Jack-O-Lantern." She said, pointing to the volleyball Matches buried. "Now, get rid of it." She ordered. With that, Matches dug up the ball & carried it off, grumbling. Meanwhile, the short Calloway cadet was filling a red balloon with water. He finished filling it.
"Here's another water balloon, Grunt." He said, handing it to Grunt.
"What are these for anyway, Todd?" Grunt asked, handing the water balloon to Todd.
"It's ammunition." Todd replied.
"Check, ammunition." Jamal said, writing on a clipboard. He then turned his head somewhere else. "How that new bazooka coming, Miguelle?" He asked. Miguelle was busy assembling a bazooka.
"Patience guys." He said. "This is surplus surplus. Some assembly IS required." He then managed to get it out together. "There." He said. Jamal & Todd walked over to him.
"Check, bazooka." Jamal said, checking off his list. Grunt then approached them.
"Is this gonna help us get our ball back, Jamal?" He asked.
"Check, affirmative." Jamal said, finishing off his list. Miguelle then approached Todd.
"Uh, maybe we should test this out first." Miguelle said.
"Good idea, Miguelle." Todd said. Miguelle then turned around with the bazooka on his shoulder. "But not until I say "fire"." He then looked at the water balloon in his hand. "This should put out that pup's fire." He said to himself. Unfortunately, Miguelle heard him.
"Fire?" He said, thinking he was ordered to fire.
"No!" Todd shouted, trying to get Miguelle to stop. "Not-" However, he couldn't finish, as Miguelle fired the bazooka, & the air escaping from the back of the bazooka sent him flying through the air. "YEEEEEEET!!" He yelled as he flew through the air. He then landed on Colonel Calloway, splashing the water balloon in his face.
"Cadet Rover!" Colonel Calloway said, his voice muffled. "What is the meaning of this?"
"I-I can explain everything, sir." Todd said, pulling the balloon off of Colonel Calloway's face. Jamal check off something on his clipboard.
"Check, we're in trouble." Jamal said, nervous as to what Colonel Calloway would do to them. Matches, meanwhile, walked up to the hedge separating Grimwood School & Calloway. He then volleyed the ball over the fence.
"The volleyball was missing in action, sir." Todd explained.
"So we planned a recovery action." Jamal explained. Right at that moment, the volleyball they lost bounced off of Colonel Calloway's head & landed in the short cadet's hands.
"I'm the one in need of recovery!" Colonel Calloway said, rubbing his head. "Now report to the volleyball field, at once!" He ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The Calloway cadets said. They then ran towards the field.
"Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup!" He shouted as the Calloway cadets ran towards the field. However, Jamal immediately stopped & handed Calloway his soaked hat.
"Your hat, Colonel Calloway." He said. Colonel Calloway took it, smiling softly & satisfied.
"Thank you, cadet Williams." He said before Jamal continued on his way to the volleyball field. Colonel Calloway put the hat on his head, only to have it shrink. He looked up at it upon feeling it shrink. It was now a sixth of its original size. "For nothing." Colonel Calloway said to himself.