"Go, go, Grimwood!" Mario & Professor E. Gadd cheered from the sidelines, Mario waving pom-poms in the air, & Prof. E. Gadd waving a big red foam finger around.
"Alright, Elsa." Luigi called. "Give it all-a you got. I wanna see a good-a serve."
"Alright, coach." Elsa said. She then readied the ball for a serve when electirity sparked in her neck bolts. She then tossed the ball up & prepared a powerful serve, sending the ball flying right into the net, breaking a hole through it. The ball then hit Tuck & Grunt, knocking them off their feet.
"Net ball!" Toad called pointing to the net.
"I'd say it's a net loss." Miguelle said, looking at the net.
"Affirmative." Jamal replied, also looking at the broken net.
"Legs!" Miss Grimwood called. "On the double!" Legs then walked over, leapt onto the hole made in the net, & repaired it. Luigi handed the ball back to Elsa.
"Here, Elsa." He said. "Try to hit-a the ball over the net-a this time, would ya?"
"Alright, coach." Elsa replied. She then readied another serve, had electricity charge through her neck, & served the ball high into the air.
"Aaaooo, nice hit." Winnie commented. The ball then started coming down.
"I got it!" Baxter shouted, jumping around underneath the oncoming ball, before it hit him so hard he was buried into the ground. "I mean I had it." He muttered.
"Point to Grimwood School." Toad said. The disembodied hand then placed a 1 next to Grimwood's name on the scoreboard.
"Yay-a, Grimwood!" Mario shouted, dancing around. He then grabbed the Professor by the arms & they both now danced together.
Later, Calloway had managed to catch up with Grimwood School, tie-ing the score 10-10.
"Good serve, cadet!" Colonel Calloway said to Grunt as he received the ball, patting Grunt on the shoulder. "Keep pressing the attack!"
"Yes, sir!" Grunt said, then turned to the field & ran toward it. "Grrrrrr!" He growled. Once at the field he made a very powerful serve.
"Ah ha ha, I got it!" Phanty shouted as she went through the net & hit the ball, making it bounce on Calloway's side of the field.
"Hey!" Miguelle shouted, pointing at Phanty. "She hit the net!"
"Hit it?" Jamal asked. "She went through it."
"Foul on Grimwood!" Toad said, pointing at a disappointed-looking Phantasma. "Sorry girls, but it looks like Calloway gets the point!"
"All the way with Calloway!" The Calloway cadets cheered, putting their hands in a circle, & throwing them up as the disembodied hand put an 11 next to Calloway's name on the scoreboard.
"We're never gonna win that trophy, Sybella." A sad-sounding Tanice said looking over at Sybella.
"You bat we are!" An enthusiastic Sybella said, then screeched, turning into a bat & flew up to the next, spiking a ball right over Tuck, bouncing on the ground right behind him.
"Great Spike, Sybella!" Toad shouted, raising a fist. Sybella flew back to her spot on the volleyball field & transformed back into a vampire. She then looked up at Toad.
"Fangs, Toad." She said. She then walked over to a bewildered Tuck & took the ball off him. "Our serve, cadet." She said, walking back to her side of the field with the ball in her hands. Tuck stared at her for a while before he managed to get another word in.
"I must be going batty." He said, rubbing his eyes before looking at Sybella again. Sybella handed the ball to Tanice.
"Here, Tanice." She said. "Lets see a fangtastic serve." With that, Tanice then served the ball, with a bit of her tape getting caught on the ball.
"I got it!" Miguelle shouted, reaching for the ball.
"I got it!" Both Miguelle & Jamal shouted as the ball flew towards them. However, as they got ready to hit the ball, the wrappings pull the ball back over to Tanice, causing her to volley it again at Miguelle & Jamal. "I got it!!" They shouted as they dove for the ball, only to have it pulled back to Tanice a second time.
"I got it." Tanice said as she caught the ball in her hands. As for Miguelle & Jamal, they both dove into the net, bringing it down & breaking the poles. Toad stood & pointed at Miguelle & Jamal.
"You 2 hit the net!" Toad called as the disembodied hand floated over to the scoreboarc & put an 11 next to Grimwood's name. "The score's all tied up."
"I'd say they're all tied up." Winnie said to Phanty. "AAAOOOOOHHOOHHOOOOOO!!"
"That's a howl, Winnie." Phantasma laughed.
"Oh, Legs!" Miss Grimwood called, pointing over at the net. Legs scuttled over to the net, but upon seeing it, crossed his arms & shook his bed back & forth. "I'll give you 6 extra flies for supper." Miss Grimwood said. However, this didn't seem to phase Legs, who once again crossed his arms & shook his head. "Alright, alright, a dozen flies." Miss Grimwood then said. This seemed to work, as Legs immediately got to work, fixing up the poles & stringing together a whole new net. Once it was done, the game could continue.
"Go, go-a, Grimwood!" Mario cheered, jumping around waving pom-poms about. He then did a backflip. When he landed, he immediately smelled something good.
"Ooh." He said. "I smell something-a tasty." He looked over at where the smell was emanating from & saw Matches working a red hot hot dog box. He smiled at this & walked over to it. "I'll-a take a red hot, please." He said.
"Make that-a 2, Matches." Luigi said, holding up his hand, 2 fingers raised. Matches picked up the box, held it above his head, & breathed fire on it, heating up the red hots inside. He then opened up the box & Mario & Luigi each took a red hot, paying Matches a gold coin for each. "Thanks-a, Matches." Luigi said. "All this-a winning sure works up an appetite, eh Mario?" Mario turned to Luigi.
"You bet-a, Luigi." Mario said. "The way we're-a going, that trophy will finally see the inside-a of Grimwood." Meanwhile, the Calloway Cadets were all huddled around Tuck, who was holding a red remote control.
"They won't be winning for long." Tuck said. "I've planted a remote control device in the volleyball."
"Affirmative." Miguelle said as they put their hands in the circle on top of each other.
"Goodbye, Grimwood." Grunt said sinisterly. Tanice now had the ball. She dribbled it a few times & serves it, once again with her bandages attached to it. It sailed right over Elsa's head, & the net.
"Looks good, Tanice." Elsa said, watching the ball.
"I'll make it look bad." Tuck said, pressing some buttons on the control, causing the ball to fly straight up as Miguelle was about to hit it.
"That serve is loco." Miguelle said. The ball then flew so far that it drug Tanice up into the sky with her.
"WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Tanice cried as she soared into the sky.
"Out of bounds!" Toad called, & was then passed by Tanice. "WAAAY out of bounds!" The ball, & Tanice, were both launched up into a tree, & landed on a branch. The ball got out of Tanice's wrapping & fell into Tuck's hands.
"Then it's Calloway's ball." He said, then returned to the court, laughing. Prof. E. Gadd however, was astounded by what the ball just did. Moving straight up so mysteriously, it defied all the laws of physics. As he was wondering what caused the ball to do that, Luigi was helping Tanice down. He had climbed up the tree to the branch Tanice was on & crawled across the branch to where she was. Tanice looked back at him.
"Alright, Tanice." Luigi said. "I'm-a here to get you down." He then reached out with his hand to her. "Now, you just-a take my hand & we'll-a just climb down together."
"Okay, Luigi." Tanice said. She then sat up & reached out to Luigi's hand & took it. She then moved her left foot out to the right of the branch & leapt off, dragging Luigi down with her.
"YYAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!" Luigi screamed as he fell outta the tree.
THUD!
Tanice had landed safely on the ground, but Luigi fell flat on his face. Tanice let go of his hand & walked back to the Grimwood's side of the field.
"Thanks, Luigi." She said, still sounding down about what had just happened.
"No problem." Luigi groaned. Once things were ready for the next serve, Elsa talked to Tanice.
"Don't worry Tanice." Elsa said. "We'll get 'em back."
"Not unless this battery runs out, heh heh heh heh heh." Tuck said quietly, holding the remote. Jamal dribbled the ball & then served it. Winnie went up to hit it.
"It's all mine!" Winnie shouted. Tuck then used the remote, laughing, to make the ball stop in mid-air in front of Winnie, surprising her.
"Huh?" She asked. She attempted to hit the ball. It immediately leaped over her head, causing her to miss & land face-first on the ground.
"I'll save it, Winnie." Sybella said, reaching for the ball. However, when the ball was within Sybella's reach, it began to spin around her, tangling her in her own hair. "Oh, what a backspin." Sybella said as she spun. Once she was tied in her hair, the ball bounced on the ground, gaining Calloway another point.
"All the way with Calloway!" Colonel Calloway shouted, raising his fists up in the air. The disembodied hand then floated over & placed a 12 next to Calloway's name. Mario, Luigi, & Prof. E. Gadd were all sitting on the bench, Mario eating his hot dog, Luigi too worried about the game to eat, & Prof. E. Gadd somewhat surprised & suspicious of something.
"Mamma Mia." Luigi said. "This doesn't-a look good." Mario, looking at Luigi's hot dog, thinking that was what he was talking about, took the hot dog out of his hand & took a bite out of it. He swallowed the ball & looked back at Luigi.
"Tastes-a pretty good, Luigi." Mario said, not understanding what his brother meant. Prof. E. Gadd eyed the ball suspiciously. No ball, not even a ball with a weight in it, would fly in the air the way that ball did. It was almost as if the ball was being controlled by somebody, somebody who wanted to see to it that Grimwood lost the game. The Calloway Cadets were a likely suspect for this, but since he hasn't seen anything suspicious, he had to keep it to himself until he had something he could use to bring them down. Luigi got up from the bench.
"We gotta catch-a up somehow, Mario." He said, walking to the field.
"Ketchup?" Mario asked. "Good idea." He then reached down & picked up a bottle of ketchup off the ground & squeezed it into the hot dogs.
"Prepare for another saolo, Jamal." Tuck said as Jamal held the ball. "With our secret weapon." He then whispered, bringing out the remote.
"Affirmative." Jamal said. Prof. E. Gadd then saw it. The remote. He then figured that remote must've been what caused the ball to move the way that it was. However, he couldn't prove it now. He had to prove it first. He had to catch them in the act to confirm his suspicion. Meanwhile, Mario bit into his hot dog, causing ketchup to squirt out, across the volleyball field, & into Jamal's eyes as he served.
"Hey, I've been sneak attacked." Jamal said as the ketchup squirted into his eyes. His served was affected as well, causing the ball to hit the net, bounce back, & hit Tuck square in the stomach.
"Ugh!" Tuck grunted as he was hit. The remote flew out of his hand, across the field, towards Mario. As Mario opened up his mouth, the remote flew through his bun, shoving itself, & the hot dog, down his throat.
"Huh?" Mario asked, surprised by what had just happened. He then hiccupped, causing the ball to bounce around uncontrollably. Tuck look up at Jamal crossly.
"Nice work, Jamal." He said, pointing up at Jamal. "Now our remote control is AWOL." The ball bounced towards Colonel Calloway, hitting him in the face & knocking his hat off his head.
"Not only do we lose the ball, but I lose my hat!" He shouted, rubbing his head. Mario continued to hiccup.
"Excuse-a me." He said, before he hiccupped again. Colonel Calloway bent down to pick up his hat, but the ball bounced over & hit his butt, causing him to fall flat on his face. The ball then bounced back, into Luigi's hands.
"Thanks-a, Colonel." Luigi said, then turned to Mario. "It IS our-a serve now, isn't it-a, Mario?" Mario nodded at this.
"Uh huh." He said, before he hiccupped again. The ball then hit Luigi in the face & brought him to his knees, where it proceeded to bounce up & down, bouncing on the ground & hitting him in the chin several times before it bounced off. E. Gadd saw it all, & was now certain of it. Calloway was cheating. It had a remote control device on the ball, & was using it to keep Grimwood from scoring anymore points. However, because Mario ate the remote, he no longer had the evidence he needed to have Calloway disqualified, so he had to hope Mario wouldn't hiccup at the wrong moment. Later, after several more points were made for both the schools, Winnie went to serve. She tossed the ball into the air, & smacked it, sending it sailing over the net.
"Aaaoooooooooo!!" She howled. Baxter & Tuck tried to hit the ball, but they both missed it, falling on top of each other as the ball bounced off the ground, scoring a goal for Grimwood. The disembodied hand placed a 16 next to Grimwood's name on the scoreboard, making the score 16-17. Later still, after more scores made, Grunt was up to make the serve.
"All the way with Calloway!" Grunt called, serving the ball, Tanice tried to hit the ball back, but couldn't reach it in time, causing it to hit the ground, scoring Calloway a point. The disembodied hand placed an 18, then a 19, next to Calloway's name on the scoreboard, tying up the game. Colonel Calloway stared excitedly at the trophy clutched in his hands.
"2 more points, men!" He shouted in delight. "The victory is ours!" Tuck got ready to serve the ball.
"Yeah, we can beat these girls without military assistance." He said as he served the ball. The ball sailed over Baxter's head.
"Wow!" Baxter said in awe, watching the ball fly over him. Elsa then immediately spiked the ball, causing it to hit Calloway's side of the field so hard it drove itself deep into the ground. "What a spike!" Baxter said in amazement. Prof. E. Gadd noticed the ball was buried, &, remembering they couldn't finish without it, looked over at Mario, & punched him a little in the stomach, causing him to hiccup. Toad's chair then began to shake.
"What the?" He said, shaking, before the ball burst out of the ground right underneath him, coming up so fast it launched Toad & the chair into the air.
"That ball is out of bounds!" Colonel Calloway shouted, pointing at the ball. The chair then came back down, in 1 piece. Toad then pointed to the field.
"But it hit IN first, Colonel." Toaad pointed out. "Grimwood's ball."
"Grimwood! Grimwood! Grimwood!" Mario cheered, waving 2 blue flags. Matches, who came up next to Mario, breathed fire on 1 of the flags, incinerating it. Mario took notice that his flag was missing, & looked at it.
"Huh?" He said in surprise. He then looked down at Matches, & got an angry look on his face. "Hey!" He shouted, placing his fists on his hips. Matches just laughed at it. Meanwhile, a Venus Spytrap watched the game going on, seeing the Grimwood Girls in action.
"AWWOOOOOO!!" Winnie howled as she got on Elsa's shoulders & returned an oncoming ball. The ball hit Miguelle, knocking him into Jamal, knocking them both to the ground.
"Agh!" Miguelle grunted.
"Ugh!" Jamal grunted.
"Eh huh, those girls are strong Revolta." The Creeper commented, pointing at the screen.
"Just like their parents, Creeper." Revolta said. "But soon, I will be more powerful than all of them." Back at the game, the score was now 20-20, the disembodied hand placed a 20 next to Grimwood's name on the scoreboard, putting Grimwood ahead on the score.
"Alright, girls." Luigi said to the girls on the field. "This is it. This next-a point could decide the game, so we gotta make it-a work." He then handed the ball to Sybella. "Serve up a good-a hit, Sybella." Luigi said.
"You bat I will." Sybella said. Meanwhile, the Calloway Cadets were placing a jet pack on Grunt's back.
"This jet pack will set you up to spike that serve, Grunt." Tuck said.
"My pleasure." Grunt commented. "I'll pulverize 'em." Sybella threw the ball high into the air &, as it came down, turned into a bat & serves it. Grunt came up in the jet pack & spiked the ball back. "Take that, ya bat!" The ball was flying straight for Grimwood ground.
"I can't reach it!" Tanice shouted as she ran toward the ball, which was inches from the ground.
"I can't-a look!" Mario shouted, covering his eyes. Luigi started nervously chewing on his hat, not liking the outcome of this 1 bit. Prof. E. Gadd however, saw the jet pack on Grunt's back. Upon seeing it, the professor got a rather cross look on his face. If the Calloway Cadets weren't going to play fair, they shouldn't win. He got ready to hit Mario's stomach again, when Mario then hiccupped. The ball stopped right before hitting the ground, flying right back up at Grunt, hitting him in the face, & bouncing off each Calloway Cadet's head before hitting the ground on Calloway's side of the field, scoring the point for Grimwood that had ended the game. Toad pointed over at the ball & Colonel.
"The ball's out Colonel." He said. "& so are you. Grimwood wins the game." Indeed, the disembodied hand placed a 21 next to Grimwood's name on the scoreboard, making the final score Grimwood – 21, Calloway – 20. Grimwood was extatic, running over to Luigi & picking him up, & carrying him back to Grimwood, cheering.
"You were fangtastic, coach." Sybella commented.
"Aw, come on, girls." Luigi commented. "You were the ones-a out there playing." Meanwhile, Miss Grmwood walked over to Colonel Calloway.
"I believe we get the trophy this year, Colonel Calloway." Miss Grimwood commented. The Colonel however, clutched the trophy tightly.
"There must be some mistake." He said. "I won't hand it over!" However, the disembodied hand then floated over & grabbed the trophy, pulling on it from Colonel Calloway's clutches, before Colonel Calloway finally released it, allowing the disembodied hand to give it to Miss Grimwood.
"Thank you, Colonel." Miss Grimwood said, then turned to a recently shown-up Tanice. "Here, Tanice." Miss Grimwood said, handing Tanice the trophy. "For your mummy case."
"Thanks, Miss Grimwood." Tanice said, very happily. The Calloway Cadets however, were in another boat.
"I don't get it." Tuck said. "We has the tactics."
"We had the strategy." Jamal said.
"We had the equipment." Miguelle said.
"But we still lost." Grunt said.
"Affirmative." Baxter replied. Colonel Calloway raised a finger to get his cadets' attention.
"No moping, men." He said. "The Calloway Cade says "Retreat with dignity."." However, Prof. E. Gadd overheard this. Then, chuckling to himself, decided to exact a bit of retribution against Calloway for cheating. So, he punched Mario in the stomach a little bit, causing him to hiccup, activating the remote still inside him, & causing the ball to bounce up & hit Colonel Calloway in the butt. Colonel Calloway lost his balance & ended up sitting on the ball, taking an involuntary ride on the ball as it bounced off, with him still sitting on it.
"Wooaaahh!!" Woooooooaaaaaahh!!" Colonel Calloway wailed as he rode off on the ball. Prof. E. Gadd laughed a little at this, wishing he had a camera to capture this hilarious moment. The Calloway Cadets watched Colonel Calloway as he retreated without any dignity.
"Looks like the Calloway code just got broken." Tuck said.
"Double affirmative." Jamal commented, doing a little shrug.