"Come on Omar. Give it all you got." Alexis says as she is watching Omar foot wrestle Craig.
"I'm trying." Omar says before Kelsey joins Craig in beating Omar.
"No one can defeat team two left feet!" Craig and Kelsey shout in union.
"Maybe but you got to beat a brother and sister duo first! Fight fair guys!" Alexis says as she joins Omar before the group hears a horn.
"It's Dodgeball Day." Alexis, Craig and Kelsey say in union.
"Dodgeball Day?" Omar asks confusedly.
"Dodgeball Day!?" J.P. shouts.
*Timeskip*
"Okay what exactly is happening here?" Omar asks confusedly as everyone is gathered at the playground.
"It's Dodgeball Day Omar." Alexis says as she looks at Omar.
"I know. But what is Dodgeball Day? Somebody please explain what's going on here." Omar says.
"Kids enter their names into a bowl and the two who get picked get to be team captains." Craig says.
"Now. Who's name shall I choose?" Eliza asks as she prepares to draw a name.
"It's definitely not gonna be me. I had to stay home and watch Jessica. So I missed sign-ups. We painted a picture. Wanna see?" Craig asks excitedly as he holds his phone.
"The first captain is... Craig. Big surprise. Thing's are all about Craig again!" Eliza says annoyedly as she draws Craig's name from the bowl.
"Me!? But how?" Craig asks in surprise.
"Well go on Craig." Alexis says as she looks at Craig.
"You were chosen by destiny herself to lead your team to victory!" Kelsey excitedly.
"Yeah. I'm destiny's child." Craig says as he smiles and goes forward.
"And the second team captain is... Jackie! Who's Jackie?" Eliza asks.
"Jackie? Wait." Alexis says as she stands near Craig.
"Yep. The Arm. He's the strongest thrower in the creek! I heard that he once threw a water balloon into the sun and it exploded. How am I supposed to compete with that!?" Craig asks in alarm as Jackie steps forward before waving at Craig.
"Craig." Alexis says.
"Oh right. Hello. So um who's gonna pick first?" Craig asks as Jackie gives a confused look and points to his ears.
"What the..." Omar says as he walks over to Alexis.
"Oh. You're deaf. Sorry I don't understand. Alexis?" Craig asks as he looks at Alexis after Jackie makes a bunch of gestures with his hands.
"Hey don't look at me. I know different languages but that is one I'm not familiar with. At least in understanding it anyway but that's sign language. Keun Sup tried to teach me but everytime we had the chance he and Jackie got called away by Xavier. So that is still one language that is complete jibberish to me." Alexis says as Jackie smiles at her and nods causing her to blush slightly.
"You're right. It is. And she's correct. Xavier kinda messed a bunch of things up for me and Jackie concerning Alexis. Also he said you can have first pick." Keun Sup says as he runs over to Craig before Jackie makes a gesture to Keun Sup.
"I don't need a translator to know that means thank you." Alexis says as Jackie nods.
"I gotcha dude." Keun Sup says as he runs away from Craig.
"I pick... Omar!" Craig says as he picks Omar to join his team before Jackie points to his pick of the kids.
"You're picking me?" Bobby asks happily before Jackie shakes his head and points again as everyone sees Maya.
"Maya. My old friend. She's here." Omar says as Maya walks over to Jackie.
"Oh boy. This will end well." Alexis says nervously.
"She's here! Maya's a beast! She once hit a ball into the sun and it exploded! How am I supposed to compete with that!?" Craig asks in alarm before he picks Alexis, Aggie, Toman and Eustace.
"And now for your final pick." Eliza says.
"Craig! Over here! Pick me." Bobby says excitedly.
"So Jackie is deaf. He truly can't hear anything?" Omar asks as he looks at Alexis.
"That's to my knowledge. He's always been that way." Alexis says.
"I feel bad for him." Omar says.
"Same. He'll never get to experience the wonderful sounds of the world." Alexis says as she looks at Jackie before he smirks at her causing her to blush and quickly look away.
"Not sure he got any wonders of the world with the king having always ruled over him and the other champions." Omar says.
"Yeah. It's pretty horrible. I know. I had to listen to them every time we all hung out together. But I won't argue too bad. They'd listen to me when I was having a rough time." Alexis says as she notices Jackie and Keun Sup staring at her before he quickly looks away.
"Bobby." Craig says as everyone sees him pick Bobby over a distraught Kelsey.
"B-B-Bobby?" Kelsey asks in disbelief.
"Yada, Yada, Yada. Jackie gets Kelsey. The teams are set!" Eliza says as everyone goes to their respecting teams.
*Timeskip*
"I can't believe I didn't see you!" Craig says in disbelief.
"You know what I can't believe Craig? You choosing everyone except me!" Kelsey says angrily.
*Timeskip*
"Dodgeball is bad for all! Dodgeball is bad for all!" J.P. shouts as kids are setting balls up.
"Oh. My bracelet." Alexis says as she puts a ball down only for her bracelet to fall off and be picked up by someone.
"Huh? Oh thank you." Alexis says as she sees Jackie picked before he hands it to her and tries communicating through gestures.
"Sorry I don't understand Jackie. I wish I did. Oh. Here. Maybe this can help when communicating to those who don't understand. I always carry a spare pen and pad on me." Alexis says as she gives Jackie a pen and pad before he gestures wanting to know if it's okay.
"Oh it's no problem. It's all yours. The least I can do for you picking up my bracelet. Call it a friendly welcome to our side gesture." Alexis says as she smiles at Jackie causing him to smile.
"Nice to see you're being somewhat friendly to us. We knew you'd come around." Keun Sup says as Jackie smiles and nods.
"Yeah. Don't push your luck. Remember I'm-" Alexis then gets cut off by Keun Sup.
"We know. Being tolerant of us. You can't deny you like our company. You miss us at least a little bit." Keun Sup says as he makes signs for Jackie causing him to smirk and nod in agreement.
"You're impossible." Alexis says annoyedly.
"Say what you want. We know you're just saying that." Jackie says as he writes on the notebook.
"Ugh." Alexis says as she rolls her eyes and goes over to Omar.
"To your sides. Let the slaughter begin!" Eliza shouts as the games begin.
"Whoa! That was close. You're a pretty good thrower Jackie. I'm impressed. Not often anybody can keep up with my agility. Definitely a step up from what I saw with you before. Let's say we turn it up a bit shall we?" Alexis asks as she is narrowly dodging attacks from Jackie before shifting to wolf form and dodging then much time his amazement as he starts making gestures.
"Huh? Sorry. I-oh. My wolf ability. I can move much faster like this. Let's see here. Sorry. Best I can do at the moment. Wanna get me out gotta keep up." Alexis says as she quickly draws what she said in the dirt with her claw before Jackie smiles at her as she continues dodging and throwing attacks at him by hitting balls with her tail.
"You know we miss seeing this side of you. Nice seeing you smiling again." Keun Sup says as he runs over and throws balls at Alexis only for her to dodge them and throw some back at him.
"Don't get used to it. Just having some fun." Alexis says.
"Yeah. So are we." Keun Sup says before a horn blows.
"As much as I've enjoyed watching you fools argue the time limit has been reaches. We have now entered Sudden Death. Commence with the bounce back protocol." Eliza says as she claps her hands.
"Huh? What's bounce back?" Aggie asks confusedly.
"Oh boy. Not good." Alexis says as she looks at the others.
"All you losers grab a ball and start chucking them at them!" Eliza shouts.
"Oh. Okay." Aggie says as the kids who got out begin picking up balls and start throwing them at the kids who are left in the game.
"Ah!" Alexis shouts in alarm as Keun Sup nearly hits her with a ball before preparing to attack her again.
"Nowhere to run Alexis. Sorry but you had it coming for getting me out and for ignoring me and Jackie since our argument with you." Keun Sup says as he throws a ball and misses due to Jackie tackling Alexis out of the way.
"You helped me? Duck!" Alexis shouts as she looks at Jackie before pulling him out of the way of a ball only for the two to two get hit right after before everyone sees Kelsey is the winner after Craig saves her.
"Kelsey is the winner but more importantly Craig is a loser!" Eliza shouts as Kelsey and Craig then soon make up from their earlier fight.
"Way to go Kelsey! You too Craig. You were a good captain." Alexis says as she goes over to Craig and Kelsey.
"Thanks Alexis." Craig and Kelsey say in union before Jackie comes over and make a bunch of hand gestures.
"Thank you!" Craig says excitedly before Keun Sup runs over.
"Pretty sure he just said he's gonna kick your butt." Keun Sup says as Jackie smiles.
"Well I look forward to a rematch." Craig says as he smiles.