At the high school David could not focus. He sat in on lectures often abruptly leaving to let go of tear pressure. He suffered alone until Dora intercepted him. She could see him leaning against the wall down the hall from far away. She was prepared to tease him.

"Wooow, look at that. A David hanging around outside of class? Are you trying to look cool, or did you suffer a loss of habitat?" Dora teased him as she walked over.

David had his arms crossed and hung his head low. He looked away from her hiding his eyes. Dora was confused.

"Hello! Anybody in there!?" Dora pretended to knock on his head without touching him.

"Knock it off," David lightly pushed her arm away. His squeaky tone surprised her.

"You alright hot shot?" She asked taking him more seriously.

"It's none of your business," David sounded congested this time. He didn't want to cry in front of Dora, but it seemed he was already caught in the act.

"No offense, but you look horrible. What happened?! This isn't like you!" Dora exclaimed.

"Ball's g-gone-" David said it swiftly in order to get it out of his mind quickly.

"Ball's gone?! Like… -like dead?" Dora held her hand up to her mouth.

David gasped twice and turned away even more

"How?" Dora was in shock.

"She w-w-was trapped in mY bodY, s-so I had to g-give heR soul… back to Johnson," He choked.

"Oh David," Dora sighed, "... What are we gonna do?"

It was quiet.

"... -gonna dO?" David didn't think about the options he had as much as he should. The sudden opportunity began to rise something in him.

"You know what! It's about tIme! *breathes* people get.. what they deServe!" David pointed at nothing for emphasis.

"Yeah! Uh, who's to blame?" Dora asked him.

"Well the Principal didn't mean us harm, *snif* Diggs was just trying to get me to see stuff, but I was stupid stubborn abOut it, so when this is all over you can lock me in a box for as long as yoU like.. because I'm guilty too. But the most guilty one is JOSIE.
We need to make the prank happen. She's going to think it's a prank but it's actually justice. I'm just gonna beat her up, ok! And after that, I'm -I'm gonna go right to Johnson, and force him to bring Ball back!"

"What if he doesn't?" Dora asked.

David made a face that would sob if it made any sound.

"Where's your tennis ball?" Dora knew why he hit it against the wall so often.

"It's in my bAg.. I didn't wanna draw attention to myself with it," David covered his face again.

"You should go home if you don't want attention. You're a meme crying. I'm surprised you haven't ended up on someone's story with the caption 'They took it too seriously this time'," Dora wished she could laugh at her imagery, but wanted to focus on David instead.

"I think I will go home," He looked at her right in the eye, "But we need to do the prank tonight! She needs to understand what she's caused!" David's face was a little red.

"Alright then," Dora texted someone.

A minute later a door in the hall opened. Gabby Stück walked over to them with David's backpack.

"Have you like, seen Tiff?" Gabby asked giving the bag over, "She like, hasn't texted me, and she isn't at school either!"

Dora shrugged and tapped Gabby's shoulder.

"I'm sure she's fine. Maybe she was grounded," Dora suggested.

"I like, guess… Hey David," Gabby looked over at him, but David stayed silent. Without saying anything more Gabby left.

Dora tuned to give David his backpack. He took it, said 'thanks,' and walked off.

By the afternoon the prank had already begin to go underway. David, Dora, and the good day bad day club had gathered in the schools basement. Lit up by LED camp lamps the club sat on the floor. David ranted over the DJ table as they all glazed their eyes over.

"-Yoou! All need to be focused! This is a really delicate prank, and it's for Ball! Who is DEAD BECAUSE OF JOSIE'S ABUSE! Ball was not now, or ever was, a space alien! SHE WAS A FRIEND, a-a masterpiece! And a true earthling," David crossed his arms.

"What are we even doing though," A club member asked.

"Performing justice!" David shook his fist.

Dora walked up next to him.

"We're going to lock Josie in the school so David can beat her up," She explained.

"It like, serves her right. She has been acting like a real high honcho keeping Agren glued to her side," Gabby said. Her pal Tiffany was nowhere to be seen.

"She has also been spreading rumours," Dora explained.

"How can we trust David not to kill her?" Another club member asked.

David was upset by this.
"This is payback not murder! It's mostly for scare and less of a beating. I'm a reasonable human being, I don't murder," David leaned on the DJ table with one arm while emoting with the other.

"You're a petty human being who thinks you're more qualified than other people. In your emotional state I would assume you'd be ok with murder, but I'm just going to assume you're better than that for now," Dora picked her nose. Her phone suddenly lit up with a text message. She took the device out of her pocket and quickly read it over.

"Josie's in the building," She said looking at David. The club members started to get up. They looked to Dora for guidance.

"How did you get her here?" David was surprised. He stood up straight.

"Let's just say 'a scientist from Area 51' wanted to meet her here," Dora said. She turned to the club, "Lock all the exits silently! She's in the science wing headed for the auditorium!"

The Good Day Bad Day got to work. At the same time David put on a cloak and an expensive hard plastic Bull head. He didn't want to be recognized, but they didn't have time to make a proper costume. Just the interesting, but unfitting bull head lying around.

Doesn't matter. This appearance will still radiate the same amount of spooky. As spooky as a bull could be…. or a minotaur…
I'm dressed as the grim minotaur with a baseball bat.

To have an advantage in the fight David brought a metal bat with him. He run his hand over the bat thinking about what he was going to use it for.

What am I even doing? This isn't going to solve anything…

He sighed and slid his hand up to the top of the bat.

But it will. Nothing will stop Josie if I don't, and nobody will stop Josie but me.

Out in the dark halls of the high school David stalked the corridors. He knew Josie was headed to the auditorium, so that was where he was going too.

It was strange seeing the lifeless classrooms. David wondered to himself if there would ever be a time when students wouldn't ever come back to these rooms.

Then it would have to be the last time the building was used, or students just suddenly stopped being a thing.

The phone in his pocket buzzed.

Irritated, David took his phone out of his pocket. The light burned in his eyes as they focused on a new text.

'There's someone else in the building,'

The voiceless threat shrunk his spirit. It was incredibly difficult to see out of the bull mask. He snapped his face away from his phone and scanned everywhere. He put his phone to sleep to keep the light low. Afterwards he took large slow steps forward as he tried to be as quiet as possible.

The whole situation was reminding him of the dream him and Ball had. His thoughts darted to Diggs. She tended to seem like she could predict the future.

I hope this isn't the case for me...

David tried to control his heavy breathing. His hands started to tingle with a little burning sensation. His visage heated up under the mask.

He felt more and more ridiculous the longer her was in fear, but continued this way anyway. His teeth chattered as he held his bat closer.

When he turned the corner to the auditorium hall he spotted Josie. She was looking around for the 'area 51 scientist'. Something sorta snapped in David's mind. At first he was unsure, but he started to think about Ball's absence. Afterward something else came up making him tremble. Was it the fear? Was it the fight? He didn't care.

Josie caught David in her line of sight. She stared directly at him as if she was a deer in headlights.

"Are you from area 51?" Josie asked quickly.

"...I'm from none-of-your-business land!" He screeched pointing his bat at her, "And I'm going to take justice into my own hands! You have brought nothing but mAlice down onto Ball. Mental pain that canNOT be erased!" He started to walk towards her.

"Chill out-"

David struck a locker with the bat.

"AH!"

Sparks from the bat fried free. David didn't think anything of it, and continued to walk towards her.

"What are you doing!?" Josie yelped. She walked backwards, knowing that if she ran he too would follow.

David did not respond. He raised his bat and swung. He missed hitting the locker again. At the same time Josie jumped and ran down the hall. She tried to open an outdoor exit, but couldn't get it to open. David dashed over and swung at her shoulder. The hit struck and burned with a lightning strike. Josie yelped out. She fell to the ground and folded up.

David was going to kick her, but he suddenly found himself being lifted off the ground.

He flailed his arms and turned around.

Johnson had lifted David up by the scruff of the shirt under his cloak.

"YOU!" David screamed. He swung at Johnson's head. Johnson threw him to the ground before he could properly strike.

"Pfft! Some- NERVE, coming over here!" David shouted laying on his back. He rolled over to get up. Josie in the background now was trying to open the same door.

"How do they even lock these from the inside!?" She hiss whispered to herself.

"David stop this," Johnson looked over at him, "You have to come with me,"

"Oh yeah?" David swung his bat at him again. Johnson intercepted the bat by walking up to David and grabbing it mid swing.
He screeched trying to hold onto it. It burned him.

"David you're ill," Johnson said holding his burned hand. David held his bat up and dashed towards him.

"YOUR-BODY-AND-SOUL-ARE-AT-A-DISAGREEMENT!" Johnson put his arms up and stumbled back.

David stopped his attack. He remembered the phrase.

"How do YOU know about THAT?!" David pointed the bat at him. Sparks started to rush out of the bat and jump around the hall.

Johnson could see Josie put her hands on her head in stressful confusion behind David.

"DAVID! You're all electricity! STOP!" Johnson panicked.

"What!?" David looked at the bat and focused more. He dropped it, stunned, "Ahhh UHAAAHH… AHHH!" He trembled.

"Please just calm down. I've been electrocuted to death at least 5 times and it's not fun," Johnson said.

"I never wanted to kill anybody!" David panicked. He put his hands close together. A electrical current jumped out of one hand and into the other. He couldn't stop staring at it.

From behind him Josie used the baseball bat to strike David in the back of the head. He turned around but then collapsed, unconscious.

"Ha!" Josie squaked.

Johnson took a blue orb out of his pocket. As hard as he could he chuckled it into Jose's face. On impact it exploded into a blue mist, causing Josie to stand stiff. She stared blankly forward.

"Perfect throw.." Johnson said to himself. Josie continued to stand stiff.

Johnson looked down at David. He sighed and kneeled over, trying to gently take his bull mask off. Once it slipped under his head, he pulled it free.

Johnson put his finger under under David's nose to check if he was breathing. He hummed to himself for a few seconds before determining that he was still breathing. After that Johnson checked the lad's pulse by putting his pointer finger over his jugular.

While he hummed to himself in a more panicked tone he looked up at Josie. She was blankly looking at him, but she still had moved her eyes just to gaze at him. It gave off an intimidating aura that reminded Johnson of how Ball felt towards Josie.

She was tall, relentless, and was socially powerful. For now she was under Johnson's control, but the feeling still remained in tact.

I'm not here to hurt you.

It was something Ball would've thought.

How could he not.
Johnson was sitting on the ground with his body flashing a fight or flight response, while at the same time he was being stared down by Josie herself.

If only you'd told me sooner of how you felt.
If only I had cared sooner…

"Let's go," Johnson commanded Josie. Using David's long cloak, he dragged the lad a long way to the entrance. Josie goose stepped to follow him.

At the door Johnson discovered it was locked.

Strangely, Tiffany Eisenhower was outside looking at her phone at the other side of the door. Johnson knocked on the door asking to let him out. Tiff turned her head, and casually paced over to the door. She used a key to open it, as that is what you do when somebody is behind any locked door at school.

"Thank," He said. Tiff held the door open as Johnson dragged David's unconscious body to the sidewalk. Josie stepped one foot at a time behind them.

"Am I too late? Is the prank over?" Tiff asked.

"Pretty much. You a part of the club?" Johnson asked casually.

"Yeah…. Look, I don't know what happened! I just woke up in the middle of nowhere and I'm getting all these texts about a prank tonight. I'm pretty sure I blanked on whatever happened yesterday. I even woke up with a tattoo, no joke. Uhg! my parents are gonna kill me," Tiff had panic in her tone. It sounded like Johnson was the first person she had vocally talked to about this.

"You got a tattoo?" Johnson veered away from his David and Josie task to take on another.

"Yeah. Tee bee aech it's not a horrible tattoo, probably cause I picked it, but the whole question of how I got it is freaking me out," Tiff half-heartedly showed the scientist the 'tattoo' under her left forearm. It was yellow green and silver forming what looked like a circuitry. Johnson only needed to look at it for a moment to understand what it was, but not exactly what it did.

"That's not a tattoo," Impulsively, Johnson squatted to check David's breathing again.

"..It's not?" Tiff looked at it again. She tried to wash as much street lamp light on it as possible. Johnson stood up and walked around David. He grabbed the lad's cloak and continued to drag him to his car.

"Yep. You shouldn't worry about it though. Just don't be a moron and you'll be fine," Johnson didn't know what the thing did, but he knew where it came from.

"Pfft! Why would I ever be a moron? If you knew me you'd know I'm quite the opposite mr…?" Tiff looked him right in the face.

"Johnson, Drake Johnson," He said. He left David on the sidewalk as he unlocked his car doors. Josie just watched without saying anything.

"Aren't you, Ball's dad?" Tiff asked him. Johnson chuckled.

"I'm more like dad number 3 on her list. On my list she's my alter ego number 42," He said smiling to himself.

"How can you have 42 alter egos?"

"Well I don't have em all right now. Fun fact, one of my alter egos is your mom's friend Sam. I was only Sam for 3 days, and now I absolutely hate Macy's,"

"Ok…" Tiff walked up to Josie, "Is Ball an alien, or is that just a rumor?" She asked.

"Ball is a lot of things, but she's not an alien… If by alien you mean an extra terrestrial…" Johnson thought back to how he first met Ball. With her memories he reminisced about her first moments of life. It weighed on him like a large sigh. It seemed all the magic that entailed 'coming to be' had been wasted, tainted by the real world.
The wonders of the wilderness put aside just to survive.

The wonder of the wilderness put aside just to survive.

Johnson squeezed his eyes shut in a hard grimace towards the floor.

It reminded him of himself.

Science to him before was a way to discover, understand and create. But now it was about breaking points, politics and torture. There didn't seem to be much of a way out for him... at least for his body.

Johnson hastily dragged David into the back of his car. He then walked around him and shut the door. Swiftly he went right up to Josie and clapped loudly at her face.

Josie took a double take and focused on the one clapping at her.

"Drake Johnson!" She exclaimed. Johnson gave Tiff a look before looking back at Josie.

"Looks like you blanked there for a moment, -uh, I would really encourage you to keep what was discussed here a secret if you want any further involvement K? That isn't asking for much is it?" Johnson said.

"UH, no-" Josie said.

"Good, good. So sorry about what happened with the 73 45 and your shoulder. Really won't happen again. You can lie about it right?" Johnson put his hands together.

"Yu- yeah. I can… lie about my shoulder," Josie said dumbfounded. Johnson felt like laughing at this weak behaviour, but couldn't to keep up with his lie.

"Alrighty! Well It's late so I'll see you soon then," Johnson walked over to his car. Just before he sat in the driver's seat he waved to her.

"Oh, and Tiff? Don't worry about that tattoo! My uncle does tattoo removals! I'll even get it done for free in no time at all!" Johnson did finger guns before hopping into his car and driving off.

The 2 girls were left to stand.

"You have a tattoo?" Josie asked Tiff after Johnson was gone.