The Hockey Player

8

The rest of the week was pretty normal. School was brutal and the play was coming along pretty well but Mr.Carol was getting more nervous as the play was soon coming up, making him not fun to be around. Luis would walk Nyx to practice every day. He would flirt but quickly stop.

Late Friday night, Nyx was in her room, doing some homework, when she heard taps in her windows. Corinne likes to come over late at night. She walked over to discover Corinne but she wasn't alone. She had Russ with her. Nyx opens the window, crossing her arms. "Do I even want to know?" Nyx asked. Corinne sheepishly smiles at her. "You going have to know, '' Corinne respond, climbing in with Russ.

Nyx sits in her bed, waiting for them to start talking. "To be fair, I told Corinne not to tell you because you seem more like innocent" Russ input making Corinne hit his arm. "But being your best friend. I know you better. I know that you would be into helping us." Corinne looked at Nyx. "If your plan is foolproof and we don't get caught then I'm in but I'm not killing anyone." Nyx stated.

"Now what revenge are you doing now?" Nyx asks, looking at them. "Varsity put a fast one on us. They told us that it's an Eden Hall tradition. Varsity got to treat the freshmen to dinner." Russ was explaining but stopped because Nyx snorted. "Really? And you believe them?" Nyx wondered. "I told them the same thing" Corinne said but looked back to Russ. "Anyways, they dump us with the check and we just waste two hours cleaning for the bill" Russ finished.

Nyx rolled her eyes. "So what's your plan now?" she asked. "We're going to show them some successful societal structure." Russ finished the last part with a posh tone, smirking. Nyx just stared at him before saying. "English please" Russ just smiled, rubbing his hands. "Brazilian Fire Ants".

Nyx looked at Corinne , who gave her a hopeful smile. "And where do I come in?" Nyx wonders. "We need you to be our plan B. If this goes south then Dean Buckley likes you best" Russ replied.

Nyx just looked up,hoping that she was just having a weird dream. At last, she wasn't. "Fine, count me in" Nyx stood up, grabbing her bag and climbing out of the window.

When she hit the ground, she found the ducks waiting but once seeing her. They quietly cheer. "Thanks for the assist," Charlie bows. Nyx just rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah, I'm the greatest" Nyx waved off before being more filled in on the plan.

That night inside a varsity dorm room, Rick and Scott were snoring away peacefully as the junior varsity commandos set their plan in motion.

Kenny, Averman, Julie, and Fulton tiptoed down the hallway. At each room they ran a clear plastic tube under the door.

Outside, Corinne, Luis and Nyx were looking out in case Dean Buckley showed up like he is known for.

Connie and Guy performed surveillance: They were huddled high up in an oak tree that offered a perfect view of the varsity dorm.Guy peered through a pair of binoculars. Periodically he radioed instructions into a handheld walkie-talkie to the tube runners inside. "Little to the left,"  Guy orders. "How's it look to you, Cowboy?" Guy ask Dwayne

On the grounds outside the dorm, Dwayne sat astride a horse "borrowed" from the equestrian team. He surveyed the scene with a telescope. "All secure,I'll go check the other side." he barked into his walkie-talkie.

Meanwhile, inside the dean's office, Charlie and Russ crept stealthily over to the ant farm "Be careful," warned Russ as they watched a trail of hungry ants march single file into the sack. "They're not called fire ants for nothing."  "Are you sure he's not going to notice they're missing?" Charlie asked nervously. "I doubt he keeps a head count," Russ replied. Charlie started the vacuum.

In the parking lot outside the varsity dorm room,Cole jammed his hands in his pockets and walked across the lawn toward the varsity dorm. He grew suspicious at one point, however, and peered over his shoulder. He almost screamed. A horse was staring down at him.

"You a stray calf?" Dwayne smirked "What the?" Cole looks confused at what is happening.  Dwayne started to swing his lasso. "You know," he told Cole as he tipped his hat back, "it would be a heck of a lot more fun if you ran." Cole finally clued into what was happening and broke into a run.

he shouted as he ran. Dwayne smiled broadly and scrunched down his hat. "YEEHAW!" he shouted as he galloped after Cole and flung out his rope. He lassoed Cole.

Cole struggled and stumbled and fell to the ground. Dwayne sprang off his horse and hog-tied him in seconds flat.He waved his hat to the imaginary crowd.

In the hallway inside the varsity dorm Charlie was handing out final instructions. Julie looped a cord around each doorknob. Then she yanked the cord tight. She gave Charlie the thumbs-up signal. Charlie nodded.

Outside Connie spoke excitedly into a walkie-talkie. "Release the hungry fellows."

While with Corinne, Nyx and Luis. Luis couldn't help but admire Nyx in her outfit. "You know you look good in black." Nyx snorted at his random comment. "Really?" Luis just smiles and nods. "Got to break the ice". Nyx looked over at Corinne who just hid her giggles.

Inside the tube in Rick's room, ants ran up under his sheets and up his leg. Outside in the hallway Fulton aligned the tube along the funneled lip of the sack. He grinned and nodded as he watched the hungry ants running along the tube. The same procedure was repeated at each door.

Inside his room Rick stirred restlessly. He scratched. And scratched harder. He awakened, then threw back his sheets. "AHHHHHH!" All down the hall the freshmen could hear screaming and doors struggling to be yanked open.

Finally Charlie brought down his hand and all the other ropes instantly fell away. The doors all flew open simultaneously and the jocks tumbled backward into their rooms. Finally the jocks escaped into the hallway, where the junior varsity was waiting dressed in full black.

"ARGHHHH!!!!" they shouted as they charged like a herd of stampeding bulls down the hallway. The jocks, hopping up and down, were too busy itching and scratching to protect themselves. They tumbled like pins in a bowling alley.

The Ducks laugh at their pain. Rick managed to reach Charlie. "You think you're funny," he snarled. "You think you're worth a damn? You're just white trash." "Who are you calling white trash?" Russ questioned poking his head out. "We'll take you on anywhere," Charlie promised Rick. "Anytime." "Tomorrow. Dawn." Then Rick ran screaming down the hall, scratching the whole way with the rest of Varsity.

Once the Duck came out victorious. They started to walk around. "Oh we're so beating them tomorrow" Russ declared, pumping his fist out in the air. "And you think that's a good idea." Nyx questioned looking at them. "Why not? We need to show them that we won't be pushed around" Dwayne said. "Yeah but you also need to be smart about it." Nyx replied. "They're preppy but they're not dumb.You have a game tomorrow afternoon, you need to focus on that"

"Well we can't back out now. We need to commit" Fulton spoke up. "Well be smart tomorrow and tell us how it goes. Don't be stupid" Nyx stopped in front of them. "We will. Thanks for the assist" Kenny said, looking at Nyx and Corinne. The two girls nod and start to walk towards Nyx's house.