Chapter 5

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Friday night. Hans groans sitting down in his chair, and turns on the radio.

 At the rink. The Hockey Announcer, Josh speaks; "It appears the entire school has turned out to see the once Mighty Ducks, I mean, rather, the, um, Eden Hall Warriors battle with the Blake freshman Bears". The school band plays music and the crowd cheers. Dean Buckley and Tom Riley, sit next to board members and other alumni, in their own section of the stands. "They better be damn good if they hope to stay" Tom Riley says. "Relax, Tom, it's in the bag" the Dean assures. Another board member walks over to them. "Alan, just in time".  At the bench Orion speaks to the team "Gather around. Let's go. Hustle up. Come on. All right, think defense. All right, hands in. Here we go". The Ducks start quaking; "Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Qua-". "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! What the hell's that? Knock that off! All right, "Go, team'' on two. Here we go, one, two". The Ducks, Apathetically; "Go, team".  "All right, come on" Orion says. ""Go, team.'' How fuckin original" Charlie says, rolling his eyes. "Just get in the game, Charlie" Averman says. "Let's do it, Charlie" Fulton says smiling. 

"Point of fact, Charlie Conway is not wearing the traditional captain ""C''. He's been this team's captain since they played in District Five. I guess Coach Orion's making a statement" Josh announces. The crowd cheers as Charlie skates to his position. Charlie wins the faceoff and scores. The ref blows his whistle and siren blares. The crowd cheers. Casey Conway yells from the stands; "Get 'em, Charlie!". "What did I tell you?" Buckley says to Tom Riley. "That's my Ducks!" Hans cheers at home. The Ducks are cheering and whooping. "All right, knock off the celebration! Act like you've scored before, huh?" Orion yells. 

The game resumes. At the other end of rink Julie yells; "Come on, guys, give me something to do". "Pass it over here, man! Ladies and gentlemen, it's knuckle-puck time!" Russ announces. He shoots and the puck hits the Blakes goalie right in the face. Another duck shoots it in. The Crowd Cheers. The ref blows his whistle and the Siren Blares. "Yeah, knocked him out" Russ cheers. 

"Hey, ref. You know, you can call this thing now, and we can all get home in time to see Melrose" Goldberg says from behind the bench. "Go, Luis, go, go!". Luis is skating towards the goal with the puck. "He can't stop! He's got no brakes!" one of the ducks yells. "I can't stop!" Luis yells as he jumps over the net and rams into the wall. The other Ducks skate over to him. "Man, that was fresh" Russ says. "You scored! You scored, Luis! It was fucking amazing!" Connie says. They pick up Luis. "Are you okay?" Dwayne asks. "I love our team" Luis says as he falls back down. "Oh shit, I guess not" Russ says. 

The game continues, more goals are scored. On the other side of the rink, Julie is bored. "I'm down here. Why don't you take a shot at me? I'm so bored!". Fulton scores a goal. Back on the bench; "Yo, Russ, you got to teach me how to talk some trash" Kenny says. "It can't be taught, Kenny, man. I mean, it's got to be the first thing that comes to your mind. You just got to go for it. Try it" Russ says. "Okay. Hey, ref, you--" Kenny tries. "Uh-uh, shh. Pick another target" Russ covering his mouth. "Hey, number 44, you, you, you, you play, you play-- You don't play real good" Kenny says. "Yeah, right" 44 says, rolling his eyes. "Shorter, man. Get to the point" Russ tells Kenny. "Hey, number nine, bite me!" he says as 9 passes the bench and pushed Kenny down. Russ laughs; "Now we're getting somewhere". The Ducks score again. At the Ducks net; "Fulton scored, Fulton scored, I am really bored, Fulton's great, Fulton's great, A year ago, he couldn't even skate" Julie sings. Charlie scores another goal. "At the end of two, it's Eden Hall nine, Blake zero" Josh announces. "That's my Ducks" Hans says at home. The DEAN looks over at Tom Riley; "I think we're witnessing the birth of a dynasty, Tom". 

The final period starts. "Relax. It's over, baby" Luis says to a Blake player. The Ducks have gotten cocky, which makes the other team mad. The Blake Bears score. "We'll give you one" one of the Ducks say. "All right, change it up. Mendoza, Robertson" Coach yells from the bench. The Bears score again. "Where's defense! Moreau, Conway, change it" Coach yells. Charlie faceoff with a Bear. "Make him make the first move, Conway!" Orion yells. Charlie makes the first move and the Bears score. Charlie breaks his stick against the net. "Two minutes, unsportsmanlike. Let's go, son, to the box! Come on" the ref says, trying to lead Charlie to to box. "What? Are you fucking blind?" Charlie yells. "To the box, let's go" the ref says. "You decide to take the whistle out now? Give me a fuckin' break!" Charlie yells. "Now, is that sportsmanship?" Tom Riley says to Buckley. "Get in the box. unsportsmanlike conduct" the ref says as Charlie gets in the box. "Unsportsmanlike, I'll fucking show you unsportsmanlike" Charlie says angrily as he throws off his helmet.

 "Oh, my, Conway is really hot. He'll get two for unsportsmanlike conduct. Where has the Warriors' defense gone this period?" Josh announces. "Charlie, calm yourself. Play the game" Hans says at home. "Gaffney! Goldberg, change it!" Coach yells. "Me? Uh, yeah, Coach, comin' right up!" Goldberg says. Goldberg fails and the Bears score again. "You telling me my youngest boy isn't good enough to play for this team?" Tom says to Buckley. "In a last ditch effort, Blake is pulling their goalie. Thirty left, and the Warriors are desperately trying to hang on. Conway's out of the box and skating hard" Josh announces. "Clear it, Charlie, clear it! Pass it here, Charlie. Come on, Charlie!" Averman yells. "Do it, Charlie! Pass it. Over here, Charlie!" Dwayne yells. The Ducks are yelling at Charlie. "We already won!". "Charlie, no! No!". "Oh, no".   "Come on, where's the "D''?" Orion says. The Bears score and the buzzer goes off. "Oh, there goes the buzzer. This game is over. A very disappointing tie for the Eden Hall Warriors. They opened their cabin door and let those Blake Bears climb right in" Josh announces. 

~❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~

The Ducks walk in to the locker room. "The guy fucking hooked me, all right?" Charlie says angrily. "We didn't need anymore goals" Kenny says. "Hey, listen, I was fucking trying to win it!" Charlie yells. "Well, mission unaccomplished, Charlie" Averman says. "We let down, simple as that" Guy says, trying to calm everyone. "Hey, you let down. I played hard" Connie yells. "Yeah, man, no heart" Luis says passing Guy. "What the fuck are we playing for anyway? Some shitty school, the fuckin alumni? I mean, the fuckin Warriors? What the fuck are we now?" Charlie yells. "Look, man! We're on scholarship. I'm staying" Russ snaps at him. Fulton scoffs angrily; "Fine, sell-out". Russ gets in his face; "Bitch, who you the fuck are you calling a sell-out!". "Hey, get your hands off him!" Charlie yells pushing Russ. "Hold up, Charlie!" "Charlie, stop it!" Guy and Connie try to stop them.

 Orion walks in, holding a puck; "How long does it take to score a goal?". He throws the puck at the board behind them. "Less than a second! That means no lead is safe if you can't play defense! Now get this straight! I don't give a fuck how many goals you score. I want one number on your mind: zero, as in shutout". He looks around before continuing. He shouts loudly; "You got that? Practice, tomorrow morning, Got to get up early if you want to hunt goose eggs". he slams the door as he walks out. "Hey, who took my clothes?" Guy asks annoyed. They hear that the showers are on. They walk over. "They put our clothes-- Oh, shit" Kenny says sadly. "That answers your question, doesn't it?" Russ says annoyed. 

~❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀❀ꗥ~ꗥ❀ ❀ꗥ~

Orion is making his way out of the rink. Dean Buckley chases after him; "Ted. Ted. I know you're as disappointed in that tie as we are".  Orion stops and turns to him; "Actually, I'd have preferred a loss". "You're kidding, right, Coach?" Buckley says slightly chuckling. "Well, you learn a hell of a lot more from losing than from winning" Coach says. "We don't have time for learning. We need to win. They could lose their scholarships" Buckley says. "You're kidding, right, Dean?" Orion scoffs and walks away.  

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Long chapter, it literally took forever.  Anyway, hope you enjoyed it. :)

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