"NICE TO SEE YOU BACK COACH" Ch.9

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During the off season Casey decided to officially adopt me.
So now my name is Niki Conway.
I haven't changed much, other than the fact that I got better at hockey and am more sarcastic.
I have had many more run in's with the hawks and McGill and Larson both missed when they caught me off guard after I finished practicing by myself.
Banks luckily hasn't tried anything, although I don't know how long that's going to last.
Me and Charlie watched Bombay on tv last week, when he got his injury.
The news said he was out for the season!
We don't know if he's coming back to see us but we are still hopeful he didn't forget all about us.
Now me and Charlie are sitting in our room. He's listening to music, I'm reading a magazine.
Suddenly out of nowhere. We heard something.
We both shot up to the sound of coach yelling to us.
"Hey Charlie, Niki!" Coach yelled.
"Hey, wanna play some hockey?" He asked smiling with his hands on his hips.
We didn't have to say anything we just threw on our rollerblades and our Ducks jersey and set off to find Jesse.
We found him playing street hockey with some high schoolers.
Charlie blew the duck call.
"Hey Charlie! Hey Niki!" Jesse yelled to us.
"Jesse were back!" He yelled and I motioned for him to come with us.
"Let's get Averman!" Jesse said and we started racing to the mall.
We stopped in front of the general cinema and Charlie blew the call again.
"Hey Averman Let's go!" Charlie yelled.
"Come on!" Jesse added.
"But-but-but—" He stammered. Then finally agreed and grabbed his rollerblades.
We all did tricks around the mall and Charlie took some old guys hat as we jumped over him.
"We got to get Connie and Guy!" Charlie yelled, and we skated to the dam where Connie told me she was going.
When we got there they were leaning in. Closer, closer, closer. Right when they were about to kiss Charlie blew the duck call, and they broke out of it as we stopped.
"Charlie!" I yelled hitting him on the shoulder.
He smirked at me and Averman yelled,
"The quack attack is back jack!"
"Come on Let's go!" Connie said putting on her skates.
"I was this close guys!" He said motioning that they were less than an inch away from kissing.
I skated next to Connie and we swerved through cones with Averman saying,
"Woah, woah, woah, woah." With every cone.
Then I giant crane thing came out of no where and everyone but me and Charlie went out of the way, so Charlie grabbed my hand and we jumped over it landing in a crouching position, but we landed it.
Everyone came up to us and Charlie wrapped his arm around me.
When we looked back we saw a guy covered in cement. So we started skating faster, screaming.
We rollerbladed to Goldberg's parents shop where he spent most of the day.
We stopped at the glass and Charlie called.
We all yelled "Goldberg!" And started mocking him from when he put his face on the glass of Bombay's window.
Me and Connie yelled,
"Come on!"
He smiled grabbing his rollerblades and came with us. We did tricks on the bridge. Then skated down a hill. Jumped through a fountain past Banks house watching him rollerblade around his driveway. I skated backwards.
He skated back the way came probably to his idiot hawk friends, and we skated through a park.
We saw McGill, Larson, Banks and King hiding behind some canoes.
Then we saw Fulton Come from the side and joined us as we formed the Flying V.
I noticed something shimmering in the light by the tree and Canoes where the Hawks were "hiding"
I whispered for everyone to Jump. And me and Charlie were the first ones over it.
I skated backwards smirking at the hawks. Who looked at me obviously pissed off.
We skated to Mickey's where coach told us to meet him and started rollerblading around him, chanting coach and acting like we were flying, I got in one leg bending down then popping up.
"Hey ducks, ready to fly?" Coach asked we all screamed "yeah".
"Nice to see you back coach" I said hugging him.
The we heard a limo honk.
"Can't be from this neighborhood." Jesse said and some guy popped out.
"Don tibbles, Hendrix hockey apparel. Anyone want a card?" He asked introducing himself.
"Yeah!" We all said and grabbed a card.
Bombay got in the limo.
We all met coach at the rink, in our uniforms.
"Alright tell me about my new kids." Bombay said clapping his hands together as me and Charlie skated on either side of him, with everyone else behind us.
I was still Bombay's hotshot player, and Charlie was his captain.
Our new teammates skated in front of us.
A girl in front, the rest were boys.
One boy skated up next to the girl.
I could recognize that uniform anywhere.
Adam Banks.
"That's Louis Mendoza, of our Miami club." Tibbles started as the cute boy put on his helmet looking at me.
Connie, Guy and Averman skated over towards me.
"Real speed skater. I clocked him 1.99 seconds blue line to blue line." Tibbles added.
We watched him as he skated around the ice.
"Good looking skater." I commented and Connie nodded.
"Very good looking, what do you think Guy?" Averman asked smirking at Guy.
"Shut up Averman!" Guy yelled and elbowed him in the stomach making him fall down.
"Just one minor problem." Tibbles said as Louis screamed falling into the boards.
I winced.
"Has a little trouble stopping." He finished.
"I'd say so." Goldberg said shaking his head.
"Don't worry, Niki is the fastest on the team and is good with her cuts. She'll help you." Bombay said to Louis as the rest of the new kids helped him up. Except Banks.
"I almost had it that time." Louis said with a little Accent looking at me.
"Niki raise your hand." Bombay told me.
I did as I was told and raised my hand.
"This is Niki, Louis. She can help you with stopping." Bombay added and I smiled at Louis who nodded.
"Ye haw! How's everyone? Y'all ready to play some puck!?" A boy said taking off his cowboy hat and throwing it towards me.
I skated forward and caught it, putting it on my head.
Jesse said something but I didn't hear him.
"That's Dwayne Robertson from Austin. Best puck handler I've ever seen." Tibbles said.
"You mean for his age right?" Bombay questioned.
"No I don't." Tibbles said shaking his head.
"Hey this is easier than Roping hogs!" Dwayne yelled.
"Wow!" Bombay cheered.
"There's Julie the cat Gaffney." Tibbles introduced the girl.
"She won the state championship for Maine, 3 years in a row." Tibbles added.
"Well we have a goalie. Goldberg." Bombay said motioning to Goldberg who was in the goal hitting himself in the head with his stick.
The new kids shot on him and made most of the goals.
Then Goldberg went into the splits and I had to skate over, help him up, and practically drag him back to the team. Where I let him go and skated back up to my position in the front of the group.
We watched Julie go and she saved all the goals but mine.
"Well, we could use a backup." Bombay gave in.
Then Ken Wu the Olympic figure skater came over.
Tibbles said they convinced him to play hockey somehow but I was tuned out and looking at Dwayne.
I skated out from the group with everyone looking at me and I took his hat off my head and placed it on his.
He was smirking and I smiled at him and turned around going back to my place.
Connie hit my arm and I looked at her innocently.
She was smirking big time, and I smiled looking down.
Then we all turned to a huge teen who had blasting music.
"Yeah, showtime." He said and grabbing his stick using it like a guitar.
"Don't you know that everything's on fire!" He sang out of tune.
Tibbles was explaining why we needed him.
He pushed over half of our team, grabbed Dwayne and said,
"Come on Tex sing it with me!"
He pushed over Charlie and I lost it.
I started skating up to him about to push him when he grabbed my waist and spun me around then skated off a few feet.
I was now standing next to Julie. We shared a look of disgust then he threw me and Julie each a stick saying, "here you go sweetie."
That's where the fighting began.
"And lastly. Adam Banks. He has an amazing shot and can trick out almost anyone." Tibbles said as Banks stood there looking at me.
"But he's the biggest ass hole I've ever met and I've met a lot of them." I added for Tibbles.
Then everyone started yelling at each other, and shoving each other.
Then Bombay called for a scrimmage. I took my spot at right wing and coach blew the whistle.
Jesse lost the puck and Banks came after me.
I faked him out and went after Dwayne. Getting the puck and skating down to Julie.
I shot it and it went right through her legs.
SCORE!
I didn't get the puck again the entire game and the Ducks were doing terrible.
Me and Charlie went after Portman who was behind our net and he just pushed us down easily into the back of our net.
"Ding, round one." Goldberg said from the other side of the net.
Then finally Fulton got the puck.
He stopped in the middle of the ice.
"Look out!" Bombay yelled.
"Look out it's Fulton!" Charlie yelled and everyone got out of the way except Portman and Banks.
Then Fulton shot it.
Portman got out of the way but Banks hadn't moved. He probably didn't know what was happening.
I sighed and skated as fast as I could tackling him to the ground. I heard the puck whisk past my right ear, then it hit the goal post.
I leaned up watching the puck then saw it hit Tibbles.
I got off Banks and helped him up. Then quickly skated towards Bombay and Charlie, leaving him behind.
Some woman was trying to wake up Tibbles and he finally woke up, talking about food.
"Hi I'm Miss Micay, their tutor." She introduced herself.
"Hi I'm Coach Bombay, their coach." He laughed.
"Who said we need a tutor?" Adam asked angrily.
"Yeah." Everyone surprisingly agreed.
"Yeah I don't need no school." Portman said not proving our point.
"Now Miss Micay, we're America's team here should we be concentrating on hockey? May I suggest optional attendance?" Goldberg suggested.
"Yeah." Everyone agreed.
Connie hit me and pointed towards Banks. He was looking at me.
"Well that's not a bad idea..." Miss Micay said pausing to get Goldberg's name.
"Call me Goldberg." He said.
"Goldberg! Yes school will be optional!" She said and we all cheered.
"However! However. Should you not attend. You will not be able to play." She added and I groaned kicked the wall behind me.
Everyone laughed.
Coach and Micay were talking and walking on the ice as me and Connie skated on it.
Then we heard a crash, and the ice machine came out from the wall.
Guy, Jesse and Fulton popped up.
"Oh my gosh, that was awesome." They we're talking.
They all stopped when me and Coach gave them "the" Look.
"Sorry" Fulton said
"Yeah sorry." Guy added.
"We're ok!" Jesse said shrugging his shoulders.

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