D2: The Mighty Ducks

Chapter nine

The next day was the final game of the season. I was all ready when Adam walked in, his arm wasn't in it's brace anymore. "Coach. I woke up" he fully twisted his wrist without wincing. "and the pain was gone." he smiled
"Adam, I'm sorry, we already have a full roster." Coach whispered.
Russ was about to take his jersey off when Charlie stopped him. "He can have my spot. It's what I can do for the team. Let me do it." He smiled at Adam.
"Charlie, I need you on the bench, coaching right there with me." Coach beamed.
"Heads high.! Stand tall.! Fly straight.! U.S.A.! All the way! Wooo! Wooo!" We all yelled.
They are making a fool of us. I went to go get the puck and it was stuck I tried to get it but I couldn't. I looked up to see Gunner Stahl skating towards me I closed my eyes waiting for the impact when it never came I opened my eyes to see Dwayne had wrapped his rope around him. "Where I come from we treat ladies with respect." He told him.
"Thanks Dwayne but I'm no lady. I'm a Duck." I shoved him hard and he fell on the floor.
We were at the end of the second inning we were in the locker room. "Did you all enjoy that?" Coach asked.
"Yeah!" We all replied.
"So did they, because they're still three points up and we're one period away from defeat." Bombay claimed.
"If we can't beat them, we might as well keep our pride."  Jessie argued.
"Yeah." We all agreed.
"Jesse, that's not pride. Sure, when Dwayne roped that big oaf, part of me cheered. But, guys, i've been there. I know how you feel. I wanted to cream that jerk that busted my knee when I played in the minors. And I really, really wanted to go after Stansson for that cheap shot. But you know what? My knee will heal. And if I become someone I'm not if I sink to their level well, then, I lost more than my knee.You understand?"
"Yeah." We all agreed.
"We're not goons. We're not bullies. No matter what people say or do we have to be ourselves. You." Gordon pointed to Dean, "Who are you?"
"Dean Portman." He answered.
"From where?" he asked again.
"Chicago, Illinois."
"You." he pointed at Guy.
"Guy Germaine."
"From where?" He asked.
"St. Paul, Minnesota." Guy answered.
"You."  Bombay pointed at Jesse
"Jesse Hall from Minneapolis, Minnesota."
"Who are you?" he asked everyone.
"Julie Gaffney from Bangor, Maine." Julie started.
"Luis Mendoza. Miami, Florida."
"Greg Goldberg. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
"Les Averman. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota."
"Fulton Reed. Stillwater, Minnesota."
"That's right!" Portman yelled.
"Russ Tyler. South Central Los Angeles."
"Charlie Conway. Minneapolis, Minnesota."
"Ken Wu. San Francisco, California."
"Connie Moreau. Minneapolis, Minnesota."
"Adam Banks. Edina, Minnesota."
"Katerina Conway. Minneapolis, Minnesota."
"Dwayne Robertson. Austin, Texas."
"Michele MacKay. Duluth, Minnesota."
"And i'm Gordon Bombay. Minneapolis, Minnesota. We're Team U.S.A., gathered from all across America.And we're gonna stick together. You know why?" Bombay asked.
"Because we are Ducks. And ducks fly together." Jan smiled.
"That's right, Jan. And just when you think they're about to break apart"
"Ducks fly together!" We all cheered.
"And when the wind blows hard and the sky is black" Miss.McKay stated.
"Ducks fly together!" We smiled.
"When the roosters are crowing and the cows are spinning circles in the pasture" Dwayne burst.
"Um. Okay." Bombay said puzzled.
"Ducks fly together!" We gushed.
"And when everyone says it can't be done Ducks fly together." Bombay whispered.
"Now, new Ducks and old Ducks must unite under a new banner. And I thought perhaps something like this." Jan said.
He pulled pulled out new and modified Duck jersey. "Wooo!"  The team praised.
We all skated out, Adam and I skated out hand and hand. I could hear Stansson yelling at the refs. We were down to a shoot off we were down the the last shot, Gordon put Julie out there to take on Gunner Stahl. Gunner goes in he shoots Julie opened her glove to let us see the puck we all skated out to hug her. Adam came over to me after giving the flag to Charlie. He skated up to me and hugged me lifting me up.