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"Good mornin', good mornin',"
said
as he walked into the locker room, setting a large paper bag on the floor near
the bench.
"Well, you're sure happy today,"
replied, casually eyeing the bag. "Anything to do with what's in there?"
"You could say that. I came up with a way to get even with
, and
it's brilliant."
waited for a response from
. When
none came, he prodded. "Don't ya wanna know what it is?"
warily eyed his partner, then the bag. "I don't know. I'm still debating about that."
"Oh c'mon,"
encouraged. "I've gotta tell someone."
"What's wrong with
or
?"
shook his head. "Uh uh. They're with
all
the time. They might let it slip."
sighed.
"Okay, what's your idea?"
The younger man looked around as if to make sure he and
were
still alone. He then eyed his partner. "You know how
is
always getting me with pranks."
"Well, the Phantom is, yeah."
"Like I said, you know how
is
always gettin' me with pranks. . ."
nodded.
"I decided I'd get
with
my own kind of prank."
"And. . .?"
"And it's something he'd never expect,"
explained.
"You sure about this?"
"Sure as there is daylight when the sun comes up."
rolled
his eyes.
"And you'll never guess who helped me come up with it,"
added.
"Henry?"
",
be serious! Henry's just a dog. . .a lazy one at that. Nope."
grinned deviously. "
."
"?"
asked
in disbelief.
nodded. "Uh huh.
."
"You can't stand
!"
"No, but that doesn't mean I can't agree with any of his ideas."
"Okay, so what did you and
come
up with?"
held up a finger indicating for
to hold
on a second. He then reached in the bag and lifted out a very large empty
coffee grounds can attached to a wooden spring loaded contraption.
's eyes
widened. "You can't be serious."
"Why not?"
"Because you'll soak the poor guy with that. Not to mention, it's his own idea."
"Exactly. The less he'll suspect it."
smiled. "So what do you think of it now?"
"I think you working with
on this is prank enough."
",
,
, you're missin' the point. It'll be sweet justice gettin'
back
with his own technique."
shrugged. "Just don't come hiding behind me when
wants
to know who made the big mess where ever it ends up."
~*~*~
For the next twelve hours,
winced and waited every time
opened
a door around the station. But nothing happened. He was tempted to warn the
fireman about the impending danger, but decided it wouldn't be fair to his
partner, as
had
gotten
with a water bomb more than enough times.
~*~*~
Eventually, the end of
the shift came and
had not gotten
yet.
came into the locker room to change into his own clothes and found
about to do the same.
"So what happened to
that big prank you were gonna do to
? Did
ya chicken out?"
signaled for
to be quiet. "Here he comes now," he whispered.
watched as both
and
came
into the room. As each reached to open his locker, the senior paramedic couldn't
watch anymore.
quickly opened his own locker to avoid seeing
get
saturated. Suddenly a yell filled the room, as the sound of splashing water
could be heard.
looked over to see a very wet
standing with his arms outstretched, water dripping off of him and onto the floor.
smiled and glanced over at his partner. "Chalk one up for the phantom's pigeon."
groaned as
handed him a paper towel from the dispenser above the sink.
The end
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Thanks go to Ross for the inspiration to use the pictures in place of names! :o) And Liz T. for a quick beta! :o)
