BULK AND SKULL

BULK & SKULL

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Laughing, Bulk and Skull are walking down the hall of Angel Grove High School, towards their lockers. Tommy's locker is close by them and he glances over at them before walking over to his friends. Tommy greets Jason. I heard you and Zack got Ernie to give Roger another tryout on the junior soccer team. Jason replies, Ernie is great. He is giving all the runner ups a second chance. Trini is excited. Wow! Do you think Roger will make it this time? Zack answers, training with the Jaseman and me. He'll ace it. Zack has a soccer ball and he walks a little a ways from his friends as he bounces the ball on his knees. He has no idea Bulk and Skull are behind him until Bulk grabs the ball. Bulk asks Zack, don't you think someone who knows soccer aught to train the kid? Billy asks, and that would be? Bulk replies, obviously you have never seen me on the practice field. Laughing, Kimberly responds, I don't think anyone has. Bulk gets offended at the remark and states, that's because I don't need practice. Zack tries to take the ball, but Bulk refuses to let go. Bulk gets ready to give a demonstration of his skills. Jason warns his friends to be careful. Trini warns Bulk, that you shouldn't be doing this in the hallway. Miss Appleby walks around the corner just as Bulk kicks the soccer ball. Tommy, Jason, Billy, Trini, Kimberly, and Zack all duck out of the way. The ball flies past Miss Appleby, startling her, and causing her to drop her papers. The ball hits a wall, knocks down an award and then heads straight down the hall again. Tommy leaps out of the way, slamming his hand and communicator against the wall. Jason, Billy, Trini, Kimberly, and Zack back up against the lockers. The ball hits Bulk in the chest and then bounces into Zack's hands. Bulk slides to the floor as Zack tells him, someone could have gotten hurt. Kimberly, Zack, Jason, Trini, and Billy walk over to help Miss Appleby. Tommy checks his communicator. Bulk yanks Skull out of the locker and yells at him, you were suppose to catch it. Miss Appleby tells them they both have detention after school. Kimberly notices Tommy's look of concern and asks if he is alright? Tommy replies, I'm fine. Bulk struggles to get up and then yanks Skull to his feet. They both stumble towards Miss Appleby's classroom. Tommy waits for them to pass by before he enters the classroom. The class begins. Tommy is sitting in Miss Appleby's classroom. Bulk and Skull are sitting behind him. Miss Appleby is standing in front of the chalkboard as she talks to the class. Today we're going to talk about the theory of the survival of the fittest. Tommy's communicator goes off. Tommy quickly covers it up with his hand. Miss Appleby asks Tommy to please turn off his pager. It takes Tommy a moment to realize Miss Appleby is actually referring to his communicator as a pager and makes a show of turning it off. Miss Appleby goes back to the chalkboard, but before she can start writing, the communicator goes off again. Bulk and Skull make a show of being bothered by the "pager" as Miss Appleby warns Tommy that she is not going to tell him again. Tommy, once more, acts like he is turning off his "pager". Within seconds the communicator goes off again. Miss Appleby asks Tommy to give her the pager. Bulk and Skull are amused as Tommy is stunned - what? Miss Appleby tells him, we can't have your friends beeping you in class. Tommy protests as Bulk and Skull make mocking faces behind him. Miss Appleby tells him, hand it over now. Tommy reluctantly gets up, and Bulk puts his shoe on Tommy's desk, and walks over to Miss Appleby. Tommy gives Miss Appleby his communicator. Miss Appleby places in a drawer filled with various items in her desk. Miss Appleby asks the class, now where were we as Tommy stands awkwardly in front of the class. After school, Tommy walks into Miss Appleby's classroom where Bulk and Skull are serving detention by thumb wrestling. Tommy asks them what they are doing? Bulk replies, sumo thumb wrestling. Tommy asks if they have seen Miss Appleby? Bulk knows what Tommy is after. Bulk asks him, do you think Miss Appleby is going to give back your pager? Miss Appleby gives nothing back. Ever! A few moments later, Tommy stands behind Miss Appleby's desk debating whether he should just go ahead and take his communicator back. He makes several moves towards the drawer, but can't quite bring himself to open it. Miss Appleby walks in and is shocked when she sees Tommy reaching for the desk drawer. With big grins and nudging, Bulk and Skull enjoy the confrontation between Miss Appleby and Tommy. Tommy asks Miss Appleby if she would consider returning his "pager". Please. Miss Appleby gives him his "pager" back. After their detention is served, Bulk and Skull head over to the Youth Center. Bulk and Skull enter and plow their way through the teens. Skull is struggling to remove goo from his hands. Bulk and Skull stop when they see Ernie and Roger. Bulk states, what did I tell everybody? You see kid, you didn't have to work after all. Roger replies, yes I did. Bulk asks him, how do you figure? Skull repeats, yeah, how do you figure? Roger gloats, if I hadn't practiced, I wouldn't be captain of the team. The teens laugh and Trini claps. Bulk doesn't buy it. I still say you don't have to practice to be good at something. Bulk gets an idea. Take Skull here for instance. Never practice anything in his life. Bulk asks Roger to toss the ball. Roger does so and Bulk catches the ball. He gives the ball to Skull and tells him to show them what you got. Skull finally breaks his hands apart and takes the ball. The goo from his hands is sticking to ball and Skull struggles to free his hand from the ball. Eventually Skull just tosses the ball. Skull notices that the goo hasn't broken free from the ball and the ball snaps back and hits Skull. Skull bumps into Bulk. They both slowly slide down, knocking a tray of drinks onto them as they hit the floor. Ernie, Roger, and the teens laugh.

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