OKAY ladieswere up by 10. Great startnow lets really turn it on!

Alice was jumping around excitedly, clapping and cheering, doing her best to pump the rest of the family up. She was doing her best to put some pep in their step, and some fire in their eyes because SHE was not about to lose on national TV. The rest of the girls found Alices antics quite amusing, and whether they would admit it or not, they found themselves pumped up and ready to goespecially Tina, since Alice kept pointing out that Candace was on the opposing team and that they had better not let her win.

YEAH, come on ladies, we can do this! Lets take it to them and bring CandyassoopsI mean Candace down!
Im with Tina! Bring it on! Bring on the gladiatorsI aint scared of nothin and I certainly aint scared of no one! I am ALICE! Hear me roar!
Damn Alyou are sooooo full of *****! Roar my *****! More like a meow if you ask me so just knock it off already
Oh shut up Bette! Why is big bad Porter afraid of a little itty bitty gladiator?
Shut the ***** up Al! I am not scaredjust concerned!
Ha! Scaredy cat! Let me Alice Pieszecki show you ALL how its done!

Alice was still prancing around the rest of the gang, posing and flexing her muscles, being arrogant and talking *****. All of a sudden the producer walks up behind them and announces the next event and event participant,

Up next we have Alice is swing shot.

At hearing her name, Alice all but froze in place as the color seemed to drain from her cheeks. Talking all bad ***** was one thing, but to actually have to go out there was another, and now there was no backing out, no amount of ***** talking could get her out of this one, it was put up or shut up time. Seeing Alices sudden change of demeanor, the rest of the gang began to giggle and whisper in each others ears. They did their best to hide their smiles and stifle their giggles, but Alice definitely took notice.

Alice listened intently as the producer explained the game and its goals. In swing shot each contestant is rigged up to a bungee cord along with three gladiators. A padded column from the ceiling holds different colored balls (held in place by Velcro) which hold different point values depending on the color and the height off of the floor. The contestants and the gladiators start off on elevated platforms and jump down to the ground and the bungee snaps them toward the balls in the middle. The contestants must grab balls and return them to a basket on their platforms, all while fending off gladiators that are trying to stop them from grabbing balls and returning them to their baskets. The contestant with the most points after 1 minute wins.

Everyone understand the game?
Yeah sounds easy enough.

Alice shrugged her shoulders as if three gladiators were no big thing to her, turned and headed back toward the gang who were all still giggling.

What?! What is so damn funny?!
Nothing Algood luck out there! Go get
em tiger! I wanna, I mean WE wanna hear you roar
***** you Bette!
Nah, seriously Al, good luck out there! Youll be great I know itnow go and show them what you got.

Alice was being led away by a few stage managers and could hear the muffled sound of giggling behind her. She turn over her shoulder and shot a glare and her friends who all sat there smiling, waving and giving the thumbs up sign. Alice continued to follow the stage managers and fought every urge she felt to show her buddies the universal #1 sign.she didnt want kids seeing that.

With each step the butterflies in her stomach seemed to multiply as she knew that all her antics earlier were a defense mechanism not to let the rest of the gang know how scared she really was, especially Bette.

After going over some last minute instructions, Alice and her competitor stood facing each other, staring, neither wanting to give in and blink as they tried to intimidate one another. Deadlocked in a gaze, neither woman flinched until they heard someone clear their throat behind them. Slowly, reluctant to break the stare, Alice turned around to see three huge gladiators looming large and towering over her. She could feel her jaw drop to the floor and her eyes grow wide as she took in the size of the women that would try and keep them from their goal.

Alice followed the producer with her head hanging as she shook it from side to side.

Holy *****! Im gonna die!

Hearing Alices comment, the woman from the other team inched closer to her and began taunting Alice. Alice did her best to keep her cool, but Alice being Alice began to talk ***** back to her rival.

Whatsa matter blondie? Yah chicken?
***** no! Bring it on *****!
Oh yeah?! Im gonna mess you up sistah!
Oh yeah?! Well Im gonna ***** you up! Hope you brought youre a game yah loser!

The producer separated the two women before any real trouble started as stage assistants began to harness both contestants and the gladiators that they would be facing. The gladiators kept looking at each other in confusion at the exchange or words and dirty looks that the two competitors were exchanging. They were used to being the ones that intimidated the players while slinging a few insults, but being ignored by the players was new to them and they were at a loss for words. The gladiators debated whether to just let the two women go after each other while they watched or whether to actually try and take them out. In the end their competitive nature won out and they decided that no matter how heated the competition between the women, they, the gladiators, were definitely not going to let them complete the event with out any bruises.

Everyone was led to their respective platforms, given last minute instructions and a few moments to prepare themselves and say any last minute prayers that they felt were necessary.

Alice could here her friends cheering her on, routing for her to come out of the event triumphant. She waved at them and pumped her fist into the air before she was shocked back into reality by the booming voice of the announcer and wild cheers of the crowd.

Trying to stay focused and get ready for the call of the referee, Alice began to whisper to herself,

Holy *****! Its heremy time is now. I can do this. I am the greatest. No one can stop Alice!

She started bouncing on the balls of her feet, readying herself.She pressed her thumbs on each side of her nose like a boxer, flurried into a one to punch and pointed to her opponentmouthing the wordsYou going down!. Then she heard it,

CONTESTANTS READY?
Oh *****!
GLADIATORS READY?
*****
GO!

At the signal everyone hopped off of their platforms and down to the floor so that they could be hurled toward the column in the center. Since the gladiators were well trained in this event, they had no problems rebounding toward the hanging column, the competitors however quickly found that this event was not as easy as it first seemed. Alice hit the ground, bent her knees and jumped as the bungee began its recoil toward the ceiling.

Oh ffuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkk!

She found herself being propelled through the air toward the padded column. Her arms were flailing wildly in the air as she did her best to control her body. She was kicking her legs around in the air and looked like a cartoon character that had run off of a cliff before it happenedAlice hit the column with full force, smacking her face into the padding before dropping back down to the floor. Looking up she noticed that although her competitor had the same problems as she, she managed to latch on to one of the colored balls, avoid the gladiators and return to her platform triumphantlymore like luckily thought Alice.

Oh ***** no! I aint out of this yet.

Scrambling back up to the platform Alice readied herself for another leap off of the platform. With one jump under her belt, she was confident that she could do this, asnd she was going to set her goals highshe was going to go for the highest balls since they held the most points. as she jumped down she watched as the other woman got creamed by a gladiator as she jumped toward the column. Alice found a smirk spreading across her face as she watched the competition get creamedbut that smirk quickly disappeared when another gladiator came out of nowhere and pretty much body slammed her to the floor.

Oh *****! OWWWWWW! Thats itall you ***** going down!

Alice squared her shoulders and gave it another go. She leaped toward the colored balls once again, this time ducking out of the way of a flying gladiator, grabbing a ball before somehow managing to make it back safely to her platform. With the clock ticking down she had no time to do her happy dance as she heard her team urging her on. The woman from the opposing team seemed to get the hang of the game a little quicker than Alice, and being more athletic was able to grab more balls to score.

Remembering all the ***** that she was talking earlier, Alice knew that she had talked the talk and that now it was time for her to walk the walk. She looked like a mad woman flying through the air grabbing balls, avoiding collisions and scoring points, all while hurling insults and taunts at anyone with in hear shot of her as she flew through the air. A few times, both she and the other woman were at the column at the same time and exchanged taunts,

What is that all you got?
Aww come on you can do better than that!

With the clock ticking down, Alice knew she was behind, and she was determined not to let the opposing team take the lead. But what could she do? Then it came to herdefense!

Alice took a running leap of the platform, ducked under a gladiator and flew toward the column. But in all reality he was not aiming at the column, but rather at her competition. With arms outstretched she came flying out of nowhere and leveled the other woman who reeled back in surprise and went plummeting down towards the floor before rebounding back up. With a few ticks left, Alice made one last leapconvincing herself that it was a do or die situation, she jumped. Brushing against one gladiator, she continued on unphased toward her goal.

I gotta get another ball!

She reached out and ripped a ball off of the column, landed on the floor and continued on toward her platform for the score just as the buzzer went off.

Oh ***** yeah baby! I am the greatest!

She could hear her friends shouting and cheering for Alice and it pumped her ego up even more! She began doing her happy dance, and went into a flurry of jab combos, doing her best Rocky imitation. She smiled broadly as she climbed down the ladder toward the ground while the announcer relayed the score

AFTER 2 EVENTS THE SCORE IS:
FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION-21
HEADQUARTERS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICCE-22

Awwww *****. Guess I didnt bring my A game today

Alices smile quickly faded as she made her way back to her cheering friends. She didnt share in their excitement because she felt that she had in someway let them down since the opposing team was now only a point behind. Quickly shaking her negative thoughts she smiled again as she said to herself

Just wait for the eliminator babyheads are gonna roll!