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Wednesday, April 4. 2068, 9 a.m., one of Jeff Tracy's minor atolls.

"Okay, folks!" Scott said with a grin. "Since I'm the honored guest for this shindig, I get to pick the captains of the teams!" He, like everyone else, was dressed in the grubbiest of his grubby clothes, and was holding his weapon of choice: a paintball gun.

"Just get on with it, Scott," Tin-Tin remarked. "I'd like to get this over with before the mosquitoes get too bad and the day gets too hot."

"Just for that, Tin-Tin, we'll make sure you're a special target," Scott replied with a grin.

Tin-Tin groaned. Christopher stepped in. "Who are the team captains, Scott?"

Scott surveyed the group of people standing around him. He made his choices carefully. "Gordon, you're up!"

The red-head grinned. "All Right!" he said as he stepped forward and high-fived his brother.

Scott glanced around once more and chose his last team captain. "Alex, You da man!" Scott grinned.

The chosen one whooped and jumped for joy much to the surprise of the others. Alex ran up to stand next to Gordon and then high-fived his older brothers. Alex had a grin on his face to rival the Cheshire Cat! Oh yes! Here was one happy young man who was going to enjoy every minute of this!

"Okay guys, now we get to pick our team members," Scott announced. The three captains looked at the small gathering like lions looking for their lunch!

"Okay, I guess I pick first," Scott said, a cocky grin on his face. He circled the group of would-be warriors, looking them up and down. "Elise! You're with me!"

"Who goes next?" Alex asked.

"I do," Gordon said. "I'm bigger!"

"Well, whoop-de-doo!" Alex taunted. "You maybe bigger, but I'm smarter!" The crowd went "Oooh!" at the boy's cockiness.

Gordon glared at his younger brother. "Okay, grasshopper. Let's settle this mano a mano."

"Rock, paper, scissors!" Alex cried.

"Guys! We'll be here all day! Just pick a person!" groaned Cherie. rolling her eyes upward and sighing.

Alex glared back at Gordon and retorted, "Fine! I pick Virgil!"

The smile on Alex's face rubbed salt into Gordon's now wounded ego. "Your turn!" Alex gleefully announced as chuckles from the warriors could be heard.

"Christopher! You're with me," Gordon said, not once taking his eyes off Alex.

Scott looked at his two feuding captains and shook his head. "There's going to be war between those two out here today!" he whispered to Elise.

"Ain't that what this is all about, sir?" She grinned.

He smacked the top of her baseball cap. "Oh, shut-up Collins!" He grinned.

"Okay, guys. My turn again," Scott said to the group. "I pick John."

"And I piiiiiiick," Alex said, hesitating for a moment, "Kat! I pick Kat!"

John went to stand with Scott, high-fiving both his brother and Elise. Kat moved over to stand with Alex, looking very bewildered.

Gordon looked over the remaining troops and decided he had to pick a girl. "Nikki, come on over here." Nikki grinned and high-fived her teammates.

"All right, back to me," Scott said. He sighed, looking over the remaining people, Dom, Cherie, Brandon, and Callie. "Okay, l'il sister. You're with me." Cherie jogged over to her teammates, giggling and high-fiving them all.

Gordon picked next. "Tin-Tin, come on over girl!"

She rolled her eyes mockingly and went over to his team. "You'll pay for this later if we don't win, Gordon Tracy!"

"You wound me! How can you doubt me?" Gordon asked, dramatically holding one hand over his 'wounded' heart.

"I pick Brandon next!" Alex shouted, the excitement getting to him.

"C'mon Big Bro, you're up next to choose," Virgil chimed in, reminding his brother to 'get on with it'.

"I choose Brains," Scott simply stated. The scientist stepped forward, smiling and John clapped him on the back.

"Okay, let's see... I'll take Dom," Gordon said. That left Callie who happily made her way over to Alex's team.

Down by the beach, Dianne and Lady Penelope sat in the shade, their chaise loungers sitting side by side for ease of conversation. A third chaise lounger sat beside Dianne, but it was empty. Its occupant, Jeff, was down by the shore, helping his youngest son build a monster sand castle.

"I am afraid that paintball is not what comes to my mind when I think of a festive time," Lady Penelope said, sipping her lemonade.

"Me either," Dianne agreed. "Though I am on duty for injuries and first aid. This will be an especially interesting year with all of the new folks and Alex added to the team. It was over much too quickly last year when Alan chose to do it for his birthday."

"The game will take longer then?" Penelope asked.

"It should." Dianne looked at her watch. "I'd say four hours maximum."

"Oh my," Penelope said, surprised. "I had no idea." She sat back and sipped her drink again. "Perhaps I should have brought a book."

Dianne rummaged around in the bag of necessities she had brought along and pulled out two fat romance novels. She offered them to Penelope with a grin. "I came prepared. Take your pick."

"This one looks lovely! Thank you, Dianne, for being so generous." Dianne smiled at the British aristocrat before returning to her drink.

"Just how dangerous is this paintball?" Penelope asked a little while later.

"Enough to cause bumps and bruises, and damage a few egos, but nothing life threatening." Dianne chuckled, remembering how battered the grown Tracy men always complained they were when they returned from these adventures.

Penelope smiled, not quite assured that Dianne was being truthful or playing it down. She supposed she would just have to wait and see for herself.

Post by FrankieCTB2 and Tikatu on 10/02/2005

Jeff heartbeat Dianne plain My IR:TNP OTP!

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