Dar and Taryn stood on either side of the door. I stood, covering. Kaiden stood before the door. He glanced at me. I nodded. Then he turned to the door and kicked it through.

We charged through the door, guns raised. Of course, they weren't real guns. This being the prank war, they were loaded with silly string and paint. Dar took the stairs, Kaiden covered the back door, and I kept my blaster fixed on the front door. Taryn pulled out the scanning equipment.

"It says here that there are no living beings in the building."

Well, don't always rely on the equpment. Let's go up." I motioned for Dar to take the lead up the stairs. Suddenly, there was a noise. Kaidenb looked up. "Ambush!" he shouted.

The sprinkler system opened up with neon paint. This was not an original attack. Jaing had used it on his first attack on the Prank Council. But we had a defense for it this time. "Shields on!"

We activated our Personal Shields. The paint splashed harmlessly onto us. Raising our weapons, we charged through the back door. And we got hit.

Blasted at full power, Jaing had set up water cannons. They blasted into us, knocking us back. If our armor hadn't been on, it would have been painful. Kaiden pulled out a grenade and chucked it towards the water cannons. There was an explosion, and the water stopped.

"Let's go!" We charged forward, eager to get Jaing. We rounded the corner, and we saw Jaing in a speeder. he looked back at us and smiled. He was getting away. Dar groaned.

But Taryn charged forward as he was taking off. She jumped and caught the back of the speeder. We thought she was going to make it. But then she dropped back to the ground.

"What happened? You almost had him."

"We want to get Jaing, right? Well, he might have gotten us, but we'll get him back." Then she held up a handful of tracking devices. "Soon."

Dar walked over to her and patted her on the shoulder. "Taryn, I like your style."

She smiled. "I do my best."

The four of us then turned and headed to our speeders. The Prank War was on. And we now had Jaing right where we wanted him.

To Be Continued...