Shinn grumbled in his sleep as he sensed someone hovering over him. "Adam, go back to bed. It's our day off."

"Day off? What are you talking about, Shinn?" His orange-haired best friend and roommate smiled. "You've slept the entire day. It's already tomorrow."

"EH?" He shot up, and a string tied to his shirt was pulled. A bucket of cold water tilted on its side and dumped its contents on top of the boy.

"Ghhh…" Adam covered his mouth, a huge smile behind his hand.

Shinn spat. "Oh Adam… do you happen to know why I just was soaked?" He sent a glare his way.

"Sorry, not a clue. Towel?" He handed him a fresh white towel.

"You do realize I'll have to get you back for it later, right?" He spat again before rubbing his face and hair down.

"I know, I know. Kghh…" Adam snickered again as Shinn pulled the towel away from his face, his entire head now covered with a fine white powder.

"Well, since I'm already wet, I may as well take my shower." He sighed as he got up, heading towards the bathroom.

"I'll head to the mess hall. I hear they have real lemon meringue pie today." Adam turned to the door and exited.

"Hey, wait a minute…." Shinn turned to the mirror. "ADAM!" He burst out of the bathroom and opened up his quarter door, only to have a pie catapulted into his face, blowing him back to the floor.

The orange-haired boy peeked around the doorframe, quickly taking a picture with his cell phone. "Looks like I was wrong. It was peach. Welcome to April Fools Day, Shinn."

Old Friends Anew: Destiny's True Beginning

Bonus Phase: The Prank Crusades

Lunamaria winced as she slowly woke up. "Mirei?" She sat up and looked around. "Mirei, you up?" She looked to her sister's bed. "Huh… guess she's already gone." She groaned. "Toilet…."

She went to the bathroom and became a queen for a few minutes. Then when she reached for the toilet paper roll…. "Damn it. How many times do I have to tell that girl to replace the roll if she finishes it! I'm just glad I had this emergency roll dispenser installed." She looked at the directions. "Press down on empty roll to release extra." She did so, and a giant black spider landed on her hand.

Meyrin yawned in the hall with a bowl in her hands. "I hate getting up early, especially on my day off."

"GYAAAAAHHHH!"

"Oh, looks like she found my little present." She chuckled a little as she secretly slid open a door. She looked in and only heard the peaceful snoring of Arthur Trine. She grinned evilly as she tiptoed into the room, silently rolling a chair over to his bed. After placing the bowl on it, she gently lifted his arm and dipped his hand into the warm water. She quickly slipped out of his quarters and let the door close behind her.

"Uh?" Arthur blinked. "GWAAAHH!"

The pigtailed girl snickered as she left the quarterdeck. "I love April Fools Day."

"You and me both, Meyrin." Adam waved to her as he joined her in the elevator. "Having fun already I take it?"

"Of course. Lumi is probably passed out on the throne right now, and the XO is desperately hunting for a new set of pants. What was your morning like so far?" Adam pulled out his phone and showed her his most recent prank's results. "Pffft!" She sputtered as she saw it. "My God, Adam. You tread on thin ice. He's gonna kill you after that."

"Or try to prank me instead. Well, he can try, but it's not going happen. Never prank a prankster."

"Unh. So, who's next on the list? Maybe Ray?"

"Already taken care of. I just have to wait for the e-mail. What about Athrun?"

Meyrin folded her arms as she closed her eyes and started to brainstorm. "That might be tough. FAITH members aren't appointed for nothing, after all. He rarely lets his guard down. Plus we couldn't do that much without being thrown into the brig for it."

"Ugh, good point. We'll have to brainstorm a bit. What do you say we go after Vino and Youlan. If we're lucky, we might even be able to get the chief too."

"Sounds like a plan." The elevator slowed to a stop and opened to their floor. "Let's get to work." She winked as she stepped out.

Athrun yawned, and rubbed the sand out of his eye as he walked down the hall. He stopped in front of Ray's quarters and rang the bell. "Ray, the Captain's been looking for you. She says you're not answering her calls." No reply came. "I realize it's early in the morning, but could you at least mutter something?" Silence. "Okay…." He looked down at the door status. "Unlocked? I'm coming in, Ray."

The door slid open, and Athrun took one step in, stopping in the doorframe, sweating like a pig. "Uh… uh…." Ray was sprawled across his bed in his undergarments, each of his limbs chained to the corners of his bed with fuzzy pink handcuffs. He looked up at his commanding officer with a helpless look on his face, unable to speak from the underwear stuffed in his mouth. "Um… wow… eheh…" Athrun continued to sweat as his mouth twitched. "Sorry for disturbing you!" He stepped backwards quickly and let the door close in front of him. "I need a pot of the XO's special coffee after that one." He pinched the bridge of his nose as he walked down the hall.

"Morning guys." Adam raised his hand in greeting.

Youlan and Vino stiffened as the couple approached. They turned around slowly, not removing their welding masks. "U afftwod!" Youlan shook his fist.

"Huh?"

"Iii so onna ge ew or ith!" Vino cracked his knuckles.

"I don't get a word. Take off your welding masks."

Youlan took a deep breath and started yelling. "You bastard! You know we can't! Putting glue on our masks!"

"Wait, you mean they're stuck to your face?" Meyrin blinked. They nodded furiously. "Woah!"

"Don't play dumb! You would have had to be in on it too!" Vino snarled.

"Sorry to disappoint you, boys." Adam crossed his arms. "But that wasn't us. Although that's a good one, we weren't planning on that this time. Looks like someone else is on a crusade."

"But who would execute a prank like this so smoothly?" Meyrin flipped her pigtail a few times.

"What are you doing? Quit slacking off!" The chief yelled at a few mechanics over by Red. "You'd better have that balancer Lunamaria complained about repaired before lunch or else you'll be in real trouble! Where's that report on the Phantom's arm?" Unnoticed, an unstable crate on a crane fell loose above him.

"Shit!" Adam dashed for the man. "Chief, lookout!" He pushed him out of the way as the shadow got bigger under him.

"Adam!" His beloved dove for him and knocked him back to the floor.

"Meyrin!" The crate dropped on her back and she spat up blood. "NO!" He crawled to her unmoving form. "Meyrin, no… you can't… you can't go!" He screamed in anguish.

The entire bay went quiet. He continued to sob, holding her limp hand in his. "Adam, I…." The chief approached him.

"SHUT UP!" He turned to him in a rage. "Who did it? Who was the one operating that crane? What kind of shitty place is this that this had to happen? Who's the bastard who killed my Meyrin?"

"Well, that would be me." The girl spoke, yawning. "That was a good nap." She stood up and lifted the huge crate with one hand and a remote control with the other. "Nice acting, Adam. For a second there I thought I was really dead, from your reaction."

"I almost believed it myself." Adam rubbed his eyes free of the tears he forced out and stood up. Everyone in the hangar gripped their hearts in relief. "Everyone, you've just been pranked by the Prankster Prince and Princess. Have a fun rest of the day."

"Oh and you can have this back." Meyrin tossed the remote to her weldingmasked friends before walking off.

"Do you think we overdid that one, Meyrin?"

"Nah, we needed it big to get everyone in there. I'd say it worked. Who's next?"

"Hmm… dunno. Let's get something to eat and think up stuff there."

"Kuso, I am SO going to get him for this." Shinn fumed as he stomped the deck, finally clean from his experience with peach pie. He punched the open button on another person's quarters. "Ray, I need your help with a…. EH?" He jolted as he saw the blonde's situation. "Damn it, he got you too? Hang on, Ray, I'll get you out of there." He climbed on top of and straddled the boy as he removed his gag and started fiddling with the cuffs.

"Thank you." Ray said after he took a fresh breath. "I was worried I'd be stuck like this forever."

"It was Adam, wasn't it?"

"As if it could be anyone else?"

In the mess hall, Adam's phone buzzed. With a knowing smile he flipped it open and checked his e-mail. "Khhhh! Hahaha!" He broke out laughing.

"What? What is it?" Meyrin looked over his shoulder. "Pffft!" On the screen was a still image of Shinn straddling the bound Ray. "That was your trap? Oh man, two for one!"

"Not over yet, my dear." He started punching buttons. "A quick shipwide e-mail, and…."

Ray's computer monitor turned on, and both boys turned towards it in surprise. Shinn's hair bristled as he saw the picture Adam sent. "I am going to KILL him!" He hopped off the bed and ran out of the room in search of his prey.

"Oi, Shinn! Oi!" Ray still struggled against his bonds. "At least get me out of here first! Oi!" The door slid shut without getting a response. "Tch."

Meyrin suppressed a giggle. "You're cruel."

"So who do you want to hit next? The bridge crew?"

"They're on duty, I think, so we'd…."

"MEYRIN HAWKE!" A female voice boomed throughout the mess hall as Lunamaria tromped up to them.

"Oh, Lumi. Did I manage to scare it out of you enough?" She stuck her tongue out.

"Shut it! How could you do this to me, Meyrin? You went too far!"

"What? It was just a rubber spider."

"I'm not talking about that!"

"Then what? You've got me totally confused."

Luna looked around at the multiple pairs of eyes staring at them. "Not here. Let's go to the lounge." She picked up her sister's arm and began dragging her, with Adam following behind.

Just as the door closed behind them, the opposite side opened up. "ADAM CANCHO!" Shinn panted in rage. A few cat calls reached his ears from those that saw the image. "Tch!"

Luna tossed her sister onto the sofa roughly, as Adam quickly closed the door. "You've got a lot of explaining to do, Meyrin." She put her hands on her hips and stared at her through the narrowed slits of her eyelids.

"Like I said, it was only a rubber spider! Why are you making a big deal out of this?"

"I'm not talking about that bathroom prank! I'm talking about this!" She pulled out a printed picture and held it in front of her.

Meyrin blinked at it as Adam leaned forward and squinted. "It's an ultrasound. So what, Lunamaria?"

"Look at the name on it." She hissed.

"Hawke, Lunama…. Are you pregnant Onee-chan?" Meyrin almost screeched.

"OF COURSE NOT!" Luna's chest heaved after this outburst. "I'm still a virgin, remember? I found this on the Minerva's intranet this morning when I was checking my schedule. Half the crew has seen it by now!"

"Damn…." Adam winced.

"Honestly, why'd you do it? This one really hurt me, Mirei!"

"Onee-chan… I didn't do it, honestly! The spider one was as far as I wanted to go!"

"Then it must've been you, Adam!" She pointed an accusing finger.

"Woah! Hold on, Luna! I don't have administrative access to the Intranet in the first place!" He put up his hands in defense. "Besides, I'd never do something like that! Especially after that talk we had a few weeks ago! I already know how you feel about things like that."

"Then who did it, huh? You're the only two who would manage to pull something like this off!"

Adam stopped and thought for a second. "Meyrin, do you think…."

"Oh!" Her train of thought joined his. "That could be…. Even so though…."

"What the hell are you two mumbling about?" Luna was still as irate as ever.

"There's someone else other than us pranking people today, Luna." Adam looked up.

"Whoever it was glued Vino and Youlan's welding masks to their faces. Which seems a bit much to me. Glue is hard to get off."

"And if he or she pulled this prank on you, then that means that this person doesn't have the same morality as we do. He or she is a danger to everyone on this ship. We need to find this person, and fast." Adam balled a fist.

"Lumi, let's head back to your terminal. Maybe if I can get in, I can track who's doing this." Meyrin stood up. "I swear, as your only sister I won't let this go untouched."

"U…unh. Okay, I'll believe you for now. But if I find you two are lying to me, I'll make sure neither of you are able to have kids." Luna nodded before heading out with the rest of the group.

A few minutes later…. "ADAM CANCHO!" Shinn rushed into the lounge. "Kuso! He's not here either!"

"Ray!" Talia Gladys pressed the intercom button on his doorframe. "I've been trying to get a hold of you for the last three hours. What have you been doing?" When she got no reply she grumbled. "I'm coming in." When the door slid open, she saw the sight that shocked two crewmembers already, and she was no different. "Ray!" She rushed over to him, diving for the cuffs.

"No, stop it, Captain! It's a trap!"

"Like I care! You haven't gotten a chance to take your medicine, right? I've got to get you out of here quickly!"

"Captain!"

Meyrin sighed as she flopped back in the desk chair. "No dice. Whoever that is, they're good. The access log has been wiped clean."

"But don't we have a triplicate backup system?" Luna scratched her head. "Any unauthorized changes should have been rewritten."

"Yeah we do have a triplicate system, so that leaves one of three possibilities." Adam put his elbows on his legs and leaned forward on Meyrin's bed. "1. The backups were down when it was put up. 2. The file was placed IN the backup and was then written in with the next check. Or 3. The change was authorized."

"But not even I can crack that security." Meyrin sighed. "Whoever we're dealing with, they've got good sources."

Adam's phone buzzed again. "Huh? Another one?" He pulled it out and accessed his mail. He blinked at it, but didn't laugh. "Oh, I'm in trouble." He showed the picture of Gladys and Ray to the two girls in the room.

Luna suppressed a chuckle. "Can I have your knives after you die, Adam?"

"Onee-chan!"

Adam sighed. "She's probably right. I'm not going to send this one." He snapped it shut. "It's not worth it."

The blue-haired FAITH officer walked to Shinn and Adam's room and reached for the doorbell. The door slid open. "I'VE GOT YOU NOW ADAM!" Shinn cried as he rushed out, with a pie in his hand.

"Gwah!" Athrun stepped to the side and hit the boy square in the back of the neck. He fell to the floor, landing face first in his pie. "What is with everyone today?" He shrugged as he continued walking, as the door kept opening and closing on Shinn's leg.

Ray threw the cuffs across the room and rubbed his wrists as the Captain unlocked his last foot. "Thank you, Captain. Although I fear what may happen. As you can see on my screen this has happened to Shinn once before today. I must admit, Adam's prank worked well."

"So it was Cancho who did it? Well then we don't have much to worry about. Adam isn't so dumb as to do that to the captain of his ship." The screen beeped, and a still image of the two of them came up on screen. "Then again…."

"My… that one is more compromising than the last one."

Talia slammed her finger on the shipwide intercom button. "Adam Cancho and Meyrin Hawke, report to my ready room immediately!"

"Huh?" Adam looked up into the speaker. "Weird, she sounds really mad." His phone beeped. "More mail?" He opened it and turned white. "Wh…wh… what the hell?"

"It's over here too!" Meyrin gasped as the picture appeared on the screen. "It's all over the ship!"

"Adam! What did you do?" Luna yelled at him.

Meyrin and Adam sweat bullets as they stood at attention, the captain pacing in front of them, shooting furious looks at them. "I thought you two were smart. And then you pull something like THIS! All I want to know is why? What was going through your heads when you decided to pull this on your own captain? Cancho, answer!"

"Ma'am!" He stiffened even straighter, if possible. "It is true that I had set up the prank to get Ray, and I considered it complete once Shinn had also fallen for the trap! I did not consider the possibility that you would get involved, Ma'am!"

"You didn't think that I might get caught in the same trap?"

"Ma'am! No, Ma'am!"

"And so when your hidden camera took that picture it automatically was sent throughout the ship. I see now."

"Ma'am! That's not correct, Ma'am!" Meyrin spoke, quickly. "All e-mails were sent to Adam's cell phone for confirmation first! I speak as a witness to that fact!"

"So then you deliberately sent that message, Adam? You're more of an imbecile than I realized."

"Ma'am. No, Ma'am! Though I had received the message, I deleted it without sending it anywhere." He pulled out his cell. "If you wish, check the sent message record."

"Ma'am! I will also back up Adam's claim, Ma'am!"

Talia squinted as she checked through his lists. "These records can be easily deleted, Adam. Do you have any other proof that you didn't send it?"

"Ma'am! Lunamaria was also a witness to that fact, Ma'am!"

"That's hardly proof. Okay, let's try it this way. If you didn't send it, then how did it get all over the ship?"

"Ma'am! I do not know, Ma'am!"

Meyrin's eyes burst open as a light went on in her head. "Adam, how did that camera send you the photos? Was it wireless, or was it connected to the ship?"

"It was connected to the shi…AAAHHH! The Intranet!"

"That must be it!"

"What the devil are you two talking about? Explain, now!" Gladys slammed her hand on her desk.

"Ma'am, someone else has been pulling pranks other than us. They've already hit Youlan, Vino, and Lunamaria. Whoever it is can access high security clearances of the Intranet, including the backups. He or she would have no problem forwarding the message to another e-mail as well!"

"So you're saying that it's from this mystery person, and this mystery person is on this ship?" Talia continued glaring at them. "That's quite a tale. A bit hard to believe though. I'm afraid I'm going to have to detain you two until…."

Suddenly some strange music played over the intercom. "Oh, Adam! Yes…!"

"What the…." Meyrin looked up.

"Ungh! God, Meyrin!"

"Hey, that's my…." Adam was stunned.

More moans and groans came from the intercom as the weird music continued to play. "Adam, Meyrin… can you explain this?" Talia squinted.

"That's not us, Captain! I swear!" Meyrin started to turn red in panic. "After that talk you gave us there's no way I'd risk that! I'm still a virgin!"

"Same here, same here!" Adam nodded furiously. "Someone must have fabricated our voices and put it up. Captain, are you satisfied now? Someone just got US too!"

"Not quite." She punched her comm. button. "Bridge, this is the Captain. Cut off that transmission, now!"

Burt answered. "I've been trying Captain, but it's not working. It's being managed from the Intranet!"

"There's your proof Captain!" Meyrin yelled over the ever increasing cacophony.

She nodded and pressed her fingers on the ID scanner. "Captain Talia Gladys, command line override protocol, Zulu November Omega Sigma. Cut all internal audio communications." The room, and the ship, became quiet. She sighed. "Okay, so you've been cleared. But now who would do this? It's obviously someone on the ship, and either has high level clearance or is using the passwords from a person with high level clearance, so that would mean…."

A text message beeped on her screen from Malik, the pilot. "Emergency! The bridge shield is going crazy!"

Ray pressed a button and stepped into the room. "Shinn, I…."

"Moratta!" The black haired boy pulled back on a string and three seltzer bottles placed strategically around the entrance fired, soaking the pilot head to toe.

Ray scowled as he pushed his hair out of his eyes. "Are you happy now?" He went forward with his fist balled.

"Oh crap!"

When Adam, Meyrin and Talia made it to the bridge, things were in chaos. The bridge shield and the primary bridge kept going up and down at random, shaking everyone on the platform up. "Damn it, he's even gotten into the safety systems! Meyrin!"

The girl's pigtails fluttered in the air as she jumped down to her moving station. "Initiating emergency bridge shutdown… NOW!" The entire room went dark. "Activating emergency lighting. Everyone switch to manual overrides." Very dim lights illuminated each station.

"This has gone on long enough. We need to find this person, now." Talia bit her thumb.

Adam had been pacing around in his brain the entire time, until his head shot up. "AH!" He punched his open palm.

Meyrin, Adam, and the captain gathered around one door on the quarterdeck. Talia overrode the lock, and the others nodded to her quickly. The door opened and they burst into the room.

"Pffffffffft!" Arthur Trine spit out his syrupy coffee in surprise as they did so. "C…Cancho! What are you doing here?"

The heavy liquid brought down her hair spikes to shoulder level as she opened her eyes in irritation. "Arthur… could I ask you for a towel, please?"

"Make that three." Adam grumbled. "And hurry before this stuff congeals and starts eating us."

"Uh, hai. Just one moment." He brought out three towels from his bathroom. "Sorry about that. You surprised me. Why'd you go and break down my door?"

"We're looking for the serial prankster who has been pulling uncouth pranks all day." Talia spoke as she rung out her hair.

"Ah… I heard about that. Are Malik and Burt okay?"

"They're fine, a bit shaken up, but fine. Have you been out of your room at all today so far?"

"No Ma'am. I've been here all day. It is my day off after all. Why do you ask?"

"We'll get straight to the point." Adam draped his towel over his shoulders and pointed straight at his nose. "The culprit can be none other than you, Arthur Trine!"

"Bwahh?" He reeled back at the accusation. "How can you say that?"

Adam raised three fingers into the air. "The number of hints are three. First: The glue traps in Youlan and Vino's masks. Second: Access to the Intranet's highest security functions setting off various pranks. Third: The override codes to bridge security. You let your MO change with each prank, but all of it could only be done by you! Only bridge personnel know the override codes to bridge security, which is how Meyrin managed to disable your little trap up there. You were also the only one not present on the bridge at the time."

"Circumstantial evidence!"

"I'm not finished yet!" Adam barked. "To access those systems remotely, someone can get into the Intranet computer controls. Only certain people know the access codes, and not even Meyrin can hack into it. That narrows it down to you and the Captain. You also have not been pranked by this mystery prankster, while she has. Third, someone placed the glue traps inside the welding masks unnoticed. As there was no forced entry in the room, it was obviously someone that was well known and trusted in the staff. That person is you!"

"That's ridiculous! Where's the proof?"

"Adam, he's right! I pranked him this morning, and he was sound asleep. He couldn't have had time to plant those traps."

"Couldn't he, Meyrin? Or did you forget what he just spat on us?" Adam smiled as her eyes widened. "Double-caffinated coffee, Trine special. That stuff could wake the dead and make them do cartwheels for hours. During the middle of the night, when the security was lax, he went out and set the traps in the welding masks. When he returned he placed a time delay on all the traps in the computer using his access codes and hid his tracks before he went to sleep. Then when he saw my trick on Ray and Shinn, he hacked into my camera and sent a copy to himself, and then sent it shipwide."

"You're just spitting off stuff that doesn't make sense."

"Is that so, Arthur?" Talia spoke. "How did you know that Malik and Burt were caught in that bridge trap? All audio communication had been cut off at that point!"

"I… well… um…. You see…."

"And if you're defending yourself so much right now, I'm betting you got so complacent that you didn't delete the access records on your own terminal! When Meyrin checks through your system and rebuilds the files, then the proof will be revealed! Your pranking spree is over, Arthur Trine!" Adam pointed at him again.

"Sonna!" He slumped to the floor. "Well done. I didn't think you'd be able to figure it out."

"So you admit it, Arthur?" Talia raised her eyebrows in surprise. "I don't understand. Why'd you do it? You of all people!"

"Everyone treats me like a joke character, getting laughs at my expense. Just once, I wanted my revenge! For once, I wanted to laugh at others for the sheer hell of it! And I laughed, hard! It was worth every second! Do with me what you will, but I feel complete! BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"

"Well… that settles that…." Adam folded his arms as he spoke above the guffawing second in command.

"But what are we going to do with him?" Meyrin placed her finger to her cheek as she thought.

"I think I have an idea." The captain smiled.

"BWAHAHAHAAAAAA!"

"BWAHAHAHAAAA!" Arthur laughed hard with his eyes closed. He never opened them until he heard the loud clang in front of him. "Eh… auda?"

Adam clapped his hands together to wipe off the dirt. "That aught to hold you." He spoke from the other side of a metal barred door.

"Once we get to the nearest base, we'll report on your misconduct to the Council. And your punishment will be decided then." Talia folded her arms.

"Ehhhh? No way! Cancho, you can't be serious!"

"Of course I'm serious!" Adam and Gladys yelled at him at once. They turned towards each other and shrugged, before walking out of the brig.

"Oi! Cancho! Cancho!" Arthur stretched his arm out of the bars as he watched the large doors close.

On the other side, Meyrin waited for the other two. "You're not really going to turn him in, are you?"

"Of course not, Meyrin." The captain patted her on the shoulder. "Arthur may be prone to bouts of stupidity, but he's still a valuable officer. This will just have him rethink trying anything like that again. Speaking of which, I have to go into the computers and override what Arthur's done. Sorry for dragging you two into this on your day off."

"Not at all, Captain. It was fun." Meyrin smiled.

"We've got to get going to, anyway. Our next victim is waiting." Adam put his hands behind his head.

The authoritative woman chuckled before straightening her hat. "Just don't do anything to put you in there with him. See you on duty tomorrow."

"Hai." The teens saluted as she walked off.

Adam yawned as the door to his shared room with Shinn opened. "Damn, I need a shower." As he began to step in he saw something long and thin shimmer in his path. He returned his foot to its original position slowly. Leaning down to floor level he stared at the object, a piece of clear fishing line. He examined the room from his position.

Though looking the same, it felt slightly smaller than normal, and a soft, sweet smell wafted into his nose. The doorframe also seemed thicker. He smiled with an evil grin as he carefully stepped over the tripwire, and a second hidden in the shadows. Adam hummed like nothing was wrong as he went to his drawer, pulling out one of his spring loaded collapsible hunting knives. "Oh yeah, I forgot!" He quickly opened it at an angle and planted it over the first wire in the corner of the door. "I need to ask Meyrin what to get for Lunamaria's baby shower. I should do that before I forget it again." He quickly left, letting the door open and close on his knife, it moving a little each time.

The door of the bathroom fell forward with the scenery, and Shinn stepped on top of the oversized photo, his black eye throbbing painfully. "What happened? That should have worked for sure." He went forward, noticing the door. "Why's it keep doing that?" As he made it to the entryway, past his trap, the knife fell forward with a snap, shutting it on the wire. "Shimatta…."

The paneling around the entryway fell forward, as seven seltzer bottles hidden in the alcove let loose their pressurized contents. "KYAAAHHHH!" Shinn screamed as he became drenched by his own prank. Once the sticky and fizzy shower was over, he stumbled forward, stepping on the second line. "Kuso!"

Two more giant photos of the room fell forward, next to where Shinn first emerged, revealing two rigged contraptions with twenty boston cream pies. "DAMN YOU ADAM!" He yelled as they launched, arching a perfect trajectory for the boy.

Adam sighed as he heard the heavy splats, leaning on the wall outside of the door. "Shinn, you poor poor sap." He shook his head as he walked to the mess hall, considering a prank on the cooks in revenge for their disgusting food. "When will you ever learn that you can't prank a prankster?"

"I wonder about that." Ray spoke in his ear from a far closer than comfortable range.

"Guh!" Adam stiffened up, slowly turning his eyes, and then his head, and finally his body, towards the blonde.

"You can relax. I'm not here to get you back." Ray spoke with an unblinking gaze.

"You're not pissed at me?" The citrus-haired teen sweatdropped, still nervous.

"Oh no, I'm plenty pissed at you. But considering what time of year it is, I can only offer congratulations for a flawlessly executed trick. Chaining me to the bed in my sleep was something I would never have thought possible. You have helped me identify one of my weaknesses, and I thank you for that." As Ray said this, Adam let out a heavy sigh. "Well then, I must speak with the Captain. Farewell."

As he walked away, Adam looked puzzled. "Well that was different. I thought for sure he'd do something to get me back." He scratched an itch on his back, and bumped up against something metal. "Eh?" The package detonated, covering his midsection with a gray and white foam that instantly hardened around him, sending him to the floor. "Wh… wha? What the hell? What is this?"

"Police Restraining Foam. I picked up a canister of it from the armory." Ray leaned against the closest doorframe. "See ya."

"Oi! Oi! Are you just gonna leave me like this? Oi!" Adam started thrashing, unable to break free of his confines.

Ray opened the door to his quarters and quickly walked around, picking up the cuffs, and throwing them in the nearest trash can. He also went and deleted the pictures sent to his machine. "What a day." He fell back onto his bed in relief. A strange slow metallic creak emanated from it. "Uh?" He blinked as he repositioned himself in the middle. The metal creak snapped, and both sides of his bed closed up on him like a bear trap. "…" He stretched his hand out between the jaws and using all four of his limbs, stretched it apart, lifting him up a few feet. "The bastard did it again."

A seltzer bottle lowered from a hidden panel in the ceiling, with a picture of Adam and Meyrin attached to it. "Well met, you two." He said just before he got the entire contents in the face, sending him falling backwards into the bed trap again. As he attempted to stretch his arm out to slide himself out from the middle, his hand landed on an Oppai Ball, with a sticker attached to it, which read "Thinking of You".

Athrun slid open a door deep in the depths of the ship. The engineer on duty was instantly knocked out by his tazer as he ran up to another and slammed his hand onto his neck.

"This will take care of it all. For ORB, this ship is a danger to existence. Then I will do this to protect it!" He cranked the dial to far past its normal safeties, typing a program to create a feedback loop, preparing to overload the engines. "Remember what I did here today, Cagalli. For ORB's sake! Let our lion continue to roar!"

He pressed a button and a loud fart echoed throughout the ship. Athrun turned around and put his hands in his pockets. He blinked for a second. "What, you didn't really think I'd blow up the ship, did you? April Fools."

SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:

"Hey everyone, I'm Adam Cancho. The author of this amazingly successful fanfic and I have decided to open up voting for the Inaugural Best Scene Awards. The way it works is in the review section, choose a chapter and scene that you would like to see get the award in one of the following topics:

Best Action; Best Drama; Best Romance; Best Comedy; Best Overall Chapter

"This is a completely fan-based vote, so participation is needed. Everyone, even anonymous readers can vote, so please leave a review with your choices. The entire cast will return to reveal who is the winner of each category, and reveal some of their own favorite moments.

"I don't know about you, but I'm excited. Let's make this a huge success so redemption2 can make an even better rewrite of the future Gundam Seed Eternity! Adam Cancho, Eagle, aim for the stars!"