* A sequal to "Jonny's Ultimate Vengeance" Hadji's Revenge It had been many months since Jonny's little joke on Hadji-- a harmless little prank, but one that was humiliating and had the whole family laughing at his expense. Hadji thought Jonny's idea of dying his turban pink was original, but he didn't appreciate the prank, and even though Hadji didn't believe in vengeance, he felt that Jonny needed a lesson. He had been biding his time, waiting patiently-- going over idea after idea, until he finally had the perfect one. It was the weekend of Jonny and Benton's annual fishing trip. Jonny would be gone for two days, he would come home in the early morning, and he would be tired and unsuspecting when he came in. This gave Hadji the time he needed to act. Jessie and Hadji were sitting with Race on the sofa watching TV. Hadji did not know it, but he had a small grin on his face that highly uncharacteristic, and Jessie could not help but notice. "Hadji?" she asked with a quizical grin, "What's up?" "Hmm? Pardon?" "You have a grin on your face, like you're contemplating something. What's on your mind?" Hadji smiled. "You remember Jonny's practical joke?" Jessie through her head back and started laughing. "How could I...forget... pink..." she gasped. Race was stifling laughter under his breath. "So what are you going to do?" asked Jessie. Hadji grinned a sly grin. "You will see. I will tell you this much-- this challenge will be how to slip it in to his shampoo without it affecting either the appearance or performance of it." Jessie's expression changed to one of grave seriousness. "Hadji, not hair remover..." "Oh, no, Jessie! That would be too cruel! But I promise you, he will think twice before pranking me again. Especially someone with a background not only in chemistry, but herbology as well." With that, Hadji left them to persue his "work". ***************** Early Monday morning, Benton and Jonny rolled in at about 5 am. Jonny showered as usual, and noticed nothing strange either in the shower, or immediately after he got out of the shower. Jonny got out and got dressed as usual, albeit he was moving at a very sluggish pace-- all a part of Hadji's plan, as his concoction had a latent effect. Jonny went down to breakfast as usual. He came into the dining room and sat down, and as he made his entrance, the eyes of all in the room became as large as saucers. Jessie started to snicker. "Wh-what?" yawned Jonny. Benton looked at Race. "Excuse me." said Benton, with a look of rememberance in his eye. Benton walked into the kitchen and lost it. Race put his hand over his mouth and his snickers kept grwoing louder and louder. Hadji folded his arms and leaned back in his chair, with a large smile of satisfaction spread across his face. "Wha-- what? What's so funny?" By this time, Benton contained himself long enough to re-seat himself. "Um, Jonny, have you looked in the mirror?" asked Benton. "This morning, as usual when I was brushing my hair. Why?" "Dr. Quest, the solution has a latent effect." commented Hadji. Jonny shot Hadji a look. "What solution?!?" Hadji bent over under the table for a second, and when he bent back up, had his pink turban wrapped around his head, re-sparking laugher around the room. Jonny's mouth dropped, and a look of panic spread across his face. Jessie left the table briefly, and came back down with her hand mirror. "You see, my friend, I told you I would get you back." "Yeah, but I never thought you meant it... what did you do?" "Um, Jonny, your hair..." snickered Jessie. "My HAIR?!?" Jessie tried to stifle her snickers as she handed Jonny her mirror. "Oh, my GOOODDD!!!" screamed Jonny as he took his hand and patted the stiff pea-green spikes that were his hair. "Oh, Jonny-- I never you were a closet punk rocker!" teased Jessie. "It's you! It's yewwwwwwww!!!" "Uh, Hadji-- is this... this..." "No, my friend. It will wash out. In about a week." "A WEEK!!! YOU MEAN I HAVE TO GO AROUND LIKE THIS FOR A WEEK??!!???" By this time, the family was all but rolling in the floor. "Oh, I have a solution." laughed Hadji. "What!" snapped Jonny. Hadji took off his pink turban and handed it to Jonny. "You have a choice: either green, or PINK!"
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