Trekie's Basketball Legasy

Please note: Though based throughly and truthfully on the true event, this story is being recorded sometime after its occurence. Accordingly, the timeing of the baskets may be somewhat incorrect, and the diologue is not in the form of exact quotations. Well that's the legal stuff out of it, enjoy!-Trekie

Before I embark on this marvellous tale, their are several things you must know, or nothing I say may seem wonderful or fantastic. The first fact is both Dungeon Master, and X-member play basketball, they play on rep teams, school teams, you name it. They are both farely good, and have a solid degree of confidence in themselves. The second fact is that though Trekie is an active person, his principal source of exercise is Karate, and basketball is definately not one of his strong suits. The thrid and final fact is that the DM's sister is fit, skillful, and about 4'10". Not exactly the ideal height for an NBA star. Remember these three facts as you are told the true story of unexpected triumph.

It started one day, DM, X-member, and Trekie were playing some twenty-one at The DM's house. Trekie, the underdog, was doing surprisingly well, having the lead for some time, and finally placeing second. This was all well and good. Then the DM's sister came out and wanted to play. DM and X-member seemed against the idea, but Trekie agreed straight away. Then X-member came up with the argment that twenty-one was highly inferior with four. "Yeah" said Trekie "I guess we'll have to play some two on two." X-member was thuroughly against the idea, and as if to dispell it said half-jokingly "Alright, DM and I." He expected complaints, laughter, even sarcasm, but not what he got. "You're on." said Trekie completely serious. He then drove up the stakes. "we're playing possesion." Now the game would be much more interesting. The game was on. What with it being possession, X-member and the DM expected neither Trekie nor DM's sister to even touch the ball. How wrong they were.

"Go ahead," said Trekie "you guys can take it first." At DM took it back to the end of the court (They were playing half-court naturally) The starting game plan, was Trekie covering X-member, while his sister took the DM on. And so started the game. The DM tried to deek out his sister, but due to a van in the driveway, he had little room. He therefore decided to pass. X-member was doing his best to get open, but Trekie is about five inches taller than X-member, and close to three feet wider. Needless to say, he was difficult to get around. Trekie snagged the pass, and dribbled the ball back, into his court. He was at this point directly behind the van. X-member decided to take one side of the van, and Trekie got a free run down the other. DM came off his check here, so that Trekie wouldn't get a free shot. Trekie decided to make him pay, and passed the ball to the DM's sister. She took a shot, which just missed, however Trekie made use of his height again, and recieved the rebound to score. 2-0. The DM's sister took possesion with DM covering her, and X-member on Trekie. As was prreviously stated, there was little or no room with which to manuver, and so the DM's sister had little or no chance of getting past DM. "Pass high!" shouted Trekie. She did as advised, and X-member was caught off gaurd, and so Trekie received the ball again. Trekie took a shot, which X-member managed to redirect slightly, and so it missed. Trekie out ran his opponents, and recovered the rebound. He saw the players like so. X-member running at him. The DM running towards his sister, who stood at the foul line. Trekie took a chance, and passed. That was a mistake. The DM arrived in time to intercept the ball. He quickly ran it back. "You get X-member." Trekie called sprinting in at DM. DM was once again caught in the tight area beside the van. Trekie covered him well enough that he had to stop dribbling to retain the ball. He pivoted skillfully, and got a pass off to X-member. X-member recieved the pass over the head of the DM's sister, and took a shot, he was at this point fouled. But this early in the game, they weren't counting fouls. Either way, the shot went in. 2-2 enemies in possesion.