Jason reached the wall first, tagging Rocky who jumped into the pool immediately and took off. Unfortunately, Jason was having difficulty getting his T-shirt off of his body. Trini, who’d come up behind him only seconds after, tagged, Aisha, and pulled herself up beside Kimberly. The girls smiled at one another and used a trick they’d learned in camp when they were kids. Trini grabbed her friends arms, and Kimberly pulled Trini’s T-shirt straight off of her, and onto herself, inside out, but still on. As they finished, they heard the sound of a splash beside them, indicating that Adam had just taken off gunning after Rocky and Aisha. Tommy was watching as Zack frantically pulled his T-shirt off and began forcing it on the teen.

“Pay attention to Adam,” Zack hissed at Tommy who instantly turned his attention to the water. Jason had finally gotten his own shirt off and it was sitting on Trent’s shoulders. Unfortunately, the teen couldn’t find the arm holes, even as Rocky tagged Conner, and pulled himself up. He wasn’t allowed to remove his shirt until Trent was wearing Jason’s. Adam had caught up and passed Aisha in the turn around, and practically pulled Tommy into the pool, rather than tagging him, and pulled himself out, tossing his shirt at Ethan.“Nothing,” Zack said sourly. He turned to Tommy. “Come on, man. Wear something else, please?”

Tommy sighed and looked at the open dresser drawer full of his clothes. His nostalgic mindset when packing had led him to a lot of green, white and red choices; he supposed he could relent on the black polo. His shoes were black, anyway. “All right, fine,” Tommy said with a sigh, fishing through his clothing for something suitable. Zack grinned and pulled his shirt on.

Before he could decide between a white button-down and a green T-shirt, Billy practically danced into the room, looking ecstatic. “Ethan had overalls!” he exclaimed by way of greeting. Billy no longer looked like Santa Claus minus a few pounds, but the expression on his face was worthy of a little kid who’d been Santa’s favorite. Ethan had given him a pair of dark blue denim overalls and a light blue T-shirt.She had to admit, she was fascinated by the depth of his involvements and began to wonder just how he managed it all. Far from being a major or even crowning achievement, his Dino Thunder team had been merely a footnote. His influence was everywhere and she was surprised she hadn’t noticed it before. His whole involvement with the Zeo team seemed to be nothing more than a pastime for him. She didn’t know how he did it.

Kim finished adding the slime and stress relievers to the water and motioned to Jason to help her lift the water containers up into the tank. Jason gave one last look at Tommy’s back, half expecting him to continue his objection, but he never did. Billy turned away and busied himself in one of his own projects and Trini followed him. Fish in the Command Center, Jason thought absently as he lifted the water and poured it into the tank, that was the stupidest thing he’d ever heard of.