Victory

Victory. The word has a nice ring to it. I know for a fact that victory feels great, as we have all (Tense) now experienced it. Our plan worked to perfection and we were ready to proceed as planned. While Eric assembled the team, I cannot (Tense) help but remember how we managed to win.

Two weeks ago, Eric made a shocking discovery. He found out that the girls, our hated enemies (why?), are (Tense) able to tell the future. Eric videotaped the girls using the future telling device and showed us the evidence.

" Pick a colour! Okay, Red! Now pick a number! 4!"
The video played as we watched in silence, amazed by this technology. The future telling device was able to answer any question the girls asks (Tense) it. Without a doubt, we all knew that we had to acquire this device. We set up a 'research facility' on Eric's backyard to find out more about what we were dealing with.

"Kyle, what have you researched so far?" Eric asked.
"The mechanism is made out (Proposition) of paper. The outside of the mechanism is covered in colours while the inside is covered in numerals, which must open up some wormhole." Kyle promptly replied.

Eric gives (Tense/expression: Satisfaction gleamed on Eric's face and he said) a sign of satisfaction and says (Tense), "Good work."
After the first week, Eric announced that it was time to steal it.
He informed us that there will be a girl's slumber party in (Usage) the next week. When told that a boy cannot (Tense/expressions: the slumber party is out-of-bounds to boys) attend a girl's slumber party, he calmly replied that that was not an issue.

"It is simple spy skills my friends. We fake a teammate's illness and send him as the enemy."
Andre, in the crowd, asks "Who will go?"

The next day, Andre was ready. "Andrea" came to school dressed as a girl and pretended to be the new girl that just got transferred into our school. Amazingly, Kyle was able to fake a doctor's letter that was convincing enough (to prove that "Andrea" was indeed a girl). Our plan was going perfectly.

On the day of the slumber party, "Andrea" was able (Expression: managed) to retrieve the device. We all ran back to our research base to tell the future. "Alright gentlemen, give that device to me. I will be the one to ask the first question."(who said?)

 "Why do you get to use it first? We all worked together to retrieve it!" The crowd asked. In a few seconds, the crowd started fighting about who would use it first and what questions should be asked.

Then, Stan jumps (Tense) out.
"Stop! Everyone! Can't you see what this device is doing to us? Andre told me something outside the house. He told me it was nothing but trouble. I think I see what he meant now. We risked everything to get it from the girls. When will they attack us to get it back? Or what if the government knows that we have such technology? I think Andre was right. We have to destroy it."

Everyone in the room looked at each other.
Our victory was now crumpled and torn, left alone on the cold ground.