To Cricket's ecstatic delight, she, Blue, and Sundew had been grouped together for a group project. After writing a report about it yesterday, it was time for what Cricket had been waiting for.

Dissection.

"Oh boy." Sundew muttered as kits were passed around with all the tools they would need. "This is going to get messy."

Blue made a quiet gagging noise when he saw the frog. Cricket put her gloves on.

Cricket did her best to follow the instructions, but with limited success. Blue seemed to get more nauseous with every incision and the noises he was making were rather distracting.

"Blue, could you hold it steady?" Cricket indicated to a wobbly arm that was in the way. He winced as he pinned it with a scalpel.

Sundew seemed to have an opposite reaction. She aggressively stabbed at the exposed side of the frog and nearly cut its arm off. "Ha! Take that. You are the subject of the driest, most uninteresting science report the School Board has ever seen! I hope that when I'm through, you get forgotten at the bottom of a soggy dumpster!"

"Sundew! Careful!" Cricket flinched her hand away from Sundew's flashing blade. "You can take an eye out!"

Blue shuddered as the frog lurched to one side as Sundew punctured it. Cricket gave him a sympathetic look.

"Carefully extract the small intestine and place it in container A." The teacher said to the class.

"Blue, container A." Cricket instructed. She fumbled with a pair of tweezers.

Sundew plucked the long pink organ out of the carcass and dropped it in the open plastic box Blue held in his hand. Blue froze and carefully closed the box, trying not to breath in. Cricket didn't blame him, it was pretty gross smelling.

"So, what is this supposed to teach us?" Sundew asked.

"Anatomy." Cricket answered. "Biology, team work skills, lab skills, lab safety, frog stuff."

"I have plenty of team work skills! I'd just rather not." Sundew declared.

Cricket raised her eyebrows behind her golden glasses. Sundew scrunched her nose. Blue breathed shallow breaths.

"Are we almost done?" Blue asked timidly.

"Uh, yes." Cricket scanned the workspace.

"Not until justice is rightfully served!" Exclaimed a battle-hungry Sundew. She flipped the frog over onto its stomach and messily removed its spine. Blue gagged again. Cricket didn't know how much longer he had.

Sundew was now rather gross looking. She had particles of frog on her shirt and in her hair and she had a murderously satisfied grin on her face.

"I hope you plan to wash up before you go home." Cricket waved at Sundew's war-like state. Both of the girls flinched when they heard and saw Blue bent over a large garbage bin.

"Aw, Blue! Are you ok?" Cricket asked as Sundew laughed.