Looking for Alaska Chapter 28 Summary

three days before

  • Miles packs up (black clothes, a sleeping bag) and walks with the Colonel and Takumi to the Eagle's house, where the Colonel tells the Eagle that he's taking Miles and Takumi to his house.
  • The Eagle, rightly suspicious, calls the Colonel's mom, who confirms that yes, her son and his two friends will be staying there this weekend.
  • Except… the Colonel called his mom the day before to ask her to cover for him. So she does.
  • The four friends set up camp in the barn.
  • Ever the militant perfectionist, the Colonel reads the battle plan: front one, get the Eagle; front two, Lara takes an individual mission; front three, send fake progress reports to the Weekday Warriors's parents. Of course the Colonel has itineraries, watches are synchronized, clothing is black.
  • Front one: Miles and Takumi set off fireworks on the Eagle's porch to distract him. The Eagle chases them by the lake as the boys drop fireworks the whole time. But the Colonel failed to take the evil swan that guards the lake into account while planning, and the swan (bwahaha) bites Miles in the butt as he runs by.
  • Front two: Lara puts the industrial blue dye in some of the Weekday Warriors's gel and conditioner.
  • Front three: Alaska and the Colonel print fake progress reports for the three original hazers of Miles's midnight mermaid swim… and twenty other Weekday Warriors.
  • Upon finding out that Alaska printed fake progress reports for twenty-three students, the Colonel flips his lid—he thinks that the Eagle will be able to rule out all twenty-three students from his list of suspects.
  • Miles observes that he's playing the prank to get the previous pranksters back, but for Alaska, the prank seems to have much more meaning.
  • Pleased and settling down into their sleeping bags for the night, the friends pass around cheap wine.