On his first night at Culver Creek, Pudge is kidnapped and thrown into a lake by the "Weekday Warriors," a group of rich schoolmates who blame the Colonel and his friends for the expulsion of their friend, Paul, whose expulsion created tension between Pudge's friends and the Weekday Warriors. Takumi claims that they are innocent because their friend Marya was also expelled during the incident. However, Alaska later admits that she told on both Marya and Paul to the dean, Mr. Starnes, nicknamed as The Eagle, to save herself from being expelled.