Paraworld Zero

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Book: Paraworld Zero Read Online Free PDF
Author: Matthew Peterson
Tags: Science-Fiction, adventure, Fantasy, Juvenile Fiction, Magic
into a plastic
bag. He looked up at Simon. “You Simon?”
        “What?”
        “Are you Simon Kent?”
        “Oh. Yes,” Simon said sheepishly. He looked at the officer’s uniform and read
the name tag: McKenzie.
        “We got some questions for ya, kid. Follow me.”
        As Simon neared the principal’s office, he could hear an argument taking
place on the other side of the door. “You can’t hold me here,” Butch yelled. “That knife was just
a birthday present.”
        “Was this gun a birthday present, too?” Officer McKenzie asked as he walked
into the room bearing the weapon. The office overflowed with people—including Buz, Spike, Butch,
Principal Harmon, another officer named Petri, and a few more students whom Simon didn’t
recognize. Butch sat with handcuffs on his wrists, and a knife with a curved ivory handle in the
shape of a cobra lay on the hardwood table.
        Scowling at Simon, Butch sprang forward, attempting to head-butt the boy, but
Principal Harmon held him back. Simon hugged the doorframe.
        “You told him where it was, you little twerp!” Butch said.
        During the excitement, Spike jumped in front of the policemen to distract
them while two of the other seniors snuck behind the men and knelt on all fours. Most officers,
even ones stationed at high schools, wouldn’t have been so naive, but these two might as well
have gotten their badges from crackerjack boxes.
        “You know what, guys?” Spike said as he tapped the officers’ badges with his
fingertips. The men were slow to react. “You two are so oblivious, I bet you’d fall for anything.”
        “Huh?” both officers said in unison.
        “Exactly.”
        With his hands already on their chests, Spike applied a little pressure, and
the two men both toppled over the kneeling students.
        Butch exploded with energy, releasing himself from Principal Harmon’s grasp.
Still in handcuffs, he grabbed the knife off the table and lunged at Simon. Simon’s eyes widened
as adrenaline shot through his veins. He slammed the door and ran for his life.
        “We’re gonna get you, punk!” Butch yelled, kicking the door.
        Butch, Spike, and Buz exited Principal Harmon’s office unhindered and pursued
Simon down the empty hallway.
        Two seconds later, Principal Harmon rushed out the door, threatening, “You’ll
all be expelled for this!”
        
    * * *
        
        “Here ya go, Butch,” Buz said, tossing the handcuff keys to his friend; he
had stolen them from Officer Petri during the commotion. While in full stride, Butch spun around
and caught the keys from behind. However, not wanting to slow himself down, he didn’t bother to
use them.
        Simon burst through the front doors of the school and headed towards the
crowded parking lot. Panting heavily, he made his way through the first few rows of cars before
he heard the three bullies yelling his name.
        From a bird’s-eye view, the parking lot looked like a garden with many
colorful vegetables, big and small: red ones, blue ones, yellow ones, even neon-green ones; cars
with low-riding bodies, others with jacked-up axles, and still others with mammoth tires. The lot
contained minivans, trucks, convertibles, old station wagons, and many other varieties. With such
a large selection of vehicles, Simon thought he could easily find a suitable hiding place, but to
his dismay, he found none.
        “There he is!” Buz shouted.
        Butch slid over the hood of a new Corvette. As he did so, the knife and keys
in his hands scraped the shiny red paint. Simon rolled under a large black truck just before Buz
could grab him.
        As if he’d done it a hundred times, Butch slid his hands down his body and
pulled the handcuffs to the front. He jumped onto the bed of the truck so he could pounce on the
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