The Adventures of Kid Combat 3: Jones Strikes Back Read Online Free PDF

the lone lady.
    The men and women filled a single file line
along the back of the stage, as one woman made it up to the podium.
She waited a few seconds, tapped the microphone and spoke.
    “Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My
name is Shirley Kerr. I come here today representing Phillip Arthur
Jones, Jones Industries, and the Elmcrest Board of Education. As
you may have heard last night on the news report that was released,
the Elmcrest BoE has reached an agreement with Jones Industries to
help bail out the school systems during this tough economic time.
Not only has Mr. Jones and his company donated hundreds of
thousands of dollars to help save the schools, Jones has agreed to
become the principal contractor on all renovations that are planned
for Elmcrest schools – at a discounted rate I may add.”
    Shirley was interrupted by a round of
applause. She waited for a few moments, accepted the accolades, and
continued.
    “Thank you. As Jones Industries has been so
generous, and since they are far better suited at this sort of
thing, the Elmcrest Board of Education has allowed Jones to become
the principal voice in all school matters.”
    Another interruption brought on a pause.
“What does that mean?” Samantha asked out loud to anyone who would
answer. No one did.
    “With that said,” the lady continued,
“Jones’s first order of business is to create a unified front
across all of Elmcrest’s schools. With that, he has created this
uniform. The uniform I and the models back here are wearing will be
worn by all teachers, principals, and workers at all Elmcrest schools.”
    Shirley stopped for a minute, stepped out
from behind the podium and modeled the new uniform style for the
crowd to see. The reactions that came from the crowd were mostly
positive. Most not working at the schools in Elmcrest, the patrons
in the crowd would be effected very little by the changes. Shirley
did a few turns, walked a few feet, then returned back to the
podium.
    “Huh? The teachers have to wear those?”
Samantha said with a questioning look on her face. “Maybe we’ll get
out of this, eh Kid?”
    “Doubtful.”
    “And here, is what the kids will be wearing,”
Shirley said as she returned.
    “See,” Kid said.
    From behind her came a group of kids walking
up the stairs of the stage – each wearing the new Jones uniforms.
They were the same ones the adults on the stage were wearing.
    The girls started the processions and had the
same dresses, belts, and shoes as the adults before them did. The
girls walked in a straight line and up to the front of the stage –
all with huge smiles across their faces.
    Samantha, not one for dresses, started to
panic. “I’m not wearing a dress to school everyday! Uh-uh. No way.
No how!” Her voice was higher than usual and you can tell she was
in a state of fluster. It would only get worse for the young girl.
The girls on the stage whipped out a baseball cap, and put it on
their heads.
    “I’m definitely not wearing that!” Sam said,
grabbing onto Kid’s arm. She pulled him into her. Kid turned, and
looked at a startled Samantha. “Im dropping out of school. You here
me? I’m dropping out of school!”
    “Relax, Sam. It’ll be OK. Just breath,” Kid
said. In the trying moments, he tried to push a smile out. He had
never seen Samantha this worked up.
    After the girls came out, the boys then
followed. The boys wore the same uniform as the men, but were
wearing shorts. They already wore their caps and walked in and
stood next to the girls.
    “Ugh,” was all Wedge was able to say. His
brother, Rocket, was worse. Becoming frantic from his own panic,
Rocket started spouting out almost as much nonsense as Samantha did
earlier.
    “He’s gone too far. He can’t do this. I can’t
do this. How are we suppose to go to school wearing Jones uniforms?
It’s crazy. He’s our enemy!” Rocket blubbered.
    “Would everyone relax, please ,” Kid
finally said. “It’s just a ploy to get us