Attack of the Bullies by Michael Buckley

Author:Michael Buckley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 2013-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Heathcliff Hodges collected his few possessions: a pair of sneakers, some clothes, a stack of notebooks, a framed photo of his parents, and the assorted parts of Benjamin. He tossed them into a backpack just as the door flew open.

“Grab your things,” Jackson Jones shouted. “We’ve lost our lease! Everything must go! Take whatever isn’t nailed down and meet the team in the control center.”

Heathcliff veered toward the science room. He found Duncan racing from one table to the next, snatching things and shoving them into two huge duffel bags.

“We should take the jet packs,” Heathcliff said.

Duncan nodded. “I took three. That’s as much as I could carry. There’s some exploding bubble gum back there that could be useful.”

“Actually, I was hoping I might find the potion they wanted to use on my parents.”

Duncan frowned. “I don’t know. I never met the team assigned to it. It could be anywhere.”

Heathcliff stared out at the hundred workstations.

“Attention, all personnel.” An amplified voice echoed through the Playground. “This is the principal. The Playground has been compromised. Agents of the federal government are on their way. I’m activating Directive 86 right now. You have two minutes to leave or you’re staying forever. This is not a test. I repeat, this is not a test.”

Red lights flashed and a loud warning siren blared. Heathcliff raced from table to table. He needed the cure for his parents so that they would remember him, but it was like searching for a four-leaf clover—only the clover patch was going to explode in two minutes.

Flinch appeared, desperately trying to close a suitcase overflowing with candy. “C’mon, we need to get out of here.”

“I have to find the potion,” Heathcliff shouted.

Matilda joined them, dragging her favorite combat dummy behind her.

“You two need to get to the control room,” she yelled.

“I can’t go until I find it!”

The principal and Ruby zoomed into the Playground together.

“Let’s go,” the principal said. “I won’t let them ruin what we’ve built here. You kids are too valuable to the world.”

Heathcliff continued to search frantically. “Who was working on the potion?”

“Son, get in the control room now,” the principal said.

“I won’t go!” Heathcliff cried.

There was a sound like a giant redwood tree splintering and crashing to the forest floor and a thick gray liquid began to fill the room.

“What’s that?” he asked.

“Concrete,” the principal said. “We’re burying it alive. If anyone ever stumbles upon this facility, it will be completely useless to them. Heathcliff, I’m only going to say this one more time.”

Didn’t they understand? He needed that potion. “Go on without me.”

“Matilda, does that inhaler of yours have a tranquilizer in it?”

Matilda nodded and aimed her inhaler at Heathcliff.

“Don’t do this!” he begged.

“Sorry,” she said.

There was a loud pop and a sting on the side of his neck, and all the fight in him melted away.

Flinch hefted Heathcliff onto his back and all of the NERDS raced to the control room.

The principal pushed a button and the floor began to rise, though Heathcliff couldn’t be sure it wasn’t the tranquilizer that was making him feel floaty.

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