Council of Evil by Andy Briggs

Author:Andy Briggs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2008-09-15T16:00:00+00:00

A Plan Unveiled

The dry crack of Knuckles’s fist drew Jake out of his reverie. He was standing under the shelter offered by a tree as the rain lashed the boughs. Scuffer, Knuckles, and Big Tony were keeping their distance from him but dared not look away.

“I still don’t believe any of this,” squeaked Knuckles.

“See if I care,” retorted Jake.

Scuffer had ordered the gang out of school and told them what he had witnessed. Jake filled in the gaps, secretly happy, finally, to be able to talk about what had happened. But their questions came pouring out, and he was now beginning to regret opening his mouth. After all, why should they get any fun out of Villain.net?

Then another thought popped into his head. Chameleon knew who he was. That meant the Enforcers would too. Home was no longer safe. How was he going to explain that to his parents? He felt a pang of sadness. All the times he had been sent home from school with bad reports, a suspension, and, on a few occasions, angry parents of the kids he had picked on, he had never felt remorse.

But now he did.

Now he realized that his actions would upset them in a way that was deep and personal. The news would crush them, distressing his parents to a degree he had never seen before. What would they do? Throw him out of the house? Disown him?

“But you’re an alien?” Big Tony said in awe.

Jake looked incredulous. The others started to laugh.

“That’s what he told me!” blurted Big Tony.

“An alien? That’s what you think I am? Do you know how that sounds?”

Scuffer’s laughter suddenly evaporated. “About as crazy as you climbin’ into a flyin’ car or fightin’ some kid who transformed into a lizard.”

Jake’s smile faded. “Guys, trust me. This is not something you want to get involved in.”

“Bit late for that, don’t you think?” said Scuffer, nervously shifting his weight from one foot to the other.

Jake regarded them all levelly. Then with a sigh, he explained again: “I’ve already told you. I’m what you call a supervillain.” He winced, aware of how lame that sounded. “I downloaded some powers from the Web, and kidnapped that gallery owner …” He trailed away. Knuckles and Big Tony looked as though they didn’t need much convincing.

“That was you?” Big Tony said in awe. “Wow, that bank job—”

Jake was exasperated. “What bank?”

Big Tony blinked in surprise. “The National Bank downtown was robbed the other day. My mom opened an account for me there … wait a minute. You didn’t rob anything, did ya?”

“No, I didn’t! That wasn’t me!”

Big Tony looked suspiciously at him. “The crooks blew up half the road, but the cops stopped them from getting away with five million! That’s why every city across the country’s been on high alert. Helicopters everywhere, armed cops—”

“I just did the kidnapping,” snapped Jake. “That is my claim to fame!”

Scuffer was silent for a moment as he tried to work things out. “So, that lizard kid, was he a superhero? That why he attacked you?”

Jake shrugged.

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