Danny Danger and the Cosmic Remote by Adam Frost

Author:Adam Frost [Adam Frost]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857630384
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2011-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

“Write down something that nobody knows but you. To prove it’s really you,” suggested Danny.

Eric wrote:

“OK, great,” said Danny. He took the letter from Eric and folded it in half.

Then he pressed Rewind. He watched Eric unwriting the letter although the paper itself wasn’t there – it was just the pen hoovering up the ink. Then when Eric had scampered backwards into the middle of the room, Danny pressed Play.

Eric did a double take as Danny was suddenly standing in a different part of the room.

“Here,” said Danny, striding towards Eric with the letter in his hand.

Eric started to read.

“You wrote it in the future,” said Danny. “Of course, it’s not the future any more,” he added.

When Eric had finished reading, his eyes were glazed and his mouth was wide open.

“It’s no wonder that the Night Scientist wants your remote,” he said. “It’s absolutely amazing. Hey, you know what you could do. You could be like a superhero. Helping people out when they’re in trouble.You know, say you see someone falling off a building. You could pause time, fetch a big mattress, push the mattress into place, press Play, and – hey presto – the person lands on the mattress.”

“Yeah –” said Danny, with a smile.

“Hey! That’s what we should do today,” Eric continued. “We should go round town, helping people. You know, when something bad happens, you rewind time and try to stop it. It’ll be brilliant!”

Danny thought about this. It would certainly be more fun than hiding in a tree somewhere, waiting for Uncle Charlie to call.

“OK,” he said.

Eric cheered. “Let’s head for the high street,” he said. “It’s Sunday so it’ll be pretty busy.”

“Sure,” said Danny.

Eric picked up his robot. “I’m going to take Magnus with me. He’ll definitely want to see this!”

Danny and Eric walked to the end of their street, turned right and headed towards the town centre. Danny told Eric a bit more about the things he had done with his remote: pausing his parents, recording his sister, rewinding his teacher.

They had only been walking for five minutes when Eric saw an old lady who was trying to cross a busy road.

“Hey, look at her,” he said. “Why not press Pause, stop all the cars and move her across the road?”

Danny looked up at the traffic. “It might freak her out.You know, suddenly appearing on the other side of the street?”

Eric replied, “She’ll be OK. She’s old, isn’t she? She’ll just think it’s one of those things.”

Danny smiled. “All right,” he said.

He pressed Pause and everything froze.

He walked over to the old lady and tugged her sleeve, just to check she couldn’t see or feel anything. At the same time, he realised that he had never tried to move an actual person when they were paused. He wondered if it would be the same as moving an object.

Danny stood alongside the old lady and put his arms round her waist. He tried lifting her straight up, but she didn’t budge. He leaned back and tried again, but she still wouldn’t move.

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