Little Badman and the Radioactive Samosa by Humza Arshad & Henry White

Author:Humza Arshad & Henry White [Arshad, Humza & White, Henry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241509265
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Published: 2021-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Roaaaarrrrrrrrr!

As soon as we ran into Umer’s bedroom, we saw it. The lid of the Tupperware box was lying on the carpet. Every single one of the samosas had VANISHED!

‘I don’t understand!’ cried Umer. ‘I left them right here.’

‘If your mum’s eaten a dozen space-samosas,’ I replied, ‘we’re gonna have a seriously angry supervillain on our hands.’

‘No way – she wouldn’t have,’ said Umer, shaking his head. ‘I told my parents they were yours. They wouldn’t have touched them.’

‘Um, guys,’ said Wendy. ‘I think I know what might have happened.’

She was facing the other way, looking at the desk, where the hamster cage stood. The empty hamster cage!

‘Oh no!’ Umer gasped. ‘They’ve escaped!’

‘And they’ve eaten all my samosas!’ I cried.

‘Are you sure it was them?’ replied Umer, clearly not wanting to believe it.

‘Have you got a better theory?’ I snapped. ‘The cage is wide open, the samosas are missing, and all that’s left in the box is a bunch of tiny brown poos! I don’t think we need CSI to solve this one, do you?’

‘What do you suppose happens when hamsters eat space-samosas?’ asked Wendy.

No one said a word. I don’t think we wanted to consider it. But something told me we weren’t going to have a choice. Umer had left his bedroom window open. Wherever the hamsters were now, they weren’t in here …

Out in the garden, we all began hunting around – in bushes, under plant pots, behind the shed … anywhere we could think of that a hamster might hide.

‘Maybe they’re invisible, like that cat girl,’ suggested Umer.

‘Or maybe they’ve turned into chickens like you and flown away?’ I replied.

‘Chickens can’t really fly,’ replied Wendy.

‘OK, penguins then. You know what I mean.’

‘Maybe we’re worrying over nothing,’ said Umer, who was crouching near the garden table. ‘Maybe it only works on people. They’re probably just normal hamsters still. Nothing to be concerned about.’

And that’s when we heard it …

‘ROAAAAAAARRRRRR!’

It came from nearby, maybe next door – it was hard to say. It sounded like a lion but … bigger.

‘Wh-wh-wh-what was that?’ stammered Umer.

‘Probably nothing,’ I replied.

‘Really?’ he said, looking puzzled.

‘No, you idiot! It’s obviously a giant radioactive hamster! What do you think it was?’

Something was moving on the other side of the fence. I could hear plants snapping beneath heavy footsteps.

I could hear breathing …

Grunting …

And then … silence.

None of us breathed. None of us moved an inch. Eventually Umer looked up at me.

‘Do you think it’s gone?’ he whispered.

And that’s when the whole fence exploded.

‘ROAAAAAAARRRRRR!’

An elephant-sized hamster burst through the wall, sending wooden shards flying in every direction.

‘AARRRRGGGHHHHH!’ we all screamed.

This thing was a monster! It must have been five metres tall. It had huge, dripping fangs, muscles like The Rock, and the angriest eyes I’d seen since I ‘accidentally’ flushed my dad’s car keys down the toilet.

‘RUN!’ I shouted.

‘This way!’ said Umer, pointing to a gap between the two houses.

The alley was big enough for the three of us to escape down, but there was no way a monster like that was fitting through.

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