The Kid Kingdom by H. Badger

Author:H. Badger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV001000, book
ISBN: 9781742735641
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
Published: 2011-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

‘Where have you been?’ squawked MoNa when Kip took the call. But strangely, she didn’t sound furious.

She just sounds… panicked, thought Kip. He felt a prickle of fear in his stomach.

‘My system detected a large comet near Yufe before you landed,’ MoNa continued. ‘Now my sensors are telling me it’s gone rogue!’

Oh no! A rogue comet was one that’d broken its orbit. It would cause catastrophic damage if it crashed into a planet.

‘That big comet we saw,’ Finbar said gravely. ‘I knew there was something wrong with it!’

Kip turned to Ker. He couldn’t believe the look on Ker’s face. He was grinning. It was as if Ker hadn’t heard what Finbar said.

‘Want to go and muck around on the 360-degree waterslide?’ Ker asked.

‘You’re kidding, right?’ Kip answered. ‘Your planet is facing a massive crisis, and–’

‘Crisis?’ echoed Ker. ‘What’s a crisis?’

Kip shook his head. The kids on Yufe were used to having fun all the time. They were totally unprepared for danger!

‘Who are the smartest kids onYufe?’ Kip asked Ker. ‘We’re going to need everyone’s help to solve this.’

Ker shrugged. ‘Why worry so much when you could be having fun?’ he said. ‘It’ll work itself out.’

Kip took one look at Finbar and knew what he was thinking. For the leader of a planet, Ker had no idea how to run things.

‘Do you think any of the other kids would take us seriously?’ Finbar whispered.

Kip thought it was worth a shot. Telling Ker they were going to have a better look around, he and Finbar left.

Outside, there were kids everywhere.

‘Find the 12-year-olds.They’re probably the smartest!’ Kip said.

Finbar nodded and they took off into the crowd. Kip ran up to a girl who looked about his age.

‘Excuse me,’ he said. ‘Your planet is in grave danger and we need your help.’

The girl’s eyes twitched. For a second, Kip felt hopeful.

Then…

‘You’re it!’ the girl yelled, running off.

Kip’s shoulders slumped. The kids were in the middle of a chasey game. They’d be impossible to distract now!

Finbar chased after a boy wearing a peaked silver cap. Running up behind him, Finbar reached out a paw. But then the kid vanished! His silver cap fluttered to the ground.

‘Must be an Exploding Matter Cap!’ Kip panted, running up to Finbar.

Exploding Matter Caps used the same technology as Scrambler Beams. Electrodes inside the cap blew your particles so wide apart that you turned invisible temporarily. The effect wore off in two minutes or so, when your particles flew back together. Excellent fun for chasey, Kip thought darkly. But downright annoying when you’ve got a planet to save!

‘After him!’ Finbar yelled as another lanky kid ran by in an Exploding Matter Cap.

Kip sped after the kid and made a grab at him. Too late! The kid disappeared, leaving Kip holding an empty cap.

‘DON’T YOU REALISE THIS ISN’T A GAME?’ Kip yelled.

With no grown-ups to ask for help, Kip and Finbar were on their own.

‘We could call MoNa and ask her to send two Scramblers,’ Finbar said quietly. ‘At least we could escape that way.

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