Zac to the Rescue! by Katrina Kahler & John Zakour

Author:Katrina Kahler & John Zakour [Kahler, Katrina & Zakour, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KC Global Enterprises Pty Ltd
Published: 2017-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Zac continued walking over towards us. He squatted down to get a clear view. “Ah, I live here,” he said.

“Right, right, I knew that,” I replied sheepishly.

I rolled off Joe.

“Oh hi, Jake,” Zac said.

“It’s Joe,” Joe corrected.

“Right, Jack,” Zac said, not really paying attention to Joe.

“Am I dreaming, or are you guys super small?” he asked.

“Well, it’s hard to explain, but we’re so small because of one of my mom’s inventions...a shrinking ray,” I said. I really wanted to leave it at that.

“Bella’s mom invented a shrink ray, but it’s a long story, you see we didn’t realize it was a shrinking ray and...” Joe said.

I stomped on Joe’s foot and shot him a look. He looked back at me.

Zac nodded. “This isn’t making a lot of sense. I’ve never heard about a shrinking ray...not even on the internet, and I hear about a LOT of stuff on the internet.”

“Let’s get back to our actual problem,” Joe coaxed.

“Yeah, Jack is right,” Zac said.

Joe just sighed. “Ah, once again my name is Joe.”

“Quiet Jack,” I said. “Let Zac talk.”

“I mean, how did you guys get here?” Zac asked.

“We accidentally fell into a toy box my mom was selling at a yard sale that your grandma bought, and she brought it here,” I said.

“Scientists have yard sales?” Zac asked.

“Yes, scientists are people too. They get clutter…” I answered.

“Did she invent a laser beam or a gun that makes people cluck like chickens?” Zac asked.

“Ah, no,” I said. “I don’t think she uses a laser beam, and why would you need a gun that makes people cluck like chickens?”

Zac smiled. “Because it would be awesome fun!”

“I so agree,” Joe said.

“See Joey, thinks it would be a cool idea too!” Zac said.

“No my name is, oh wait, you actually got it mostly right,” Joe said.

I sighed. “Nope, no chicken clucking gun. I will mention it to her and see what she says.”

“Great!” Zac beamed. “What about a gun that gives people diarrhea? I know those things really exist. I saw one on TV.”

“He’s right, they do,” Joe said.

Funny how Joe and Zac were bonding. This wasn’t how I pictured my first long conversation with Zac. And Zac was starting to sound like an older version of Bobby.

“I’m pretty sure my mom had nothing to do with that type of invention,” I said. “Mom invents things that help people.”

“Well, she did invent a poop cloner and a ray gun that shrinks people, so it wasn’t a totally stupid assumption,” Zac said.

“He has another great point,” Joe said.

I fought the urge to stomp on Joe’s foot again and to scold Zac and Joe for being such “guys”. They only cared about the fun factor, not the facts. Still, I was standing face to face with Zac, and he wasn’t freaked out by me being two inches tall. I could make this work in my favor. I decided to go with the truth, mostly.

“Zac, we shrunk ourselves by accident. We thought my mom had invented a time travel ray, when it was in fact, a shrink ray.

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