Peaches sighed, and shook her head.
‘WHAT IF … we were DABS? Dull And Boring Superheroes!’ I stuck out my chest, and raised my chin. ‘I, of course, am DABMAN!’
Peaches rolled her eyes. ‘I don’t know about TOP-TOP-SECRET – you are Top-Top-Silly,’ she said. ‘Can we get back to planning our trip to the zoo?’
‘Sorry, Pea,’ I said. ‘If you’re in my DAB Gang, you have to have a Super Identity.’ Before she could complain, I said, ‘Peaches Mazimba, I hereby appoint you … Captain Common Sense, with the Power of Being Sensible.’
Peaches sighed again, and shook her head, but she was smiling too.
The bell rang for the start of afternoon classes. As we began to clear away our trays, Bobby Bragg blocked our path. Toby Hadron and Hattie Hurley stood by the door.
‘We should have won that competition,’ said Bobby. ‘Your entry was Dull And Boring, just like you. Ours was miles better.’
‘I liked their idea, actually,’ said Hattie.
‘Yeah,’ said Toby, ‘It was …’
Bobby glared at them, and they shut up straight away.
Suddenly I thought, WHAT IF … the SHOW-OFF had got a gang of superheroes under mind control, and he was using them as slaves to do his dirty work for him.
I smiled at the picture in my head.
‘You think you’re clever, don’t you, Fibbs? said Bobby Bragg.
I looked into his eyes. I could tell that at that moment he saw me as a great big lump of brick that he wanted to karate chop into a million pieces. He didn’t say it, but I knew what he was thinking:
Bobby Bragg may have his Killer Karate Chops, but I had my BIG FAT FIBS.
Steve Hartley is many things: author, astronaut, spy, racing-car driver, trapeze-artist and vampire-hunter. His hobbies include puddle-diving and hamster-wrestling and he was voted ‘Coolest Dude of the Year’ for five years running by Seriously Cool magazine. Steve is 493 years old, lives in a golden palace on top of a dormant volcano in Lancashire and never, EVER, tells fibs. You can find out more about Steve on his extremely silly website: www.stevehartley.net
Also by Steve Hartley
The DANNY BAKER RECORD BREAKER series
The World’s Biggest Bogey
The World’s Awesomest Air-Barf
The World’s Loudest Armpit Fart
The World’s Stickiest Earwax
The World’s Itchiest Pants
The World’s Windiest Baby
Coming soon:
Oliver Fibbs and the Giant Boy-Munching Bugs
www.stevehartley.net
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