things. Everyone deserves a chance, and some children are just late bloomers.’
I knew that the Fly was brilliant and all that, but I was getting a bit impatient. What was he talking about blooming now for? Couldn’t he just get to the point?
Unfortunately, the tension had made me forget all about the fact that I was supposed to be in disguise, and my coconut branch slipped somewhat, leading Masterrorto spot me. His voice boomed out: ‘SuperZero, what are you doing here? You were suspended from school!’
Total chaos erupted.
The superkids tried to show their support: some ran towards me, some flew up into the air, some threw their placards at the walls, some slipped on Slime Joos’s darts of slime, which in his excitement, he’d spurted all around.
The Fly shook his head sadly through it all. ‘This is a terribly sad way to go about things.’
Masterror used his superpowers to make my coconut branch burst into flame, and I had to throw off my cover completely and run for it, with many of the superkids running after me, until we heard a fierce barking. Under the impression that the superkids were attacking me, my loyal dog had materialized, charging at them, causing even more panic. Everyone ran and flew and climbed walls everywhere.
Head 1: ‘Stop it! This is a crying shame!’
Head 2: ‘Hehe, it’s a flying shame actually, what with the superkids flying.’
Head 1: ‘I am tired of your stupid jokes. I would like your head to fly right off in fact.’
Head 2: ‘Then I am taking your head with me.’
Double-Headmistress’s two heads began to wrestle with each other, and it was never quite clear in the end what exactly went wrong, but all of a sudden there was a horrible blood-curdling scream.
Head 2 stared at the deep gash on her neck and the entire school froze in horror. Later, some said it was Head 1 who’d stabbed it, some said it was Masterror’s super laser beam that had caused it, some said it was the coconut branch that slashed it off, some said it was Vamp Iyer who dug his teeth into it, some said it was BigaByte who bit it off. (I happen to know the last is not possible, because BigaByte always eats up whatever he bites off. He never leaves a crumb.)
Head 1 kept screaming, ‘I’m losing my other head. Help!’ And this time there was no Head 2 to respond, which was, as the Fly would say, ‘a terribly sad way to go about things’.
We looked on helplessly.
20. Superheroes must NOT faint
Double-Headmistress was fading away. Head 1 was cradling Head 2 and sobbing. Anna Conda tried to curl around Head 2 to keep her warm, but Head 1 snapped at her, ‘Snakes are cold-blooded. You’re going to freeze her, not warm her.’ Anna Conda choked back a sob and slithered away quickly.
Since everyone was frozen in horror, the Fly, of course, needed to take charge. ‘We have to get her to the central hospital. Now! There are doctors there who are world-famous—the Chance brothers . . . they are the only ones who can treat superheroes. Get her over there fast!’
That got us going, and the superkids put their arms together to carry Double-Headmistress and fly her over (those who could fly) to the hospital.
The Fly went buzzing in and came out with the first Dr Chance he could find. Dr Chance took one look at the almost slashed-off head and began to perspire. ‘There is no time to waste. We must get my brother, Dr Chance, at once.’
‘But aren’t you Dr Chance?’ the Fly asked.
‘I’m Dr Good Chance. She is much too serious. She needs my brother, the senior expert here, Dr Last Chance.’
There was waiting and wailing and many nurses who kept flapping around, poking needles into Double-Headmistress and attaching tubes to her. She looked pale.
Finally, Dr Last Chance was pulled out of a surgery where he had been transplanting someone’s tailbone into someone else. He looked a bit annoyed at having to rush from one emergency to another.
He kept prodding at Head 2, and opening and
I knew that the Fly was brilliant and all that, but I was getting a bit impatient. What was he talking about blooming now for? Couldn’t he just get to the point?
Unfortunately, the tension had made me forget all about the fact that I was supposed to be in disguise, and my coconut branch slipped somewhat, leading Masterrorto spot me. His voice boomed out: ‘SuperZero, what are you doing here? You were suspended from school!’
Total chaos erupted.
The superkids tried to show their support: some ran towards me, some flew up into the air, some threw their placards at the walls, some slipped on Slime Joos’s darts of slime, which in his excitement, he’d spurted all around.
The Fly shook his head sadly through it all. ‘This is a terribly sad way to go about things.’
Masterror used his superpowers to make my coconut branch burst into flame, and I had to throw off my cover completely and run for it, with many of the superkids running after me, until we heard a fierce barking. Under the impression that the superkids were attacking me, my loyal dog had materialized, charging at them, causing even more panic. Everyone ran and flew and climbed walls everywhere.
Head 1: ‘Stop it! This is a crying shame!’
Head 2: ‘Hehe, it’s a flying shame actually, what with the superkids flying.’
Head 1: ‘I am tired of your stupid jokes. I would like your head to fly right off in fact.’
Head 2: ‘Then I am taking your head with me.’
Double-Headmistress’s two heads began to wrestle with each other, and it was never quite clear in the end what exactly went wrong, but all of a sudden there was a horrible blood-curdling scream.
Head 2 stared at the deep gash on her neck and the entire school froze in horror. Later, some said it was Head 1 who’d stabbed it, some said it was Masterror’s super laser beam that had caused it, some said it was the coconut branch that slashed it off, some said it was Vamp Iyer who dug his teeth into it, some said it was BigaByte who bit it off. (I happen to know the last is not possible, because BigaByte always eats up whatever he bites off. He never leaves a crumb.)
Head 1 kept screaming, ‘I’m losing my other head. Help!’ And this time there was no Head 2 to respond, which was, as the Fly would say, ‘a terribly sad way to go about things’.
We looked on helplessly.
20. Superheroes must NOT faint
Double-Headmistress was fading away. Head 1 was cradling Head 2 and sobbing. Anna Conda tried to curl around Head 2 to keep her warm, but Head 1 snapped at her, ‘Snakes are cold-blooded. You’re going to freeze her, not warm her.’ Anna Conda choked back a sob and slithered away quickly.
Since everyone was frozen in horror, the Fly, of course, needed to take charge. ‘We have to get her to the central hospital. Now! There are doctors there who are world-famous—the Chance brothers . . . they are the only ones who can treat superheroes. Get her over there fast!’
That got us going, and the superkids put their arms together to carry Double-Headmistress and fly her over (those who could fly) to the hospital.
The Fly went buzzing in and came out with the first Dr Chance he could find. Dr Chance took one look at the almost slashed-off head and began to perspire. ‘There is no time to waste. We must get my brother, Dr Chance, at once.’
‘But aren’t you Dr Chance?’ the Fly asked.
‘I’m Dr Good Chance. She is much too serious. She needs my brother, the senior expert here, Dr Last Chance.’
There was waiting and wailing and many nurses who kept flapping around, poking needles into Double-Headmistress and attaching tubes to her. She looked pale.
Finally, Dr Last Chance was pulled out of a surgery where he had been transplanting someone’s tailbone into someone else. He looked a bit annoyed at having to rush from one emergency to another.
He kept prodding at Head 2, and opening and
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