6. The Danger is Real

6 THE DANGER is REAL All of the sudden, the figure started running toward Sam. It was Mr. Nekobi! "What's happening?!" Sam shouted. "No time to explain! Get down!" Mr. Nekobi yelled. One of the hallway fire hoses had come to life!

It was like a long octopus tentacle. The hose crashed into the old man and knocked him to the floor. Then it came for Sam. Sam ducked as the fire hose whipped above his head. BLAM! The heavy metal nozzle slammed into the lockers. "That thing almost hit me!" Sam gasped. The fire hose wasn't done. It kept whipping through the air. "Wrestle it!" Mr. Nekobi shouted. "ARE YOU NUTS?!" Sam screamed. "Grab on to it!" Mr. Nekobi yelled from down on the floor. Sam gulped. The fire hose whipped around again. Sam leapt up in the air just as the hose flew beneath him. He wrapped both his arms around it and held on tight.

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"AHHH!" he screamed. "Tie the hose!" Mr. Nekobi yelled. Sam grabbed the hose and tugged. He used all his might to pull the hose back around itself. He knotted it like a giant shoelace. The monstrous fire hose shook. It was choking! The hose crashed to the ground. WHOOMP! Sam smacked against the cold hallway floor. And just like that, everything stopped: the wild fire hose, the banging lockers, and the flashing lights. "The school hasn't been this active in a very long time...." Mr. Nekobi said, getting to his feet.

Sam blinked twice. "Um, what?" "Never mind. It's late. You should go home." "But the school, it's it's alive?!" Sam said. I don't understand—" Mr. Nekobi handed Sam his backpack. "Get home. Now," he ordered. Sam wanted answers. But even more than answers, he wanted out of that school. He turned on his heels, shoved open the now urdocked double doors, and ran home. He didn't stop once.

"Where have you been?!" Sam's mom yelled as Sam came running through the door. "I was worried sick." Sam threw his backpack onto the kitchen floor. He kicked off his sneakers. One nearly hit his mom in the head. The other bounced off a cabinet. "Mom, you wouldn't believe it!" Sam said. In between gulping for air, he began to tell the tale: "First, I almost got eaten by quicksand! Then a tree broke through the classroom window and "Sam," his mom said, cutting him off, "tell me the real reason you are late." Sam sighed. Of course she wasn't going to believe him. Antonio and Lucy had not believed him, either. At last, Sam said, "Hall monitor duty."