Chapter 3
Kendall knew he had to talk his way out of this, or the broccoli was going to kill him.
“Listen, man, about what I said a few minutes ago—”
The broccoli grabbed him, pulled him up, and sneered at him. “Do you have any idea what you did?”
“I didn’t do nothin’. You’re the one blowing stuff up!”
The broccoli tried to throw him against a brick wall, but Kendall was too heavy. He lost his grip and Kendall tumbled to the ground, where the broccoli jumped on him and they wrestled furiously.
“You humans eat too much,” the broccoli said.
“Stop! Let me go, and I’ll pretend I never saw you—”
The broccoli raised his dagger, and Kendall closed his eyes and guarded his face. He winced and waited for the blade to pierce him.
A metal click at the other end of the alley startled them bot
