Nightmare in Angel City
“He felt something explode against his chest, knocking him backward. Stunned, he staggered two paces, touched his hand to his collarbone, and looked at the smear leaking across his fingers.
Red jelly. The gun was a phony after all.
"Quite a kick, eh?" said Peter cheerfully, and the audience began to laugh and clap. He slipped the squib jacket off Joe. "Even the tiny blast you get from a squib will make you totter if you're not ready for it. Our actors are trained so that they know what to expect...." He shook hands first with Joe, then with Frank, and led them to the stairs and off the stage. "Let's have a big round of applause for my two partners." "Frank, you're as white as a ghost," Callie said as the Hardys returned to the floor. "It was just a stunt." "Callie," Frank began, then turned to look at Joe with horrified eyes. He whispered, "You know, I almost killed you just now. That was a real gun." "I thought so." A shiver rippled through Joe. "I suspected it was, but when nothing happened..." "You didn't see what I saw," Frank continued.MoreLess
Red jelly. The gun was a phony after all.
"Quite a kick, eh?" said Peter cheerfully, and the audience began to laugh and clap. He slipped the squib jacket off Joe. "Even the tiny blast you get from a squib will make you totter if you're not ready for it. Our actors are trained so that they know what to expect...." He shook hands first with Joe, then with Frank, and led them to the stairs and off the stage. "Let's have a big round of applause for my two partners." "Frank, you're as white as a ghost," Callie said as the Hardys returned to the floor. "It was just a stunt." "Callie," Frank began, then turned to look at Joe with horrified eyes. He whispered, "You know, I almost killed you just now. That was a real gun." "I thought so." A shiver rippled through Joe. "I suspected it was, but when nothing happened..." "You didn't see what I saw," Frank continued.MoreLess
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