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"What’s that all about?" asked Winky
"I don’t know Just … you know Ceremonial This is like a creotten around to the other side of the boxed space, the acetone container was euys wantto have to use another one of those containers" He tossed it towards a garbage can across the roo the shot "Three points, all net Swish"
"I don’t think reat idea," said Derek
"You read lad I wasn’t the only one scared of crap I knew nothing about I really wished I had paid better attention in che
"Okay, everyone out," said Flick "I’ve got matches and I’ me with the pyromania stuff," said Gretchen
Flick turned halfway to face her "Never fear Flick is here" He winked at her and sparked thehim a sinister air He tossed the little fla ona super-cool exit But the fire had other ideas
A big whoof of fla with a rush of air Flick ca off the back of his suit
All of us screamed or yelled, but none of us moved at first I was so freaked out and confused I didn’t knohat to do
Bodo ju the door shut
"No!" yelled Derek "Open it back up!"
"Why?!" I screa he’d lost his mind and for soen! Open it!"
He was right, but I couldn’t agree It see to get feedback from everyone else
"Get back!" Bodo yelled
Once everyone was clear, he cracked the door open, staying well behind it
Fla the door open all the way
"Aahhhh!" Bodo flew through the air after getting whacked by the door, landing several feet away on his side
The percussion and heat wave blewnext to s, all of us screaasps in our masks
"Backdraft!" yelled Derek "It’s only teuishers!"
I looked up towards the entrance to the kitchen and saw Peter standing there, his face as white as a sheet
"No, Peter!" I yelled, waving my arms like crazy "Get out!"
He turned around and fled in the opposite direction
I was so relieved he was out of danger I just laid back, waiting for everyone else to get offout of the doorway but er worried ere about to get roasted alive
Once ere all on our feet again and sure eren’t singed anywhere, we started laughing ItMy rational uisher, but all I could do was cross s and hope I didn’t have an accident in ht have wet myself a little on that one," said Jamal
"There’s no think about it, brother," said Ronald, reaching down to squeeze his ht with excitement "Did you see that? Wall of flames Busted our asses, totally"
Flick was back on his feet, li a little
"You okay, Flick?"
"Yeah Just landed funny onthat blow back at all"
"It’s a backdraft, dope Didn’t you see the movie?" asked Derek
"I sure didn’t," I said "Next time if you’ve seen a relevant ht the match, okay?"
Derek smiled "Yeah, sure No proble over to put his arm over my shoulders I could hear the smile in his voice "It’s not a problem"
We waited for the fire to burn out It took over an hour and ended up requiring several more containers of various chemicals to finish the job Bones didn’t like to burn or stay burning, apparently We finally decided that the only thing that really needed to burn was the goo and left a lot of the bones intact Everything else could just get bagged up and buried
Our brilliant idea to finish the job today went down the tube e attes; the first batch we tried h The ashes hadn’t yet cooled down enough to be handled or transported, even by cart
"Well, that sucks," I said, looking at the s aitha little when it acted like it wanted to stick toto be co is that? Two days of being undertakers instead of just one I always thought that was such a weird profession, and today has done nothing to changethe disposal site," said Ronald "We’re not going to just lay these bodies out on top of the ground, right?"