~~Resourcefulness~~
Kwan's POV, Words: 498
"WHO CHANGED THE RECIPIE!?"
The psycho lunch lady ghost roared to her captive audience.
And I mean that captive part literally, as soon as she appeared she blocked the doors with grey ooze that looked a lot like the tuna surprise that was served yesterday. I look over at my fellow A-listers who were cowering with me behind the overturned lunch table. All of us were trying to stay quiet because the ghost seemed more focused on the kitchen right now to remember we were here. Dash was freaking out, but trying really hard to hide it, Star was curled up and on the verge of tears and Paulina… Well, Paulina was downright excited because she knew that any moment Danny Phantom will come flying in to save the day.
Something behind us exploded, sending red chunks of sloppy joe (at least I hope that's what it was) flying.
I hope Phantom would get to saving the day soon, we've been here for nearly ten minutes and the ghost was running out of stuff to destroy in the kitchen. There wasn't any sign of the town superhero anywhere, the only thing we could see from our hiding place was Fenton, his loser friends, and a couple of nerds hiding behind their own table near one of the doors. For some reason he was waving his arms like… was he trying to get my attention?
Looks like it, as soon as he saw that was looking at him, he threw a lunch bag my way. He motioned me to open it. I looked at my friends, who just shrugged, so I opened it. Inside was an apple (probably used to weigh down the bag) and a note that read 'we have an escape plan, do Paulina and Star have any hairspray? Send it back in the bag.' I handed the note to Paulina and Star, Paulina shook her head but Star nodded. She carefully unzipped her purse and pulled out a small can.
When I threw the bag back, I cringed at the sound of clanking metal from the bag as it landed near their table. Thankfully the psycho ghost didn't notice. Now nerds seemed to be fumbling with some kind of contraption.
A fiery explosion erupted from the nerds' table and before any of us could figure out what happened Fenton shouted "Run for it!"
The door was now wide open and as I ran past Fenton, I noticed the contraption in his hands. A Bunsen burner and the can of hairspray had been mashed into a makeshift flamethrower. I wouldn't be able to admit it, but that was pretty cool. I guess resourcefulness is just something you pick up when your freaky parents hunt ghosts.
Soon everybody was outside (and Phantom had finally showed up.) Dash and I were gasping for breath.
"Hey Dash, how 'bout we lay off Fenton for a week?"
"Make it three days, Paulina's upset that Phantom didn't save her."
"Works for me."
Author's Note:
Finally found some motivation to keep writing, next chapter will be up in a few days.