Slappy- Vs Menace

Slappy stepped up to the desk. He stared at The Menace. His painted lips were locked in an evil grin.

  “Who ever said two heads are better than one?” he cried. “You’re an insult to the word UGLY!”

  The other villains laughed.

  The room shook. I could feel it shrink.

  “When you were born, the doctor slapped the wrong end!” Slappy told The Menace.

  That made us all laugh.

  The red line sank to 50 on the meter.

  Slappy leaned toward The Menace. “When your mother asked your father to take out the garbage, she meant YOU!”

  More laughter.

  “Is that your face — or did your neck puke up your breakfast this morning?”

  “Keep laughing! Keep laughing, everyone!” Cranium shouted. He turned to The Menace and shook a fist in the air. “We’re not afraid of you anymore!”

  The Menace shook his fists back and let out an angry squeal. His voice was tiny now. He was growing small
er.

-The Streets of Panic Park, chapter 24