Sunday 6 September 2015

What is in the water gun that Freak uses in chapter 20?

That chapter is an intense chapter.  Kenny, a.k.a. Killer Kane, has tied up Max.  He does not want Max giving up his location to the police.   Kenny then goes out to see if he can find a car.  During that time, Loretta Lee sneaks into the house to try and save Max.  Right as she gets him untied, Kenny returns and begins choking her.  Max starts screaming at Kenny that he saw Kenny kill...

That chapter is an intense chapter.  Kenny, a.k.a. Killer Kane, has tied up Max.  He does not want Max giving up his location to the police.   Kenny then goes out to see if he can find a car.  During that time, Loretta Lee sneaks into the house to try and save Max.  Right as she gets him untied, Kenny returns and begins choking her.  Max starts screaming at Kenny that he saw Kenny kill his mother.  That turns Kenny's attentions on to Max, and Kenny begins strangling Max.  


Kevin miraculously shows up and says "Put your hands up, villain!"  It's such a great line, because Kevin is such a tiny person, yet he is acting incredibly bold.  Kevin is pointing a squirt gun at Kenny that is supposedly filled with sulfuric acid.  Kevin shoots Kenny in the eyes, and Kevin and Max make a daring escape while Kenny's eyes are burning.  The reader finds out a bit later that the squirt gun was not filled with sulfuric acid.  It was filled with vinegar (which is an acid), soap, and curry powder.   

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