Free Pete McGee and the Master of Darkness by Adam Wallace Page A

again and laughed. He was pretty sure not many fifteen-year-old trainee knights had wedding fantasies!

    Syra Tanooth woke from a deep sleep. He was pretty groggy. He stumbled to the breakfast table. His newly sewed-on leg felt a little strange, but seemed to work okay. He sat down. It felt like someone was kicking him in the butt. He quickly stood up again and looked down.
    The leg was on alright, but it was upside down!
    â€˜BOB!’ Syra screamed, hearing a little giggle from Bob’s room in response. Syra sighed. Oh well, he thought, at least he was going to have a truly evil sidekick. Now he just needed to focus that evil on Pete McGee. He would give Bob the chance to set the next test. That would do it. He put a sock on his foot, which was sticking out of his butt, and sat down to breakfast. The re-sewing of his leg could wait. It was time to see what Pete McGee was really made of.

    Okay then. Welcome back to me, folks. The story is kicking along, and Pete and his friends are about to face another test. Who knows what it could be, especially after that last test was very possibly the worst test ever set in the history of tests. There have been spelling tests more evil than that. But Bob is getting his evil mojo back, so the next one could be anything. Evil creatures? A trap of some sort?  A toilet that won’t flush? Now that would be evil, especially if certain people I know went to that toilet after eating a curry.
    But I’m getting off track. Here’s where things stand, as I see them.
    Pete McGee and his friends are on their way to save Marloynne and Mrs McGee.
    Syra Tanooth wants to battle and defeat Pete, but at the same time he is setting tests for Pete to pass along the way. He is also kicking his own butt with his upside-down leg.
    Molloy and Smithers are jealous of each other, and are fighting constantly.
    Ashlyn is consumed with thoughts of Marloynne, and also thoughts of her wedding and what happened … at least that’s what I’m guessing.  Getting words out of her is like getting blood out of a stone. Speak up girl!
    Pete has a monster crush on Tahnee.
    Tahnee, although she also has feelings for Pete, is focused on the battle ahead.
    I’m hungry and I’m going to go and get a sandwich.
    See you soon for the next chapter.

Chapter Fifteen
    Test number two … hehe ‘number two’
    'A lright, Blobby Bob,’ Syra Tanooth said. ‘Now that my leg is back to normal, it is time for you to show me how evil you have become. The second test is yours.’
    Bob smiled. It was his time to shine.
    â€˜Syra,’ he said, ‘I do believe our young travellers are nearing the cave where I spent some wonderfully awful years.’
    â€˜You are correct, in a confusing sort of way.’
    â€˜Well, by Jove, I know that area rather well. In fact, I happen to know that the cave is right next to … THE FOREST OF DEATH!’
    â€˜Gasp!’ gasped Syra Tanooth.
    â€˜It’s okay,’ Bob said, laughing. ‘That’s just what I call it. It’s nothing too serious, just a forest that comes alive and kills anything that enters it; paths confuse and confound; giant, bloodthirsty spiders roam about; straight lines become circles; tree limbs become real limbs; tree roots entrap and entangle and entwine … actually, to think about it, FOREST OF DEATH seems a pretty appropriate name!’
    â€˜But how will we make them go into the forest, terribly evil Bob?’ asked Syra, impressed with his sidekick.
    â€˜That,’ Bob answered, ‘I do not know. Although I asked a helpful little sprite to place a sign in the cave saying:
    Go into the FOREST OF DEATH for the answer.
    So that may help. I hope it does. Do you think it will?’
    â€˜Let us see,’ Syra replied, tuning in his crystal ball. ‘Let us see indeed! Mwahahahahaha.’
    Bob had been practising his evil laugh too, and now seemed like a great time to