The Supernaturalist, Eoin Colfer. Cycle 18 Reading Response, 16-30

Summary:
I read pages 16-30, Cosmo and his friend Zipplock escape from the bus by twisting the guard, Redwood’s nose. They then quickly run to a nearby building. Redwood shortly after recovers from the pain and uses a tracking device to search after the two runaways. He plans to use shrink-wrap on them, which is a weapon that shoot a virus at the target and wraps them to tightly that is crushes all their rib bones. Redwood uses a tracking device that is no-sponsors are coated in when they take a shower. Redwood confronts the two on the roof. Zipplock pulls Cosmo and both fall about a story down onto the next building over. Their metal cuffs caused them to be electrified by an open wire. Slowly Cosmo dies, he can feel his heartbeat slowing down. Then a strange blue creature appeared that started to suck the life out of him. Then some mysterious kids showed up and killed the bug. They used a zapper to shock Cosmo heart back into a stable condition. They couldn’t save Zipplock though.


From the perspective of Zipplock:
I watched as Redwood approached me. My body was frozen with fear. I wanted to scream, run, do something, but nothing would happen. He grasped me by my suit and hung me over the ledge. I struggled to get free, but his grip was too tight. I looked over at Cosmo, his face filled with fear and helplessness. “Do your worst, Redwood!” I shouted, I can’t believe I just said that. The words just spilled out of my mouth like a dam with a crack in it. “I can’t get any more scared than I am right now.” Suddenly I felt something starting to tear. My suit slowly tore from its old age. I quickly grabbed Cosmo before fell down onto the other roof below. I slowly opened my eyes, warm blood spilled from the back of my head. My arm wracked with pain, most likely broken. I steadily got up and looked around, suddenly a blast sent me flying. My cuff had caught onto an electrical wire. My heart was slowing down. I could feel my heart beating a beat. My vision blurred as I slipped away into the next world.