James Hoover Short Story

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James Hoover laughed. “ Finally, in 1932, I have created the first nuclear reactor!” James is like a monkey, he can never stay still. “Henry, you choose the perfect place for our lab. No one will find us in Madagascar! This place loves us!Because of this, you get to push The Button!” Henry had mixed feelings about this. He didn’t want to damage the uninvolved animals. Still, duty calls.

Henry hesitantly hammered The Button . Consequently, the machine hummed and the two animals shifted uneasily. BANG! There was a huge flash. Instantly James knew something was wrong. The new animal emerged from the dust and smoke. It was a tacaw, a macaw with a lion's head. “ No, no, no! This is all your fault! The world is going to end!” James pointed towards Henry. “Have him taken away!” No one ever saw Henry again. Meanwhile, the tacaw had found a relaxing
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He ordered the team of 152 scientists to capture the tacaw. He grabbed his IPhone from his pocket. He pushed a few buttons and a rack of guns emerged from the top of the lab. these guns shot nets. Henry removed one from the rack. He took aim and fired. He missed by inches, but angered the tacaw. Silently, it shot and sought out the shooter. He tried to bite him, but missed. It ran into a panel on the nuclear reactor and broke into it. Viciously, it tore the wires and made the reactor scrap metal.

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion. Surrounding the lab was the police. They stormed into the laboratory. The scientists ran were flies, they ran around randomly. In a matter of seconds, everyone was in handcuffs and on their way to the interrogation center. One of the policemen named Micah saw the bird lurking in a corner. Cautiously, he approached the creature. He tossed his afternoon snack to it, a piece of chocolate. Curious, the tacaw stumbled out of the shadows and nibbled at the chocolate. Micah picked him up and let him go off into the forests’ of

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