Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Battling Bots

Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Battling Bots — page 5
She inspected the ball for damage And I didn’t tell you to nearly get stuck to the battle bot’s foot We’re trying to solve a case not turn you into goblin pancakes Solving a case was the reason I’d gotten into that battle in the first place No one ever said being a detective detective would be easy I just wished they would remind me to wear a helmet once in a while The whole mess had started two days earlier when the Troll Patrol cornered us on our way home from school Thankfully they didn’t patrol for unfinished homework or I would have been rounded up a lot earlier The three grade-eight trolls were Gravelmuck Elementary’s champion battle-bot team They were also our school’s best chance at winning this year’s Battle Bot Cup That is if everyone played fairly Rizzo Rawlins is a cheat said the tallest of the three trolls His name was Daztan He was the Troll Patrol captain And the Tuesday lunch special is a health hazard I said Tell us something we don’t know Daztan I’m normally not so snarky to older monsters But I had a serious video-game session and a fresh batch of choco-slug cookies waiting for me at home It’s never a good idea to get between me and my video games 4