Jackson- Tentacles

When the third spoonful approached, Butch sunk his teeth into the side of Jackson’s hand. Jackson was about to cry out when he felt an odd swirling in his mouth. It felt as if his braces had come to life. They were moving left and right and up and down, and then his mouth flew open and two long metallic tentacles shot out. One snatched Butch by the jaws and forced them open, while the second grabbed the plate with the veal and poured it all into the dog’s mouth. When every last chunk was inside, the tentacles forced the dog to chew.

“That was your principal,” Jackson’s dad said as he came back into the room.

Jackson looked down and saw that the odd appendages had slipped back into his mouth. Butch looked stunned.

NERDS Chapter 7