“ Mr. Esell, did you know there were children in there?”“ Mr. Esell, were you trying to bring the building down on them?”
“ Are you trying to cause harm to them?” As the crowd peppered him with questions, Mr. Esell stood with an expression of shock.
“ Hey, Esell!” Tyler called out to him,“ Want to know what we found you had?”
“ Hand it over,” Jacob ordered,“ Just give it to us.”“ You know what we mean,” John said,“ Give us the penny.”“ I won’ t give you anything!” Mr. Esell roared and pulled a
pistol from his pocket.“ You kids have been doing nothing but meddling in everything!” He took aim.“ Now you will pay!” At that moment John’ s bag started to shift and then tore itself apart and a streak of orange leaped out.
“ Is that The Destroyer?” Jacob said in disbelief.“ The Destroyer has awoken!” shouted Tyler. The Destroyer was not having a good day. First, it had been soaked. Second, it had not found any furniture outside to shred. Third, it had been stuffed into a bag for hours and bumped around. Fourth and finally, a building had collapsed on top of it, something guaranteed to make cats furious. It looked around for something to destroy and saw Mr. Esell. It pounced on him and knocked him to the ground. His
briefcase fell out of his grip and opened. Jacob grabbed the penny and split it open.
“ We found the third penny!” Jacob announced. A group of police officers had somehow managed to pry The Destroyer from Mr. Esell, possibly with a crowbar.
“ We’ ll take it from here kids,” said one officer.
“ I’ m innocent, I swear!” said Mr. Esell,“ It was a conspiracy, these kids wanted to kill me with their cat!”
“ Stay quiet!” shouted an officer,“ You’ re under arrest for
fraud!”“ I think we should go now” said John.“ You’ re right,” Jacob went to get their bikes.
On the way home they discussed their recent adventures.“ Listen, John,” Jacob said,“ I’ m sorry for being so protective