The poor teacher’s mind reeled. In the space of mere moments, a heavily-armored, terrifying spider had nearly claimed him as prey only for one of the janitor’s massive boots to crush the creature and grind its remains into a gruesome paste on the tiles.
Although Ryan felt an instant of relief at the obliteration of the fearsome predator, he almost immediately felt a chill to realize how near the giant had gotten— the same giant that had mercilessly stomped the spider.
He could almost have suffered whiplash… if he still had a recognizable neck instead of the stiff, armored thorax and abdomen of an insect. “I’ve got to hide!” Ryan realized.
Unfortunately, he heard a booming voice drop words form the heavens. “Let’s see if Ryan placed my trap…”
In that next instant, Silas locked his huge eyes on a loathsome bug, the most reviled of all household insect pests.
In a panicked burst, Ryan sprinted and attempted to cross the open area and reach a more secure hiding place.
His blundering only put him at peril.
"Fucking bug", Silas mumbled and raised the same boot that had taken out the spider.
Ryan froze as he looked up and saw the sole of the boot, plastered with the remains of not only the spider, but other insects. Silas obviously enjoyed the pest control aspect of his job.
“No, please,” Ryan prayed as the boot dropped.
And missed.
Unfortunately, the stomp produced a blast of displaced air that blew the transformed teacher into the very roach trap that Ryan had held in one hand earlier.
Silas looked and saw that the cockroach had gotten itself mired in the sticky glue inside the trap. He laughed and…
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