... the fate of Will (after his uncle shoved him aside with a firm "Run!" upon seeing Ling and his gang)...

"Novices."

Will mumbled under his breath from his perch atop the monkey bars. He had a perfect view of the upcoming disaster as a trio of shaded/suited muscle scanned the surrounding area in baffled zeal.

Winkie (Tiddy), Blinkie (Knife), and Nod (Khan) were back, apparently for another beating. Didn't they suffer enough humiliation at the concession stand, mused Will as he happily wolfed down a bag of Cotton Candy, waiting. A quarter of the sticky stuff was gone before Nod finally pointed and Blinkie made a big show of cracking his knuckles while sternly grimacing 'grrrrrrr.'

How……….predictable.

Will responded with an innocent smile and a friendly 'hi there, long time no see' wave [1] as the group charged, headed straight for his trap. Guess they didn't realize the power of a lucky 'got milk?' Cookie Monster shirt when worn by a super genius.

The rubes, the spoon-lickers [2], they never saw the hidden kite string under the playground sand. With a flick of the wrist, the badies [3] tripped/flipped flat on their tuckus [4] into a hoard of screaming fourth graders who ran out from behind the bathrooms, with intentions to whomp [5] the sad criminals with water balloons and Mrs. Temer's potatoe salad [6].

In the mayhem, the boy quickly slid off the jungle gym and scurried away, but not before getting pelted by a glob of wet mayonnaise, a momentary triumph for Winkie who was still struggling to stand.

Wiping the yuck off the side of his face, abandoning his cotton candy, Will shot the villain a look of such utter disgust it would of made even the sour faced Medusa cringe. Then calmly, he advanced growling "No more Mr. Nice Guy."

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[1] For weeks, the boy had been practicing various wave styles in preparation for his life as president/pop-star-singing-sensation/noble-prize-winning-scientist-creator-of-cold-fusion/Mr. Universe. He'd just perfected the 'Queen of England' wave and had now moved on to more versatile one-on-one waves.

[2] Spoon-lick er: noun: a completely made-up insult used by the author's children; its meaning is similar to moron, poo-poo head, etc; one who licks spoons; one who licks spoons for entertainment.

[3] bad ies: noun: bad people, people who act bad.

[4] tuck us : noun: mid-western slang for ass

[5] whomp : verb: according to Nickelodeon cartoon Rocket Power this is surfing/rollerblading/X-games' slang for the process of ass kicking, i.e. to soundly beat, to pound with devastating force.

[6] Proof that contrary to popular belief school picnics are far from boring.