CHAPTER 20

I Climb Up to the Sky

Chapters 20-21

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•  Newt  decides  that  only  he  can  persuade  Reggie  not  to  commit  suicide.  

•  He  changes  into  the  superhero  ou8it  and  heads  to  the  tower  with  his  sidekicks.  

•  Thinking  about  climbing  the  tower  makes  Newt  petrified.    

•  However,  a?er  Cecil  menAons  that  Newt  had  no  problem  climbing  up  the  Dumpster  before,  Newt  has  to  accept  the  fact  that  he  is  capable  of  doing  it.  

•  They  find  a  rickety  ladder  running  up  the  water  tower  to  the  roof.  Some  of  the  rungs  have  snapped.  

•  JJ  hoists  Captain  Nobody  onto  the  first  rung  while  Cecil  distracts  a  nearby  policeman.  

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•  He  braves  himself  to  reach  the  next  rung,  and  the  next  and  the  next.  A  few  of  the  roRng  rungs  are  broken  and  the  unbroken  ones  creak  when  he  grabs  them.    

•  He  can  hear  the  drone  of  the  helicopter  circling  the  tower.  

•  Suddenly  a  wallop  of  wind  slams  him  against  the  ladder.  As  he  hugs  the  ladder,  his  mask  hooked    on  a  nail  and  it  is  ripped  from  his  face.  

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•  He  is  considering  to  descent  down  as  now  he  has  no  mask  and  he  is  not  Captain  Nobody  anymore.  He  is  not  sure  whether  Newt  Newman  can  save  Reggie  or  not.    However,  when  he      thinks      about      the  desperate  Reggie  on  top  of  the  tower,  he  pulls  himself  over  the  edge  of  the  roof.  

•  He  slowly  slithers  the  roo?op  un  his  belly  unAl  he  sees  Reggie.  Newt  tells  Reggie  that  he  knows  Reggie  did  not  hit  Chris;  it  was  Darryl  Peep's  helmet  that  hit  Chris.  

I  know  you  didn't  knock  out  my  brother.  I  saw  

everything,  Chris  was  hit  by  Darryl  Peeps's  helmet.  You  weren't  anywhere  close  

Thank  you.  That's  what  I  have  been  trying  to  tell  

people  all  week!  Especially  your  brother's  teammates.  

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•  He  is  about  to  tell  Reggie  not  to  jump  when  he  noAces  cans  of  spray  paint  in  Reggie's  pockets.  Reggie's  plan  is  not  to  jump  but  to  spray-­‐paint  a  sign  in  support  of  Merrimac  on  the  tower.  

•  Actually,  before  Reggie  could  carry  out  his  plan,  his  foot  broke  through  the  ro\en  roof  and  got  stuck.  

•  Newt  helps  Reggie  to  unAe  his  shoelace  so  that  he  can  free  his  foot.  

You're  not  up  here  to  jump,  are  you?  

I  got  up  here  with  my  paint  and  rope.  And  I  was  all  set  to  lower  myself  over  the  edge,  and  then  this  happened!!  

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•  Then,  they  decide  to  get  off  the  tower.    •  Because  the  rickety  ladder  cannot  support  both  of  them,  Newt  tells  Reggie  to  wait  as  he  climbs  down  first.  

•  As  he  descending,  the  ladder  begins  to  shake.  To  his  surprise,  Reggie  begins  to  descent.  Reggie  foot  snaps  a  rung  and  pieces  of  wood  fall  on  Newt.  

•  Newt  loses  balance  and  falls.  FIT/SMKAM/2016  

CHAPTER 21

I Finish Falling

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•  Newt  drops  fast  and  he  screams  in  horror.  •  He  lands  on  a  huge  inflated  rubber  ma\ress…  he  is  saved.  •  Suddenly  when  he  looks  up,  he  is  horrified  to  see  Reggie  is  falling  down  straight  to  his  landing  spot.  

•  He  feels  bolt  of  pain  on  his  right  leg  and  he  passes  out.  

Aaaahhh!!  

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