CHAPTER NINETEEN
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. The bit of the Rubber Ball falling, bouncing off the floor once or twice; Sasha raising her foot and bringing it down onto the Rubber Ball piece; and finally, the heel of her shoe piercing the Rubber Ball’s surface.
As soon as that last bit happened, however, time went back to normal. Rubberman screamed, screamed harder and louder and more painfully than Bolt had ever heard anyone scream in his life. His body became more and more limp, while his limbs flailed about pointlessly. His eyes drooped out of their sockets onto the floor, while his teeth became long and rubbery. His tongue also extended from his mouth, yet he still managed to scream despite that.
Breaking out of his paralysis, Bolt rushed toward Sasha. He grabbed her
