Scotty spoke up. "You're a good shot with that thing, Rick says. You put two shots right together over his head."
"I should have picked him off," Carrots snarled. "I ought to put a shot in his head right now for makin' me jump off the dock."
"That evened us up," Rick said quietly. "You dumped the fish on us."
Carrots grinned his satisfaction. "You're tootin' I did! And that ain't all I'm goin' to do to you, either."
"Don't be too sure," Scotty said.
Carrots' thin lips tightened. "You got warned. Twice. What happens to you is on your own head."
The door banged open and Red Kelso and Brad Marbek came in again. For some reason they seemed in better spirits. Marbek was grinning.
Kelso stood before the two boys, his seaweed-green eyes surveying them coldly. "All right. Talk. What did you want in here?"
Rick and Scotty remained quiet.
"Don't make me beat it out of you," Kelso warned.