I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon by Richard Sabia

“GET AWAY from me!” screamed Dr. Berry at the approaching figure.
“But Ah got to feed an’ water the animals an’ clean out the cages,” drawled the lanky, eighteen-year-old boy amiably.
“Get out of this laboratory, you hoodoo,” shrilled Berry, “or I swear I’ll kill you! I’ll not give you the chance to do me in!” -an excerpt