05 Dr. Maniac Will See You Now by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine [Stine, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Huh?” I stopped a few feet in front of him. “You sure?”

He didn’t answer my question. I stood there with the jar of dead flies raised above my head.

And then I sneezed. A powerful explosion. I sneezed again — and the glass jar dropped from my hand.

I jumped back as the jar hit the carpet. It bounced once. The dead flies came spilling out. The flies spread over the floor.

Terry Tadpole took a dive off the armchair cushion. He landed hard on the floor, grabbed a dry dead fly, and shoved it into his mouth with both hands.

“Leave it! Leave it!” Captain Croaker shouted.

I stared at him. How did he manage to talk with his tongue wrapped around Bree?

“Don’t touch those,” he screamed. “I told you, we’re vegetarians now. You know meat makes us burp.”

“But I like meat!” the terrible Tadpole cried. He shoved another fly into his mouth and chewed it hungrily. CRUNCH, CRUNCH.

“I said leave it!” Croaker bellowed angrily. “You’re the sidekick. You’re supposed to follow my orders.”

Terry Tadpole ignored him and grabbed another dead fly.

Croaker let out a groan. He slid his tongue off Bree’s waist, swung it through the air, and began to slap Terry Tadpole with it. “Leave it! Leave it!”

Bree staggered back, holding her waist, her face still red.

I grabbed her by the shoulders. “Come on — hurry!” I urged.

“Don’t go!” Dad yelled. “You have to help us!”

But this was our only chance to get away. I pushed Bree into the hall. I didn’t have to tell Ernie to follow. We shot through the kitchen and out the back door.

“We have to find help,” I said, breathing hard. I glanced behind us as we ran to the street. The two villains weren’t coming after us. “We’ll need help to get Mom and Dad out of those cages.”

“Maybe my parents can help,” Bree said. Her blond hair flew behind her as she raced to the corner.

“Wh-what are those green guys going to do to Mom and Dad?” Ernie asked. He sounded frightened for the first time.

“They said Mom and Dad are their pets,” I answered. “They said they keep their pets in cages.”

“But —” Ernie started, then stopped. I could see the little guy was thinking hard. I think it finally dawned on him that this was really happening. The whole world had changed. All the scary stuff was real.

“My parents will know how to help,” Bree said. “Dad is a firefighter, you know. He helps people every day. He’ll know how to —” She stopped with a gasp.

It was nearly dark. The streetlights hadn’t come on yet. The pale half-moon sent down shimmery light.

We stared up at her house. It was a square redbrick house. It stood behind a white picket fence on a low hill.

Something was on the front lawn. Something big and dark. Something tilting from side to side as it moved toward us.

In the dim evening light, I struggled to see what it was. And then I let out a cry as it came into focus, and I recognized it.

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