06 Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz by R.L. Stine

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

I stepped back. “I didn’t run away,” I said. “I —”

“Robby, you have to tell us everything you know,” Mom interrupted. “Do you know where Sam and Brooke are? Do you?”

“It’s all in the comic strip,” I said.

“Kid, we don’t have time for comics now,” Officer Rawls said. “Tell us —”

“Come look at this,” I said. I spun away from them and started jogging to my room. “This will explain everything. It’s a comic strip that I didn’t draw. It — it just appeared on my computer!”

They followed me into my room. I pointed at the laptop screen. “Sam and Brooke are in the strip,” I said. “Look!”

They stared hard at the screen. I turned and stared, too.

The screen was blank. Solid gray.

My heart started to pound. “It was here a second ago,” I said. I leaned over the laptop and began scrolling up and down.

Nothing.

A blank screen.

Officer Rawls put a hand on my shoulder. “Enough about comic strips,” he said. “Do you want to tell us what’s really going on?”

“I — don’t know,” I stammered. “Really.”

“Do you have any idea where the two missing kids might be?” Rawls asked.

“In the comic strip, Dr. Maniac took them to that abandoned swimming pool across town,” I said. “He froze the pool and turned it into an ice rink. He plans to kidnap all the kids in town and make them skate in his ice show.”

Officer Rawls let out a long sigh. “This isn’t a comic book, kid,” he growled. “You’re starting to annoy me. Do you think this is some kind of a joke?”

He didn’t wait for my answer. He turned and lumbered down the hall and down the stairs. Mom gave me a worried glance. Then she followed him downstairs.

I could hear them arguing. “Your son is totally mental,” I heard the officer say. “Comic books have gone to his brain.”

I heard the front door slam. Out my bedroom window, I saw Officer Rawls stomp across our front yard. He climbed into his patrol car and sped off.

Am I a total wacko? I asked myself. I don’t think so.

I waited till Mom and Dad went out. Then I left the house.

The afternoon sun was falling behind the trees. I leaned into the cool breeze as I made my way to the bus stop.

I knew where that abandoned swimming pool was. I took swimming lessons there when I was in preschool. Officer Rawls didn’t believe me. So I had to check it out myself.

Did the comic strip tell the truth?

The bus ride took nearly half an hour. It gave me a lot of time to think about my crazy plan. Was I really following a comic character that I made up? Could it really lead me to Sam and Brooke?

I found myself in a neighborhood of run-down apartment buildings and abandoned stores. It didn’t take long to find the old brick building that held the swimming pool.

I started to the front door — then stopped. Maybe Dr. Maniac was inside. It might be a lot smarter to sneak in through the back.

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