Goosebumps 2000 - 22 - Full Moon Fever by R.L. Stine

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

15

Our eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness. We were standing on a narrow concrete ledge. Beneath the ledge, a shallow river of sewer water trickled past.

“I don’t want to beeeee here,” Alesha whispered, her furry back pressed against the concrete sewer wall.

I heard sirens overhead. Shouting voices.

“We have to stay here,” I told her. “If we get caught before Maggie comes home ...” My voice trailed off.

I felt another sharp pang of hunger.

I squatted down and leaned over the trickling sewer water, searching for something I could pluck out of the water and eat.

I found a few bugs. But they tasted bitter and weren't at all filling.

Alesha was lucky. She found a long, fat worm floating near the surface. She said it tasted okay even though it had been dead for a long time.

After she swallowed the last of it, she turned to me sadly. “I don’t want to beeee a monster,” she uttered. She still had a few shreds of worm caught in her teeth.

“Maggie will help us,” I promised. “She’ll get us to Grandpa John. He’ll know a cure for Full Moon Fever. I’m sure he will.”

The sirens faded. The voices overhead were silent.

We hunkered against the sewer wall. We watched the thick, murky water flow past. We breathed in the putrid odors.

And we waited.

A little after three-thirty, I crawled up to the top of the sewer and shoved the cover aside. I blinked as late afternoon sunlight poured down on me.

Alesha and I pulled ourselves out of the sewer. We stood on the curb and stretched our backs and furry arms. The air was cold, but the sunlight felt good on my face.

I kicked the metal cover back into place. The sour smell lingered on my skin and fur.

I turned to Maggie’s house and saw that the roof workers had left. Down the block, two little kids climbed out of a car, home from school with their mother. A blue van turned onto the street and began rolling in our direction.

“Come on.” I grabbed Alesha by the arm and dragged her off the street. “We waited all day. We don’t want to get caught now.”

We scurried onto Maggie’s front lawn and hid behind tree trunks.

“I hope Maggie comes straight hhommmmmme from school,” Alesha murmured.

“I hope we can make her undersssstand us,” I replied. “I hope we can make her believe us.”

“She'll recognize us,” Alesha said, licking her jagged teeth. “I’m her best friend. She’ll recognize me. She won’t be afraid.”

At that moment, I saw Maggie turn the corner. She was walking slowly, her backpack bouncing on her shoulders.

As she started up the driveway, Alesha saw her too.

“Maaaaaggie!” Alesha shrieked. Throwing out her arms, Alesha burst out from behind the tree and went running across the lawn to Maggie.

Maggie stopped.

Her mouth opened in horror.

The backpack slid from her shoulders and thudded to the ground.

“Maaaaaaggie!” Alesha cried happily. “It’s meeeee!”

Maggie let out a shrill scream of horror.

Then, still screaming, she turned and ran.

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