The Turtle Invasion by Jack Patton

Author:Jack Patton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Max staggered back through the deep river as a shadowy form loomed up in front of him. Water made his vision blurry, but he could tell the creature was dark-colored, large, and very agitated.

“Hey!” it shouted again. “Max! What do you think you’re doing? Going for a swim? Come out of there before you get swept away!”

“Spike?” Max gasped. He rubbed the water out of his eyes and saw it was only his scorpion friend, fidgeting anxiously at the stream’s edge.

“What’s this? A vine?” Spike tugged at it. “I’ll pull you out.”

Spike hauled Max up out of the stream. Just as he managed to stagger onto the bank, Spike launched into what had happened with the tokay lizard.

“As soon as I noticed you had fallen off, I turned around and went looking for you,” he said, sounding a little embarrassed. “But the tokay lizard followed me all through the forest. I managed to sting him, but when I turned back to you, I couldn’t find you!”

“No worries.” Max laughed. “At least you got back at that lizard.”

“I was so mad!” Spike clashed his pincers. “Anyway, I’m glad you’re in one piece, short-stuff. Barton’s got to be going buggy, wondering what’s become of us. We need to get back to the camp, fast.”

The mountaintop camp, which had been almost deserted before, was heaving with bugs. Glower’s message had been passed on all across the island, and now thousands of bug warriors were getting ready for the final battle.

Barton was pacing nervously back and forth when Spike and Max arrived. “You made it!” he shouted, sounding very relieved.

“Glower made it, too,” Max told him. “He’s heading to all the underground bug bunkers, letting our troops know what to do.”

“It’s a good thing he did,” said Barton. “Buzz and her air scouts have informed me that the sea turtles are already on their way across the water.”

Max gasped. “But the attack isn’t supposed to come until sunset.”

“Komodo clearly wants his troops in position ahead of time,” Barton said. “We need to act fast!”

“Then let’s assemble our own troops,” Max said.

Together, Max and Barton went and spoke to the leaders of the various bug battalions. “The most important thing is to decide where everyone’s going to be,” Max explained. “If there’s no plan, there’ll just be chaos and Komodo will steamroll us.”

“What’s a steamroll?” Barton asked.

“Never mind. I think we should put the stag beetles on the front line, since they have heavy armor. Scorpions on the flanks, mantises in reserve to drop in from the air, and burrowing bugs under the sand for a shock strike.”

“I have a newly trained battalion of fire ants ready to go,” said Barton. “You haven’t met them yet. They’re itching to get into the fight.”

Max stopped. At the mention of fire ants, an idea had popped into his head.

Fire, he thought. I wonder …

“Max?” Barton said, peering closely at him. “Are you all right?”

“More than all right, General,” Max said slowly. “I think I know a way to get rid of the reptiles once and for all.

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