You Can't Have My Planet by James Mihaley

Author:James Mihaley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

NAVIDA CALLED BACK later that night. “Giles, a miracle happened.”

“What do you mean, Navida?” I asked, lounging on my bed after a long day of intergalactic boot camp.

“I just got eighty thousand hits on my blog.”

“Sure you did.”

“I swear. Eighty thousand hits.”

“Are you serious?”

“I am totally serious. Some kid said he saw an ad for my Web site on MTV. Is that crazy or what?”

“Insane,” I said.

“How? How did this happen?”

“Well, to tell you the truth, I have a miniature spaceship and I had its main computer hack into all the TV signals in Manhattan.”

I knew she wouldn’t believe me so it wasn’t like I was divulging anything.

“Quit screwing around, Giles. I’m trying to be serious.”

“I’m being totally serious, Navida” I said.

“Quit mocking me.”

“There’s no mocking going on here. The words coming out of my mouth are totally mockless.”

“There’s no such word as mockless.”

“Sarcasmless. Is that a word?”

“It’s not a word, Giles. But moron is a word. It’s a person too.”

“I bet his name begins with the letter G?” I said.

“How did you know?”

“OK,” I said. “Let’s get serious. A miracle occurred. Who cares how? The bottom line is it happened. Deal with it. You’re popular.”

“Me, popular?” she said. “This is bizarre. It’s scary. It’s terrifying. It’s … the greatest thing that ever happened to me!”

That made me feel good. Anytime you can help a girl in a wheelchair, go for it.

I went out into the living room, where Tula and rest of my team were hanging out.

“I can’t wait to see these Eco-droids,” Toshi said.

“Tula, when is Dr. Sprinkles going to deliver the first one?” I asked. “It’s already Thursday night. The test begins in two days.”

Tula checked her watch. “Big Daddy should be here in less than an hour.”

I was still a little worried that Big Daddy might not show up. What if Dr. Sprinkles was off buying shoes and forgot all about us? How could you trust a lady with a moveable face?

Toshi reached for the traffic jam. “A homeless man saw me removing graffiti in my flyplane this afternoon,” he said. “The poor guy fainted. I guess he’d never seen a fly removing graffiti before.”

“That could be a big problem,” Bobby said. “No one will pay attention to a homeless man. But what if someone else sees us?”

“It’ll freak them out,” Toshi said.

“They’ll call The New York Times,” I said.

“We need one of those gizmos to make people forget. Like they had in Men in Black,” Nikki said, strumming a few notes on her violin.

“Nikki, this isn’t a movie,” Bobby said. “This is real life.”

“Yeah,” Toshi added. “And in real life droids don’t suddenly start multiplying on the streets of Manhattan.”

“You’re absolutely right,” Tula said. “We must devise a way to conceal all abnormal activity.” Tula popped open her briefcase. “I’ve got just the thing.”

A rainbow slid out, stretching and stretching until it arched over the living room. It was the brightest band of color New York City had ever seen. Suddenly the rainbow shattered into one hundred pieces.

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