Daniel X: Watch The Skies by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-06-30T23:15:55+00:00

Chapter 46

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“Daniel!” Mom recoiled. “You’ve got to get to the bottom of this!”

“I know it, Mom,” I told her. “It’s just not turning out to be that simple. Every time we think we’ve set Number 5 back, it’s like he’s been expecting it. It’s like we’re acting a part in a play he scripted for us.”

“So do something unpredictable. Improvise.”

“We’ve tried that,” I said, mushing a SpaghettiO flat with my spoon. “We’ve tried everything.”

“Don’t lie to your mother, Daniel. You haven’t tried everything.”

“Well, I mean everything I can think of.”

“You haven’t done that, either. You could try listening to your mother for once. Eat your soup. Little–known fact — SpaghettiOs aren’t just comfort food, they’re brain food.”

“They are not.”

“They are when I make them. And didn’t I just tell you to start listening to your mother?”

I took a spoonful, and it was the weirdest thing — the fog instantly lifted from my brain. I began to see what clearly wasn’t going to work, and where we might actually have a good chance against Number 5. Suddenly, where everything had been impossible, this entire mission seemed completely doable.

“Wow, Mom,” I said, quickly polishing off the rest of the bowl. “What did you do to this stuff? I feel like an entirely new and improved Alien Hunter.”

“Glad to hear it. I’ve always said there’s nothing like a good meal to get a body back on track.”

“Now, if only I could figure out how to get some more time to prepare our plans.”

“Well, why don’t you skip school, for starters?”

I don’t care what planet you’re from — you’ve got to love a mom who tells you it’s okay to play hooky now and then.

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