Monsters Among Us! by Mark Young & Mariano Epelbaum

Author:Mark Young & Mariano Epelbaum
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

“See? Those cruelty-free crickets are tasty, aren’t they?” Shelly asked the frog. Then she motioned for Theremin and Newton to join her at the small round table in the center of the lab.

“Okay, let’s talk about Flubitus,” Shelly said.

“WAIT!” Newton cried as he jumped up and ran to the door. He quickly scanned the hall, then closed the door and locked it.

“For all we know, he’s still following me,” Newton said, sitting back down.

“Newton, are you sure that Flubitus has been following you and not all of us?” Shelly asked. “One time he did follow you and Higgy, right?”

Newton thought about it. “Yes, but other times I was by myself,” he replied. “So, I’m pretty sure it’s me he’s after. I’ve got a . . . gut feeling.”

“So, what does he want with Newton?” Theremin asked.

Shelly shrugged. “I’m not sure. If Mimi is telling the truth about the cloning machine, then I don’t understand why Flubitus would be following Newton instead of Mimi.”

“I’ll give her a lie detector test,” Theremin offered, rubbing his metallic hands together. “Father recently upgraded my extendible truth sensors.”

“I don’t think Mimi would let you do that,” Newton said.

“Not in a million millenniums,” Shelly said with a thoughtful frown. “Maybe we should tell Mumtaz about this.”

“Forget Mumtaz,” Theremin said. “Let’s just march right up to Flubitus and ask him why he’s following Newton!”

Newton hesitated. “I . . . I don’t know. I’m pretty sure that Flubitus is the guy who’s been following me. But what if it’s just a coincidence that Theremin caught him on camera? Maybe we need to know more first.”

Shelly nodded. “We can try to get more information first, sure,” she said. “I mean, Flubitus is so weird he couldn’t possibly be dangerous.”

“Yeah, he’s kind of a goofball,” Theremin agreed.

“So, let’s keep our eyes open and see what we’ve found by the weekend,” Shelly said. “Although, this weekend Newton is supposed to take his portal pass trip.”

“That’s right!” Newton said, suddenly remembering. “And once I get home to my family, I mean—who knows? I might not even come back here.”

Shelly and Theremin were quiet when he said this, and then reality hit Newton, too. If he did find his family this weekend, they might want him to stay with them and go to school wherever they live. He might learn that he was never supposed to come to Franken-Sci High in the first place.

And that meant—Newton might never see Shelly and Theremin again.

The truth suddenly sank in for the three friends.

“If that happens, I’ll miss you,” Shelly said.

“Yeah. Me too,” said Theremin.

“Not as much as I’d miss you guys,” Newton said. “I mean, right now you’re my family.”

“Well, even if you do end up far away, we can still be friends,” Shelly said. “We can send holograph videos to each other.”

“Speak for yourself,” Theremin said. “Computer cameras make my face look fat.”

Newton laughed. “Yeah, you’re right!”

Theremin blinked. “I didn’t mean for you to agree with me.”

“Just kidding,” Newton smiled. “And even if I do find my family, it doesn’t mean we have to stop being friends.

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