The Creatures From Beyond Beyond by Stine R.L

Author:Stine, R.L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781612183275
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2012-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

If I could just get Mom to ask Brad about his parents, I was home free. She wouldn’t give up. She would make Brad call them. I was surprised she hadn’t insisted he call them last night. I guess all the confusion threw her Mom instincts off or something.

Before I put Plan “Mom Attacks!” into operation, I took a shower. When I reached the kitchen afterward, everyone was sitting around the table.

I grabbed the box of Chocolate Puffs and poured a bowlful.

“So, like I was saying,” Tyler told us, “there was an emergency with Brad’s uncle in Mexico. His family had to leave town. They couldn’t wait for Brad to join them. So—can he stay with us?”

What? This was a totally different story from the one Brad told earlier! And it was way lame! The guy was wacko if he thought my parents were going to fall for this!

Looks like Brad just saved me the trouble of putting Plan “Mom Attacks!” into action. I chuckled to myself.

I munched my cereal, waiting for Mom to kick into high gear.

Brad sat back in his chair, playing with a pendant he had hanging on a black string around his neck. I hadn’t noticed it before. A pink jewel on it flashed in the light from the overhead fixture.

I glanced at Mom. She would blast this story to bits in two seconds.

But instead, she just sat there, her mouth half open, staring at Brad.

Tiny squares and diamonds of light danced across her face, glinted from her eyes. I turned to Dad. Light glittered across his face, too.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Brad shift the pendant. That’s where the light was coming from! Brad was aiming the light reflected through his pendant right at my parents. But why?

Mom’s mouth snapped shut. “Of course,” she said after a minute. “We’d love to have Brad stay with us as long as he likes.”

“Whaaaaaat?” I yelled.

“Would you like some more breakfast, Brad?” Mom asked, ignoring my outburst.

“No, thanks, Mrs. Freeman,” he replied, cupping his hand around the pendant and smiling his broad, white smile.

I looked at his plate. It was filled with eggs and toast. It didn’t look as if he’d eaten anything—so why was Mom offering him more breakfast?

Something was wrong around here. Something majorly weird was happening!

I shook my head. No, this was more than weird. My parents weren’t acting the way they should—the way I knew they normally would.

It seemed as if Brad was somehow influencing them. Controlling them so he could get his way. Was he using the pendant to do it?

No. That couldn’t be. It was impossible. Wasn’t it?

“Mom?” I started.

“Yes, dear?” Mom turned to me. Her eyes had a fuzzy-looking, confused expression in them. Not their usual clear-eyed, piercing stare.

Whoa. This was bad. I needed to think—and fast. “Nothing,” I responded.

Tyler jumped up. “Let’s go outside!” he called. Brad and Alex followed him.

I drank the rest of my Chocolate Puffs like soup and hurried after them.

Tyler knelt on the lawn, examining grass blades.

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