The Nightmare Room #6:They Call Me Creature by R.L. Stine

Author:R.L. Stine
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061757006
Publisher: HarperCollins

I called Ellen right away. And in a trembling voice begged her to come over.

She and Stevie Palmer had made up, and she was supposed to go biking with him and a couple of other guys. But she said she’d tell them to go without her.

A few minutes later she showed up. I pulled her up to my room. “Laura, what’s wrong?” she asked, dropping onto the edge of my bed. “You sounded so weird on the phone.”

“It’s Dad. He’s sending me away!” I cried. “I—I heard him on the phone. With Mom. He asked if Mom could take me. He—he said he had to get me out of here.”

Ellen jumped to her feet. “I don’t believe it.” She shook her head. “He can’t send you away just like that. What’s wrong with him?”

“I—I don’t know,” I stammered. “Maybe it was because of the animal that attacked me.” I told Ellen about the little pig. Then I showed her my neck.

“Oh, gross.” She gasped. “Does it hurt?”

“No, but Dad said I can’t go into the woods anymore. He thinks it’s too dangerous,” I said, running my fingers over the raw stitches. “But then he called Mom and … and … ” A sob burst from my throat.

“How could he do that?” I wailed. “He just wants to get rid of me. He called my mom without even talking to me about it. How could he, Ellen? He doesn’t even care about me anymore.”

Ellen hurried across the room and hugged me. “Of course he cares about you,” she said. “He was upset that you were attacked. He just wants you to be safe. That’s why he called your mom. But he’s not serious. He’d never send you away.”

“He’s serious,” I insisted. “He’s very serious, Ellen. He wants to get rid of me.”

I took a deep breath—and a new thought came to me. One that sent a shiver down my spine. “I know why he’s doing this. He checked the film in his camera on the shed. He saw that I was in there.”

“Whoa. Slow down.” Ellen raised a hand. “Your father has a camera on the shed now?”

I nodded.

“And you went inside? What was in there?” she asked.

“His instruments and stuff. That’s all,” I told her. I didn’t want to talk about the journal I had found. I didn’t know if my father was killing animals or not. And I didn’t want to say anything to Ellen until I was sure.

“What about the animals? What about the one we heard howling?” she asked.

“There weren’t any animals inside. I don’t know what happened to them,” I said.

I plopped down on my bed. “I’m not going to Chicago. I’m not!” I declared.

Ellen’s chin trembled. “I sure hope not,” she said softly. I could see she was really upset, too. But then a smile crossed her face. “At least, not until after my birthday party!”

We both laughed.

She always knows how to make me laugh.

“I have to make him change his mind,” I said. “And the only way I can do that is to find out what is making him act so strange.

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