absolute favorite food.
Zeek could probably see the hunger in my eyes. âTwo bites,â he said. âThen the police.â
âOf course,â the woman said. She seemed nice.
Zeek and I sat down at the table.
The woman turned on a radio and hummed to the music. She stepped over to the counter, picked up two plates, and set them on the table.
Dun-dun-dunnn! The music on the radio suddenly changed. It got creepy.
And so did the ladyâs face. Her mouth twisted all up. Then her eyes blinked and rolled backward.
âNoodle! Sheâs one of them! RUN!â
We jumped for the door.
Wham! Too late. âDadâ was there.
âHunnneee!â he groaned as he stood in the doorway. âIâmmm home!â
Oh, sure. Just your ordinary, everyday Dad.
Only this one had a flat head, a huge scar, and little silver electrodes sticking out of his neck.
âGet them, Frank!â the lady snapped.
âWeâre out of here!â I shouted.
Before dear old Dad could stretch out his huge arms for us, we were blurring through the kitchen and up the stairs.
âBathroom!â Zeek yelled.
âWe donât have time,â I shouted.
âNoâthe bathroom window! Itâs open!â
Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Flathead Dad was storming up the stairs.
We shot into the bathroom. But when we tried to climb out the window, it wasnât. A window, I mean. It was just painted on the wall.
âYikes!â yelled Zeek. âUp the stairs!â
We flew up three more flights of old-creaking-loose-falling-down stairs.
âOh, man, Zeek,â I huffed. âThis is not happening!â
âYou can say that all you want, Nood. But it keeps on happening!â
When we got to the top floor, I ran in the first room I could find. I pulled Zeek in behind me, and locked the door.
Big mistake.
â Grrrrrr! â
âNoodle?â Zeek said. âThatâs your stomach, right? You saw the waffles, you didnât eat them, and now your stomach is growling, right?â
âUm ⦠sorry, Zeek.â
â Grrrrrr-rrrrrrr! â
We looked over to the bed. Someone was waking up. He didnât look too happy. He also didnât look too human. He was all hairy, like aâ
âWerewolf!â
The werewolf bolted up, sprang in front of Zeek, and threw him toward the window. Crash!
âNooooooooodle!â
I froze in shock as I saw Zeek break through the window and go tumbling out.
All the way to the ground.
Four floors below.
SEVEN
âYou creep!â I screamed. âYou killed my best friend!â
I jumped on the bed, bounced up and kicked the hairy jerk with both feet.
The wolfman slumped over. But the force of the kick knocked me off the bed. I hit a chair, flipped over, and flew out the window, too.
Whoa! I grabbed the windowsill and hung on. But my grip was no good.
I couldnât hold on.
My fingers slipped off the edge.
âAhhhhh!â I fell straight down.
A second later, something grabbed me.
âDonât worry, Noodle. Iâve got you!â
It was Zeek!
I looked down. There was nothing but air below us. âYouâve got me?â I said. âBut whoâs got you?â
Vooom!
We fell like rocks.
Boing!
We bounced back up again.
âItâs a stunt trampoline, Nood! So when the heroes fall out of windows, they donât get hurt!â
Boing!
âI canât believe it!â I cried. âDoes this mean that Danger Guys are indestructible?â
âWell, so far, anyway!â Zeek said, giving me a smile. Then he pointed down. âA couple more jumps, and weâre out. Look!â
About twenty feet away was a regular backyard. And across the yard was the castle.
âLetâs hop!â I shouted.
We bounced a couple more times, somersaulted, and landed in the backyard.
âUm ⦠Noodle?â said Zeek, dusting himself off. âThis isnât your ordinary