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way again, haven’t you?”
    â€œWell, yes, Mr. Vazny,” I said.
    â€œIt’s sort of what we do,” added Zeek.
    The man’s eyes flashed and got little again. “Did someone call me Mr. Vazny ?”
    â€œYes, sir, I did,” I said.
    â€œIncorrect!” he screamed. “Would anyone else care to answer?”
    â€œI know! I know!” Zeek raised his hand. “Is it—Dr. Morbius?”
    â€œWrong again!” he shrieked. He stepped over to the blackboard and spoke his name as he spelled it out. “Call me—D-o-c-t-o-r C-h-i-l-l!”
    Zeek was beginning to frown like he does when Mrs. Hipple spoons out lunch on his tray and he’s not sure if it’s food or not.
    I spoke softly. “You broke the ski lift, didn’t you, Mr. Vazny—I mean, Dr. Morbius—I mean—”
    â€œThe name is Chill—Chill!— CHILL! ”
    Then he nodded slowly. “The ski lift? Yes, I needed a little part—something for my work.”
    Zeek raised his hand again. “But the hair?”
    â€œOh, this?” Chill reached up and pulled off the red wig. He tossed it to the floor. “A simple disguise to fool simple people. It helped me escape from the army jail to this old mine. I’ve made many improvements, as you can see!”
    He waved his arms around the lab. Like on a TV game show when they show off the prizes.
    â€œAnd now, it is a perfect place from which to launch my ultimate attack!”
    I shot a look at Zeek. I swallowed hard. “ Attack? ” I said.
    Dr. Chill turned to a huge map tacked up on the wall. He pointed to a dot on the coast.
    I gasped. “But that’s—Mayville!”
    â€œSo glad you’ve been studying your geography!”
    Zeek stepped forward. “What’s your horrible plan this time, Dr. Chill?”
    Chill flashed a creepy grin. “I’m going to DESTROY your little town, once and for all!”
    Then he laughed a terrible laugh that echoed through the laboratory. It probably echoed through all the caves in the entire mountain.
    â€œOh, yeah?” Zeek snarled, stepping forward. “You and what army?”
    â€œGood one!” I said.
    Chill’s eyes got big and fiery. He stepped to the control panel and pressed another button.
    NNNNT! Instantly, a wall opened up on the other side of the lab. A blast of cold air filled the room.
    Fog poured in. The kind of icy fog that swirls around in bad horror movies.
    Dr. Chill stepped back.
    â€œMe and this army!” he said.



EIGHT
    An icy shiver ran down my spine.
    There, in the swirling fog behind Uggo, stood nine other giant frozen cavemen!
    â€œBehold!” cried Chill. “My mighty Neanderthal army! I chopped them, cut them, and blasted them out of every frozen cave in this mountain. I brought them here—to live once more!”
    He started to laugh again.
    Zeek nudged me. “He thinks this is good?”
    I realized that those huge hairy icy cavemen were the same ones in the cave drawing we saw.
    Boy, were they big! Big hair, big jaws, big teeth. Big clubs, too. They looked even meaner than in the drawing. It was bad news, all right. But I tried to act tough.
    â€œThose guys are fifty thousand years old!” I said. “They can’t do anything. They’re ice cubes!”
    â€œHa-ha!” laughed Chill. “Not for long!”
    NNNT! He pressed another button, and the floor in the center of the room began to slide open. Up came the most humongous, nasty-looking gun thing I ever saw.
    It was huge! The long barrel had pulsating bright-orange and yellow coils running around it. Written in big red letters on the side of the gun were the words Amazing Melt-O-Ray.
    Dr. Chill tapped the gun and began to smirk. “Three blasts from my Amazing Melt-O-Ray, and—cavemen walk the earth again!”
    That’s when Zeek jabbed me. His lip curled up and he squinted. He nodded down at my feet.
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