Gigantopus from Planet X! Read Online Free

Only one place equipped to battle giant monsters.”
    â€œBattle giant monsters?” Sean looked at her, frowning. Then he slowly started to smile. “Yeah, one place. One humongous place!”
    â€œTo the studio!” cried Holly. “Now!”

5
    The One Big Thing
    E ntering the wrecked hangar of Humongous Horror Movie Studios gave Holly the spooks. Gashes in the ceiling let in the sunlight. The huge back door was torn away. There was slime everywhere. Everything was a mess.
    â€œKind of squishy in here,” Liz said.
    â€œAnd even creepier than before,” said Jeff.
    But Holly couldn’t afford to be scared now. Too much had to be done. She heard the distant sounds of crunching and thumping. Gigantopus was slowly destroying their town. “Everybody spread out! Find something to stop this thing!”
    Within minutes, the studio was like a big war room. Everyone was bustling around doing jobs.
    Mike pulled the miniature model of Grover’s Mill to the center of the floor.
    Jeff switched on the radio to WYRD, the Grover’s Mill station, where Rock Storm was broadcasting news. “Reports have come in from all over town,” he said.
    Sean walked around the miniature town and stuck little flags in. “Gigantopus has been sighted here, here, and here!”
    Holly stepped over. As she looked down at the table, a sense of terror crept up her spine.
    â€œConnect the dots!” gasped Holly.
    â€œThey’re little flags,” said Jeff.
    â€œConnect the little flags!” Holly cried out. “They’re making a shape! An eight-pointed shape! An octopus shape!”
    â€œWow, Holly’s right!” Sean added. “And he’s leaving slimy gloop wherever he goes. A big octopus-shaped trail of gunk around Grover’s Mill.”
    â€œWhat does it all mean?” asked Mike.
    â€œI don’t know.” Holly scratched her gloopy shirt. “By the way, does anybody else think it’s warm in here?”
    â€œIt’s a little warm but it’s way weird,” said Liz. “I mean, I know it would be dumb to ask ‘Why Grover’s Mill?’ It’s The Zone. So, I guess the question is, how do we stop the big octopus?”
    Holly jumped. “Yes! The third law of Humongous Horror Movies! The One Big Thing!”
    â€œThe what?” said Mike.
    Holly explained. “Every huge, hungry, crazy monster can be defeated by The One Big Thing. It’s the one thing that will destroy the monster.”
    â€œHow about heat?” said Liz. “Intense heat. Your dad used that in a movie once.”
    â€œOnce!” said Sean, with a chuckle. “More like a hundred times!”
    â€œRight!” said Holly. “Or cold, or lightning, or fire, or water, or … water …”
    â€œYou said water twice,” said Mike.
    â€œWater!” Holly blurted out again.
    â€œThree times, now,” Mike muttered.
    â€œThat’s it!” Holly cried. “If the thing really is a giant octopus, it will need water. All we have to do is figure out something with water!”
    â€œWater!” shouted Liz.
    Holly frowned. “We got that far, Liz.”
    â€œNo! I mean, somebody get some water!” cried Liz. “Holly’s on fire!”
    â€œWhat!” Holly turned to see smoke rising from the slime spot on her T-shirt. “Help!”
    Jeff dashed to the oversized kitchen set and filled a giant water glass. He splashed it on Holly.
    Ssssss! Holly’s T-shirt hissed and smoked.
    But when Jeff threw the water, some of it splashed at Sean. “Hey!” He ducked back. When he did that, he slammed hard right into the fog machine. He pushed down its start button.
    POOOOOOOOOOOF!
    Within moments, the entire hangar was filled with dense fog.
    â€œOoops!” said Sean, stumbling around. “How do you turn it off?” He tried to find the switch.
    Then— whoosh! A soft breeze from the desert