Goosebumps Most Wanted #5: Dr. Maniac Will See You Now Read Online Free Page B

back of the bus as it bounced into town. I couldn’t wait to tell Kahuna what I saw on the Romita family’s roof. I was sure he’d believe me. And I knew he’d have ideas about why I saw them. Like maybe there’s a comic book costume contest in town.
    I ran up the steep concrete steps and burst through the double glass doors. Then I flew across the main hall to the welcome desk. “Kahuna!” I started.
    Whoa. He wasn’t there.
    Instead, a tall masked man, dressed in a tight costume of green and yellow, stared back at me from the other side of the desk. Two curled white fangs on his mask moved as he leaned toward me.
    Once I got over my surprise, I recognized him. The SnakeMan from Saturn. “Why are you here, sssssonny?” he hissed.
    “Uh … I’m … uh …” I took a breath. “That’s an awesome costume,” I said. “Did you make it?”
    He didn’t answer. The fangs appeared to curl tighter on the sides of his mask. His face was covered except for his eyes and mouth. He opened his lips, and a black forked tongue flicked out.
    Oh, wow. How does he do that? He’s a total freak!
    “Where is Big Kahuna?” I asked.
    “Who issss he?” he asked. The split tongue darted from side to side, then disappeared back into his mouth.
    “He … he works here in the afternoon,” I stammered. That tongue was too weird .
    The costumed man brought his face close to mine. His eyes were green-yellow. “I don’t think sssso,” he said.
    He was definitely creeping me out. I turned to the front doors to see if Bree had arrived. No. Not yet.
    “My friend and I are doing a project about this museum,” I said. “You know. A school project.”
    The masked man shook his head. “No. You’re not,” he rasped. Through the mask, the weird yellow-green eyes burned into mine.
    A chill ran down my back. I retreated a few steps. “I … don’t understand,” I stammered.
    “You have to leave,” he said. “This museum is closed.”

I took another step back, away from the desk — and realized the man was standing in the wastebasket. He made a hissing snake sound as he stepped out of it.
    He slithered out from behind the desk. The white fangs on his mask glowed under the bright ceiling lights. His green-yellow eyes narrowed.
    “We’re clossssssed,” he hissed. “Go away. Go do your project at another museum.”
    What was going on here? How could this be happening?
    I was so startled and confused, I froze.
    He moved quickly. He stepped up to me. His eyes were terrifying. His mouth opened again, revealing the black forked tongue.
    “Please —” I uttered. “Don’t hurt me. Don’t —” My breath caught in my throat.
    To my shock, he stepped past me. His eyes were on the front doors now. He raised a yellow-gloved hand and pulled a long strand of web from the shoulder of his costume.
    Frozen to the floor, I watched him pull the web — like a slender rope — from his shoulder. Ignoring me completely, he walked to the doors. He pushed them open. Then he flung the long strand of rope into the air — and leaped onto it!
    The rope rose high, carrying him into the air. Through the glass doors, I could see him cross the street standing stiffly on the flying rope, higher … higher … until he vanished from view.
    Whoa.
    I suddenly realized I’d stopped breathing at least a minute ago. I let out my breath in a long whoosh. Then I sank to my knees on the marble floor.
    I was stunned. In shock. I must be insanely insane , I thought.
    “What just happened?” I muttered to myself. I rubbed my eyes. I gazed around the empty museum. “I didn’t see that. I didn’t see the SnakeMan from Saturn sail out of here on his Wonder Web.”
    I stayed down on my knees, struggling to catch my breath. I pictured him slithering out of the wastebasket, his fangs curling on the sides of his mask. Moving toward me … hissing at me …
    “The museum is closed,” he said.
    But how could that be?
    Where was Kahuna? Where was anyone else?
    I