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terrorists.”
    The three PROs stared at Susie and then at each other.
    “What are you talking about?” Carlos asked.
    Susie looked at Carlos and then around at the other two guys. For a minute she looked as if she were surprised that she’d actually spoken to them. Then she hurried on toward the stairs to the kitchen.
    But before she could get there Bucky swaggered over and blocked her path. “What are you yapping about, twerp? What terrorists?”
    Susie glared at him. “The ones that are trying to steal Web’s science-fair project.”
    “Web’s science-fair project?” Bucky’s lip curled up in one of his famous sneers. “Gimme a break, kid. Why would a terrorist, or anybody else, be interested in anything that little third-grade twerp is doing?”
    Susie’s forehead scrunched up in a fierce frown. “Web is not a twerp. Web’s a genius. Everybody says Web’s a genius.”
    Bucky laughed loudly. “Oh, is that so? Well, let me tell you something. Everybody doesn’t say dumb, un-cool stuff like that, because I don’t. What I say is that Web is a little third-grade twerp.”
    Susie’s fists clenched and, just in time, Carlos got between her and Bucky. Just in time to get socked in the stomach. Which was no fun but better than letting her hit Bucky because Bucky would have hit her back, even though she was a smallish eight-year-old girl and Bucky was an overgrown eleven-year-old Rambo wanna-be.
    “Oooof,” Carlos said. He grabbed Susie’s wrists and pushed her backward away from Bucky. But Susie was pretty strong and she was just about to get away from him when Eddy came over and helped by holding one wrist while Carlos held the other. Susie squirmed and twisted and tried to kick.
    “What makes you think terrorists are after Web?” Eddy asked. When Susie just clamped her lips together he went on, “Look, kid, if terrorists are after my little brother , I need to know about it. Right?”
    Susie quit struggling and glared at Eddy. Finally she nodded. Lowering her voice to a whisper, she said, “It’s because of the secret weapon . Because Web is building a secret weapon .”
    As Eddy and Carlos turned loose of Susie’s wrists and stared at her, Bucky shoved past them. “Yeah? Is that right, Wong?” he said to Eddy. “Your brother’s building a secret weapon for the science fair?”
    Eddy shook his head hard. “Not that I know of,” he said. “But who knows. With Web”—he grinned and shrugged—“you never know.”
    Just then Carlos remembered something else Susie had said. “Hey,” he said. “What did you mean about seeing them? About you seeing the terrorists?”
    Susie nodded. “I saw them. I didn’t think about it being them when I was talking to Ari—”
    “Ari? The Pappas nerd?” Bucky interrupted. “What’s he got to do with it?”
    “He told me about it,” Susie said. “Ari knows all about it. But when we were talking I didn’t think about it being those guys I saw. But I’m pretty sure they were the terrorists. And I saw them. Just before I got to three hundred.”
    “Three hundred?” For a minute Carlos felt sure Susie had really lost it this time. Or else he had. “Before you got to three hundred what?” he asked cautiously.
    Susie looked disgusted. “Three hundred jumps. Without missing. I was just jumping past the Andersons’ when this big black van came up and parked and two guys got out.” She nodded thoughtfully. “Yeah. I’ll bet it was them, all right. I’ll bet those guys were the terrorists.” Then, before anyone could stop her, she darted out the door and up the stairs to the kitchen.
    Bucky was the first one to break the silence. “Go get her, Garcia. Go get your crazy little sister and bring her back down here. We got to find out what she’s talking about.”
    Carlos gave Bucky a cold stare. “Forget it. She’s probably locked herself in the bathroom by now. And besides, I just heard the garage door open. My mom’s home …”
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