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seconds of silent staring followed before Bucky said, “Okay, Wong. It’s up to you then. Go get Web.”
    “Forget that too, Brockhurst,” Eddy said. “Web’s out in the workshop. Locked in the workshop. And nobody gets in except Carson.”
    Bucky gave Eddy a disgusted stare. “What a wimp,” he said. “Break in then. Kick the door down, or break a window or something. I sure would if that little jerk was my brother.”
    Eddy’s grin was sarcastic. “Thanks for sharing that with us, Brockhurst. That’s a big help. That workshop belongs to my dad and I don’t think he’d appreciate me kicking the door down. But if you want to try it, feel free.” Then he laughed. “Besides, if Web really is making a secret weapon, he might need someone to try it out on.”
    Carlos’s mom came in then and told Carlos she needed him to help carry in the groceries. “Run on home now, Bucky,” she said. “I think your dad’s looking for you. And you too, Eddy. We’re expecting guests tonight, and I’m going to need Carlos to give me a hand for a while.”
    So the bad news was—the chance to find out anything more about the terrorists was over, for that evening at least. With all that company (a whole lot of aunts and uncles and cousins) in the house, Carlos didn’t get a chance to ask Susie a single important question. But the good news was—it was also the end of the exploding eggplant experiment.
    Actually, Carlos wasn’t too worried about the terrorist thing. Susie tended to get all excited about nothing at times. Carlos figured that either Ari had just been trying to scare her, or else she’d kind of exaggerated the whole thing. And besides, he felt sure that Eddy would have called him if he’d found out anything important from Web. So that Monday night Carlos felt pretty sure the whole terrorist-secret-weapon scare was pretty much over.

Chapter 5
    E VEN THOUGH SUSIE HAD seemed to be very interested in what Ari told her about Web’s secret weapon and the terrorists, she didn’t hang around very long to talk about it. Right after she said “Wowee!” she rolled up her jump rope and dashed off across the cul-de-sac toward the big Spanish-style house where the Garcias lived. Ari was disappointed.
    Ari went on watching for a minute after she’d disappeared from sight, before he sighed and started up the Wongs’ driveway. As long as he’d come this far he might as well go on investigating for a little longer. Even though Web and Carson probably weren’t building a secret weapon, they might be doing something that was worth finding out about. At least Web might be. And Ari was pretty sure he knew just where he’d be doing it—in the workshop at the back of the Wongs’ garage where Web worked on all his scientific projects.
    Sure enough, when Ari stopped just outside the workshop door he could hear a thumping, shuffling noise and a faint mumble of voices. After getting out his notebook and pencil, he stopped for a minute to think about which of his investigative techniques to use. There was, for instance, the very careful and sneaky secret-agent technique that had to be used around people like “Karate Kate” Nicely, not to mention Bucky “Kapow!” Brockhurst. But that wouldn’t be necessary with two unmuscular types like Web Wong and Carson Nicely.
    And then there was the innocent-little-kid technique that worked great on grown-ups and other unsuspicious people. The big-eyed bit that went like, “I’m asking you these questions because I know you haven’t any reason not to answer me, because, after all, I’m just a little third-grade kid.” But, of course, that wouldn’t work with Web and Carson either.
    So that left the direct approach. Like—“Hey! What are you guys doing in there, anyway?”
    That would have to be it. Ari knocked loudly on the workshop door, and got ready to start writing.
    But the door didn’t open. Instead the sound of voices stopped suddenly and the shuffling, thumping