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it did something scarier than anything: It cried. Out of all one thousand eyes.
    Next, the beast moved into a movie theater. It seemed to put the moviegoers into a trance just by using its blinking power. The camera panned around the theater. People’s eyes glowed, entranced.

    And then the beast opened its mouth. I thought for sure it was about to say something. That maybe it would shout, “DIE!” and be super dramatic.
    But the monster opened its mouth to speak and instead of words—a giant, bulbous, oozing eye came out of its mouth! It had an eye attached to its tongue!
    There are movie monsters who have venomous fangs or sharp, deadly claws. But an eye that pops out of a creature’s tongue? That’s about as gross as it gets.
    All at once, the entire movie theater began to glow, and without warning . . .
    Pzzzzzzzfffffft.
    â€œHuh?” I cried out in the darkness.
    I looked to my left and right. Were the other Monster Squadders still here? What was going on?
    Jesse’s voice piped up from the dark. “Well, we knew the movie ran out of money . . .”
    â€œYeah, but we didn’t know it would end there! What a scam!” Lindsey said.
    My mind raced.
    The dream.
    The eyeball room.
    The tongue. And now . . . Walter swept in and stood up on the little stage. He turned up the lights.
    â€œLook, I don’t want to alarm you, kids, but while we were watching the film, I phoned Dr. Leery and told him about your theory. He wants to speak with all of you right away.”

CHAPTER 5
    LOCKS AND CLOCKS
    Walter took us into a small office and asked us to squeeze onto a long sofa. He powered up a large computer and turned up the volume so we could all hear.
    â€œGreetings, Monster Squad,” Leery said. “So we meet again.”
    There was a lot of blustery wind in the background, so we had to lean into the computer in order to see and hear him. “Walter tells me that you believe the Eyeball Beast is the latest monster to hit Riddle. As you now know, this monster starred in a movie that was never shown to the general public. But if you believe that he’s rearing his head, and somehow this movie was screened, we have a serious situation.”
    Up on the videophone, Leery’s face was tucked into the hood of a parka, so we could just see his black glasses framed in fur and icicles. In the background were dancing penguins. I think I spotted a polar bear floating on a floe.
    â€œI’ll be honest, I have my doubts about the Beast with 1000 Eyes,” Leery said, his voice cracking. “But I believe in you, Monster Squad. And if you do end up coming face-to-face with the monster, there are two essential things you must know if you have any chance of beating him.”
    â€œFirst!” Leery said. “The monster is covered with eyeballs—more than a thousand of them. And if he blinks all of his eyeballs at you at the same time, you may be put into a trance or a deep sleep.
    â€œSecond! A glance from any or all of these eyeballs could possibly leave a mark on your skin. But fear not! This is only temporary, like an eyeball tattoo. Unless, of course, he glances at you with his primary eye, the one located on his tongue.”
    I gasped.
    â€œPrimary eye?” I cried. “Is that the eye on the tongue from that creepy scene in the movie?”
    The image of Leery went to static for a moment and then we watched him push back the hood of his parka and lean closer into the camera again.
    â€œMonster Squad,” Leery said, “you have a lot of research to do. Look up eyes and find out how they work. Find out all you can about superstitions related to eyes. There must be answers there! Good luck!”
    As soon as Leery signed off, Walter shut down the computer.
    â€œAre you kids clear on what you need to do?” Walter asked.
    We all shrugged. Was anything ever really clear when it came to Monster Squad?
    â€œSo we still haven’t even seen