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the gift shop. Be right back!”
    As Milton jogged off, I turned to Sophie. “Have you thought any more about Gyfted and Talented?”
    “It sounds like fun,” Sophie replied. “And it beats sitting around with nothing to do.”
    I shrugged. “I was kind of looking forward to sitting around with nothing to do.”
    “But you’re going? Right?”
    “I don’t know. The whole thing seems a little suspicious.If Gyfted and Talented is so great, why can’t I find it on Google?”
    “They’re probably just good at keeping it under wraps. So many Gyfted kids together in one place, they have to be secretive.”
    “What’s your dad say about it?”
    Annoyance flickered in Sophie’s eyes. “He probably wouldn’t even
notice
if I went away for two months.”
    I was immediately sorry for bringing Captain Justice into the conversation. The reality show was taking up all his time these days. Luckily, Sophie had other things to focus on. Like convincing me to come with her to Gyfted & Talented. She pointed to a pink kiosk nearby.
    “I’m getting cotton candy,” she said. “If I split it with you, will you at least
think
about going?”
    Her blue-gray eyes set on me expectantly as a half smile formed on her lips.
    I was about to take Sophie up on the offer when I heard a scream.

    “The sky!” someone behind me yelled. “Something’s falling!”
    Looking up, I saw a blazing red object scorching across the blue sky. My first thought was a crashing airplane, but it was way too small. It looked more like a tiny asteroid falling from space. There wasn’t a whole lot of time to speculate, though. Whatever it was, the thing was moving fast.
    And it was headed right for us.
    One moment it was ripping through the sky. And the next it was crashing into AwesomeWorld. On its way, it grazed the sign for Corny Cahill’s Corn Dog Emporium, a four-story-tall fake corn dog. The sign erupted into flames, and the object slammed into the pavement below.
    As far as I could tell, nobody had been hurt. But the crash sent chaos across the entire park. The crowd was a sea of panic. Everyone was screaming. Most of them were making a mad dash for the exits, while some searched desperately for lost friends and loved ones.
    Milton appeared next to me, wearing an AwesomeWorld baseball cap and licking an ice cream cone. He was a little too late to have seen the Unidentified Flaming Object but was just in time to witness the pandemonium it had caused.
    “I leave for two minutes, and
this
is what happens?” Milton’s eyes turned to the flaming sign. “Anyone wanna tell me why an oversized corn dog is on fire?”
    “S-something fell from the s-sky.” I felt like I was choking on the words. “Asteroid or missile or something.”
    Questions punctured my thoughts. Where had it come from? And why?
    “We’ve got to put out that fire before it spreads,” Sophie said.
    She was right. The corn dog was really blazing now, flames reaching high into the air. If we waited for a fire truck, half the park would burn down. No telling how many people could get hurt or killed.
    I scanned my surroundings, eyes passing over abandonedshops and restaurants, kids leaping off a moving carousel and into the arms of their worried parents. And then I saw what I was looking for.
    “This way!” I pointed in the direction of the flaming corn dog. “I’ve got an idea!”
    I bolted forward, pushing my way through swarms of people, trying not to get trampled along the way. I came to a stop when I reached a plaza. The space had cleared of people by now, and the only thing standing between me and Corny Cahill’s Corn Dog Emporium was a fountain. Ringed by a marble pool, the fountain sent water gushing from a supersized bouquet of stone flowers. Roses, daisies, tulips—each twice the size of my head, squirting a stream of water into the pool.
    Ignoring the clearly marked sign that read PLEASE DO NOT PLAY IN THE FOUNTAIN , I leaped over the edge and landed in the