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us.”
    â€œYes!” I cheered. “We vaporized slime! We smashed giant mantids! We faced off with a bunch of eyeballs! We can do anything!”
    â€œCome on,” Stella snarled. She assumed the ninja pose. “Let’s just kick some monster butt. Lets find the bots, dunk ’em in the ocean, and rust all their bolts . . .”
    â€œHa!” Damon laughed. “Not bad, Stella. That would have been a great alternate ending for the original flick.”
    Stella cracked a smile. “You think?”
    â€œNo ifs, ands, or bots about it,” I said.

CHAPTER 7
    ROGER TO THE RESCUE!
    I called Walter from the phone in my room. He picked us up from my house and delivered us to Nerve Mountain in no time. That guy drives fast.
    â€œWhat’s that buzzing noise?” Stella asked as we entered Leery Castle.
    â€œAw, the dratted alarm system,” Walter said. “It has been buzzing all day long. We’re having a power problem. Leery Castle has gone completely kerplooey!”
    â€œYou can say that again,” I said. “There are problems like that popping up all over Riddle, especially at Petroglyph Mall. This town’s shutting down. Something magnetic is interfering with all the power . . .”
    I told Walter about all the crazy things we had seen at the fountain and in the parking lots. Then we showed him the robot photo.
    â€œDefinitely from They Came from Planet Q ,” Walter said. “Good work. But how did you ever catch them in a photograph like this? They have not even shown themselves in Riddle yet!”
    I held up camera twenty-two. Walter’s face drooped.
    â€œThat’s the camera from the They Came from Planet Q set!” Walter cried. “It’s been missing for decades. Where in the four corners of the galaxy did you get that ?”
    â€œUm . . . my grandpa Max,” I said. “Mom and Dad gave it to me yesterday as a birthday gift.”
    â€œAh! Max! Of course!” Walter smiled. He seemed relieved. “This was a prized prop from the movie They Came from Planet Q —and other movies before that. Dr. Leery thought this camera was stolen or lost years ago. I’m so happy to see it again! And that definitely explains how you got the shot of the bots.”
    â€œNice rhyme, Walt,” Damon joked.
    â€œIt was just hidden in a box in a closet,” I admitted. “I guess Grandpa put it there for safekeeping.”
    â€œWell,” Walter said. “You should know that most of the knobs and buttons on the camera are meaningless. Except for one; and you’ve already found it. The red lightning bolt button enables the camera to pick up B-Monsters even before they’re visible to your Squadder eyes.”
    â€œWe know that now,” I said. We all grinned.
    â€œWell, Monster Squad,” Walter said. “You’ve gotten very good at your job, haven’t you?”
    â€œBut it doesn’t really make sense,” Jesse said. “Scientifically speaking, can you really take a photo of something that can’t be seen?”
    â€œOh, Jesse!” I cried. “Use your imagination. In the world of the B-Monster, anything can happen. Haven’t you learned that yet? The way to fight B-Monsters is to use a little science and a lot of imagination.”
    Weeee-oooo. Weeeee-ooooo.
    All at once, the castle alarms went off even louder than before. We covered our ears.
    â€œI have to go check the castle’s communication system,” Walter told us. “We’re trying to get it back online. You can call Leery yourself and tell him what you’ve discovered. He will be thrilled.”
    Walter handed us an enormous bag of larva crunch, our favorite, cheesy castle snack.
    â€œTake this,” Walter said as he left the room to go and turn the alarms off. “Get the copy of They Came from Planet Q from the vault. I’ll meet you in the screening room. Hopefully you can watch it