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spooky out here,” Jeff whispered.
    We walked for about ten minutes. I hoped I couldfind my way back to the figure eight. What if I couldn’t? Jeff and Summer would never believe anything I had to say then.
    “How much farther?” Summer asked. “It feels like we’ve been walking forever.”
    “Are you sure you know how to get back?” Jeff asked.
    “We won’t get lost,” I promised. “I think we’re almost there.”
    A few minutes later, I stepped into the clearing.
    There was the figure eight. The moon had risen, and the figure seemed to glow in the moonlight.
    “This is it?” I told them. Even though it was dark, I lifted my camera and snapped a few pictures.
    Summer and Jeff stared at it. Summer rolled her eyes. “Here we go again,” she mumbled. Then she turned to me.
    “This is it?” she echoed. “What’s it?”
    “The figure eight!” I cried. “Look it at! It’s huge! Something burned it into the grass!”
    Summer and Jeff stepped closer. “So?” Summer said.
    “Don’t you think it’s mysterious?” I cried. “I mean, how did it get here? Who made it? Why?”
    “It’s just smushed-down grass,” Jeff said.
    “Step inside it!” I dared them. “Just step over that line. You’ll see.”
    “You go first,” Jeff said to Summer.
    “Wimp,” Summer muttered. She stepped across the line in the grass and stood inside one of the loops of the eight.
    I waited for her body to jolt the way mine had.
    But she just stood there calmly.
    “Come on in, Jeff,” she said. “There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
    Jeff stepped inside the loop. Nothing happened to him, either.
    “Don’t you feel anything?” I asked them. “Don’t you feel the power?”
    “Ben, stop it,” Summer pleaded. “You’re really scaring me.”
    “Look!” I moved carefully toward the figure eight. I hesitated because I wasn’t eager to get shocked again.
    I stepped quickly over the line.
    Zzzip!
    I felt a sharp shock and jumped right back out.
    “Did you see that?” I demanded.
    “I saw you jump,” Jeff said. “But I already knew you could do that.”
    “You don’t feel a shock or anything?” I cried.
    “Ben, is this supposed to be another alien thing?” Summer asked.
    “Well—”
    “All you think about is aliens,” Jeff said. “You see signs of them everywhere!”
    “Face it. You’re obsessed,” Summer said. She paused and looked me straight in the eye. “Ben, you’re starting to sound really crazy.”
    My jaw fell open. “How can you say that?” I asked. “You guys are my best friends!”
    They exchanged that look again. My heart sank. If I couldn’t count on Summer and Jeff, who could I count on? I was beginning to feel so alone.
    Then I heard something. A rustle.
    I glanced up at the treetops. The air was dead calm. Not a breath of wind.
    I froze, listening. Something rustled again.
    “Did you hear that?” I whispered.
    “Now what?” Summer said. “Are the aliens landing?”
    “Shhh!” I held one hand up to shush her. We all stood still.
    Behind us, a twig snapped. I heard feet shuffling through the leaves.
    “ Now did you hear something?” I whispered.
    Summer and Jeff nodded.
    There was someone else in the woods!
    I ran toward the sound. Whoever was out there, I was going to catch him—or her, or it.
    “Ben, what are you doing?” Summer called. She and Jeff hurried after me.
    I dashed into the woods. I heard footsteps running away from me, back toward my house.
    The moonlight filtered through the tall trees. I flipped on my flashlight. I stopped for a second to listen.
    Someone was running to my left. I ran in that direction, my flashlight beaming.
    I was getting closer. I could hear the person breathing heavily.
    “Who’s there?” I called.
    No one answered.
    At last I got close enough to catch a glimpse. The beam of my flashlight grazed the back of the person’s head.
    I saw a flash of blue. Bright blue. A glowing bright blue.
    A roaring boom—like thunder—made me