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a few secret projects. It was probably one of
those where someone was dabbling in something they had no business
in ,” Carly said. By the look
on her face, Henry had to wonder if she knew more than she was
letting on. She worked at NASA, after all, and might have been
privy to some information.
    Henry felt ill just thinking about it. Things were bad,
really bad , and he wasn’t sure
what was going to happen. He knew he had to try and do something
about the problem. It would be the same thing his father would do,
if he wasn’t already doing it. Henry wondered where his father was
in the building and if he was still alive. Would he have been in
his office working when the world started falling apart?
    “ OK , team, let’s go,”
Carly said, breaking Henry out of his thoughts.
    From the NASA building, the trio and the little boy dangling off of Carly’s hand headed
out of the building once again and made their way toward Linus’s
house and his mysterious moon room. They had to continue to use the
parachute; it was really their only method of transportation at
that point.
    As they made their way on their newest
adventure , they saw horror and
dismay all around them. It wasn’t easy traveling a large distance
without gravity. They often had to dodge large objects to avoid
being crushed. They floated by an area where they saw an airplane
inside an apartment building. The sight horrified Carly as she
wondered how many people in there had died a painful death. Flames
were still spewing out of the building.
    Suddenly , Henry
screamed, “Watch out!”
    Carly turned as a rocket soared right by
them , causing a back draft
that sent them spinning through the air. She slammed into a
building, knocking the wind right out of her.
    “ Are you all right?” Linus
had floated to her and pulled her away from the
building.
    “ Who on earth would be
launching rockets right now and for what reason?”
    Linus shook his head .
“I don’t know.”
    All around them , it
seemed there was just chaos and destruction. It was daunting to
see. A part of Carly just wanted to give up. Really, what was the
point? How could they possibly get through this alive? Would the
three of them really be able to stop what was happening around
them?
    “ Carly, are you
OK?”
    She looked at Linus ,
who had a concerned look on his face. She couldn’t fail them all.
She looked over Linus’s shoulder and saw him hanging on to David.
She had to remain strong, even though it appeared as if all was
lost.
    “ You guys really need to
get moving. We have to get out of this area.”
    “ What’s wrong?” she
cried out.
    He turned away from them. When he turned
back , he looked alarmed. “The
White House is heading right for us. If we don’t move now, it’s
going to crush us.”
    “ Oh , no!” Linus grabbed
Carly by the hand and pulled with all his might. They floated from
the building to where Henry was. She turned in the direction he was
pointing and saw that in fact the White House was floating toward
them. We are going to be
crushed , Carly
thought.
    “ Move it , guys.” She
pulled David into her arms, and they moved through the air as
quickly as possible. The massive white structure brushed past them,
almost taking out Carly’s ankle as she floated by.
    “ Oh , man, that was so
close. Carly, it almost hit you. If you were a few seconds behind,
it would have taken you out.”
    “ Gee , thanks for the
reminder.” Carly’s hands were shaking, and she thought she might
have a panic attack. That had been a little too close for comfort.
They were basically floating around in a war zone. How were they
going to make it to Linus’s house? She wasn’t sure how much farther
they had to go, but considering they had been almost hit by a
rocket and the White House, she wasn’t sure what more they could
survive. She hoped she wasn’t putting all these kids’ lives in
danger by being outside. Maybe it would have been better to stay
inside and wait for help.