18. Crash!

CHAPTER 18 CRASH! Suddenly, Evil Sulu grew to the size of a giant monster. He jumped out of the tree house and landed in George's backyard with a terrible, thunderous crash. "What was that?" cried George's dad.

Everyone jumped up and dashed outside to get a better look at the horrible creature that towered over the house, snarling and roaring hideously. For some strange reason, George and Harold's grandparents jumped up and dashed the fastest—faster than they had moved in

years —but nobody really noticed because of the giant hamster thing. "What's going on?" cried Harold. "Those evil guys must have followed us back to our own reality somehow," whispered George. "We've gotta stop them before they take over OUR WORLD!"

Sulu crashed and smashed his way through the neighborhood, heading toward the big city... because, well, that's where giant monsters usually head. George ran inside and grabbed the 3-D Hypno-Ring and the Super Power Juice (which felt surprisingly empty), and whistled for Crackers. And while the grown-ups were fussing and fretting over trivial things like broken fences, insurance policies, and property-damage reports, George, Harold, and Crackers flew off to save the world.