15 Channel Surfing

CHAPTER FIFTEEN CHANNEL SURFING Franny looked at her equipment. She had a screwdriver, her watch, and the remote control fox the Shrinkerizer. "Yeah, the remote control," she said, suddenly grinning broadly. She quickly unscrewed the back and started making some adjustments.

"I made Igor's TV and its remote control. I should be able to rewire this one so that I can control the TV from here!" Franny looked at her wrist screen and pushed a button on the rewired remote control. She could see the channel change on Igor's television.

"Success!" she shouted "Now watch carefully, you little tube head," she said. Franny started switching channels feverishly. She could see the channels fly past Igor's gaze. She passed commercials for cars, toys, blue jeans, and hamburgers. "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" she yelled. "Trying to save the world here!" Finally she stopped on a commercial for corn chips. "This is what I need," she said.

Igor watched the commercial for a minute and then Franny saw him leave the room. In a moment he was hack with a bag of corn chips. "I knew he'd want them!" Franny said.

Franny saw fragments of munched-up corn chips start tumbling into Igor's stomach. "Perfect, exactly what I need," she said, grabbing two triangular bits and pulling them to one side. "Now hopefully all the corn chips have made him thirsty."

Franny watched Igor on her little screen. He may have been thirsty, but he wasn't going anywhere. Franny could hear the Doomsday Device ticking down. "Oh, come on, Igor. Who doesn't get thirsty from corn chips?" she yelled. "I think he needs a little inspiration," she said, and started changing the channel again. She found a broadcast of a marathon with tired, hot runners racing down a scorching road. "This should make