14 Quick, What Can Set You Free

CHAPTER FOURTEEN QUICK! WHAT CAN SET YOU FREE? The Frandidate was making all sorts of claims to get people's support. "I will protect you from everything," it bellowed. "The bad guys won't be bad anymore." The Support Meter kept going up and up. Igor suddenly had a very strong impression that it wasn't Franny who was saying these things.

He looked at the Frandidate and it changed to look like Miss Wizzywozzle again, but it didn't make Igor comfortable anymore. Igor was sensing something else. Dogs are like that. Igor knew he had to do something.

He couldn't attack it—Franny was in there. He thought of turning off the camera, but as soon as he did, the Frandidate sensed his thoughts and extended a long tentacle to hold him in his chair while it worked the controls itself.

Suddenly, he thought of the one thing that had saved him before. Maybe, just maybe, it could work again, he hoped, and he acted quickly before the Frandidate could stop him.

Igor hit a few switches on the Satellite-Snagger and the system quickly locked on to a very specific television. It locked on to the one in the pretty pink house with lovely purple shutters down at the end of Daffodil Street. The ICU2 displayed Franny's mom on the screen.

The Frandidate looked into her wide, honest eyes, and sensed exactly the one thing she wanted.