10 Who’s Hunting Who

Chapter 10 WHO's HUNTING WHO? Lightning had struck the Water Bug! CRRRRAAAACKKKKK! came the thunder. When Andrew opened his eyes, the Water Bug was sliding down to the bottom of a wave. Judy's face was white as the moon. Her hair was standing out from her head like a frizzy clown wig. Her mouth was open and a piece of mozzarella cheese hung over her lip. "Smokey the Bear!" she said. "We were almost toast!" meep… "Water Bug protect Drewd and Oody from lightning," said Thudd. "Electricity go through metal, not through Drewd and Oody!"

Andrew checked the Water Bug. The paint on the hood had bubbled up in a few places. It looked like the Water Bug had pimples. But everything else seemed okay. "Let's get out of here!" said Judy. "NOW!" Andrew pushed the steering wheel down. The Water Bug dipped under the waves. "We'll hang out below until the storm passes," said Andrew. "Maybe we'll even find a quiet place on the ocean floor to get the lava boogers out." Down and down they went through the dark green water. Strands of brown seaweed swirled by the windows. As Andrew steered the Water Bug deeper and deeper, it got darker and darker. Andrew turned on the headlights. "Look at all that weird white stuff in the lights!" said Judy. "It's like we're in a snow globe!" meep… "Sea snow," said Thudd. "Tiny animals, pieces of dead stuff, pieces of poop fall to bottom of ocean. Little fish eat sea snow." "Gross!" said Judy.

At the end of the beam of the headlights, Andrew glimpsed a tall, dark shape. "Wowzers!" he said. "Could that be an underwater skyscraper?" "There's no sky to scrape down here, Bug- Brain!" said Judy. As the Water Bug got closer, they could see the thing was a big tangle of pipes and pillars. It rose up through the water as far as they could see. meep… "Oil rig!" said Thudd. "Bring oil from deep, deep hole under ocean. Oil happen when dead stuff get buried under lotsa rock. Millions, millions of years, dead stuff turn into oil! Burn oil to heat house. Gasoline made from oil."

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"You mean we fill our gas tanks with things that lived millions of years ago?" said Judy. "Yoop! Yoop! Yoop!" said Thudd. "Weird!" said Judy. "Everything gets recycled!" Andrew dove to find where the pipes sank into the ocean floor. Judy pointed to a dome tucked close to the pipes. "What's that?" she asked. Andrew slowly drove closer. In front of the dome was a sign in big black letters: Soggy Bob's Oil Rig and Private Clubhouse KEEP OUT! "I don't believe it!" said Judy. "In the whole monster ocean, we keep running into Soggy Bob!" Inside the dome, Andrew and Judy could see the Crab-Mobile—and Soggy Bob! He was tugging

tangled ropes off the Crab-Mobile's claws. Burpp pulled at the ropes with his beak. Soggy Bob turned when he saw the Water Bug's lights. He stomped up to the glass door and shook his fist. His thin eyebrows rose high on his bald head and his lips were moving fast. Andrew and Judy couldn't hear what he was saying, but they could tell it wasn't nice. "Let's get out of here before he fixes that thing!" said Judy. Andrew nodded. He pulled the steering wheel up and slammed the gas pedal to the floor. The Water Bug zoomed into the inky water.