3 The Eyes Have It

Chapter Three The Eyes Have It "I'm sorry," said Foggy. "I believe we're having some language translation problems. You said she is the planet. I think you meant to say, she is on this planet." The bug shook its head. "I'm trying to shoot you straight," it said. "Give you the real deal. The true blue. The no-doubt readout." "Got it," said Elias. "So the true-blue answer is that Saphrite is the planet? Like, we're standing on an alien so big, so massive, that this whole time we thought we were standing on an entire world?" The beetle winked. "True blue," it said. The kids were stunned. There was nothing in the explorer handbook that could have prepared them for this.

"Okay, I'm calling it," said Abigail. "Game over. Everyone back to the pod." "Seriously?" said Vale. "We're just going to turn around and leave?" "This sounds really dangerous," said Finn. "So Abigail just gets to call it?" shouted Vale. "It's an alien as big as a planet," replied Finn. "She's not as big as a planet, she is the planet," said the bug. "She's the whole enchilada. The entire burrito. The complete chimichanga." "Yeah, but we could make history!" said Vale. "And as sergeant-at-arms of this explorers troop, I say we stay. I'm not scared."

"You jumped into Foggy's arms when the grass made a noise," said Abigail. "No, I didn't," said Vale. "That was an allergic reaction. But I'm better now. Come on, guys, this is our one chance to really be in the record books. Where's your sense of adventure? Where's the bravery and courage that only a Marlowe explorers troop has?" "I'm with Finn and Abigail," said Elias. "This bug said Saphrite is a planet eater." "I did," said the beetle. "So she literally eats planets?" said Elias. "Sure does," said the beetle. "So she'll have no trouble eating four kids and a robot," said Elias. "She's eaten less accidentally," said the beetle. "And she's not going to be happy that your rock thrower over here woke her up before her alarm." Vale was about to say it wasn't his fault, but the beetle twitched its antennae. "Everything you see here is Saphrite," said the bug. "See those majestic purple mountains over there? Those are the spiny ridges of her backbone. And that hill just past the mountains? That's one of her ears."

"So what's this grass?" said Vale. "That would be her armpit," said the beetle. "And before you start in on me about how gross that is: Trust me. I know. I'm the jamoke who lives in the armpit." "Yep, that does it," said Abigail. "Back to the pod. We're getting out of here." "And that yellow light you see over there?" said the beetle. "See it, coming up over the

horizon?" "Why, it's a second sun," said Foggy. "How beautiful." "She'll be glad to hear you say that," said the beetle. "Because that is no sun. That is her eye. And I believe she is looking for you."

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