5 MORE MISSING GHOSTS

CHAPTER 5 MORE MISSING GHOSTS The doors to the movie theater stood wide open, so the ghosts didn't dare pass through Claire's water bottle until they were farther into the lobby area. "Excuse me, Miss?" A solid lady at the ticket counter called to Claire. "Do you have a ticket?" Claire stopped. "Oh. Yes, I do," she said. She opened the front pocket of her bag and pulled out a paper ticket. The lady looked at it over the tops of her glasses. "Thank you," she said. There were no ghosts in the lobby today. And the only solid people were the guy behind the

snack counter and Irwin, the man who had told Claire to save her ticket when she left yesterday. "Looks like you're feeling better today." He smiled when Claire approached. "Yes, much better," Claire said as she handed him her ticket. Irwin tore it in half. "Enjoy the show!" he said. The ghosts passed through the bottle and followed Claire down a dim hallway. Little John hovered beside a poster of a five-eyed monster on

the wall. He gulped. "Is that the movie that's showing?" "You're not scared to see that movie, are you, Little John?" Finn asked. "No!" Little John said right away. "Are you scared to see it, Kaz?" "No," Kaz said. And he wasn't. Well, not too scared, anyway. "It's just a movie. Plus we're here to see if Dave came back. Where are your friends, Finn? I don't see them anywhere." "They're probably in the theater," Finn said.

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Claire yanked open the door and went into the dark theater. Kaz and his brothers wafted in behind her. The movie had already started. Loud, scary music pulsed from speakers on the wall as Claire sat down. Kaz tried not to look at the monster on the screen, but he couldn't not look. The monster really did have five eyes, just like on the poster. "The ghosts aren't in here, either!" Little John said, turning his back to the movie. "Maybe we should go look for them," Kaz said. "We should definitely go look for them," Little John said, swimming toward the door. Claire leaned back in her chair. "Okay. Come back when you find them," she whispered to Kaz. He nodded, then followed his brothers. "I don't know where else they could be," Finn said. He looked up and down the dim hallway. The only person—solid or ghost—out here was Irwin.

"They could be in one of the other stores on this block," Kaz suggested. Maybe they didn't like scary movies any more than Little John did. "Maybe," Finn said. "Or maybe they're in one of the bathrooms. Or upstairs in the projection room." "Let's check the bathrooms," Little John said. He darted across the hall and into the men's room. "Jessie? Conrad? George?" Finn called as the ghosts passed through the men's room door. "Are any of you in here?" "I-I'm here," George said in a wobbly voice. He wafted up above the stall door just high enough to peek over the top.