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| - "Oh, my, I can't believe I just saw that!" Samantha said, holding her hand over her mouth. "It - it was horrible!" "Let's just get out of here," Chaleen replied. "I've got to get some of this written down before I forget it." "You're still thinking about your stupid book?" Samantha asked incredulously. "What about your life? Don't you care about that?" "Of course, I have. If I die, I can't publish my book and get rich," Chaleen said with a rather greedy smile. "How are we doing?" Audrey asked Eddie as they flew over the countryside. "How about something comforting," Margaret suggested.
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| - "Oh, my, I can't believe I just saw that!" Samantha said, holding her hand over her mouth. "It - it was horrible!" "Let's just get out of here," Chaleen replied. "I've got to get some of this written down before I forget it." "You're still thinking about your stupid book?" Samantha asked incredulously. "What about your life? Don't you care about that?" "Of course, I have. If I die, I can't publish my book and get rich," Chaleen said with a rather greedy smile. Samantha suddenly pulled Chaleen away as the giant Spider began moving closer to them. As the two women ran down the street, the Spider pursued them, apparently finding the Brights much more appetizing than the rest of the people running in all directions. They quickly ran into a nearby movie theater, which was nearly abandoned, though they could see a movie poster showing a monsterous creature tearing up New York City. "Now, what kind of a sick person sees that when there are really monsters destroying the city?" Samantha asked. "It's almost as insensitive as some of your news reports," she added with a sharp look at her daughter. "That would be me!" a voice said suddenly. Samantha and Chaleen turned to see a pimple-faced teenager. "I've decided to see Oblivion today and that's what I'm doing no matter what!" The moment after these words were out of his mouth, the power went out. "How are we doing?" Audrey asked Eddie as they flew over the countryside. "You want an honest answer or something comforting?" Eddie asked wryly. "How about something comforting," Margaret suggested. "We're doing great!" Eddie replied. Brian rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Oh, don't be like that!" Audrey told him. "Things could be worse." "How?" Brian asked sardonically. "Uh, oh," Eddie said suddenly, "giant grasshopper at three o'clock!" "It's nowhere near three o'clock!" Margaret said, looking at her old-fashioned watch. "Your clock must be broken." Eddie ignored her as he moved the plane downwards to avoid the Grasshopper. "Now, really, why do all the were-animals have to be scary animals?" Margaret asked impatiently. "Why can't there be any were-butterflies or were-kittens?" "Well, if there were, they'd probably want to eat humans anyway," Brian pointed out, "And Dad is a were-cat, only he's a full grown one." Margaret sighed. "There just isn't enough optimism in the world these days," Margaret commented as Eddie swerved the plane around to avoid the giant carnivorous insect. "It's a good thing the Penmount police agreed to look after that Wolverine," remarked Brian. "I certainly wouldn't want to have him around here!" "Uh, oh," Audrey said suddenly, her wide eyes fixed out her window, "I think it's a locust." "Why?" Brian asked impatiently. "Because that's the rest of the swarm," she said, pointing out her window at what resembled a giant storm cloud moving quickly over the hills. "How on earth would all those monsters form?" asked Brian incredulously. "Locusts usually don't bite people!" "And it's winter nonetheless!" Audrey remarked. "Haven't you ever heard of migrations?" asked Eddie. "You mean from the south? Yeah, but why up here where there's no vegetation right now?" Eddie had no time to answer, for the cloud was rapidly approaching. "These things multiply quickly," he said, steering to avoid the first few monstrous insects. "I'll bet there were a few left over from the summer, and they somehow spread their genes to humans." Now the plane was being pelted with the monsters, and was threatening to go off course. "Hang on!" shouted Eddie, masterfully dodging this way and that. Several insects got their heads lopped off by the propellers. "It's gonna be a bumpy ride!"
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