Super Schnoz and the Invasion of the Snore Snatchers by Gary Urey Page B

don’t have bodily functions,” I said.
    She ignored my comment and kept walking. After exploring for a bit, we discovered that Robo-Nose was broken up into three levels: the lower Nose Hair, the middle Mucous, and the upper Olfactory Bulb.
    â€œThe Olfactory Bulb is where we want to be,” I said. “That’s the nerve center of this operation.”
    â€œHow do you know?” Vivian asked.
    â€œTrust me. I know my nose, and this whole spaceship is a giant replica of my pie sniffer. The Olfactory Bulb’s job is to transmit smells from the nose to the brain.That’s why dogs and I have such superior senses of smell. Our Olfactory Bulbs are quadruple the size of a normal human.”
    â€œLet’s go,” Vivian said, and we headed for the upper level.
    Robo-Nose’s Olfactory Bulb was brimming with activity. Apneans hustled back and forth, their eyes afire with green light. A viewing deck with a giant glass screen peered into endless space.
    â€œDo you see that blue dot in the distance?” Vivian asked.
    â€œYes,” I said back. “Do you think it’s Earth?”
    â€œAbsolutely. Look behind you.”
    I turned around and saw a screen with a map of the planet Earth. Three important-looking Apneans were pointing at the screen, zeroing in on North America. They zoomed in closer until only the state of New Hampshire popped up on the screen. After another quick magnification and the town of Denmark and the surrounding woods appeared in plain view.
    â€œThat’s where they’re headed,” Vivian said. “Our little town.”
    â€œI hope Dr. Wackjöb is watching Robo-Nose’s descent to Earth on the Cosmoscope,” I said.
    A flurry of activity broke out behind us. Vivian and I turned and saw a bunch of anxious-looking Apneans surround another large screen. We watched with dread as my bedroom popped up on the display. A movie played out before our eyes, showing the Not-Right Brothers fighting the snore-sucking aliens, and Vivian and me disappearing into the shadow.
    The Apneans had recorded the whole scene.

CHAPTER 18
    RUNNING FOR OUR LIVES
    A loud, flashing alert signal blasted from the intercom system.
    Vivian grabbed my hand. “They know we’re on the ship,” she said, panic gripping her vocal chords. “Let’s get out of here and figure out what to do next.”
    We nonchalantly walked out the Olfactory Bulb so as not to draw any unwanted attention and disappeared down the hall.
    â€œWhat are we supposed to do now?” Vivian asked when we got to the Nose Hair level.
    I brushed away the bristly, booger-crusted hairs that were dangling from the nasal lining ceiling. “I have no idea,” I said. “But we’re not leaving until we can figure out this flying snot machine’s weakness.”
    Vivian paced back and forth, thinking. “Weakness…weakness,” she muttered out loud. “If this ship is an exact design of your nose then it must have the same weaknesses as you.”
    â€œWe went over this a few days ago. My nose doesn’t have any weaknesses.”
    â€œRemember that day you got hit in the snoot by a dodgeball in PE class?”
    â€œOf course I do. My honker bled so bad that the nurse alerted every bloodmobile in the state. I single-handedly supplied every hospital in New England with a year supply of type O positive blood.”
    â€œWhat if we figured out a way to cause Robo-Nose to have a massive nosebleed?”
    â€œNot very likely unless you can find a dodgeball the size of the moon.”
    Vivian pulled up her mask and looked me in the eye. “We have to think of something fast,” she said. “One of two things is going to happen very shortly. Either the Apneans are going to find us and kill us, or they’re going to land on Earth and destroy the planet.”
    The options didn’t sound good to me.
    â€œThere’s one nice thing from this