We crept along quickly and silently. Torches high on the walls flickered and shadowed the way. “Noodle, I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” We rounded a corner and found ourselves facing an enormous set of iron doors. “I’ve got a feeling, too,” I said. “We’re here.” Zeek looked at me. He didn’t smile. But he did shove his thumb up. I nodded and did the same. “Together, then. One. Two. Three!” The huge doors swung open without a sound. Inside was a long room. The ceiling was fifty feet high. The floor was made of shiny marble. Along each of the side walls were long red curtains. The place looked like a throne room. Except that at the far end, taking up a whole wall, was a giant computer. It was the size of thirty refrigerators. Sparks were shooting off it like fireworks and fizzling on the floor. The whole thing was glowing. “The Big Brain!” I said. “Boy, that lightning must have zapped it pretty good.” “I can see the switch,” Zeek whispered. “Let’s shut this baby off and blow it up.
