CHAPTER 1 WILD WEATHER Here comes the sandstorm Ben yelled Take cover Zoe pulled on her goggles and gave her twin brother a thumbs-up Immediately they were blasted with stinging sand and hot wind They turned their backs to the wind and huddled together pulling their shirts over their faces Had enough yelled Ben Zoe nodded Yeah she said Let’s put an end to this
Her brother pressed a button on the remote control in his hand The sandstorm stopped as suddenly as it had begun Zoe brushed herself off Small vents opened in the wall next to them quickly sucking the sand away Uncle Stephen is amazing Zoe said She took the remote and examined all its functions This new climate chamber might be his most impressive invention yet And it’s really going to help us prepare for our missions agreed Ben We’ve had missions in a desert a rainforest and high atop a mountain The thin air up there wasn’t much fun Zoe said referring to their mountaintop adventure It made me feel light-headed and dizzy What’s new teased her brother He darted out of the way as Zoe tried to give him a friendly punch So what else can we do with the climate chamber Ben and Zoe were spending their winter vacation at the top secret underground headquarters of WILD Their uncle Dr Stephen Fisher ran the place It was dedicated
to rescuing animals in danger all over the world and the twins were its youngest recruits No one except their grandma was in on the secret Even their parents didn’t know that when Uncle Stephen called Ben and Zoe dropped everything for one of WILD’s important missions How about this Zoe grinned and pointed to a green button marked MONSOON A shrill buzzer sounded from a loudspeaker followed by a familiar voice Urgent Ben and Zoe report to the Control Room immediately Uncle Stephen sounds anxious Zoe said What do you think he wants Ben chuckled He probably just can’t wait to hear what we think of his climate chamber Ben and Zoe raced down the long hallway past the labs the cafeteria and sleeping quarters They slapped their hands on the ID pad outside the Control Room
