Jack and the Geniuses #3: Lost in the Jungle

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bounced off the curved roof of the vehicle and plunked onto the floor Then it rolled For a second I thought it might be a grenade I imagined grabbing the explosive and heroically tossing it high into the air before anyone was hurt But when it stopped I realized it was just a camera Matt ran over to me and pointed up The lab was ten stories stories tall and the center of the huge space was wide open but a series of rooms extended out from the walls on platforms They stretched from the ground floor to the ceiling like spiral stairs and one of the rooms was puffing out clouds of vapor through a hole in a window A thin black rope was dangling all the way from the platform to the floor Is that the biosphere I asked Yes Matt whispered and someone’s in there Duh Ava replied Maybe it’s Hank A spark flashed inside the room A man cursed and shouted That’s not Hank Ava said Our friend Hank otherwise known as Dr Henry Witherspoon Witherspoon owns the lab He lets us work there too and takes care of us Well sort of anyway We hadn’t seen or heard from him in three weeks That was a really long time for him to be gone especially without sending us a single e-mail or even a quick text Honestly I would’ve settled for an emoji 2 Bill Nye and Gregory Mone