The lab at Monster High was packed to capacity. Everybody was playing the satellite game. Ghoulia tried to ignore them as she studied the data on her computer screen.
Abbey was in a panic. “You try everything! What happens if you cannot reach pilot?”
Ghoulia gestured and groaned. There would be an explosion—either of the earth or of the comet. She had to figure this out. She had to. She groaned again.
Three satellites on the screen crashed into one another with an enormous explosion, and Manny bounded out of his chair, celebrating.
“Oh yeah!” he shouted, pumping his fist into the air. “Triple satellite score! Can’t stop this!”
Manny strummed on an invisible air guitar, making feedback noises. Ghoulia whirled around, irritated at first. But then it hit her. Yes! She grabbed a piece of chalk and drew five horizontal lines through her data points. It worked! How had she not seen it before? She drew a treble clef in front of the points. They weren’t noise—they were musical notes!
“There’s music coming from the comet?” Abbey asked, amazed.
Ghoulia groaned in response.
“What could it mean?” wondered Abbey.
Oblivious to the game playing and air-guitar silliness behind her, Ghoulia continued studying the board. It was a code—and she was going to crack it.