Spider Quinn 06: The Lawndale Files - Part 1

06 The Lawndale Files Part 1
It was Assembly time at Lawndale High. Principal Angela Li came to the podium. “Settle down, young people! Now, before the varsity interpretive dance team begins its performance – ‘History, We Are You’ -- we have a brief announcement from some special guests, agents...”

She was interrupted by the agents. “No names,” the male agent said.

“No credentials,” the female agent added.

“Students, we'll be brief. We've received some disturbing reports from this town, and we're asking for your cooperation.”

“Keep your eyes open. Watch for people who are different. They know who they are.”

“And with your help, kids, so will we.”


Quinn Morgendorffer was concerned. ‘I guess I’ll have to be more careful as SpiderGirl,’ she considered. ‘Maybe I shouldn’t have been in Freemont on the weekend.’ Things in Lawndale were getting worse. ‘Maybe?’


That afternoon Daria and Jane were thinking about the Assembly as they watched television.

“From outer space to in your face! Aliens walk among us! A Sick, Sad World exclusive.”

“Oh, look, they're going to explain the return of disco,” Daria said.

“The aliens aren't coming. They're already here. They could be your friends, your family. They act almost normal, but something's off.”

“Yes, the TV!” Jane said, annoyed. “If there were any aliens smart enough to come here, they wouldn't be stupid enough to come here.”

“There goes my trick ear again. What was that?”

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Excerpt from: Spider Quinn

The ambulance was on it’s way to the hospital. “How are you now?” Anna asked.

“You know that I’m more than under the weather,” Ben answered. “I know what Copperhead venom does!”

“But they have put in the antivenin, right?”

“It takes a while to take effect.”

“Uh oh!” Ben said.

“What?”

“Something else is wrong! There may be a tick! Or a leach!”

“Leech? You weren’t in water,” Anna said.

“Help! Tick!”

“Tick?” one of the paramedics asked.

“Ignore him, he’s a hypochondriac,” Sanderson said.

“We need to check him over.”


Behind the ambulance, SpiderGirl was driving the school bus haphazaradly. Gerald was holding on for dear life. “Can’t you just carry me to the hospital?” he asked.

“No,” SpiderGirl answered. “Now, it seems that a bus is more difficult than a pickup, but I will get us to the hospital.”

“Right…” Gerald said as SpiderGirl made another sharp turn.


But it wasn’t far from the forest to Cedars of Lawndale. Only a mile and a half as the crow flies and through streets that weren’t all that busy, so SpiderGirl’s driving of the bus didn’t put anyone else at risk.


Gerald considered that as he was already at the hospital, that he may as well stay in the waiting room.


SpiderGirl left the bus as soon as she parked it and decided to patrol around the hospital before returning as her civilian self.


Olivia arrived at the waiting room to find Gerald there. “Oh! You decided to come here?” she asked.

“No, SpiderGirl dragged me here!”

“SpiderGirl?”

“Yes, and she drove the bus here too!” Gerald said.

“The bus, but I still have the keys!”

“She hotwired it too,” Gerald said.

“I find that difficult to believe.”

“It’s what happened, Miss Sanderson,” Quinn said as she entered the waiting room.

“Did SpiderGirl bring you here too?” Sanderson asked.

“After driving Gerald here, yes,” Quinn answered.

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