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Ben looked down at his notes.

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"I have enough quotes about Mr. Freaky's sculpture," he thought.

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"I should probably interview the witches next."

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His article was due on Friday morning.

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<font color="#ffff00"><i>Screech!</i></font> A loud noise filled the hallway.

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"Watch out!"

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Ben looked up.

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He was pretty sure that was Pixel's voice.

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<font color="#ffff00"><i>Crash!</i></font> <font color="#ffff00"><i>Boom!</i></font> The zombies were now wide awake.

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"Wh-what is that thing?" a fish monster yelled.

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"It's Mr. Freaky's sculpture!" a blob said. "And it's alive!"

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Ben spun around.

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Sure enough, the massive sculpture had stopped spinning in place.

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Now it was rolling forward—right toward the crowd!

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"Run for your lives!" a werewolf howled.

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Students dived out of the way as the metal monster sputtered and screeched.

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Its parts spun and twisted.

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Ben shot backward as the sculpture rolled toward him.

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It rumbled closer and closer and then moved right through him!

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<font color="#ffff00"><i>Crash!</i></font> The sculpture smashed into the bank of lockers behind Ben.

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Everybody ducked as metal parts flew through the air.

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"Phew!" Ben gasped. "That was a close call!"

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Mr. Freaky ran down the hall and dropped to his knees.

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"My precious sculpture—it's ruined!"

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Ms. Van Ghoul hurried forward.

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"I'm sure you can piece it back together, Mr. Freaky."

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"But . . ." Mr. Freaky shook his head.

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"Isn't Leonardo da Creepy coming tomorrow?"

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"Yes," Ms. Van Ghoul said.

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"He wants to make sure that our art is up to his artistic standards.

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It's just a quick inspection.

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He'll be back on Friday night for the big event."

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Mr. Freaky gave a heavy sigh.

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"I wanted him to see <font color="#ffff00"><i>Moving Inspiration</i></font> while he was here.

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But I guess it can wait."

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He picked up a twisted metal pipe and stared at it gloomily.

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"My sculpture was working fine this morning," he muttered.

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"I think somebody sabotaged it!"

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Mr. Freaky started gathering up the broken pieces of <font color="#ffff00"><i>Moving Inspiration</i></font>.

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Meanwhile Ms. Van Ghoul waved some students over to a quiet spot.

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Until now, the art teacher hadn't seemed bothered by the vandalism.

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This time, however, Ben thought she looked worried.

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"Leonardo da Creepy is a famous artist," Ms. Van Ghoul began, "and he's very, very picky.

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We cannot let any other problems happen this week.

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Otherwise, Mr. da Creepy might not participate."

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A goblin gasped. "But he's supposed to give us a new painting!"

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"Yeah. It could be another <font color="#ffff00"><i>Moaning Lisa</i></font>," a blob added.

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"A painting like that could make Monster Academy famous!"

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"I know." Ms. Van Ghoul nodded in agreement.

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"I've spent a lot of time convincing him to come here to celebrate Art Week with us.

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It would be awful if he canceled.

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So if you know anything about who is causing all the trouble, please tell me immediately."

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Ben looked down, wondering if he should say something about the trail of paint drops in the gym.

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It was a clue—maybe even a big clue.

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But a part of him was still worried that Mog was involved.

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Ben didn't want his friend to get in trouble.

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"I won't say anything yet," Ben thought.

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If he kept interviewing monsters and teachers for his story, he might learn more about what was going on.

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Suddenly he had an idea.

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Pixel had been taking a ton of photos all week long.

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Maybe his camera held some clues.

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Ben darted off, looking for Pixel.

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As he flew past the art room, he saw Mog and the Doppel Gang in there, helping the mummies make the pyramids.

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Ben felt a wave of relief. "That's good," he thought.

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"It looks like Mog has been too busy to mess with Mr. Freaky's sculpture."

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"Has anyone seen Pixel?" Ben called into the classroom.

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They all shook their heads. "No."

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"Thanks."

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Ben's next stop was the newspaper office.

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"There you are!" Ben said.

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Pixel sat at a desk, staring at his camera with a worried expression.

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"Are you okay?"

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"No." Pixel shook his head.

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"Something happened to my camera.

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It went dead as soon as Mr. Freaky's sculpture stopped moving."

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He bit his lip.

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"It seems to be working again now.

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But most of the photos I took are gone."

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"What?" Ben's heart sank.

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He needed those photos for his article—not to mention his investigation.

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"Don't worry," Pixel said quickly.

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"As long as my camera is working, I can take some more photos today and tomorrow.

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I'll have plenty for the story and the school website."

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"Okay." Ben nodded, hoping Pixel was right.

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"Sounds good. Thanks.

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In the meantime Mr. Freaky wants me to find out what happened with his sculpture.

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Did you happen to notice anything suspicious while you were taking photos?"

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"Nope," Pixel said. "Sorry, but I didn't see a thing."