"My name is Mikey Madison," he said.
"I guess we're stuck with you," the older boy said. "But what do we do with you? We can't let you wander around. I'm Clancy. That's Linda."
"Let's lock him up," Pat suggested.
The three kids moved a short distance away. "He doesn't know what this place is," Clancy insisted. "We blindfold him, take him upstairs...he'll never know how to get in..he doesn't know our secret..just that we have a secret room...and considering he says he's from a town that doesn't exist...who will believe him?"
Linda seemed to agree.
"We're going to let you go," Clancy told Mikey. "We believe you have no idea how you got here, and you may be...umm...stuck. So, I think you should keep quiet for a bit about it."
"What am I supposed to tell people then?"
"Tell them...umm.." he looked over at Pat. "You're Pat's new boyfriend."
"My What?!!?" Pat said, looking like she was going to blow again. "No way."
"Fine...how about he's just new in the neighborhood and you're being friendly?"
Clancy looked at Mikey seriously. "Until someone figures out what's going on, can you keep quiet?"
"I guess...do you think you can figure something out?"
"We have some...friends who can help," Clancy said. "This is umm...their place. You don't think kids can have a cool lab like this, do you?"
"Umm...I guess not," Mikey said.
Clancy sighed in relief, for some reason unknown to Mikey.
