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They made it back to camp a few hours later, but it was o hoo to a hospital and get checked out, even though Maggie insisted that she was fine and had never actually felt better

It turned out that going to the hospital was a mistake The doctors there had lots of questions Once they started answering theie said very little about their rock-throwing contest, or how they had been able to hike through the desert for hours without getting tired The two of thereed that whatever had happened to theed, they should probably keep it to theh reporters started co around, well-dressed, very nice people rote down everything the two kids said After that a man in a dark blue suit arrived He sent the reporters away His naent Weathers, he told theie asked

Weathers frowned, but then he took an FBI badge out of his pocket and showed it to her Brent had never seen one before and asked if he could take a look, too

Weathers had a lot of questions, and they were very similar to the questions the kids had already answered "Where exactly was this cylinder located? Could you find it again if we took you out there, or at least showunusual when you were inside? Please tell ain, exactly how your father died Please tell me one more time I just want to be clear, exactly how it happened, exactly how your father died"

He asked that one so many times even Brent looked like he couldn&039;t stand it

"That&039;s enough," Maggie said, finally "You&039;re going to make my little brother cry"

"No he won&039;t!" Brent said

"Alright, never mind I think I understand, anyway," Weathers said "I have a tea for this place When they find it we&039;ll try to recover your father&039;s body Then you can have a funeral and this will all be over"

"No it won&039;t," Maggie said "I know exactly how this works You&039;re going to watch us fro to have people watch us for the rest of our lives God, I hate this"

"Mags, take it easy," Brent said "He&039;s trying to help"

"Help? By asking the sa for us to catch ourselves in a lie? We didn&039;t do anything wrong!"

"No one said you had," the FBI et violent "Just take it easy We&039;re not in the habit of watching American citizens twenty-four seven like that, that&039;s just sorabbed the aruy - hadn&039;t, from the first second she saw him Brent had, of course Brent trusted everyone

"You think," she said, very slowly, "that we&039;rethis all up You think we killed him and we invented this story to cover it up Don&039;t you?"

Brent stared at her as if she&039;d gone crazy

Weathers, however, just settled back in his chair and wove his fingers together "In a case like this," he said, "it&039;s our official policy to investigate the last person who saw the deceased alive It&039;s just routine Whatever I may or may not think is immaterial"

"We loved him," Brent said, very loud "We would never - "

There was a loud splintery snap as the arie&039;s chair snapped off in her hands She hadn&039;t realized she&039;d been squeezing them so hard She held up the two pieces of wood and stared at them

Weathers reached up and loosened his tie Then he pointed at the pieces of wood Maggie was holding in her hands "Do you want to talk to ie said "I want you to leave"