A woman walked out of a fancy building.
She reached into her bag for a small mirror.
"Wonderful!" she said.
"That spa treatment is like magic. I look—"
Suddenly she started to shake.
She grew smaller and smaller. And then . . .
"Goo-goo! Ga-ga!"
"I love when Miss Apricot lets us have free time," Jack said.
He was drawing a spaceship.
Mara looked up from her book.
"I'm just glad the school day is almost over.
Did I tell you my big news?"
Terrell raised an eyebrow. "What news?"
"Tell us!" Roxy said.
"I have a job," Mara said. "I start today after school!"
"Whoa!" Jack said loudly.
Miss Apricot looked up from her desk. "Shh!"
"Sorry," Jack said. Then he looked back at Mara and whispered, "Whoa."
"What's the job?" Terrell asked. "Will you be working in a store?"
Jack grinned. "Will you be running a huge company, making millions of dollars?"
"Are you going to be president?" Terrell asked.
Jack and Terrell laughed.
Mara rolled her eyes. "I'm going to be a mother's helper."
"Cool!" Roxy said. "That's like babysitting, right?"
Mara nodded. "Yep! I'll be helping my neighbor Mrs. Garson.
She needs me to watch her two-year-old while she plans a party.
Mrs. Garson will be there though. So it's not exactly like babysitting."
"I'd like to get a job," Jack said.
"But I don't want to watch little kids.
I'd rather run a huge company and make millions of dollars!"
"Watching little kids is hard," Terrell said.
"I bet Rocket Girl is great at it!"
Mara rolled her eyes again.
Roxy rolled her eyes too.
"Rocket Girl has more important things to do than babysit, Terrell."
Suddenly her watch beeped.
Roxy asked Miss Apricot if she could go to the restroom.
Then she stepped into the hallway.
"Mayor Bloom," she said.
"What's . . . Oh, wow! You look so young!"
Mayor Bloom blushed. "Oh, thank you.
I went to a spa this morning and got a special treatment. I feel wonderful!"
"So what's the problem?" Roxy asked.
Mayor Bloom looked confused for a moment.
"Oh, right! Yes, we have a very odd problem, Rocket Girl.
The owner of Metro City Plumbing Supply, Mr. Copper, has disappeared.
And that's not all. There's a baby in his office."
Roxy scratched her head.
"That is odd. But don't worry, Mayor. I'll check it out."