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of magazine articles on the origin of the Chaos series.
    â€œRoyal and Sakai used to go camping in Kendall State Park, in western Massachusetts. According to one article, the two of them got the idea for the original Caverns of Chaos game when they found a hidden cave somewhere in the park.
    â€œThe reporter couldn’t find any record of such a cave, but he couldn’t prove it didn’t exist, either. Royal claimed that he and Sakai had hidden thecave entrance to keep out snoopers. He wouldn’t say where it was. Even though nobody’s found it since then, maybe it is a real place,” Chelsea concluded.
    â€œAnd if it is,” Frank said, “then the prototype—the treasure—might be there. That’s what the clue implies, anyway. That cave would be the place where the whole Chaos series originated. It makes sense.”
    â€œSo all we have to do is find this cave that may or may not exist,” Joe said. “I wonder if this’d be any easier if I’d played the third game.”
    After breakfast Joe, Frank, and Chelsea showered in shifts, dressed, and headed for Viking Software.
    When they got there, Chelsea introduced Phil to Dave Henderson, her boss. Dave seemed upset about the whole situation.
    â€œIt’s like some nightmare I can’t wake up from,” he said. “Like being trapped in one of Royal’s games.”
    â€œThat’s the way I felt last night when that driverless car tried to run Frank and Joe down,” Chelsea said.
    â€œChelsea,” Joe said, “you mentioned something about A Town Called Chaos when Royal’s sedan tried to hit us last night. Is there a driverless car in the new game?”
    â€œYes. Along with a giant ape, exploding bats, abooby-trapped mansion, the ghost of Katherine Chaos’s evil sister, and a lot of other cool things. Seeing something like that real car doesn’t seem so cool, though,” Chelsea said.
    â€œAnd the giant spider was in the second game,” Joe said. “What kind of things from the third game might we find in this forest?”
    â€œYou’re going to Kendall Forest?” Chelsea and Phil asked simultaneously.
    â€œRight after we get Phil set up here. It seems the only logical thing to do,” Frank said.
    â€œWell . . .” Chelsea said, thinking, “there were a lot of things from the first two games: more spiders, more snakes, and, of course, the Terrible Bear—the one Tochi thinks is a parody of Bombo.”
    â€œI don’t know about this,” Dave said. “I’m pretty nervous about you guys poking around in the woods. Shouldn’t we leave this to the police?”
    â€œThe police think your company is behind this whole thing,” Joe said. “They’re still concentrating on the publicity stunt theory.”
    â€œWell, if I can track down where those first e-mails actually came from, maybe we can stop that,” Phil said.
    â€œI’ll take you to a workstation,” Dave said. He led the Hardys and Phil to an empty cubicle. Chelsea went back to her office. Even on a Saturday morning, Viking Software bustled with energy.Several projects were so close to their deadlines that nearly everyone on staff was working overtime.
    Frank and Joe helped Phil get set up, then they headed out to the van to begin their trip north to Kendall State Park. But when they got into the Viking Software parking lot, the door of a red Volkswagen Beetle opened up next to them and out climbed Samantha Rockford. Apparently, she’d been waiting for them.
    â€œSo,” Sam said, strolling up to the brothers and falling into step beside them, “what’s our next move?”
    â€œWhat do you mean ‘our’?” Frank asked.
    â€œAnd where did you hurry off to last night?” Joe said. “I think the police might want to talk to you.”
    â€œI try never to become involved with police,” Sam said.