"I have to stop those boulders!" cried Roxy.
The giant boulders rolled fast toward Metro City.
Roxy fired her eye laser beams at the bottom of the mountain.
Ka-boom! She blasted a huge hole in the ground.
The boulders reached the bottom of the mountain.
Then they rolled right into the hole.
"Yes!" cheered Roxy.
"Now where is that monster?"
Roxy flew over the mountains.
She finally spotted enormous footprints.
She followed the footprints through a valley and around a tall mountain.
Then Roxy stopped.
She heard a deep rumbling sound.
"That sounds like someone snoring!"
She flew over another mountain and saw a field of wildflowers.
The monster lay in the middle of the field, sleeping next to a mansion.
A man stood on the balcony.
He blinked at Roxy.
"You're Rocket Girl, right?"
Roxy nodded. "Who are you?"
"Professor Newt," said the man.
"I study reptiles.
Why are you here?"
Roxy was confused.
"Do you know this monster?"
"She's not a monster," said Professor Newt.
"She's my pet reptile.
Her name is Bessie."
"Bessie?" Roxy repeated.
Professor Newt nodded.
"My friend gave me a mysterious reptile egg for my birthday.
When the egg hatched, out came Bessie."
He laughed. "I had no idea she would grow this big!"
Roxy frowned.
"Well, Professor Newt, Bessie almost destroyed Metro City!"
"Oh dear!" said Professor Newt.
"She must have smelled the flower show."
He looked at the large reptile.
"Bessie loves flowers.
She usually just eats the wildflowers here.
But I guess she wanted to try some new flowers.
How much damage did she do?"
Roxy told Professor Newt what Bessie had done.
The professor gasped.
"Oh no! I must apologize to Mayor Bloom.
And from now on, I will keep Bessie up here in the mountains.
Bessie is sweet, but she can cause a lot of trouble!"
"Are you still playing Frisbee?" Roxy called.
She walked into Mara's backyard.
Puddles were everywhere.
Mara and Jack were soaked.
"Nope," said Jack.
"There was a huge monster!" said Mara.
"And Rocket Girl dumped water on us!"
Roxy grinned. "Terrell said he wanted to go to the water park! Where is—"
Terrell jumped out from behind a bush.
He was holding a garden hose.
"Gotcha!" he yelled, blasting Roxy with the hose.
"Hey!" Roxy yelped in surprise.
But then she laughed along with her friends.
On such a hot day, the cool water felt great!