Multiple Mayhem — Elise Allen

CASE FILE: The Third (and fourth and fifth and sixth . . . ) Unsittable

SUMMARY: Gabby Duran, Associate 4118-25125A, Sitter to the Unsittables, has proven herself an integral member of A.L.I.E.N.--the Association Linking Intergalactics and Earthlings as Neighbors. She has amassed an impressive roster of alien clients, and is a trusted babysitter among humans and intergalactics alike. We here at A.L.I.E.N. are proud to call her one of our greatest success stories, and believe she is ready to take on more responsibility.

To that end, we've entrusted Gabby with one of our most formidable charges. His name is One and while he looks like a normal human baby, watching him can be difficult enough to make a sitter see double. Or triple. Or more. this assignment will indeed be so daunting that we're even willing to ignore regulations and forgive Gabby calling in her friends Satchel and Zee for help. After all, a babysitter only has so many hands. (Unless, of course, they are a Flarknartian.)

Of course, things are never simple for Gabby, and even as she babysits One, she's assigned to protect a very dangerous object--one that, if it falls into the wrong hands, could cause the destruction of Earth itself. It remains to be seen whether Gabby and her friends are able to handle the demands of eleven . . . wait, twelve . . . no, thirteen babies, while ensuring the safety of the world at the same time. All we can do is wait, and hope, and trust. And ready our escape pods.