“Milo!” Nigel said as he waved him over.

Nigel was sitting with Jet at a back table of the lunchroom.

“Hey, Nige!” Milo said as he balanced his lunch.

“Need a hand?”

Nigel grabbed the backpack that was sliding down Milo’s shoulder, making his lunch tray unstable. Milo quickly put his tray down, then took a seat next to Nigel.

“Why is your backpack so heavy?”

“Been working on a radio project.” Milo opened his backpack and showed Nigel a large handheld scanning device. It appeared to be crudely constructed, and several wires were sticking out in various spots around the casing.

“What is that for?” Jet asked.

Milo looked at Jet suspiciously. Nigel caught the small but significant interaction between his friends.

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“Milo, this is Jet. She is helping me with a school project.”

Milo nodded.

“This is the antenna genius I told you about,” Nigel told Milo.

“Pleased to make your acquaintance,” Jet said as she held out a hand.

Milo smiled.

“Now I know why I haven’t seen you much! Didn’t know you had a girlfriend.”

“Wha—no we are just friends,” Nigel blurted.

Jet snickered and gave Milo a knowing look.

“I have something to ask you about,” Nigel said, hoping to divert Milo’s attention.

Nigel held out the disc he got from Ralphie.

“What’s this?” Milo asked as he examined the disc.

Nigel watched Milo play with the disc. Milo turned on his homemade radio-looking device and waved it around the disc. A screeching noise emitted from the device.

“This appears to be a receiver of some kind. Where did you get this?”

“Ralphie found it in his backpack. Is it a tracker?”

“Might be, but it responds to my signal tracker, so it is based off of a radio frequency. I think it is an identification tracker.”

“Tracker?”

“Yeah. Its signal is strong when my signal tracker is close, but when I move it away, the tones are faint, which means that this requires a transmitter to be close by.”

“Transmitter?” Jet asked.

“Yeah. It can be anything with a radio, even your cell phone. Usually these work off of Bluetooth technology and have a very limited range. I can examine it some more and let you know.”

“That would be awesome! Thanks, Milo.”