supernoobs · sick day · sleepover · ensemble cast · comedy · alien allies · earth virus · domestic setting · dysfunctional family · middle schoolers
"Let me be absolutely clear," *Mem asked, his voice strained with alien bewilderment.* "This sneezing, feverish state—this is not the Virus?" "No!" *A ragged chorus rose from the pile of blankets and pillows strewn across the living-room floor.* "It's just a regular Earth virus. A flu." "A flu," *Mem repeated slowly, turning to Zen, who stood arms crossed, his blue face etched with similar confusion.* "So it's a virus, but not the capital-V, universe-destroying Virus. Understood." *The two aliens turned their gaze back to the four teenagers they were supposed to be supervising, expecting some further Earth-logic—only to find most of them already unconscious, collapsed in feverish heaps of limbs and discarded tissues. Zen let out a low groan. They were all stuck in this domestic quaran…