SUMMARY:  Max's parents tell him his ancestors were hunters... and he should tell them if he ever hears them calling to him. Max walks to school with his best friend, Maxine.  They eat Skittles and talk about life. And following them is a Monster. He wants Max, but Maxine tells him no. After school, the Monster pounces and takes Max. Maxine tries to give chase, but is cut off by a passing train. She goes home, grabs a pair of hedge clippers as a weapon, and rushes out again to go find Max, to the total lack of concern of her apathetic parents. She finds a trail of Skittles...

SUMMARY:  The police are called in to find the missing Max, as we learn that Max and Maxine's parents are having affairs with each other. Maxine's parents aren't concerned that she's missing, too - "she did 4H." Meanwhile, Maxine finds herself followed by another monster, and encounters a woman who believes herself to have been cursed to hideousness by her sister. She breaks the "curse" with a mirror, angering the sister, who curses Maxine with loneliness. Elsewhere, Max meets his true kidnapper, the dreaded Hroth, who tells Max that he's destined to rule mankind. Hroth sends the Monster to keep Maxine away from Max. Elsewhere, Max and Maxine's teacher, Mr. Teller, joins Officer Hyde in investigating the tunnels under an old grocery store.