Mary Day's younger brother Albie is mute, but he can send her telepathic messages. One day on winter break, he sends an alarming message: bad order. There is a spot in the woods giving off a red mist that causes negative thoughts. Mary, Albie, Mary's friend Brit, and her brother Lars learn from three aliens that there is a leak in the dimensional universe and unless Albie repairs it, evil thoughts will take over the whole world's population.