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"You did, sir," replied Alfie. "Then why, by the craters of Luna, don't I have that position?" "I was busy, sir," came the meek reply. "Cadet Higgins," sighed Connel patiently, "would you be so kind as to come down to the control deck?"
"Counsel for the Capella unit may speak now. Do you insist on having your defendants brought to the stand to swear they did not start the fight?" "Your honor " began Benjy. But Alfie had already planted the seed. There were shouts of "Give it to both of them" from the gym. Red-faced, Edwards held up his hand and appealed for quiet.
It gets boiling there, so I guess we can stand it here for a while." One by one, Alfie, Shinny, Roger, and Astro completed their assigned roles, digging the holes, placing the reactors inside, setting the fuse, covering it up, then quickly gathering the equipment, piling back into the three jet boats, and heading for the next point.
Astro and Roger bent to the task of draining the fuel from their jet boats and loading it into Connel's. Alfie came over to join them, while Shinny and Connel scanned the sky overhead for some sign of the Polaris. "This is really a desperate situation to be in, isn't it, Roger?" asked Alfie.
The report sent back to Space Academy by Major Connel had been answered with a commendation to both Roger and Shinny for capturing Loring and Mason. With Roger back in the unit, Tom was at peace. Even Alfie was overjoyed at seeing Roger back aboard the Polaris. And Tom had noticed that Major Connel was beginning to call them by their first names! "Radar deck to control deck!" said Alfie.
But the radioactivity would be so powerful we couldn't last more than a few days. We have no antiradiation gear. Not even food or water." He paused and scanned the sky. "No," he said in a surprisingly casual voice, "the only way we can get out of this is for Tom to come back and get us." Shinny and Alfie came over and joined the group around the jet boat. No one said anything.
"I've just finished talking to Space Academy and they've given me permission to do anything I think necessary to accomplish just that. Now pay close attention to me, all of you. We haven't much time." Tom, Roger, Astro, Alfie, and Mr. Shinny gathered in a close circle around the major on the control deck of the Polaris and watched him as he drew several rough diagrams on a piece of paper.
The Council agreed to drop that charge and to hold the second charge in abeyance, since both units seemed to have had good reason for being out after hours. Benjy Edwards scowled but could find no reason to object to the Council's decision. Alfie, on the other hand, broke into a smile for the first time that morning.
Connel, with Tom piloting the jet boat, finished setting up their units at points one, two, and three and headed back to the Polaris. "How much time, sir?" asked Tom as he slowed the small craft for a landing. "Less than a half hour, Corbett," said Connel nervously. "I'd better check on Shinny and Alfie." He called into the audiophone. "Major Connel to Shinny and Higgins, come in Shinny Higgins!"
"Range one thousand feet," reported Alfie, his calm voice in striking contrast to the nervous excitement in Tom's. "Seven hundred fifty six hundred five fifty " "Fire braking rockets!" rasped Tom into the intercom. The great ship bucked under the sudden thrust of the huge braking rockets.
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