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They were racing forward, without order but at top speed, to share in the fighting and loot. Then streams of metal balls tore into them. The front of the irregular column was wiped out utterly. Wide swathes were cut in the rest. The survivors ran wildly forward over a litter of dead and dying men. Electric-charge weapons sent crackling discharges among them.
It drove forward like a flaming meteor, and as electric-charge weapons flashed upon it men screamed and died. It tore into a vast cloud of the Death Mist and the unbearable flames of its weapon could only be seen as illuminations of that deadly vapor. A part of the city was free of defenders, save the isolated steam gunners left behind upon the walls.
They don't have missile-weapons here, and Aten will know the range of their electric-charge outfits." "I'm coming too," said Evelyn desperately. Tommy hesitated, then agreed. "If we fail they'll gas the city anyway. One way or the other...." There was a sudden rumble as Evelyn took her place. The plane shot forward with a swift smooth acceleration. There was no sound of any motor.
A sixteenth and seventeenth flashed at their bows and drifted helplessly.... Then the one-man ships attacked. Six of them at once. Aten grinned and dived for all of them. One by one, Tommy smashed their crystal grids and watched them sinking unsteadily toward the towers of the city. As his own ship drove over them, little golden flashes licked out. Electric-charge weapons.
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