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Then he dumped him in his bunk as easily as if he had been a child. And at the same time, the big Venusian let out a loud, long, earsplitting yell. McKenny matched him with his bull-like roar. "Plug that foghorn, you blasted Earthworm. You'll have the whole Academy in here thinking there's a murder." By this time Tom was on his feet again, standing in front of McKenny. "You mean, we made it?
He slipped out of the antiquated ship, and staying well in the shadows, moved out into the corridor to the head of the slidestairs. He peered over the railing to the main floor below and saw Warrant Officer Mike McKenny through the open door of a small office, seated at his desk, watching an evening stereo program.
Astro still hesitated, "I don't know, Manning. I uhh " "By the rings of Saturn! What's going on here?" Suddenly from outside the ring of boys that had gathered around, McKenny came roaring in, bulling his way to the center of the group to face Roger and Astro. "I have a strained wrist, sir," began Roger smoothly.
Finishing his conversation on the teleceiver, McKenny stepped out of the booth and faced the boys again. "All right," he bawled. "They're all set for you at the Academy! Pick up your gear and follow me!" With a quick light step, he hopped on the rolling slidewalk at the edge of the platform and started moving away. "Hey, Astro!" Roger Manning stopped the huge boy about to step over.
He glanced out of the window again, this time down at the quadrangle, and far below he recognized the squat, muscular figure of Warrant Officer Mike McKenny drilling another group of newly arrived cadet candidates. Tom saw the slidewalks begin to fill with boys and men in varicolored uniforms, all released from duty as the day drew to a close.
I certainly didn't intend for him to become a marked man for a simple gesture of comradeship." He glanced past McKenny toward the other boys and added softly, "And comradeship is the spirit of Space Academy, isn't it, sir?" His face suddenly crimson, McKenny spluttered, searching for a ready answer, then turned away abruptly. "What are you all standing around for?" he roared.
And on the grassy quadrangle, Warrant Officer Mike McKenny, short and stubby in his scarlet uniform of the enlisted Solar Guard, stopped his frustrating task of drilling newly arrived cadets to watch the mighty ship come to Earth.
"Haul off them bunks, you blasted Earthworms!" McKenny stood in the doorway in his usual aggressive pose, and Tom and Astro hit the floor together to stand at attention. "Where's the other cadet?" "He went with Captain Strong, sir," answered Tom. "Oh?" said Mike. And in a surprisingly soft tone he added, "You two pulled green slips, eh?" "Yes, sir," they replied together.
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