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Updated: May 9, 2025
The tunnel promised by Dave Barret had been finished in less than five days, with the rail for the monorail spur installed overhead as each yard of the shaft was completed. In the second week, scores of cars loaded with building materials began rolling into the deserted plain several miles away from Space Academy.
"But what about our gear?" said Tom. "We've got to get back to the dorm." "I had it sent down to the station last night. I got the monorail tickets to Atom City last week, and reserved seats on the Venus Lark two weeks ago! Come on!" "Only Roger could handle it so sweetly," sighed Astro. "You know, hotshot, sometimes I think you're useful!"
But Tom kept listening to the subdued click of the monorail and kept wondering. Finally Roger, sleeping next to him, wakened for a moment. "Roger," said Tom, "I want to ask you something." "Wait'll the mornin'," mumbled Roger. "Wanta sleep." "The way you acted with Bernard," Tom persisted. "You ate his dinner and then acted like he was poison. Why was that, Roger?" The other sat bolt upright.
You know, the Brennan monorail car will stand up some time after the power is shut off. And I carry a small storage-battery that will run it for some time, too. That's all been guarded against." Jaurette cranked the engine, a seven-cylindered affair, with the cylinders sticking out like the spokes of a wheel without a rim.
"Wish you could stay there," said Captain Strong. "Oh, no!" moaned Astro. "Don't tell me!" "Sorry, boys," came the voice from the teleceiver. "But that's it. You've got to return to the Academy immediately. The whole cadet corps has been ordered into space for special maneuvers. We blast off tomorrow morning at six hundred." "But, sir," objected Tom, "we can't get a monorail until morning!"
And I, for one, am going to have a good time!" Without a word, the three cadets left the Tower building and made their way to the monorail station, where they would catch the streamlined express to Atom City.
Carrying Manning's luggage as well as their own, they finally stepped on the slidewalk and began the smooth easy ride from the monorail station to the Academy. Both having felt the sharpness of Manning's tongue, and both having been dressed down by Warrant Officer McKenny, they seemed to be linked by a bond of trouble and they stood close together for mutual comfort.
Then he went on until they came to a spur of the little electric monorail system, with three abandoned service engines parked at the end. "Extra air inside, and the best we could do for food. Was gonna try myself, but I don't know Praeger," Schulberg said. He handed over a key, and nodded toward the first service engine. "Good luck, Gordon and damn it, we're we gotta eat, don't we?
"You're beginning to suspect everything, Roger. He might be going to get a part or grab a bite to eat." "Where? In Atom City?" asked Roger. "That's the slidewalk to the monorail station." He pointed to the black-suited figure as he hopped on another moving belt that angled away from theirs. "Oh, forget it," groaned Tom. "I'm too tired to think about it now.
A great explosion, they told him, had torn the River Nascopee from its bed and diverted its course. The lakes that it fed had all dried up. Blinded by perspiration, sweltering under the heavy burden of their outfit, goaded almost to frenzy by the black flies and mosquitoes, Hooker and Marc and Edouard staggered through the brush, following the monorail.
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