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Updated: June 20, 2025
Tom and Astro climbed wearily through the trap door into the room above the main shaft while Quent Miles watched them closely, keeping his paralo-ray gun leveled. The two boys hitched the heavy lead boxes into a more comfortable position on their shoulders and started toward the door leading outside. But neither boy thought of his discomfort or weariness now.
He turned away and pulled three heavy-duty paralo-ray pistols out of the cabinet. "Now these ray guns are the finest money can buy. Standard Solar Guard equipment...." "Where did you get them?" demanded Roger sharply. "Well, you know how it is, Cadet." The man laughed. "One way or another, we get a lot of gear.
The two brothers retired to the opposite side of the control deck and sat down. Ross kept his paralo-ray pistol in his hand and never once took his eyes off the two cadets. "Well, what happened?" demanded Quent. "What are you doing here with Corbett and where in the blazes is Charley?" "Charley is back on Titan, and probably dead," replied Ross easily.
"I want them arrested and held for investigation of their activities last night. Confine them to their quarters." Vidac stood up and nodded his head to Bush. "Take them away. Keep a guard outside their quarters at all times." "Yes, sir," said Bush. He pulled a paralo-ray gun from his belt and cocked it. "All right, march!"
Roger brought the paralo-ray gun up to his shoulder quickly and was about to fire when he realized that the light he saw was Tom opening the door on the opposite side. He breathed easier and waited until he could distinguish Tom's moving figure clearly, and then walked stealthily forward on a parallel line.
Almost running, the two spacemen disappeared into the swirling mist of deadly gases. No sooner were they out of sight than Tom Corbett and Astro, faces covered with oxygen masks, emerged from the warehouse and headed toward the ship, Miles and Brett close behind them with paralo-ray guns leveled at their backs. Roger Manning opened his eyes, then closed them. He lay perfectly still and listened.
Ross was hurled against the bulkhead by the impact but managed to stay on his feet. Desperately he tore the paralo-ray rifle from his shoulder, but before he could level it, Astro was upon him, wrenching it out of his grasp. Pushing Ross away, he calmly broke it in two and threw the pieces to one side. Then he faced the black-clad spaceman squarely.
I hope we don't have any trouble with the grease monkeys when they see us hauling the cadets out." "If they start anything," said Vidac with a sneer, "you know what to do." "Sure," said Bush, patting his paralo-ray gun. The car roared through the gates of the spaceport and sped across the hard surface of the field.
"Move, Manning!" Roger climbed down the ladder and through the long passageway of the Space Devil. He passed Shinny on the way down. "What's going on here?" demanded Shinny, seeing Mason with the paralo-ray gun. "We missed with the bomb," said Mason, "and Connel raised ship. He's ready to blast us if we don't surrender right away. Loring's trying to make a deal with him."
Troop carriers, that had stood off while the space battle raged, disgorged hundreds of tough Solar Guard Marines, each carrying shock rifles, paralo-ray pistols, and small narco grenades that would put an enemy to sleep in five seconds.
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