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Updated: June 20, 2025
They would know in a few minutes now. "You're afraid of your own shadow!" Miles snarled over his shoulder to Charley Brett who followed him out of the room. Brett was adjusting his oxygen mask with one hand and gripping a paralo-ray gun tightly with the other. "Never mind the cracks," snapped Brett, his voice muffled by the mask. "I tell you I heard someone moving around in here."
The foreman continued to stare at Astro as the big cadet turned to his assistant nonchalantly. "Come on, genius, get that box of tools over to the heater!" he shouted. As he turned away, the foreman nodded to the green-clad guard, who followed closely behind Astro, his hand on the butt of his paralo-ray gun.
"I demand to see the governor!" Vidac turned to Winters who was standing by his side. "Take him," he ordered. Winters whipped out his paralo-ray gun, and before he could move, a paralyzing charge froze the Solar Guard captain in his tracks. "Take him to my quarters," said Vidac. "And stay with him. I'm going to organize a searching party and find those cadets." "Right," said Winters.
He could hear the rustle of movement in the underbrush behind him and then someone called, "Circle around to the right. Spread out and see if there are any others!" Off to the side, he could hear the crashing of footsteps moving away in the jungle. "All right," continued the unknown voice, "drop that paralo-ray pistol to the ground. But no smart tricks.
Meantime, Astro, you and Shinny and Alfie get below and see how much fuel we have in emergency supply. We're going to need every ounce we have." "Aye, aye, sir," said Astro. The three hurried to the power deck. Connel followed Roger and Tom to the control deck. Loring and Mason were still in the positions they were in when Tom had fired his paralo-ray.
"Vidac is making sure we stay here." "Well," said Roger disgustedly, "if we don't get out pretty soon, we won't " He didn't finish the sentence. At that moment the door suddenly opened and Bush stepped in, two paralo-ray guns in his hands, cocked and ready to fire. Behind him was Hyram Logan and his daughter, Jane.
Rex Sinclair stepped out of the shadow, a paralo-ray gun in his hand. "Mr. Sinclair!" cried Tom, suddenly relieved. "Boy, am I glad to see you!" He jumped to the ground. "Don't you recognize me? Cadet Corbett!" "Yes, I recognize you," snarled Sinclair. "Get away from that air lock or I'll blast you!" Tom's face expressed the confusion he felt. "But, Mr. Sinclair, you're making a mistake.
Above him, through the open network of frames and girders, he could see the control deck, but Miles was nowhere in sight. Something on the opposite side of the ship caught his eye. Miles' space suit hung on its rack, the heavy fish-bowllike space helmet beside it in its open locker. Roger's heart skipped a beat as he noticed the holster for a paralo-ray gun nearby.
He turned and marched hurriedly across the floor toward the small tunnel ahead of him. Several slave workers tried to attack Sinclair, but in their weakened condition, they were no match for the alert Nationalist leader who froze them instantly with his paralo-ray gun. Roger saw Tom heading for the tunnel and made a sudden dash for Sinclair.
In a flash he was on top of him, and with a quick snapping blow on the back of the neck he knocked the man cold. Strong snatched up the paralo-ray gun, then unlocked the door and threw it open. The cadets were sprawled on their bunks, listening to a story spool. "Captain Strong!" yelled Tom. "Quiet!" ordered Strong. "You've got three minutes.
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