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Updated: May 4, 2025
"Able One to Able Two. Can you hear me, Able Two? Come in, Able Two!" Vidac's voice crackled through the set. Strong listened intently and was rewarded by the sound of another click and another voice speaking. "Able Two to Able One. Come in." "I've got Strong," reported Vidac, "and the cadets are somewhere in the hills between here and the spaceport.
He rose and grabbed Bush around the throat. "You dirty space crawler! You've ruined everything. All my plans messed up, because you let a hick and a kid outsmart you!" "I'm sorry, boss," Bush whined. "I didn't know." "Get out of here!" Vidac snarled. "I should have known better than to jeopardize the whole operation by signing on a couple of space jerks like you two! Get out!"
He laid the film and the report on his desk and faced the professor. "And you are absolutely sure of your findings?" Sykes snorted. "I've been working with uranium all my life. And I should know a deposit like this when I see one!" Vidac didn't answer. He turned to the teleceiver and flipped it on. "Send Winters and Bush in here right away," he told the aide.
And the radar is too complicated to change over to audio communications. We haven't got enough time." Tom clenched his teeth. He had had the same idea about using the communications set on the scout to contact the Academy. Now there was nothing to do but hope Vidac wouldn't find the one they were building. He called into the intercom again.
Astro's outburst was said with such fierce conviction that Tom, Roger, and Jeff burst out laughing. "It isn't that we mind working with Professor Sykes," said Tom. "He's a real brain and we could learn a lot from him, but " "But what?" asked Jeff. "It's the way Vidac has suddenly well, taken over around here. We're supposed to be under the direct orders of Governor Hardy."
"Surely there must be someone who can substantiate your story." The three cadets looked at each other. "I guess not, sir," said Roger. "It was pretty late. After midnight." Vidac eyed them curiously. "And you're sure you saw no one, and that no one saw you?" "We can't be sure that no one saw us, sir," said Tom, "but I doubt it. As Roger said, it was after midnight."
"You'll never get away with it, Vidac," said Tom through clenched teeth. "You're through and you know it!" "Not yet, my friend," said Vidac. "You've had your fun. Now get your friend out of the car and carry him aboard the Polaris. We're all going for a little ride!" Tom turned reluctantly and began pulling Roger out of the back of the car.
No sooner had the dial indicated the equal pressure with the rest of the ship than the inner portal opened to reveal Vidac waiting for them. "Well?" he demanded at once. "Is there a way through the asteroid cluster?" "No, sir," said Tom. "We searched practically the whole thing. There are a few openings, but none large enough to let the whole fleet through." "I thought so," sneered Vidac.
"How far out is he?" asked Vidac, suddenly growing pale. "He should arrive within four hours." "All right," said Vidac, regaining his composure. "Give him all the information he needs." "What about the instrument disturbance?" "Tell him everything." "Yes, sir," replied the control officer, and the teleceiver screen went blank.
"Suppose he knows his land is worth about ten billion credits?" "How could he know?" asked Vidac. "The only ones that know are me, you, Bush, and Sykes." Winters nodded. "Then as soon as we get Logan to sign over the land, we take care of Sykes, bring back his body as proof against the cadets, and everything's set, eh?" "Something like that," said Vidac.
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