MOMENTS PASSED, MOMENTS in which no one spoke, and in which Val Kenton could see dreadful realization growing in the Patrolman’s eyes. Val Kenton laughed even more to himself, seeing the fear rising in the other man, knowing the horrible terror that the other must be experiencing.
Elise sensed but dimly the thoughts that were racing through the minds of the men seated before her. She gazed from one to the other with eyes that grew wide and slightly fearful.
“Is something wrong?” she asked suddenly, “Can’t the rescue ship be fixed?”
Tony Andrews smiled then, smiled with stiff lips, his eyes bright and confident. “Nothing is wrong,” he said, “we’ll be safe on Earth before you know it.”
A disruptor rifle cracked loudly, the sound whipping in through the open port.
Tony Andrews snapped to
