Mission Earth 05 - Fortune of Fear by L. Ron Hubbard

Author:L. Ron Hubbard [Hubbard, L. Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781592125913
Publisher: Galaxy Press, LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The story was accompanied by a full-length, half-page picture of a gorgeous, half-naked blonde showing a yard of leg enticingly.

The Countess Krak sat back on her haunches. She was staring at the photograph. “Oh, dear,” she muttered. “She is beautiful. Oh, dear, and we’re not even married yet!”

She suddenly folded the paper and shoved it under the edge of the rug. She said, “Cat! Call Mamie!”

There was a phone on the side table of the couch. The cat jumped up beside it. I was amazed. A cat using a telephone? But then I saw it wasn’t remarkable at all. The phone was a speaker phone and all you had to do was punch a button and it came on with a dial tone. Then it had a row of call buttons on a panel beside it and all you had to do was touch one button and it automatically dialed a whole number. Anybody can do that. Just two buttons.

“President and General Manager Boomp here,” came out of the phone speaker.

“Meow,” said the cat. Well, at least it didn’t say “Hello” in Voltarian. That would have been a Code break for sure!

The Countess gave the cat a stroke and sat down on the couch. “Hello, dear. This is Joy. You know that dinner you were inviting us to attend this week? Well, I just called to say Jettero is very, very busy and can’t possibly come down to Atlantic City.”

“Oh, that’s too bad.”

Krak said, “How are things, dear?”

“Oh, just fine,” said Mamie. “That (bleeped) Mafia had all the gambling devices rigged and they were paying off only to their own henchmen and shills, but we reversed the policy and only let popular people win—pretty girls we can get good pictures of and such. You should see them flocking in.”

“Well, well,” said the Countess Krak. “That confirms it. We won’t be down, dear. Come up to New York anytime. Bye-bye.” To the cat she made a gesture and it punched the disconnect button.

“Hmm,” said the Countess Krak. “This requires some heavy thinking, Mister Calico. That’s the end of your training for today.”

She sat there for a while, staring at nothing. Then she primped her hair, smoothed out her eyebrows, straightened up the expensive lounge suit she was wearing and went out into the office. She sat down in the chair across from Heller.

He became aware of her, looked up and smiled.

“Dear,” said the Countess Krak, “exactly what are your plans for getting us home?”

I flinched. I knew what she had her mind on. Those “Royal” forgeries. Until they were presented and hers was signed, she thought she could not get married. The last thing I wanted was a push toward concluding Mission Earth! They could get me shot! I wished she realized that any effort to present those forgeries would also get her shot, but I dared not tell her.

“Oh, I’m sorry, darling,” said Heller. “I guess I haven’t been very exact in telling you about my planning. You see, I’m supposed to put this planet in a condition that will continue to support life.

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