Perry Rhodan (043) Life Hunt by Kurt Brand

Author:Kurt Brand [Kurt Brand]
Format: epub
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Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2010-01-03T09:01:30+00:00

Arkonides and Springers, man-like beings from faraway worlds here to throw themselves into the arms of their addiction, broke out in loud protests. People lay in a stupor on the floor everywhere one looked. The rayscreens inducing invisibility had disappeared and the famous security of the Hall of Dreams was no more.

A giant loudspeaker boomed: "The Ara Secret Service has blocked every exit! No one leaves the Hall of Dreams!"

Tulin and Egmon stared at John Marshall. Written on their faces was—Now they’ve got us!

John Marshall calmly put the file into his pocket and stood up, nodding commandingly to the 2 Springer agents. Near them stood a group of excited Galactic Traders and John Marshall idly walked over. Tulin and Egmon followed, although it mattered little to them where they were when the Secret Service checked them.

While Marshall outwardly pretended to be an attentively listening Springer following the conversation, he tried to concentrate as much as he could on remembering how many exits the Hall of Dreams had.

To one after the other he sent his searching thoughts and at the 5th exit he had to smile.

He quietly gave Tulin and Egmon the sign to follow him.

They strolled as though bored towards the 5th egress, where 6-armed Aras were standing guard—men from the Secret Service! 3 of them were exceptionally unhappy with their tour of duty today, since they had had to cancel all their private plans for what should have been their day off. While mentally examining the guards at each exit, Marshall had become aware of their discontent.

Thus those particular Aras became victims of his psychobeamer even as they stood guard in the Hall of Dreams. Then Marshall took on the 3 remaining, more zealous Aras. Egmon tried to bother him about something but he persevered with his efforts. Marshall did, however, give Egmon such an angry look that the Springer fell back a step and changed his eye colour in terror.

The psychobeamer streamed Marshall’s will unceasingly at the Aras, transmitting to them the order to let Marshall and his companions through after a make-believe strict check.

While at 3 other exits—especially at the main exit, the noise and protests were growing louder than ever, there was little for the 6 Aras to do at Exit #5.

They looked up curiously when they noticed Marshall and the Springers approaching.

Tulin moaned. "And here I’ve got 3 different ray-pistols on me! I’d better throw them away before—"

"Don’t throw anything away!" Marshall growled at him, managing somehow to accommodate this tiny interruption in his hypnotic influence over the Aras.

Tulin, too, was forced to be quiet by the sheer pressure of Marshall’s authoritative glance.

Then they stood at Exit #5.

A pair of Aras tended to each Galactic Trader.

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