Robot Trouble by Bruce Coville

Author:Bruce Coville
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781497668485
Publisher: Open Road Media

Rift in the Ranks

Wendy stared into the skull of the robot they had captured and shook her head in dismay. “I wish Roger hadn’t yanked that control panel. He made a total hash of the wiring. This thing looks like it’s having the mental version of a bad hair day.”

Hap Swenson shivered at the eerie sound of her voice echoing off the cavern walls. “Roger didn’t have much choice,” he pointed out, shifting the light he was holding to give her a better view of the wires. “The robot was squeezing Ray to death!”

“Ray’s been getting a little porky lately anyway; he could stand a good squeeze or two,” replied Wendy, as she connected a pair of wires to see what would happen. “Chips, Hap, will you hold that light steady?”

“Sorry. Let me see if I can find something to prop it up with.”

He turned and began rummaging through the pile of equipment they had stored in the cavern. “Oops! We’d better get these sound guns back to Dr. Mercury.” He picked up one of the devices that had helped them bring down the robot, being careful not to pull the wires that connected them to the new attachments. “They worked pretty well, didn’t they?”

“Not only did the guns work well,” said Wendy in a rare moment of generosity. “Those extensions you added were perfect.”

Of course, even with the two extra sound sources the gang had barely been able to subdue Deathmonger. Wendy’s job now was to design a device that would give them total control over it—and all the others like it.

She pried away a panel she had found on the robot’s chest. “Modular construction at last!” she cried. “Help me get these circuit boards out of here, Hap. Then we can take them back to headquarters to analyze how this thing works.”

Hap didn’t need any convincing. Unlike Trip, he had never been terribly fond of caves. They gave him the creeps.

Trip and Ray sat on either side of Dr. Remov, passing him hard-copy printouts of the personnel files for the eight new guards.

The files had been provided by Wendy, who had pulled them out of the computer at Dr. Remov’s request.

Once he had gotten over his initial shock, the scientist had been fascinated by the Wonderchild’s ability to crack the computer’s security system. According to Rachel, he had also been apologetic about what he saw as his duty under the circumstances.

“I hate to mention this,” he had said slowly. “But you do know that I will have to report this sooner or later. It’s information that could be vital to the project.” Later, in private, Hap had told Ray that Rachel had turned white when she heard Dr. Remov’s words.

“Please don’t do that,” she had begged. “The others will kill me if that happens!”

Dr. Remov had been silent for a moment, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. “If Dr. Mercury is agreeable, I’ll offer you a compromise,” he had said at last. “You show me how the program works, and

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