The Thrall of Hypno by Perry Rhodan

Author:Perry Rhodan [Rhodan, Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Unknown, Sci-Fi, Series, Interstellar
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 1972-01-04T00:00:56+00:00

Just as erroneous as it was for the right head to be called Ivan, the left head was named Ivanovich. The Supermutant was responsible for this mistake since he disregarded the Russian custom that gave two names to each person. Ivan was Goratschin's proper first name whereas Ivanovich meant only son of Ivan."

As it often happens, the error became a joke and stuck as lasting nicknames.

The Good Hope lifted off and Mars soon sank into the infinity of space. When Major Deringhouse passed the relay-station ship Z-45 he felt a vague sensation that he was supposed to do something but the voice of, the Supermutant prevailed in his brain: "Keep flying, Deringhouse. Don't pay attention to anything that happens outside your own vessel. Do you hear me? You don't have to worry about these details because I've already taken care of them. Continue on to Terrania without making reports.. Stop at an altitude of six miles above the Terrania energy dome and do nothing."

Deep down in his unconscious mind Deringhouse was relieved to receive the last command. He felt easier that he was not required to make use of his weapons albeit he was in no position to ignore such an order.

Finally the Good Hope hovered over Terrania. Complying with his orders all radio and range-finder sets were turned off so that Deringhouse failed to receive the urgent calls of Rhodan and Colonel Freyt.

He watched with apathy as the atomic blasts lit up the early night, believing that he and his men were not responsible for the holocaust. This assuaged the fears of his unconscious that were not completely eliminated.

Alone in his cabin Ivan Ivanovich sat on his bed and stared with expressionless eyes at the various picture screens. Time and again he emitted his concentrated fixations till he caught his first moving victim.

It was Lieutenant Carell.

Carell was a living organism, consisting partly of calcium and carbon atoms or their compounds. Ivan's mental vibrations through intensive concentration had the same effect on matter as a fuse on explosives. They released the energy of the matter instantaneously. Ivan could spontaneously turn a man into an exploding A-bomb.

However, he was not restricted to human beings. Carbon occurred in almost all combinations in the universe. Thus Ivan was not limited to his attacks on men but also detonated the robot fighters of the New Power. Indiscriminately he triggered the devastating atomic blasts on Earth without knowing the horrors he committed:

Meanwhile the Supermutant was safely on Mars and directed his 'detonator,' as he called the double mutant Ivan Ivanovich. This was his secret ultimate weapon with which he hoped to defeat Rhodan in the last battle.

The events were about to reach such a phase when something happened with which the Supermutant had failed to reckon. Ordinarily his hypnoblock was so firmly imposed that it could not be influenced or budged over great distances. But Rhodan had mutants too.

For instance, Betty Toufry.

Her first feeble contact with Deringhouse had resulted in nudging ever so slightly the hypnoblock of the strong willed but far distant Supermutant.

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