Alien From Arcturus by Dickson Gordon R

Author:Dickson, Gordon R. [Dickson, Gordon R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Amazon: B00HNFHO9A
Goodreads: 25383188
Publisher: Start Science Fiction
Published: 1956-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Josh Biggs would never have recognized his sleek yacht before the day was out. The recognizable items such as his luxury furnishings and some of the paneled partitions were no longer in the ship, but instead were flung in a disordered pile off in one far corner of the funnel spot; and the places they had occupied were stripped down to bare, gleaming metal.

This part of the work, indeed, progressed much more rapidly than had been expected because of an extra pair of hands which Sorrel had not taken into account. These were the slimfingered appendages of Peep. The Atakit met them at the entrance of the Betsy as they left the station ready to begin work, and was apprised of the plans over Sorrel’s protest.

“Listen—” said the Underground man, dragging Mal off to one side after the beans had already been spilled. “What’re you doing? He’s an Alien!”

“Look!” said Mal shortly, pulling his arm loose from the other’s grasp. “If it hadn’t been for him, we’d have been in the Company’s hands twenty times over.” And he told Sorrel of how they had met Peep.

“Well—” Sorrel was saying doubtfully, when Peep trotted into the main lounge where they were standing.

“May I be of use, young friends?” he beamed.

“Why, thanks, Peep,” said Mal, turning away from Sorrel. “You can. That partition back of the bar will have to come out.”

Peep obligingly trotted over to the partition, grasped the edge of it firmly and pulled. There was a screech of tearing metal and a five-by-ten-foot section of tungsten alloy dyed and burled to resemble knotty pine, ripped loose in his hands.

“Just toss it outside, Peep,” said Mal.

Sorrel turned white.

“St. Ignatius, be my friend—” he murmured and tottered out, making a large circle about Peep on his way to the door of the lounge.

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