Ernst Ellert Returns by Perry Rhodan

Author:Perry Rhodan [Rhodan, Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Unknown, Sci-Fi, Classic
Publisher: Ace Publishing Corporation
Published: 1975-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Uppermost in Ellert's mind were the notes and sketches of the translight linear space drive which Onot carried in his pocket. He knew that he once more had sufficient strength to be able to leave Onot's body without endangering himself but he had no idea of how far his disembodied excursions could extend. And if he didn't have enough strength remaining to penetrate another body...

He didn't dare imagine the results. His bodiless wandering through Eternity would begin again.

"Alright, Onot," he finally informed the Druuf, "if you will listen to me we will work together and see if we can't play a trick on the Superior Magistrate. I'll save you from the medical examination and I'll also fix it so that later, after I have left you for good, nobody will be able to have anything against you."

"How is that possible?"

"I will provide you with a new memory and though it will be superimposed on your old one you will still be left with your own personality. However you will know nothing of me. For you it will be as though I had never existed. And when you stand before the judge you will be speaking the truth. The lie detectors will indicate as much. You will no longer be a traitor."

Onot wasn't particularly enthusiastic about having a new memory but he could see the logic of it and that it was actually the best solution for him. "I accept," he said.

"In another hour it will be night. It's too late now today for them to be coming for you, so tonight we'll escape. We'll try to reach your old laboratory where we can supply ourselves with what we need. Maybe by that time I'll have received news of where my friends are. As soon as I find them, you are free. You'll be able to go before the judge with your new memory."

Onot felt uneasy under his thick hide. "So why should I escape when I'm going to make a new court appearance?"

"Because returning of your own volition will be proof of a clear conscience. Believe me, you will convince them."

"So how do we get out of the prison?"

"That, my dear Onot, you can leave for me to worry about."

The Druuf appeared to be satisfied. Following Ellert's instructions, he lay down on his bed and tried to sleep for awhile. As soon as he had closed his eyes and his conscious mind had become quiescent, Ellert made his first attempt.

Once more Onot lay beneath him while he floated free in space—bodiless, weightless. He penetrated the ceiling and found himself in another prison cell. A Druuf bound in chains lay on the bare floor and stared at nothingness as though with unseeing eyes. They didn't appear to have treated this prisoner as well as they had Onot but obviously he was not a famous scientist.

Ellert refrained from choosing this pitiable creature as his trial host. When he made his choice, it would have to be the right Druuf.

Without difficulty he went through the walls and emerged into the corridor.

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