Stingray by John Theydon

Author:John Theydon [Theydon, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: May Fair Books Ltd

Luckily the heater did not fail them, although at times the thermostatic control seemed to be tardy in operating and the intense cold began to seep through the tough shell of the cabin.

Maybe it was the strain of looking continually at the whirling snow, but Troy found it difficult to keep his eyes open after a time.

He glanced at Atlanta, who had fallen silent, and saw she was nodding sleepily.

As if aware of his eyes on her, she jerked herself awake and gave him a sheepish grin.

“Too many late nights at base,” she said.

“I shouldn’t have dragged you into this, honey,” he told her.

“You drag me?” she jibbed. “It was my own crazy idea, wasn’t it? I suggested the weather station.”

After a while her auburn head drooped again and then she slumped forward over the control bank and fell asleep.

Troy blinked open his tired eyes. It wouldn’t do for both of them to sleep. If the heater failed or something went wrong with the air conditioning…

He blinked again, stiffening as he stared from the window.

Was that something moving out there in the snow again? He resisted an impulse to rouse Atlanta to ask if she could see it.

Maybe he was imagining it, maybe it was an illusion as she had suggested. A blizzard could play strange tricks on your senses.

He jerked upright. Something was moving out there!

The window was frosting up. He pressed the de-icer button and jets of hot vapour cleared it temporarily. He leaned forward, peering out.

And then a pale violet beam stabbed from the snow curtain and struck him in the face, blinding him.

He tried to draw back, but found he was powerless to move. He tried to call to Atlanta, but no sound came from his lips.

A dark cloud descended on his mind, and, as he whirled down into oblivion, it seemed that a strange voice was calling to him as if down a long echoing tunnel…

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