"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 08 - The Alien" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

transparent dome.

I was alone there. The only nonwarrior on the great ship. The only one
without a battle to fight.

I could see the blue planet above me, hanging in a black sky. It had a
moon, just a dead ball of dust. But the planet looked alive. I could see
white clouds swirling. Its yellow sun's light sparkled off the vast oceans.

This planet was known to be inhabited by a reasonably intelligent
species. We had learned a little about them in school.

My main eyes were drawn to the brilliant flares of engine exhaust as our
fighters lanced to ward the onrushing Yeerks.

I was far from the battle bridge now, beyond the range of their
thought-speak. I heard nothing in my head. And my ears heard only the
sound of a gentle, artificial breeze ruffling the leaves of the trees. I
stood on blue-green grass and watched

6 tiny pinpoints of light as the battle was joined in orbit above the
blue planet.

And then ... I felt it. A tremor that rolled through my mind. A wave of
coldness ... a pre monition. Like a waking nightmare.

I turned my stalk eyes away from battle, to ward the dead moon of the
blue planet. And there I saw it. A black shape against the gray- white
light of the moon. A shape like some twisted battle-ax.

I whispered.

Our fighters were all away. Our Dome ship had massive weapons, but the
Blade ship was fast and maneuverable. Too fast!

The warriors on the battle bridge had no choice. They had to separate
the dome in order to be able to fight. I felt a grinding, crunching
sensation as the dome was released to drift free of the main line of the
ship.

Then . . . silence as the dome floated free.

Slowly, the rest of my ship rotated into sight. Without the dome it
looked like a long stick, with the huge bulge of engines on the far end,
and the smaller bulge of the battle bridge in the middle. They were
trying to turn to meet the Blade ship.

Too slow.

The Blade ship fired!

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