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The black hearse stopped and Emil jumped out. The

little con artist who professed to be the earthbound

voice of the Great God Blomm drew himself up and

saluted.

"Lafayette, we are here!" he shouted.

Ben sighed and eyeballed the little man. Emil had

discarded his flowing robes and changed into tiger-stripe

BDU'S, black beret, and high-heeled cowboy

boots. He was a bit unsteady on his feet.

Buddy and Tina, Ben's kids, walked up, both

of them smiling. Colonel Dan Gray, CO of the

Scouts, stood by them, his little dog,Chester , by his

boots. Dan struggled to hide his smile.

With some assistance, Emil climbed up on the hood

of the hearse.

"Oh, no!" Ben muttered.

Emil started to slide off the hood and waved his arms

frantically, finally regaining his balance. "We have

traveled many a hard and dangerous mile to reach you,

General Raines. Through fog and rain and gloom of

night . . ."

Ben tuned him out as best he could, hoping that
the speech would be a short one. For all his

theatrics, Emil and his followers had proved to be

some tough fighters; they would stand against terrible odds.

Emil finally wound down and managed to get off the