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Perry Rhodan 007 - Invasion from Space CHAPTER ONE Suddenly the manтАЩs eye,
opened wide in utter horror, as if they had seen something beyond human
comprehension. His eyes gazed up into the void, far into the depths of the
blue sky that mirrored-itself in the dear waters of the little pond in the
woods. Then the expression of his eyes turned into a fixed and vacant
stare.There was not the slightest tremor in his hand, which was holding a
fishing rod. His hand seemed to have become like stone. The man did not react
when the swimmer was abruptly pulled deep below the surface of the water. The
rod bent under the sudden strain for which Sammy Derring had been waiting so
eagerly and in vain all morning long. If anyone had looked into his eyes at
this moment they would have recoiled in terror at the sight of such horrendous
fright mixed with inconceivable amazement. This lasted for exactly five
seconds. During these five seconds nobody could have recognized in this man,
Sammy Derring, statistical clerk, who had worked for many years at the
Ministry of Defence of the Western Bloc and for whom all his colleagues and
superiors had nothing but praise. He was a bachelor, and his hobby was
fishing. Every weekend he drove out to this little lake in the woods, where he
caught some trout for his landlady. He did not care for fish, but he believed
in the therapeutic effect of fishing. Very soothing for the nerves. His little
sports car was parked off to the side-SamтАЩs other hobby. He had only these two
vices.During the course of those five seconds, Sammy Derring could have been
regarded as good as dead. His mind, his reasoning power, his soul, or whatever
else people might call it, had left his body. Not of its own free will. It had
been forced to do so. Something incomprehensible and far stronger had taken
possession of his brain, had simply invaded it and pushed out what had been in
there before. During these five unbelievable seconds Sammy Derring could
observe himself sitting at the lakeshore. He floated Invisibly at a height of
about fifteen feet and looked down on himself. He was unable to comprehend
what was happening, but he simply saw his own body, as if he had become a
stranger to his own self. He saw that he appeared to be dead but that he
remained sitting there. ShouldnтАЩt he have toppled over? His body should by all
rights have fallen down on the ground. But no. There he was, still sitting
upright at the edge of the water, unaware that the fish were biting!SammyтАЩs
mind felt an urge to pull in the fishing rod, but the body down below no
longer obeyed his thought impulses. But there was no more time left for all
this. The five seconds were over. The picture of the peaceful little lake in
the woods became hazy and soon disappeared completely for him as an invisible
force yanked him away. He became dimly aware of a wild kaleidoscope of
colours. For an instant he thought he saw, way down below, a huge globe, but
then everything turned dark.. He felt drawn into something; then all of a
sudden his reflexes returned. He could feel his body and his limbs, and he was
able to move them.Now he could see again despite the darkness around him. Then
he noticed that it was not totally dark. The room was filled with a faint
glow. He wondered for a moment how on Earth he had come to this place. But
then it did not really matter to him any more. He must have had some seizure,
and they had taken him to the hospital. That must be it! He was ill. A great
weakness overwhelmed him. WasnтАЩt there anyone here to take care of him? He
sensed that somebody was nearby. With great effort he tried to sit up, but he
could not manage it. Had this sudden sickness overcome him while he was
fishing at the little lake? Had people found him there and brought him here?