" Perry Rhodan 0047 - (39) The Silence of Gom" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

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All of them slept at the same time. Originally Ivan the older, was assigned guard duty at the entrance to
the cave but the two heads were unable to come to an agreement as to who had received the order with
the result that they both went to sleep.

Luckily nothing happened.

Bell crawled wearily to the opening and stared out, glancing first at the rocky needle by which he gauged
the progress of the libration. His second look was aimed in the direction of the pancaked wreck of the
Gazelle.

He rubbed his eyes in panic and his men heard him utter a frightful gasp. He blinked a few times and
tried to focus his eyes but the picture remained the same.

The wreck had vanished.

Reginald Bell hesitated for awhile but finally asked the Seer Wuriu. Sengu to search for the wreck under
the surface of the plain. He theorized that Gom was subject to volcanic activity and that perhaps a fissure
had opened in the ground and swallowed up the Gazelle. Only Wuriu .Sengu, with his para-optical ability
of seeing through solid matter as other people look through, clean window glass, was in a position to
discover it again.

However SenguтАЩs efforts were in vain. The Gazelle seemed to have disappeared from the face of the
planet without a trace.

Bell made another decision, albeit very reluctantly, because it meant placing one of his men in jeopardy
again. But in their situation reconnaissance and vital information were of paramount importance.

He turned to Tako Kakuta, the teleporter. "Take a look, Tako!" he ordered. "But donтАЩt linger, just give
the site a brief inspection. You donтАЩt have to conduct a search. Return as quickly as you can."

Tako disappeared and by using his ability of teleportation emerged almost instantly as a little glittering
point at the spot where the wreck of the Gazelle had been abandoned.

Bell saw him move around a few steps and then he was gone again. ButтАФhe popped up at the same
moment at the entrance to the cave. The entire inspection had lasted only 15 seconds.

"Nothing," Tako murmured disappointedly. "The ground is perfectly smooth, almost as if varnished."
Marshall broke in as if electrified: "Varnished, you say; what colour?"

Tako thought for a moment. "IтАЩd sayтАж dark brown."

Bell followed MarshallтАЩs deductions. "Would you believe the patch of lacquer devoured & Gazelle?"

"IтАЩm not jumping to any conclusions. But if the ground is dark brown and looks like varnishedтАж"