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

"How big was the spot?" Bell asked Tako.

Tako didnтАЩt know. "I didnтАЩt see it all," he admitted.

"More than a few square yards?"

"Sure, much larger than that."

Bell wanted to reply something but at this moment the two-headed mutant Ivan Goratschin, Kitai
Ishibashi, Wuriu Sengu and Tama Yokida got up in the rear of the cave. Swaying but erect they moved
toward the talking group on their way to leave the cave.

All this happened so fast and looked so peculiarтАФas if the men were guided by machinesтАФthat Bell
didnтАЩt recover from his shock until the men were outside the cave. "Stop!" he shouted. "Come back, you
idiots!"

But the mutants kept marching on. Apparently they had failed to hear Bell.

Bell crawled out to follow them. However the 4 suddenly seemed to be endowed with enormous
strength and the distance between them and Bell rapidly increased.

The mutants headed for the rock behind which the sheet of lacquer had first appeared.

Bell hollered and cursed. Finally he stopped and pulled out his little impulse-beamer, bellowing: "Come
back at once or IтАЩll shoot!"

The mutants paid no attention whatsoever. Bell raised his weapon but before he could pull the trigger he
heard Marshall cry out in anguish behind him: "DonтАЩt shoot! They canтАЩt help it!"

Bell rolled over on his side so that he could look back to the cave. "Why? WhatтАЩs the matter with
them?"

"Extremely strong hypnotic influence!" Marshall panted. "TheyтАЩve no choice but to obey."

"Then do something about it, for PeteтАЩs sake!" Bell screamed.

"ThereтАЩs nothing I can do. IтАЩm glad it didnтАЩt catch me too. The force is too greatтАж itтАЩs impossible to
buck it!"

The 4 mutants disappeared behind the rock. After awhile they came into view again, moving slightly to
the right and straight to the place where the Gazelle had been wrecked, still marching erect.
 Bell kept staring at them. Then he turned around with much grunting and cussing and returned to the
cave. "IтАЩm sorry, Marshall," he murmured, "if I was a little rude. But conditions around this place ran
throw you off your rocker."

"Forget it!" Marshall replied. "IтАЩd only like to know who in this forsaken wasteland exercises such strong
hypnotic powers."

Bell gave no answer. He observed the mutants who kept plodding across the mesa between the rocks,
defying the excessive gravitation in an upright position.