" Perry Rhodan 0059 - (51) Return from The Void" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

Rous pretended that he hadnтАЩt the slightest idea of what was meant by credentials. The guard turned
around and shouted over the garden thicket: "Hey, come out here! IтАЩve just caught 3 very strange geons"
(Amphibious butterflies of Mirsal. Slang saying equivalent to saying "IтАЩve caught 3 strange fish.")

Rous turned to look at Lloyd. But Lloyd shook his head. He had not yet activated the psycho-beamer,
the guard had shouted on his own volition.

3 men came out of the bushes. They were no larger than the first man and wore the same kind of
uniform-like fabric of a dark green color.

"They claim to come from Wollaston," scoffed the first guard. "They donтАЩt have any papers."

"Just the kind weтАЩve been waiting for!" cried one of the other 3. "If we search them weтАЩll find a lot of
very interesting things on them."

Rous was aware of a slight movement behind him as Lloyd moved into position. It was an opportune
moment. The attention of the guard in front of him had been distracted during the short conversation. He
heard the faint high whine of the weapon. The guard turned to stare at Lloyd as if thunderstruck. Lloyd
emerged from the cover that Rous had been giving him until now. The small psych-beamer was in his
right hand.

"Drop your weapons," he ordered calmly.

The other 3 guards, who were already halfway across to them, came to a stop. Obediently they drew
their small flame-throwers from their belts and let them fall. Also, the first guard offered no resistance.

"Form a line here," continued Lloyd.

This command was also followed without resistance. The 4 little men stared at Lloyd as though, in their
ancient mythology, he had just arrived on a meteor.

"Why are you stationed here?" Lloyd wanted to know. "Come on, youтАФanswer me!" He pointed to one
of them.

"Strange things are happening," the Miralese answered tonelessly. "People disappear, whole regions of
the country are depopulated. A powerful, invisible enemy has attacked us. We have to track him down.
So all people who come out of the depopulated areas have to be investigated, itтАЩs the only way we can
catch the enemy."

Rous considered that conclusion to be self-evident. Whoever emerged out of the depopulated regions
had to be an enemy. It appeared then that 3 agents from an alien neutral power would complicate such a
situation.

"Do you consider us to be enemies?" asked Lloyd.

"Yes."

"We are not enemies, do you hear?"
"Yes, I heard you; you are not our enemies."