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

that the crowds filled the walks along the edges of the testing areas. They watched the test cars of the
police whose drivers ostentatiously placed their hands behind their heads in order to demonstrate that
they actually didnтАЩt have anything to do with the steering. As a result of all the excitement with which the
Mirsalese watched this spectacle, Rous and his companions were hardly noticed at all.

The houses on both sides of the street were grandiose and apparently had been built without any
restriction as to their cost. They were hexagonal like all houses on Mirsal 2 and were surrounded by
gardens.

Many of the buildings were as tall as the old New York skyscrapers. For the most part there were
shops and stores on the ground floor and offices and apartments in the other floors above. With the
exception of the alien-looking signs over the storefronts, this city might have been something that a very
imaginative architect might have designed and constructed on Earth.

Rous, Rosita and Lloyd strolled along the avenue. Lloyd carried the briefcase under his arm like a
student who was determined not to lose his belongings. They did very little talking because there was too
big a danger of being overheard.

They must have gone about two-thirds of a mile along the avenue from the subway exit when Lloyd
suddenly stopped and looked about him. "Wait!" he said in a low, excited tone. "SomethingтАЩs going on!"

Rous and Rosita had also stopped. Lloyd stared up the street but there was nothing more to be seen
ahead than the usual swarm of traffic.

"What is it?" asked Rous.

Lloyd waved his hand impatiently. "The aliens!" he blurted out. "Very close by. I can sense them!"

Rous felt a chill chase up his spine. The Mirsalese were still standing on the curbstones enthusiastically
watching the police test cars.

"Now!" cried Lloyd. "TheyтАЩre coming!"

He made a grimace as though he were suffering pain. With a seemingly involuntary movement of his
hands he opened the briefcase under his arm and took out a small defense screen generator of the type
used in Arkonide transport suits and, in a larger version, on spaceships.

Rous didnтАЩt know what he intended to do with it. Rosita let out a shrill scream and pointed up the street.
"There!" she gasped.

Rous followed her direction and saw that the air across the whole width of the street farther ahead
seemed to be shimmering. He noted that behind this shimmering curtain of air the sidewalks were empty
of people and the cars in the street that had been moving along in an orderly manner now became all
mixed up and ran up onto the sidewalks or crashed into the sides of buildings or into each other.

The strange curtain seemed to jump nearer. It was a maddening spectacle the way the people
disappeared from the street and how the cars would suddenly begin their crazy antics without any
drivers.

The Mirsalese standing on the curbs turned their attention to the disturbance. The street rose on a gentle