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

incline toward the north so that the view was unobstructed. Each one of them could see with his own
eyes what was happeningтАФhow this curtain that made people invisible and cars driverless was moving
inexorably toward them.

A few seconds later, the panic began. Howling and screaming and shoving and pushing, the whole mass
of humans set itself in motion, down the street and away from the horrible and incomprehensible thing that
was moving toward them.

Rous, Lloyd and Rosita fled to one side. They escaped the general press of the throng by standing on
the edge of a garden, where they watched the shimmering wall as it progressed down the street.

It seemed to have increased its speed.

Lloyd suddenly recovered from the shock of it all. "Get hold of one of them!" he called to Rous.

Rous didnтАЩt understand what he meant until Lloyd pointed to the fleeing Mirsalese.

"One of those people," he shouted. "Be quick, we donтАЩt have any more time!"

Rous reached into the crowd of fleeing people and grabbed someone at random. The man fought back
and struggled to get away but he was no match for RousтАЩ strength.

The invisible wall had come still closer.

The man hung limply in RousтАЩ grip. He stared at the 3 Terranians with his eyes fairly popping, he
groaned aloud but said no more.

"Get him between us!" insisted Lloyd and it was then that Rous caught on to what he was planning. He
had turned on the defense screen generator.

Then the wall reached them.

Rous had a tingling sensation as though a gentle breeze swept over him but when he thought about it later
he couldnтАЩt say whether it had been the effect of the wall itself or of his own imagination.

For a fraction of a second all sound ceased. The bedlam of the street throngs was cut off.

Rous, Lloyd and Rosita stood holding each otherтАЩs hands in a triangular formation so that the Mirsalese
would be protected in the middle.

Then the noise returned. Rous looked down the street where the weird phenomenon was overtaking the
fugitives faster than they could run and causing them to disappear. The wall of strange energy seemed to
have increased its speed tenfold, hurtling along the street and sweeping it clear. A few moments later
there was no Mirsalese to be seen, far and wide.

Except for the one individual whom Rous and his companions had taken under their wing. With staring
eyes and unable to speak, the man stood trembling between his protectors. He looked up and down the
street and then drew in a shuddering breath and began to sob as the enormity of the catastrophe finally hit
him.