Mission: Earth "Voyage of Vengeance" (44 page)
BOOK: Mission: Earth "Voyage of Vengeance"
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I went out further into the yard where I could watch.
Ahmed went out on the highway and trotted up the hill. He went to the gray rock and pointed, looking down at me in the yard. I nodded.
I saw him pull the pin.
He reached over and dropped the poison-gas grenade in the hole and darted away.
There was an immediate explosion. White vapor rose into the air.
Ahmed was coming back down.
"Thank you," I said fervently.
I went back into my secret room.
Her viewer was blank.
I waited for a thrill of exultation.
It didn't come.
I said aloud, loudly, "COUNTESS KRAK, YOU'RE DEAD!"
I threw the viewer across the room. It broke. I was finished with it at last. I looked at the shards of glass that now spattered the floor. I went over and stamped on the speaker.
It hurt my foot.
Rage shook me. Even in death she was able to injure me!
I stamped harder.
It hurt more.
I jumped on it with both feet!
I found that I had begun to scream.
That wouldn't do. I was the winner, wasn't I?
I found that I was coughing and my throat burned. That wouldn't do either. SHE was the one who had been gassed, not me!
Carefully, I steadied myself down. I must do something to get my mind off it.
I had other things to think about anyway. She was
finished!
finished!
I began making further plans. We would pick up the diamonds and other things in Connecticut. Then we would flash down to Ochokeechokee, Florida, and bomb the spores plant. Then we would move to Detroit and wipe out Chryster. And after that we'd blow the Empire State Building sky-high.
Then I would contact Peeksnoop at National Security Agency and get connected to Bury or Rockecenter, tell them the fuel man and all his works were no longer a menace to them and be back in their good graces. And finally I could tell Black Jowl to tear the mortgage up.
I would then go home to glory and reign supreme as the Chief of the Apparatus.
Feeling steadier, I went down to the hangar magazine to collect weapons and explosives. I planned that my last days on Earth would end with a big BANG!
Is this the end of Earth?
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