.
Diesel pulled out a pair of handcuffs. ‘Are you going to come along quietly then?’ he asked Selene.
Selene leapt back. ‘You spineless creep! After all I’ve done to save you!’
Diesel’s yellow eyes flashed. ‘No one has ever needed to save me , you bossy bugonaut!’
Peri jumped up and put himself between them. ‘No one is arresting Selene. Diesel, give me the cuffs.’
Diesel’s narrow band of hair bristled as he handed them over. ‘I can’t believe you’re taking her side.’
‘She’s part of the crew,’ Peri said. ‘End of story.’
‘Hey, Earthlings!’ Otto boomed, crawling out from behind the gunnery station. ‘The cosmic-rat has led us to his nest!’
Peri turned to look where Otto was pointing. The 360-monitor showed that Daxx’s vessel was heading straight for a huge shimmering blue planet.
Selene hit the intercom switch and shouted, ‘Dad, come to the Bridge! You’ve got to see this.’ Then she slammed the ‘Emergency Stop’ button, making the Phoenix come to a dead stop.
‘What are you doing?’ Peri demanded.
Selene put her hands on her hips. ‘I don’t understand. There shouldn’t be any planets in an Astro-Void.’
Jaxx materialised next to Selene. He started activating the scanners.
They watched Daxx’s ship duck and swerve on its approach to the shimmering blue planet as if it was flying an obstacle course.
Then the Space Wolf disappeared.
‘He’s just vanished like a plasma-phantom!’ Jaxx exclaimed. ‘There’s no sign of cloak activation, not even a heat signature.’
Peri realised that something was horribly wrong.
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Diesel pulled out a pair of handcuffs. ‘Are you going to come along quietly then?’ he asked Selene.
Selene leapt back. ‘You spineless creep! After all I’ve done to save you!’
Diesel’s yellow eyes flashed. ‘No one has ever needed to save me , you bossy bugonaut!’
Peri jumped up and put himself between them. ‘No one is arresting Selene. Diesel, give me the cuffs.’
Diesel’s narrow band of hair bristled as he handed them over. ‘I can’t believe you’re taking her side.’
‘She’s part of the crew,’ Peri said. ‘End of story.’
‘Hey, Earthlings!’ Otto boomed, crawling out from behind the gunnery station. ‘The cosmic-rat has led us to his nest!’
Peri turned to look where Otto was pointing. The 360-monitor showed that Daxx’s vessel was heading straight for a huge shimmering blue planet.
Selene hit the intercom switch and shouted, ‘Dad, come to the Bridge! You’ve got to see this.’ Then she slammed the ‘Emergency Stop’ button, making the Phoenix come to a dead stop.
‘What are you doing?’ Peri demanded.
Selene put her hands on her hips. ‘I don’t understand. There shouldn’t be any planets in an Astro-Void.’
Jaxx materialised next to Selene. He started activating the scanners.
They watched Daxx’s ship duck and swerve on its approach to the shimmering blue planet as if it was flying an obstacle course.
Then the Space Wolf disappeared.
‘He’s just vanished like a plasma-phantom!’ Jaxx exclaimed. ‘There’s no sign of cloak activation, not even a heat signature.’
Peri realised that something was horribly wrong.
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, New Delhi, New York and Sydney
First published in Great Britain in August 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
This electronic edition published in 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP
Text copyright © Working Partners 2012
Illustrations copyright © Sam Hadley 2012
The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted
All rights reserved
You may not copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise
make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means
(including without limitation electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying,
printing, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the
publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication
may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 9781408829486
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