" Perry Rhodan 0019 - (13) The Immortal Unknown" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Rhodan)

practical jokes again. At our last transition, which was meant to take us across a relatively small distance
of 2400 light-years to Vega, that creature manipulated the operation with his enormous telekinetic
powers so that we jumped 35,000 light-years and were confronted by an intelligent race we didn’t have
the slightest desire to meet. We lost time, you know, precious, sorely needed time because of an absurd
incident on a world which doesn’t concern us humans. I maintain that the mouse-beaver has fooled
around again just before we made our leap. He simply can’t leave it alone; just as I can’t forget about
eating. It’s in his nature."

"Oh?"

Bell got red in the face and clenched his powerful fists. "You’re taking chances," he warned. "You took
a fancy to that creature and you don’t want to accept the fact that this beast can cause a disaster with his
innate passion for playing. I’m going to shoot the rat!"

"He’ll make you look down the barrel of your own gun," Rhodan scoffed. "Pucky is an intelligent being
and don’t you forget it. Nobody will be shot on board my ship."

"Would you condone a mass murderer? This mouse-beaver can destroy the entire vessel. We’ve got
500 men on board!"

"I’d court-martial a murderer. Pucky isn’t responsible for our predicament."

Rhodan slashed his hand through the air in the direction of the observation screen. The sun slowly grew.
The evaluation of the positronic brain had not yet come through.

Over to the right sat Khrest, the chief Arkonide scientist. His tall lean body stooped forward. His face
was slightly distorted. Khrest’s white hair, a mark of his race, fluoresced in the light from the
multicoloured control lamps.

"These Arkonides don’t have much resistance," Rhodan murmured thoughtfully. "They’ve passed the
climax of their positive development. Their stellar empire falls apart under the hammer blows of the
rebellious population of their colonies."

"We’ve acquired the knowledge of the Arkonides and that’s all that matters," Bell scowled. "Khrest set
out to find eternal life in our space sector. He was forced to crashland on the moon where we found him.
Then we established the New Power with the aid of his awe inspiring knowledge. We were able to
prevent an atomic war and almost unite all mankind. We’ve built a super-city in the middle of the Chinese
Gobi Desert and have created an ultra-modern industry in the wilderness, applying Arkonide technology.
Alright, Chief, I know all that. You’re avoiding the subject. We’ve accomplished all sorts of possible and
impossible things, but you can’t render a stupid mouse-beaver harmless. Can you?"

Rhodan winced. Capt. Klein regained consciousness. With a moan he straightened up in his seat. His
eyes looked glazed.

"Oh…" he uttered, still disturbed. That was all.

The ship returned to life. Somebody yelled, loud and shrill, into the telecom that theStardust was racing
into a sun. Moments later the air next to Rhodan’s pilot-seat began to stir.

Tako Kakuta, the positive mutant with the astounding capability of tele-transportation, materialized out