"
"And wh-, what do they have to do with Montezuma?" asked Zip, keeping
his voice steady.
"Why, a short time after you left the Castle, about five ships tried to
land on the Castle by force-pirates, for sure. No doubt they wanted to
force Monty to tell 'em where I am. But Monty knows how to contact the
greegles. There's a lot of greegles on Adamant." George chuckled again.
"Those poor fellows-the pirates, that is! When the pirates told Monty
they were going to land whether he wanted them to or not, why, he just
called the greegles for help. They cut four of the ships into pieces in
a matter of seconds, leaving the crew floating in their spacesuits.
Then they grabbed them with some sort of invisible grappling beam or
something and herded them toward the fifth ship. That ship gathered
them in and took off."
Now George laughed out loud. "They got the message real fast! Go away
and don't come back! And they scrammed! Never even set foot on
Montezuma's Castle. Monty will make good use of the floating space junk
the pirates left. Serves 'em right!"
Just then a gentle buzz sounded. "That's the call for dinner, friends.
Come meet the others!"
Almost immediately another sound came through the communications
system-an urgent clangor. St. George's face became taut and a look of
surprise and anxiety came over his features.
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