They could all be dead at any
moment. The man fled the room crying.
Joe looked out the window again and saw that laser cannons had begun to
destroy the ships. Through the horrifying, rapidly expanding concentric
vapor shells, he saw the Vigilant Warrior crumpling into a heap. The
other ships were either completely destroyed or well on the way.
"What is this? Who are they?" exclaimed Mark. He, Zip, and George had
followed Joe to the control center and were watching the laser beams
sweep the landing field. The ships were being indiscriminately reduced
to molten slag.
"Their laser beams are immensely powerful, and they're operating at
full capacity," observed Zip, grimly. Just then the lights went out and
every apparatus in the control center went dark.
"They found and destroyed the power plant," whispered George, the
tenseness evident in his voice. "But they're not touching the inhabited
parts of the base."
Suddenly Zip turned to their host. "George!" he said urgently. "Do any
of your crew know that we are Starmen?" George turned a distracted face
to Zip and stared as if he wasn't comprehending what Zip had said.
"Do any of your crew know that we are Starmen?" Zip repeated carefully.
"I-I don't know. I didn't tell anybody, I think, but I didn't keep it a
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