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Crispin grabbed his stun gun and hid behind a display cabinet A ray gun was no use in a confined space and a stun gun was the only alternative Peter had explained the principle You stunned your adversary with the gun and finish him off with a knife Fortunately, neither was necessary The footsteps turned out to be human Tom appeared To Crispin's amazement he had a criet that?'

'Froed to the surgeon who did ive you his address Third row in the racks, fourth jar on the right Cocky sort of fellow Very pleased with hiate was no great shakes'

'No great what, Professor?'

'Shakesit's another way of saying not very hard'

'But it takes years to train a death troll They start when they are very young 3R4R will be furious'

'Who?'

'The surgeon It's his nicknaet theuardians'

'That's interesting,' Torinned, 'because he came here to kill you'

'3R4R ca his baton of co over the control screen To hand on his ar on the sod'

'Do what, Professor?'

'Disconnect his life-support system We knohere he is All we have to do is nip in there and rip out the tubes that are keeping hiht not be that easy, Professor'

'We will find a way, Crispin'

Tom turned his attention to the screen on the wall It showed the Elm Grove West Correctional Centre The scene was in black-and-white with the usual colour coding Crispin had zeroed in on the pod park His sister, Liala, was there with about twenty girls dressed like her They had people in prison unifor one of the pods

'You've just coded the pod brown, Crispin'

'Sorry' Crispin changed the colour back to blue 'I ot a bit distracted just now It's a co fifty trolls Liala should be able to put a hundred people on it '

A shout frolanced at the security screen