The Devastators
“About your friend. He sank before we could reach him.”
“My friend?” My voice seemed to come from miles away.
“The man you were trying to rescue. There’s no need to blame yourself, sir. You did your best. Now just hold still, please, while I bandage this gash on your shoulder. You are lucky to be alive. Your boat was smashed to kindling… Oh, just one question, sir. Was your friend carrying explosives of some kind? I mean, there was an odd underwater disturbance a minute or so after he went down…...”
By this time I was aware that I was lying on the deck of a boat or small ship. I also could remember being hurled into the water and swimming, it seemed, miles with Basil’s inert body, dragged downward by that damn metal box. Apparently it had been booby-trapped as I’d guessed, and the water-pressure had sprung the sides as it sank, setting off the charge. That took care of McRow’s immortal contribution to science. It also took care of my contribution toward saving the world.MoreLess
“My friend?” My voice seemed to come from miles away.
“The man you were trying to rescue. There’s no need to blame yourself, sir. You did your best. Now just hold still, please, while I bandage this gash on your shoulder. You are lucky to be alive. Your boat was smashed to kindling… Oh, just one question, sir. Was your friend carrying explosives of some kind? I mean, there was an odd underwater disturbance a minute or so after he went down…...”
By this time I was aware that I was lying on the deck of a boat or small ship. I also could remember being hurled into the water and swimming, it seemed, miles with Basil’s inert body, dragged downward by that damn metal box. Apparently it had been booby-trapped as I’d guessed, and the water-pressure had sprung the sides as it sank, setting off the charge. That took care of McRow’s immortal contribution to science. It also took care of my contribution toward saving the world.MoreLess
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