Warblegrub And the Forbidden Planet
““It’s good to see you, Colonel!”The Colonel grunted, removed his sunglasses and studied the prisoner with cold grey eyes. “Who’s this?”“Calls himself Warblegrub, Sir.”“Kernel’s a nice name!” said Warblegrub, offering him a hand.“It’s not a name,” snapped Alex, nudging him in the ribs with her gun, “it’s his rank!”The Colonel ignored the hand. “What’s he doing here?”“I found him nosing round the crash site, Sir.”“Nosing!” Warblegrub was indignant.The Colonel looked him in the eye and frowned. “S...eems our intelligence was inadequate!”Warblegrub raised an eyebrow. “How true!”The Colonel surveyed the crash site. “Any other survivors?”Alex shook her head.“We lost a lot of good people today,” he said gravely. “Their sacrifices will not be in vain.” Then he turned to the ship and spoke into the com-link on his wrist. “Sergeant 175, Science Officer 395 and the Chief Engineer, join me outside.”Returning to Warblegrub, the Colonel looked him over again, from his scruffy head to his mud-caked boots.MoreLess
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