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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Traitor's Choice - -Author: Paul W. Fairman - -Release Date: November 16, 2021 [eBook #66753] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRAITOR'S CHOICE *** - - - - - TRAITOR'S CHOICE - - By Paul W. Fairman - - Kendall had a difficult decision to make; - if he defied the aliens Clare faced a horrible - death; if he complied a whole planet must die! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - August 1956 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -The phonovision bell rang. Reed Kendall reached for the switch, not -taking his eyes off the blueprint that lay on his desk. He spoke -absently. "Yes?" - -The reply came sharp and cold. "I'd suggest you stop what you're doing -and pay attention to me." - -Kendall raised his head and looked at the screen. The image that faced -him was that of a man; a tall man in ordinary street clothes, but -wearing an odd silver mask over his face. - -Kendall made no effort to hide his annoyance. This was no time for -jokes. Some lab comedian with time on his hands. "Now listen here! I'm -busy and I'm in no mood to--" - -"Shut up!" - -The tone was sharp, brutal, contemptuous. It stiffened Kendall, then -eased him slowly back into his chair. "What do you want?" - -"That's better." - -"Take that absurd mask off." - -"I'll leave it on." - -"Then get this over with. Tell me what you want!" - -"It will take a few minutes. Go over and lock your door." - -"I'll do no such thing!" - -"I said--_go over and lock your door_." - -Their eyes clashed; Kendall's frank, indignant, accusing; the -stranger's dark and menacing in the holes of the mask. - -"Very well." Kendall crossed the room and stood for a moment with his -back to the phonovision screen. This man meant business. But what could -be the nature of that business? Kendall's thoughts went of course to -the top secret material he had access to. The defense of the world lay -within the boundaries of the Canadian Flats Ordnance Research Project. -But safely so. - -The Centaurians were as eager to set these secrets as--well, as had -been the Russians during the first phase of the atomic era when the -world was divided into two frightened and belligerent camps. Strange, -Kendall thought, that he should think of that period. The world had -long since become one frightened and belligerent camp but the problem -of survival had greatened as advanced science had opened the starways. - -"I said--lock the door!" - -Kendall complied. As he returned to his desk, he sensed the man was -smiling behind his mask. What was he? A Centaurian? Either that or a -Terran. Certainly not a Venusian unless he was standing on a box. - -"Sit down." - -"All right. Let's get on with it." - -"In my own good time. First, let me sympathize with you on your love -for your wife." - -"What sort of idiocy are you talking about?" - -The man ignored the question. "You are unique in that love, Mr. -Kendall. We conducted a telepathic survey of every married scientist in -this project. And only one psych-pattern was suited to our purpose." - -Kendall scowled. "I think you are enjoying this--but I'm not. And -believe me, you'll live to regret it." - -"We were fortunate in finding you, Mr. Kendall--the one man here who -would be incapable of allowing his wife to die horribly if he could -prevent it--no matter what the cost." - -A vague fear coupled with a chill was seeping through Kendall's brain. -"Say what you've come to say and get it over with!" - -"I'm doing just that. We have your wife, Kendall. We got her at ten -o'clock this morning." - -"Impossible! Our security is foolproof. No person has ever been -kidnapped from any world defense project!" - -"Never before, but let me tell you why. Because such a hostage would -have been of little value. Terran scientists and defense personnel have -been psychologically conditioned to the point of fanaticism. We have -never before discovered a Terran scientist who would put his wife or -any other loved one before his loyalty to Terra." - -"And what makes you think I will?" - -"Our tests are absolute. But if we are wrong it will be unfortunate for -only one person. Your wife." - - * * * * * - -Kendall thought of Clare, trying the while to keep his panic from -showing through. Blonde, beautiful Clare--the one person who really -made his life worth living. Clare. As he worked at this brutal, tedious -defense business, he did not work for the defense of Terra, though that -idea and its psychological drive was ever in his conscious mind. He -worked to keep Clare safe and now he realized the stark fact; realized -it as he cursed the Centaurians and their devilish extrasensory -penetration; cursed this masked devil for being right. - -Shocked out of wariness, he allowed these thoughts to spill through his -conscious mind; then he caught himself and threw up the blank mental -wall all defense people were taught to use. - -But not until the man chuckled behind his mask and said, "I agree on -all counts, but you have to admit that we clocked you perfectly, Mr. -Kendall. The risk we took in kidnapping your wife was well worthwhile." - -"On the contrary. One life is of little consequence." - -"I'm sorry you feel that way," the man said with mocking lightness in -his voice. "Let me describe the manner in which your wife will die. -First we'll strip her nak--" - -"What is it you're after?" Kendall snapped. - -The man's chuckle was even more pronounced. "You're right of course in -surmising I'm a Centaurian, and you're quite familiar with the way our -cold war works--how the balance of power has been maintained these last -hundred years." - -"The balance is tipped in our favor." - -"Of course, but we now intend--through you--to remedy that -situation. You people are very ingenious in that you invent a total -destruction-type weapon and then turn right around and conceive an -absolute defense against it. We do the same, of course, or try to, but -we find ourselves at all times slightly behind you. A sad situation for -we Centaurians, don't you think, Mr. Kendall?" - -"Your chances of ever balancing us are remote." - -"Not so. Let me explain. Our great hope lies in obtaining the plans of -your latest projectile. I think you call it _Willy Seven_." - -"I know of no such plans." _Clare, lying defenseless against the -obscene tortures of these soulless animals...._ - -"Let's not waste time with lies, Mr. Kendall. You have been working on -the project." - -"The defense against _Willy Seven_--" - -"--Is not perfected!" The Centaurian leaned forward and snapped out -the words in triumph. "It can't possibly be ready for use in less than -six months because the projectile involved a difficult combination of -lethal--germs and subsonic vibrations. The toughest you ever tackled." - - * * * * * - -A deep sickness clawed at Kendall's stomach. The Centaurian had hit -upon the truth while still evidently unaware of Terran defense -procedure. He did not seem to know that the development of an offensive -weapon was never allowed to proceed faster than the development of -a defense against it, the theory being two-fold; that defense was -the most important element concerned and that defense against our -own weapons would probably function as safeguards against those of -Centaurian origination. - -Also, the possibility of theft had been foreseen. To have the plans of -a nondefensible weapon stolen would mark the end of Terra. But in the -case of _Willy Seven_, the defensive unit had involved such problems -that the defensive half of the project had lagged. - -... _They will give her drugs to sensitize the flesh and nerves of her -body until her sufferings will be those of ten people crowded into one -skin...._ - -"We want _Willy Seven_, Mr. Kendall. We want it now." - -"I don't have access to the plans." - -The eyes were again baleful behind the mask. "Let's not waste time. -You know very well we didn't launch this project only to leave such -important angles to chance." - -"But getting them out--" - -"You will take microfilms of the plans within the next twenty-four -hours. We left a thumbnail-sized camera under your wife's pillow in -case you have need of it." - -"You thought of everything, didn't you?" Kendall said. "Everything -except the one all-important point." - -"What is that?" - -"My wife could never be returned to me because there would be no place -to return her--after you destroy this globe." - -"We are not fools. That phase of it has been well-planned. You will -apply for a three-day vacation and meet our ship at a location in -Yellowstone National Park. Your wife is already on her way to our -planet. You will follow her in a second ship--you and the plans. After -the annihilation of your world is accomplished, you will not find us -ungrateful. You will both be sent to Venus to live out the rest of your -lives in ease." - -"I have only your word for that." - -"It is enough." - -And Kendall knew of course, that it was. The Centaurians would keep -their word, mainly because breaking it after they had obtained their -objective would gain them nothing. They would keep their word because -their propaganda department would insist. - -"And now," the Centaurian said, "I have stayed on this circuit long -enough. Soon it will cause suspicion. A note will be delivered to you -giving the time and place of our meeting in Yellowstone." - - * * * * * - -Kendall finished out his hours. And this was not strange. No need to -go out hunting Clare. A waste of energy to rush home looking for her. -She would not be home. She was on her way to a far-distant and hostile -planet where--unless he followed orders--she would scream out her life -in agony unbearable to even contemplate. - -The Centaurian was right. Kendall had not the iron will to allow this -even though a dozen planets were on the block. He worked like a man -in a dream and then drove slowly from Plant Nine along ten miles of -winding road to the residential section reserved for scientists. - -The house was dark. He went through the back door and stood alone in -the kitchen. The dishes had been done. The place was spick and span. He -knew the other rooms would be the same; beds made, floors swept. But -Clare was gone. - -Numbly, he wondered how they had accomplished it. He could have found -out; checked at the gate and probably discovered by what ruse they had -lured Clare out. No doubt forgery was involved; cleverly faked phone -calls perhaps; even accomplished actors masquerading as guards or -officials. - -But it didn't matter really. Not now. Finding out would only satisfy -curiosity. No end would be served. - -Kendall went into the living room and sat down in the dark and lit a -cigarette. Two hours later, the tray beside him was filled with butts -and his decision had been made. - -They would get their prints. Clare must not suffer. He got up and went -into the bedroom and found the tiny camera under Clare's pillow.... - -He filled out a requisition the next morning and took it to his Section -Chief, the kindly gray-haired senior scientist who was responsible -for the work of twenty-five juniors. He read the requisition and his -eyes widened a trifle. "Hmmm. The stats on the _Willy Seven_ basic -equations? I thought you were working on _Nike Twelve_, Kendall." - -"I am sir. But I've got a hunch the _Willy_ coordinates might get me -over a nasty little hump. There _is_ a similarity." - -"Perhaps you're right." The Chief signed the permit without further -objection. - -There was a numbed sickness in Kendall as he rode the elevator down to -the file vaults and showed his permit to three sets of guards before -he was admitted. Alone in the long, narrow aisles where the greatest -secrets of Terran defense and offense were housed, he walked like a man -in a dream to the file he wanted and swiftly took his pictures. Then -placing the tiny camera into the cuff of his trousers, he went back to -Plant Nine.... - - * * * * * - -The three-day leave was granted without question, Kendall having over -two months due him. The Chief was delighted that he did not ask for -more. "Where do you plan on going, Kendall?" - -"Out in the air somewhere. The Yellowstone, maybe. Some quiet place to -clear my mind." - -"A good idea. Wife going with you?" - -"As a matter of fact, she went on ahead." - -Kendall watched the Chief closely for reaction. Only a slight raising -of eyebrows. After all, Clare could have gotten a permit without the -Chief's knowledge even if Kendall's story had been true. - -"Have a good time and come back full of enthusiasm." - -Kendall replied in kind and went home and sat down facing the -phonovision screen. It remained blank for three hours. Kendall did not -move. He smoked cigarettes and waited. Finally the signal sounded and -he snapped it on. - -The man in the mask. The voice that now associated itself in Kendall's -mind with nausea. "You have the film?" - -"Yes." - -"Excellent. The leave?" - -"Yes." - -"You will leave the project immediately and--" - -"Not so fast." - -"I beg pardon?" - -"I said, not so fast. I'm not satisfied with the arrangements." - -The voice turned cold. "The arrangements are not yours to question. -You--" - -"Nevertheless, I question them. In fact, I demand some changes." - -The man was obviously angry, but he held his temper. "What changes do -you wish?" - -"You said that after I deliver the prints on Centaur--" - -"And iron out any problems our scientists might encounter in building -the rocket--" - -"Yes, after that, you will send my wife and I to Venus and safety." - -"Correct." - -"I demand that upon delivery of the prints, you send Clare on ahead." - -"Why do you ask this?" - -"Because the one thing I'm selling out my world for is her safety. I -will gamble with it for only as short a time as necessary." - -The man considered. What were the risks involved? Kendall might be -sincere in his reason but if he were not, it would be easy enough to -pick up Clare Kendall, unprotected as she would be in some Venusian -hotel. - -"Granted," he said. Better to give in than to argue. Centaurian -scientists could spot a major hoax on Kendall's part instantly, and -Kendall was under great pressure. Resist at this moment and he might -defy them, even with his wife's life at stake. - -"You will proceed at once to Yellowstone." He gave Kendall careful -instructions concerning the rendezvous and cut the connection. - -Kendall sat for a long time staring at the blank screen--smoking -endless cigarettes. After a while, he got wearily to his feet and -looked at his watch. In seven hours and twenty-five minutes he would -be on a Centaurian ship that would lift out of Terra's orbit and start -bending space into time until.... - - * * * * * - -The pale, green globe of Centaur hung in a black sky; greatened and -darkened and Kendall was looking out across the huge rocket port from -which the Centaurians planned to launch Terra's destruction. - -Now, for the first time, he saw the Centaurian without the mask. The -man was handsome. He had the cruel black eyes of all Centaurians. He -smiled coldly. "We've come a long way, Kendall. I suppose you want to -see your wife." - -"No." - -That was a surprise. "I don't quite understand. Your feeling for her -is--" - -"Such that I wouldn't dare allow myself close to her or I wouldn't have -the courage to let her go again." - -"It's unnecessary that you do. We Centaurians keep our bargains." - -"I've made my decision." - -Kendall did watch Clare as they took her from the building to the -Venus-bound rocket. His heart lifted at sight of her slim beauty, at -the proud manner in which she carried herself, at the disdainful tilt -of her head. Then she disappeared inside the rocket and he was again -bleak and lonely. - -He put himself at the disposal of the Centaurian scientists and -discovered why Terra had stayed ahead for a century in the cold war. -They were able, but stolid and methodical. They did not possess the -unfettered imaginative force that made Terran scientists supreme. - -Day by day the great lethal monster took form and Kendall's dread -increased as the time of completion approached. Then the momentous -morning arrived. Aside from asking technical questions and seeking -guidance, the Centaurians left Kendall strictly alone; treated him with -contempt all traitors are accorded even from those they help. Kendall -did not seem to mind. In fact he preferred being alone. - -Then one morning the Centaurian approached him. "The launching is -today. Would you like to witness the death stroke? The gesture with -which we slay your planet?" - -Kendall shrugged. "It makes little difference." - -"We will watch together from the tower...." - - * * * * * - -Two junior scientists in Plant Nine were discussing Kendall's -disappearance. "His leave was on the level. Signed by the Chief. Three -days." - -"Did he actually go to Yellowstone?" - -"They're pretty sure he did. After that he vanished into thin air." - -"Nobody vanishes into thin air." The junior scientist looked around and -lowered his voice. "Do you think he defected?" - -"I don't know. But I got the story pretty straight--that is, as much as -the high brass knows." - -"You did?" - -"The day before he left, Kendall went to the file vaults to check the -prints on _Willy Seven_." - -"No!" - -"Yes." - -"Then the thing's pretty cut and dried. If he smuggled those prints -out--" The young scientist was puzzled. "I don't understand." - -"That's the strange part of it. Kendall didn't open that file. The -time-stamp mechanism recorded no entry as of that date." - -"Then what file did he open?" - -"They can't be sure, but the Crackpot File _was_ opened on that date." - -"The Crackpot File! But no one is allowed in there! All those crazy -dangerous ideas!" - -"I know. And one set of prints appeared to have been disturbed." - -"Photographed?" - -"Perhaps. The rocket they labelled _Suicide One_. Professor Utterback's -brain child. The one they figured could never be launched." - -"I remember. The brass were pretty sure it would blow half the North -American continent away thirty seconds after the primer was ignited." - -"Yes." - -"They think Kendall photographed those prints?" - -"They can't be sure, but with Centaur suddenly flaring into nova last -week--" - -"But that was pure coincidence. It had to be. If Kendall had a plan -to get that rocket into the Centaurians' hands, why did he keep it to -himself. It would have been the making of the man! He would have been a -hero." - -"As I say, they have little to go on. Right now, they're trying to -locate Kendall's wife. 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Fairman</h2> - -<p>Kendall had a difficult decision to make;<br /> -if he defied the aliens Clare faced a horrible<br /> -death; if he complied a whole planet must die!</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -August 1956<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>The phonovision bell rang. Reed Kendall reached for the switch, not -taking his eyes off the blueprint that lay on his desk. He spoke -absently. "Yes?"</p> - -<p>The reply came sharp and cold. "I'd suggest you stop what you're doing -and pay attention to me."</p> - -<p>Kendall raised his head and looked at the screen. The image that faced -him was that of a man; a tall man in ordinary street clothes, but -wearing an odd silver mask over his face.</p> - -<p>Kendall made no effort to hide his annoyance. This was no time for -jokes. Some lab comedian with time on his hands. "Now listen here! I'm -busy and I'm in no mood to—"</p> - -<p>"Shut up!"</p> - -<p>The tone was sharp, brutal, contemptuous. It stiffened Kendall, then -eased him slowly back into his chair. "What do you want?"</p> - -<p>"That's better."</p> - -<p>"Take that absurd mask off."</p> - -<p>"I'll leave it on."</p> - -<p>"Then get this over with. Tell me what you want!"</p> - -<p>"It will take a few minutes. Go over and lock your door."</p> - -<p>"I'll do no such thing!"</p> - -<p>"I said—<i>go over and lock your door</i>."</p> - -<p>Their eyes clashed; Kendall's frank, indignant, accusing; the -stranger's dark and menacing in the holes of the mask.</p> - -<p>"Very well." Kendall crossed the room and stood for a moment with his -back to the phonovision screen. This man meant business. But what could -be the nature of that business? Kendall's thoughts went of course to -the top secret material he had access to. The defense of the world lay -within the boundaries of the Canadian Flats Ordnance Research Project. -But safely so.</p> - -<p>The Centaurians were as eager to set these secrets as—well, as had -been the Russians during the first phase of the atomic era when the -world was divided into two frightened and belligerent camps. Strange, -Kendall thought, that he should think of that period. The world had -long since become one frightened and belligerent camp but the problem -of survival had greatened as advanced science had opened the starways.</p> - -<p>"I said—lock the door!"</p> - -<p>Kendall complied. As he returned to his desk, he sensed the man was -smiling behind his mask. What was he? A Centaurian? Either that or a -Terran. Certainly not a Venusian unless he was standing on a box.</p> - -<p>"Sit down."</p> - -<p>"All right. Let's get on with it."</p> - -<p>"In my own good time. First, let me sympathize with you on your love -for your wife."</p> - -<p>"What sort of idiocy are you talking about?"</p> - -<p>The man ignored the question. "You are unique in that love, Mr. -Kendall. We conducted a telepathic survey of every married scientist in -this project. And only one psych-pattern was suited to our purpose."</p> - -<p>Kendall scowled. "I think you are enjoying this—but I'm not. And -believe me, you'll live to regret it."</p> - -<p>"We were fortunate in finding you, Mr. Kendall—the one man here who -would be incapable of allowing his wife to die horribly if he could -prevent it—no matter what the cost."</p> - -<p>A vague fear coupled with a chill was seeping through Kendall's brain. -"Say what you've come to say and get it over with!"</p> - -<p>"I'm doing just that. We have your wife, Kendall. We got her at ten -o'clock this morning."</p> - -<p>"Impossible! Our security is foolproof. No person has ever been -kidnapped from any world defense project!"</p> - -<p>"Never before, but let me tell you why. Because such a hostage would -have been of little value. Terran scientists and defense personnel have -been psychologically conditioned to the point of fanaticism. We have -never before discovered a Terran scientist who would put his wife or -any other loved one before his loyalty to Terra."</p> - -<p>"And what makes you think I will?"</p> - -<p>"Our tests are absolute. But if we are wrong it will be unfortunate for -only one person. Your wife."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Kendall thought of Clare, trying the while to keep his panic from -showing through. Blonde, beautiful Clare—the one person who really -made his life worth living. Clare. As he worked at this brutal, tedious -defense business, he did not work for the defense of Terra, though that -idea and its psychological drive was ever in his conscious mind. He -worked to keep Clare safe and now he realized the stark fact; realized -it as he cursed the Centaurians and their devilish extrasensory -penetration; cursed this masked devil for being right.</p> - -<p>Shocked out of wariness, he allowed these thoughts to spill through his -conscious mind; then he caught himself and threw up the blank mental -wall all defense people were taught to use.</p> - -<p>But not until the man chuckled behind his mask and said, "I agree on -all counts, but you have to admit that we clocked you perfectly, Mr. -Kendall. The risk we took in kidnapping your wife was well worthwhile."</p> - -<p>"On the contrary. One life is of little consequence."</p> - -<p>"I'm sorry you feel that way," the man said with mocking lightness in -his voice. "Let me describe the manner in which your wife will die. -First we'll strip her nak—"</p> - -<p>"What is it you're after?" Kendall snapped.</p> - -<p>The man's chuckle was even more pronounced. "You're right of course in -surmising I'm a Centaurian, and you're quite familiar with the way our -cold war works—how the balance of power has been maintained these last -hundred years."</p> - -<p>"The balance is tipped in our favor."</p> - -<p>"Of course, but we now intend—through you—to remedy that -situation. You people are very ingenious in that you invent a total -destruction-type weapon and then turn right around and conceive an -absolute defense against it. We do the same, of course, or try to, but -we find ourselves at all times slightly behind you. A sad situation for -we Centaurians, don't you think, Mr. Kendall?"</p> - -<p>"Your chances of ever balancing us are remote."</p> - -<p>"Not so. Let me explain. Our great hope lies in obtaining the plans of -your latest projectile. I think you call it <i>Willy Seven</i>."</p> - -<p>"I know of no such plans." <i>Clare, lying defenseless against the -obscene tortures of these soulless animals....</i></p> - -<p>"Let's not waste time with lies, Mr. Kendall. You have been working on -the project."</p> - -<p>"The defense against <i>Willy Seven</i>—"</p> - -<p>"—Is not perfected!" The Centaurian leaned forward and snapped out -the words in triumph. "It can't possibly be ready for use in less than -six months because the projectile involved a difficult combination of -lethal—germs and subsonic vibrations. The toughest you ever tackled."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>A deep sickness clawed at Kendall's stomach. The Centaurian had hit -upon the truth while still evidently unaware of Terran defense -procedure. He did not seem to know that the development of an offensive -weapon was never allowed to proceed faster than the development of -a defense against it, the theory being two-fold; that defense was -the most important element concerned and that defense against our -own weapons would probably function as safeguards against those of -Centaurian origination.</p> - -<p>Also, the possibility of theft had been foreseen. To have the plans of -a nondefensible weapon stolen would mark the end of Terra. But in the -case of <i>Willy Seven</i>, the defensive unit had involved such problems -that the defensive half of the project had lagged.</p> - -<p>... <i>They will give her drugs to sensitize the flesh and nerves of her -body until her sufferings will be those of ten people crowded into one -skin....</i></p> - -<p>"We want <i>Willy Seven</i>, Mr. Kendall. We want it now."</p> - -<p>"I don't have access to the plans."</p> - -<p>The eyes were again baleful behind the mask. "Let's not waste time. -You know very well we didn't launch this project only to leave such -important angles to chance."</p> - -<p>"But getting them out—"</p> - -<p>"You will take microfilms of the plans within the next twenty-four -hours. We left a thumbnail-sized camera under your wife's pillow in -case you have need of it."</p> - -<p>"You thought of everything, didn't you?" Kendall said. "Everything -except the one all-important point."</p> - -<p>"What is that?"</p> - -<p>"My wife could never be returned to me because there would be no place -to return her—after you destroy this globe."</p> - -<p>"We are not fools. That phase of it has been well-planned. You will -apply for a three-day vacation and meet our ship at a location in -Yellowstone National Park. Your wife is already on her way to our -planet. You will follow her in a second ship—you and the plans. After -the annihilation of your world is accomplished, you will not find us -ungrateful. You will both be sent to Venus to live out the rest of your -lives in ease."</p> - -<p>"I have only your word for that."</p> - -<p>"It is enough."</p> - -<p>And Kendall knew of course, that it was. The Centaurians would keep -their word, mainly because breaking it after they had obtained their -objective would gain them nothing. They would keep their word because -their propaganda department would insist.</p> - -<p>"And now," the Centaurian said, "I have stayed on this circuit long -enough. Soon it will cause suspicion. A note will be delivered to you -giving the time and place of our meeting in Yellowstone."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Kendall finished out his hours. And this was not strange. No need to -go out hunting Clare. A waste of energy to rush home looking for her. -She would not be home. She was on her way to a far-distant and hostile -planet where—unless he followed orders—she would scream out her life -in agony unbearable to even contemplate.</p> - -<p>The Centaurian was right. Kendall had not the iron will to allow this -even though a dozen planets were on the block. He worked like a man -in a dream and then drove slowly from Plant Nine along ten miles of -winding road to the residential section reserved for scientists.</p> - -<p>The house was dark. He went through the back door and stood alone in -the kitchen. The dishes had been done. The place was spick and span. He -knew the other rooms would be the same; beds made, floors swept. But -Clare was gone.</p> - -<p>Numbly, he wondered how they had accomplished it. He could have found -out; checked at the gate and probably discovered by what ruse they had -lured Clare out. No doubt forgery was involved; cleverly faked phone -calls perhaps; even accomplished actors masquerading as guards or -officials.</p> - -<p>But it didn't matter really. Not now. Finding out would only satisfy -curiosity. No end would be served.</p> - -<p>Kendall went into the living room and sat down in the dark and lit a -cigarette. Two hours later, the tray beside him was filled with butts -and his decision had been made.</p> - -<p>They would get their prints. Clare must not suffer. He got up and went -into the bedroom and found the tiny camera under Clare's pillow....</p> - -<p>He filled out a requisition the next morning and took it to his Section -Chief, the kindly gray-haired senior scientist who was responsible -for the work of twenty-five juniors. He read the requisition and his -eyes widened a trifle. "Hmmm. The stats on the <i>Willy Seven</i> basic -equations? I thought you were working on <i>Nike Twelve</i>, Kendall."</p> - -<p>"I am sir. But I've got a hunch the <i>Willy</i> coordinates might get me -over a nasty little hump. There <i>is</i> a similarity."</p> - -<p>"Perhaps you're right." The Chief signed the permit without further -objection.</p> - -<p>There was a numbed sickness in Kendall as he rode the elevator down to -the file vaults and showed his permit to three sets of guards before -he was admitted. Alone in the long, narrow aisles where the greatest -secrets of Terran defense and offense were housed, he walked like a man -in a dream to the file he wanted and swiftly took his pictures. Then -placing the tiny camera into the cuff of his trousers, he went back to -Plant Nine....</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>The three-day leave was granted without question, Kendall having over -two months due him. The Chief was delighted that he did not ask for -more. "Where do you plan on going, Kendall?"</p> - -<p>"Out in the air somewhere. The Yellowstone, maybe. Some quiet place to -clear my mind."</p> - -<p>"A good idea. Wife going with you?"</p> - -<p>"As a matter of fact, she went on ahead."</p> - -<p>Kendall watched the Chief closely for reaction. Only a slight raising -of eyebrows. After all, Clare could have gotten a permit without the -Chief's knowledge even if Kendall's story had been true.</p> - -<p>"Have a good time and come back full of enthusiasm."</p> - -<p>Kendall replied in kind and went home and sat down facing the -phonovision screen. It remained blank for three hours. Kendall did not -move. He smoked cigarettes and waited. Finally the signal sounded and -he snapped it on.</p> - -<p>The man in the mask. The voice that now associated itself in Kendall's -mind with nausea. "You have the film?"</p> - -<p>"Yes."</p> - -<p>"Excellent. The leave?"</p> - -<p>"Yes."</p> - -<p>"You will leave the project immediately and—"</p> - -<p>"Not so fast."</p> - -<p>"I beg pardon?"</p> - -<p>"I said, not so fast. I'm not satisfied with the arrangements."</p> - -<p>The voice turned cold. "The arrangements are not yours to question. -You—"</p> - -<p>"Nevertheless, I question them. In fact, I demand some changes."</p> - -<p>The man was obviously angry, but he held his temper. "What changes do -you wish?"</p> - -<p>"You said that after I deliver the prints on Centaur—"</p> - -<p>"And iron out any problems our scientists might encounter in building -the rocket—"</p> - -<p>"Yes, after that, you will send my wife and I to Venus and safety."</p> - -<p>"Correct."</p> - -<p>"I demand that upon delivery of the prints, you send Clare on ahead."</p> - -<p>"Why do you ask this?"</p> - -<p>"Because the one thing I'm selling out my world for is her safety. I -will gamble with it for only as short a time as necessary."</p> - -<p>The man considered. What were the risks involved? Kendall might be -sincere in his reason but if he were not, it would be easy enough to -pick up Clare Kendall, unprotected as she would be in some Venusian -hotel.</p> - -<p>"Granted," he said. Better to give in than to argue. Centaurian -scientists could spot a major hoax on Kendall's part instantly, and -Kendall was under great pressure. Resist at this moment and he might -defy them, even with his wife's life at stake.</p> - -<p>"You will proceed at once to Yellowstone." He gave Kendall careful -instructions concerning the rendezvous and cut the connection.</p> - -<p>Kendall sat for a long time staring at the blank screen—smoking -endless cigarettes. After a while, he got wearily to his feet and -looked at his watch. In seven hours and twenty-five minutes he would -be on a Centaurian ship that would lift out of Terra's orbit and start -bending space into time until....</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The pale, green globe of Centaur hung in a black sky; greatened and -darkened and Kendall was looking out across the huge rocket port from -which the Centaurians planned to launch Terra's destruction.</p> - -<p>Now, for the first time, he saw the Centaurian without the mask. The -man was handsome. He had the cruel black eyes of all Centaurians. He -smiled coldly. "We've come a long way, Kendall. I suppose you want to -see your wife."</p> - -<p>"No."</p> - -<p>That was a surprise. "I don't quite understand. Your feeling for her -is—"</p> - -<p>"Such that I wouldn't dare allow myself close to her or I wouldn't have -the courage to let her go again."</p> - -<p>"It's unnecessary that you do. We Centaurians keep our bargains."</p> - -<p>"I've made my decision."</p> - -<p>Kendall did watch Clare as they took her from the building to the -Venus-bound rocket. His heart lifted at sight of her slim beauty, at -the proud manner in which she carried herself, at the disdainful tilt -of her head. Then she disappeared inside the rocket and he was again -bleak and lonely.</p> - -<p>He put himself at the disposal of the Centaurian scientists and -discovered why Terra had stayed ahead for a century in the cold war. -They were able, but stolid and methodical. They did not possess the -unfettered imaginative force that made Terran scientists supreme.</p> - -<p>Day by day the great lethal monster took form and Kendall's dread -increased as the time of completion approached. Then the momentous -morning arrived. Aside from asking technical questions and seeking -guidance, the Centaurians left Kendall strictly alone; treated him with -contempt all traitors are accorded even from those they help. Kendall -did not seem to mind. In fact he preferred being alone.</p> - -<p>Then one morning the Centaurian approached him. "The launching is -today. Would you like to witness the death stroke? The gesture with -which we slay your planet?"</p> - -<p>Kendall shrugged. "It makes little difference."</p> - -<p>"We will watch together from the tower...."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Two junior scientists in Plant Nine were discussing Kendall's -disappearance. "His leave was on the level. Signed by the Chief. Three -days."</p> - -<p>"Did he actually go to Yellowstone?"</p> - -<p>"They're pretty sure he did. After that he vanished into thin air."</p> - -<p>"Nobody vanishes into thin air." The junior scientist looked around and -lowered his voice. "Do you think he defected?"</p> - -<p>"I don't know. But I got the story pretty straight—that is, as much as -the high brass knows."</p> - -<p>"You did?"</p> - -<p>"The day before he left, Kendall went to the file vaults to check the -prints on <i>Willy Seven</i>."</p> - -<p>"No!"</p> - -<p>"Yes."</p> - -<p>"Then the thing's pretty cut and dried. If he smuggled those prints -out—" The young scientist was puzzled. "I don't understand."</p> - -<p>"That's the strange part of it. Kendall didn't open that file. The -time-stamp mechanism recorded no entry as of that date."</p> - -<p>"Then what file did he open?"</p> - -<p>"They can't be sure, but the Crackpot File <i>was</i> opened on that date."</p> - -<p>"The Crackpot File! But no one is allowed in there! All those crazy -dangerous ideas!"</p> - -<p>"I know. And one set of prints appeared to have been disturbed."</p> - -<p>"Photographed?"</p> - -<p>"Perhaps. The rocket they labelled <i>Suicide One</i>. Professor Utterback's -brain child. The one they figured could never be launched."</p> - -<p>"I remember. The brass were pretty sure it would blow half the North -American continent away thirty seconds after the primer was ignited."</p> - -<p>"Yes."</p> - -<p>"They think Kendall photographed those prints?"</p> - -<p>"They can't be sure, but with Centaur suddenly flaring into nova last -week—"</p> - -<p>"But that was pure coincidence. It had to be. If Kendall had a plan -to get that rocket into the Centaurians' hands, why did he keep it to -himself. It would have been the making of the man! He would have been a -hero."</p> - -<p>"As I say, they have little to go on. Right now, they're trying to -locate Kendall's wife. 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