“That was a great girl, Simon,” he said. Then he added hastily, “Not that it can mean anything to me, you understand.”
“Aye, lad, I understand,” the Brain answered. “I was human once, too, you know.”
“We go back to the moon now, master?” Grag said pleasedly. “I like it on the moon best.”
“What’s good about it?” Otho hissed gloomily. “There’ll be no excitement, no action, nothing else for us to do —”
Curt grinned at the discontented android.
“Sooner or later, there’ll be another call from Earth, and then I hope there’s action enough for you, you crazy coot.”
Yes, sooner or later dire emergency would arise again to threaten the nine worlds, and set that great signal at the North Pole flashing its summons once more.
And when the summons came, Captain Future would answer!
THE END
Get a FREE eBook
Captain Future 01 - The Space Emperor (Winter 1940) Page 16
