The scream of the jets was almost inaudible.
A strange pressure knotted Lanya's stomach. Then she blacked out.
"You what?"
"We rayed the thing out of space as a menace to navigation."
"Why'd you stop us?" Virgil's voice was shrill with annoyance and frustration. "We were rocketing to Earth!"
"Earth!" the other voice rasped. "Great god Bongo! What loony stunt will you kids think up next?"
Lanya forced her eyes open and looked toward the voices. A large, red-thatched man in a space-police uniform was chuckling at Virgil who sat on the edge of a bunk. They were on the inside of a sleek atom-powered police interceptor.