Madness #01 17 февраля 2001

Fantasy - a fantastic story, "roomer" Stepan Vartanov.

              FANTASY

(C) Stepan Vartanov


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Andrew went to the spaceship in the evening. Before we descend 
into the valley, he stood for several minutes at the pass, 
admiring mestnostyu.Zahodyaschee sun, in a completely 
terrestrial coloring the clouds in the west, let us enough 
light to see the fantastic landscape. The impression that 
walking on the seabed overgrown with sponges, anemones and 
korallami.Stoyala complete silence, even though - Andrew is 
well known - in the coral Forest seething life. Adjusting the 
shoulder camera, the astronaut went to the final point of their 
journey. 

    Actually, waiting for his unit
only tradition is starship.
Really well in the valley stood trehmetrovoe
plastic egg - extremely lightweight, but still a bit 
lightweight transport ... Zadran inner airlock door, Andrew 
with pleasure free from suit and headed for the past 
pultu.Proydya the pilot's seat, he scored on a keyboard

command prelaunch, and without looking, took a step back ..

    ... No matter how safe or made space flights almighty 
progress, reaction, and physical training, as before, retained 
their znachenie.Vo Anyway, Andrew had otskochit.Suho clanged 
jaw, there was a crunch and threatening hiss. 

    -You ...- Andrew in amazement
stared at the pilot's kreslo.-You like
got here, eh?

    In a chair, curled up, settled down,
carefully watching the man with two
pairs ocellus, eerie strashilische.Kak it fell into the tight, 
seemingly sealed the ship? "It was impossible, unthinkable! 

    Andrew instantly armed barbell from
sensor and, thrusting an unwelcome guest in the chitin-coated 
plates, side, said rather banal phrase:


    -Scat!

    The reaction was as swift as it is spectacular. Pentagonal 
'snake' head, made a quick attack, forcing the hapless 
aggressor in a panic retreat, and on the floor with a cheerful 
sound of fallen two halves perekushennoy titanium rod.


    -You are quite rude, "said the panting, the uninvited guest 
Andrew, with a secure, however, rasstoyaniya.-You sit in the 
pilot's seat, under which are located gravikompensatory.Ponyal?


    There was no answer.

    -A without compensators I can not handle a ship in case of 
overload, Andrei went on, "And my house is necessary. Scat, 
infection! 

    -PN-w!

    "Well that's what," Strongly stated person-you behave 
naglo.U me play more oxygen for six hours, or until the earth 
to me it is not hvatit.A I still want to take a shower.


    Not taking his eyes off the uninvited guest, he
found the bolt lock.

    -Kill you, I do not want a kick in the
street - do not you go mogu.Poetomu zdes.A here to help you 
move, we will do in such a way, then he pulled out of the 
holster blaster and transferred control of fire at least. 

    His plan was simple - using a red-hot beam as a whip, to 
force recalcitrant guest at the lock chamber, lock it there and 
start. Monster 

    followed with interest how people take up arms ... ... It 
turned out that Andrew underestimated the distance to which

can stretch his neck protivnika.Ne
Before he could press the trigger, as similar to
curves daggers jaws closed on the casing spark arrestor, and a 
moment later chitin plate on the neck monsters parted, letting 
a big subject, and came together again. A few seconds astronaut 
stunned staring at the empty hand. 

    "You ate a blaster, he finally squeezed
with obidoy. space-beast! What am I
to do with you?

    -PH-sh-sh!

    -Kosmoflot not give up! "Stated a man
after pauzy.-You do not want in a good, I love you
vyshvyrnu.Ponyal here? Kept glancing at his watch, he was 
fixing to shoot with block high-voltage ...


    ... Four hours later the man admitted
a pobezhdennym.Rubka spaceship now look to a tee as a tavern 
after a cowboy Vdraki how its portrayed in bad vesternah.Nad 
rubble block high stress fibers floated the suffocating smoke, 
and on the floor, densely strewn shards


    White Lies tuman.Tuman that was formed after Andrew knocked 
at monster its entire stock of liquid nitrogen.

Under the pilot's seat stir

    crawl out of perekushennogo extinguisher foam hat, and sat 
in the chair monster, and an nevredimoe.Ostavalos two

hours ...


    Well, here we have arrived, "said Andrew pretty," despite 
you. 

    -PN-w!, Followed by the standard answer.

    On the floor of cabin sported doghouse, welded from scrap 
plastika.Novoe housing was so comfortable and beautiful, that 
Mary - the so- a man called intruder, immediately left the 
chair and crawled back. 

    That this is the guest, it became clear to
the second day of flight, when a pair of cute, but terribly 
biting pups occupied Andreev shoes.


    Throwing Masha package with dry rations and
taking in each hand shoes, astronaut
toward the exit.

    As was the custom in kosmoflote,
arrived spaceship met three - Director, Manager and 
Biolog.Bosoy, peeled and smoky, Andrew went to biology and

handed him a pair of shoes.

    -Here are two, "he said, holding back a grin," and the 
third in korable.Zaberete sami.Dogovorilis? 

    In the eyes of a biologist, also performs
Acting doctor appeared professional interest.

    Third-boot?-Laskovo. he asked "How do you feel about the 
pilot? 

    More Biologist say anything not in time.
Cubs left the shoes, as seen
more convenient zhilische.ShLYaPU DIRECTOR.


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