C13 CHAPTER THIRTEEN

~ THE SHIP WAS SILENT NOW. Even the whisper of the cards had stopped. Reg and Max were on their feet, startled by the cries of Pete and Chizzy.

“It’s Manning!” shrieked Pete. “He’s watching us!”

Chizzy’s hand whipped out like a striking snake toward the controls and, as he grasped them, his face went deathly white