idea, Barry's gloom was quick to return at seeing a gaping hole in Kredendum's plan
Even if & managed to do that they'll get the information out of me on how to build
a new one won't they? God knows what they'll do but after seeing what goes on here
they won't be afraid of of doing something not very pleasant shall we say' Yeah
that's true, said Kredendum, you'd be thrown onto a torture rack quicker than a
captured Afghani terrorist ' He began to think again, caressing his small chin with
his hand You could always blow up the Broomanator and then kill yourself; that'd
work' Barry dutifully considered this plan but did raise one particular misgiving
Yeah, that would work, although to be honest I'd prefer it if I didn't have to end
my life You're so selfish, how's your life more important than the billions that'll
die? 'I erm-guess it isn't' 'Fancy another crumpet? ***'No' More tea? 'No' 'Suit
yourself' *** Chapter ** take me to Paradise July the * th came, this place, this
day, this date would be remembered by the world; well at least until they put
something better on IU anyway the Broomanator sat on its launch pad in Cape
Canaveral, ready to take its place alongside either the Spruce Goose on the Titanic
Hundreds of news coverage crews from all around the world locked their cameras
steadfastly on the vessel, poised to capture every moment of history in the making
The down of man's greatest adventure saw hundreds of thousands flood into the
country, all wanting to be able to say they were there when the mystery of space
got exposed, conquered and raped This seething mass stretched on as far as the eye
could see, all of them eating, drinking, breathing, consuming, defecating, and all
those other things people do A celestial being looking on from above and that
possessed no knowledge of the human race, may have assumed that that particular
area of North American had some kind of parasitic infestation. This event was the
most watched happening in the history of the Earth. Even though only a relatively
lucky few would actually get to observe the Broomanator's flight without the aid of
a television set, you could be sure the entire civilised world were watching Even
the majority of the crowd at Cape Canaveral were viewing the down of true space
travel through gigantic IU screens, setup to allow the ones at the back of the
rabble the back being a number of miles away the opportunity of seeing what was
going on to make sure every angle was covered and not a single historic moment
missed there were cameras not just outside, but aboard the Broomanator itself,
placed there to record the Captain's journey and the wonders he was expected to
encounter *** Television company executives kept their fingers crossed in a hope
these cameras would catch footage of Rico getting his brains sucked out by aliens
they knew such a gift of gore and melancholic disaster would only send the ratings
further through the roof The nature of Barry's ship allowed those at the front of
the crowd to get fairly close to it rather than be forced to stand miles back like
they'd be with the now old-fashioned and dangerous rocket-propelled spacecrast
Still, the absence of rockets and their accompanying awe and shock factor was a
disappointment to many of the spectators One consolation for these poor devils was
that they got to marvel at all the space-age guns the black saucer carried Those
implements of death did a lot to increase the Broomanator's appeal Unknowingly,
while everyone's eyes were pointed at the spacecraft, which a lot of the ignorant
were deeming rather small and unimpressive for a vehicle that was to take man to
the stars, Barry and Kredendum smuggled themselves into the heart of the Kennedy
Space Centre They had achieved this by employing the services of a portable
cloaking device that had been developed on Kredendum's home world this wonderful
piece of technology had the ability to control atomic structure, stopping the
natural process of atoms reflecting light, and thus making the two unlikely
companions close to invisible This handy gadget was carried in a rucksack upon
Kredendum's back The Greys aren't accustomed to moving at a fast pace or very far
under their own steam though, which meant Barry had to carry the rucksack wearing
