Reptil John Catchpole Angus Peter Allen. Episode Five. The bewitched Cavern!

Episode Five.

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The bewitched Cavern!
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The two friends Nick and Don, accompanied by their friend Timms and Chief inspector Manning and Mark Bowen, are locked in battle with the masters of menace: Creech and Krait! These last two have supernatural powers, which is how they have reduced their adversaries to miniature size!
For now, Timms fights against Krait who has become a mutant reptile.

Whew! Thinks Timms, A good escape! But where are the others? It is absolutely necessary that they are returned to normal size!

Timms finds a bicycle.
I will follow them! I cannot give up!

Approximately one kilometer away.
Arh! Creech!
Krait? What is happening?

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The effect of the Potion! I am being transformed!

Creech Brakes suddenly, and the shrunken passengers suffer a violent shock.

Ah! We will never get out of this!
I received a large blow!
We must hold on! This is our only chance of salvation!

Hold on Nick, as soon as we are in their laboratory, we will get our hands on the ray device and restore ourselves to normal!
I will try inspector, and that is a promise. I would love to be normal.

Krait and Creech suspect nothing.

Everything is good Creech.
But look at the helicopter up there, they are hunting us!
Poor imbeciles, this is in the bag! Let me use my rays.

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You will turn it into a little toy?
No! Watch me do it Krait, watch well!

A moment later, the rays illuminate an immense elm tree.

Did you see that Jeff?
The tree will explode!

Vroom!

They can do nothing against us! The whole world belongs to us!

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And the two accomplices return to their lair.
Did you reconnect the telephone?
Nothing abnormal should be detected.
Fear nothing! Call the Prime Minister Creech!
And let him know our conditions!

Like little mice, the four friends run on the floor.

They grab a cord.
Pull hard! We have to rip it off!

Snap!
Hooray! It is ours!

Ha-Ha-Ha! Where are you going my little ones? You are all going to die!

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The breaking of the telephone cable was fatal for the four friends, transformed as they were into microscopic beings.

Very happy to have you among us!
What precisely are you doing?

Happily, Manning always had his revolver on him.
Split! Hide where you can!

But Krait reacts immediately!
Splat!

Krait? What have you there?
Our enemies are always around! But this time, they will not escape us!

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I will sweep them away like the insects they are!

Mark Bowen just has time to pull Manning by the arms.
Thwam!

But as the hand rises again, Don comes running up with a needle.

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Smiff!

Ouch!
Krait! Krait! What's wrong?

The devil take them! They disappeared!
Cretin! We cannot work with these little microbes among us!

Be careful what you say Creech! Remember with my venom I can dispatch you on the spot!
You too Krait! With my rays I can shrink you to a microbe!

During this argument.
They argue! Perfect! We will apply the motto of “Divide and Conquer”!
Yes, we must take advantage of their disagreement!

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Our sole objective:
We must find the Rays Creech controls, otherwise we will never regain our normal size.
Listen! They are looking for us!

However, the reconciled Creech and Krait search everywhere.
If I turn into a reptile again, I will look sharp!
Wait! I have a better idea! There is a vacuum cleaner in the closet!

And it will be so much fun to suck them up with this device!

A Vacuum cleaner! Quickly! In this hole my friends!
No! We do not know if a mouse would be a greater danger!
We must choose something else!
Whir!

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He advances! We will be sucked!
Whir! Sucky-Sucky! Whir! Whir!
No nonsense! Even the smallest error will cost us!

Ha-Ha-Ha! We will collect them in the dust bag!
We have reduced them to impotence! We have sucked them to dust!
Ha-Ha-Ha! Thump! Whir!

The dust began to suffocate the four!

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We must unplug the vacuum cleaner!
Careful! We could cause a short circuit and electrocute ourselves!

But the monster gives them no time to try.
Imbeciles! I was hoping for a little laugh!

Stamp!
Stamp!

Then Creech intervenes.
Krait! Stop! I want to have a little fun too!

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But again, there is much ado about nothing.

Little Demons, Where did they go?
It is your fault Krait! You always lose your coldness of blood!

At the other end of the room.
Mark and Manning catch their breath.
Whew! How do we get out of this?
I wonder! Where are the two boys?

Krait did not even realize that his matches had fallen!
What a stroke of luck! I think I have a good idea!

If we start a fire, Krait will rush to put it out. Creech will follow the events.
At the same time, one of us can seize the device.

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We have to hurry! They are everywhere!

Voila! Here is a match.
Give it to me, and go to the other end of the laboratory!

Grasping the match in both hands, Manning strikes it against the box.
Strike!

Great gods! He miscalculated his strike!
He will fall into the fire!

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But he will burn like a torch!
He did not jump fast enough!
At least he did not fall into the fire!

Immediately, Mark Bowen rushes towards Manning.
Whiff!

With an energetic movement of his arms, he swings Manning forward.

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Let us hurry up Don!
Careful! Our clothes can catch fire!

Not a second to lose!
Leave the lab while I go get Creech's device.
Good Luck Mark!

Suddenly Creech and Krait realize the danger.

Ah! These little devils are terrible!
Leave them! Take care of the fire first Krait!

And while the two accomplices attempt to put out the fire,
Mark climbs on Creech’s chair.

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He reaches for the arm of the chair.
As long as he does not look down!
I will his device steal.

But just when Mark reaches to press the button.
Devil! What is this?
Thass! Sneak!

Surprised, Creech squirms in his chair and Mark and the device are thrown to the ground.
Ugh!

Before the old man can react, Manning and the two boys rush into the beam of the Rays!
Hurry Mark! He may try and take it back!

Under threats and insults, the four friends return to normal size!
No! No! You will not get me!
Think carefully Creech! This time it really is your end!

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But again, Krait comes to the rescue!

Poor fools! You don't know my power! I will turn you into reptiles!
We are out to sea! The venom is in his ring!

Just then, the building wall collapses!
Crash!
Voila! Behold!

The four friends have just enough time to escape the burning building.

A few minutes later.
Ka-Boom! Crash!
Everything collapses!
The building was wood everywhere! The fire caught rapidly.
That wasn’t Mister Timm’s house was it?

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Creech and Krait, are they still inside?
Crackle, crackle.

What can we do?
Nothing Don. They are no longer harmful.

But Creech and Krait are very much alive.
The rays, it is my only hope!

And Creech directs the rays onto a mirror on the wall.
I have to hurry before the heat breaks the glass!
It has to work! Crash!

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The rays reflect onto Creech, and in the space of a minute, he and his chair are shrunk!

Perfect, now I can run!

For his part, Krait thinks about his safety.
My potion! It's the only thing that can save me!

Immediately he swallows the contents of the vial, and the transformation is accomplished!
Arch! Argh! The change, the change!

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My crocodile skin protects me from fire!
My salamander blood helps me bear the heat!
I'm alive!

In the flaming maelstrom and smoke, the extraordinary reptile man flees the burning house!

Liberty! I am free! But Creech, the filthy, hiss, egotist, hiss, where is he?

By passing through a mouse hole, Creech also escapes the danger!

It is done! Now to find a reflective surface to regain my normal size!

But in his haste to flee Creech is imprudent!
Thump!

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His chair brushes against a cord, of what seems like an ordinary rope.
Thump!

Suddenly, he raises his head and lets out a cry of horror!
What! Oh No!

Huge compared to Creech, a spider slowly advances towards him.
His cry of anguish is heard by Krait!
Creech? Where is he? He cries for help.

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The spider relentlessly advances!
Cursed Beast! Argh!

On all fours, Krait searches for the source of the sound.
He let me down! I should abandon him too!
But I need his knowledge, he is precious!

Like a microbe at the mercy of the spider,
Creech faints from fear, but at that moment.
Thwap! Zlang!

Ha-ha-ha! Creech! You owe me your life, my little scoundrel!

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And carrying his important ally in the hollow of his hand, the reptile man bounded away.

Our enemies imagine that we are dead, and above us only sky!
But they are dreamers! We are still alive and we will carry out our plans.

After a while, the fire went out in the bungalow.
They must be completely charred.
I believe it, no expert will be able to identify them.
But Creech’s wheelchair is surely still there.

It is possible.
But nothing proves that they did not have time to flee.

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The four friends search for hours.

Nothing! No trace!
I wonder how they managed to escape?
I wonder too.

They will start again somewhere else! God knows where!
And strike harder for revenge!

The police were immediately alerted, and the village cordoned off.

Two men, one in a wheelchair! We have orders to shoot.
Keep your distance! It seems that they have formidable rays!

They can destroy the entire city!

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Perched at the top of the bridge, Krait fumes.
Poor Fools! They are unaware of my power!
Do not brag too much! We have not had the last word.
Wait until I go back to my normal size first!

Krait stops at the very end of the bridge.
He found what he was looking for.
A truck! What a godsend! I will be able to escape!
But they will hear you jump on the roof!

Trust me, my friend! Hiss! Do you forget that I possess the suppleness of a reptile?
Have you ever heard of the flying lizard of Borneo?

Krait launches himself into space in the direction of the truck.

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Krait! Wait! You are only holding my chair! I am falling!

Carried away in the moment, Krait does not hear the feeble complaint.

We are almost there!

Krait! I am falling!

Krait lands on the Tarpaulin.
Creech has disappeared! And the Ray machine with him! I have to do something!

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I can command all reptiles!
They are all under my control! Listen to me! All listen to me!

The next instant, the truck driver brakes suddenly.
Damn it, there are creatures on the road.

Lizards Frogs? Where did all these animals come from?

And.
One of you needs to recover the little man!
He fell behind!
Bring him to me!

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Crouching in a bush, Creech regards the Toad that is searching for him.

A second later.
Ka bong! Ka Bong!

Bravo my faithful friend! You can rejoin your faithful brothers! Go!

Go, Go, GO! Ouf! They are leaving! What a nightmare!

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And the driver returns to behind the wheel.
One more time I owe you my life Krait?
You won’t forget hear?

We need to make our plans carefully.
First of all I need a mirror to return to my true size.

There are mirrors in this truck.
I will slip you into my pocket.
I'm going to dislodge the driver and take the wheel.

For Krait it's child's play.
The venom-laden ring is aimed at the driver.
What is this? What is it?
Thrash!

Krait is violently thrown to the ground.
Screech! Ah!
Ah!

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The truck swerved into the embankment.
Ah!
Crash!

And after travelling a few meters it caught fire.
Crash! Wumpf!

Creech? Where are you? Creech, answer me!

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Here Krait! I am here, Help me!
Hiss! You survived, so much the better!

The mirrors! Where are the mirrors of the truck Krait?
Put me in front of them so that I become normal again!
It is not that simple.

Oh, it is broken. The one that is inside is too.
But! But! What am I going to do?

The region is deserted.
A little further, and we will certainly find houses with mirrors.

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At the same time, Inspector Manning, Mark Bowen and their young companions.

They took flight, Inspector.
Those madmen are at large again!
They will cause damage again!

Suddenly!
Nick! Don!
It is Timms!
Where were you Timms?

I was trying to catch you. And I Saw Krait.
Barely half an hour ago.
He caused a truck accident!

Krait was proceeding along this deserted road.
Maybe he got lost.
We have one chance to find him.

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But in this abandoned region there lived a solitary man of whom few had heard.
His name was Harkin the hermit.

Here begins the experiment to find the elixir of eternal youth.

The potion must boil!
Once I drink it, the mirror will project my youthful face.
I worked a lot on the formula.
A special mercury, herbs.

Absorbed in work, the hermit did not see Krait enter the cave.
We have found it! Here is a mirror.
And that old fool is no obstacle.

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Harkin the hermit admires himself in his mirror.
Ha-Ha-Ha! I'm going to drink my potion.
And in my mirror, I will witness the transformation!

But in that moment, he feels, a glacial pressure on his wrist.
Ah!

No more experiments, old wizard!
I need to make better use of your mirror!
Ah! What a disagreeable sensation!

You will have many more!
Tarsa! Zing!

At this moment, pic, the hermit's cat let out a strange cry!

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By a thousand cobras! What is this!

Krait! Never mind the cat! Think of me first!

Ah! Yes! I forgot you!
Will you at least show me your gratitude?
Of course! Of course!
But please put me in front of the mirror!
I need to recover my size!

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Krait’s laugh turns into a long complaint.
Argh! Argh! I am changing!

And once again, the reptile became the man.

Excuse me Creech, I was just transitioning!
You're welcome! Don't leave me like this.

Krait installs his companion right in front of the mirror.
Is that alright?
Very good! Watch out! I will activate the rays.

But, at the same time.
Is this where you saw Krait, Timms?
I am certain.

We must pay careful attention to Creech's rays!
We must not be taken in anymore!
They don't know we followed them Mark!
We can surprise them again.

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Just at that moment.
Devil! What is this?
Hiss! Hiss!
A cat? Maybe savage.
Savage cat, or alley cat, where did it come from?

Oh look! He wasn’t us to follow him!
Oh Good! Let’s go!

He is heading for a cave.
But what does this all mean?
Krait and Creech never had a cat!

I bet they are there!
They may have dislodged a cat that had settled there!

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For a surprise, it is a surprise!
Let us be prudent, all the same.
You are right Manning!
These two individuals are terribly dangerous!

Inside.
Are you ready Creech?
Yes. The rays will cover me, and I will grow, little by little.

Look!
The effect begins, I can feel it.

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Suddenly, under their astonished gaze.

Ah! The mirror is disintegrating!
Kaboom!

Then there is silence.
A dreadful silence.
What? What is this?
What does it mean?
I do not know!
But the old hermit has something to do with it!

It is of no consequence!
Let us get out of here, we have a lot of work to do!

A very strong wind was blowing when we entered and now not a breath!

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Turning around they see the cat frozen like a statue.

What happened to this cat?
It is hypnotized?
I sense an indefinable danger!
Something has happened.

Faced with the danger that they cannot explain, they flee.

Two hundred meters away, they stop to catch their breath.
It smells like it's burning here!
But it is us!
Out clothes are consumed!

It is probably that damned mirror!
What mysterious forces did it release when it broke!?
I confess I don't understand anything about it!
But it's been a long time since I've been so scared!

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At the same moment.
He searches everywhere!
I will get the ray machine!
Timms take care of Krait!

In the inside of the cave, Harkin the hermit lay inanimate.

Is he alive?
Yes! But we must take care of him without wasting a second!
They will inspector!
Here are the traces of the wheelchair!

A moment!
We heard an explosion coming from inside.
There is only one exit! They could not vanish!

What if they had made themselves invisible?
These two are capable of anything!
The hermit is the only one who can enlighten us!
Take him to the hospital!

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At the same time, Mark and I will go in search of these two monsters!
Pay close attention!

In the deserted countryside, Krait and Creech felt uneasy.

Not a breath!
Nothing moves except our two bodies!
And not a sound!
What weight of weather.

Look at that butterfly Krait!
It is immobile, suspended in midair!
It is incredible!
But wait!
I want to do a little experiment.

Krait grabs the Ray device and.
No! Krait! Do not drop it!

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Much to their delight, the metal box remained suspended for a moment.
Then imperceptibly it began to move.

She Floats!
No! It falls at normal speed but you and I don't see it!

It is the effect of the bewitched mirror!
Since we broke it, we've been living in other dimensions!

We are moving much faster, both of us.
A second for us is ten minutes for the others!
That is the reason that everything seems motionless to us?

And throwing up a laugh of joy, Krait resumes his place behind his friend.

Formidable Creech!
We have an additional asset to dominate the world, my friend!
You're right! We can move as fast as this.
We are invisible to an ordinary gaze, and nothing can stop us!

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Very far behind, Mark Bowen and Inspector Manning follow the wheelchair tracks.
How the devil did they escape from us?
I wonder too!
And if you notice?
The tracks of the wheels are extremely light.

And that the ruts are completely dry.
As if the wheels were hot.
It is uncanny!
They should not be far away!
And yet we do not see them!

They certainly followed this path!
Nick wondered if they had made themselves invisible!
Is it possible?

The rays of Creech, the power of Krait to transform into a reptile.
That is not bad!
But invisibility, never!
In that case, let's continue to follow the tracks!
We will eventually catch up to them!

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Timms and the two boys had taken the opposite direction carrying the still unconscious old hermit.

The hospital is just behind this wood, in the village.
This old man bears the traces of snake bites!
No wonder Krait attacked him!

Do you think he can tell us?
Without a doubt!
I hope we can revive him before Mark and the inspector get in trouble.

Are they in danger?
I mean something unexpected that we didn't think about?

At that moment.
Stop Creech! Look behind us!
Bowen and Manning! They cannot see us. They are immobile, like everything else.
We can turn around and attack them before they move an inch.

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They are at our Mercy!
They cannot see us!
We can act without fear!

Indeed the two men were completely invisible to the human eye!

They do not even hear our voices.
Watch how I am going to destroy them with my poisoned ring!
No! Let us not be in such a hurry!

We can also burn them!
It will only take a fraction of a second!

But Krait's credulity causes their downfall.
The box of matches fell from his hands with such speed that.
Wumpf!

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Poor fool! What have you done?
Back off!
Back away before the flames reach you!

But their slightest movement increases the danger.

Stop! Fool! Ah!
We burn! We burn!

The wheelchair crashes against the wall.

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And bounces towards the water with the two men.
Creech!
Stop the chair, Great Gods!
This heat is unbearable!

Then.
Splash!

Creech! What have you done?
But you're the one who pulled out the matches!
Luckily there was this water under the bridge.

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Quickly! Help me get the wheelchair out!
Do you think it still works?

Mark and Manning were ignorant of how close they were to death.
They took the road. But from what side?
More tracks! Let us go left, they descend!

Oh! This wall has been broken down!
But there is nothing below! Let us continue.

Let them come Krait!
They don't see us.
As soon as the chair is out of the water, we will get away.

We have truly become invisible!

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The wheelchair is hoisted onto the bank.
You see?
Our two enemies are motionless!
They cannot see or hear us!
They will not escape our vengeance!

Krait marches off towards Manning and Bowen.
Sit in your chair, I'll take care of them!

Meanwhile, Timms and the two boys have taken the hermit to the hospital.

You saved my life! Harkin will reward you!
We are looking for the two men who attacked you.
They are dangerous!

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Harkin grabbed a carafe of water from the bedside table, stared at it, and pronounced strange words.

Marathek! Mawreba! Krathon!
I see them! I see them!

They have reached the fifth dimension!
They are invisible to the human eye!
They are a death threat!
What is he saying Don?
I do not know.
But He must prevent them from doing evil.

The hermit continued to gaze intently into the carafe of water.
Those who steal Harkin's secrets will pay dearly!
Silence! I will act!

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At that moment, Krait was about to throw a big rock at Mark and Manning.
Manning! Attention! It is Krait!
Thrash!
But how? Where did he come from?

Abruptly transitioning from one dimension to another, Krait momentarily loses his composure.
Creech! Help me! Help Me!

Back in his chair, Creech rushes over.

Come quickly Krait! Hurry Up!
Great Gods!

They escape!

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Follow them!
No Mark! If Creech sends his Rays against us, we are damned!

We finally found them! Oh!
If only we could telephone!
How to stop them? How?
Creech and Krait motor away in the wheelchair.

The way is open for them!
They can recommence sowing terror!
I see nothing to stop them!

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Creech and Krait were motoring in their infernal wheelchair when suddenly.
Aircraft Creech! They have not given up on us!
Ha-Ha-Ha! They will regret their folly!

Hunter calling base!
The two Men are in sight, reference one two six, three six five!
To the northeast.
Attack Immediately! Destroy!

Manning and Mark are in contact with the aviators.
It will be a real massacre!
But why do the authorities not listen to us?
Have they ever done that?
For our part, we will try not to lose sight of Creech and Krait.

A few miles away, Creech sends his rays against the squadron.
Note well the aircraft in the center Krait!

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Caught in the field of the rays, the plane expanded to three times its size.
And the inevitable accident with the other two occurred.
Crash!

Boom!

Ah!
Is this not marvelous?
The poor idiots will finally understand that it is useless to attack us!
And we are in command!

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An instant Creech! The government will certainly make a statement on television.
I am thinking of something.
In the space of a second England will be at our feet!

Look Mark! There they are!
They are coming this way!
We can block their route!

Excellent idea!
We can hide behind the shrubs and shoot at them.
And without remorse, believe me!

What is going on?
They should be here already!
Yes. No obstacle is in their way.

A long time passes.
I will go and have a look.
They slipped through our fingers once again.
But how?

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Creech and Krait are headed towards the television transmitter.
Are you sure the rays can pass through?
Of course!
And since the link is direct, there will be no danger for us!

Do you realize, Creech!
Thousands of stupid people will plug in their sets and.
And my rays will reach them in full.
Ha-ha-ha! More than half of the population will fall into our hands, all at once!

Nothing seemed to be in the way of these diabolical plans.
Nothing except Harkin the hermit's revenge.
I see them! In a strange place difficult to identify.
It is necessary however!
Manning and Mark have lost their tracks.

Nick, Don and Timms attend anxiously.
Machines. Screens. Unknown to me.
I, I do not know.

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At the same time.
Ha-ha-ha! Thousands of television viewers will be transformed in to little dwarfs.
We will become the masters of the country.
Nothing can stop us!

At the hospital.
All those machines. I don't see what it could be.
I will give this news to Mark and Manning.

And the three friends leave the hermit's room.
Mark and Manning lost sight of them.
But they must not be very far away!
I hope so! Wait for me here. I will be right back.

Nick manages to reach Mark and Manning by radio.

It could well be a television transmitter.
There is one on the moor.
That would explain why they did not pass by here.

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Good god!
They will transmit their reducing rays by television!

Should we send cars with loudspeakers to towns to warn people?
Those two monsters would have plenty of time to destroy everything!
No! Let us do it alone, Mark!

Mark and Manning rush through the moor.
We will have to continue on foot. If they see us, we are done.

They reach the building without difficulty.
I have to shoot them! I have no scruples!
We must put an end to the danger they represent!

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Unfortunately, Creech and Krait see him and.

Bring them back to my Field, Krait!
Wham!

Lying on the ground, Mark sees Krait swallow the contents of a vial.
Oh No! No!
Yes Bowen! I will transform myself into an invincible serpent!

And you will die!
You and your friend will feel the effect of my poison!

At that moment, Creech triggered his rays.
And they enveloped his accomplice!
Ah! What are you doing you fool! I am shrinking!

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Then there was an explosion.
The circuits shattered.

It missed!
Everything blew up!

Barely standing on his feet, Mark drags Manning out Just in time!
Blown up! It is the end!
Boom! Crash!

The authorities must have intervened.
They cut the power to the relay station.
This time we're definitely finished with Creech and Krait.
The world can heave a sigh of relief!

End of this Episode.

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