"No! Get inside quickly. Homekind is ready whenever we are. Bring
Twitty in with you and we'll be away!"
Now the military men and Cadogan were clearing away the debris, half
stumbling, half confused. "Get the girl. Don't let her get in that
thing. No matter how absurd their story, don't let her get aboard
that--that seed pod!"
"Amazon," Threlkeld yelled. "Amazon, Amazon, Amazon! Gelerie--"
* * * * *
At that, Gelerie dropped Twitty and began swinging with both fists. She
laid out two helicopter pilots and a civilian. She retrieved Twitty and
her father said, "Now, get the devil in this pod so I can transfer back
to the body! Then we can revert to type. I said get the devil in the
pod so--"
"No!"
"Gelerie," his voice stormed, shattering her peace of mind.
"No. If we go back to Alpha," she said, "I'll be a six-legged amphibian
and Twitty will be a handsome human. He won't even know me!"