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you prisoner,” Adam said, “I don’t know if we’ll be able to rescue you.” He gripped his friend’s hand. “If they take you inside their ship, we might never see you again.”
    There was still a faint glow from the saucers. They could see enough of Watch’s face to read his expression. For a moment he seemed touched, an unusual emotion for him. Most of the time Watch showed as much emotion as, well, one of the aliens hanging out by the water.
    â€œYou’d miss me?” he asked, surprised.
    â€œWe would miss you terribly, you major idiot,” Sally said.
    â€œBe careful,” Cindy called from below. “Don’t take any risks.”
    â€œThe only way you can do that in this town is to stay in bed twenty-four hours a day,” Sally said. But she reached over and gave Watch a hug. “Don’t let them do any genetic experiments on you. You’re fine the way you are, really.”
    Adam shook Watch’s hand. “Shout for help if you think you’re in trouble.”
    â€œJust don’t use our names,” Sally added.
    Watch said goodbye and slowly walked toward the reservoir. As soon as he was away from the rocks, the aliens noticed him and raised what appeared to be their weapons. From the reaction of the aliens, it didn’t appear as if they knew Watch—or the rest of them—had been there. Adam said as much to Sally and Cindy, who had now crawled up the rocks so that she could see like the rest of them.
    â€œThat’s probably true,” Sally said. “But why is such an advanced race greeting Watch with pointed weapons?”
    Adam was grim. “Especially when he’s holding out his hands to show he’s not armed. I don’t like this.”
    â€œHe’s so brave,” Cindy whispered, anxious.
    â€œHe’s a fool,” Sally remarked. “A brave fool.”
    The aliens may or may not have tried to communicate with Watch. From a distance of two hundred feet it was hard for the other three to tell. It did appear as if Watch tried to talk to them, but Adam and his friends couldn’t hear the aliens’ telepathic responses. For sure, the aliens did not lower theirweapons. Finally, after a couple of minutes of inspecting Watch from all angles, one of the aliens grabbed his arm and led him toward the door of the first saucer. Watch’s friends got the impression he was being dragged into the ship, even though Watch didn’t appear to put up a fight. Sally and Adam and Cindy anxiously looked at one another.
    â€œWhat are we going to do now?” Cindy asked.
    â€œWell,” Sally said, “he wanted to see the ship. Now he gets to see the ship.”
    â€œHe wanted to go for a joyride in space,” Adam countered. “He didn’t want to be dissected.” Adam shook his head. “We can’t just sit here and do nothing.”
    â€œI have a bad feeling that we can do nothing against their ray guns,” Sally said. “Maybe we should call the President of the United States.”
    â€œIt will take us forever to get to a phone without being able to use our bikes,” Adam said. “We have to save Watch ourselves.” He started to get up. “I’m going to speak to the aliens.”
    Sally grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. “Like you’re going to have more success than Watch? Can’t you see what’s going on here? These aliens are here to collect genetic material to microscopicallyimplant in their DNA to enrich and regenerate their ancient and failing species.”
    â€œYou can tell all that just by looking at them?” Cindy asked doubtfully.
    Adam shook free of Sally’s hold. “I don’t want to walk out there any more than you want to. If you have a better plan, let me hear it.”
    Sally thought for a moment. “Nothing comes to me right away. But let’s not act hastily. Let’s wait and see what