How were they going to get the scientists out with a guard watching them?
CHAPTER XVII
The Radio Link
Dawn was showing its first pale light in the east when Rick and Scotty tied the vinta at the stern of the Swift Arrow and climbed aboard. Hobart Zircon and Chahda greeted them with relief.
"We thinking you lost or caught," Chahda said happily. "Glad we wrong."
Zircon added, "We were about to make a run toward shore, hoping to see you."
"It was the wind," Scotty said wearily. "We had to beat to windward all the way back. Did you ever try tacking a vinta for hours against a stiff breeze?"
Rick slumped down on a convenient bench. "Save the talk for later. We'd better get out of here. It's nearly daylight."
"You're right!" Zircon hurried to the controls and headed the Swift Arrow south. Gradually he opened the throttles until, at a safe distance from the island, the MTB was moving at full-cruising speed. Only then did the four take time to talk.