Why would strangers abduct an insane girl
from a psychiatric ward? Jim Lawrence found out
that to answer this question he had to face a—
Menace From Vega
By Robert Randall
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
June 1958
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
The tall, darkly handsome man was grinning at Dr. James Lawrence from the wrong side of a gun.
"Don't do anything foolish," the stranger said.
The psychiatrist swallowed and looked at the muzzle of the weapon. The gun didn't look like any he had ever seen before, but he had no doubt that it was deadly.
"What do you want?" he asked. He had never faced a gun before, but he found, oddly enough, that he wasn't at all frightened. There was simply a tense expectancy, a feeling of what's-coming-next? and no more.
"You have a patient at this hospital named Bette Bauer?" It was half a question, half a statement.