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you Mr Dragon?”
    â€œI have no preference over the order,” replied Drych.
    Back in the tunnel, one of the Mechs reached a claw around the back of the television and did something out of Will’s sight. The image flickered and changed to a view of the outside, presumably taken from a camera pointing backwards along
Brenda
. Will could see the black ship, a lot the worse for wear, with
Brenda’s
tail section wedged into its nose.
    â€œThat must have been the crash when we came back out of the tunnel… hyperspace… whatever.”
    The Mechs both made little drumming sounds with some of their claws on the metal floor plates.
    There was a tube coming out of the side of the black ship and curling towards
Brenda
. Will couldn’t see where it ended because it curved under
Brenda’s
hull, out of sight of the camera.
    â€œIs that some sort of connection between the two ships?”
    The Mechs both made the little drumming sounds on the metal floor plates again.
    â€œAre you saying ‘yes’?”
    They made the drumming sound.
    â€œHow would you say ‘no’?”
    This time they scraped their claws from side to side.
    â€œOK. You’re trying to tell me something. Let’s see if I have got this right. We came out of hyperspace backwards and crashed into the black ship.”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œWhile we were sorting ourselves out the people in the black ship – Cream Tea and Teacake?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œWhile we were sorting ourselves out, Cream Tea and Teacake connected that tube thing to
Brenda
and came on board.”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œSomehow they got Spiv into that sack. Can’t imagine how they did that but we’ll come back to that one. Anyway, Spiv’s in a sack, Drych and Mavis are being held at gunpoint and you and I have to sort it out.”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œI’m still not sure how I ended up here with you but unless you can speak – you can’t speak can you?”
    Scrapescrapescrape.
    â€œOK. You can’t speak so I’ll have to work that one out later too. For now we need a plan. Any ideas?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œBut you can’t tell me?”
    Scrapescrapescrape.
    â€œSo I have to work it out?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    Will thought for a moment. “All right. Let’s try this for a start. We want to get Cream Tea and Teacake off the control deck. How about back onto their own ship?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œWait a minute though. Won’t they fly away and start shooting at us again?”
    This time one drummed and one scraped.
    â€œWhat? I don’t understand. Let’s try again. Their ship is damaged. Do you mean you don’t think it can jump to hyperspace but it can still fly?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œAnd shoot?”
    This time the Mechs looked at each other but didn’t drum or scrape.
    â€œYou don’t know if they can shoot?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum. Scrapescrapescrape.
    â€œYou mean yes, you don’t know?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œOK. Progress. Their ship is damaged but we don’t know how much and, especially, we don’t know if it can shoot back at us.”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œSo we need to damage it some more to make sure?”
    Drumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œMake sure it doesn’t work. Get them back on board. Shut them in. A sort of prison!”
    Drumdrumdrumdrumdrumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œSounds like a plan but I’ve got no idea how to disable a spaceship.”
    The Mechs jumped up and down pointing as many of their arms at themselves as would bend in the right direction.
    â€œBut
you
know how to disable the spaceship. You can do that. That means I have to get them back there and shut them in.”
    Drumdrumdrumdrumdrumdrumdrumdrum.
    â€œOnce more to be sure I understand. You’re going into the black ship to do some damage. To get there you’ll go back through that tube between the ships.