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[00:00.94]Chapter4  Prison 888
[00:06.74]Commander Zadak was in his room at the biggest hotel in Kisangani．
[00:13.63]Suddenly,he heard the phone．
[00:18.54]'Commander?'someone said,very quietly．
[00:24.01]'A man and a woman-
[00:26.86]from Ship OM-45-in prison 888．'
[00:34.71]the phone went dead．
[00:37.28]Zadak put the phone down,
[00:40.19]stood up,and left his room．
[00:44.70]Prison 888 was a big white building
[00:48.58]without windows,near Gog's house．
[00:52.54]There were a lot of guards at the gate,
[00:55.80]and some more guards marched past the bulding．
[01:00.53]All the guards carried guns．
[01:05.31]Commander Zadak walked across the road to the prison．
[01:10.91]'I want to visit someone．
[01:13.28]My name is Commander Zadak．'
[01:17.08]'I'm sorry,Commander,'a guard said．
[01:20.74]'We can't open the gate．
[01:23.07]Nobody can go in without a letter from Earth Commander．'
[01:27.74]'That's all right,'Zadak said,
[01:31.46]and walked along the road,past the prison．
[01:35.26]A guard ran behind him．
[01:38.16]'Excuse me,Commander,'he said quickly．
[01:42.54]'Please come back tonight．
[01:44.90]I can open the back gate at midnight．
[01:48.39]You can see the two people from Ship OM-45．'
[01:54.93]Zadak looked at the guard．
[01:57.65]'Your captain's going to kill you．'
[02:00.92]The guard smiled．
[02:03.36]'My captain phoned you about the two people from OM-45．
[02:09.69]He's the brother of Captain Seru．'
[02:14.42]Zadak didn't smile．
[02:17.37]'The prison commander is going to kill you and your captain．'
[02:23.45]'It doesn't matter,'the guard said．
[02:26.76]'We want to help．'
[02:29.65]'Midnight,'Zadak said,
[02:32.85]and walked away．
[02:36.42]At midnight there were four guards
[02:39.65]at the front gate of prison 888,
[02:42.75]and there was one guard at the back gate．
[02:47.08]The guard opened the gate and Zadak went in．
[02:52.83]The guard said nothing．
[02:56.12]They walked downstairs into a big room．
[03:01.04]A lot of prisoners slept on the floor
[03:04.81]because there were no beds or chairs．
[03:08.66]Kiah and Rilla sat on the floor near the door．
[03:14.51]'You can talk for five minutes,'the guard said quietly．
[03:20.73]'The next guard arrives at 12．15．'
[03:26.37]Kiah and Rilla stood up．
[03:29.47]'Good evening,Commander,'they said．
[03:34.10]Zadak looked at the prisoners．
[03:37.51]'Why are all these people here?'
[03:40.16]he said to Kiah and Rilla．
[03:43.06]'They're in prison because Gog doesn't like them．
[03:46.71]I talk to Gog about rain,
[03:49.04]I talk to him about the AOL,
[03:52.09]but he never listens．
[03:54.74]Today,someone told me about some fires
[03:58.85] in the new forest here in Africa；
[04:01.92]but Gog doesn't want to hear about those fires．'
[04:06.58]Zadak laughed angrily．
[04:09.33]'And he doesn't want to hear about my trees in Australia．
[04:14.30]He never listens to me．
[04:16.98]He's always thinking about Mars,
[04:19.79]Not about our beautiful planet Earth．'
[04:25.03]Kiah listened carefully．'Take it easy,Commander,'
[04:31.09]he said quietly．'Please talk to Adai．
[04:36.03]Adai wants to help．
[04:38.22]He can come back from the Moon and help you．'
[04:42.35]'No,'Zadak said．'I phoned Adai this afternoon．
[04:47.73] He's a good man and he wants to help．
[04:51.40]But I don't need help．
[04:53.63]I'm going to stop Gog：
[04:56.38]I'm going to kill him．'
[05:00.18]Kiah closed his eyes for a minute．
[05:03.99]'Gog's guards have guns．
[05:06.96]They can kill you,Commander,'he said．
[05:11.30]'You need more people to help．
[05:14.35]Wait for Adai．
[05:16.43]He can help you to look for more people．'
[05:20.45]'No,Kiah',Zadak said quietly．
[05:25.24]'I don't want more people．
[05:27.89]Adai can come back to Earth after Gog is dead-
[05:31.87]after I am dead,perhaps．
[05:34.83]I don't want Adai to die,too．'
[05:39.19]'Excuse me,Commander,'the guard said．
[05:43.37]He looked at the clock near the door．
[05:46.10]'OK．Let's go,'Zadak said to the guard．
[05:51.59]He looked at Rilla and then at Kiah．
[05:55.15]His eyes were very blue．'
[05:58.26]Goodbye,' he said．
[06:01.87]'Goodbye,Commander,'Kiah said．
[06:06.48]'Be careful！'Rilla cried．'And good luck！'
[06:14.65]Early that morning,
[06:16.42]Earth Commander's house was quiet．
[06:20.05]A guard opened the door．
[06:23.36]'Good morning, Commander Zadak,'he said．
[06:26.97]'Earth Commander isn't in his office．'
[06:30.44]'That's all right,'Zadak said．'I can wait．'
[06:36.16]Zadak went upstairs and waited．
[06:40.34]At eight o'clock Bel came into the room．
[06:44.80]'Good morning,Commander,'she said．
[06:48.49]'You're early this morning．
[06:50.99]Are you happier today?
[06:53.76]Earth Commander was very angry with you yesterday．
[06:58.14]Don't begin talking about rain or the AOL today．'
[07:04.06]Zadak smiled,but his blue eyes were cold．
[07:09.34]'No,'he said．'I'm not going to talk about rain today．'
[07:16.56]Just then,Gog came into the room．
[07:20.48]He looked at Zadak．'What's wrong?
[07:25.24]Why are you here at eight o'clock in the morning?'
[07:30.10]Zadak took his gun from his pocket．
[07:34.31]Gog saw the gun and his face went white．
[07:38.94]His eyes were dark and afraid．
[07:42.34]For a second nobody moved．
[07:47.17]Suddenly,Bel's black and white cat ran into the room．
[07:53.37]'Guards！Guards！'Bel shouted．
[07:58.15]The cat jumped at Zadak,
[08:00.69]and Zadak hit the cat away from him．
[08:05.21]Bel ran across the room to Gog and Zadak,
[08:09.88]at that second,shot at Gog．
[08:13.40]But Bel was between him and Gog．
[08:16.77]She gave a cry and fell to the floor．
[08:21.66]Her hair looked very red on the black floor．
[08:26.43]'No！'Gog cried．'You shot Bel！'
[08:33.03]Three guards ran into the room
[08:35.91]with their big guns and stood in front of Gog．
[08:39.73]'Kill him！'Gog shouted,and began to help Bel．
[08:46.76]Zadak looked at the guards and then at Bel and Gog．
[08:52.34]Kiah was right：he was going to die．
[08:57.72]'I'm sorry,Kiah．I'm sorry,Adai,'
[09:02.71]he said quietly．The guards shot Zadak．
[09:09.67]Slowly,he fell to the floor．