Meanwhile O  Brainiac and Larisssa, unbound by the tiny men, began to regain consciousness.

The captives were quick to recognize their opportunity.  "I don't remember a thing since Nick and Alda zapped us---but we're loose!" said O Brainiac.

Cautiously they rose to their feet.

"Vamos!" cried Larisssa suddenly.  

They ran like mad for the nearby.  "They've got guns of some sort," said O Brainiac.  "Vamos!"

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They didn't know that the little men were launching another of their weird airships in pursuit.  From my perch in a treetop, I saw it.

"Hop up here a second, will you, Alda?" I called.  "There's another one of those contraptions flashing along low----as if in pursuit of something."

With our degravitizadores and mototubos, Alda and I circled up behind the tiny craft.

'I hope they haven't seen us!" said Alda.

"They're too intent on whatever it is they're following," I replied.

At that moment Alda cried, "Look, Nick!  It's diving!"

The airship of the tiny men dived towards a clearing.  We flashed down after it at mototubo speed.

"It is O Brainiac and Larissa!" I cried, as I spotted the two fugitives."

"They must have escaped," said Alda. "But wait till that blue fire slaps them down.  How will we handle this, Nick?"

"Don't shoot until the ship does!" I cautioned her.

As the tiny ship dived, we dived on it.  Their blue fire blazed---our paralisação guns crackled.

In a moment we were masters of the situation.  O Brainiac and Larissa were back in our hands, and we had two uninjured specimens of the mysterious little men, all neatly paralyzed.  

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"I'll take the midgets to the Science Ministry," declared Alda. "Maybe they can tell who they are and where they're from!"