Posted on September 13, 2025September 21, 2025 by YarriThe Mind Controller (continued . . .) The howl of a siren and the cries of the guards echoed over the grim battlements of the Isle of Despair. Alarm, alarm ! Prisoner escaped ! Janno’s victim was carried still half-senseless from the cell where he had been locked by the missing prisoner. How did you allow the animal to overpower you and take your uniform and weapons ? He tricked me by seeming to be ill, sir. Then he attacked me. By the time Roffa was being landed from the transport, the hue and cry had reached the shore of the isle. What’s happened ? What’s the panic ? Prisoner escaped. It’s Janno and he’s armed ! Here’s the headpiece that Janno was wearing. He must have set off to swim for the mainland ! Then he’s done for—finished ! Look out there ! No one swims to the mainland. Our friends out there see to that. Roffa was thrown into a cell. Moments after the door had been bolted, a familiar voice made Roffa turn. Janno ! Hello, Roffa. Nice to see you. Still clad in the guard’s uniform and carrying weapons, was “the escaped prisoner” ! They all think that you perished trying to swim for the mainland. That’s what I wanted them to think ! But I’m free ! We’re both free ! Free to move around the prison at will. Free, with the aid of these keys, to obey the voice that speaks in our inner ears ! Ever since Roffa’s trial, the great scientist Peric had been examining the data connected with the two convicted air fleet pilots. He had the assistance of their comrade, Keren. I’ve found something, Peric, a rather strange link that I think we’ve overlooked. What is it, lad ? “About six lunar months ago,” said Keren, “Janno was driving his sports auto along the Trigan City by-pass, in his usual reckless manner . . .” “Suddenly . . . disaster ahead ! . . .” Look out ! This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 713 on 13 September 1975.
