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“He’s your responsibility, isn’t he? So, you go get him.”
    The KAOS agent at the controls spoke up. “If we send him out there, we’ll lose them both,” he said. “It wouldn’t look too good on our records.”
    “Sidney,” the first man replied, “is that all you ever think about is your record? What do you want? You want me to go out there? You know I could get killed? Is it worth it, Sidney? A life—a human life—just so you can look good on the records? Sidney, we’ve been working together for almost ten years—a team—but sometimes I think I don’t know you at all. On the outside, you’re such a nice guy. You’re a family man. You got sufficient insurance to cover your wife’s and kids’ needs in case of an unforeseen and unfortunate accident. On top of that, you got a savings account, in which you save for a rainy day. You like animals. Many a tree you’ve climbed to rescue a pussy cat, Sidney. And who is kinder to his mother, Sidney, than you? But, inside . . . I don’t know, Sidney. There are times, when I get a glimpse into your real heart of hearts, Sidney, and I wonder. What’s the answer? What are you? Who are you?”
    “I’m Rodney,” the second man replied. “Sidney didn’t come with you this time. He’s on vacation.”
    “That explains it,” the first man said. “Sidney would never—never in his life—ask me to step out that hatchway and risk my life.”
    “I wouldn’t either,” the second man replied. “What I had in mind was for you to push that Control agent out the hatchway and hold onto him by the feet. He can grab hold of the other guy and pull him back in, and that way we won’t lose nobody. It’ll look better on the record.”
    The first man beamed. “Glad to have you aboard,” he said to the second man. “That dumbhead Sidney would’ve never thought of that. He’d’ve sent me out the hatchway to my certain death.” He then turned to Max and gave him a shove.
    Max tumbled backwards out the hatchway—then suddenly halted and dangled again, as the KAOS agent caught him by the ankles.
    “Okay, now do like Rodney said,” the KAOS agent shouted to Max.
    Max began swinging, back and forth, back and forth, gaining momentum. Finally, he was able to reach von BOOM. He got hold of him by the wrists and hung on.
    “Pull us up—like Rodney said!” Max shouted.
    The first man tugged. But Max and von BOOM together were too heavy for him.
    “You and your big fat ideas,” the first man said disgustedly to the second man. “I can’t pull them up. And I can’t hold onto them much longer, either. Boy—if Sidney were only here!”
    “Cool it, baby,” the second man replied. “I’ll fly back to the ship and land on the deck and then everybody but that Control agent can get back in and we’ll take off again.”
    “Man, I’m glad I got you this time instead of Sidney,” the first man said. “You know what Sidney would have suggested?”
    “What?”
    “Nothing. He never had any ideas. I always had to do all the thinking for both of us. You know why Sidney has insurance and a savings account? Because I told him to. Sidney is so dumb, he couldn’t rescue a pussy cat out of a tree without directions. One thing I’ll admit, though—he’s good to his mother on his own. But what did it ever get him?”
    “There’s the ship,” the second man said. “Can you hold them for another couple more minutes?”
    “I can do anything,” the first man replied. “With you as my partner, I’m inspired, Rodney.”
    The helicopter hovered a few feet above the deck. The first man released his hold on Max’s ankles, and Max and von BOOM dropped to the deck, then scrambled out of the way as the helicopter landed.
    99 rushed up to Max and von BOOM. “You’re safe!” she cried happily.
    “Not quite yet, 99,” Max said.
    The KAOS agents were climbing down from the helicopter, guns in hand.
    “Let’s get them, Max!” 99 said.
    Max looked at her, hurt. “99,