Fletcher Pratt

“ Gloria paused, leveled her light-gun at the ape-man, and his face vanished in a spray of fire. The human advanced slowly as though struggling against some force that was too strong for him. Sherman reached him first, wrenched the helmet from his head and dropping it on the floor stamped on it till the fine mechanism was irretrievably ruined. The mechanical human fell to his knees.
“Who are you?” he asked, “God?”
“We're all right,” said Murray, and Sherman, “which way to the living cages? ”

“ A search of pockets revealed that Murray Lee had the only one in the company.
“Never mind,” said Sherman, “one is enough. Now we three will sneak up on him. The main thing is not to let him see us; if he makes a move, jump him quick. Remember there's a Lassan at the other end of the line, and the Lassan is getting everything he thinks. He doesn't think very fast, but don't take chances. If he sees us, you hop in, Murray, and cut the wire that leads out of his helmet and short-circuit it. ”

“ On the opposite side, the stars, more brilliant and greater in number than any ever before viewed by the eye of man, made the sky a carpet of light across which the green globes moved like shadows, their undersides illumined by the sun. ”

“ They're telepathic. They'll have every Lassan in the place after us.”
Gloria fumbled a second with the gun, located the finger hole, sent a spurt of light flying across the room. It missed the head, but found its mark somewhere in the body of the bird, for there was a squawk and the head disappeared. Sherman vaulted down the six-foot drop, landing with a bang. “Come on,” he cried, “short-circuit every wire you can find; tear them loose if you can't cut them any other way—and make for the middle door at the back.”
They ran across the hall toward the work benches. ”