continuation of[ english translation ] of garth story -the wakening]

 i have to thank mr bay yeralti[mr yer6] of teskin. blogspot.com who provided me with complete daily strips of this[serb language] story which i have been posting on my blogs [in hindi not quite complete though]] and trying to provide english version, here i have taken the missing strips from serb version of the story and have tried to translate as best as i could on the basis of  art work and my old childhood memories of the story line--

The wakening

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Garth and lumiere find johny warren’s gang’s hideout deserted , however they search the hurriedly vacated premises for clues and garth spots a scrap of paper from a wastepaper basket bearing a list of names amongst whom he finds two familiar names con flannery and micky grear who are hardened criminals serving life  term for heinous crimes like murder and armed robbery

Professor lumiere is puzzled what is thorblen  upto in company of  such criminals who are locked away for life?

Garth suddenly realizes that thorblen wants to spring these criminals out of jail for committing some atrocious crime .he asks professor to contact Scotland yard .

 Later on at Scotland yard garth reveals his apprehensions  to police superintendent  and request him to lock him up in the cell of con flannerry and micky grear on some pretext  as garth wants to be present when thorblen sets his evil plan in motion  by following  these jailbird after the jailbreak.

Garth’s plan is set into motion and police puts him as a criminal under trial in the same cell as flannery and greer at pantonville jail.

Thorblen is observing pentonville jail facility in London—so they keep their life sentenced criminals here? Ha! Our facility at ishran was much tougher.he seems to scoff at so called high security penitentiary.

Thorblen uses his amazing powers and communicates with two criminals seemingly speaking directly in to their minds, they are informed that shortly they are going to be sprung from jail and to plug their ears to protect them from debilitating ultrasonic waves which are beyond endurance of human eardrums and which are going to be used by thorblen on prison guards to temporarily immobilize them.

Garth is watching flannerry and greer slip in to a trance like state and realizes that thorblen ‘s plan has been set in motion and  pretending to be dozing he overhears flnnery telling excitedly that they are to be taken out of prison who is sushed into silence by greer who admonishes  him for being indiscreet.

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Garth watches flannery and greer plugging their ears and decides to do the same. outside the prison walls thorblen orders johny warren to keep the car engine running till he comes back with the prisoners

Thorblen uses his occult powers to generate ultrasound waves   beyond the tolerance of human ear, noice of motor engine running is magnified manifold prison guards are continuously bombarded with this relentless sound frequency , till they find their ears and brains almost split open and are writhing in agony and thorblen taking advantage of the confused helpless guards  enters the cell of flannery  &greer who are being watched by garth when they follow thorblen running out in to the corridor, garth follows  discreetly keeping in shadows and when they burst out of prison doors garth asks thorblen to take him along with others he is halted by the warren gang when they brandish pistols at him telling thorblen that he was not one of their own gang members.however thorblen watches garth shrewdly and instinctively feels the power and intelligence different from other humans he had encountered till then , he admonishes warren and decides to take garth aboard.

 Car carrying garth and escaped felons reaches a farmhouse hidden away in woods where garth meets many escaped convicts who have been sprung from other prisons and are passing time having drinks and  renewing  anecdotes of their escapades in the past while waiting for the orders from their benefactor.

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Thorblen  inspects his bunch of cutthroats  when he is informed by johny warren that all the criminals as desired by him had now assembled under one roof and were waiting for orders  thorblen  asks warren to let them rest for the night and he will be revealing his big plans for them in due course of time ,garth goes to bed sharing the same dormitory in  company of flannery and greer and wonders what happens next .what thorblen is up to with this group of losers?

While thorblen  is having good time with johny warren’s girl disiere who is trying to please him and is terrified by what thorblen might be planning next., at the same time garth is watching two escaped convicts late in the night who have not met their people in very long time planning to make a getaway, he decides to follow them and utilize the time to sneak away and telephone professor lumiere as to the progress made,but escape does not go unnoticed as thorblen is watching from a window and is furious at seeing flannery and greer escape he decides to teach them a lesson and using his occult power of the ring of sycultra he invokes demonic powers which turns two small harmless  squirrels in to huge monstrous creatures.dizrie is also watching horrified standing at the window by the side of thorblen , what have you done to them?” I have enlarged them and given them ferociousness of a tiger. Now the fun begins, watch!”

Garth is following the two criminals when suddenly greer spots  the horrible creature[giant squirrel and before flannery could take any action a snarling brute jumps at him and knocks him down, Garth picks up a garden bench in his powerful arms and calls out to greer to escape while he prepares to tackle the huge brute with the steel bench.