"Damn it!" Faced with the dark beam rapidly approaching his position and leaving him virtually no room to hesitate, Theo didn't waste even a single instant thinking about how he should respond.
He immediately pulled out an Instant Space Gate and activated it without the slightest delay. Bzzzt The gate came to life at once, and Theo jumped directly through it, disappearing from his position while leaving all of the recording equipment he had been using behind.
Hummm
At that very moment, almost immediately after Theo disappeared through the gate, the dark beam plunged deep into the planet's ground and continued downward through the soil.
BOOOOOOOOM
