Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
THE SOUL EATERS By WILLIAM CONOVER Firebrand Dennis Brooke had one final chance to redeem himself by capturing Koerber whose ships were the scourge of the Void. But his marooned on a rogue planet—fighting to save Dennis Brooke had lost count of the times he'd read Marla's last perpetual wonder—limpid as a child's. The barbaric rhythms of the Congahua in Dennis' mind Marla left an aching void that all the women of five planets could not Dennis couldn't tell. But his senses became instantly alert. Danger side as he leaped with deadly intent on the sprawled figure of Dennis cried out. Then the Martian's hand reached out hungrily. But Dennis was Dennis' chest, striking like a piston just below the heart. Dennis took Dennis, breathing heavily, stood over him until the international police arrived, and then he had the surprise of his life. Upon search, the police found a tiny, but fatal silvery tube holstered under his Brooke!" The Police Lieutenant favored Dennis with a wry smile. "If on his finger. Dennis Brooke shrugged his shoulders, shoulders that would have put to shame the Athenian statues of another age. A faint, bitter smile curved his generous mouth. "I'm grounded, Gillian, it'd take the capture of Koerber himself to set me right with the I.S.P. again—you don't know venomous stare of the Mercurian Dancer, of the excited voices of the guests and the emphatic disapproval of the Venusian proprietor who was shocked at having a brawl in his ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Palace. "Better come to Headquarters with me, Dennis," the lieutenant said "Sit down, Dennis. I've sent for you, despite your grounding, for Koerber's henchmen—has given us a line as to his present orbit of piracy, and the means of a check on his activities. But that's not "Marla Starland, your fiancee, accepted an assignment we offered her—a "somewhere between Venus and Terra, the interplanetary spacer bringing her and several other passengers, began to send distress signals. Finally, we couldn't contact the ship any more. It is three days overdue. All passengers, a cargo of radium from Venus worth untold "Marla!" He breathed at last. The thought of Marla in the power "Commander," Dennis said, and his rich baritone voice had depths of one chance at that spawn of unthinkable begetting! Let me try, and I promise you ..." in his torture, Dennis a visual record of all we know about the passenger spacer that left Venus with passengers and cargo, as far as we could contact the vessel in space. This, Dennis," the Commander emphasized his words, "is your actuality. To the Commander of the I.S.P., and to Captain Brooke, it was an old story. Atom-blasts were pitting the spacer's hull with Terra in emergency spacers, or are picked up in space by other they're never seen again." "When do I leave, Commander!" Dennis Brooke's voice was like a javelin of ice. "Right now, if you wish. We have a new cruiser armored in beryloid with phantom ship that seemed to have vanished from space, and an equally "You, Tom and Scotty, take one emergency plane, and Dallas!" of the Captain from the control room, then: "Test space suits. Test Inside the liner, Captain Dennis Brooke had finished making a detailed fired by Koerber!" He tried to maintain a calm exterior, but inwardly he seethed in a cold fury more deadly than any he had ever experienced. Dennis tried not to think of Marla, too great an ache was involved in was harsh, laconic: "Prepare to return!" Scotty Byrnes, the cruiser's nurse, who could take his motors through a in their loyalty, and with Dennis Brooke they could and did feel safe. Tom Jeffery, the tall, angular and red-faced Navigator, whose slow, easygoing movements belied the feral persistence of a tiger, and the by Scotty, and finally Captain Brooke himself. All left in silence, as airlocks and removed the space suits. "Captain Brooke ... Captain, recordings are showing on the new 'Jet prayed that it were Koerber. It had to be! No interplanetary passenger Dennis, Tom Jeffery and Scotty Byrnes raced to the control room, Instantly Captain Brooke was at the inter-communication speaker: "Crew, battle stations! Engine room, full speed!" Scotty Byrnes was already dashing to the engine room, where his beloved a parabola in space and headed for the dangerous asteroid belt. As if succeeded, no I.S.P. patrol ship would have dared to venture into such a trap without specific orders. But to Dennis Brooke, directing the chase from the control room, even certain death was welcome, if only he could take Koerber with him. Weaving through the deadly belt for several hours, Dennis saw his mortally wounded. Then Dennis maneuvered his cruiser into a power It was then that Dennis Brooke saw the immense dark shadow looming With a wrenching turn that almost threw them out of control, Dennis sank lower into the looming mass, and again Dennis anticipating the Koerber's lashing magnetic beam touched and the I.S.P. ship was caught, shook the trapped cruiser like a leaf. was supposed to have existed between Jupiter and Mars. Only that could a crash. Far in the distance they could see Koerber's ship preceding them in a free fall, then the Planetoid was rushing up to engulf them. "Pretty much of a mess!" Dennis Brooke's face was impassive as he turned to Scotty Byrnes. "What's your opinion? Think we can patch her up, or are we stuck here indefinitely?" Scotty eyed the damage. The atom-blast had penetrated the hull into "But what? Speak up man!" It was Tom Jeffery, his nerves on edge, his ordinarily gentle voice like a lash. "But, you may as well know it," Scotty replied quietly. "That parting For a long moment the four men looked at each other in silence. Dennis Brooke's face was still impassive but for the flaming hazel eyes. Tom tugged at the torn sleeve of his I.S.P. uniform, while Scotty gazed a job of navigation, I had one last glimpse of him coming down fast and out of control somewhere behind those crags over there!" "To hell with Koerber!" Tom Jeffery exploded. "You mean we're stuck in this hellish rock-pile?" failed to be at his battle-station in time of emergency, had no place in the I.S.P. "Considering the gravity of this planetoid," Dennis Brooke said thoughtfully, "it's going to take some blast to get us off!" "Maybe we can locate a deposit of anerioum or uranium or something for our atom-busters to chew on!" Scotty said hopefully. He was an eternal optimist. "Better break out those repair plates," Dennis said to Scotty. "Tom, to find out what happened to Koerber's ship. I must know," he said in a A figure appeared in the slanting doorway of the ship in time to hear bumped during the crash landing. "Captain ... I ... I wanted ..." he paused unable to continue. "You wanted what?" Captain Brooke's voice was terse. "Perhaps you wanted to explain why you weren't at your battle station?" the anger in Brooke's heart. Thinking it over calmly, Dennis realized him, he whirled and re-entered the ship. this than we, and he's spoiled it for you!" "Yep," Dennis nodded. "But I'm still keeping my senses clear. No feuds on my ship. Get it!" The last two words cut like a scimitar. Dallas nodded and lowered his eyes. Scotty shifted his cud and spat re-entered the cruiser.

<question>:
Who told Dennis what happened to Marla's space ship?

<options>:
A Randall
B Bertram
C Starland
D Brooks

<answer>:

B