Lion, Tiger, Bear | 339 When Gwafa placed his hand on the generator panel, it fit almost perfectly. The panel glowed. XZut Something is happening here. He then felt a warm, indescribable hallucinogenic connection to Alice, the universe a warm golden metallic bath swirling around them. Alice slumped on the floor, dazed. Helluva jump start… Bernie held her. You okay, kid? Sort of… The dials suddenly went off the scale and the generator hummed loudly as it went hot pink. Welders goggles, said Gerlach, handing them out. The four men exited the engine compartment, shut the circular hatch with a hiss-s-s-s, and watched from behind the protective glass panel. Screaming, the generator went a blinding white hot. A small explosion erupted. Lappe! No! yelled Porsche. One of the cables came loose and thrashed about in violent sparks. I have it! Lappe grabbed it with electrical gloves and reattached it to the generator. A flash. He instantly faded out from existence. An arc! Hes lost!, cried Gerlach. Lost to another dimension! It is blinding, monsieurl. yelled Gwafa. A pale blue sphere of light emerged from the generator with the Flower of Life pattern; it surrounded the spherical compartment, a harmonious sculpture made of interdimensional plasma and unknown cosmic energies. Its true! Quantum physics have triumphed! yelled Gerlach, his hand moving through the holographic flower image. The building blocks of the universe… The propellers gained rpm fast. Eighty-five percent power. Ninety. Porsche and Gwafa saw the iron anchor chains go taught, then a few links began to stretch with a groan. Both port and starboard chains snapped in an instant, thrashing the hulls bubble like angry pythons with dull thuds. The two men both reeled. Young man, Ive seen many things in my life, but this takes all… said Porsche, who then pressed his nose to the interior view window of the propshaft compartment. Gerlach entered the generator room, something else had happened. I need help! They ran to help Gerlach. Porsche balanced the electrical flow matrix. Were