Lion, Tiger, Bear | 383 us against Alice and Gwafa who wanted you. Bea turned to look at him. Fine and dandy. Well, Herr Grossadmiral, what now? What are your Thule-approved orders of the day? Hmm? You see I could give a fat shite if Weve got more problems! yelled Alice, face to a forward window. Porsche bolted to the engine room. Whatever it is, Im going to light a fire under Walters ass. Klemperer went with him. Keep us informed. Bea and Alice watched the tiny dot of light ahead. Distance and time? asked Alice. She inhaled and sighed. If the tunnels a mile wide and were moving at eight knots, maybe an hour or two, but its a guess. It could open up as just another river at the bottom of another cavern. Or it could be one of those mile-high waterfalls, and over we go. She hit the button. //Attention all hands, theres a pinpoint of light ahead, possibly an exit. You clever chaps back there have an hour plus to get us airborne. Finishing up the repairs, Gerlach said: The only explanation I can think of is that the powerful whirlpool created its own electrical torsion field storm, one powerful enough to disable the magnetic field couplings. Something like that. Gwafa helped Porsche adjust one of the large crystals in the electric motor. Hold that ladder steady my good man. The Professor tightened bolts and retaining screws. Thats done it. A strong ship, said Gwafa. //Areyou bloody well done yeti We can hear the falls up here? //Stop yelling at us, Beatrice! yelled Porsche. Here goes. Gerlach flipped the main power switches. The dials spun upwards. Bea pulled back on the yoke. The strange-looking exit was huge and bright with swirling colors at the center as if a giant fish-eye lens was trying to focus on something. Its not enough, were going over the precipice. Goddam you Porsche!Her eyes reflected the kaleidoscopic liquid light. A slight electric shock filled the ship, causing everyone to momentarily scratch at themselves. The ship pitched straight down in free fall, then slowly righted itself as it