.. right." Paul said nervously."This isn't a joking matter." The old man kept dancing. "When things are at it's worst, you must do this dance to summo... the power to stop him." That dance is stupid." Stupid or not, remember it." This is just a dream." Paul said as he approached the man and was stopped by a barrier. As he tried to force his way through it, an electrical charge knocked him to the invisible ground. When Paul sat up; however, he found himself back in his bed. "I knew it was only a. "Nina!" I exclaimed. "You..." I thought you might need help." Oh, god, Nina!" I wrapped her naked body in my arms."This is a big step, Dan, my love ... You gotta know..." I know..."She grabbed a washcloth and soap. "I really AM going to help you." She slathered up the cloth and started. Giggle. "A lot more to you than Jimmy..." Jimmy was her babysitting charge, now maybe five years old. She sat on my shower bench. It was BIG shower. I'd bought the house from an older couple who'd put in. The bone offered only slight resistance as the huge animal continued to exert force on the doomed appendage. The grisly sounds of snapping bone could be heard above his high-pitched shriek as the pain blasted into the hapless man's consciousness. Releasing the arm with a small snort Cerberus stepped back as the assassin dropped to his knees cradling his partially severed limb.It could be that the quick elimination of two of his cohorts unnerved the final thug, but it wouldn't have made much. She had washed off the little bit of makeup she normally wore leaving her with a pale, transparent look. But despite all that, Peter thought, she is beautiful, strong, sensual, and impossibly out of my reach."I mentioned my past earlier this evening, remember?" she asked, speaking quietly and looking at the whisky she swirled slowly in her glass."When you talked about not having a choice when you were younger?" Yes. There was a time when I was basically at the mercy of an older man. He used me,.