The spear holders worked even better than I had expected with one exception. They fit comfortably and hardly restricted movement at all, and the spear... came free quickly and easily, but the single exception was it took some practice and coordination to get the spear back into the lower strap without help. Well nothing is perfect.With everything packed and the three of us outfitted, we headed off to find Treeya.The walk east across the plain was long and difficult at times. We walked 6 to 7. Then she looked up at her old friend.“Is this for real? Did you want me to do this?”“Oh hell no, Cory! This will ruin anyone’s career that takes it on. I won’t even consider you for it.” She looked at him for a moment, then realized that he was deadly serious.“Any way I could talk you into it? I think I’d be perfect for it.” She was only kidding, but Mattson was not immune to the DeLoie acting skills; she wasn’t an Oscar-winning actress for nothing.“Seriously, Cory? This would fry you. No. .This story is Copyright 2003 by Jerrie526.Power FluctuationsBy Jerrie526In a world of decreasing supplies of the old fossil fuels, mankind searched hard to find the replacements for those products long deemed non-replaceable. Alternatives were searched for but were hard to find. Nuclear fusion was still a dream and it did not look like they would be able to find anything that would be useable. That is until someone came across something that could be called revolutionary.In all senses of the. She glided silently in ahead of me…. I wonder to this day how she managed to be so quiet in heels on a wooden floor… and proceeded to give the apartment a thorough inspection, me behind her all the way. I asked a couple of times what she wanted and who she was looking for, but when I got no answer, I decided that she would tell me in her own good time, got a beer for each of us and motioned to the living room. She took the beer, still expressionless, and moved into the living room, removed her.