When he looked up again James had stepped a bit closer and in a low soft voice almost like a whisper said "I understand your needs and I accept whatev...r your tastes are. I have similar tastes and have to keep them a secret if you know what I mean." Jerome nodded fully understanding what was being communicated. James then said "Perhaps as you are wide awake after your shower you can drop by my proctor's apartment in the ground floor and have a glass of wine and chat a little. I like to get to. With a start he suddenly remembers the dragon, and looks up just in time to see the dragon collapse to the ground, and move no more.He approaches the dragon slowly, and as he gets closer he sees what appears to be a pink garter belt tight around the dragon`s neck. Just then a half-dressed amazon warrior leaps from behind the dragon. With a scream rivalling that of any 3 year-old girl, the tinker falls backward landing anything but gracefully on his butt.The amazon warrior seeing the tinker fall. Her knees drive into his chest, taking him to the ground. Using the momentum, she rolls off the officer, taking the knife with her. Regina rolls off into a kneeling stance and slings the knife into another oncoming officer. This time, the blade hits through the officer’s mask, slinging his head back.She springs to her feet, catching the arm of the next just as he pulls the trigger of his assault rifle. The shots go wild, catching another officer before she snaps his arm and flips him over to. .. no, it couldn’t ... you mean it’s still there? Would it work?”“I don’t know. Probably. Maybe.” Curious, Peter turned on the television and the VCR, with the volume low, then reconnected the coaxial cable running from the basement apartment. The view immediately changed from a solid blue to a blurry view of the basement. Within moments the view had stabilized, and Lauren and Peter were watching Heather and Robby two floors below them.“Peter, we can’t!” said Lauren, even as her eyes stayed.