Once the blast finally trickled to a stop, Michael raised his sword and gripped it with both hands. With blinding intensity, the golden flames around ...he blade surged upwards, multiplying in size over a hundred times every second.Even without its eye and swimming in a sea of fire, the Titan was filled with dread as it sensed the colossal energy within the golden flames. At its pique, the sword was the route of a golden burning tornado, larger than any tornado on Earth. Filled with confidence,. On Number Three," it whispered eventually.I was amazed. I stood up and paced across the room and back. I did not see how it could volunteer to endure that, but if that was what it wanted I could hardly back down and give it less."Get in the chair then," I instructed. It got up and sat in the wooden armchair, gripping the arms. I could not think of any way round this. "Ready?"The collarman nodded. I waited for the second hand on my watch to reach the top and pressed down the yellow Number 3. And that she hoped that we knew what we were doing.So did I.She led us back to a conference room. When he came in, Mr. Baldridge seemed momentarily nonplussed when he saw the ID badges, but greeted us amiably enough as we came in. For some reason, I got the notion that he looked vaguely familiar. Mr. Baldridge insisted on a first name basis, and so he was Harlan, and we were Jeff and Gloria. We all turned off our cell phones to prevent interruptions.The name Harlan tugged at my forgetter — the. Shaking himself out of these thoughts, Danny readied himself to drive back to the hospital. In the hallway, he found Ashley and Lynn.“We’re coming along,” Ashley informed him. “I wanna see my niece.”“Me too,” Lynn grinned.Danny grinned back. As far as he was concerned, Lynn was his sister-in-law.“Sure thing, Auntie Ashley and Auntie Caitlyn! Every girl should have spinster aunties.”“Oh, you’re going to pay for that, Danny-Boy,” Lynn promised. “Let’s saddle up!”Trudy was with Helen when they.