Mickey & Nadika

Nadika said something incomprehensible. Instantly a series of lights began a sequential flasing. A moment later a surge of power rocked the vehicle. There was a sharp hiss and the windshield revealved they were moving fast, heading for the road... The vehicle accelerated and before Mickey could shout, "Look out!" the Skimmer roared across the road and over the cliff.

It didn't fall. Instead, the Skimmer soared forward and up. Mickey clung to the body brace, amazed. He caught a faint gleam of ocean far off to his right before it disappeared beneath clouds. Gray and white vapors shifted eerily about the window, then disappeared as the Skimmer continued to climb. Mickey saw the moon on the left; it was enormous. Still they ascended...

"Tathba," Nadika commanded. The ship shot forward. Space blurred before them as they rushed ahead. Nadika pressed a button and shifted gears. The Skimmer shuddered. The boom hit Mickey's ears like a cannon blast and he was pinned to the back of his seat. A moment later, there was another crashing boom. The pressure eased, returned to normal, but now space had gone insane. Grotesque shapes and impossible colors whipped aroun the ship.

Setting the Skimmer on auto-drive, Nadika turned to find Mickey staring at the contortions of time travel. He's taking this very well, she thought.