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chest, filling her senses with the scent of him one last time.
If they were 32 Charmed
going to go, she couldn't think of anyone she would rather go with than Sam.
"I love you," she whispered into his shirt. But she knew that he had not
heard her. For one thing, the utility truck was almost upon them now. The
fully rezzed engine was screaming too loudly to make even normal levels of
conversation possible. The second thing that made a dramatic farewell
impossible was that Sam was projecting an enormous amount of psi energy. She
could feel it enveloping her as he held her tightly against his chest. So
much power required the use of all of his internal resources, both physical
and paranormal. The last thing he could do at that moment was pay attention
to what she had muttered into his shirt. It was a wonder he had the strength
to hold her in his arms. She heard the whine of the swiftly advancing truck,
felt Sam tighten his arms fiercely around her, and then, impossibly, she was
suddenly aware of being surrounded by a rushing sea of alien energy. Ghost
energy. She realized that Sam had chosen to escape the utility truck by
leaping through the waterfall with her in his arms. The acid-green waterfall
washed over her in a giant wave. She braced herself for the searing mind
burn but, incredibly, the energy did not touch her. She could feel the
weight of it pressing on her from all sides, sensed the raw power that
seethed in the cascade, but it did not touch her. It was as if she was
protected by an invisible envelope. The world whirled on its axis. She felt
a jarring thud that took her breath. She heard Sam grunt and then she felt
the cool green quartz beneath her. She realized that they had both landed on
the floor of the corridor--on the other side of the waterfall. Sam rolled
with her in his arms, carrying her to the edge of the tunnel. They came up
hard against the quartz wall. Sam released her and got to his feet. He swung
around to BRIDAL JITTERS 33
face the cascade of green energy. Dazed, Virginia sat up slowly, pushing
hair out of her eyes. She stared at the waterfall. Sam had carried her
through that mass of alien energy. Without a scratch. Unless, of course,
this was how you felt after your brain got fried. Maybe her mind hadn't yet
assimilated the fact of its own destruction. Perhaps a lifetime of sitcoms
still awaited her. Heaven help her, maybe she would actually enjoy them.
Before she could mention that awful possibility to Sam, she heard the
explosion on the other side of the UDEM waterfall. She knew what had
happened because she had seen similar events, albeit on a far smaller scale.
The utility truck had slammed into the energy wall and been bounced back
like a rubber ball. The inevitable blast that accompanied the meeting of an
immovable object and an unstoppable vehicle had taken place at the point of
impact on the other side of the waterfall. Here on the back side of the
energy cascade, it was business as usual. There was no backwash of energy.
A stunning silence descended. Nothing broke it except the occasional hiss
and crackle produced by the tumbling fountain of ghost energy.
"You did it." Virginia tore her gaze off the waterfall and looked at Sam.
"You got us through it in one piece. How in the name of Old Earth did you
manage it?''
"I didn't try to de-rez the whole damn waterfall. Just neutralized a section
big enough to allow us to pass through for about thirty seconds." He spoke
absently, as if his thoughts were on something else that was far more
important. "Couldn't hold it any longer than that.
If they were 32 Charmed
going to go, she couldn't think of anyone she would rather go with than Sam.
"I love you," she whispered into his shirt. But she knew that he had not
heard her. For one thing, the utility truck was almost upon them now. The
fully rezzed engine was screaming too loudly to make even normal levels of
conversation possible. The second thing that made a dramatic farewell
impossible was that Sam was projecting an enormous amount of psi energy. She
could feel it enveloping her as he held her tightly against his chest. So
much power required the use of all of his internal resources, both physical
and paranormal. The last thing he could do at that moment was pay attention
to what she had muttered into his shirt. It was a wonder he had the strength
to hold her in his arms. She heard the whine of the swiftly advancing truck,
felt Sam tighten his arms fiercely around her, and then, impossibly, she was
suddenly aware of being surrounded by a rushing sea of alien energy. Ghost
energy. She realized that Sam had chosen to escape the utility truck by
leaping through the waterfall with her in his arms. The acid-green waterfall
washed over her in a giant wave. She braced herself for the searing mind
burn but, incredibly, the energy did not touch her. She could feel the
weight of it pressing on her from all sides, sensed the raw power that
seethed in the cascade, but it did not touch her. It was as if she was
protected by an invisible envelope. The world whirled on its axis. She felt
a jarring thud that took her breath. She heard Sam grunt and then she felt
the cool green quartz beneath her. She realized that they had both landed on
the floor of the corridor--on the other side of the waterfall. Sam rolled
with her in his arms, carrying her to the edge of the tunnel. They came up
hard against the quartz wall. Sam released her and got to his feet. He swung
around to BRIDAL JITTERS 33
face the cascade of green energy. Dazed, Virginia sat up slowly, pushing
hair out of her eyes. She stared at the waterfall. Sam had carried her
through that mass of alien energy. Without a scratch. Unless, of course,
this was how you felt after your brain got fried. Maybe her mind hadn't yet
assimilated the fact of its own destruction. Perhaps a lifetime of sitcoms
still awaited her. Heaven help her, maybe she would actually enjoy them.
Before she could mention that awful possibility to Sam, she heard the
explosion on the other side of the UDEM waterfall. She knew what had
happened because she had seen similar events, albeit on a far smaller scale.
The utility truck had slammed into the energy wall and been bounced back
like a rubber ball. The inevitable blast that accompanied the meeting of an
immovable object and an unstoppable vehicle had taken place at the point of
impact on the other side of the waterfall. Here on the back side of the
energy cascade, it was business as usual. There was no backwash of energy.
A stunning silence descended. Nothing broke it except the occasional hiss
and crackle produced by the tumbling fountain of ghost energy.
"You did it." Virginia tore her gaze off the waterfall and looked at Sam.
"You got us through it in one piece. How in the name of Old Earth did you
manage it?''
"I didn't try to de-rez the whole damn waterfall. Just neutralized a section
big enough to allow us to pass through for about thirty seconds." He spoke
absently, as if his thoughts were on something else that was far more
important. "Couldn't hold it any longer than that.
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