Dimmer/Fan/Stand

The professor grabbed something that looked like a dimmer switch and turned it.A fan at the top of the tank began to turn.A red mist began to swirl beneath it.

"Kat,help me stand him up.Andre'?Andre'?Can you hear me?"

Sprout/Drawer/Thread

A red thread of mist seemed to sprout from LMDC's face,and then another and then,yet,another.Soon,it seemed as though a drawer full of threads had surrounded her body;enveloping her in something like a cocoon.And then,'poof ',she vanished.

Middle/Look/Remember

This put the professor in the middle of things,"Look,LMDC,I told him you would not hurt him.Remember that."

Michael,then slammed down a huge red button.He clicked another switch to lock it in place.

Change/Sublime/Princess

Kat saw an immediate change on Andre's face,an almost sublime look,that frightened her.She,with both hands,reached for her hat.She hesitated.If she took it off the princess in the tank could attack her before she could give it to Andre'.

Veins/Grapes/Dance

The professor grabbed Andre' as he was about to topple.Andre's eyes were rolling back,and the veins on his forehead were bulging and purplish (the color of grapes)instead of their usual blue.Michael,in a dance like motion, set Andre' to the ground.

Finite/Now/Favorite

"Your finite mind will not to be able to comprehend all that I have,now,just given you,"she thought to him,"But, know that you have always been a favorite of mine."

Only/Wealth/Carton

He did not smoke,but this feeling felt like that dizziness he felt when he tried inhaling that cigarette of Kat's that one time,only stronger,like he had inhaled a carton,instead.

In reality,LMDC was giving him a wealth of information...perhaps,too much at one time,but she had to be quick .

Loan/Bandage/Meant

Andre' had no idea what she had meant.But somehow,it felt like a bandage being pulled off a long forgotten scab.Or like a long lost bill for a loan that had gone well past due.

After/Gloss/Gravel

It was strange hearing her voice inside his head[ like-a shiny gloss on gravel-was how he thought of it],but after a few seconds,it seemed so natural that he pondered how using vocal cords could have passed for actual communication all this time.

Solstice/Circles/Give

LMDC had huge,turquoise,almond shaped eyes;a small thin nose(almost all nostrils-more dark circles than nose),and long thin lips.Her hair was long straight and blond floating around her as if she were in water.

She,herself,was floating in what looked like a large fish tank made out of giant HD Tv screens.She spoke to Andre',but not with her voice-she would not give him that,but through his mind,"Solstice be praised-the 'two' are together."

Sigh/Toast/Broken

His attention was broken from the size of the place by thousands of brightly lit contraptions...wires,video screens,florescent tubes,sparks flying.A sound like a deep sigh(or a breath from Darth Vader) broke his concentration.He looked in the direction of the noise.

An odor like burnt toast waffled through his nose.That is when he first saw her.

Belong/Dock/Course

What Andre' saw was not exactly what he imaged he would see(if you could imagine what would belong in a mad scientist's lab,of course).The interior looked much larger than he expected from the outside of the building...like some massive loading dock at Wal*Mart,or something.

Wish/Mellow/Sidewalk

He turned to Andre',"And it is my wish that you 'both' remain mellow and try to put up a solid front.I don't want to have to ask either of you to hit the sidewalk,but I will."

With that,Professor Michael Stanley opened the door.At first all Andre' could see was light.

Muse/Want/Gear

The three of them walked from the car to the dimly lit door.The professor unlocked the latch,"I know you could listen to Kat muse poetically all night,Andre",by putting his shoulder into the door,he began to open it,"But I want you to not to be frightened when you see LDMC.The gear and stuff around her have her contained.She is of no danger,and in no danger."

Deny/Aware/Hover

Kat continued as the car pulled into a small parking space within a small parking lot,"Andre',this machine-this creature,totally blew my mind.Her wings were like an angel's,but when she moved them,she no longer appeared to float-I....I mean,she,she appeared to hover just like a hummingbird.I just couldn't deny how minutely aware I was to the fact at how quickly her wings moved.

Convertible/Suspend/Held

I could not believe what I saw....and Andre' you have to trust me...suspend all your doubts...and please,just believe me...Held in what I can only describe as a giant fish tank was this beautiful absolutely gorgeous woman-with-with these small beautiful wings.{Though,inside the tank,she looked all Princess Leia like,you know,all fuzzy and see throughy}."Who-who is she?"I asked.

"Her name is LMDC,"the professor said to me,"An actual angel."

"H-How?"I asked.

"It's called a' Fractal 3-D Time Stream Portal'.But I call it 'The Convertible' .

Gentle/Startled/Cow

Their car was entering onto the campus-heading to where Andre assumed was that obscure parking lot.

Kat continued talking,"The professor unlocked the door and it opened with a gentle nudge.'I don't want you to be startled,o-k,'he said to me,'Everything's safe.Don't have a cow.'Then...I saw what was behind it..."

Crown/Bulb/Path

"Once we got on campus,Michael parked the car in a somewhat obscure and hidden parking lot,and told me to follow him.We followed a path that went up to the crown of a small grassy knoll.There stood an older campus building with a single light bulb illuminating a single door way."

Evidence/Hill/Flight

"By all evidence,he appeared to be quite wacky.But then,not nearly as much I must have had appeared to him,"Kat said smiling.She touched the professor's shoulder,"I decided that flight was the better part of valor and hopped into his car...and up the hill/past the movie theaters we went."

Wildflower//Proud/Feathered

"I ran to the store,and tossed the brick through the picture glass window.'Smash'!I was proud of what I had done.Suddenly,this green Plymouth Intrigue pulled up beside me,'Get in',the professor said,but I hesitated.'Quickly,Wildflower,he ushered,'The police'll have you tarred and feathered if you don't get in,NOW!'."