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Qwan considered. 'We need to form a circle round it, so somewhere flat. Look, that level spot. There.' Artemis began dragging the bomb towards the indicated spot. It wasn't so far. And then they could all stand round in a ring and watch it explode. Everyone had their jobs to do now. And the chances of their tasks coming to fruition were slightly less than the chances of a dwarf-goblin marriage ever taking place. And a goblin would rather eat his own feet than marry a dwarf. Artemis had to position the bomb. N° 1 and Qwan were in charge of spell-casting, and Holly had the unenviable tasks of keeping them all alive, and persuading Abbot to join their group. And all this while the island was disinte-grating around them. The volcano was literally being torn apart.Huge segments vanished into space like parts of a giant three-dimensional jigsaw. In minutes, there would be nothing left to transport. Qwan took No.l's hand in his own, leading him to the small level spot. 'OK, young fellow. That thing you did up there, with the soldiers — that was good. I was impressed. But this is the big time. I know you're in pain. That's just because you are sensitive to the spell's breakdown. But you have to ignore that. We have an island to move.' No.l felt his tail vibrate nervously. 'An island? An entire island?' Qwan winked. 'And everyone on it. No pressure.' 'What do we do?' 'I only need one thing from you. Call up your magic, every drop. Let it pass through me and I'll do the rest.' That sounded easy enough. But calling up magic when there were arrows flying and chunks of the countryside disappearing was about as easy as going to the toilet on command, with a dozen people watching. Who all hated you. No.l closed his eyes and thought magical thoughts. Magic. Come on, magic. He tried to open the same doors in his mind as he had when he had conjured up the human soldiers. To his surprise, he found the magic came easier now, as if it was ready to come out. The cage had been opened and the beast was free. No.l felt the power surge through his arms, animating him like a puppet. 'Whoa there, big fellow,' said Qwan. 'No need to blow my head off. Put a leash on it until it's time to go.' The old warlock shouted to Artemis, his thin voice almost whipped away by sonic booms. 'How long?' Artemis was dragging the bomb with some difficulty, digging his heels into the crust and heaving. He couldn't help thinking that Butler would have simply slung the bomb and its casing over one shoulder and hefted it on to the plateau. 'Count to three hundred. Maybe two ninety-nine. Providing the deterioration remains constant, which it should.' Qwan had stopped listening after the words three hundred. He gripped No.l's hands tightly. 'Five minutes and we're going home. Time to start the mantra.' Qwan closed his eyes and bobbled his head from side to side, muttering in the ancient demon tongue. No.l could feel the power of the words, shaping the magic into rising circles of blue fire around them. He held on to his new mentor and joined in, repeating the mantra as if his life depended on it. Which, of course, it did. Holly had a new mission now. Somehow she had to draw Abbot into their little group, and persuade him to join the magic circle. It seemed, judging by the way he was waving his fancy sword, highly unlikely that he would do this volun-tarily.

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The demons kept coming, bent low and bobbing. They loosed bolts from their crossbows on the run, none of which were affected by the surge. Of course they wouldn't be. The rays from her Neutrino were calibrated to have a short life: once they made contact with air, they would dissipate after five seconds unless specifically reset to hold together for longer. Thankfully the bolts were falling short, but not as short as they had been a few moments earlier. Time was running out in more ways than one. A group of especially daredevil imps made it past Holly's arc of fire. Their method of travel was foolhardy and suici-dal. Only idiot luck saved them from crushed skulls. Using a hide shield as a sled, three of them skidded down the crater's inner slope, being tossed hither and thither by rocks and changes in gradient. One second they were fifty metres away, and the next Holly could smell the sweat glistening on their brow plates. Holly swung her gun barrel towards them, but it was too late, she could never make it. And even if she did, the others would use the distraction to make ground. The imps were leering at her. Lips pulled back over sharp pointed teeth. One was especially agitated and had some kind of slime flowing from his pores. The imps seemed to hang suspended in the air for the longest time, and then something happened. The air pulsed, and reality momentarily split into coloured pixels like a faulty computer screen. Holly felt sick to her stomach and the imps winked out of existence, taking a two-metre diam-eter tube of the crater with them. Holly fell back from the hole, which collapsed in on itself. No.l fell to his knees and threw up. 'Magic,' he gasped. 'Breaking down. The lure of Earth is stronger than silver now. No one is safe.' Artemis and Qwan were in slightly better shape, but only slightly. 'I am older and have more control over my empathy,' said Qwan. 'That's why I didn't throw up.' And having said that, he threw up. Artemis didn't even give the old warlock time to recover himself. There was no time. Time was surging and unrav-elling at the same time. 'Come on,' he said. 'Forward.' Holly back-pedalled to her feet, pulling No.l to his. Behind them on the slopes, the demons froze at the sight of the disappearing imps, but now were advancing again with renewed determination. No doubt they believed that Holly was responsible for the disappearance of their little brothers. Temporal booms echoed around the island, as chunks of Hybras spun into the time tunnel. Some would material-ize on Earth and some in space. It was doubtful that any demons unlucky enough to be transported would survive. Not without concentrated magic to forge a compass for them. Artemis dragged himself the last few steps to the bomb, dropping to his knees beside it. He wiped ash from the read-out with his sleeve, then spent a while studying it, nodding along with the flickering of its digital timer. The numbers of the timer were behaving seemingly erratically: jumping forward, slowing down and even back-ing up slightly. But Artemis knew that there would be a pattern in here somewhere. Magic was simply another form of energy, and energy conformed to certain rules. It was simply a matter of watching the timer and counting. It took a while longer than they could afford, but eventually Artemis spotted the repeat. He ran the numbers quickly in his head. 'I see it,' he shouted to Qwan, who was on his knees beside him. 'It's mainly forward. An hour per second for a count of forty, followed by a deceleration to thirty minutes per second for a count of eighteen, then a slight jump back-wards in time, one minute per second back for a count of two. Then it repeats.' Qwan smiled weakly. 'What was the first one again?' Artemis stood heaving the bomb from its cradle of ash and fungus. 'Never mind. You need to prepare to transport this place. I'll move this bomb to wherever you need it.' 'Very well, smart Mud Boy. But we still only have four magical beings. We need N'zall.' Holly backed into the group, still firing. 'I'll see what I can do.' Qwan nodded. 'I have faith in you, Captain. Then again I am a trusting person, and look where that got me.' 'Where do you want this?'