The bats, as if understanding what was required, urged themselves to even greater velocity. The wheel was now a wooden blur, so much so that the aroma of burning tree began to intermingle with the acrid tang of ozone.
“This bracket isn't going to last much longer,” roared Ethan. “It's going to have to be now or never.”
Kilo gave Crumble an anxious hand signal. Nodding in understanding, the Professor took a step to his left and took hold of the largest lever on the control panel. He braced himself for a moment before yanking it down with all of his might.
Surpassing all of the other explosions, crashes, and electrical bangs that had come before, it seemed as if Crumble, by this one simple action, had unleashed hell on earth. An ear-splitting boom that made the bat whistle seem like a whi
