Dragon's Zeal
The Last Queen Dragon

Chapter 7
Saying Good-Bye, Again

"How do you do that? Phase like that, in and out of our reality, and think us to another place. It's incredible. Could you help me design the engines to do that?"

Wesley grinned at Jordi. "I'll answer the last question first, no. Engines cannot do this. It can only be done with the mind, for Thought is more powerful than anything else. As for your first question, it's simple really. Through Quantum Mechanics the Warp Engines, powered by matter and anti-matter, are able to warp Time, Space, and Gravity, a triangle of Universal Constants. Traveler and especially Gril are able to control the other Universal Constant: Thought!

"There are twelve Universal Constants or Laws in all, but the others don't matter for our discussion," Wesley concluded.

"Captain, we can now meet Zegh and Gril back at Dragon's Lair," Traveler said into his temporary com-badge.

The Enterprise dropped Wesley and Traveler off at Dragon's Lair.

Beverly Crusher hugged her son good-bye in the transporter room. Tears streamed from her eyes. She tried to hold them back, but they spilled down her cheeks anyway. Finally, she released him. "When will I see you again?"

"When I graduate my first level with Traveler." Wesley kissed his mother tenderly on the cheek. With a twinkle in his eye and his lop-sided grin he said, "I'll write." He turned and stepped onto the transporter pad.

Beverly was dumfounded. "How?"

Traveler said, "Long distance computer interface is our next project."

Wesley beamed at her.

Beverly took two steps backwards to lean against the transporter console for support. She looked at her little-boy-turned-man in amazement. "Energize," was all she said.

Zegh, with Gril astride her neck, rose up in space. As she rose, she expanded or grew to her humongous space ship size. Gril waved good-bye to the Enterprise and crew. A wave of Zegh's wings and the Enterprise jumped nearly to the space station where they had started their journey three weeks earlier.

"Drat! I wish they wouldn't do that," Captain Picard said, holding his head. "It makes me dizzy."

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