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backward with blinding speed, then somehow found himself tumbling into
Jayson, sending the two of them sprawling on the dry, cracked dirt.

тАЬYou shrank, man,тАЭ Jayson complained, rising and dusting his cargo
shorts. тАЬYou shrank right to the size of a hobbit. You were the size of Hello
frigginтАЩ Kitty.тАЭ

тАЬWhereтАЩs my computer?тАЭ

тАЬYou see that little gray matchbook down there? ThatтАЩs your Dell,
dude.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm getting it.тАЭ Stefan darted in, shrinking as he went. He grabbed his
laptop and hurried back out.

тАЬBrave man,тАЭ said Jayson, patting StefanтАЩs shoulder. тАЬHow about this
for an idea. Instead of walking into that crack, we get my Indian and ride into
it.тАЭ

Stefan considered this. тАЬYou really want to risk your precious bike? At
this point, itтАЩs all youтАЩve got left.тАЭ

Jayson mulled this perhaps unkind remark, and decided to come
clean. тАЬLook, I didnтАЩt want to tell you this before, because IтАЩd knew youтАЩd
get all uptight, but Lester hid one of those satellite locator gizmos inside my
IndianтАЩs engine block. ThatтАЩs what he told me on the phone. So if he really
filed a stolen vehicle report...тАЭ

A police helicopter was laboring heavily over the valley. In L.A., the
cop choppers were always up there. At four AM, above a howl of sirens,
you could see them scorching the dark alleys of Hollywood with massive
beams of light, like premieres in reverse.

тАЬSo I say we ride my bike into this crack in the ground,тАЭ continued
Jayson. тАЬAnd then we ride off the radio spectrum, just like the ants did. The
vehicle disappears. Plus, then weтАЩve got some wheels. ItтАЩs win-win.тАЭ

тАЬBrilliant,тАЭ said Stefan, nodding his head. тАЬLetтАЩs hurry.тАЭ

They left the gas can where it was and ran back to the garage. Jayson
kicked his reluctant hog into function. There was room to spare for Stefan
behind Jayson on the IndianтАЩs enormous seat, which had been built for the
generous cop-butts of a simpler era.

They roared up the driveway to the pullout and paused to top up the
motorcycleтАЩs tank from the can of gas, Jayson recklessly smoking a
cigarette all the while.

тАЬIтАЩm, uh, having a moment of hesitation,тАЭ Stefan confessed when they
were back on the seat. тАЬCan two men on a motorcycle possibly fit under a