The Leader looked at him. "You've done this?" His tone was most incredulous. He darted toward Timmy.
"Don't move," ordered the Earthman. He flicked a button and the great bomb dropped silently. The Leader stopped. There was utter silence as every creature in the amphitheater realized what was happening.
"Well," said the Leader at last, "it's an impasse, isn't it."
"No ... it's check ... and check-mate."
"Yes," chuckled Johnny Damokles, "she are old Greeks' gambit."
The Leader darted back to his control board. Again and again he shot every ounce of power into the bomb's blasts. Nothing happened. It spun about at that same tantalizing half-mile above their heads.
"Most ingenius," said the Leader. "You falsified those papers on how your principle worked?"
"Believe that if you want," said Timmy with a shrug. "And now ... I'm taking over."