They tried to erase the snake, but it just rolled its big red eyes.
"That won't work," said Vera. "Her subconscious is still fighting us. Part of her must want the snake here. We've all got to be together to erase it."
Marsha began to cry. The snake advanced another two feet.
"Oh, quiet!" rasped Lazar. "Ollie, do I have your permission to bring my dragon into the garden? He'll make short work of the snake."
Brunei scowled. "You and your dragon.... Oh, maybe it'll work."
Instantly, the green dragon was in the garden. But it was no longer five feet long and bovine.
It was a good twelve feet long, with cold reptilian eyes and big yellow fangs.
It took one look at the snake, opened its powerful jaws, and belched a huge tongue of orange flame.
The serpent was incinerated. It disappeared.
Brunei was trembling. "What happened, Lazar?" he said. "That's not the same stupid little dragon."