e tunnel entrance. Lee had the wits to
crouch in a fairly open space as he stared at the dwindling trees, the
little hills, all shrinking. Franklin must be around here somewhere.
Franklin doubtless would see him in a moment.

And then as Lee rose up, Franklin saw him. Lee put a hand on one of the
little hills at his waist, vaulted it so that he faced Franklin with
what seemed no more than a hundred feet between them. For that second
Franklin was transfixed. Amazement swept his face. His muttering was
audible:

"Why--why--what's this--"

An adversary had come to challenge his power. As Lee bounded
forward, on Franklin's face while he stood transfixed, there was
wonderment--disappointment--sudden instinctive fear--and then wild rage.
He stooped; seized a boulder, hurled it at the oncoming Lee. It missed;
and then Lee was on him, seizing him.

Franklin's body had not been enlarging, but as he saw Lee coming, his
hand had flung his switch. They gripped each other now, swaying, locked
together, staggering. Franklin still was more than head and shoulders
above Lee. His huge arms, with amazing power in them, bent Lee backward.
He stumbled, went down with Franklin on him. "Got you! Damn you," he
said.

* * * * *

His giant hands gripped Lee's throat, but Lee was aware that his own
body was enlarging faster than Franklin's, upon which the size-current
had only now started to act. If Lee could only resist--just a little bit
longer! His groping hands beside him on the ground seized a rock.
Monstrous strangling fingers were at this throat--his breath was gone,
his head roaring. Then he was aware that he had seized a rock and struck
it up into Franklin's face. For a second the hands at Lee's throat
relaxed. He gulped in air, desperately broke free and staggered to his
feet.

But Franklin was up as quickly. The tiny forest trees crackled under
Lee's tread as again he hurled himself viciously on his antagonist....

* * * * *

At the head of the distant ravine, the numbed Aura crouched alone,
staring out at the hills with mute horror--staring at the two monstrous
giants slugging it out. Franklin was the larger. She saw Lee rise up,
and with a hand on one of the hills, vault over it. Giants that loomed
against the sky as they fronted each other and then crashed together,
went down.

Lee was underneath! Dear God--

Two monstrous bodies--Lee was lying with a ridg