An electrical arc leaps between them, a common enough event when two machines touch in a vacuum.

Vanyel screamed in agony, convulsing, clutching the pillar as the released power arced back into him - and from him, a second, weaker arc leapt to Tylendel.

A great, blinding arc leaped between the two ships as the speeding Satorian hull smashed violently against the side of the Ancient Mariner!

A crackling black arc raced up the weapon and leaped from its tip, right into the fomorian's belly.

An arc of flame leapt from his palm to strike the monster just behind the head.

Circuits fused; arcs of blue fire leaped over the panels and the tube banks; holocausts of energy were released to fill the rocky chambers with destruction.

He pointed his finger at Elemak, and an arc of fire like lightning leapt from his fingertip, striking Elemak in the head.

An arc of flame leapt from the fireplace and soared across the room, flaring so near Ulaf that the searing heat singed his bangs and eyebrows.

An arc of flame leaped suddenly from the launch to the sloop.

A thin opal haze shimmered everywhere around the spacecraft, fantastically writhing, where long livid arcs leaped and knots exploded into bursts of gigantic sparks.