The Avengers: The Journey Back Page #3

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you know Dr. Creswell.

Hadn't we better get going?

We'll be late for dinner.

What dinner?

Thank you for jogging my memory.

I think we'd better say goodbye.

-Goodbye.

-allow me.

-I am sorry.

-My pleasure.

I don't fall for strangers.

What was that about?

You didn't trip.

We don't have a dinner.

and to plumb the depths

of utter banality with:

"I don't fall for strangers."

It was a corny situation

calling for corny measures.

Wanted to get my hand on his collar.

Didn't you see?

It was thick with make-up.

Odd, greasy sort of make-up.

This is enough to put under a microscope.

Good girl.

-and Mankin?

-Dead, I'm afraid. Electrocuted.

So would I be

if I didn't have rubber-soled shoes.

and the kick on the shin?

That?

I just felt like that.

are you sure you took care of Mankin?

Gave him a nasty shock.

So, they've all gone then.

Mankin, Grey, Bryant, Jubert.

all their fiiles are destroyed.

-all the dangers are eliminated.

-Except for Steed and Mrs. Peel.

They can only guess what happened.

They don't know how it was done.

I think it's about time we showed them.

I know it's late.

I've been slaving over a hot Bunsen burner.

I've been doing tests

on that sample of make-up.

It contains particles of aluminium.

There are also traces

of a nonconducting oil.

It doesn't conduct electricity.

It acts as a sort of insulation.

It's perfectly logical, an ordinary make-up

insulates a girl from lots of things.

Not those sort of things.

against the wind and the weather,

for example.

Why not a make-up that insulates

the wearer against high voltage?

all right.

I'll see you tomorrow.

I want you in my arms again.

Good morning.

I trust you slept well.

as well as can be expected.

What time's breakfast?

I would've rung but I'm all tied up.

and you'll stay that way.

It's you.

My shocking friend.

I hate to tell you

but you're losing your power.

Quite deliberate.

We didn't want to kill you.

Yet.

-I'm sure you have a very good reason.

-Certainly.

I imagine you know where you are.

I'm at Risely Dale.

That's obvious.

Then there's a question of Steed.

That's all we want.

That's why we had to keep you alive.

To get Steed to come here.

I'm the bait.

Two for the price of one.

He'll know its a trap.

Not if you call him.

and you will call him.

When I've edited our little conversation.

- I imagine you know where you are.

-I'm at Risely Dale.

Forgive me.

Mrs. Peel, good morning.

How are you?

Mrs. Peel, you all right?

Where are you?

I'm at Risely Dale.

He'll be here in about 30 minutes.

-Perhaps.

-He'll come.

He may have his suspicions

but that won't matter.

He won't suspect you.

You are going to kill him.

.

Spare my blushes.

You are looking at a superman.

You're wrong.

His pectorals are far from perfect.

He's a prototype.

The fiirst of many.

His power is unlimited.

Balls. His power is limited

by what your little blue van out there...

...your mobile generator is capable

of giving out.

Say about 10,000 volts.

Much more than that.

We take the power from a small engine.

We build it up, transform it.

Pushing it up...

Until he becomes a walking dynamo.

The technique is so simple.

First he's sprayed with a...

a nonconductive oil.

It acts as an insulation,

a sort of protection.

Then comes the substance containing...

...aluminium particles, a sort of outer skin.

-You said that you'd destroyed all the fiiles.

-I did.

It was an educated guess.

Plus a little research.

What a great pity.

That brilliant mind won't be with us

much longer.

I must test the generator.

a walking dynamo.

My pectorals may leave much

to be desired.

But I'm the most dynamic man...

...you are ever likely to meet.

Hear that? Power.

Broadcast power.

a life force flowing into me.

Fed by radio waves.

Making me the most powerful man

on Earth. a king. Omnipotent.

Careful you don't blow a fuse.

My protection is guaranteed.

See, you were right.

The inner skin protects me.

The nonconductive oil.

The aluminium particles

carry the electric charge.

Very good.

Top marks.

The power ripples across

my skin like muscles.

at least 25,000 volts of it.

I can kill, burn, destroy.

a superman.

In a few months time,

there will be a hundred like him.

For what purpose?

You might call it a takeover bid.

Society owes me many things.

When my army of supermen moves in

on society, I shall dictate the terms then.

I will bring the government to its knees.

I will become the government.

I will rule.

What happens if there's a power cut?

The table is completely insulated.

Soon,

you will be charged with 25,000 volts.

Then whoever touches you will earth you.

The shock will kill you

and whoever touches you.

I'm sure Mr. Steed will want to free you.

It's elaborate,

but it's the nature of an experiment.

a technique that we have been wanting

to try for a very long time.

He's coming.

I'd recognise those eyes anywhere.

I knew you had sterling qualities,

but bright silver.

Where are your hole marks?

Don't worry. Have you out in a jiffy.

Time for pleasantries later.

You realise I happen to be charged

with 25,000 volts?

I attribute that

to your personal magnetism.

-Listen to that generator.

-It's lucky I'm not earthed.

I happen to be wearing rubber galoshes.

The English gentleman's best friend.

Guaranteed to protect

against the vagaries of our climate...

...and also 25,000 volts.

There's something wrong.

She's still holding the charge.

It's up to me then.

Creswell's a complete megalomaniac.

He's planning to take over the country.

Then we've got to stop him.

How does that fiit?

Not exactly snug, but adequate.

Now.

You ruined his make-up.

Where have you been?

I've been waiting for you.

I've been messing with all this electricity.

I don't know how, but I'm magnetised.

I'm stuck to the car.

It's no laughing matter. How am I to call

the garage and tell them I'm stuck to my...

How am I to call a garage?

Look, this is most indelicate of you.

Let me see.

How can I be constructive?

What are you, aC or DC?

I've never had occasion to fiind out.

Here, let me give you a hand.

Don't fiight it.

We're inseparable.

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