Barbara: Come on Tom-Tom, its your turn...stop reading that strange book of yours, if you want to win you must learn to concentrate...
Tom-Tom makes a few moves
Barbara (struggling ): May I use the computer?
Tom-Tom: Of course..have I ever said no ?
Barbara ( consulting her puter ): There....in six moves you're going to lose your planet !
They play on. lights flash
Tom-Tom Im sorry ...you've lost, Barbara
Barbara: Incredible..this has to be some sort of magic. I cant even beat you with a computer, that can solve 18 unknowns to the fourth power. where in Hellios did you learn to play so well ??
Tom-Tom: In a place many eons from here
Barbara: Well..wherever it was, you've amazing skill. everything about you is a puzzle. you're a mystery to me, Tom-Tom
Tom-Tom (innocently): Why??
Barbara: Well..you're one of the strangest pupils I've ever been sent. I dont know anything about you Even your name is mysterious, Logandharma ( or something... )
Tom-Tom: lochandeewhandharma ( or something.....sue me, I dont speak Tibetan! )
Barbara: You see? what a name..I cant even pronounce it.
Tom-Tom: Oh...it means "ocean of wisdom", but I like Tom-Tom too..
Barbara: You still havent told me why you made me leave the lab.
Cut to interior, Metro-City Command
Great-Brother (to female technician): Leave us for a moment please
Technician: Yes, Great-Brother
Great-Brother: It's a good thing you didn't mention the disappearance of the Kappatron from Groven. if word gets out to the five provinces, there'll be general panic.
Nick: Sir..even I have been told about Kappatron..is it really so dangerous?
Great-Brother: Yes..unfortunately. It was the discovery of the most ingenious scientist that Metropolis has had in this century...Doctor Kraspin. It has the power to modify a man's cell structure, and transmute him into some sort of monstrosity, with super-human powers.
Nick: And the Groven Institute funded this kind of research?
Great-Brother: He could do virtually what he wanted..until Barbara Gibson happened to stumble upon the horrendous results of this new radiation, and promptly notified me. Kraspin was apprehended, his research stopped, and the Kappatron confiscated. He was put away in the Mental Control Satellite but two years ago he was recued. Nick...we must find out where Kraspins being kept. I suggest you contact Miss Gibson immediately...
Nick (departing ): Allright Sir..
