"Well, ain't that a kick in the pants," said Doug.
"Who--?" Hero questioned.
"Don't know," Quinn Stevens said, "but let's get him somewhere safe and get working on that 'plan' of yours. I hope it's a good one."
Hero shrugged casually and hoisted the speedster onto his back. "It's a plan."
"By the way," Stevens added, "My name is Quinn Stevens. This is Hero--" He indicated the powerfully built man, who nodded. "--and this is Doug."
Doug formed a hat on his head and raised it in greeting as he grinned an exaggerated grin with more teeth than is humanly possible to fit in an ordinary jaw. "Pleased ta meetcha."
"My name, good sirs, is..." The 'Dark Nut Detective' stood in a pose with his hands on the sides of his belt as he looked majestically up into the sky. He shouted in a voice that strangely echoed, "...CAPTAIN... MIDNIGHT!"
"Jolly good! Jolly good show!" said Dr. Marvelo. "And I have already had the pleasure of introducing myself as Dr. Marvelo, master of the arcane, the mysterious and the downright peculiar. Err... if I might make a suggestion?"
"Shoot."
"It's been simply smashing to meet with you chaps, but I believe that it would be a good idea to get out of the way before, er..."
"Before?"
"Before we become... 'roadkill.' That's the correct term, eh wot?"
The lizard beast roared furiously and charged the six strange foodstuffs, this time with the intention to kill.
