Disclaimer: We Can Work It Out is property of Sirs John Lennon & Paul McCartney (the Beatles). A good part of this story...or this chapter, anyway, is part of The Avengers episode 'A Sense Of History'. Enjoy!
Part 1: WE CAN WORK IT OUT
Members of different rock groups throughout the 60s, 70s, & 80s were being killed just as they were on the verge of being discovered or making it big. They seemed to stop for a decade, then recently started up again. Det. Lilly Rush was concerned, and had discovered a connection with a murdered singer who was a member of one of the failed groups. "You said he never hurt anyone, and just wanted to forget his past?" Lilly asked Zack Taylor.
"Yeah. Angela would ask him, but he would either change the subject or avoid it completely. You think it has to do with those killings from the 60s?"
"Not just that, it seems they've started up again. Any ideas?"
"None yet, but we can help. It seems there are 5 or 6 main locations: Liverpool, England: Eksjo, Sweden; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York City, Los Angeles, and Oahu, Hawaii."
Wonder Woman then spoke up "We can split up and go to each of these locations. Zack, Kimberly, Chris, Laurie, Jill, Kelly, Hal & I will head for England. We'll join forces with Steed & Mrs. Peel there."
"Well, it's off to Sweden for Hyde, Jackie, Samantha, Tommy, Kris, Dan, Julie, Black Canary and myself. We'll join Sherlock Holmes & Watson there." The Flash added.
"Det. Rush, it looks like you'll be hosting Trini, Billy, Hawkwoman, myself, Tiffany, Sabrina, Tracy, and Bill in Philadelphia." Hawkman spoke.
"Megan, Firestorm, J'onn, and I will be joining my former BAU teammates in Minneapolis." Elle Greenway said.
"The Charmed Ones will be with Dets. Logan and Barek and myself in LA." Superman stated.
"That leaves Hawaii for Jason, Keith, Eve, Isis, and myself. We'll be working with 5-0, and the rest of the Investigative Branch will be on standby if needed. Let's get this creep." Batman finished.
London. England:
Kelly Garrett looked over her shoulder at the Westminster Bridge and Big Ben. Admiring the view, she then spoke "We need to find New Scotland Yard. Batman said that Steed and his associates are waiting for us there…along with a special consultant. Wonder how he's going to help us solve this?"
"First, we need to find out more about the musicians who were killed here. According to the files, they were a group about to be discovered in 1971, a year after the Beatles broke up. Here's what they say."
Jill Munroe took over, showing her companions the file as they began to read…
Flashback: London, England; 1971:
"Kristin, love, did you hear that?" Jamie Conley shouted.
"You kidding, dear? All those years of practicing, playing in dives, and now…we're gonna be huge!" Kristin Lee Belbridge screamed. She, Lisa Farndall, Michael Kennerly, Jonathan Parker, Martin Brahms, and Susan Elizabeth Sheperd were a band called the New Faces. Blending pop & rock, they were a band on the rise…about to be signed to Apple Records.
Jonathan was less excited about their prospects. "I still don't feel that we're a hit yet. Maybe we should hold out for something better."
Susan looked at him and said "ARE YOU BLOODY INSANE?! You're looking a gift horse in the mouth! We've made it!"
Martin sighed. "You know our resident party pooper, he'd look at an invite to play with Led Zeppelin and ask 'Why us?' "
Lisa grinned "We're gonna take the world by storm! This is only the beginning…"
7 days later:
On a soccer field, there were 2 bodies, a male and female, poisoned, strangled, and shot through the hearts with arrows. They had missed an important meeting with their group.
They were Jonathan Parker and Lisa Farndall.
End Flashback:
"Where do we start?" Kimberly Hart-Oliver asked.
"By talking to their former bandmates and anyone else who knew them. By knowing about them, we find out more about why the murders happened." Zack told everyone.
"Let's hold this conversation for later. We're at Steed's" Wonder Woman spoke then.
Once inside, Steed spoke to the visiting heroes. "It seems that there is some connecting thread…but I can't see it. There is a connection to our murdered musicians here…and a prep college called St. Bodes. Gambit & Purdey are looking into this now."
"What's the connection?" Laurie Partridge asked.
"They were students of St. Bodes. At the time. There was an uprising, and one of the professors was killed. Mrs. Peel, Gambit, Purdey, and myself were about to investigate, when we found out about your investigation. We should join forces on this."
"That we should. We were checking out St Bodes, and it seems that our two murdered bandmates were students there. That alone is enough to check it out. But it seems that after nearly 45 years, the trail may have gone cold." Jill Munroe told everyone.
"Maybe not. It looks like it's started up again. James Broom , a leading economist on his way to a university was stopped by students involved in Rag Week antics - all dressed as Robin Hood's merry men - he pays the toll for the road but turning his back is shot by an arrow from behind. The students were believed to be from St Bodes. Time to join forces and go to work." Catherine Gale, Steed's 1st partner, informs the heroes.
Mrs Peel arrives at a garage with Zack, Kimberly, Chris, Laurie, Jill, Kelly. Steed fires a toy arrow at them. "Cute." Zack frowns.
"Sorry about that. It turns out that it is a very vital clue, along with it's more lethal cousin, which was in Broom's back. Purdey discovered it in the autopsy your Det. Bonassera performed." Steed informs the group.
Emma is stunned. "This can't be…Brooms plans for "Europia" was a continuation of what the murdered professor in 1969 was working on, where the combined economic force of Europe would banish poverty forever; it could suffer a serious set-back." She tells everyone.
Laurie looks around the garage…and sees a hand emerging from the trunk of Broom's car. "Who's this, and why is he in the trunk like this?"
As Wonder Woman & Green Lantern join them, Steed introduces everyone to Richard Carlyon, Broom's right-hand man. "Ahem, why were you…" Green Lantern started.
"I had been retrieving Broom's briefcase from its hiding place. It seems that he was heading to a meeting with a man diametrically opposed to his ideas…but had not confided the man's name; only that he was connected to St Bode's College."
"St Bodes, again. It looks like we had best look into this college further…everything may come into place there." Wonder Woman spoke up then.
"And find out about the group who had 2 members murdered. The remaining bandmates are still there as professors." Kimberly informed them of what she had learned from old press releases and documents she had discovered.
Steed looks at the younger heroes, and Purdey, who had just arrived. "My friends, isn't it time all of you, along with Mrs Peel, Jill, Kelly, and Purdey resume your education?"
Jill grinned, and then joked "2 and 2 are 4, 2 and 3 are 9…ooops. You're right."
At St Bode's, Gordon Henge struggles to keep control of a lecture, beginning with… "Times have shown us that history is a series of foregone conclusions…in fact, the great events of history have been the result of chance or coincidence. We must…"
However…the rowdy students are in no mood to listen. A young student, John Pettit, interrupts with "It seems that you are doomed to live in the past. Professor Acheson states that, given the right circumstances, one man can alter or change the course of history. I gather that you do not agree with this? I mean, you can't both be right."
"As I have spent the last few minutes arguing this, I would not agree with this. Professor Acheson is entitled to his views…as I am entitled to mine."
A brilliant young fascist, Duboys, interrupts…with great insolence "All that we have heard is a bunch of stale prattle teaching us nothing!"
"Duboys…you are a guttersnipe!"
Mrs Peel, along with Jill, Kelly, Chris, and Laurie, look on as Duboys insults Henge openly, stating that "You are entitled you're your opinions…as I am entitled to mine." This causes the professor to gather his books and storm out.
"That went well." Jill mused.
"Shall we head him off?" Kelly asks.
Mrs Peel states "You both read my mind." And soon, along with Laurie, chase after him but is stopped by a man doing stretching exercises in the lobby. "Excuse us…" Jill starts
"Dreadfully sorry. Isometrics. Great for the joints. Professor Acheson. And you are…"
"Jill Munroe. These are my friends Kelly Garrett, Laurie Partridge and Emma Peel. We're looking for a young man named Duboys. Have you seen were he happened to go?"
He indicates where they can find Duboys by pointing forwards towards the male dormitories.
"Thank you." Jill smiles and the four take off.
"Doesn't waste any words, does he?" Mrs. Peel muses.
When the four reach the door, they're waylaid by masked students. Luckily she, Jill, Kelly, and Laurie turn the tables, starting with Mrs. Peel flipping one of them over her shoulder. Kelly then smacks one in the stomach, then throws him down the hall. Laurie slams another into a wall, then throws him through an open doorway, while Jill disarms Duboys, knocking the sword out of his hand. "Do you greet all visitors like this?"
"It seems that we have all gotten off on the wrong foot." Duboys quickly muses.
Steed and Green Lantern are aiding Carlyon by setting up camp in the woods nearby. "Is this really necessary?" Hal asks.
"Most definitely. Here's proof." Carlyon states, then shows them the thesis.
Hal and Steed look over the paper, and are concerned with what they see. "After looking at this, I don't think the general basis of this is economic at all. In fact, it becomes increasingly hysterical and descends into political dogma."
"…with the whiff of jack boots", adds Steed.
Duboys meanwhile has apologized to Laurie, Kelly, Jill, and Emma and given them tea; his band - Millerson, Pettit, Allen, and Marianne- claim they do not despise Henge.
"Then…why the hostile reactions to his lesson?" Laurie asks. "I understand he seems to be a bit…no, he is a complete horse's ass, but still…"
"Aptly put. We have a negative appraisal of him and call him "Stone Henge" because he has outdated opinions." Duboys tells her.
Emma then says But Professor Henge is an intelligent man, and highly regarded by his friends, including Broom"
"Being highly regarded in high places doesn't make anyone any less of a complete ass." Kelly states frankly.
Duboys speaks his admiration of Kelly's statement, and adds with a sneer that Broom was a very intelligent man.
Laurie looks over and says "We'd best be getting back to the dorm."
Emma agrees, and the four women leave, Kelly speaking "Thank you…for the tea."
After they leave, Duboys tells his band to watch them.
Steed arrives at the university where he runs into Kimberly. "The investigation seems to be at a standstill right now. Zack found out that the former bandmates are now professors here, and he's trying to find out what classes they teach. We did find out about an aunt you used to come here…your aunt, I believe?" Kim asks.
"Mrs. Oliver, I do believe you are referring to a Mrs Sybil Peabody - drinks like a fish...still does to this day. Hard to tell when she's sober or about to hit the sauce. I must get in touch with her, make sure she isn't about to…" Steed is interrupted by the arrival of Zack, Chris, and Hal. "There's some lunatic professor stretching his arms in the common area…nearly clotheslined Zack." Hal snapped.
"He calls them isometrics, I call them a pain." Chris adds.
"I can appreciate physical fitness…but that form is just plain stupid and annoying." Zack understandably snaps."
Steed comments with "I expect my professors to be stooped and dusty." They have since joined Mrs. Peel, who states "I like my students to be eager and innocent…" She then finds a pin-up inside a desk.
"I'd better go. I'm talking to one of the former group members, Martin Brahms. He's a professor of Archaeology." Zack tells everyone.
"Quite a change from rock and roll to…old bones, don't you think?" Mrs. Peel queries.
"That's what I'm going to find out right now."
"Hey, I'll come with you." Chris speaks up.
25 minutes later:
Zack and Chris are with now Professor Martin Brahms. Chris gets the ball rolling. "We found your demo tapes. Quite good stuff, you all could have been as big as the Rolling Stones. Sorry it didn't work out for you."
"Yes, we could have been big. But...things did work out for the surviving members. Still, I sometimes wonder…but that's neither here nor there." Martin tells the two Rangers.
"How did you all get together?" Zack asks.
Martin gets misty eyed as he speaks "There we were, all full of music, and ourselves…ready to take on the world…
Flashback: St. Bodes, 1967:
Three people are rushing into the campus, anxious to start their sophomore year. Martin, at 20, shouts "Kristin, Jamie, come on, I want to get to the music room!"
"Hang on, I wanna get the best guitar! Last time, Michael grabbed it, and it didn't sound all that great!" Jamie sighed.
"That's because Michael is best suited for drums. I should know, he's my cousin. Hi, I'm Susan. Susan Sheperd.
"Hi. Kristin Belbridge. These 2 are Martin Brahms and Jamie Conley. New here?"
"We both are. Lisa Farndall. Mike's my ex. We still get along, however. Where is he?"
"Behind ye, luv. Not nice to shoot down my guitar, cuz. There's someone here who thinks we should be a group." Michael Kennerly frowns good naturedly.
"Well, we should. Name's Johnny. Johnny Parker."
Kristin smiles. "You really think we have a chance?"
"Well, we won't know we give it a shot. We should try it." Martin smiles.
"Let's do it!" everyone shouts.
Flashback ends
"Sounds like you really were ready to take on anything." Chris smiles.
"Well, we thought we were gonna take the world by storm. We thought that for 4 years. Still have no idea why Jonathan & Lisa turned up like that." Marin's eyes misted up again.
"We're sorry for bringing this up again." Zack tells him sadly.
"Do me a favor…find the bastard and nail his hide to the wall." Martin tells them.
Almost immediately afterwards, they are joined by Laurie, as they talk to Michael, now a professor of music. Laurie starts this round with "We happened to come across one of your group's demos. You were about to sign an American recording contract with a major label, and go on your 1st US tour when the murders occurred. What happened?"
"No idea. We were all excited about what was going to happen. There was no reason for …" Michael reflects sadly.
"Any thoughts on why they left that evening?" Zack asks.
"Jonathan & Lisa were in love with the music…and each other…"
Flashback: St Bodes, 1971:
"Lisa giggles. "Johnny…let's get away for a while." Lisa kisses him before he answers.
"Hurry back, you two. We still have to get ready for America." Martin reminds them.
"Believe me, I am not about to wreck this! This is HUGE!" Jonathan smiles, takes Lisa's hand, and leaves.
"Those are two in love." Susan sighs.
Flashback ends
"If only we knew what was about to happen to them…if only we could have…"
"Sir, you shouldn't blame yourself for what you couldn't have done anything about. Who could have known about something like that."
"Please…find this person…and get him…one way or another."
Meanwhile, Henge has suggested…and rather haughtily…that Jill, Emma, and Kelly ask Grindley, the archivist about the thesis when asked about it. "If you're that much of a horse's ass, you better be good what you do." Kelly snaps after he leaves.
"And damn if he is, he's still an horse's ass!" Jill snaps. "Off to the archives…creep. I can see why Duboys and the other students think of him the way they do." Jill is still irked over her meeting with Henge.
"…and the archive is full of theses", quip Emma and Steed.
"And that is where Henge belongs!" Jill snaps.
Steed is off to visit Grindley. "I'm looking for a particular thesis…'Economics and A Sense Of History'. Is there a existing copy around?"
"Sorry, my good fellow,…but there's no real filing system at St Bode's. I wish I could be of better assistance.
"I won't waste anymore of your valuable time. Thank you anyway." Steed then leaves.
Henge enters afterwards and warns Grindley that Steed is not a member of the faculty.
Grindley tells him "I didn't give him the thesis …but I know what to do about it."
Soon, as Grindley collects his notes for a lecture, he is startled by Millerson, who has come down from a ladder. Millerson heads for the lecture hall, where he informs Duboys that Grindley has been talking; Duboys replies by pointing his fingers and jabbing them at Pettit's chest. He then starts to incite how displeased that Grindley is late. "This simply shall not do. He should be here now!" He then incites the students into thumping the desk and shouting "We want Grindley"
At this time, Grindley passes Millerson in the quad, who raises a bow and arrow as he greets him; moments later, Grindley staggers into the lecture room and collapses, an arrow in his back.
At this time, Zack, Chris, and Kimberly are talking to Susan, now a metallurgics professor. "We're looking into the murders of your former bandmates. Is there anything you remember about that period?" Kimberly asks.
Susan then tells them "Yes, there is. Around that time…"
Flashback: St, Bodes, 1970:
"You're wrong about this. Horace, we are not giving up on our music to begin some stuffy and antiquated form of music. It just isn't who we are." Jonathan shouts.
Lisa adds "I am not a fan of that type anyway. It is so not me, or what I feel. For music, you have to have it be a part of you…and that just isn't. Sorry."
Horace Grindley shouts in reply "We'll see what your mates have to say, then."
"Not necessary. None of us want that either. Your idea that we start a classical music group instead has been voted down." Martin snaps.
"Fine" Horace storms out.
"Totally and completely high strung." Jamie frowns.
Flashback Ends
"Horace always was what you would call a 'drama queen'. Susan tells them.
The three asks why, and she cannot answer them.
Steed leaves Emma to sort the dusty volumes in the archives while he, Hal, and Gambit visit Carlyon, but are waylaid by the students. Duboys tells Steed they bore Grindley's body away as St Bode's tradition dictates and accuses him of not being an ex-student.
Steed frowns. "Are you calling me a liar?"
"Another wise assumption." Duboys sneers.
Hal twists Millerson's arm around his back, as Gambit slams both Pettit and another student…Allen… into the wall. Steed grabs Duboys and twists his arm, stating that "I dislike being called a liar…I dislike it very much indeed."
Duboys is surprised when Steed gets the better of him; he orders his minions to get him, however, thanks to Hal & Gambit, none of them are in any position to offer any threat.
Acheson arrives and snaps "Off to your rooms. Now." He then states "Rather impatient and restless. Effects of Rag Week"
"No excuse for all that." Gambit snaps
"Obviously respect is not on the curriculum here!" Hal angrily agrees.
Acheson then tells Steed to report Duboys to the proctor if he troubles him again.
Steed instead replies "I'll do better than that…I'll break his arm instead."
Gambit angrily snaps "I'll break his neck."
Emma and Kelly meanwhile are paid a visit by Henge, who tells them he's now in Charge of the archives.
"A lot of students are going to fail their courses with you in charge of them." Kelly angrily snaps at Henge before storming out in a huff.
Henge turns to Emma and asks what he has done to warrant such a response. Emma snaps back "Listen to yourself sometime…you'll know why."
Laurie, Kimberly, and Jill take the time to talk to Jamie, Head of the Theology Dept. "How did you start your band in the first place? In the Music world, college students aren't usually taken seriously unless they're about to graduate…at least, not around that time, anyway." Kimberly muses.
Jamie tells them "We were full of what we would call at that time piss and vinegar…and we were developing quite an edge and a damn good reputation and good buzz in the music world locally…"
Flashback: Liverpool, 1968:
"THAT WAS PAUL MCCARTNEY! He thought we were amazing!" Jamie screamed.
"It took Paul McCartney to get both you and Martin excited?! Never mind Mick Jagger, Keith Richards or Jim Morrison." Kristin giggled.
Lisa smiled. "Well, it is the best thing to hear from one of the Beatles. We really are going places."
"Horace doesn't think so. He still thinks rock is a waste." Martin sighed.
Michael frowned "I can't believe he still thinks like that. Maybe he'll see things differently later."
"I doubt it. And…Johnny & Lisa said he was acting weird. Any ideas?" Susan spoke.
"Right now, who cares. Lets just eour big night…the first of many to come, I'm sure!" Jonathan shouted.
Flashback Ends
"…and can't imagine why anyone in their group would jepoardise it."
After leaving Jamie, Kimberly and Laurie looked at Jill. "We should check out Prof. Horace Grindley." The Red Power Angel spoke up then
Meanwhile, Zack and Steed reach Carlyon's caravan. "I've read this thesis, and I think it's the work of a mature mind - or maybe an exceptionally brilliant student like Duboys." Zack tells Steed.
Steed confirms this, adding "Carlyon's the key man now, and his life is in danger. We have to make sure he is out of the assassin's range."
Steed hears owl calls and he and Zack realize they're signals - they are surrounded by students armed with bows and arrows. The students attack and they take cover under the caravan - when they start using burning arrows and one attacks Steed with a knife.
"This is no rag week game. Zack, try to get out of here!" Steed shouts. Gambit and Hall arrive and start fighting some of the students, Hal using his ring to deflect some of the flaming arrows, while Gambit punches some of the others. "Nice bunch. We've got our future thugs and politicians!" Hal snaps.
Zack slips away and morphs into the Black Ranger, and fights some of them off, while Steed fights off more and they retreat. Gambit knocks one down with the lid of Carlyon's cooking pot and grabs him - the boy escapes but leaves behind a wallet with a photo of Marianne in it.
The next day, Steed and Kelly find Marianne in a classroom and confront her. Pettit comes to her defense but Steed menaces him physically. Kelly demands "Who's running all of this? "
Pettit admits "All right, there's someone even Duboys is afraid of…but none of us know who."
Steed gives him the thesis "Have you seen this before?"
"Yes."
"Grindley said no one had a record system for the archives." Steed told him.
Pettit says "Grindley lied, anyone used to the archive could find it in five minutes."
"You, for instance", Steed orders.
"Exactly."
"Try and look this up for us." Kelly commands.
Pettit, despite Marianne's shaking head, agrees. Duboys enters and insolently orders Pettit and Marianne off to a Rag Week meeting. Kelly glares at Duboys, which does not go unnoticed.
Jill, Zack, and Purdey, who joins them posing as a transfer student, talk to Kristin, now the Dean of Women. Purdey asks "You were about to start your 1st album and go on your 1st American tour. What happened?"
Krisin tells them "I don't know who would kill them, I mean…why attack any of us. I don't think we were the type who would get involved with anything that would ruin our chances…we were so into our music that anything else would be unthinkable…"
Flashback: St Bodes, 1970:
"Horace still in a snit?" Kristin frowns.
"Yeah. It's not like he was a vital member of our group. Besides, he's been acting very strange…something about… 'Economics And A Sense Of History.' He just keeps reading some study he did over and over…and snickering." Jonathan sighed.
"We'd best talk to him. We're packing to leave for the USA tomorrow." Lisa sighed.
Flashback Ends:
"Then, they were called away. That was the last we saw of Johnny & Lisa." Kristin began to cry, and Jill assures her by saying "We'll make sure your friends get justice…one way or another."
That night, at his campsite, Carlyon composes a memo, somewhat dictated by Steed, to his minister to explain his absence. "Under the strictest confidence…national security at stake. If you do not return within the week, it will be assumed that you have given your life for your country." Steed finishes.
"Really…given my life?" Carlyon stammers, then hides under his caravan with a colander on his head while Steed returns to the university.
A storm is brewing as Duboys interrogates Pettit, who claims Steed only asked him about the student activities. Millerson and Duboys know he's lying but Millerson refuses to do any more dirty work; he suggests the "big man" show he is equally committed by getting his hands dirty for a change.
Pettit enters the archive under cover of the storm but someone else sneaks in behind him. While he is looking for the thesis, the other person has pushed a bookcase on top of him. Pettit looks around, sees the falling bookcase and shouts "Look out, you fool!" Too late, as the bookcase crushes him just as he finds the thesis. Steed sees the archives door swing open a moment later and rushes in to find Henge claiming there's been a terrible accident.
Steed and Emma join Zack, Kimberly, Diana, Gambit, and Purdey to restore order to the archive. Steed is understandably upset…and blames himself for Pettit's death. Diana tries to assure him with "There was no way you could have known something like this was going to happen."
"Could I?" I still should have at least gone there myself!" Steed snaps.
Mrs. Peel finishes with "Then we would probably be mouring you instead. No, this was whoever's behind the thesis' fault. And the sooner we put him away…the better.
Diana presumes the thesis is now destroyed. Millerson enters and hands them invitations to the Rag Week rave the next night. "They certainly do bury and forget", Emma observes. Carlyon has also been invited and ponders the invitation at his camp.
Meanwhile, Duboys asks Millerson and Allen to reaffirm their vows and cuts both their chests with the point of his sword, Millerson returning the favor. Duboys orates "With blood we bind and in blood we advance" as they place their blood-smeared fingers on the sword. Marianne delivers a reply from Carlyon, he has accepted, and Duboys says the sword will taste blood again.
Steed and Emma are walking in the cloister when they are joined by Purdey, Gambit, Jill, Kelly, and Kimberly. An arrow shoots past in front of them. "What the bloody hell…" Purdey shouts
Acheson runs up and apologizes, saying he wanted to try it out before tomorrow night - the rave is a fancy dress affair based on Robin Hood.
Allen starts the celebrations with a flaming arrow, and Marianne glares at Duboys when he takes food from her hand. She overhears him tell Millerson that Carlyon must be lured to the lecture room.
Mrs Peel enters a lecture room where Steed is getting dressed and they compare costumes - Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Diana, Hal, Zack, Kimberly, Laurie, Chris, Gambit, and Purdey join them, dressed as Robin Hood's Merry Men. "Wasn't the Sheriff a baddie?" Kimberly asks.
"Beneath this finery beats a heart of gold" Steed smiles.
Emma notes that "Your sword is a bit droopy."
"Wait until it's challenged", he quips.
Carlyon arrives, dressed as Richard the Lionheart, and Millerson tells him he is audacious in thinking The Plan for Europia could succeed –
"…would be allowed to succeed", Duboys interjects.
They are leading him off to the lecture room when Steed, Hal, and Mrs. Peel stop them; Steed greets Carlyon as an old friend and helps Hal steer him away, much to Duboys' disgust. He's more annoyed a moment later when he realizes that he and Emma are both dressed as Robin Hood, although her version is much sexier. Duboys frowns that "Two Robin Hoods…that simply cannot be allowed."
Emma snaps "I don't see any problem at all. After all, a gentleman would bow to a lady."
Duboys takes the hint, bows, and walks away. He then observes that Carlyon has given them a useful target - the heart on his surcoat.
Emma, Steed, and Gambit gather around Carlyon as he helps himself to the spit roasted chicken; he thinks the watchdog bit overdone until Purdey informs him that Duboys murdered Broom, and he is the live bait to flush out the big man.
Marianne finds Emma and Kelly in the crowd "I know they killed John, didn't they?"
"Kelly sighs. "Yes, what do you know about this?"
Marianne warns them of Duboys' plan. "They say that the big man will be dressed as Friar Tuck."
Kelly and Emma report back and Steed and Gambit knock him out in the archives with a book of Historical Memoirs. Gambit whips off the hood, revealing him to be Dr Henge.
"I knew there was a reason I couldn't stand him." Gambit snaps, and they rejoin the party.
Steed is telling Carlyon his troubles are over when Emma spots another Friar. "We'll take this one." Jill says. She and Kelly deal with this one the same way, this time with the Encyclopædia Erotica, and revealed to be Professor Acheson.
"Isometrics didn't help out here." Kelly muses. Marianne runs up to Jill and Kelly. "Which one is he?" Kelly asks, just as Zack, Laurie, and Kimberly run up to them.
"Neither one of them. The big man and the others have got Carlyon." Marianne tells them.
"The so called 'big man' is also responsible for the murders of Jonathan Parker and Lisa Farndall…but he's only part of this ring. The real brains for that one we're still trying to find out who it is." Zack states with a frown.
Carlyon meanwhile is grabbed by the students and taken off to meet their leader.
In the lecture room, Duboys says "We are about to change the course of history. Of course, the triumph and coup de grace belongs to our leader." Duboys then hands the sword to Friar Tuck, who removes his hood to be…
"Grindley. Horace Grindley. I, of course, during my time as a student here, wrote the thesis, and my death was a little pantomime."
Duboys sneers to Carlyon "Of course, we expect that you would appreciate the genius of the thesis."
"Genius? Poppycock! The very claim that history can be created to order is utter nonsense." Carlyon shouts.
Grindley is riled and reveals that in 1970…
Flashback: St Bodes, 1970:
Lisa Farndall walks into the library. "Johnny?" she asks fearfully.
2 minutes later, she comes across his body. JOHNNY!" she screams, and is about to turn and run to the exit, when she is grabbed by the throat…and is choked the same way Jonathan was. She falls dead to the floor, the murderer revealed to be Horace Grindley.
Flashback Ends
As they arrive and hear Grindley's master plan, Zack soon discovers that Grindley had killed Jonathan and Lisa because they had discovered his plans all those years ago, and were going to the police, so he had to stop them…and found out someone else was pulling the strings.
Grindley then says "We will prove it now, in that room, with your death, we will create an economic snowball and change the economic face of Europe forever. But 1st …you shall have your destiny. You shall have your immortality!"
With this, the Avengers burst in, Emma shooting the sword from Grindley's hand with her bow. She then chases Duboys down in the archives while Steed vanquishes Allen and Millerson, Hal, Jill, Kelly, Laurie, Chris, and Gambit trashing other students of the gang, Purdey and Diana nailing more hired help, and Kimberly helps Carlyon to his feet. Zack takes after Grindley, clobbering him with The History Of The Rolling Stones. Emma joins him and muses "I wonder if history will be kind to Grindley."
"Considering what he's done…now and in 1970…I rather doubt it." Zack frowns. As they call the police and pull Grindley to his feet, the following Beatles tune runs through his head…
Try to see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Think of what you're saying.
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long.
We can work it out
We can work it out.
2 days later:
Michael, Kristin, Susan, Jamie, and Martin are relieved to discover that the killer had been nailed. "I think Jonathan & Lisa would have wanted you to continue with your music." Kimberly speaks.
"But we are. Through our children and grandchildren. They're carrying on for us." Susan smiles.
"That's great to hear. I still hope you keep your hands in the world of music yourselves." Zack smiles.
"Count on it. Besides, our mates, like you said, would be relieved to see us carry on." Jamie grins.
As they leave St Bodes, Zack turns around, and notices a young man, and a young woman, smiling in thanks. They soon fade away. Zack, instead of wondering what just happened, instead knows he and his friends just got thanks from Jonathan and Lisa. Smiling with pride, he walks away.
Later, outside of St. Bodes, just before the others return to America, the Avengers depart on a BSA motorcycle and sidecar, Purdey and Gambit on a tandem bicycle. Steed says to everyone else before leaving "It really has been a pleasure to work with you. I'm sure we'll do so again in the future."
"Likewise, I'm sure. Hopefully, you'll come over to our side of the pond." Wonder Woman smiles.
Steed then tells Mrs. Peel "Come along, it's time to feel the wind in our faces."
As he then closes the cover of the sidecar and shuts the window, Mrs Peel comments "Steed, you're a fraud. An unmitigated fraud." The Avengers then drive away, as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Zack, Chris, Kimberly, Laurie, Jill, and Kelly use the JLA teleporters to return to the Hall Of Justice.
Back in the states, they talk to Batman about solving the London murders, and find out about a mysterious woman who seemed to be the one controlling the whole episode…and may still be doing it now. At this point, he, Jason, Keith, Eve, and Isis depart for Hawaii.
Elsewhere, a mysterious woman sits and frowns. One aspect of her scheme ahs been put down, however, there are many other pieces still in play. She picks up a dagger, throws it at a picture of Lex Luthor, and grins to herself "Soon, Lex. Very soon, you will pay…and pay dearly for what you've done to me…"
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