Murder Scene. Aftermath. The Dapper Duo arrives to survey what little remains of the spoon-bender's most spectacular demise, and after a few quippy remarks from Dashing El Deano, the two cross the room to see if the local police chief's received any leads. "I got leads coming out of my ass," the head cop wearily sighs. "Our tip line's had forty-six calls," he explains, "all from clairvoyants that know what really happened." "What's the popular theory?" Dean hesitates to ask. "It's a toss-up between a ghost and some sort of ogre that only attacks Russians." "That would be Kip!" Raoul shrieks with a confidence unusual even for him, and do I want to ask, friend of friends? "Well!" Raoul shriekingly allows. "It is rather a lengthy story!" Then we must save it for another time, I'm afraid. "Rats!" I realizes this disappoints you, doll, but we really must use the now to follow along as Our Intrepid Heroes learn Nikolai had apparently been struck with a detailed premonition of his own spectacular demise shortly before said spectacular demise transpired, and we'd hear more about this fascinating discovery, I'm sure, were it not for the fact that Miss Melanie chooses this very moment to ring Dashing El Deano's cell. "Did you mean it when you said you had an open mind?" Miss Melanie asks. Dean goes, "Hmmmm!" and then it's off to...













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