James-Michael Starling,
Omega the Unknown, and many friends attend the funeral of John Nedley who
succumbed to the injuries received in the beating by Nick Delbello and his
gang. Omega has enough and flies back to the pawn shop where he tells Gramps
they are leaving to seek their fortune. At the cemetery, James-Michael is
determined to change his environment and Dian Wilkins asks if she can go with
him….
Using the
reward granted for recovering the diamonds stolen by Blockbuster last issue,
Omega and Gramps take a plane to Las Vegas. There is a slot machine in the
airport and Omega instructs his partner how to win the jackpot with some
sensitive handling—it works….
Meanwhile, JM
and Dian have taken some money and meet at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, preparing
to go to JM’s home in the mountains….
Omega, weary
from acting human, flies into the desert for some quietude. Suddenly he is
attacked by a purple demon that springs up from the ground. The creature alters
its body density so that the hero’s blows don’t harm it while it is able to
hurt Omega. Omega seizes the opportunity to blast it with his hands,
disintegrating it. Fed up, Omega returns to the hotel….
At home, Amber Grant
and Ruth Hart discover James-Michael’s farewell letter and are very
concerned, Richard Rory, a bit less so….
JM and Dian
arrive at the destination and a long walk takes them to an ultra-modern house
with many luxuries but Dian is unsettled by the atmosphere of artificiality.
She opens a sliding door and screams: standing in an alcove are James-Michael’s
parents, motionless robots….
Omega and
Gramps hit the gaming tables at a succession of casinos, losing just enough so
as to not raise suspicions and moving onto the next one after a judicious
amount of time. Back at the hotel, an attractive woman knocks at the door. Once
inside, she extrudes tentacles from her head and renders the two unconscious.
She is Ruby Thursday of the Headmen in disguise and she summons her partner,
a/the purple demon known as Dibbuk, who crashes through the window. They scoop
up all of the loot and escape….
When Omega
awakens, he first notices the cash is gone then he makes sure that Gramps is
alive before pursuing the thief. He sees Ruby driving by in her car and leaps
from the balcony, landing beside her, causing her to crash into a light pole.
He drags her from the car and shakes her, demanding to know where the money is.
The police arrive and, sizing him up as the villain, shoot him down….