"PROLOGUE" "Show me who it is!" "Show me!" "This is your last chance!" "Hey, pal!" "Your ex-wife called this morning." "She isn't amused by you, placing 37 brats into this world and drinking your ass of from the alimony." "Hey, let him alone, dude!" "Let me go on with my inquiries!" "What are you doing in here at all?" "Let's cut off this conversation." "Pour me a Wodka." "And hurry up." "Next time, you better try it this way!" "The investigations in here require lots of hard work." "The Police is already on its way." "You better directly call the chief of police himself." "Paul Prohaska." "He's an old friend of mine." "Who are you at all?" "Jimmy Tornado, private investigator." "C'mon, pal!" "We're on our way to the bank, now!" "AN ASSIGNMENT BY SEBASTIENNE ZABADAK-DUPONT" "1 PERSON NOT ARMED" "It's fiscal investigation, isn't it?" "Sebastienne Zabadak-Dupont." "We've been talking on the phone, yesterday." "Ah." "It's you." "It was about that missing guy, wasn't it?" "But you aren't the ex-wife of Hieronymus Zabadak?" "I'm afraid I am." "But this name should better be forgotten." "I was thinking the exact same thing, as I dislocated his limbs the last time we met." "Ah, how interesting." " You're welcome." " Thank you." "May I smoke?" "Just try it." "Which drink do you want?" "A Wodka?" "I do not drink alcohol during the day." "OK, fine." "Let it be a Wodka then." "I already told you that I do not drink during daytime." "Is this a bar or the office of a private investigator?" "This is my living room." "Hm." "I see." "Is it possible, that you have coffee?" "Thank you very much." "So, let's get to the point." "I am, as already mentioned, the life companion of Raoul Protektor." "We planned to get married in a fortnight." "You must have heard of him, I think." "He's a very successful manufacturer and building contractor." "A successful money launderer and drug dealer." "You don't provoke me with that, not even a little bit." "Truth is always provoking." "The point is:" "Raoul is missing for a week, now." "I don't have the slightest idea of his whereabouts." "He left nothing behind, no letter or notes, nothing." "As if he has just vanished." "That's all I can tell you, I'm afraid." "Guys like that are exactly the right kind for me." "I always find them, in any case." "Tell me the last place he went, then I'll do the rest." "According to his schedule, he hat an appointment in the cryogenics-centre, which he's shareholder from." "You know, that's there, where old and rich people get deep-frozen, hoping for a way to become immortal will to be found soon." "The workers there claim to have no idea where he went thereafter." "I have the address and here I've got a picture." "That's what he looked like, when he disappeared." "I really know that face." "Turned into an old geezer meanwhile, didn't he?" "Listen." "I pay you sufficiently, because I can afford it." "Therefore, you can cut out your comments." "I only spoke out what I saw." "Mentioning the money..." "I get 100 Galax immediately, for expenses and cigarettes." "The final 1000, when I've returned you your Raoul in his freezer." "Money is no problem." "Where's the contract?" "Don't I have to sign anything?" "A verbal contract is always legal." "And everybody kept to my contracts until now." "Voluntary or not." "So I wish you lots of fun." "ICECOLD INVESTIGATIONS" "What do you want?" "We're closed today." "Why?" "The door's open?" "If you want to make an appointment for a consultanional, you'll have to come again tomorrow at 3 o'clock." "I've heard you've got Raoul Protektor in the freezer." "That's where you'll take me to, now!" "Understood?" "OK, OK!" "But let me go." "Well!" "We'll be taking a little walk, now!" "And don't you try anything!" "If I see Protektor within 10 seconds, your chances of surviving may increase." "Go on!" "Employee authorization. 178-7121-165-907" "What's he doing to you?" "That's none of your problems!" "Permission granted." "Lot's of funny people, but no Raoul Protektor..." "You've seen everything you wanted, didn't you?" "That's it." "Now, I'll show you what I never want to do, but always have to." "And that is?" "Here goes the hors-d'oeuvre..." "This is the first course." "Now the second course." "And this is the third one." "And this is the dessert." "Now you get everything you want... everything, everything..." "That's better..." "And now you're going to open the container." "Do I really have to?" "Attention!" "System-Control!" "Chamber one - open container." "ID:" "SQR-AFB" "Information verified." "I'll take a good look." "No matter what you are planning to do to me." "I have no idea where Mr. Protektor is hiding." "He only ordered us to freeze a plastic-double of his body." "You can torture me for hours but I can't tell you anymore." "OK, I believe you, this time." "NOBODY BETRAYS HIERONYMUS ZABADAK" "Girl, you're worse than Sebastienne." "That bitch." "I had to call an ambulance every evening." "I need more!" "No problem, baby." "There is more!" "There he is, our Aldebaranian." "How did you manage to come in here, by the way?" "If I can't pick parasyntactical dooropener-mechanisms, who else is there?" "That's burglary and it is disturbance of domestic peace and security!" "I am bringing peace into your home." " Don't precipitate, honey!" " No, let me go!" " Don't precipitate, honey!" "Stop the haste!" " You know what it's all about!" " Oh, yes, OK." "Why?" "What should it be about?" "That's 25 grams of Supernova." "Finest Quality." "That's what we have an expert for." "Who shall that be?" "Is she from the girls-school, or what?" "Well, get started..." "What's that going to be...?" "What?" "An android?" "Reminds me of..." "I've got another appointment." "I've got to go now." "Where do you have to go, that urgently?" "What...what do you want to do with that beamer?" "Have you gone crazy or what?" "You don't have to get nervous, boy." "There are only a few ugly rumours about you around." "What kind of rumours?" "I have evaluated the data." "The sample contains a total amount of 44 % Supernova and 56 % Cocaine." "You're cutting the stuff with Cocaine?" "The junk 10-years-olds shoot up at the schoolyard?" "Just a moment." "It was just a sample." "It must have been that much Cocaine in it by coincidence." "In my favourites top-ten, you're placed right next to Jimmy Tornado!" "Who's Jimmy Tornado?" "That's of no concern, right now!" "But, anyway, it should be of interest to Raoul Protektor." "No!" "Not Protektor!" "You can't do that to me!" "You don't know what he'll be doing to me!" "You're not messing around with Mr. Anybody." "You're messing with Hieronymus Zabadak!" "Get the phone." "I'll take care of him." "No!" "You can forget that!" "Fuckin' shit." "Why don't you fight back?" "And now?" "Are you going to kill me now?" "I'm not programmed to do so." "And..." "Are you going to tell Protektor?" "I am not programmed to do so, either." "Oh..." "Well..." "Have a nice evening, then." "Humans!" "Leonora!" "Couldn't you enable the positronic shift engine when landing?" "And switch to parabolic-tactical deactivation?" "You are landing this thing every time with synchroneous impulse-particle-sub-amplifier." "Don't you know how dangerous that is?" "First of all:" "I don't know, if I'm human." "And for the second:" "This baby has an integrated particle-thrust-stabilizer." "It cannot overheat." "You just want to save energy, as usual." "We have got one high-frequency zeta-impulse-localizer on board." "Which is set to level seven." "How long do you think it will take the batteries to be worn out?" "Ah, come on!" "We have 12 batteries an three spare-generators on board." "The generators?" "The generators can interfere with the impulse-frequency." "The batteries will do fine." "THE DEMATERIALIZATION OF CASSIOPEIA POMPADOU" "Leave now." "I have to do my rehearsals and I need tranquillity." "Dressed in mourning?" "Why mourning?" "I don't fear the dead and I have nothing to do with the furies." "Dressed in mourning?" "Why mourning?" "I don't fear the dead and I have nothing to do with the furies." "Dressed in mourning?" "Why mourning?" "I don't fear the dead and I have nothing to do with the furies." "Dressed in mourning?" "Why mourning?" "I don't fear the dead and I have nothing to do with the furies." "Dressed in mourning?" "Why mourning?" "I don't fear the dead and I have nothing to do with the furies." "NOBODY BETRAYS HIERONYMUS ZABADAK" " ADDENDUM" "Hello." "Here's Lara." "Please get me Raoul." "What does "Protektor isn't here" mean?" "Is he on a business trip, or what?" "What?" "He's missing?" "Since when?" "OK, so I'll tell it to you:" "Your strange Aldebaranian-guy has been here." "He really tried to sell us cut dope." "More than half of it was Cocaine." "No." "We had an analyzer-android here." "Yes." "And suddenly he started shooting at us." "Hieronymus is dead." "Obviously he didn't know, that I can regenerate." "OK." "Keep me informed." "Bye." "... both of the politicians made an appeal to the government to further reduce the influx of extraplanetary foriegn workers." "And now for the local news" "The actress Cassiopeia Pompadou is missing since yesterday afternoon." "It seems that she vanished from her appartment without a trace." "Her companion notified the police immediately, who, on arrival, noticed unusual high radioactivity near the entrance door." "The investigators think, that she was murdered with a tuned desintegrator." "Possesion of this kind of weapons is illegal through the entire solar system and is punished with long term imprisonment." "Police investigations have already been stopped since the private-detectives union pushed through by a court decision, that cases of missing persons shall furthermore only be investigated for 12 hours after ..." "A MOTHERS DESPAIR" "... the first half of the female androids waterball ..." "This thing..." "I won't take that as a deposit." "The dog?" "It's invaluable." "Just the same as my daughter..." "What's up?" "I will bill you the carpet-cleaning separately." "Hello, first of all." "My name is Evelyn Pompadou." "And you are private investigator Jimmy Tornado?" "That's what the sign below my door bell says." "Listen, I am the mother of Cassiopeia Pompadou." "You surely know her from the TV." "She acts as Stella in "The Heart Of The Galaxy"" "It's said, there are actually people who watch that voluntarily." "How am I supposed to take that?" "Doesn't matter!" "I've been watching the new on TV." "I know the facts." "And you keep clinging on to the hope, she could still be alive?" "My Cassiopeia was about to play her first big role in the very near future." "She was so close to her big breakthrough, so close!" "Everybody on this planet loved her." "Who should want bad things to happen to her?" "Tell me all the Names that could be of any interest." "And cough out 100 Galax, then I'll check it out." "She had a love affair with such a disgusting, old and rich man..." "The name was..." "Roul..." "Raoul Protektor." "This increases my interest in the case." "Anything else?" "She was a frequent customer at the "La-Kritz", a disco-club near the space-station." "Have a Vodka, for a start." "Usually I don't drink alcohol." "But under such circumstances..." "THE SECRETS OF ERICH "THE IRONHAND"" "Where do you think you're going?" "On which junkyard do you think you can retrieve your arm tomorrow?" "This is a club for the beautiful and trendy people." "And you fulfill neither of the criteria." "Did you ever see yourself in the mirror?" "This is irrelevant." "I am only a fully automated bouncer and your face has fallen through my electronic raster screen." "So:" "Beat it, man!" "SUBJECT BEAUTIFUL:" "NEGATIVE SUBJECT TRENDY:" "NEGATIVE FINAL EVALUATION:" "NEGATIVE" "Now look at yourself!" "And you want to decide who's looking good?" "Slowly, boy!" "You must pay your 20 Galax just as anyone else." "I'm not here for fun, I'm conducting my investigations!" "And you are going to go inside with me an show me a customer." "I do get 20 Galax right now or you're history." " So this means you refuse to cooperate?" " That's right." "Did you rethink your decision?" "Did you rethink your decision?" "I cooperate..." "You will take me into this madhouse now and you will show me that customer!" "What's this all about?" "What are you going to do with me?" "I am Jerry Torpedo from the Interplanetar Bureau for Youth Protection." "Shall I teach you the revised Youth-Protection-Laws?" "Youth-Protection?" "I'm already of age." "People under the age of 23 years may only enter clubs after 11 pm if they're accompanied by a person, who's over 27 years of age." "This means a few months of community-work, in your case." "What's going on?" "I've never heard such a thing before." "You're not going to know, whether you'll be coming or going unless you'll cooperate and start answering my questions!" "What questions will that be?" "Cassiopeia Pompadou is reported missing." "She's been a frequent customer here, just the same as you." "Tell me everything you know about her." "Who did she have contacts with?" "Cassiopeia?" "She was having an affair with Erich "the Ironhand"." "They were arguing all the time, because she was seen with Raoul Protektor frequently." "He was very jealous and a few days ago, they split up." "Who or what is Erich "the Ironhand"?" "Where can I find him?" "He's here today." "I've seen him at the bar some time ago." "That's enough." "Now beat it!" "You've been seen with Casiopeia Pompadou in the last few days." "I've got to find her." "Tell me what you know." "Now!" "OK, I'll tell you, before you're going to die!" "I've made her disappear." "So it's you!" "You are the guy with the tuned disintegrator." "You will hardly go to the cops, after getting your ass kicked." "Just wait and see." "Not that fast, buddy." "Who's your boss?" "I'm working all alone!" "How's this all linked to Raoul Protektor?" "I want names!" "Raoul Protektor?" "Never heard of this one..." "The only thing I really haven't got is patience." "By the way..." "May I introduce myself?" "I am "the Ironhand"..." "Professor Gulbranssons Ironhand!" "I'll get that guy, too." "OK." "Enough with the child's play." "Now it's going to be adult program!" "What's up with the names I want?" "OK-019?" "What does that mean?" "What's all that fuss about that cheap slut?" "She's been playing the love doll for Protektor, while she had a guy like me!" "You know what a pantograph is?" "What are you doing?" "You're going to hell, now." "It's time for my Atom-Flakes." "NICOTINE" "Come on!" "They can't even build a lighter - a working lighter!" " on this shitty planet!" "Not again!" "Would you please once, only once, make use of you pyro-ray for me?" "You know exactly how much energy this will take me." "Oh, come on!" "That's not fair." "You know very well, that I can't live on without nicotine." "We've been married for 150 Years and I still didn't get used to being your cigarette-lighter." "Well, give me that." " You're welcome, Monsieur." " C'est la vie!" "Interplanetary institute for science and engineering" "DUBIOUSLY MACHINATIONS BY PROFESSOR GULBRANSSON" "Professor, I'm sorry, but there's a visitor I can't get rid of..." "Nobody gets rid of Jimmy Tornado!" "Who do you think you are, interfering with my work?" "So, that's Professor Gulbransson." "Yesterday a had a small argument with your iron-handed clown." "It's an iron-hand, that you want?" "This week I'm crafting cutlery for mutants." "Iron-hands are scheduled for next week." "That's for the cakeholes mutants have nowadays?" "You're lacking the competence to judge my work!" "I am not here to judge anything." "I'm here to find out, what you know about Erich, the iron-hand." "The one you implanted a hand-transmutator, last week." "Last week, I've implanted 57 HTP-7." "I can't remember each one of them." "He had a serial number tattoo behind his earlobe." "OK-019." "Does that ring a bell?" "I don't do serial numbers." "I implant using high speed processing." "And that's it." "I hope for you that you're telling the truth." "Or I'll have to visit you one more time!" "Well, the Professor needs tranquillity now..." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "POLICE HEADQUARTERS" "CHIEF OF POLICE PAUL PROHASKA" "Prohaska!" "Tornado!" "You've been told to wait 'till I say "come in"!" "Prohaska..." "Just the way everyone knows him..." "Tornado!" "What did you do at that bar?" "There's something we have to settle..." "Ahhh, chill out!" "That's all been acts of self-defence..." "Come on, don't bother me, pal." "What are you doing here at all?" "Hi, first of all..." "Yesterday, I've beaten the shit out of some guy  he had a tattoo behind his ear." "OK-019." "You've got any idea about that?" "OK?" "That's the abbreviation for "Oskar Kobalt"." "That guy keeps us going for decades..." "Just imagine that:" "He's been sentenced to death on 73 planets and for lifetime in prison on 713 more..." "Is he?" "He's a mass-murderer, slave trafficker, drug trafficker, blackmailer, money launderer and what ever more..." "In those days he seized a cruiser with 59 orphans on board and turned them all into super-assassins." "Back then, he really went too far." "That pig!" "So?" "What's in the database?" "Let's just ask the electronic brain..." "Attention!" "System control!" "Access level:" "PP-001" " Paul Prohaska." "Requesting data file "Oskar Kobalt"." "Input verified." "Access to interplanetary database granted." "Subject:" "Oskar Titus Kobalt." "Database contains 4786 entries." "In the categories: murder, inciting murder, kidnapping, corruption, slave trafficking, robbery as well as propagation of drug trafficking, gambling and prostitution." "Do you want further information's?" "You know where he is at the moment?" "You'll be having trouble getting near him." "THE LONG CLAWS OF OSKAR TITUS KOBALT" "It's your Uncle speaking." "Hello, Uncle Oskar." "Listen closely!" "I've got the biggest assignment of all times for you two." "You know, that I'm always ready." "It's about the extinction of a whole organization." "Hmmm." "That could turn into some fun..." "Very good." "That's my girl." "At least you're not as disgraceful as the others." "You're going to do your dance again." "That's fine with me." "I will try out my new suit on that." "Very nice." "And now listen:" "You'll go to the restaurant of..." "OK 0-21 THE WHIRLING DEATH" "Excuse me, pretty lady, but we're closed today." "Invited guests only." "I won't be staying for long." "Do you have an invitation?" "I've never seen you before." "Who's made it on the guest-list?" "It's Wednesday, today." "That means Raoul Protektor is coming with his guests for dinner." "Are you sure there are that much guests left?" "I'm beginning to understand what you want..." "Who sent you over?" "This doesn't matter no more, now." "You're no match for me!" "Well, did I finally make it on the guest list?" "Sorry." "Regular customers only." "OK 0-32 THE PHANTOM IS VISITING" "Hello." "Hello." "I'm from the cosmic Watchtower Society... ..and I'd really like to discuss some questions with you." "Do you like milk and sugar with that?" "Yes, thank you." "What's the meaning of that?" "Stop that silly play now!" "Who sent you?" "You're on Protektor's payroll!" "Yes!" "I'm his kitchen-help!" "RAOUL PROTEKTOR WITH PROFESSOR VANDENBURGH" "Let me make one thing clear, Professor Vandenburgh, so pay close attention if you're working sloppy, you'll be leading a life of sorrow afterwards." "This is in your own interests." "Don't you worry, Mr. Protektor..." "I'm specialized in this field." "Are you sure, this piece of crap is properly calibrated?" "You surely bought that thing in an intergalactic discount market..." "And even without any warranty..." "Yak, yak, yak..." "How much zeta-radiation do you think, this transmutator will emit, when he changes form?" "any low-level-piece-of-shit will localize that." "What about the secret service?" "You're sure their information's are correct?" "You're talking nonsense." "The guy who disappeared here is Rex plutonium." "Rex Plutonium?" "That's quite a big fish..." "Yeah!" "And with that kind of gangsters, they always send a transmutator." "And I know for sure, that this is the one I'm after." "In the recent days, police is confronted with a riddling increase of murder-cases and missing persons." "LATEST NEWS The police believes, that those crimes are somehow linked since most of the persons involved are amongst Raoul Protektors friends, who is suspected of corruption and was also reported as missing." "For this reason, police has set up a special-unit which is still waiting for the acknowledgement of the private-detectives-union to start the investigations." "...blah, blah, blah..." "This is Sebastienne Zabadak-Dupont speaking, hello." "The whole story is becoming quiet frightening." "Nothing makes me worry, never." "I'm following all the murders and missing persons, reported the news..." "All the persons involved were linked to Raoul." "I think it's only a matter of time until it's my turn to be killed." "Therefore I've chosen a hideout." "Who's still alive?" "I remember a scrubwoman." "Zarah Kalaschnik." "You should find her address in the phonebook." "I'll take a close look at her." "We'll stay in contact." "THE MYSTERIOUS ZARAH KALASCHNIK DEADLY FATE FOR OK 0-39" "Zarah Kalaschnik?" "Yes." "What's up?" "I like your style..." "What's up?" "You wanna pay for the show?" "Piss off, or you're the next one!" "I'd be keen on trying that some time" "Who are you?" "And what do you want?" "Private investigator Jimmy Tornado." "I came here to prevent you from being murdered." "And squeeze out the one down there..." "But I've got a single deficit, I'm afraid:" "Sometimes I arrive a little late." "Thank you, but I'm preventing myself from being murdered." "Do you eventually know why you've been attacked?" "And all the others around Protektor?" "I noticed a lot of people, linked to Protektor, being killed" "But what do they want from me?" "I'm just his help." "I only care of his flower beds." "This super-assassin who has many folded, because of you, is from the Oskar-Kobalt-Clan." "These folks are made of a different calibre" "How can a house-help like you defeat such people?" "I've beaten some harder ones into submission." "I'm former galaxy-champion in kick-boxing." "Are you?" "Things happen..." "Well, we won't be able to talk too much to her..." "Let's just see, if she's got anything with her." "Yes, this seems to be a promising find." "Take cover!" "That new stuff doesn't even break the glass..." "INTEREST" "OK." "Your last chance:" "Where are the 50 grand of Uncle Oskar?" "I've told you, next week!" "Next week is one week too late." "I'll pay interest." "You'll get 60000..." "Kobalt accepts only one form of interest:" "Life!" "Argh..." "Not again!" "Hello?" "It's your Uncle speaking." "I have a very urgent task for you." "Come on!" "You've promised me a week off." "Blah, blah, blah!" "I just told you, that it's urgent!" "That was a goddamned promise!" "Cut it now!" "Who do you think you're talking to?" "Now, listen!" "You will go and meet up with..." "I must bring up that issue one more time You know I can't let you interfere." "That's my private fight." "Yes, but I'm an android with an emotions-chip." "I have to interfere." "It's not possible." "Yeah?" "It is my fight!" "So what?" "You know very well that this is our tradition!" "Traditions, traditions..." "That's totally outdated and moronic honour-thinking!" "My revenge is my own revenge, honey." "His revenge... "my revenge is my revenge..." what a nonsense." "You'll die, without my support." "No, I won't." "And how do you plan to achieve that?" "We'll just see!" "THE CARD OF DEATH" "Fear is an illusion, my powers are for real." "Fear is an illusion, my powers are for real." "Fear is an illusion, my powers are for real." ".... ...." "Wait a moment!" "You should have played that one immediately!" "Or is it the first time you're playing that game?" "Cut it out." "It's just for the scoreboard." "Forget it, man." "Lost is lost." "I won't let you tell me how to play!" "Who do you think you are...?" "I'll kill you!" "..." "Quit picking at me, jerks!" "There's no rules applying to you, anyway!" "I've put you to the test, when I gave you those 25 g super dope." "For a friend." "When he put it on a scale, there were only 20 g left!" "That's it, now!" "Hey, wait a minute." "Get him!" "Hey, boys, I can explain all that..." "Hey!" "What's that gonna be?" "Protektor will be very interested in that..." "No!" "Please don't tell Protektor!" "So you prefer being branded instead?" "Can't we talk about that?" "WAITING WITH THE SUITCASES PACKED" "You should exchange your reactor, before we hit the road." "I've done that this very moment." "I guess you've bought a cheap, generic one at the supermarket." "Presumably bulk, not even retail..." "So what?" "It's made by the same manufacturers." "Only without the overpriced stuff, I'd get from an authorized dealer." "It's just packed in a different case." "Don't let those stupid ads fool you, dammit!" "OK." "It's your choice." "But I'm tired of you having problems with your circulation  and me, running around like a jerk, finding an android-mechanic!" "Who, besides us, would spend their vacation on an asteroid?" "I suppose we'll be the only visitor in that holiday-compound." "So?" "Even better, if we got everything for us alone." "Oh, boy!" "ZX-9, we've already been 3 times at your lava- moon." "It doesn't have to be the same all the time." "I'm not sure, whether I'm a boy or not." "Yeah, OK." "Sorry for that." "I just can't understand you, not looking forward to it." "We'll be very close to a supernova and we can perfectly watch everything." "I can't understand you, not being fascinated by that." "I'm only fascinated by a single supernova!" "Blonkovich speaking." "It's your Uncle." "Hello Uncle Oskar..." "I've got a very urgent assignment for you." "Sorry Uncle but that's impossible." "I've booked a vacation for tomorrow." "And we're flying this evening." "Who do you think you are, talking to me like that?" "Did you all forget who saved you from the orphanage?" "If there's an urgent task to be performed, everything else has lower priority!" "And how am I supposed to tell it to my boyfriend?" "Are you still involved with that machine?" "A young and beautiful girl and a device." "How unnatural is that?" "My disposition is strictly my problem." "In addition to that, those so-called "devices" sometimes are more human, than we are." "At least ZX-9 could never do dirty jobs like I do." "Cut that crap!" "We're first-class criminals and we behave accordingly." "And now I'll brief you." "You will, together with..." "THE FINAL SECONDS OF VLADIMIR KONIAK" "Go on!" "Fly!" "It has taken long enough!" "That old prick is getting on my nerves." "Won't you talk that way!" "It's our Uncle Oskar!" "Dammit!" "We're criminals, not crazies!" "Are you done with fooling around?" "Then I'll tell you, what we've got to do." "We're flying southeast." "There's a Supernova plant." "The staff counts approximately 50 people." "That's about all for today." "Well, then floor it, sister!" "It seems there aren't much left, besides you." "If you're looking for me, I'm Vladimir Koniak, in person." "You don't look too healthy, do you?" "Do you want me to call the mechanics?" "It's too late for them, now." "I'll die in exactly 47 seconds and 380 milliseconds." "Listen, you can make use of your remaining time and help me to solve this spooky case." "Why is someone trying to exterminate Protektor?" "My boss is simply the best person ever on this planet." "That's why competitors are trying to extinguish his organization." "I have always been loyal and sacrificed myself." "And I will rather go to hell, than tell you anything about him, dammned cop!" "And now get out and let me die in peace!" "You have to live at first, if you want to die." "A BEER AFTER WORK" "Cheers." "Thanks, Costa." "Missis!" "I'm afraid, your beer at the end of work is cancelled!" "I suppose you have a tattoo behind your ear." "Am I right?" "I just dropped in at Koniaks Supernova plant." "You've pulled of quiet a messy job." "I'm forced to ask you a few questions." "And you, you are obliged to answer me!" "Why do you want to kill Protektor?" "Answer me!" "Didn't you know:" "Little girls shouldn't play with the big boys!" "And yet again, there are no answers." "You have already got four of those people, and still got no answers to any of your questions." "Is it possible that your methods lack effectivity?" "Rather smash their skulls in first and ask later, or what?" "What are you doing all the time?" "As long as I don't doubt myself, it's none of your business to doubt me!" "Or do you know someone else to solve 100% of his cases?" "Listen, I can only give you one more name, I didn't hear from to be already dead." "He's called Moco Santos and he was his driver." "If they didn't get him yet, it'll be his turn today." "Listen, you must not blow this one, under any circumstances!" "I'm counting on you to be a professional." "I'll do what I'm paid for." "And that's solving the case." "MOCO SANTOS IS ALREADY WAITING" "Come on!" "What are you waiting for?" "Buddy, you've guessed wrong." "I'm your reinforcement." "Who has sent you?" "Noone ever sends me." "I'm coming, when I feel like coming." "Let's get to the point." "I have to know where Protektor is!" "I have no idea." "My boss is gone for a week, now." "I'm only his driver." "That's what everybody says." "So let's wait and see if some visitors drop by." "Well, folks, we're going down to the cellar and give him the heat from down under." "Why don't we shoot through the wall right here?" "Are you trying to argue with me yet again?" "His bedroom should be about here." "Now, buddies, let's have some fireworks." "Fire at will!" "They're shooting with high-frequency pulsators!" "So?" "Do you think I wouldn't do the same?" "My instinct tells me that this is going to be a full hit." "This can't be!" "How could a guy like that own such a gun?" "Well, then we'll do it face to face." "OK, you rat." "Come and get some!" "I suppose you're looking for Mr. Santos." "That's right." "But that's not me, I'm afraid." "Thank you very much." "MEGA-ZOOM" "Yet two more who won't answer my questions anymore." "And the third one seems to have suffered from a weak heart." "THE MOMENT OF TRUTH" "Good morning." "I think you are looking for me." "I have been watching you with great interest." "Should you have any meaning to me?" "Let me put it this way:" "I'm Raoul Protektor's brain." "Repeat that for my polygraph." "I'm Raoul Protektor's brain." "HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH" "Why not." "The body of an android is always a good hideout." "You want to know why I lifted my disguise?" "I'll call a cab, now." "Since that's a place where we can talk safely." "So you're coming from the future in 7 million years." "Do you have a residence permit for this time-level?" "A guy like me always has his permits." "For everything he does." "But not my permissions!" "Let's get to the point." "Raoul Protektor is my undercover identity." "My real name is Rex Plutonium." "In my own home-time-level, I'm also prominent." "Let me guess..." "As money launderer, drug trafficker and general bad guy?" "You are right." "And moreover, I'm a Satanist." "But all that on a very high level." "But I'm afraid, I've been overdoing it a little bit." "That's why I've started all over again, here." "And what's the problem?" "In 7 million years I'll be sentenced for dematerialization." "The news on the TV, showing me, will be received in 7 million years on a planet, that's 7 million light-years away." "I didn't think about that." "The government sent a transmutator after me." "Those form changing life forms are not permitted here." "My Uncle works at the secret service." "He sent me a telegram to warn me." "The transmutator is on this planet, in this very moment." "He must haven taken over the look of a person which is close to me." "And the original is probably dematerialized." "The only one who isn't suspicious is my old friend, Oskar Kobalt." "This is pretty obvious." "He's somehow too far out." "I've asked him to kill anyone in my vicinity." "The only person still alive is my intended wife." "Either the transmutator is dead or it's herself." "Soon we'll know for sure." "Understood." "I'll be there in a few minutes." "Sorry guys, but you'll have to choose another toy." "Listen, there's a deal of intergalactic dimensions going on." "I don't have time to waste on juvenile criminals." "You see:" "It's easy to burn your fingers on my spaceship and me." "Damn-it!" "That stuff happens only if time is short." "I'm Raoul Protektors brain." "OK." "This seems to be valid." "Here's your 1000 Galax." "Well, then it'll be only his brain, that I'll take to the government." "You don't seem to be very happy, meeting your wannabe-husband again." "Maybe I've got millions of wannabe-husbands." "This is..." "There it is!" "Leonora!" "Leonora!" "Leonora!" "What's up?" "I've got it!" "Oh, shit!" "Now hurry up with your mutation!" "You're right." "This isn't one of your concerns anymore, is it?" "You've got your 1000 Galax and that's it." "Now get this, Miss Plasma-Lump or whatever may be your name!" "This guy has misconducted on my planet." "So I'll be the one beating up his sorry ass." "You don't have the slightest idea who you are messing with." "And my time is to precious to me to be wasted with jerks." "Hey, you!" "Back there!" "We're not interested, beat it!" "What's that?" "Where have you taken me to?" "You won't leave this place alive." "Now take me back and let me do my job." "We'll talk after that." "There won't be anything after this." "Listen, you're challenging someone who plays in the professional league!" "You will immediately take me back, now." "And I'll consider all of this as a bad joke." "Or else, I'll kill you!" "Transmutator!" "In 6850000 years, you will dematerialize my Uncle from behind." "The disgrace, you have brought upon my family, will be retaliated now." "At first, I can't remember that whole thing, second, this is simply limited and third it's absolutely not the right time to discuss or to get this one straightened now." "And you know what?" "I usually act according to orders." "It is the right time, Transmutator, it just is." "I'm kind of a talker." "But only within certain boundaries." "What's this been?" "Those gadgets aren't even invented by now." "Was this also an illegal from your time?" "The talking is over!" "I understand you won't let me leave without resistance." "OK." "Let us take that to the next level." "Well, that's all part of the job." "I'm giving all I have, now!" "It's all for the government!" "Let's go home, Oleg." "You've been quiet an interesting opponent." "THE FOLLOWING SCENES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR DRAMATURGICAL REASONS" "Open up, stupid door, open up!" "I've already told you, this wouldn't work." "It must work!" "It has worked 50 times!" "This is a multi-purpose-glider." "With an interstellar positron-drive." "And this is a positronic multi-purpose blaster with differentially multiplied radiation." "How dumb do you have to be for not knowing that differentially multiplied radiation is easily deflected by a standard padlock of a multipurpose-glider." "You can't tell me how to break into a vehicle." "What did you pick up to now?" "Real gliders or some old crap for a fun-ride?" "This is the way to talk yourself directly to the graveyard!" "Can we cut the crap?" "There's something delicious walking by, over there." "OK, go and enjoy yourselves." "They've been amateurs, but still they're my pals." "Hey, pal!" "There are rules to stick to, in my city!" "And you're breaking them!" "I am the one, making up the rules." "So, let's play a little game, then." "Nice." "So I'll be the one to make the first move." "I'll shoot her knee joint." "Sorry, but you've lost already." "No need for hugging me, but you can still recommend me." "By the way" " I'm Jimmy Tornado." "Thanks a lot." "I could have done that on my own!" "THE ELEVATOR OF PAIN" "Hey, fuckface, can I help you?" "Hey, you can't talk to me like that." "I'd be pleased to keep on kicking your ass, but I have to go now." "OK 0-16 THE CONNAISSEUR" "Please be seated." "Thanks." "It's quiet comfortable in here..." "Who sent you, by the way?" "I'm here for Bronco Mahagoni." "And who is that?" "Bronco Mahagoni is my boss, you know." "The stuff Protektor is offering to you is simply crap." "Bronco Mahagoni has better stuff to offer." "Despite of some smaller exceptions, Protektor always was a serious salesman." "Well, then try this one first." "And now, my dear, the fun part of the evening is over." "Let's get serious, now." "Do you really think I'm a total moron?" "Who's really sending you?" "Too bad." "I was planning to have some fun with you - before I kill you." "Would you mind looking down?" "I'm less impressed, than you might expect me to be." "The whole thing has a little catch, my dear." "It has?" "What might that be?" "It's not an ordinary gun." "So what?" "It's a desintegrator." "OK 0-26 VERSUS THE TAX CONSULTANTS" "Excuse me, but aren't you the tax consultants of Raoul Protektor?" "Oh, yes." "And you are the financial administrator of his new mall, aren't you?" "No." "I'm a super killer from the Oskar Kobalt clan and I'm about to terminate both of you." "Ha, ha, ha." "Your humour is quite crude..." "You can't do that!" "No!" "It was a pleasure to meet you." "OK 0-43 ELECTRIFYING ENCOUNTERS" "Ilka!" "You don't know what serious situation you're in." "That's nonsense!" "I've rechecked all murders and all cases of missing persons, that recently occurred." "So?" "Just imagine!" "They're all somehow connected with Raoul Protektor!" "I'm not involved in the drug business, neither with weapons trafficking, nor any other crimes  I'm only his architect." "So what?" "Do you think that'll save you?" "I design hospitals, homes for the elderly and shopping malls." "That's about all I do." "For the last time, your name is linked to Raoul Protektor." "And therefore I'll have the police protect you." "So you want to limit my personal freedom?" "Yet another one of those fucked-up beggars, trying to sell us a rose!" "They're coming to our planet and are without a job." "All of them!" "Come on, Paul, don't be that hard." "Don't you want to buy a rose for your beautiful lady?" "So, how much is your weed then?" "It's only five Galax." "OK, here you go." "Keep the change." "Hand it over, then beat it!" "Thank you." "A wonderful rose for the lady." "I'm thirsty like hell!" "How long do we have to keep waiting for the waiter?" "So, why don't you just go and ask?" "Dammned!" "By the way, Ilka, what do you want to drink?" "Ilka, Ilka!" "TORNADO'S EVERYDAY'S LIFE" "What's the hurry?" "I'm not in a hurry." "I've got all the time in the world." "You look like a man with lots of money in his pockets..." "It'll be about 800 Galax, I'm carrying." "That's all I wanted to know." "Well, have a nice evening, then." "It's even 1800 bucks I've got..." "INTERGALACTIC PARCEL SERVICE" "OK 0-51 VERSUS THE DELIVERYMAN" "What's up?" "Are you the deliveryman of Raoul Protektor?" "Yeah, what do you want?" "I'm in a hurry!" "Are you the deliveryman of Raoul Protektor?" "Yes, his villa is alongside my route." "And I've got to go right now." "TO DRINK LIKE A HERO Oleg!" "How many beers did you have, now?" "So what?" "Why don't you try to programme yourself on alcoholism?" "Thanks, but I really can restrain from that." "You have a very important fight to stand." "And now you drink your ass off!" "How do you plan to fight like that?" "Like a hero!" "Yeah, like a dead drunk hero." "THE CRUELTY OF TIME 527, 528, ..." "C'mon, stop the counting and rather watch your localizer instead." "I can't take it any longer, my head is already hurting." "Headaches!" "Who's fight is it?" "Yours or mine?" "Yeah, yeah..." "So keep watching it!" "It's my fight, OK?" "Well, go on with it, then!" "But maybe you're right and it's improperly calibrated." "What have I done to deserve this?" "Man, this waiting sucks." "Maybe we should think of something else." "And what will that be?" "We'll have to keep waiting." "So, we'll wait, then..." "But someone should keep an eye on that, not out here!" "Watch this thing not the car!" "529" "Look at your damned localizer!" "OK..." "I didn't buy that crap!"