Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Are you okay?

Yeah, let's check.

Sorry to disappoint you, fellas.

Okay, who hired you to kill Diana Prince?

A voice over the phone, the way we're always hired.

I should've known.

This person will call you back for a status report, right?

- Yes. - Good.

When that happens, you're going to tell them that you succeeded.

And then, after you hang up, you're gonna march yourselves down

to the nearest police station and turn yourselves in.

Won't that be fun?

These tunnels were built during the Civil War.

Lincoln's people insisted that he have a place to hide

in case the Rebels took Washington.

You mean, kind of like a fallout shelter?

That's right.

We didn't even know they were down here until we started construction.

It sure made putting in some of this wiring a lot easier.

We sure did luck out, in more ways than one.

Did you build the park before or after you...

Well, Leon's a couple of years older than I am.

He missed the draft.

We had to close the deal for this land

a couple of weeks before I left.

He wrote to me every week in Vietnam,

telling me how construction was coming.

I always had a letter from Leon in my pocket,

till I was "killed."

You mean you designed the Super Loop

and you've never even ridden it?

- Yes, that's right. - Oh, man.

Tell me, what's it like?

It's great.

It's the neatest ride in the whole park.

It kind of feels like you're flying along on glass, it's so smooth.

And when you hit the loop,

it's sort of like your brains and your stomach trade places.

If I could've, I probably would've ridden it all day.

- How did you ever design it? - I spent most of my time in school

reading up on roller coasters, fooling around with designs,

new ideas, especially coasters.

All on your own? I mean...

didn't you have a father or somebody to teach you about them?

- My father runs a trucking company. - You're kidding.

See, I have a scrapbook full of roller coasters.

Well, pictures of them, anyway. They've always fascinated me.

But I never figured I could ever learn how to think up new ones.

No, you don't learn how to do it.

You do it.

Of course, it helps to have a little physics and math.

But do you think the guy who invented the first roller coaster

ever waited around for somebody to teach him how to do it?

I always figured I was too stupid. I don't do real good in school.

What do grades have to do with dreams?

Come on. You've ridden the Super Loop.

Now I'm going to show you how to run it.

Diana, what on Earth happened to you?

Two professional trigger boys, is what.

If you think I look bad, you ought to see the car I was driving.

Where did this happen? At the amusement park?

Coming from there. Dearborn Highway.

They tried to make me a traffic fatality

by encouraging my car off the road at 55 miles an hour.

And?

And like I said, I'm fine. But the car I was driving is not so great.

And you think they were pros?

I know they were pros, Steve.

Hired by Fynch?

Well, I don't know.

You know how it goes. A voice on the phone, cash in the mail.

Even if they turn themselves in,

I doubt that we could nail the person who hired them.

And besides, why would Fynch even bother?

You did throw him a curve

by trying to pass information to his man in person yesterday.

You've got a point.

Maybe Fynch knows that we're on to his plan to make Fun Universe

the center of his espionage empire.

Now, that could be.

Well, maybe Fynch can explain things himself.

Is that bug we planted on Pierce still operative?

Oh, sure. Listen to this.

What's that?

What you are hearing is the sound of a 50-cent piece

sitting on top of a dresser.

Apparently, he didn't take it into the park today.

Great. That's all we need.

Well, maybe he'll change clothes before he reports to Fynch.

Speaking of taking things into the park,

whatever happened to that explosive device

that Pierce intended to plant there?

Oh, yeah, the bomb.

Yeah, the bomb.

Now, if you don't have it, and Pierce doesn't have it...

who has it?

Some creature.

I'm telling you this creature is a figment of their imagination.

Ten employees with exactly the same imaginations. Interesting.

I don't know. Maybe they all smoke the same brand of dope.

When was the first time someone reported seeing it?

I don't know. A year, a year and a half ago.

And who was it that reported it?

I don't know. He doesn't work here anymore.

Why not?

Listen, this is an amusement park.

There's a high rate of employee turnover.

Did you fire him, Mr. Gurney?

Did you do to him what you threatened to do to all employees

that told you they've seen this non-existent creature?

Listen, anybody who works

in an amusement park that caters to children

has no business spreading irresponsible rumors about monsters.

And despite all the reports from employees

you received over the past year,

you never saw fit to call the police?

Why? I mean, he doesn't do any harm.

At least you do admit it exists.

I don't have to admit anything.

Well, how about the fact that a kid is missing in your park?

Like it or not, that's what we got here, Mr. Gurney.

And you can bet

I'm gonna keep digging until I find out what happened to him.

And if, in doing so, I dig up what you're trying to hide...

it would suit me fine.

Oh, Davey, I'm gonna blow it.

Sandy?

- Yes, sir? - I'm going out.

Harrison Fynch here.

Marvelous.

Didn't I tell you? Where there's a will and enough money...

there's a way.

Listen, I realize that ridding the world of Diana Prince

has done the people of your profession a great service, as well as mine,

but that must remain our little secret, mustn't it?

Of course. Oh, thank you.

With these, I can tell the position of each car on the track.

Over here...

I can monitor how the track is holding up.

- It looks like a computer. - It is.

It's constantly analyzing stress factors

and determining how and by when each weakness should be corrected.

What if something went wrong,

really wrong, like, all of a sudden?

Over here, this alarm will ring.

Then I can prevent another car

from being dispatched and put into danger.

- Has that ever happened? - No.

No, it's a very... It's a very well-designed ride.

With you down here, it's kind of like it has a guardian angel, huh?

This isn't the alarm.

How would you like to be the guardian angel for a little while?

Sure.

Great. You don't have to touch anything.

Just watch and listen. I'll be right back.

You idiot.

You left it there?

I'm telling you, I've never seen anything so...

hideous in all my life.

Its face was...

I was scared to death, Mr. Fynch.

Do you realize, Mr. Pierce, that if that device is recovered

it could be traced to me?

I could be ruined.

Nobody's gonna be looking for it.

And with that thing hanging around out there,

nobody's likely to find it, either.

This whole thing disturbs me greatly.

Diana Prince tried to get in to see the park owner.

I think it might be wise to postpone my plans for now.

There's only one way he could have known I tried to see Gurney.

Yes?

Ah, the service in this hotel is highly commendable.

Oh, Mr. Pierce, would you take care of the gentleman's gratuity?

Surely.

- It's funny. - What's that?

Tipping is all that 50-cent pieces are good for these days.

Cheapskate. Well...

There goes that little ball game.

At least we know one thing...

Whoever made that bomb for Fynch

is certainly able, and possibly even willing,

to talk about other things he's done for him.

Do you think the creature in the park recovered it?

It doesn't really matter, Steve.

Fynch has bugged Leon Gurney's office.

- Which means... - Which means...

that we can't very well look for a bomb Pierce left in the park

without Fynch knowing about it.

Which means that if we're smart...

we can make Fynch play right into our hands.

The last bus left about an hour ago.

Oh, hey. Hey, come on. Get over here, will you?

I don't have a whole lot of time.

I thought you were going to give me at least another week.