Thank goodness that Lothar and Tommy haven't been drowned after all! Captain X is badly battered, but he is searching the ship for Mandrake the Magician right now. Alex Jefferson is lying unconscious on the floor, and Dorfman is lying in a bunk with a wounded shoulder from Captain X's pistol. Mandrake has a plan, and he intends for it to result in him still being alive and kicking!