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===Part One=== | ===Part One=== | ||
Clyde shows Rani ‘[[The Silver Bullet]]’, a superhero comic strip he has written and illustrated. Rani is impressed with her friend’s latest project, but isn’t quite as taken with his idea for another tale, starring an adventurer named “Susie June Jones”! Meanwhile, Rani’s father, headmaster Haresh Chandra, meets with Sarah Jane and her newly-adopted daughter to discuss Sky’s | Clyde shows Rani ‘[[The Silver Bullet]]’, a superhero comic strip he has written and illustrated. Rani is impressed with her friend’s latest project, but isn’t quite as taken with his idea for another tale, starring an adventurer named “Susie June Jones”! Meanwhile, Rani’s father, headmaster Haresh Chandra, meets with Sarah Jane and her newly-adopted daughter to discuss Sky’s enrolment at the school. When their conversation is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a fish on the window-ledge outside the office, Haresh suspects a student prank. However, when Sarah Jane, Sky and he go outside, they are astonished to find that it is raining fish! | ||
Leaving Haresh and his pupils gazing in amazement at the bizarre, fish-covered school and playground, Sarah Jane, Sky, Clyde and Rani race back to the attic of No.13 Bannerman Road, where Mr Smith is busy monitoring reports of the unusual storm. Sarah explains that previous accounts of such phenomenon have been attributed to tornadoes sucking up fish and depositing them elsewhere. Just to make sure, she asks Mr Smith to carry out a scan for any alien energies that could be to blame. The Xylok computer does not detect anything suspicious. He informs Sarah of a possible link to a new exhibit at the Museum of Culture, where a Mojave Native American totem pole is on display. Legend has it that when this artefact was removed from the cave where it was hidden, a storm of fish fell from the skies. | Leaving Haresh and his pupils gazing in amazement at the bizarre, fish-covered school and playground, Sarah Jane, Sky, Clyde and Rani race back to the attic of No.13 Bannerman Road, where Mr Smith is busy monitoring reports of the unusual storm. Sarah explains that previous accounts of such phenomenon have been attributed to tornadoes sucking up fish and depositing them elsewhere. Just to make sure, she asks Mr Smith to carry out a scan for any alien energies that could be to blame. The Xylok computer does not detect anything suspicious. He informs Sarah of a possible link to a new exhibit at the Museum of Culture, where a Mojave Native American totem pole is on display. Legend has it that when this artefact was removed from the cave where it was hidden, a storm of fish fell from the skies. | ||
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Now free of the curse, Sarah and Rani are able to recall how much Clyde means to them, and they resolve to get him back. Elsewhere, Clyde shows Ellie a sketch he has made of her, hoping he can make money as a street artist; flattered, Ellie kisses him and then goes to get them both a drink. Just then a familiar car pulls up, and Sarah, Rani and Sky rush out a envelop Clyde in a group hug. Clyde is overjoyed that his friends are now free of the curse’s influence, but when Sarah urges him to come and help beat Hetocumtek, he tells them he needs to wait for Ellie. But Sarah is insistent, and so Clyde reluctantly leaves, vowing to return for his friend as soon as he can. | Now free of the curse, Sarah and Rani are able to recall how much Clyde means to them, and they resolve to get him back. Elsewhere, Clyde shows Ellie a sketch he has made of her, hoping he can make money as a street artist; flattered, Ellie kisses him and then goes to get them both a drink. Just then a familiar car pulls up, and Sarah, Rani and Sky rush out a envelop Clyde in a group hug. Clyde is overjoyed that his friends are now free of the curse’s influence, but when Sarah urges him to come and help beat Hetocumtek, he tells them he needs to wait for Ellie. But Sarah is insistent, and so Clyde reluctantly leaves, vowing to return for his friend as soon as he can. | ||
Together they speed back to No.13, where Mr Smith hacks into the transmat system of a passing alien spaceship and uses it to teleport the totem pole into the attic. The | Together they speed back to No.13, where Mr Smith hacks into the transmat system of a passing alien spaceship and uses it to teleport the totem pole into the attic. The artefact is now bristling with energy, its faces contorting in anger at the gang’s interference, and it fights back by sending a ferocious gale around the room. Refusing to give in, Clyde steps forward and repeats his name again and again – and the totem vanishes! | ||
With his nightmare finally over, Clyde goes home and receives a heart-felt welcome from his mum. Sometime later, Clyde, Sarah and Rani go looking for Ellie, but can find no trace of the girl in either the ‘cardboard city’ under the bridge, or at the mission. Clyde is understandably worried, concerned that Ellie will have thought he abandoned her, and resolves to find her; however, after noticing a poster about a singer called ‘Ellie Faber’, he realises that he doesn’t even know his friend’s real name – and then a truck drives past, with the name ‘Night Dragon Haulage’ emblazoned on its side. Hearing Clyde’s surprise, a nearby homeless person explains that the company’s drivers often give lifts to people living rough on the streets... That night, Clyde lies in bed thinking of Ellie, hoping that she has found a better life for herself, and knowing that all he has left is the picture he drew of her… | With his nightmare finally over, Clyde goes home and receives a heart-felt welcome from his mum. Sometime later, Clyde, Sarah and Rani go looking for Ellie, but can find no trace of the girl in either the ‘cardboard city’ under the bridge, or at the mission. Clyde is understandably worried, concerned that Ellie will have thought he abandoned her, and resolves to find her; however, after noticing a poster about a singer called ‘Ellie Faber’, he realises that he doesn’t even know his friend’s real name – and then a truck drives past, with the name ‘Night Dragon Haulage’ emblazoned on its side. Hearing Clyde’s surprise, a nearby homeless person explains that the company’s drivers often give lifts to people living rough on the streets... That night, Clyde lies in bed thinking of Ellie, hoping that she has found a better life for herself, and knowing that all he has left is the picture he drew of her… | ||
