Twenty: Doom of a Discomfiter Part Thirteen

Newly transformed into a Ming the Merciless look-alike, the Discomfiter, together with the hapless minion who had been altered to resemble his old appearance, sought refuge in a vast fortress, overlooking the Bay of Naples. He hoped that, by flying to Europe, he might elude the vengeance of the Green Man.

The Green Man marshalled his forces for an assault on the Discomfiter's European base. Forced to give up his website, the Discmofiter ended his internet reign of terror by slandering John W. Loftus, in the hope that the Green Man would go after him instead, or at least be deflected from the trail.

But is wasn't to be. Ms. Madison had picked up the trail of the Discomfiter and, passing on the information to the Green Man, she booked a flight to Naples and a room in a five-star hotel overlooking the Bey (The Bey of Kordasia, a particularly handsome Arab potentate was staying in Naples at the time). However, as she boarded the 'plane, Ms. Madison became aware that something was wrong. She was the only passenger, apart from an arthritic mule. As she turned to make for the door, she heard the hissing of gas escaping the ventilators. Her head span, and she fell forward in a dead faint...