"Hey, is that Mike Mercury?" said Zoc in surprise.
"Who?" asked Glenor.
"Mike Mercury, you know, the guy who flew that Supercar around. A series done in the '60s, by Gerry Anderson using his supermarionation techniques." said Zoc, clearly showing his age. "Hey! It is him. There's Mitch the monkey, and Jimmy. Lord, I don't know who was more annoying, the kid or the monkey."
"Definitely the monkey," said Steve Brown. "I hated that Chim Chim chimp in Speed Racer, too."
Mike Mercury, the monkey, and Jimmy ran to the stairs. "Follow us if you want to live!" yelled Mercury.
Iloz Zoc, Steve Brown, and Glenor ran over to the stairs, with Freddy, Jason and Leatherface in pursuit. Mitch the monkey jumped on Freddy's back and pulled his hat down over his eyes. Not seeing where he was going, Freddy tripped over Jason's big shoes right into Leatherface's chainsaw. Blood and guts splattered all around.
"Up the stairs while Mitch keeps them busy," said Mike Mercury.
"But you guys are puppets," said Zoc.
"So, what's your point?"
"Who's pulling your strings?" demanded Steve Brown.
"Look, we don't have time for this — you remember the villain who kept screwing us up in the show?"
"Yeah, Zarin — right?"
"Right," said Mike Mercury. "Well, we found out he's behind the Shudderites. He put a supermarionation curse on us back in the 1960s. Anderson was his disciple. Turned us into these annoying puppets. Been looking for him ever since. Found out he snagged some goop named Zombos, and was planning on sacrificing him on Halloween, here in this castle. We're going to tackle his ass and get this curse lifted."
"You mean--" began Zoc.
"Yup. Every puppet in every Anderson's series was once human." said Mercury.
"Even those babes in Captain Scarlet?" asked Steve Brown.
"Yup."
"God, I hope they show up, too." Steve Brown was euphoric.
"What took you so long to find him?" asked Glenor.
"We were in limbo all this time. The release of the show on DVD, available through Amazon.com, brought life back to us."
"Amazing. But you're still in black and white," said Glenor.
"Hey, sales weren't that good," said little Jimmy.
"Captain Scarlet was in color, though," said Steve Brown, still in euphoria. He seemed to be puckering his lips as if he were kissing someone.
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