Rocket Man hears the ticking of the device and leaps from the truck before it explodes. Back at the cave he removes his disquise, only to come face to face with Burt. Jeff is thus obligated to disclose the origin of the rocket suit, and how he came to use it. He reviews the incidents to date. Burt and Jeff now realize that Vulcan must either be Bryant or Gaffner, and plan to intensify their investigation. Vulcan, meanwhile, tells Dirken of his fear of Jeff and of his decision to draw Jeff into a trap. Through a ruse, Jeff is lured into a driverless taxicab on a false errand, and finds himself a prisoner in the air-tight passenger compartment. A poisonous vapor is relaesed into the cab through a floor vent and quickly overcome, Jeff slumps to the floor to meet his end.
