The Avengers - TV series - Homage

Opening scene, Steed and Emma speeding along a quiet, country road, The Bentley's engine roaring as smoothly as the driver, himself,  Autumn leaves were sent flying wildly behind them, in their slipstream.

Emma: “This had better be serious, Steed ! After all, it's not everyday that I get given free backstage tickets, to see the great opera singer, Loosey Fatalottie. Up close and personal, so to speak”

Steed: “ Serious, Mrs Peel ? I'm always serious, especially when it comes to affairs of the state”

Emma: “ Well, Fatalottie is a big act to follow, Steed, and I was really looking forward to it!

Steed: “ I do feel bad about abducting you away from a night of musical accompaniment.

I might not be able to match the big fellow, but I could stretch to raising you “Three Tenners !”

Emma: “ Oh, Ha Ha ! So, what is so urgent, that needs our immediate attendance ?”

Steed: “ Ah ! Well, it seems that the entire population of a sleepy little village in Surrey, have...completely....vanished into thin air.”

Emma: “ Missing persons or mass migration ? Either way, shouldn't this be more a police matter, than ours ?”

Steed: “ Normally, I'd agree with you, Mrs Peel. But, it just so happens, that this particular village

is situated rather close to a Hush-Hush Secret Energy Research Facility. Currently, conducting completely deniable experiments, in highly unstable, static electric waves”

Emma: “ Sounds, positively hair-raising ! I take it, that the popular theory is one of connection. But, one thing that I don't understand is, how that I haven't heard anything about this, through the press already ?”

Steed: “ Ah ! Stroke of luck there ! It's the football World Cup right now, and the press machine is in full patriotic fervor. In this last week, there have been several military coups – various regions – a small number, of very close international disasters, a couple of near miss aircraft collisions, a few minor earthquakes and one island has been utterly destroyed by an erupting volcano. All of which, have been pushed back for reporting at a later time, space and by-lines willing, til after the game”

Emma: “ My, my ! So, was there any good news, that I may have missed, this week ?”

Steed: “ Yes, of course Mrs Peel ! Dwayne Foolney, England's most experienced player, has been cleared as “ Match fit” for the next game !”

Emma: “ Hmmm ! I thought you said there was some “Good” news, this week, Steed ?”