"Fingers crossed," Doc says, doing just that.

"Not too much, though we're making progress with the whole 'finally getting married' business," Alice says. "Victor just has to make sure that Victoria does not end up another of Barkis's victims, then it's off to actually get the license."

"I got some interesting ideas from the Nexus -- including faking my death at Barkis's hands to get the police to pay him some attention," DG-Victor adds.