Mike began to follow The Main Road north, from the air. He was unsteady in his flight, having no practice in long distance air travel, so instead of flying with his arms stretched out in front of him like a comic book hero did, he held his arms out at his sides, thinking this would help him with balancing. It did help, a little. But Mike still had scary moments where he thought sure he'd crash! The strong feelings of fear Jeanie broadcasted to him led him to a side road quite a few miles from town. The dirt road was in a heavily wooded area, difficult to spot from the sky. He didn't really think about what he was doing, or, how he was doing it, he just knew his dear friend had to be rescued from the violent advances of an almost complete stranger. Landing near Arthur's parked runabout just around a grove of trees, Mike ran at normal speed to the electric car. As he reached the trunk and stopped, he heard Jeanie scream,
"Arthur! Please! For God's sake, get your hand OUT of there, and leave me alone!"
Anger saturated Mike's being in a warm wave. He threw back his head and let out a terrible roar that could be heard for miles! Then, he leaped atop the vehicle and with all his strength began to rip the top of it completely off! "What the....." Arthur gasped, trying to see who or what was demolishing his prized possession, without success. Jeanie just cowered inside, terrified of the whole incident. She was desperately trying to cover herself with the piece of cloth Arthur had torn from the breast area of her new dress.
Mike tossed the top of the car away, grabbed the screaming Arthur after tearing off his door, and tossed him behind some nearby bushes, then he ran to open Jeanie's passenger side door. He ripped off one of the hinges in the process, gently picked up the trembling girl in his arms, and flew back to the Institute. They appeared in the clinic, startling Horton, and Mike gently placed Jeanie on an exam table. She was in tears.
"There, now you'll be all right," Mike softly soothed her. She managed to sit up and put her legs over the side to face her two companions. Horton handed her a tissue, and she immediately dried her face, appearing calm.
"Are you all right?" Horton asked, terribly concerned.
"Yes. He didn't hurt me, thanks to Mike, here, just ripped my dress."
"If you would like," Mike put in, "you could give me the keys to your apartment and I could bring you back some more clothes."
"Damn!" Jeanie said softly after looking around the table, "I can't! They're in my purse, and I left that in Arthur's car!"
Mike disappeared without a word and reappeared by the car again. He reached inside and got the purse, and noticed Arthur just climbing out of the bushes as he left. He stopped at Jeanie's apartment and picked up her fresh clothes, and was back to her side before anyone could move.