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 Bonnie Murphy (JANE
ACTMAN), a bright young woman, surprises her new boyfriend, Mark
Reuben (JAMES SLOYMAN) who is working nearby. As she crosses the
street toward J*R Electronics, outside of which Mark's van, painted
with telephone company markings, is parked, two cars suddenly collide
with a crash of bumpers.
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Mark and his partner, Bob Baker (CHARLES HAID) are inside the
van, tinkering with the extraordinary array of electronic gear, when
the accident happens outside. When Mark steps out of the van and hears
her voice calling him, he explains to Baker that she's a girl who he's
been dating but trying to dump. "But," says Reuben,
"she hangs on like poison ivy." Just as Bonnie dashes past
the van toward Mark, the van explodes in a ball of flames. Mark and
Bob run like the devil to get away from the scene, virtually dragging
Bonnie with them. Meanwhile, she stammers that she feels that she has
a certain gift for disaster. "I always seem to be in the middle
when something awful happens," she says. Just then Bob trips,
taking a nasty fall. "You see, Mark?" she says, "I'm a
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Later, at IADC headquarters, Steve Trevor (LYLE WAGGONER)
explains to Diana Prince (LYNDA CARTER) that the tiny charred pieces
of sachinery that litter his desk were found in the exploded van. He
now points to the remains of a super-sensitive listening device, one
that was stolen from a government research lab Just a month ago. The
device says Steve, could be used to crack open the most sophisticated
combination lock vault.
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The theft of the device, Steve goes on to explain, was rumored
to be the work of William Mayfield (RAYMOND ST. JACQUES), one of the
best white collar thieves in the business. He specializes in stealing
rare, one-of-a-kind items like touring Incan treasures, prototype
weaponry and such. No one has been able to turn up more than street
gossip, but he is reported to keep most of his precious artifacts
locked safely away and fences or holds the other items for ransom.
Bonnie and Mark visit a research scientist, Dr. Elizabeth Eroen (INA
BALIN), who confirms Bonnie's strange ability to shift probability.
Simply stated, Bonnie is a Jinx. Bob now walks in to the doctor's
office and tells Mark that he's "sort of!' reached Mayfield. Then
the shadow of a hulking hood, Neil (DICK BUTKUS) enters the room.
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At Mayfield's estate, Mark and Bob are lectured by the angered
Mayfield, who chastises them for destroying fifty-thous and dollars
worth of irreplaceable, one-of-a-kind equipment. Mayfield confirms
Mark's report of Bonnie being a Sinx with a call to Dr. Koren. Mark
now suggests that Bonnie could be the perfect diversionary weapon for
them to carry out their thefts. Mayfield does not like to leave things
to chance, but based on Dr. Koren's word, he's willing to take the
risk.
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Mark now bluffs Bonnle into believing that he and Bob are
agents with the IADC, but he succeeds in making her nervous enough to
produce the desired Jinx, which only happens when she is upset. They
are approaching J*R Electronics and Mark tells Bonnie to wait for the
other IADC agents. Then Mark disappears. She is frantic. Suddenly a
propane truck and a passenger car collide, creating enough pandemonium
in the streets to allow Bob and Mark to successfully steal the sensing
equipment from the J*R lab.
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Outside, Diana Prince drives up the street. Seeing the
commotion she heads for the nearest alley and whirls into Wonder
Woman, and rescues the man trapped in the passenger car. Seeing that
the truck driver is safely clear of his rig, she douses the fire by
breaking the head off a fire-hydrant.
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Back at IADC Headquarters Diana and Steve examine the clues.
Diana understands that Mayfield's men must have crested the accident
in front of J*R to empty the building and give them enough time to
steel a sensitive micro-wave scrambler. Steve now suggests that
Maytield' quarry could be the Declaration Of Independence. The
National Archives is about to do its annual spring cleaning and the
documents are removed to a special depository, but Steve adds that the
documents are ringed by a contingent of marines at all times.
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Bonnie now enters the IADC, hoping to find Mark there since he
said that he was with the IADC. The receptionist (DULCIE JORDAN), Of
course, does not know Mark. Diana now enters the reception area and
immediately recognizes Bonnie as the girl who was seen at the accident
outside of J*R. Diana brings Bonnie back to her office. When she
starts to tell her that Mark must have lied to her about being an IADC
agent, Bonnie gets very upset and suddenly all of the paintings on the
wall come crashing down. Diana now allows Bonnie to leave the IADC,
but she knows that Bonnie is a firm lead into the peculiar plot.
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Bonnie finds herself caught in the midst of what is now a
masterplan to blackout all of Washington D.C., sending the city into
total confusion and utilizing the national guard and the marine corps
to prevent the myraid of potential disasters. While in the throws of
darkness, Mayfield and his men will enter the depository and steal the
priceless documents, after gassing the guards.
Bonnie is a key instrument in the plan but the
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Mark vervally insults her. She realizes that she has been had and
beats a hasty departure. She then falls into the hands of Diana and
Steve. They manage to secure enough information to learn that the
entire city of Washington is at the hands of Mayfield. When the lights
go out, their suspicions are confirmed.
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Now it is up to Wonder Woman and Bonnie to save the documents.
Bonnie, now convinced that she can use her power to make good things
happen instead of evil, proves to be enormously helpful in restoring
power and light to Washington. Wonder
Woman moves into action quickly and corrals the criminals. Mayfield
flees the scene, but the Declaration of Independence and the other
papers remain the sole property of the government.
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