" The tables turned when Alotta Fagina appeared holding Vanessa hostage - and then Powers held Scott hostage, although it was ineffectual (Evil encouraged: "Kill the little bastard").Out on the street after emerging from he shop, the seedy-looking bum notices how his hat fits more loosely.Number Two entered and held everyone at gunpoint -- he described how for 30 years of his life, he had urned the "two-bit evil empire into a world-class multinational.They rowed (when the wind curiously died down), and Eustace pulled the ship along with his tail, as they proceeded along, and eventually arrived at Ramandu""s Island at nightfall.