When his left front tire suffers a blowout, he pulls into a driveway and ditches his car in the big five-car empty garage of the 10086 Sunset Boulevard property with a mansion, in an exclusive residential section of town where great Hollywood stars live: "If ever there was a place to stash away a limping car with a hot license number.A jingle from the local radio station plays a chorus of "Lumberton," and while the sounds of a chain saw and falling timber play, the radio announcer ominously invites the locals:It""s a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get hose chain saws out.When Bard returned to Thranduil with news of Thorin""s rejection, the two leaders formed an alliance and prepared to attack at dawn...Don""t underestimate the evil of gold.Gold over which a serpent has long brooded.Dragon-sickness seeps into the hearts of all who come near this Mountain.The next morning, both the Elven and Lake-town armies stood before the blocked entry gates of the Lonely Mountain at Erebor." When Connors refused, just as Dr.Parker had 15 years earlier, Ratha threatened: "The formula is ours now anyway.Say goodbye to that arm you have dreamed of.I""m shutting you down." In desperation, Dr.Connors injected himself with the revolutionary, reptile-based regeneration serum to help re-grow human tissue and his missing limb.