At the Q'araq Oil Field, in Saudi Arabia, the workers believed that they were being attacked by jinns. In reality, the Water Wizard, who was in a helicopter with Hurani, had used his powers to fashion monsters out of petroleum
Meanwhile, Johnny Blaze watched news coverage from Dave's Diner in Indianapolis and learned that Hurani was behind the incident and was demanding the surrender of the government. Johnny planned to go to the Middle East to stop Hurani, but realized that he could not afford to do so. He visited Flagg Fargo, who was in town, and argued about their previous stunt-riding contest before asking him to lend him money for a trip to Saudi Arabia. Fargo agreed, but forced Johnny to give him his motorcycle as collateral.
