Major Tom: Part 2 (Sub-Plot)

Summary of Events

 * While taking part in the Ward 2 Plot Point, Gordon, Dr. Viper, as well as Cup encounter a guard of Ward 2 who upon contact with Major Tom (now calling himself: Johnny B Goode) changes into an exact copy of Johnny B. Goode.
 * The two copies of Johnny B. Goode briefly engage in a mostly unseen fight over which one of them is the real one and which one is the fraud.
 * Ultimately the two of them put aside their fighting and the one who turns out to be the real JBG adopts the new moniker of 'Ivory' and the one who turns out to have once been the guard adopts the moniker of 'Ebony'.
 * Ebony and Ivory proceed to torture Dr. Viper, mostly for fun, but also to try to force her to open the door out of the high security area to further facilitate their escape.
 * After recognizing the role he is playing in empowering the two of them, Gordon responds to Dr. Viper being tortured by first threatening to and then making good on the threat of defacing his ears thus temporarily cutting off his connection to Dionysius and thus in theory depowering both Ebony and Ivory
 * Unfortunately Gordon's burning of his ears with acid (provided by Cup), and thus breaking a centuries only pact passed down through his family relating to Gordon's ancestral power as the descendent of King Midas, only ends up being depowering Ivory, who is reduced to a scrawny mortal man, while Ebony remains unchanged.
 * Ebony, who understands that he should likewise be depowered, is left very confused and stops torturing Dr. Viper to instead try to figure out what is going on.
 * Ultimately both Major Tom/Johnny B. Goode and Ebony are taken into 'custody' by Melody. Major Tom to be held accountable for his crimes and Ebony to be helped but also more or less studied by the Thiasians.

Background/Behind the Scenes Information:

 * The 'villains' 'names' are of course taken from:
 * 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie (Major Tom)
 * 'Johnny B. Goode' by Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode)
 * Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (Ebony and Ivory)