Thrush kills a scientist and his wife after the scientist develops a way to extract gold from seawater. However, the scientist sent the five parts of the formula to his five daughters. Illya and Napoleon team up with one of the daughters, Sandy, to find the other four step-daughters and recover the formula before Thrush does.

Napoleon and Illya protect Waverly when he returns to his former college, Blair University, to receive an honorary degree. Thrush is eager to kill the division head when he's out in public.