Virtual Fatality

Ace Cooper's latest performance gives him a chance to be a part of Electro City's 200th anniversary celebration. However, something goes wrong in his teleportation trick as he mysteriously disappears. He gets knocked out and kidnapped by two men, who take him away in a van. Cosmo spends a week trying to find Ace with no luck. When Vega comes and tells a replacement audition is taking place, Cosmo skakes over to the Ring Theatre and discovers a man named Jimmy Hagen, who somehow starts doing Ace's tricks perfectly. With Angel's help he learns Hagen is a decendant of one of Electro City's founding families and has been in and out of the mental hospital. While trying to figure out Hagen's moves, Cosmo, as well as everyone else in the city, hears a shocking announcement from Ace: He's giving up magic! Cosmo discovers the message may not have been really from Ace, but no one believes him, no one except Mona. He then notices the same vehicle he had seen just after Ace disappeared. Cosmo then stows away in the van, which takes him directly to Hagen's home. There, Cosmo finds out the truth: Hagen is using virtual reality to steal Ace's magical secrets. Hagen discovers Cosmo and sends him running for his life, and Cosmo nearly dies falling from a cliff but is cushioned by the trees. Cosmo returns with Angel and the Magic Express and gets Ace out of the virtual world, shorting out Hagen's machine. Ace and company race to Keaton Park to deliver a large surprise. Jimmy Hagen is ready to perform at the celebration, but in his teleportation trick, he is surprised to find Ace Cooper in the other box. The two start battling it out, trick for trick, but Hagen stuns Ace and takes Mona hostage.

Ace Cooper/Le Magicien, Cosmo, Véga, Blackjack, Angel, Mona, Commissaire Fredericks, Diablo.
Characters (English Version): Ace Cooper/The Magician, Cosmo Cooper, Derek Vega, "Black Jack" Malone, Mona Malone, Duc Paparazzo

Original Broadcast Premiere: September 2, 1998.

Release date reflects U.S. air date on FOX.