Landing on Venus, the President of the Universal Botanical Gardens tells famous actress, Miss D'Argot, about rare flowers called Sandflowers of Venus. He says nobody is brave enough to recover one. Miss D'Argot cajoles her boyfriend, Brad Bennett, to recover a Sandflower. Brad reluctantly agrees to the impossible task. Back in the Venusian city, he fights off ruffians. A blast fires and scatters the thugs. Melinda leads Brad into the underground drainage tunnels to escape. Melinda Brown tells Brad she was the daughter of the spaceport's police chief, and used to play in the tunnels as a child.