The Templar Survival Guide to New York

Under the Brooklyn Bridge, Richard discovers Quantum's thugs. These men have transformed homeless people into cyborgs and forced them to use a brain-computer interface to decipher the “Holy Grail” - actually a limited edition Starbucks gilt cup.

“In the name of the Father and the Holy Spirit!” Richard slams the takeout box into the master computer. A flying fried chicken leg jams the heat sink, triggering a hot sauce-flavored data storm. The reformed people suddenly tap-danced, a sign that the purification spell he'd drawn with ketchup was taking effect.

“Watch your back!” The hobo girl, Emma, warned from an astrological formation made of cans. Richard turned and cleaved the incoming tranquilizer dart, the blade of his sword, augmented by a Tesla coil, roasting the dart's nanobots into popcorn.

As police cars surrounded the scene, all the crowd could see was mechanical wreckage and cumin-flavored circuit boards all over the floor. Emma surreptitiously slips a flash drive with hidden data into Richard's takeout bag, shaped just right for a scaled-down model of Jerusalem.