What happened to him was a story as old as the hills.
He met this really nice girl at the local calisthenics club. They trained together for a while and eventually started dating. A few months later she met this guy who was a disgraced scientist. She seemed to be infatuated with his work, not so much him, so the boyfriend wasn’t troubled by their relationship. This guy’s work, or more specifically the project that got him fired from the scientific development institute, was about building a ray machine capable of mind control over vast distances. His girlfriend spent more and more time in his makeshift laboratory at the back of the old abattoir. Eventually they announced a test date for the equipment. Naturally the boyfriend was invited.
It was an outstanding success, with a number of people from the immediate vicinity becoming totally controlled by the ray and wandering into the laboratory. They just stood around, waiting for further instructions. Of course, the scientist was absolutely delighted with the result and began planning how his invention could be presented, along with a similar demonstration, to the scientific community that had scoffed at his ideas. The girlfriend, now very much a part of it all, was part of the planning process and she was spending a great deal of time on it. The boyfriend started to see things in a different way. He was not seeing as much of her as he would have liked. He decided that when the time was right he would bring the subject up.
However, his girlfriend had plans of her own. During discussions about how the new technology would be introduced to the world, she managed to get the scientist to stand in front of the equipment’s barrel long enough to be hit by the ray. Having done this, using the maximum setting, and with a high-pitched laughter, she unleashed a powerful blast out across the entire planet, creating slaves of all that it came in contact with. Now, with most of humankind in a state of readiness to do her will, she laid plans of her own, regarding the future direction of her world domination.
The boyfriend, being one of the few not hit by the ray, felt it only right that he should approach her. He was confident that their relationship was strong enough for him to persuade her to see reason. He would rely on their simpatico. At the same time he was aware of his own poor timing, knowing that he should have spoken up earlier. Nevertheless, he was determined to make amends.
He found her in the laboratory drawing up her master plan for the total control of the planet, when in a scenario as old as time… she zapped him.