There was a moment of silence from pure confusion of the situation at hand. Alan's mind had to stop and process the voice on the other end as a slow feeling of fear and anxiety came over him.

"Where... is Daniel?" Alan slowly forced out, trying to keep his voice steady, but his entire body was shaking.

"He's fine, just... preoccupied." Mika answered, cryptically.

"That's not what I asked. Why did you answer his phone?" Alan replied, a mixture of fear and anger in his voice.

"Goodness, you're angry..." Mika stated calmly. "Here, maybe this might help..." she spoke, before there was the sound of shuffling and the phone going silent.

"Hello, Allie. Glad to hear you're out of the hospital."

Alan was quite sure that he felt his heart literally stop for a few seconds. "Thomas...?" Alan stated in shock, now totally lost on what was happening on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, so you can speak to me on the phone, but not when Nikki is around. Intriguing." Thomas stated with a chuckle.

"I don't... the fuck?" Alan blurted out.

"So, Mika has informed me that you intended to tell Daniel how you felt. Apparently, you did already. I'm sure that made you feel wonderful, and I would be glad to hear about it later. But, you see... Mika wasn't too happy about that, so she asked me to step in." Thomas spoke casually.

"How... what is going on?!" Alan stammered.

"I know about the curse, Alan. Mika told me all about it." Thomas spoke, unfazed.

"Well, I couldn't not tell you after you saw what happened." Mika stated in a passive manner. "And you weren't happy that I almost killed Alan, so I didn't have much of a choice in the matter."

"Where the fuck is DANIEL?" Alan stated firmly, but he was in a complete panic.

"He's unconscious right now. Well, an unconscious frog, I should say." Thomas answered. "So, let's talk, shall we? Think you can do that, Alan? Or do you still need time to heal?"

Alan's mind raced at this entire fiasco, wondering how Mika and Thomas got together, how Daniel became a frog, how he was going to get out of this entire process. I disappear for a fucking DAY and all hell breaks loose. How THE FUCK did Thomas find out about this? Did he see what Mika did at the library? HOW? OK... ok. I need... I need to think quickly.

"What... do you both want?" Alan asked, carefully.

"You already know what I want, Alan." Mika answered with a scoff. "Granted, I already have him here anyway."

"And you're well aware of what I want, so I don't understand why you would ask this question." Thomas followed, surprised. "I know you aren't that dumb."

"Does Daniel know... what Thomas knows?" Alan asked, concerned.

"Not at all, actually. You see, I asked Daniel to meet me after school to talk in private. Being the wonderfully nice person he is, he respected my wishes and agreed to meet me at the baseball field after the last bell. But, I just... couldn't resist the urge to grab or touch him. Yet, when that happens, Daniel becomes a frog on contact." Mika proclaimed with a sigh. "Such is the circumstances of the curse."

"And I was curious to see this myself, so I followed and saw it all happen, for proof, so to speak." Thomas added.

"So... he's unaware of all this..." Alan stated with a sigh of his own, yet he was still incredibly nervous.

"Why does this matter anyway?" Mika asked, suspicious.

"It takes Allie some time to piece things together. He's always been this way. It's endearing, really." Thomas interjected in an affectionate manner.

"Again, what do you both want?" Alan asked, calmly.

"I want Daniel." Mika stated, annoyed.

"I want you." Thomas answered in a similar fashion.

There was another moment of silence on the phone after that, no one stating anything for quite some time.

"Ok... fine. I give. I can't... I can't do this anymore." Alan spoke in a defeated manner. "How... do we make this work?"

"Oh wow... I totally wasn't expecting this." Mika stated, pleasantly surprised.

"Wise choice, Allie. I knew you'd be smart about this. No need to drag this out." Thomas replied in an encouraging manner.

Alan stayed quiet as he listened to them talk.

"So, how do we get Daniel to wake up?" Thomas asked, curious.

"He could wake up on his own, but he'll be a frog still. He needs... Alan to turn him back. Unless.... give me a sec..." Mika could be heard walking away from the phone, before she made a noise of revelation. "Wonderful... his father must have made a potion for him. I found it in his pocket. I'll just pour this down his mouth and he'll change back in about 15 minutes from now. I'll make up some excuse as to why he passed out." she proclaimed. "However... Alan, I need you to tell Daniel that you are no longer his savior for the curse when you do kiss him. That is a possibility if the person who is assigned to change him back no longer wants to be a part of the contract. You can use the one request that he promised you and it is automatically honored. That way, all he has to do is kiss me and he'll be mine without question." Mika answered confidently.

"Oh, how lovely for you. A rather simple transaction." Thomas stated, pleased. "Of course, Alan, we can just continue our contract that was nulled by Nikki's interjection. We don't have to inform her of that, so no need to worry. Sounds good to you?"

".... fine." Alan finally spoke, his voice calm.

"I love that this turned out so nicely." Mika stated in a joyful manner. "I should've just partnered up with you in the beginning. You know how to control Alan pretty well."

"Well, I know how to get him to come to his senses." Thomas admitted with a slight laugh.

"When... should I tell Daniel this?" Alan asked, his voice flat.

"Good point... how about tomorrow morning? I'd like to ask him to take me to homecoming, actually." Mika answered. "You can do that, can't you?"

"I can." Alan answered, short.

"Wonderful! Then it's settled. Thank you so much, Alan. I've waited centuries for this." Mika stated happily.

"We'll be in touch, Allie." Thomas stated firmly, before the call ended.

Holding his phone in his hand, Alan stared at the screen in silence, his body tense as he did so. He took a deep breath slowly, his eyes closing, before his expression became very calm and relaxed. Opening his eyes, he searched through his phone to call a number, hearing the phone ring a few times before it was answered.

"Hey Allie, what's up?"

"Hey Nikki... time to get ready for plan Alpha: Get rid of Thomas."