Vanguard flies through the air over U.A., examining everything.

Vanguard: (Well, it looks like the puppies broke free from the pen. They’re actually trying to bring down my entire operation by themselves!)

Vanguard laughs.

Vanguard: (I guess I’ll humor them and play along. But who should be my next victim? Perhaps that annoying pest, Hayze? Or maybe I should settle the score with Aaron and Silver for nearly destroying my plan to acquire the Delta Ring? Decisions, decisions… I know, I’ll wait at the track field. Whoever arrives first gets the honor of joining Black Hollow and Tyson in my kill count. Oh, and Battlin’ Boxer.)

Vanguard begins flying to the track field.

Vanguard: (I should be happy the students grew some balls. And here I thought my rise to power would be boring.)

The Infiltration and Takedown Teams meet on the roof of 1-C.

Karma: Tyson’s really gone?

Yul: He is… we arrived just a few seconds too late.

Angel: Wow…

Killian: I didn’t think I’d have to watch someone get vaporized today.

Alec: Yeah… that was heavier than I expected.

Blaze: If I had just been a little faster…

Aster places his hand on Blaze’s shoulder.

Aster: It’s not your fault, kid; Tyson lost a game to the death. Even if we had gotten here 10 minutes earlier… we wouldn’t have been able to stop Vanguard.

Saige: What happens now? The plan was for you guys to start fighting Vanguard as soon as we cleared out the dorm, but he took off, right?

Yul: Yeah, he did.

Impulse: Well, where is off to? We’ll chase him down!

Tobias: He likely knows about the battle between his army and the Distraction Team. I doubt he would leave U.A.

Aster thinks for a moment.

Aster: Killian, does your quirk also give you a strong sense of smell?

Killian: Uh… yeah, it does, but just like any tracking dog, I need my target’s scent first.

Aster pulls out the deck Tyson used in his game against Vanguard.

Aster: Will these work?

Killian grabs the deck and sniffs it.

Killian: It’s faint, so I’m not sure how fast we’ll be, but it’ll work.

Aster: Good, then that’s our next step.

Karma: And what should our team do, Aster?

Aster: Hm… Angel, fly to the Vanguard Dorm and update Hayze’s team on the situation. If you see Vanguard, immediately go to the fountain.

Angel: Right, yeah, I got it!

Angel spreads his wings and takes flight.

Angel: *pained grunt* (This burn on my wing kills, but I can’t let everyone down. I have to push through the pain.)

Angel departs through the hole in the wall.

Aster: Okay, Saige and Karma, you two head to the Containment Team and provide assistance if needed. Saige, if you guys run into Vanguard, either use your quirk as a signal or head to the fountain.

Saige: Right, will do.

Karma: We’re on our way.

Saige and Karma leave.

Aster: Blaze, you’re headed to the Distraction Team with the same instructions.

Blaze: I’m on it.

Blaze leaves.

Impulse: And the rest of us will follow Killian to track down Vanguard?

Aster: No Impulse. You and Grace will stay by the fountain and await further directions.

Grace: Aw!

Impulse: What? Why?

Aster: Every team now has instructions to signal you or head to the fountain if they find Vanguard. We’ve cast a wide net, so now we need our trump cards to be available as soon as possible. So if anyone sees him, you guys will head there and join the battle.

Impulse: I guess that makes sense… it’s just incredibly boring.

Aster: You won’t be saying that when you’re fighting Vanguard.

Impulse: I guess not…

Impulse picks Grace up.

Grace: Ooh.

Impulse: Come on, let’s go.

Impulse speeds off with Grace.

Aster: Alright, now the rest of us will use Killian’s sense of smell to track down Vanguard.

Alec: Awesome!

Gale: I’m glad I’m finally on the right team.

Tobias: Let’s get going.

Aster: Right.

The group begins leaving the roof. Aster stays back momentarily and stares at the card Tyson left behind.

Aster: (Don’t worry, we won’t let that bastard get away with this.)

Aster tosses the card and sets it ablaze with his quirk.

Aster: (And thanks for giving us the clue to do it.)

The card burns to ashes as Aster exits the roof.

Aster: (I’ll never forget you, Tyson.)

Jace is breathing heavily, lying on his hands and knees.

Zach: Come on, Jace! Fight it!

Jace: No… I won’t. I’ve never been happier than I am right now!

Jace stands up and springs toward Zach.

Jace: You’re just messing with my head!

Jace punches Zach in the jaw.

Zach: *pained grunt*

Jace: (What’s wrong with me? My head feels like it’s being torn apart… why am I fighting Zach? And am I enjoying it? BECAUSE THIS IS THE BETTER VERSION OF YOU, JACE! THE VERSION THAT IS WORTH A DAMN!)

Jace falls to his knees again.

Jace: Jace is gone! I AM THE FOOL!

Zach: (He’s battling for control, but that brainwashing ring is winning! I’ve gotta do something to weaken its power over Jace! But what?)

Jace stands up and smashes his head against the wall.

Jace: No! I won’t be controlled!

Jace staggers backward and leans against the opposite wall.

Zach: (It’s his head… Damaging it seems to jostle the real Jace free of whatever restraints he’s been placed under.) Jace! I’m gonna try hitting you as hard as I can in the head! That should open a window for you to break free of Vanguard’s control! So get ready!

Jace: Do it, Za-

Jace springs toward Zach.

Jace: I’M NOT LETTING YOU DO THAT!

Zach’s tail emerges. He attempts to grab Jace’s neck, but Jace uses his spring arms to change his trajectory and dodge.

Zach: HUH?!

Jace: Face it, Zach! I’M BETTER THAN YOU! JACKING JACKKNIFE!

Jace punches Zach in his hip, sending him flying to his side and smashing into a dorm room.

Jace: I NEVER STOOD A CHANCE AGAINST ANYONE BEFORE, BUT NOW THAT I’M IN THE VANGUARD, I AM SUPREME!

Jace enters the dorm room; Zach is submerged in a pile of dirty thongs.

Zach: *groans* Who- whose are these?

Jace checks the room number.

Jace: Fabio’s.

Zach pukes.

Zach: It’s gonna take a lot of therapy to forget tha-

Jace springs at Zach and grabs him by the collar; he smashes Zach’s head through the window.

Zach: *pained grunt*

Jace holds Zach against the window and shattered glass stabs into his back.

Zach: AHHH!

Jace: THAT’S RIGHT! SCREAM IN FEAR! YOU’RE INFERIOR TO ME, ZACH! AND THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE! THE OLD JACE IS DEAD! I AM BETTER!

Zach looks down.

Zach: (We’re too high up, a fall like that will kill me!)

Zach’s eyes widen.

Zach: (But not Jace…)

Jace: IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO DIE! (No, I don’t want to kill Zach! I’ve gotta do something!)

Jace smashes his head against the window frame.

Jace: Z… Zach?

Zach: Huh? Jace?

Jace: D- do you… do you… have a plan?

Jace is fighting for control.

Zach: Yeah, I’ve got an idea, but it’s gonna hurt.

Jace: I- I- don’t care… just- do it… I can’t hold it back… much longer…

Zach: Don’t worry, I’ve got you!

Zach extends his bone claws and stabs Jace’s bicep.

Jace: AHHHH!

Jace releases his hold of Zach and staggers backward. Zach kicks him in the chest, knocking him to the ground.

Zach: It’s time to get my buddy back!

Jace: NO! YOU’LL NEVER CHANGE ME BACK! I DON’T WANT TO BE THE OLD JACE AGAIN!

Zach puts Jace in a chokehold.

Zach: That’s a lie! And you know it!

Zach charges towards the window.

Jace: *choking* WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Zach leaps out the window with Jace, and they both start plummeting to the ground.

Zach: *grunts* Don’t worry, I’ll be fine!

Zach uses his bone tail to stab into the side of the building, stopping his descent.

Zach: *pained grunt* That hurt…

Jace continues falling.

Jace: HA! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN MY ABILITY PROTECTS ME FROM FALLING?!

Jace uses his springs to break his fall and fly back into the air.

Jace: HAHAHA!

Zach: No! I didn’t!

Jace looks up to see Zach falling towards him with his fists together.

Jace: HUH!

Zach: It’s time for the real Jace to break free!

Zach bashes Jace over the head with his fists. Jace’s high velocity, mixed with Zach’s force, creates an intense impact.

Jace: (I will not be someone’s slave anymore!)

Vanguard lands on the track field.

Vanguard: (And now we wait.)

Vanguard’s eyes widen. Instantly looking in the direction of the Vanguard dorm.

Vanguard: (Jace broke free of my control?!)

Jace and Zach smack into the ground.

Zach: *groans*

Eve runs to Zach, carrying an unconscious Lilith on her back.

Eve: Are you two okay?!

Zach: I’ll be fine… is Jace… alright?

Eve looks at Jace.

Eve: Jace? Is that you?

Jace: *groans* Yeah… who else would it be?

Eve: It’s really you?

Jace: Y- yeah… it’s me… with a splitting headache.

Zach: Sorry about that…

Eve places Lilith on the ground. Zach and Jace both sit up.

Zach: Jeez, man… there’s a lot we have to tell you.

Jace: You don’t have to… I remember everything.

Eve and Zach: You do?

Jace: Yeah… and I’m sorry.

Jace buries his face in his hand.

Jace: All of this… it’s my fault…

Zach: Oh, come on, Jace! You were under Vanguard’s control. He made you do all of that nasty stuff!

Jace: No… it was my choice to join him… he didn’t force me…

Eve: He didn’t?!

Eve grabs Jace by the collar and hoists him up.

Eve: Are you kidding me?! We thought he ambushed and brainwashed you, but you’re saying you joined him of your own free will?!

Zach: Eve, stop!

Jace: No, she’s right, Zach… I deserve this… I was trying to quit U.A. and abandon my friends. I deserve any terrible thing that happens to me…

Zach: Jace…

Eve tosses Jace aside.

Jace: Huh?

Eve: *sighs* As much as I’d love to beat you to shit right now. It’s not like you knew what Vanguard would make you do once you joined him. And you were in a dark place after the Prison Exercise; they designed that simulation to make us question ourselves. So… it pains me to say it… But I understand why you joined the Vanguard… and I forgive you.

Jace: Y- you do?

Zach: Yeah, Jace! It isn’t completely your fault! We could have helped you long ago, but we kept brushing off your strange behavior. Everything you did is on us as well. We all made mistakes, but I’m happy I had the chance to fix mine, and you still have the opportunity to do the same for yours.

Zach offers Jace his hand.

Zach: We still have a war to win. Are you in?

Jace hesitates and grabs Zach’s hand. Zach helps Jace to his feet.

Jace: Yeah, let’s do it!

Zach: Wes, Demetri, and Silver must still be fighting; let’s go in there and-

Eve: Demetri and Isaiah are finished; Demetri won.

Zach: Oh… then where are they?

Eve points to a tree; Demetri and Isaiah hang from branches by their underwear, beaten to a pulp.

Demetri: *groans* This is the price I had to pay…

Isaiah: I didn’t do anything…

Eve: You enjoyed it, and I know it!

Isaiah: *groans*

Jace: Glad to see nothing’s changed on this front…

Zach: I’m not even gonna ask what they did…

Eve: Good, because I’m not-

Lilith screams.

Eve, Jace, and Zach: Huh?

Lilith: What happened to my hair? Why is it dyed?!

Eve: Oh right… Lilith.

Jace: Why isn’t she wearing pants?

Eve: Long story. Everything’s alright, Lilith.

Lilith: What happened? Why are we back at U.A.? What about the licensing exam?

Eve: Oh boy… there’s… a lot we need to tell you.

Eve explains everything that’s transpired to Lilith.

Lilith: Wow… I really was like that?

Eve: Yup, a total whore.

Lilith’s face turns red.

Lilith: You- you don’t think I actually *gulps* “did it” with anyone, do you?

Eve: No, the only fights you’ve lost since joining the Vanguard were with Blair and me, so I think you’re good.

Lilith breathes a sigh of relief. Jace exits the Vanguard dorm holding a pair of pants.

Jace: Here, I just grabbed the first pair I saw.

Lilith: Thank you, I’m just glad I didn’t do anything too embarrassing or regrettable while I was brainwashed.

As Lilith bends over to put on her pants, the back of her shirt comes up a little.

Jace: Uh…

Zach: Lilith?

Eve: You might want to… well…

Lilith: Huh? What is it?

Eve pulls out her phone, takes a picture, and shows it to Lilith. She has a tramp stamp that says “Little Slut.”

Lilith: AHHHHHHHHHHH!

Inside the Main Campus Building, Gus carries another platter of extra bean burritos to Gavin.

Gus: Okay, Gav, here’s another batch.

Gavin: Thanks, Chuck!

Gus: That’s- that’s not my name…

Gavin: I call everyone Chuck; it makes remembering names much easier.

Gus: But- that’s-

Gavin chows down on some burritos.

Gavin: Man, Chuck, this is going great!

Gus: Hopefully, the others are doing well; I’m glad this is all they needed me to do. I’d be a little worried if they had me fighting. It’s not that I don’t think I could win. It’s just-

Gus notices Gavin looks repulsed.

Gus: Uh… is something wrong?

Gavin stops farting.

Gus: Huh?! Gavin! Why did you stop?!

Gavin grabs his ass in extreme distress.

Gavin: It’s coming…

Gus: What is?

Gavin: The most giant shit of all time!

Gus: Wh- what?

Gavin: This could break the record!

Gus: Well… can you shit your pants? We need you to keep using your quirk on the teachers!

Gavin: No, Gus, my plumbing is backed up! This one isn’t coming out for a while; I’m plugged!

Gus: Oh no… then that means…

Inside the conference room, the gas stops coming through the vents.

Ash: Uh… Daniele?

Daniele: Shit! Something must have happened to Gavin and Gus!

The goofy gas in the room starts to thin.

Daniele: The gas is starting to be properly ventilated with the shafts clear!

Ash: What do we do?

Daniele: The restraints on some of them will work fine, but we’ve gotta do something about the others before they become conscious!

Daniele surveys the room and spots a roll of duct tape. She grabs it and covers Boom’s mouth.

Daniele: That should do for now. Recovery Girl shouldn’t be an issue.

Ash: What about Houston and Madame Mummy?

Daniele tosses Ash the duct tape.

Ash: Cover Madame Mummy with as much tape as possible; that should mess with her bandages.

Daniele begins grabbing many miscellaneous objects and shoving them in Houston’s thrusters.

Daniele: This should hold him back… so that leaves Multi, Fatal, Walker, and Ewing.

Ash: Any ideas for them?

The room completely clears of goofy gas. Then, Daniele breaks open the door to the room, and water floods the bottom two inches.

Daniele: What the?

Sydney: Hey?! Why did you open the door!

Calm: And where is the gas?

Daniele and Ash remove their gas masks.

Daniele: I don’t know; it stopped a few minutes ago.

Calm: It’s okay; it should still be a while until they can think properly.

Sydney: No, Gavin’s told us before that prolonged exposure has diminishing returns. Just because they were exposed longer doesn’t mean it will last longer unless they continue to inhale the gas.

Calm: Then we have a problem.

Daniele: We’ve restrained Boom, Madame Mummy, Houston, and Recovery Girl enough, but I’m unsure what to do about the others. I wanted to see if you two had any ideas.

Calm: Alright, let’s figure this out.

Walker starts to come down from the goofy gas high.

Walker: (What- what the hell?)

Walker looks around the room and spots Ash standing near him with Calm, Daniele, and Sydney discussing in the doorway.

Walker: (What are they doing here?)

Walker notices the restraints. He also sees the gas masks.

Walker: (They tied us up and used Gavin’s quirk to inebriate all of us. That means Class 2-A and B are working together on something they don’t want us to interfere with… and I think I know what it is.)

Walker squirms over to Adrian and begins chewing through his wrist ropes.

Walker: (Their plan must have fallen apart, and now they’re distracted trying to figure out what to do next. I can use this time to break Adrian and myself free.)

Calm: Ash, check on Gavin and Gus and see if the issue can be resolved.

Ash: Right!

Ash runs off.

Calm: We can keep Ewing down as long as his hands are restrained. Multi and Fatal are the biggest issues; we can’t do anything to keep them from breaking free.

Sydney: So we’ll fight them. We beat Spectre already; why can’t we stop them too?

Calm: We knew we’d likely have to deal with Spectre, so we overpowered him with water attacks. Something he isn’t especially suited for. I’m not sure how we can stop either of them.

Daniele: (Hm… come on Daniele, you’re the senior here… come up with something.)

Adrian starts to come down.

Adrian: *groans* Wh-

Walker: Shhhh… /Be quiet…/

Adrian: /Walker? What’s going on?/

Walker: /The students are trying to fight Vanguard on their own./

Adrian: /What?!/

Walker finishes chewing through Adrian’s ropes.

Walker: /Copy my quirk and get us out of here./

Adrian: /What about the others?/

Walker: /We’ll come back for them; just go./

Adrian taps Walker’s head and opens a portal beneath him; he jumps in himself.

Daniele: The best thing we can do is have you two fight Multi, and I’ll take on Fatal.

Sydney: Are you sure that’s a good idea?

Daniele: You two can fight with your water combination, and I’ll use my pressure point style to shut down Fatal’s quirk.

Calm: That’s probably the best course of action. Hopefully, reinforcements will arrive soon. We’ll have to leave everyone else locked up until- Oh no…

Sydney: Hm?

Daniele: What?

Calm: Walker and Adrian are gone.

Sydney: Nice work, blondie.

Daniele: Crap! Where did they go?!

Calm: It doesn’t matter; we can’t focus on them anymore. We have to stick to our plan.

Daniele: You’re right. Let’s go.

Adrian unties himself and Walker inside the 2-A classroom.

Adrian: I can’t believe this! What are they thinking?!

Walker: They aren’t thinking.

Adrian: Why would they do this? They can’t seriously believe that they can beat him!

Walker: They do because “someone” convinced them to.

Adrian: Huh?

Walker: Only one student would pull a stunt like this.

Adrian: You mean… Hayze?

Walker: Yes, and he’s going to be expelled for this.

Adrian: Damien, I think that’s-

Walker: It’s what, Adrian, what?! He’s leading a bunch of inexperienced, unlicensed heroes into a battle they have no business being a part of! Check your watch! We were out for an hour and a half! Who knows how many of them are dead already! He should go to prison for this!

Adrian: I… What are we going to do now?

Walker: Rachel will overpower the students in the conference room and free the others. You’ll contact the Top 10 and get them here right away.

Adrian: And what about you?

Walker cracks his knuckles.

Walker: I’m putting a stop to this.

Charlotte and Ester continue slicing at Alexis.

Charlotte: *frustrated grunt* Just hold still!

Alexis: I’d rather not! I’m enjoying watching you get angry.

Charlotte: Oh yeah? Well, let’s see how angry this makes you!

Alexis: Huh?

As Alexis dodges a scythe slash from Charlotte, Ester transforms into her human form.

Alexis: Huh?!

Ester: We’ve got you now!

Ester punches Alexis in the face, knocking her to the ground.

Alexis: *groans* Cheap shot-

Charlotte jumps on top of Alexis and grabs her forehead.

Charlotte: Consider this repayment for all the energy I’ve burnt trying to hit you!

Charlotte begins sapping Alexis’ energy, filling the tubes on her forearms. Alexis struggles to break free, but Ester runs over and holds Alexis’ arms down.

Alexis: *frustrated grunt* (I’m weakening! It’s getting harder and harder to fight back!)

Charlotte laughs.

Charlotte: Looks like the Vanguard has its newest memb-

Alexis: Detonate!

Charlotte and Ester: Huh?

Alexis’ paper cloak explodes, sending Charlotte and Ester flying. They smack into the ground and are knocked unconscious. Alexis is lying on the ground, barely conscious and badly damaged.

Alexis: *groans*

Aaron glances over at Alexis.

Aaron: Alexis!

Desiree: Pay attention to what’s in front of you, idiot!

Desiree spits a wad of spider silk on Aaron’s machine guns, clogging their barrels.

Aaron: Shit!

Aaron attempts to fire but can’t. Desiree runs up and kicks him to the ground.

Aaron: *grunts* You got a lucky break.

Desiree: Why? Cause you got distracted by your eye candy girlfriend getting her ass beat?

Aaron: She didn’t get her ass beat! Look at your friends! They aren’t getting back up any time soon!

Desiree: Yeah, and neither will you!

Desiree shoots a spider web at Aaron, restraining him to the ground.

Desiree: Welcome to my web, says the spider to the Fly.

Aaron: I’m no damn fly!

Desiree pulls out a pair of knives.

Desiree: That’s fine because I’m definitely a spider!

Desiree lunges at Aaron.

Aaron: (Only one thing to do!)

Aaron continuously attempts to fire bullets from his clogged guns until they overheat, burning through the web holding him down.

Desiree: Huh?

Aaron: Fuck your web says the Dragon to the Spider!

Aaron smacks Desiree upside the head with one of his red hot rifles, burning her face.

Desiree: AHHHHHHH!

Desiree tumbles against the ground and is knocked out cold from the searing pain.

Aaron: Weird bitch…

Aaron runs over to Alexis.

Aaron: Are you alright?

Alexis: I’ve been better…

Blair struggles to get to her feet.

Blair: (Crap! She’s completely disoriented me, I look like a newborn horse right now.)

Whitney: Let’s see how good you are dodging now that your balance is disrupted!

Whitney takes a deep inhale.

Blair: (This is gonna hurt…)

Whitney lets out a piercing siren screech that collides with Blair and sends her flying through the air.

Blair: AHHHH!

Blair smashes into the ground; her ears are bleeding.

Blair: *pained grunt*

Whitney: I don’t know if you can still hear me, but if you can, let me be the first to welcome you to your new home: The Vanguard!

Whitney takes another deep inhale.

Blair: (Come on, Blair, you’ve fought way more powerful opponents than this whore! You can’t let her beat you!)

Blair’s eyes widen.

Blair: (I’ve got it!)

Blair quickly oozes a circle of lava around herself.

Whitney: Siren Song: Piercing Nightmare!

Whitney lets out a mighty siren screech point-blank at Blair.

Blair: Volcanic Defense: Ring of Fire!

Blair’s lava circle erupts into a cylinder surrounding her on all sides.

Whitney: (That won’t help you!)

Whitney’s screech collides with the lava wall and begins pushing through it.

Whitney: (This is over!)

Suddenly, a giant sphere of lava shoots out the top of Blair’s lava ring.

Blair: Napalm Annihilation!

The sphere bursts into a rainstorm of lava.

Whitney: (I have to move!)

Whitney ends her attack preemptively and starts running to dodge the lava storm.

Whitney: (She won’t stop me from-)

Blair: Volcanic Eruption!

Whitney: Huh!

Suddenly Whitney gets slammed in the back by a beam of lava; it continues bursting forward until it smashes her into a tree.

Whitney: AHHHHHH!

As the attack ends, Whitney falls to the ground with her entire back exposed and burnt; she’s out cold.

Blair: Gotcha, bitch!

Hailey lunges towards Tara.

Hailey: Take this!

Hailey attempts to punch Tara, but she blocks with the orgasmorator.

Tara: Haha! Stopped by the greatest invention of all time!

Hailey: *frustrated grunt* Shut up about your gross perverted gadget!

Tara: TAKE THAT BACK!

Hailey: No!

Hailey kicks Tara in the chest, knocking her to the ground and taking the orgasmorator in the process.

Hailey: It’s time to get rid of this dumb contraption!

Tara: NOOOOOOO!

Hailey smashes the orgasmorator over her knee.

Hailey: There! Now it’s gone!

Tara is dead silent.

Hailey: Thank God, you finally shut up!

Tara starts laughing maniacally.

Hailey: Huh?

Wrath is beating the everlasting shit out of Ryan.

Bruno: Uh… Wrath… I think he’s down…

Wrath: He’s not down until I say he is!

Ryan: *sobbing* I’m down! I’m down!

Wrath: You think you’re better than me?

Ryan: *sobbing* NO!

Wrath: WRONG ANSWER!

Wrath breaks Ryan’s back over his knee.

Ryan: AHHHHHHHHH!

Wrath tosses Ryan aside, unconscious.

Bruno: That was… brutal…

Wrath: All in a day’s work. Oh, and uh… thanks for the save back there.

Bruno smiles.

Bruno: You’re welcome, Wrath.

Wrath: If you ever mention that I thanked you to anybody, I’ll turn you to ash.

Bruno: Understood.

Wrath and Burno survey the battlefield.

Wrath: Looks like that’s everybody.

Bruno: Good, then let’s start cleaning up.

Wrath and Bruno place the unconscious bodies of Alden, Ryan, Hailey, Whitney, Ester, Desiree, and Charlotte beneath a tree.

Bruno: I’ll start picking up the bodies of the other students.

Wrath: Do you have to narrate everything you do?

Bruno walks off. Wrath approaches Alexis, Blair, Ivy, and Aaron, sitting beneath another tree.

Blair: Well, it looks like our job is done.

Aaron: For now… once we recover, we should head over to the 1-C dorm and see if the Assault Team needs our help.

Alexis: Hopefully, they don’t; otherwise, we’ll have problems.

Wrath: Hey… wasn’t there seven of us?

Blair: Yeah… where’s Tara?

Tara approaches them, dragging Hailey’s bloody, battered, unconscious body.

Blair: Jesus Christ!

Aaron: Wicked.

Tara: She crossed me…

Tara tosses Hailey with the rest of her classmates.

Ivy: Should we be concerned?

Wrath: About the fact that she tore that girl apart? No. We SHOULD be concerned that Tara doesn’t have any blood on her.

Ivy: What do you mean… Oh… H- How isn’t she-

Aaron: I wouldn’t ask right now…

Tara is crying over the destroyed orgasmorator.

Ivy: Fair point…

Alexis: Let’s just be happy our battle is over.

Suddenly a portal opens beside Tara. Walker steps out and knocks her in the head, knocking her out cold.

Blair, Aaron, and Alexis: Walker!

Walker turns to face his students, Wrath and Ivy. He looks furious.

Walker: I don’t know what you kids are up to, but it stops now.

Aaron: (Crap! My arms are still overheated, and Blair and Alexis are too weak to fight. What should we-)

Wrath cracks his knuckles.

Wrath: Finally, a real challenge.

Wrath steps forward.

Wrath: I’d love to have a fight with you, Walker.

Walker: Hayze, I know you’re behind this, and when this is all over, you’ll be-

Wrath: I’m not Hayze, you dolt! The name’s Wrath!

Walker: (Hm? Wait… that’s right, Hayze was also at the conference room. He had blue eyes there… so he’s letting his personalities roam free.) Fine, Wrath, I’ll take care of you in seconds. Then, my students will tell me everything I need to know to shut down this idiotic plan your counterpart concocted.

Wrath: *nasal grunt* Seconds? Someone’s cocky. I’m not one to be underestimated.

Walker: I doubt that.

Ivy steps forward.

Ivy: Wrath, I’ll battle with you.

Wrath: Huh? No way, but out!

Ivy: You’ll need help defeating Walker whether you like it or not. After all, you needed assistance against someone as pathetic as Ryan.

Wrath: *frustrated grunt* Whatever! Just don’t get in my way!

Walker stares at Ivy.

Walker: You…

Ivy: Hello, Walker.

Walker: Don’t try to explain pleasantries. I’m not interested in that… All I care about is avenging the man you murdered.

Aaron and Alexis look confused.

Ivy: I understand, but I only care about helping save the world from Vanguard. And we won’t let you stop us.

Walker: Then let’s get this over with.

Inside the Vanguard dorm, Silver and Wes reach the top floor. The hallway is empty.

Silver: I guess they’re not waiting for us this time.

Wes: That’s fine. Which room is hers?

Silver checks the paper Hayze gave him.

Silver: The third one.

Silver and Wes approach the room.

Silver: You want me to go in with you?

Wes: No, this is my battle. But thanks for offering.

Silver: Good luck, Wes.

Wes opens the door and enters Verity’s room; it’s pitch black. He closes the door behind him.

Wes: Verity? Are you here?

Wes flips the light switch; Verity is sitting on her bed.

Wes: V- Verity?

Verity: Hello, Wes.

Awkward silence.

Wes: Uh- are- you alright?

Verity: I’m fine; why wouldn’t I be?

Wes: Huh? Wait… so does that mean you’re not in the Vanguard anymore?

Verity: I’m not sure… I woke up a few minutes ago… the last thing I remember is agreeing to join.

Wes: Then you are back! Awesome!

Verity: This is strange…

Wes: Huh?

Verity: You usually are not that optimistic to be around me.

Wes: Oh… well, I uh…

Verity hugs Wes.

Wes: Huh? Why- I-

Verity: Thank you for coming to save me.

Wes’ face is red.

Wes: Well, uh, it wasn’t entirely my plan, but you know, I volunteered to come help you and-

Verity chucks Wes out her window.

Wes: WH- AHHHHHHH!

Silver hears the sound of glass shattering and Wes screaming.

Silver: Wes!

Silver reaches for the doorknob when suddenly he finds himself on the bottom floor of the building.

Silver: Huh?! What the hell?!

Voice: Well, Silver.

Silver: Huh?

Silver turns around; someone is standing in the shadows.

Silver: Who’s there?!

Voice: I’m so happy this worked out so perfectly for us.

Silver: Hm? What worked out so perfectly?

The person emerges from the shadows.

Justus: This set up… for our rematch.