The Spiral

is the first episode of the third season of Fantendo - Side Stories. It was written by and first aired in December 2019.
==Synopsis==
After one too many outbursts on the job, Naomi is overthrown and kicked out of F.A.N.T. by the other D.C. squad members. About 3 months later, Benedykta has been appointed Director and the organisation is blossoming more than it ever was under Naomi's control. Seemingly unwilling to concede to being removed from the organisation she founded, Naomi starts taking the offensive against F.A.N.T. and starts attacking agents and their families. With the attacks becoming incredibly dangerous incredibly fast, the agents start to plan out how to stop Naomi and try and bring her down.
==Transcript==
The episode opens with an echoing gunshot as Naomi is seen firing her shotgun at every soldier who gets in her way. Isabel and Terry are seen right behind her, both of whom seem incredibly worried. Isabel stops following as she steps into an empty corridor and gets her phone out and calls Nadia.
:Isabel: Hey Nadia, you guys on the way? I'd rather do this sooner than later.
:Nadia: There's traffic. and Ms. Tsukuda's too scared to use her license to drive dangerously!
:Kaori: Fuck off, it's bumper to bumper!
:Isabel: Goddammit.
:Nadia: Mr. Ghaly and Yvette are well on their way though, I know that much.
Isabel sighs as Terry is seen with Naomi again, clearly nervous as she guns down another soldier. He nervously chuckles as he puts a hand on Naomi's shoulder.
:Terry: Don't you think that you could uh... spare on of them?
Terry chuckles nervously as Naomi as she turns around.
:Naomi: No.
Naomi turns back around as Terry appears frozen in position. He stammers attempting to come up with a retort to what Naomi said before he just sighs and follows her. Naomi then busts down a door as she aims her gun at a man in a chair. Before the man even gets a chance to look up, Naomi has already aimed her gun at him. Terry attempts to divert Naomi's aim while the man looks up, but she pushes him off and redirects her aim at the man.
:Naomi: Where's D'Angelo?!
:Man: Who?
Naomi immediately shoots and kills the man after his question, which makes Terry go wide-eyed. He stammers as Naomi walks by him to leave the building. Terry looks back at the man as he sighs and shakes his head.
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The squads are seen back in the F.A.N.T. base, which is now considerably bigger, as Isabel, Nadia and Terry are seen stood outside Naomi's office.
:Terry: Are you sure we should do this now?
:Isabel: We didn't get to do it during the mission so we don't really have a choice.
Terry sighs and nods as they open the door to see Naomi sat at her desk, looking at her phone.
:Isabel: Hey, Naomi...
Naomi looks up at the three.
:Isabel: Without sounding too harsh, we feel like its for the best that you leave F.A.N.T.. For the sake of your mental state.
:Naomi: Are you fucking kidding me?
:Nadia: Ms. Richards, you're a psychopath. You're incredibly unstable. You have been for the entire time I've been with this organisation. You need to let go and save yourself before you go completely off the deep end.
:Naomi: I give you a job, I help you for 3 fucking years, I saved the goddamn world and all I get in return is a "fuck off"?
:Isabel: It's not like that at all, Naomi-
:Naomi: Then what's it like?
:Isabel: It's like this. We need a director who has control of themselves. We need more squads. We need someone who actually gives us time off when we need it most.
:Naomi: Oh, like when exactly?
:Isabel: How about when I got to reunite with my daughter? Aliz barely gets to see me because you keep dragging me in over and over!
:Terry: Howard and Benedykta got married and you just completely shut down their honeymoon. We can't just work hard all the time, that's not how the saying goes.
:Naomi: Fine. Say I do quit. Who would take over the duty?
:Nadia: Everyone voted on Mrs. Grzeskiewicz.
Naomi raises her eyebrows at the notion, seemingly in disbelief.
:Isabel: She's the most qualified by far. And the most level-headed.
Naomi shakes her head as she looks back down at her phone.
:Isabel: Look, just leave before we have to resort to anything ugly.
Naomi slowly looks up at Isabel again, narrowing her eyes.
:Naomi: Is that a threat?
:Isabel: It will be.
Naomi stands up as she creates a fireball and prepares to launch it at Isabel, but Nadia acts fast and pins her against the wall telekinetically.
:Nadia: Do it.
Naomi slowly starts getting angrier as her eyes turn red. She eventually breaks free of Nadia's hold as she lunges at Isabel, tackling her through the window. She prepares to shoot a fireball at point blank range but Isabel swiftly gets behind Naomi and puts her in a sleeper hold.
:Naomi: Let me go!
:Isabel: No.
:Naomi: NOW!
Naomi tries to fight her way out of the hold but is unsuccessful, eventually falling unconscious. Naomi is then shown a couple of hours later, back in her apartment. She notices a box in her room which she goes to, with the first thing she sees being an envelope, which she opens. She finds a note inside which reads "You'll thank us in the long run - Isabel". Along with it, there's an image of Benedykta being set up in the director's office. Naomi crunches up the note as she screams in frustration and starts trashing her room.
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3 months later...
Terry is seen relaxing on the roof of the F.A.N.T. building as the camera goes into the building to show a series of newspaper clippings, more specifically about Benedykta taking over the director position and multiple F.A.N.T. bases being established in major cities as well as extending their support to Canada. Benedykta is then seen with Isabel as the two look at the clippings.''
:Isabel: Damn, you get shit done!
:Benedykta: All we needed was someone committed to helping everyone. Ms. Richards was committed at the start, but she lost the sight after Marie started attacking.
:Isabel: Yeah... it sucks that we took care of her the way we had to.
Benedykta nods.
:Benedykta: Can't be helped really, can it?
The two turn around to look over the office space.
:Benedykta: Something doesn't feel right about how quiet it's been this past month.
:Isabel: Guess we're still adapting to the fact that we don't have to answer every single damn call on the east coast now...
:'Benedykta: Yeah. I mean, it's nice, I get to spend more time with Howard, you get more time with Aliz, Nadia and Yvette get some more time together too. It's really nice and relaxing after nearly 4 years of havoc. But... absolutely no supernatural occurrences in D.C. in that long? Something's up.
:Isabel: Don't worry about it too much. Something'll probably come up in due time.
Benedykta nods as they watch all the potential recruits come in and apply for squads.
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Naomi is seen pacing around in her apartment, clearly still angry with her former employees.
:Naomi: Unstable... The fuck do they know? I am not crazy, I am not unstable, I'm FUCKING FINE!
Naomi clenches her fists.
:Naomi: Everything was justified. None of those mercs deserved a second chance, they chose to work for the biggest scumbag on the planet. No way was I going to give them benefit of the doubt.
Naomi looks to her TV as she sees news of F.A.N.T. opening a new building in Baltimore. As Naomi watches, her face goes from anger and disgust to an evil smirk.
:Naomi: ...They're gonna pay with their lives.
Naomi goes out of her apartment as Isabel is seen with her daughter Aliz, as they walk up to an abandoned building with various scorch marks all over it.
:Aliz: Mommy, is this where that battle you always talk about happened?
:Isabel: Yeah... It was the craziest sh...
Isabel looks down at her young daughter.
:Isabel: ...Show. The craziest show I've ever seen. My former boss turned into some huge creature and that's why theres burn marks all over the building.
:Aliz: Cool!
:Isabel: It sounds cool but if you ask anyone who saw it in person they would say it wasn't.
Isabel sighs as all of a sudden, a fireball is launched in the direction of the mother and daughter. The fireball completely misses Isabel but nearly hits Aliz, who screams and hides behind her mother.
:Isabel: ...And there's my former boss.
Another fireball is launched as Naomi comes out of a dark alleyway. The second fireball comes within about an inch of hitting Aliz as she clings onto her mother out of pure fear. An enraged Isabel then turns to Naomi.
:Isabel: Naomi, what the actual f-
Isabel looks down at her daughter again.
:Isabel: ...Fridge.
:Aliz: She's not going to turn into the huge creature again is she, Mommy?
:Isabel: She'd better not.
:Naomi: Oh, retelling the story of my victory over Marie? For the sake of my organisation? How I killed her with my own bare hands?!
Aliz's grip on her mother becomes tighter as she is clearly becoming more terrified by the second with Naomi around.
:Isabel: It was a group effort, Naomi! You wouldn't have been able to do what you did if it weren't for us distracting Warner's forces!
Naomi smirks and shakes her head. She slowly starts to turn around, and then pulls her shotgun out on the two. Aliz appears to be on the verge of tears as Naomi prepares to pull the trigger.
:Naomi: Be careful who you call unstable next time.
Naomi fires but Isabel dodges the bullet. Naomi seems to be in disbelief as she fires the second bullet, which Isabel catches. Isabel then looks down to Aliz.
:Isabel: Let go for a second. Mommy's gotta take care of business.
Aliz nods as she lets go. As Naomi is reloading, Isabel tackles her to the ground and disarms her. As she starts struggling, Naomi is knocked out by Isabel with a swift punch to the head. Isabel then gets her phone out and calls Benedykta.
:Isabel: Hey, Grzeskiewicz, we have a new threat.
:Benedykta: What is it?
Isabel looks over the unconscious former director and sighs.
:Isabel: It's Naomi.
:Benedykta: ...I'll get a squad out there to bring her back to HQ.
:Isabel: Right.
Isabel hangs up as she and Aliz continue to walk around the city.
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Terry is seen in a bar with a woman, as he passes her a beer.
:Terry: C'mon Barker, you're among the best now!
:Barker: Does that mean I have to get hammered, though?
:Terry: ...Fair point.
:Barker: So... do you have any idea when I'll start? I know you're like a second-in-command in F.A.N.T..
:Terry: Benedykta said it'd probably be a week while they get all the equipment in there.
:Barker: Right.
Terry gets up out of the stall to go to the bathroom as Barker looks over to her left to see a woman scribbling down a bunch of notes and muttering to herself.
:Barker: You alright there?
The woman is caught off-guard as she screams and flings her pen up in the air. Barker catches it and gives it back to the woman.
:Woman: Thanks. And don't do that again.
:Barker: Sorry about that. The hell's all that for anyway?
:Woman: Gimmicks. Making my debut with Wreckless Wrestling tomorrow and we're still not sure what my gimmick's gonna be.
:Barker: Huh.
Barker looks down the list.
:Barker: Oh, you're Rachel Adams?
The woman nods.
:Barker: That's awesome! I.. thought you were with WWE though.
:Rachel: Technically I still am. Left pretty unceremoniously a few months ago and signed a contract with Wreckless Wrestling. WWE are trying to sue us cause my contract with them's "still good" but I never signed anything about only being on WWE so...
:Barker: Sounds like it sucks.
Rachel nods as Terry suddenly scrambles back in a panic.
:Terry: Hey, so there was a dude in there who-
Rachel tackles Terry to the ground as a D'Angelo & Sons soldier dives over their heads. Barker quickly takes action as she slams him against the stall wall then throws him to Rachel, who subsequently powerbombs him through a table, knocking him out. Terry looks over the soldier, seeming confused.
:Terry: The hell? D'Angelo said he'd stop attacking us last year!
:Barker: You sure it wasn't someone who just went rogue?
:Terry: Maybe.
Terry grabs a tag off the soldier, which seems to have "Warner Enterprises" embroidered over the D'Angelo & Sons logo.
:Terry: Oh, shit.
:Barker: What? What's wrong?
:Terry: Okay, LaTonya. Quick history lesson of F.A.N.T..
:Rachel: You two're F.A.N.T. agents?
LaTonya nods.
:LaTonya: Literally just got assigned to a base in Baltimore.
:Terry: Right, right, right. So. About 2 or 3 years ago there was this woman named Marie Warner. Absolute psycho, cared about no one but herself. She went after F.A.N.T. to try and get her daughter back and it turned into something much more sinister. She allied with D'Angelo, she tortured a lotta people, she did all of D'Angelo's dirty work. D'Angelo came to his senses after Naomi, our old director, nearly killed him. Marie went mad with power, she took over D'Angelo's brand, or at least tried to, and then got torn in half by Naomi.
:LaTonya: Figuratively or literally torn in half?
:Terry: I wish it was figuratively.
LaTonya and Rachel grimace.
:Terry: Yeah it's gross, I know, I was there when it happened. But, unless someone's gone rogue or some time travel bullshit's happened...
Terry shows the tag to LaTonya.
:Terry: There's zero explanation to this.
LaTonya takes the tag and examines it as Terry calls Benedykta up.
:Terry: Yo, Benedykta, we need some help getting a guy picked up here. Some possibly rogue, possibly result of time travel guy.
:Benedykta: What makes you think it's one of the two?
:Terry: He had a tag for Warner Enterprises. Marie's been dead for a couple of years.
:Benedykta: Right. I'll get someone out to your location.
Benedykta hangs up as Rachel taps Terry on the shoulder.
:Rachel: Hey, any chance I could help and maybe pass it on to the guys I work with? The Wreckless Wrestling guys are more than capable.
:Terry: I'll bring it up with Benedykta when I get back to base.
:Rachel: Cool, thanks!
Rachel goes back to her table and goes back to her notepad. Her eyes light up as she suddenly has an idea for a gimmick.
:Rachel: The Outlaw! I could be an outlaw!
Rachel runs out of the bar as she calls somebody on her phone while LaTonya and Terry wait for help to arrive and people gather around the unconscious soldier.
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Naomi is seen regaining her bearings as she is shown to be in an interrogation room, with Nadia sat across the table from her.
:Naomi: Why the fuck do you have me tied up?
:Nadia: Because you're dangerous. Targeting a F.A.N.T. agent? And her daughter that did absolutely nothing?
:Naomi: You shouldn't have started shit with me then, should've you?
:Nadia: We didn't start anything. We removed you from power because you needed to get away from work before you did something you really regretted. But it seems you've come to that anyway.
:Naomi: You think I regret attacking Isabel?
Nadia appears disgusted by Naomi.
:Nadia: What happened to you? You were so friendly and kind 3 years ago, you were determined to do anything for your employees... and this is like a completely different person. A total psychopath who lashes out at the idea that she might be slightly wrong. All those people you killed, your horrible attitude towards the team in Seattle, the total apathy towards killing people needlessly... you aren't Naomi Richards.
:Naomi: Those bastards in Seattle deserved to be attacked. They were hurting our brand!
:Nadia: Since Grzeskiewicz took over they've been the best squad we've had by far. Andrews is a full-time agent now and they're being paid actually decent money for their work.
:Naomi: You officially hired a porn star?!
:Nadia: Her other profession doesn't matter if she does good work, Ms. Richards. I'm a supermodel and I've been with F.A.N.T. for 3 years! Warner is a convicted former drug addict and you regularly worked with her.
:Naomi: She gave up on the drugs!
:Nadia: You're moving the goalposts so you don't look bad.
Naomi, clearly frustrated, engulfs her hands in flames as she reaches for a punch. Nadia dodges the punch and forces Naomi against the wall with her telekinesis.
:Naomi: You have no idea what you're getting yourself into, Brodeur.
:Nadia: I know full well what I'm getting into. I've been working for the organisation that you founded for 3 years now. I'm not intimidated by you anymore.
Naomi struggles in Nadia's grasp. She then has an evil smirk on her face.
:Naomi: What would Yvette say to you acting like this?
:Nadia: Don't even bring her into this.
:Naomi: I would've thought your girlfriend would-
Nadia throws Naomi into a wall head-first, causing a big hole in the wall and knocking Naomi out. Nadia goes wide-eyed as she runs out of the room.
:Nadia: Merde, why did I do that?!
Nadia paces around the corridor as Yvette notices her.
:Yvette: You alright?
:Nadia: Ms. Richards provoked me. Got into my head by using you.
Yvette looks into the room to see the unconscious Naomi.
:Yvette: It's fine, Nadia, don't worry.
:Nadia: You sure?
:Yvette: Hey, she deserves it. I heard what she did to Isabel and her kid.
Nadia smiles and kisses Yvette.
:Nadia: Thank you.
Yvette nods as they go down the corridor together.
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Benedykta, Howard, Kareem, Emerson, Terry and LaTonya are seen in the main area of the F.A.N.T. building, looking over the unconscious soldier.
:Howard: So... this dude attacked you in a bathroom?
:Terry: Yeah.
:Kareem: Totally out of the blue?
:Terry: Yeah.
:Benedykta: Then somebody powerbombed him through a table.
:Terry: Yeah.
Benedykta, Howard, Kareem and Emerson all look at Terry, with their eyebrows raised.
:LaTonya: I saw the powerbomb part, but not the whole shitter strike incident.
:Terry: Finally, someone backs me up! Kind of!
:LaTonya: Don't forget the tag too.
:Terry: Oh right.
Terry takes the tag out of his pocket and passes it to Benedykta, who sees the Warner Enterprises text.
:Benedykta: How bizarre.
:Terry: Yeah, I have no idea what's happening.
:Emerson: We know it's not D'Angelo at least. But how the hell is this a thing?
:Howard: I guess it's just a case of some people in the future thought Marie was taking them in the right direction. Unless you getting a full spot in F.A.N.T. upset the natural order of the universe or whatever.
Everyone looks towards Howard with a confused look on their faces.
:Howard: What?
:Kareem: I think a Warner ancestry would want to take more lessons from Emerson, the convict-turned-top-organisation-agent badass, not Marie, the leech-off-a-guy-then-get-torn-in-half-by-a-demonic-19-year-old psychopath.
:Howard: Hey, just a theory.
:LaTonya: No matter what way you look at it, Warner Enterprises shouldn't be a thing now though, right?
:Emerson: Yeah, unless some time travel's involved.
:LaTonya: ...But if that were the case, then there would be changes in how you act, surely. If they started messing with the timeline when you were a kid or at any point in your time back home, surely there'd be an impact on you as a person.
:Emerson: ...You're hurting my brain.
:LaTonya: Isn't that a telekinesis thing?
:Emerson: Well yeah, but that's not as intense as it is right now.
:LaTonya: There's a lot to time travel and theres no real way to describe it without getting a headache.
Benedykta looks at LaTonya and smiles.
:Benedykta: I'm happy we recruited you.
LaTonya smirks.
:Terry: So... what're we doing about this guy and the whole Warner thing?
:Benedykta: I'll get in touch with D'Angelo, see if he knows anything.
Terry nods as the group go back to their stations.
----
Isabel is seen the next day, sitting back at her desk as Benedykta comes over to her.
:Benedykta: You alright?
:Isabel: Yeah... still can't believe Naomi would go after us so visciously though. She like... actually aimed for Aliz...
Benedykta sighs and shakes her head.
:Benedykta: Richards escaped at some point last night. But there's no footage of her escaping, it's weird.
:Isabel: God...
:Benedykta: Don't worry, she can't do anything. We're much stronger than she is.
:Isabel: She's still half-demon. Half a demon is way stronger than all of us combined.
:Benedykta: Not when we have an opposing force.
:Isabel: What?
Benedykta motions to somebody outside as Samantha comes into the office.
:Isabel: Sam? Doesn't it bother you that you're fighting your own daughter?
:Samantha: Whatever's taken Naomi's place is not my daughter. It will never. Be. My daughter.
Seemingly concerned, Isabel nods.
:Isabel: Are you gonna be alright though? What with the PTSD and all?
:Samantha: I've been able to fight the flashbacks more since Marie died and D'Angelo turning over a new leaf's helped... I'll be fine, honestly.
Isabel nods.
:Isabel: Naomi's not gonna hold back, just so you know.
:Samantha: I'm completely prepared for that. She can charge at me all she wants.
:Isabel: Right. In that case...
Isabel stands up as she looks towards her squad, the second squad and the members of the new Baltimore squad.
:Isabel: Alright, listen up!
Everyone looks towards Isabel, Benedykta and Samantha.
:Isabel: We have a new top-priority target. First one since Marie Warner. Chances are everyone not on the Baltimore squad knows exactly who it is.
The two main squads nod as the Baltimore agents raise their eyebrows.
:Baltimore agent: Well, don't keep us in the dark!
:Isabel: I was getting to that. It's Naomi Richards. Our former director. We removed her from power a few months ago and she took it incredibly personally and now she's after all of us.
:Benedykta: I need all hands on deck from you. Naomi's very dangerous and we can't back off for a second. We slack off, she could take out an entire squad. I'm passing this on to the others in due time. We need to work together to stop Richards becoming too powerful.
The agents nod at what Benedykta says.
:Benedykta: We're the only ones who know her well enough to stop her, so let's get to work, starting now.
Benedykta walks back to her office as the squads go back to their desks and Samantha sits with Isabel.
:Samantha: I'm getting Naomi back.
----
Naomi is seen in her apartment, with a flame in her hand.
:Naomi: I'm just getting fucking started.
Naomi looks to a map with a group of cities pinned, with notes reading "F.A.N.T. bastards" underneath each city. Naomi narrows her eyes as she vanishes from the room.
==Reception==
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==Trivia==
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