Episode 7/Outline

##### Opening Scen

The episode begins with a bright, almost dream-like atmosphere. Erik Krazinski is standing next to two other people in The Order of Eseraga, Musee and Altrin. They both walk the streets of a war-ravaged desert planet. Aliens from nearby buildings overlook the three from their windows. Erik is the only one who notices and is deeply uncomfortable. The other two might have noticed but don't feel much.

The three discuss a target they're heading towards, a war criminal. Lord Kyrimus Mezara. Their orders are clear, to apprehend him and make him face trial on Convergence. But it's going to be a bit harder than that seeing as how he's very notorious on this planet and the locals want to see him dead. The effects of his power and influence can be seen in the very streets they walk in.
It's almost barren, with the locals hiding in fear.

They approach a large manor at the end of the street, which is much more prestine looking than the other homes in the area. Musee and Altrin approach the front door but Erik stood still, taking in his surroundings. He turned around to see some of the locals standing together and staring at him, though they are looking fearful.

Erik nods to them before following his teammates. Altrin signals that he's going towards the back entrance in case he tries any funny business, leaving Erik and Musee at the front door. They both breath in as Erik's eyes and hands light up with Kammera energy. He backhands the door without much force, but the door goes flying due to that energy. Erik and Musee welcome themselves in.

Kyrimus Mezara's butler hears the noise and approaches the two, welcoming them into the manor in an unexpected fashion. Musee asks where Lord Mezara is, as the butler leads them to his prestigious living room. Clearly the antithesis of everything outside. Kyrimus Mezara is well dressed and decked out in jewelry, watching the news report on him. He was expecting his arrest.

Kyrimus Mezara offers himself up willingly and winks at Erik, who draws his sword at his throat. Musee tells him to stop, as Erik asks him to give him one good reason why. Musee tells him that he should see a fair trial and justice shouldn't be up to Erik, to which he says that justice isn't up to Convergence, either. He was clearly expecting them and knows that he's gonna get away with his crimes.

Erik prepares to slice his head off when Musee drops this bombshell on him, Kyrimus Mezara was the one who adopted Musee. He's his father. Kyrimus Mezara teases Musee, who punches him in the face in return. Kyrimus Mezara shrugs it off as Erik places the sword on his back. Clearly realizing how personal it is, they grab his arms and drag him outside where Altrin is waiting.

As they step out, a swarm of innocent civilians and news reporting drones surround the three. Altrin steps out from behind and pushes some of the civilians away and being defensive around Erik and Musee. Erik is clearly distraught, hearing things from the crowd like Lord Mezara destroyed their lives and killed their people. Erik knew that justice wasn't going to be served. This was truly a walk of shame.

Surprise, surprise, this was all Erik revisiting his memories as he snaps out of it.

The lights were dim, not a sound could be heard and a mysterious smoke clouded the interiors. A shirtless Erik is shown meditating on the floor, his back covered in scars. He was inhaling the smoke and his eyes glowed a bright blue with Kammera energy. That glowing had stopped and his eyes returned to normal. He stood up to grab the top half of his armour hanging right behind him.

He's shown suiting up as we cut to him grabbing his sword that was also hanging next to his armour. He walked over to a whetstone table and started to sharpen his sword.

We cut from that to Woodsbury street. A man wearing a tracksuit walks down the sidewalk with his surroundings completely empty. He spotted a homeless man that was passed out and next to him as a plastic cup with money in it. As he was walking, he quickly grabbed onto it without a sound. We cut to another man. He wore a boiler suit with a nametag that read "Ike". He was laying his back against a Vito's Cuisine truck.

The man shown earlier, holding the plastic cup with money had arrived. They man by the truck asks,

Ike: "The hell took you so long, Danny?"

Danny: "Relax, I had to survey the damage."

Ike: "...And?"

Danny: "Would you relax already? Here, take a quarter."

*Danny reached the cup out in front of Ike and shaked it. Ike pushed his hand away.*

Ike: "The fuck am I gonna do with quarters?"

Danny: Any little bit helps with Melissa's Disneyland fund!

Ike: *(Muttering to self)*Disney World, asshole.

*He began to turn around and walk away but Danny held his arm and turned him back.*

Danny: What's on your mind, bud.

Ike: I don't wanna be out here longer than I have to be. Things are defin'ly not right with that alien asshole kicking our asses.

*Danny laughed dryly.*

Ike: He don't scare you or somethin'?

Danny: 'Nah. Think about it, he wasn't here last night, it was only the cops. Frankie's plan worked, he can kick our asses all he wants but we're not going to jail.

Ike: And if he wants to kill us instead?

Danny: It hasn't happened so far, bud.

Ike: *So far*.

Danny: Thinking about what happens later isn't your job, it's Frankie's. Right now, your focus should be on your job.

Ike: Forgive me if I'm not sold on Mr. Futurist to handle our goddamn *alien* problem. It's like y'all forget that detail.

Danny: He bleeds. All he needs is a well placed bullet between his eyes.

Ike: A bullet ain't gonna kill him.

Erik is then shown standing behind Danny. Right as Ike had noticed him, a sword went through both of their chests. They both bled immensely and Danny groaned. Erik gave them a few seconds then pulled the sword out. They both fell down, now dead. We cut to the homeless man earlier, we hear a loud thud that wakes him up. He looked around, confused, but spotted his cup right next to him.

The plastic cup had been filled with more money than was there initially. He picked it up noticing something strange. Two streaks of blood on the sides.

##### Act I

The begin at the Shooting Star nightclub, with the entire place being full. At least a couple hundred people dancing and having the time of their lives with "Gas Gas Gas" being played in the background. We pan upwards to see Murphy and Levi sitting at a table on the second level, looking down at the crowd. He smiled, knowing how many people are enjoying themselves.

Levi: "I haven't seen you smiling in a good minute."

Murphy: Huh?

Levi: "I was worried the overwhelming sense of dread would leave you with a chronic case of frowning."

*Murphy fluttered his lips.*

Murphy: "No, truthfully, I'm glad you got off your butt and came here. I was getting worried you'd make another excuse about fighting crime or whatever it is you do."

Levi: "Don't get used to it, I've been starring longingly for the past hour at that exit sign over there."

*They both shared a short laugh.*

Levi: "The police reaming my ass, sorry, about everything leaves me with nothing better to do. I figure I'll mind my own business for now."

*They both sat silently for a moment. Levi looked down at the crowd and noticed a familiar face.*

Levi: Is that... did I just see Sam Carmack?

Murphy: Nope.

Levi: No, I-I think that might actually be Sam! *(He gestures and points over to him)*

Murphy: I don't even need to look to tell you it's not him.

Levi: How would you not know?

Murphy: He moved to Johannesburg years ago!

Levi: What if he came back?

Murphy: Levi, why are you bringing back a 12th grade fling? Why're you doing doing this to me?

Levi: I'm just... gauging how much you still care.

Murphy: I care about everyone, Levi.

Levi: That wasn't really...

*Murphy smiled and sarcastically nodded his head in confusion.*

Levi: You're a d-- I don't really want to get into the fine details of what I meant, you know full well--

Murphy: Yeah, yeah. Look, even if he came back and it all worked out splendidly, I don't think the time's right for something like that. Not in the middle of the chaos, which I enabled by the way.

Levi: I'd like to think of it more as a... collaboration.

Murphy: Riiight.

Levi: Maybe the chaos means it's the perfect time to pursue a relationship. It might make you happier, y'know?

Murphy: So... your hypothesis is that adding *more* chaos into my life is somehow going to restore my happiness.

Levi: ...When you put it like *that*...

*They both shared a chuckle.*

Murphy: You care that much about me, huh?

Levi: Me? Noo, I'm wholly lethargic.

Murphy: Ohhh.

Levi: Quit it! I'm just trying to help.

Murphy: You're erroneous here, Levi.

Levi: How's that?

Murphy: You think i'm unhappy.

Levi: You aren't?

Murphy: I'm really not. I never told you this but I've felt bored. I don't remember anything after February until you put on that ticker. I admire your determination when you use it, I haven't seen you like that in years.

*Levi breathed heavily, unable to respond.* *They were both silent for a moment. Murphy looked down at the crowd then back at Levi.*

Murphy: Would you look at that, I was right. Sam had brown hair, that person's clearly a blonde.

Levi: He could've dyed it!

Murphy: No, I was enamoured with him long enough to know he would never. You're seeing things again.

*Levi turned to face Murphy very quickly.*

Levi: What do you mean? I don't see things.

Murphy: I never said that you did...

Levi: The hell are you--

*A waiter had suddenly arrived to their table, holding a tray with two shots. She placed them on the table and smirked at Murphy.*

Murphy: Thank you, Sadie!

Sadie: Sorry I took so long, it's been a hell of a day. Everyone in this place is bound to have an ethylic coma within the next hour.

Murphy: Not on your watch!

*Sadie smiled at Murphy and walked away. Levi shaked his head, trying to ignore what transpired.*

Levi: I thought she was the bartender. Or is it barista?

Murphy: Barista's just the italian word for bartender.

*Murphy grabbed one of the shot glasses.*

Levi: And front row seats at a strip club is called Perv Row.

*Murphy sighed.*

Levi: Something tells me my 'Fun Facts With Levi & Murphy' script's getting rejected.

Murphy: *(Laughing)*It could use some revisions.

*Murphy had finally downed the entire shot.*

Levi: Hey, I thought you said you don't drink.

*Murphy hiccuped and placed his hand over his mouth.*

Murphy: I thought you said you'd mind your business.

Levi: *(Smirking)*You know what, Murphy, I wasn't gonna say anything but man this music is awful.

Murphy: You *did* tell me not to take Franklin's suggestions.

*Levi and Murphy's smiles quickly faded at the mention of his name.*

Levi: The song's not that bad if it's any consolation.

Murphy: I'm sorry.

Levi: Don't be. I've been trying to find our hide and seek champion for days but he can't hide forever. He's bound to show up again.

*Murphy leaned back on his chair, sighing from exhaustion.*

Murphy: I can't imagine him as this crimelord who reigns over the city, I've known him for the better part of 3 years. I have spent sleepless nights talking to him about this place, making it a safe haven for people to escape. It was all his idea. Do you think he's capable of...

Levi: Murphy, if he's not guilty then why is he hiding?

*Murphy placed his fingers over his eyes.*

Levi: I d-don't know him as well as you do, I'm just seeing things from my perspective.

*They both sat silently for a moment.*

Levi: I-I hope you're right, you know. I've made it my hobby to take these guys down, but...

*Levi turned his head to look back down at the crowd for a brief moment, noticing armed mafiosos entering the nightclub. He had noticed a familiar face, Jeff Misimovic, making his way through the crowd and looking around for Murphy.*

Levi: Ohh shit...

Murphy: *(fingers still over eyes)*What could warrant such language?

*Levi tapped Murphy's shoulder and pointed at Jeff and his accompanying mafiosos. Murphy's heart skipped a beat and his eyes widened.*

Murphy: *(gulps)*I see now.

*Jeff had finally decided to look up and spotted Murphy and Levi looking down at him on the second level. He tapped the shoulder of the mafioso next to him and pointed up. Murphy and Levi noticed, the former of whom jolted to the right and onto the floor. Levi came to his aid and reaches his hand out. Murphy grabbed onto his hand and pulled himself up.*

Levi: You okay?

Murphy: Do I look okay?!

Levi: A-Alright, you need to hide and get to the car. I'll handle Franklin's cronies.

Murphy nodded and ran backwards, out of sight from the level below. Levi ran in the opposite direction and hid under a table and using the table cloth to obscure him. A purple flash of light was shown coming from underneath the table, though the crowd above didn't notice as it had blended in with the other purple lights. We cut to the perspective of Jeff and 5 other mafiosos behind him.

Jeff and his mafiosos walked up the stairs to get to the second level. They walked up the stairs and slowly revealed a railing. The more they walked up, the more was revealed until we see Ninjace crouching atop the railing. Jeff heard the sound of the railing shake behind him and as he turned around, Ninjace had already jumped into the air. He kicked Jeff two feet across the room and into a table.

He grabbed a mafioso's arm and spinned to the right, slamming him against the wall. He followed that move up with a hard kick to the chest. The force of the kick had made the wall crack behind him. The remaining four ran downstairs but one had been caught. We cut to a flat view of the bottom stairs. The three rushed each other to get to the bottom as we hear sounds of the fourth mafioso being pummeled.

As soon as the three made their way downstairs, the fourth mafioso was thrown against the wall near the bottom of the stairs which once again, made the wall crack. Ninjace slowly walked down the stairs, intimidating the three. All three pulled out their firearms simultaneously, as the crowd noticed both the mafiosos and Ninjace. They began screaming and the couple hundred civilians all ran toward the exit.

Among the crowd that ran away is Murphy, who we see trying to blend in. One of the mafiosos grabbed a civilian from the crowd and aimed the gun at his head out of nervousness. Ninjace stood still and watched Murphy, who noticed this. Murphy had pondered hitting him for a few seconds before releasing a hard breath and punching him in the back of the head.

Ninjace zoomed towards the mafioso before he had time to react and grabbed his arm. He twisted it, making him drop his gun. The hostage quickly ran away as Ninjace headbutted the mafioso, knocking him out. Murphy nodded at Ninjace and quickly ran out the door as the remaining two aim their gun at Ninjace. Ninjace's left arm morphed into a mace and he zoomed toward one of them, hitting the gun out of their hand.

Ninjace then grabbed him by his shirt and threw him toward the last mafioso, though he was quick to get back up. He ran away toward the dancefloor and shot at Ninjace, who swerved through on his way to him, dodging every bullet and delivered a devastating roundhouse kick that knocked him straight into the DJ booth. Him being flung toward the equipment had inadvertently caused the song to loop.

Ninjace turned around and noticed Jeff walking down the stairs with a revolver in his hand. The second mafioso who was thrown grunted and slowly tried to get up, but Ninjace kicked him in the jaw on his way to Jeff, knocking him to his back. Ninjace stood 3 feet away from Jeff. Jeff says "Just so you know, what you do changes nothing. We'll be out of here in no time.".

Ninjace stood silently. Jeff groaned and shot at Ninjace, the latter of whom used his mace to knock the bullet to the side in mid air. He ran toward Jeff and stabbed his shoulder with a spike from his mace. Ninjace leaned closer to Jeff's ear and said "Not in your condition.". Jeff winced in pain as Ninjace pulled out the spike. He slowly fell down, leaning against the wall.

We cut to Murphy, who's leaning back in the front seat of his car and hiding from any remaining mafiosos. The music from the nightclub is still blaring as he rubbed his right wrist. After a moment of Murphy in complete silence, looking outside his window, Levi suddenly opened the right door and entered the car. Murphy exclaimed,

Murphy: "Jesus, Mary and Joseph..."

Levi: "What?"

Murphy: "N-Nothing."

*Murphy put on his seatbelt.*

Levi: "I've never seen you hurt a fly, but man, you were a badass earlier."

Murphy: *(raises his right arm) "*Yeah? I think it's busted now, stings like no other."

Levi: "Nah, it's not busted. It's your conscience."

Murphy: "No, I mean it, I think I fractured my trapezoid."

*Murphy's car started up and they began to drive away. Three black cars and two motorcycles started up right behind them and started tailing Murphy and Levi. Murphy noticed them in the rear-view mirror.*

Murphy: Levi...

Levi: What?

*Murphy had stayed silent, focusing on the mirror. Levi noticed and turned around to find more mafiosos tailing them.*

Levi: That... is a yikes.

Murphy: *(sighing)*This has to be some sort of sick joke.

*Levi noticed an alleyway up ahead. He pointed toward it.*

Levi: I have an idea.

Murphy made a left and drove into the alleyway. Only one car followed, however, as the others drove around the back to wait for them at the end. We cut to the point of view of the mafia driving. Suddenly, they heard a loud thud from their roof and soon after, a diamond blade stabbed the hood of their car, disabling their engine. Diamondhead jumped out in front and ran toward Murphy.

One of the mafia cars had blocked the exit to the alleyway in front of Murphy, as they lowered their windows and aimed their weapons at him. Murphy slowed down but they were quickly taken care of when a few diamonds shot past Murphy's car and toward theirs. They were knocked a few feet out of the way. Diamondhead caught up to Murphy and got on his roof.

As he drove out of the alleyway, he steered to the right but found the remaining car and two motorcycles cutting the corner. Murphy had made a sharp turn back, leaving skid marks on the ground. He drove forward as the mafia started to shoot at him. Diamondhead quickly created a shield and prevented the oncoming bullets from hitting the car. A motorcycle had drove in closer.

Diamondhead turned to face him and removed his shield. He extended his arm out, making the mafioso fall hard to the ground. The mafioso on the other motorcycle rapidly fired at Diamondhead but to no effect. Diamondhead fired a few diamond shards but he was quick and swerved through all of them. Murphy suddenly yelled at Diamondhead, saying "TRAFFIC UP AHEAD!". Diamondhead turned around and noticed the traffic a block away.

Turning back to face the motorcycle and the car, Diamondhead reached his arms out and raised a line of diamond spikes from the ground. The motorcycle avoided it swiftly and drove on the sidewalk but the car was helpless as its tires were slashed. Murphy was forced to stop behind a car but the mafioso shooting from his motorcycle had made all the other cars drive, ignoring the red light.

Murphy attempted to drive but the motorcycle circled around his car. The mafioso shot at Murphy and nearly hit him when a bullet grazed his rear-view mirror. Out of anger, Diamondhead lifted his arm up and created a small ramp. The mafioso accidentally drove on it and was launched 2 feet into the air before falling down and crippling him. Diamondhead jumped off the car and nodded at Murphy, telling him to go.

Murphy drove away as Diamondhead created an 8 foot tall diamond tower. He jumped from the tower to a nearby rooftop. He looked down at the mafioso and the crashed motorcycle and heard the sound of ambulance sirens. He turned around to find Geza and five other members of The Order of Eseraga. The Alphamatrix started to beep as he timed out. Levi approached Geza.

Geza: Levi! It has been some time, how are you?

Levi: Me and my friend were *just* shot at.

Geza: And it seems your Petrosapien transformation took care of your unfortunate incident.

Levi: Yeah... I honestly didn't know he can do all that.

Geza: ...And so much more.

Levi: Yeah, okay, why are you here, though? Did you find Erik?

Geza: We have indeed.

*Levi's eyes widened as he gripped the Alphamatrix with his right arm.*

Levi: Oh.

Geza: As per our previous arrangement, he will be captured with our combined effort. He will face justice.

Levi: That's... that's fair, I guess. D-Do we have to do it now?

*A member of The Order named Musée walked toward Levi.*

Musée: By all means, if you wish to stall, it's your death date.

Levi: My... "death date"? I'm sorry, who are you?

*A member of The Order, Altrin, pulled Musee back from his shoulder and stood in his place.*

Altrin: "What Musee is trying to say, is... *(muttering to self)*, sorry, I don't think we've met yet. I'm Altrin!"

Levi: "Okay?"

Altrin: "Y-You'll have to excuse Musee, he's allergic to not being blunt."

Levi: "I figured."

Geza: "Time is of the essence, Altrin."

Altrin: "Sorry, master."

Geza: "It applies to you as well, Levi. Erik's ship rests in a forest just south of your city."

Levi: "Then I'll meet you there first thing in the morning."

*Geza nodded.*

Geza: "We shall see you then."

*Geza and The Order of Eseraga swiftly jumped from rooftop to rooftop, hiding in the shadows. Musée stayed around and gave Levi a dirty look.*

Musée: "Geza placed great faith in your abilities. Let it not be a mistake."

*Musée soon followed his allies as Levi watched. Altrin, however, stayed behind for a final remark.*

Altrin: "For what it's worth, I have faith you'll be just fine."

*Levi nodded positvely back at Altrin, who smiled back before he followed The Order into the shadows.*

The next scene takes place two hours later as Levi is walking in the streets toward his apartment. He spots Murphy sitting down and resting atop the hood of his car with an icepack on his wrist. He approached him.

Levi: "You okay?"

Murphy: "Reasonably."

Levi: "What're you doing out here?"
Murphy: "There's no smog in the sky, you can finally watch the stars."

*Levi looked up at the beautiful night sky above. He sat right next to Murphy.*

Murphy: "There's billions of planets out there. How many aliens must exist?"

Levi: "I can confirm more than ten."

Murphy: "I've been more curious lately. One of these days, I hope we can visit another planet. See what it's like out there."

Levi: "Once we clean up the city, I can always ask for a weekend trip. Me and you."

Murphy: "That's the first thing you've said all night that wasn't a sarcastic quip."

*They both shared a chuckle.*

Levi: "What's gotten to you, are you dying?"

Murphy: "No. But I think I saw my whole life flash before my eyes."

Levi: "It's not every friday you have a mobster trying to kill you."

*The two sat silently for a moment.*

Levi: "Pizza joint's still open, you down for something?"

*Murphy turned his head to face Levi.*

Murphy: "You want Pizza Hut?"

Levi: "I'm thinking more... Angelo's."

*We cut to the outside of Angelo's Pizza, as we see Murphy and Levi dining in a table outside the restaurant. Murphy is shown eating a slice of pizza, wheras Levi didn't touch his food.*

Levi: "That Order group from two weeks ago, they want me to help them catch Erik."

Murphy: "Sounds dangerous. Are you gonna be okay?"

Levi: "Probably. The way they worded it, it sounded like they wanted me to join their cult."

Murphy: "Well?"

Levi: "I'd rather not."

Murphy: "Why? You made it seem like they were a police force protecting the galaxy. It sounds like what you're trying to do but on a very large scale."

Levi: "Are you *trying* to get me to leave?"

*Murphy nodded in confusion whilst smiling.*

Levi: "Wait a minute, you're testing me! No, Murphy, I would never join their weird police cult and leave behind the only friend I have. Happy?"

Murphy: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Levi: "You made your point!"

Murphy: "I am deadly serious."

*Levi sighed and rested his head on his arm. He began laughing.*

Levi: "It probably wouldn't be that fun, anyway. *(raises left arm up revealing the Alphamatrix)*I'm not supposed to have this. And I don't feel like training in the ways of the force to get some more weird superpowers."

Murphy: "If you're going out tomorrow, then I'm calling our mutual friend in law enforcement. I won't sit around and let Franklin get away with everything he's put us through."

Levi: "...You sure that's a good idea?"

Murphy: "I've thought it through and I have a plan. It's better than hiding at home and waiting for him to send more of his cronies, as you put it."

Levi: "Be careful out there. Especially around Bradly, he's mourning."

Murphy: "Have you two spoken since then?"

Levi: "I wish I could sit here and tell you yes but man, I just couldn't... bring myself to say a word. I'm worried that he'll be pissed at you by association with me."

Murphy: "I wouldn't normally bother anyone in a time like this but considering the abhorrent circumstances, I hope he understands."

Levi: "It's *your* death date if things go AWOL with him."

Murphy: "..."Death date"? You mean funeral?"

Levi: "Your guess is as good as mine, amigo. I think one of the Order guys tried to intimidate me."

*Murphy's phone starts ringing. Murphy looks down and notices the caller ID. He smirks and turns the phone around to show Levi.*

Murphy: "Guess who decided to call?"

*Levi's face drops as he exhales deeply.*

Murphy: "Not good news... *(sighs)* Heard you loud and clear".

*Murphy puts his phone on silent.*

Levi: "We haven't spoken in a while, I-I haven't had the energy to call back. I freeze everytime I think about it."

Murphy: "You tend to do that a lot. I thought you'd make an effort to do better."

Levi: "I am!"

Murphy: "*(laughs)*You don't have to get defensive with me, I get that you have social issues. Sooner or later, you're going to have to say something to her and I hope it's sooner. You have less than a week."

*Levi looks down, unable to respond. Murphy gets up from his seat.*

Murphy: "I'll be back in a few minutes, try to think about my advice. *(Murphy puts his phone next to Levi)*You might need it."

*Murphy walks away as Levi looks down at his phone. Anna is still calling. He slowly picks up the phone, wanting to answer. He froze, staring blankly at the vibrating phone. He placed the phone back on the table and slammed the table with the palm of his hand out of frustration.*

*Levi exhaled and and stared back at the phone. The vibration had widened his eyes, as the sound was familiar to him. He looked around him before looking back at the phone. He had an idea. He clenched his fists slowly as he closed his eyes, focusing on the vibration sound.*

*Levi exhales and looks calmer. As he focused on the sound, he started mouthing a quote, "This thing's not working!". As he finished mouthing that sentence, he suddenly hears himself saying that exact same quote. He opened his eyes in disbelief, as he notices that he is now in a dorm. His dorm.*

*The pizzeria chair and table remains but as he stands up, they vanish. He looked around his familiar surroundings and smiled.*

Levi: "I'm... I'm back."

*Suddenly, Levi heard more shouting. He turned to his right and saw a younger version of himself hitting an AC with his hand and holding a cracked phone with his other.*

Young Levi: "Murphy, this thing is screwed! How am I supposed to sleep, it's cold as shit!"

Murphy: "*(Over the phone)*You're the one who wanted a dorm. I knew this'd happen!"

Young Levi: "Okay, well when my other options were living on the streets or in Paladdin with you, can you blame me?"

Murphy: "Levi, I promise, I’ll drive over Tuesday and sort it out. It’ll take a day, tops."

Young Levi: "Oh great, a whole week of hypothermia to look forward to! Tell Hank to get lost already!"

Murphy: "I’d be thrilled, but he wants me to meet his brother. It’s a decent offer all things considered."

Young Levi: "How. Riveting. Tuesday, Murph. Just note you’re coming here to the fuckin' Ice Age."

Levi made his way around the room. Everything was exactly as he remembered it. He tried to touch some personal objects, but felt his hand phase through them. He and his younger self both turned their head to the door as they heard a knock.

Young Levi: "*(exhales)* What now?"

Young Levi opens the door, revealing Anna. Brunette, wearing jeans and a baggy shirt. Typical college outfit.

Anna: Hi! Name’s Anna.

Young Levi stood awkwardly, slightly anxious yet confused as to how to answer.

Anna: Sorry to disturb you if –

Young Levi: N-No, no, I just wasn't expecting... this, I guess.

Levi gritted his teeth at the overall body language of his younger self, wishing he could've answered differently.

Young Levi reaches out for a handshake, which is reciprocated by Anna.

Young Levi: Hi, name's Levi.

Anna: "*(smiling)*I was wondering if your AC was working, Levi. Cause mine is totally –

Young Levi and Present Levi (simultaneous): – busted.

Levi found himself mouthing the conversations the more he remembered.

Young Levi: Oh, yeah, our AC is working overtime. It’s freezing in here and the damn dials stopped working.

Anna: Really? That’s funny, because ours isn’t working at all. It’s like a bajillion degrees inside!

She laughs at her hyperbole. Young Levi simply chuckles.

Young Levi: "*(he sarcastically imitates a british accent)*Welcome to the best fine arts school north of Oregon."

Anna: "You mean the *only* fine arts school... *(she imitates said accent)* north of Oregon?"

Young Levi and Present Levi (simultaneous): "Pretty much."

Levi gives a very toothy smile and leans his back to the wall, reminiscing over one of his happiest memories.

Young Levi: "It's Anna, right?"

Anna: "*(she continued her british accent)*Madame Annabelle Donovan, *(she sarcastically bows)*at your service."

Young Levi: "Levi Hunderson. Yet to be knighted, unfortunately."

Young Levi reached out for a handshake, which is awkwardly reciprocated by Anna as they give awkward smiles. Levi bangs his head against the wall behind him out of the sheer awkwardness emanating from this moment.

Young Levi: "I-I'm sorry, I feel like we *just*did that a minute ago."

Anna: "I-It's... fine."

Levi noticed that the handshake is still going on and banged his head at the wall once more, coincidentally as they stopped.

Anna: "So, Levi, I have this form I’m going to submit to maintenance, so they know how many of us are suffering from poor facilities. Hopefully they’ll fix the AC units for all of us or something like that."

She pulls out of a list with about 30+ names on it.

Young Levi: "I know I'm hoping for "or", personally."

Anna: "*(stony)*Funny."

Young Levi: "I know."

Young Levi's seemingly sincere toothy smile makes Anna chuckle.

Anna: "Ah, you *do* have something in there."

Young Levi: "In where –"

She lightly smacked her list on Young Levi's head as he laughs at her reaction.

Levi: "*(murmurs)*Serves me right."

Anna: "So, do you mind signing?"

Young Levi grabs the list and the pen attached to it. Levi stops leaning towards the wall and stands over his younger self, looking down at the list. Levi looks back at Anna, who gives off an infectious smile. He looked downward, still feeling shy after all these years but soon looked back at her, now nodding and looking more determined.

Levi's surroundings faded away, returning him to reality. Levi gave out a sigh of disappointment and turned around to go back to the table and found Murphy giving him a concerned look.

"Are you okay?", asked Murphy. Levi brushed it off saying that he's fine, but Murphy isn't buying it.

"Your visions... hallucinations... whatever you like to call it, it's creeping me out. I'm sorry to say this, but –"

"Then don't."

Murphy sighed. "I don't want to intrude on your personal space. I want you to be okay."
Levi smiled. "Take it as gospel, Murph, I am."

The two sat back down at their table. Murphy took a bite out of his food while Levi sat and couldn't bring himself to eat anything. He began looking at Murphy, who notices him quickly.

"...What?", asked Murphy.

"How do you do it? Your nightclub's been ruined, you were just shot at and god knows what's gonna happen to me tomorrow. And throughout all of this, you're... uhhh..."

"Composed?"

"That's the word, right there. What's your secret?"

Murphy leaned back and took a sip of his drink.

"I'll tell you everything once you let me know what you were doing."

Levi rested his face on his hands for a moment. He got up from his seat.

"It's hard calling you a jerk sometimes, I hope you know that."

"I've noticed.", Murphy chuckled.

"Murphy, for as long as I've had this thing in me, I've been having flashbacks to my life basically. I've had a flashback to when I was 7 and to when I was 19. It's... it's random, or so I thought. I've went this entire week and I haven't had any. But now... when you left, I mean. I-I tried to give myself one."

"Uh-huh.", Murphy said begrudgingly.

"I thought it was completely random for a while, but now I'm starting to think they're relevant."

Murphy raised an eyebrow.

"When I was stopping the Bloodcrow killer, I was shown Chelsea. W-When we...", Levi paused to collect his breath. "When we had our argument over this thing.", Levi raised his right hand. "I was shown the first week we met."

"All of it?", Murphy looking away, almost ashamed.

"Y-Yeah.", Levi said shakenly. "You reminded me of Anna and when you left, I wanted nothing more than to remember. I wanted controlled it for the first time."

"Which memory did you see?"

"The first one.", Levi smiled. "Finally, Murphy. Finally I finally got to see a memory that didn't hurt. I *do* have good ones after all."

Levi sat back down on his chair.

"I'm not going to fail her. After tomorrow, I-I think things are gonna be different."

"My gut has been telling me something and now I'm listening. I *look* composed but Levi, I am scared out of my wits."

"Fair enough."

"After seven years, I get to say that you're the only person who isn't making me lose my sanity."

"Dick!", Levi said under his breath and laughing.

"You're right. That isn't my word but honestly, I am sometimes. And I'm sorry."

"It's not like I don't have it coming."

"Weeell, yeah, you do."

"Thanks."

"You're also everything I don't understand about the world. And somehow, it's comforting. My gut has been telling me that things will be better now. I believe you when you say things are going to be different."

Levi gave a slightly nervous look but nodded.

At their home, Levi enters his room and locks the door behind him. He sits down on his bed and takes off his leather glove. His hand is glowing and flowing with energy like a current.

"How you doin', Mr. Armada?"

Levi stared at his hand for a while before clenching his fist. He stood up and leaned against the wall, holding out his fist. He closed his eyes.

"Please... take me back.", Levi murmured.

Nothing happened. Levi kept his positioned and whispered the same thing again over and over.

"Please, take me back. Please, take me back. Come on, take me back already!", Levi shouted.

Levi put his arm into position, about to hit the wall behind him. Right as this happened, he opened his eyes. His initial anger left from his face as he finally got what he wanted. He found himself in the middle of a street. Not busy, but also not empty. Levi immediately recognized where he was and started walking towards the sidewalk with cars phasing through him.

Levi walks towards the nearest bus stop and finds his younger self slowly pacing around the area while looking at the time on his phone, which was heavily run-down and busted.

Present Levi stared at his younger self for a while before he decides to sit down on a bench. Young Levi eventually stops pacing and puts the phone away. He moves to sit on the bench, right next to Present Levi who turned his head to look at him. Young Levi is clearly anxious and a little exhausted.

"H-Hey...", Present Levi spoke soflty. "I remember this, you know."

Not a single peep was heard.

"I know you can't really hear me, I just... uhh...", he stammered.

Present Levi rubs his head when just then, a particular white bus is seen approaching. Both Levi's give a cheerful look.

The bus stops at their location, with only Anna seemingly being in the bus and stepping out. Young Levi jolts up and sprints over to Anna.

"My god, you actually showed up!", he spoke half sarcastically/half blissfully.

"I'm sooo sorry! There was a lot of bullshit on my way here and... probably an entire essay of excuses I could write", restlessly speaking.

"'You speaking from experience?"

Anna calmly jogged over to Young Levi and gave him a warm hug. Present Levi quickly stood up, smiling at them both. Young Levi is frozen yet blissful. It takes him a few seconds before he reacts properly and hugs back.

"That's my boy.", Present Levi smiled.

Anna let go of her hug as Young Levi grips the back of his neck, clearly shy.

The two have a discussion about why she took so long, which consequently leads into them talking about why they don't really own cars. Levi's excuse is that he hasn't really tried to get a license and usually depends on people like Murphy, but when he asks why Anna doesn't, she changes the topic very quickly, hiding the real reason.

The two then get into a discussion about why they're both in the fine arts university. Levi tells her that he never really found a passion in anything other than movies and used to watch them all the time with his uncle, Amar. Anna tells him that she feels the same way but for singing and even *her* uncle encouraged it.

She would've liked to have done sports but yet again, tries to get off the topic and being vague as to why she isn't doing that. She tells him that she spent a lot of time alone and took a habit of writing songs by herself, but they were terrible.

They both laugh it off as Levi tells her that he feels his scripts are still terrible even after all these years.
But Anna reassures him and says that pouring your heart out takes time. She knows her songs are still kinda shitty but that doesn't mean the time she's spent on it was for nothing, it's all developing skills and whatnot.

Eventually, he'll find his footing and do something that'll really make him smile.
Presnet Levi takes these words to heart, as does his younger self who starts blushing. The two eventually arrive at an amusement park. The two enter but Present Levi pauses in his tracks. He recognizes where he is as his heart sinks through his chest.

However, his hallucination forces the environment around him to change.
He is teleported to a large area around the edge of the amusement park. It's crowded as all hell, but Anna grabs his hand and rushes through the crowd, as they approach a railing with a group of four next to it, chatting.

They all recognize Anna as she lets go of Levi and hugs them.
Young Levi stares confusingly with Present Levi next to him, looking more depressed. Anna turns around to Young Levi and introduces him to her "best friends". Present Levi snaps out of his trance and clenches his right fist.

He begs, "Oh god, please just take me away!".
This works as the hallucination fades away and he returns back to reality, or in this case, his room. Levi rests his forehead on his hand, wiping the sweat away. He turns towards his bed and grabs his leather glove, putting it on again.

He catches his breath, but looking over to his desk, something catches his eye.
He walks over to his desk, glancing over at a picture.

The picture is of Levi and Anna at that very amusement park, both smiling and looking happy. Levi takes a good long look before he places the picture face down.

##### Act II

Murphy drives towards Bradly's apartment and enters the building. He reaches his floor and knocks on the door, but not a peep was heard. He eventually rings the doorbell a bunch of times, to which Bradly moans and grumbles. A glass bottle is heard falling and him yelling "SHIT!", but eventually answers the door.

He looks like absolute shit and clearly hasn't showered in a week. When he answers the door and notices Murphy, his expression changes to a very angry and concerned look. He asks what the hell he's doing here and Murphy tells him that he needs his help. He doesn't feel safe and was attacked last night.

He explains that Alienated, or One Man Armada rather, is off doing his own thing for the day and Bradly's the only other person he trusts to help. It takes some convincing but Bradly does eventually understand the situation and invites him to his house.

Murphy takes one step inside but the stench is enough to refuse his offer. It's heavily implied that Bradly's been really depressed and has been struggling with some sort of PTSD with the death of Jackie and has been drinking himself to death. Murphy gets the implication and asks him to help make a difference and put things right.

He doesn't say the name but his wording implies that they should avenge Jackie. Bradly tells him he might have some leads on the Paladdin Mafia since the PCPD haven't done anything with the evidence and he suspects that it might be on purpose.

He also asks Murphy why Alienated isn't available today and what his relation to him is exactly, to which he gets a really coy response. This transitions to the next scene, where about six members of The Order of Eseraga are in their cloaked spaceship, hovering above the forest.

Musee gets impatient, telling Geza that this isn't the time to wait and that Erik could leave at any moment. Altrin, however, comes to Levi's defense and tells him that even if Erik moves, they have a read on his ship. There's nowhere on the planet he could hide without it giving a signal.

The two argue for a short bit but Geza breaks it up and points out that Levi's finally arrived to the forest searching for them on the screen. We cut to Levi, clearly a little nervous and on edge, looking around the forest for either The Order or Erik. The Order beam themselves behind Levi, which startles him to the ground.

He instinctively transforms himself into One Man Armada, fearing the worst. He's helped up by Altrin. Musee tells him that he's late, but Levi rebuttles this and tells him that they didn't exactly give him a specific time. Geza interjects and tells them that this isn't the time.

The Order walk silently southward to the forest, to which Levi notices their stealth movements and adapts to it to walk silently alongside them. Altrin tells Levi that he sort of admires him. Levi asks why that is as Altrin tells him that many worlds don't have local heroes.

His world in particular didn't, anyway. He's visited countless and Earth (Gaia as he calls it) is one of the exceptions and he likes that Levi uses his powers to help people and not for his personal gain. Levi is somewhat flattered, though noticeably more uncomfortable.

He does thank him. He asks more about Erik and just what he is. Geza replies and tells him that he's a rogue soldier and if he had to guess, he wants the entity within Levi for his own twisted goal. Levi asks what his goal is and right on cue, his sword impales Altrin through the chest.

The Order and Levi aren't quick to react, however. As soon as the sword is pulled, he is not to be seen. The four members and Levi turn around, but Geza is quick to point out that one's missing. They form a circle around themselves, trying to search for him until some bushes next to them are shaken.

They turn towards it but another member of The Order is impaled. Her screams are heard by them, as most turn towards her. Musee, however, catches on and notices Erik preparing a strike against another member of The Order. He reaches for his axe and cuts off Erik's strike.

The others turn towards the two as they begin dueling. One of the members charges up their fist and lunges at Erik, who swiftly dodges and trips them over. Geza moves in for a strike but is caught off guard by Erik's charged up fist holding him away.

Musee and Geza both attack Erik at the same time, who moves too quickly for them to land an attack. Levi, however, just stares at them before he musters the courage to go attack him. Erik is still battling the two, not paying much attention to Levi.

His sword is eventually held back by Geza, who lets go and roundhouse kicks him away. Right as this happens, Levi prepares a ball of fire but is caught off guard when Erik socks him in the face with a Kammera-charged punch. It knocks him straight to the floor.

Before he passes out, the last thing he sees is Erik and Musee dueling, with Geza and the other Order member getting into position to take him on.

We cut to Murphy and Bradly. They're both in Bradly's car and they're both silent, with the car radio turned up. Murphy clearly wants to say something and ask about him, but he looks far to depressed and intimidating, so he just swallows his words.

Bradly eventually pulls up at the police precinct and turns off the radio. He tells Murphy that he's not an idiot and he can tell that he wants to say something. Murphy tells him that he wants to respect his privacy and he's fine keeping it to himself. Bradly's seemingly okay with that and unhooks his seatbelt, but Murphy does spit it out.

He asks if Bradly's okay, but he gets a straight up no as a response. Bradly exits the car and heads towards the precinct. As he enters the building and towards his desk, his fellow peers notice and are frozen in place. He hadn't been there and they haven't heard from him in a week.

He sits down at his desk and boots up his computer. Chief Rosswell is alerted to Bradly's presence and approaches him. He rightfully asks what in God's name is he doing here and Bradly tells him that he's only there to pick up a few things related to a case.

Rosswell goes from concerned to skeptical and tells him that he should probably stay away from anything police work related and suggests maybe travelling while he's healing up. Bradly tries to dismiss him and says "Will do, sir". Rosswell keeps pressing him, however, and asks which case he's following up on.

He tells him that it's something to do with the old unsolved "Giovanni murders" and a breakthrough he's thinking of. Rosswell is still very skeptical and still tries to get him to back off, but Bradly stands his ground. Rosswell knows if he keeps at it, Bradly's going to question it so he lays off.

He goes into his office and keeps an eye on Bradly, who's copying some files on a USB. Once he's all done, he gets up and leaves. A few officers try to say hello to him but he brushes it off and walks away, leaving quite a few handshakes hanging. Rosswell grabs his personal phone and opens it, planning to call Franklin.

Bradly goes back into his car and grabs a laptop from the backseat. He shows him a bunch of cases over the last year or so that he thinks is connected to the Paladdin Mafia. Bradly suggests a few leads, such as a steel mill owned by the same people who own the tire factory.

Murphy asks if he has anything related to kidnappings from people registered in Paladdin City Against Sexual Abuse. Bradly tells him that it's an odd lead he's going with but there have been some leads. Murphy tells him that every month or so, one of their most vulnerable has gone missing, he suspects kidnappings.

Bradly asks him why they're going with *this* lead of all things, to which Murphy tells him that a nightclub he owns was attacked and one of the baristas working there is registered under PCASA. Bradly gives Murphy a concerned look, as we cut away.

In the next scene, we see the amusement park from Levi's hallucination. Anna and her group of friends are together and laughing, but we only hear indistinct chatter. We pan over to Young Levi, who is leaning on a pole a few feet away. It's clear that he's a social outcast and can't talk to people in group settings.

Beside him was Present Levi, who looks a bit awkward as well. Anytime he looks at Anna and her friend group, he immediately turns away. He soon remembers what was about to happen, however, as he stopped leaning. Anna's laughs are heard but then she turns and faces Young Levi.

She gestures to her friends to wait a sec and approaches him. She asks him what's wrong and if he's okay and Young Levi tells her that nothing's wrong. She sees through it immediately and asks if he feels super awkward in social situations like this and he nods.

She grabs his hand but before he can react, she runs and pulls him with her. He asks where they're going, as they approach a ferris wheel. She tells him to figure it out. He asks if she wants her friends to tag along but she tells him that they've been here countless times.

This particular ferris wheel has been apart of her childhood and she wants to experience it again with him. Young Levi tries again to be a bit more polite but she quickly shuts him up and says that she doesn't want him to feel out of place and they should get to know each other properly. She wants to have fun with him.

Present Levi walks closer to the two, clearly awestruck. He forgot that this was a cherished memory of his. The ferris wheel eventually stops and lets out all the passengers. Anna and Young Levi are about to get on, with Present Levi following, but Anna stops in her tracks.

She turns to Present Levi and asks him if he has more pressing matters he should attend to. Present Levi is taken aback and lets out a "What?". She tells him to wake up, as we transition back to reality. His eyes jolt back open. Sunlight shines on his face but his surroundings are dark.

Realizing that he was just in a fight with Erik, he panics and gets up. Musee, who was sitting in the shadows, reveals himself and asks if he enjoyed his nap. Levi asks him where the hell they are, which turns out to be a cabin. He then asks what happened to everyone else.

Pretty much all the unnamed members are dead and Geza had to retreat and tend to his wounds. It's just them two now. Levi's had enough of his passive aggression and asks him why he's being such a dick. Musee tells him up front that he doesn't care at all about Levi, his problem is with Erik.

Levi tells him that it feels like he was going out of his way to be a dickhead. Musee responds and tells him that they could've captured him last night but it's because of him that they're now stuck here. He then asks why Levi decided to sleep on it.

Levi stood baffled, unable to answer his question. He probably knows the answer but he's denying it, shown with him clenching his right fist. Musee tells him that they have more pressing matters to attend to and he needs his help. He'd make for a good popfly enemy. Levi rightly asks what the hell that even is.

Musee tells him "A good distraction". Levi rolls his eyes as Musee walks past him. He exits the cabin without warning which makes Levi annoyed. He follows him regardless, though. Levi asks where he's going, to which Musee grabs him and holds his twin axe to Levi's throat.

"Transform and I'll slice your throat open". Levi's wide eyed and terrified, not knowing how to react. He's held towards his chest like a hostage. Musee yells for Erik, who walks out of some bushes and approaches him. "This is what you wanted, right? The boy?".

Musee continues, "Drop the sword or I'll drop his head". Erik finally utters his first words, "Do you really believe *this* is going to stop me?". Levi chuckles to himself, to which both Musee and Erik look at him. "Sorry, I didn't really expect the lisp".

Erik raises an eyebrow and throws his sword towards the two. Musee reacts quickly by pushing Levi to his right while he hurled himself in the opposite direction. Levi transforms himself into OMA and runs at Erik. He prepares to strike him with his crystalized fist but Erik nonchalantly dodges him and spin kicks his back, making him fall.

Musee tries to strike him with his twin axe, which Erik evades. He turns the axe around and tries to strike him with the other side. Erik is able to jump high enough and perform three spin kicks in mid air. They're all blocked by Musee, who spins the twin axe around, making all his kicks hit the blades themselves.

As Erik lands on the ground, he uses his momentum to spin his body around with his legs extended, tripping over Musee. He swiftly gets back up on his feet and tries to punch Musee with a Kammera charged fist, but Musee reacts fast enough to charge his own fist and counter.

The result is a small shockwave, which knocks Erik back slightly and hurts Musee. Then suddenly, a couple fire balls hit Erik's chest. He reacts ever so slightly by his head tilting back but he realizes that it pretty much had no effect on him. He glances over at Levi, who keeps throwing fire balls at him and all of them doing practically nothing...

...because of his resistence to heat and his armor. He walks back towards a tree with his sword being lodged into it. He grabs it and dashes over Levi, preparing to slice him. The twin axe however is flung towards his path, which makes him slow down and stop. The propeller effects of the twin axe makes it so it returns back to Musee.

Seeing Musee as the top priority threat, he runs towards him. Levi catches this and by sheer instinct, he reacts fast enough to have chunks of the ground stick out to hopefully trip him over, but through sheer strength, he kicks through them with little change in his momentum.

Erik's blade connects to one of the axes as they're both suspended in position, each trying to overpower the other. Levi runs towards the action, changing his crystal fist into a blade and slashes at Erik, who uses the back of his charged fist to block it, leaving Erik in the middle of his two adversaries.

We cut from that back to Murphy and Bradly, who are parked outside an apartment complex. Both of them are waiting for any member of the Paladdin Mafia to show up. Bradly's quite silent while Murphy's scrolling through his phone, looking for any sign or news on Levi's whereabouts.

Seeing practically nothing, he puts down the phone. He tells Bradly that he could talk to Murphy if things aren't okay. Bradly faces Murphy and in a deadpan demeanor, asks what exactly he should talk about. If he means the trauma of losing his best friend, it's not exactly easy for him to vent about it.

Murphy takes notice on his usage of best friend and gives his sincere condolences. Bradly asks him if he's ever lost his. Murphy gulps and tells him that he might today for all he knows. Bradly calms down and leans back down on his seat. He asks if OMA is his best friend.
Murphy nods and tells him that he feels somewhat guilty for him showing up.

He's troubled and he's far from perfect, but he wanted to do the right thing with the powers he had. And at any point, he could've tried to stop him and he didn't. So if he dies, that's on him.
Bradly tells him that Jackie didn't want himself to be an active duty cop, she tried to convince him to take a desk job. He's just too damn stubborn.

And he wasn't ready to engage in a shootout. He got nervous, didn't react fast enough and she lost her life because of it.
As he's saying this, he's clearly holding back tears. Murphy grabs him by the shoulder as he clearly feels his pain.

Murphy tells him that he didn't fail her and they won't fail her now when the Paladdin Mafia is behind bars. Bradly asks if his personal stake in this is the kidnapping victims from the PDASA.
Murphy tells him it's a lot more personal than that.

Their conversation is interrupted by a black SUV parking across the street from them. Three shady looking people step outside but Murphy recognizes one of them in particular, Jeff Misimovic, who now has bandages around his arm.
Murphy tells him who he recognizes.

As they enter the apartment complex, Bradly tells him to stay and that he'll handle it. He opens the door to his car but Murphy grabs hold of his shoulder again and wishes him luck. Bradly gives him a friendly nod and quietly goes after them.

Murphy looks through his window, concerned for his new friend. Suddenly, he hears a ringing. It's his phone, obviously. He reaches into his pocket and picks it up but completely freezes in place. The caller ID read Franklin Winters. His hand shakes out of nervousness but eventually taps to answer.

"Hello, Murphy.". This simple line causes him to hyperventilate. Franklin can hear this and tells him that he can calm down, there's no snipers pointing at him or his buddy. Murphy asks him what he wants if he doesn't plan on doing away with them both.

Franklin tells him that he does plan on disposing the two of them, this just isn't the way he's doing to do it, especially for someone he cares about. Murphy asks if he's just gonna let Bradly take on his cronies, to which Franklin tells him that even if they're arrested, they're just going to get out like all the others.

Murphy tells him that he's a despicable human being, but Franklin mocks him and brushes it off. He asks that if he wants the cop and Levi to be okay and for all of this to go away, he should meet him. At the nightclub. If he does that immediately, he promises to leave them alone and even says the barista will be untouched.

Murphy hangs up and puts his phone away. He's still hyperventilating and now sweating, but gives in and exits the car, heading towards the street and calling over a cab.

Cut to the next scene, Musee and Levi are still trying to take on Erik together.
Erik uses his sword to block strikes from Musee's twin axe and Levi's crystal blade. With every strike from the both of them, they're precisely blocked with the sword. He quickly disposes of the crystal blade when he grabs it from the side and charges his fist to crush it.

Levi's in disbelief, as he steps away and notices his broken arm. Luckily, however, the crystal grows back and returns the blade to normal. He tries to lunge at him, but he's had enough and punches him in the gut with a charged fist. The sheer force launched him into the air a few inches and back to the ground.

While this is happening, Musee takes the opportunity to Kammera sock him the face and disorientates him for a bit. He then spins his twin axe and prepares to cut off his arm, but he lunges backwards away from it. Erik regains his concentration and dashes over to Musee, swiftly dodging his attacks and trying to hit him while he can.

His attacks with the sword are all blocked by Musee. Erik is dashing and circling around him, trying to hit him from all angles but Musee is blocking them despite the increase in difficulty for him. Erik eventually starts to exhaust him as he launches his sword in the air and jumps on him.

Tying his legs around his neck, he uses his short height and strength to his advantage to pull him around and drops him to the ground. The sword falls back down and the hilt lands perfectly on Erik's hand. He places the blade right on his throat, but doesn't kill him on the spot. He hears one word from Musee, "Traitor".

Clearly still holding a connection to him, he just punches him and knocks him out. He turns over to Levi, who just got up from the ground but is still in pain. Not just from the Kammera punch, but staying in his OMA form for this long has started to hurt him. The energy on his right arm begins to glow, signaling that it's time to stop.

He says to himself, "For fuck's sake, not now!". He looks up at Erik, who is nonchalantly walking towards him. With no other choice, Levi makes another crystal blade with his arm and gets ready to stab him, but Erik is able to grab his whole arm with ease and flip him over to make him land on his back.

Levi reluctantly gives him and transforms back to his human form. Still holding on to his arm, Erik drags his body with him away. Levi is consistently grunting since he's being dragged while he's on the ground and hitting a few objects along the way but they make it to a wide open part of the forest.

Erik pauses for a moment as Levi regains his composure and tries to get back up. Erik's spaceship uncloaks itself and its doors open. Erik grabs hold of him again and pulls him inside, much to Levi's dismay. As they're inside, Erik pushes him to an artificial looking seat in a far corner of the ship.

Levi's unable to counter this and is forcefully seated. A few contraptions are formed within it, created restraints for his legs and arms. He finally asks Erik what his deal is and why hasn't he killed him yet if he's killed all the others. Erik tells him that his problem's not really with him.

Levi retorts with a "That's what they all say", referring to Musee's earlier comment. Erik tells him that he's going to extract the Alpha Entity from his body, what Levi chooses to do after is not his concern. Levi's clearly panicking internally but manages to still keep his composure and taunts Erik.

He says something along the lines of "They told me all about you" and continues to say that he's a wanted terrorist. Erik easily retorts with "And you trust the people who threw you into an interdimensional prison for fun?". Levi's seemingly cool expression drops, he can't think of anything to say back.

Erik hits a button and creates a forcefield wall from his side of the room to the other. Erik enters his cockpit and opens up a few holograms, looking at the interiors and exterior of The Order's ship hovering over the city. Levi notices some of the holograms and Geza in particular and fears the worst.

He yells at Erik to let him out and tries to break through the restraints, but to no avail. He's stuck now.

##### Act III

Act 3 opens with the exterior of the Shooting Star nightclub. Murphy is shown placing his phone back into his pocket and letting out a deep exhale, fearing what's to come. The area around him is seemingly empty of any person, so crossing the yellow line around the entrance isn't a big problem for him.

Still, he's respectful enough to hesitate before he enters. The sounds of him stepping on shards of glass is enough to make him feel even more anxious. Walking towards the dance floor, he senses someone watching him. He looks at the floor above him.

Franklin Winters is leaning on the railing with at least five of his mafioso henchmen.
"So glad you made it!", Franklin said enthusiastically. Murphy simply asks why he wanted all of this to happen. Why did he attack *his own* nightclub. Franklin corrects him and tells him that he's actually the owner on paper.

Murphy tells him that he trusted Franklin.
Franklin tells him that he didn't plan on betraying his trust and certainly didn't plan on him on Murphy getting involved. He was *trying* to get him to stay out of it. Murphy retorts, "Was that by smuggling drugs into my nightclub? Or by kidnapping the vulnerable victims from my charity?".

Franklin's more cheerful demeanor fades as he looks at lot more remorseful. "It wasn't my call, Murphy.", Franklin said under his breath. Murphy then says this, "I know why I always trusted you. Every time I told you about this, you always seemed so dejected. But you didn't care about the victims, you only wanted our ventures together and your other machinations to be distant. Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong, Franklin!".

Franklin genuinely does look dejected now and downs his drink before walking away. Murphy's expression turns to anger now, not like anything seen in the series previously. He goes to walk up the stairs to the second floor but as he reaches it, the mafiosos aim their guns at him.

Franklin turns around and gestures them to lower their weapons and they comply. Murphy's attention now goes towards Franklin but out of the corner of his eye, notices the barista, Sadie, sitting where he and Levi were at the beginning of the episode.

He rushes over and sits next to her as she's bursting into tears. He's trying his best to calm her down and tell her that everything's going to be okay. Franklin looks over and roughly placing his glass on the table. It ends up breaking in his hand. He walks over to the two, mentally exhausted.

He tells Murphy that the plan was to torture the both of them but he doesn't have it in him to do that anymore. He tells him that he's not an idiot, clearly there's a connection between him and Alienated. Every time Murphy's in trouble, he's always there to save the day.

Franklin asks Murphy to tell him who he is, but Murphy tells him to go to hell. Franklin's completely and utterly shocked, since Murphy would never say something like that. Murphy tells him that he's ruined his life. Everything he worked hard for is now gone. He said what he said.

He takes what he said to heart and walks back downstairs, gesturing his fellow cronies to follow suit. Murphy continues to hug Sadie and comfort her as she's sobbing.

We cut from that to Levi, who looks extremely stressed out from trying to break free from his restraints. He's just about given up and getting over that fact. He's sweating and breathing heavily, about to pass out from sheer exhaustion. But something happens.

As he's about to close his eyes and accept his fate, he notices Anna in front of him. He closes his eyes for a split second before realizing what he saw and opens them again. He's now inside the ferris wheel, sitting alone on one side. Opposite to him are his younger self and Anna sitting together.

They're both laughing and smiling together. They both debate over their favourite songs, with Young Levi mentioning that he thinks Frank Sinatra is way better than Queen. Their debate is at a standstill so they mention other songs they like, with Young Levi mentioning Persons & Machinery, but says he mostly listens to movie soundtracks. That and the songs on Murphy's playlist which are now burned into his mind.

They both get a laugh out of that. Anna mentions her favourite movies since she knows he likes those and among them are Charlie's Angels, Ghost in the Shell and 2001: A Space Odyessy. Young Levi brings up her odd taste in movies and they both laugh over it. Present Levi has a genuine smile on his face revisiting these memories.

She asks Levi what kind of movies he wants to make one day and he tells her that he wants something more personal. He's been going through some shit his whole life and he hopes that one day, people can see themselves in the work he'll do. He just hasn't figured out what it is exactly he wants to do.

Anna says she feels the same way. She's been doing covers on her own but she wants to write her own songs. She has her own issues she's always wanted to vent out but she's also scared to put it in words. Young Levi asks what it is she's going through, but she doesn't budge.

But he tries to ease her into it and tells her about himself. He's only had one father figure, his uncle Amar, who passed away when he was young. It broke his family apart and all he really had was Murphy. His aunt was there, too, but he always felt like it wasn't the same without him.

Anna mentions how her uncle's a cop and he's always been strict around her. She doesn't say why exactly but she hints at her own physical illness. Young Levi doesn't catch the hints and when he hears about how restrictive her uncle was, he mentions how retarded that is.

She leans away from him and asks "Excuse me?". Young Levi is confused and doesn't know what he did wrong, with Present Levi looking away, embarrassed. She tells him that she doesn't really like the "r" word, she finds it really offensive. Young Levi apologizes severely.

He tells her that he didn't deliberately try to be offensive, he just says what's on his mind. He didn't even know the word *was* offensive in the first place. Anna mentions that it is. He apologizes and she does seemingly forgive him for his error, though a bit coldly. He promises to keep that word out of his mind.

She nods and tells him that she appreciates that. He clearly feels like shit but she tells him that it's as he said, he wasn't trying to be offensive. Young Levi feels like he flubbed his first real impression on her but she notices how cold she's being and grabs hold of his hand and tells him it's okay. The ferris wheel eventually stops and they step out.

Present Levi tries to step out as well but he's restrained. He's forced to look at them from what's seemingly the ferris wheel. She tells him that she enjoyed her time with him but she has to get going. Young Levi tells her that he really enjoyed his time with her, too.

He tries to say that it feels like he's made a new friend but he quickly corrects himself and changes those two words with "someone special" since Murphy. She smiles at him and tells him that they should definitely get together again. Young Levi asks if she wants him to walk with her or anything, but she dismisses it and says her goodbyes.

Young Levi holds onto a railing to his left and watches her walk away, saying to himself "Someone special, huh?". He lets out a deep exhale as the ferris wheel closes on Present Levi. He snaps out of his hallucination and finds that Erik is no longer there with the spaceship door wide open.

Levi has a newfound sense of motivation again. He transforms into OMA and breaks through his restraints with a bit of struggle. He walks towards the force field and puts his energy had on it, which stings him. He instead tries the crystal hand and it passes through it without any struggle.

He creates a crystal umbrella above him and passes through the force field and heads towards the spaceship door. He notices Erik looking up at the sky, anticipating something. But Erik senses Levi looking at him, as he turns around. "You don't have to do this to yourself.".

Levi tells him that he will never steal the entity from him because it's now his. This is what he is now, it's what makes him feel whole. And he's going to kick his ass with the entity. Erik gives him a blank expression and draws his sword from his back. Levi raises his energy fist up as it glows similarly to Kammera energy, mimicking earlier encounters.

Levi charges over at Erik, who blocks his energy punch with his sword. This encounter creates a shockwave, but Levi isn't done there. Erik spins his sword around and prepares to thrust the blade onto him. Levi reacts quickly and creates a large enough shield with his crystal arm to block it, but it still gets cracked.

Erik continues to strike at Levi, who blocks the attacks with the shield. It breaks almost as fast as it regenerates. One particular strike gets stuck inside the shield. Erik tries to pull it out but he uses the crystals to forcefully lodge it in there. Erik decides to kick him in the legs instead.

With Levi on his knees, Erik pulls out the sword with his full strength and breaks through the shield. He aims the sword high, ready to slash Levi, but is caught off guard when Levi uses an energy punch on his stomach. It knocks him back further a few inches.

Erik adapts to the punch easily and knows not to underestimate him now. "You don't have to do this to yourself", Levi says mockingly. Erik held his sword and got into a battle position, but suddenly, a beam of light was cast down behind him. Both of them look at it and notice Geza and a few members of The Order teleport there.

He spins his sword around once before they all lunge at him. One of The Order members held a more thin sword-like weapon and used it to strike at Erik, who blocks it with his sword. Erik easily disarms and headbutts him right after. A more agile warrior jumps and is ready to tackle him, but Erik grabs him and throws him down on the ground.

Levi runs up at him, ready to throw hands but Erik's had enough and uses his charged fist to punch him in the abdomen and knock him down. Geza is the only one not attacking and simply observes Erik going through the others. One of the warriors uses a Kammera charged whip and catches the arm in which he wields his sword.

He pulls Erik towards him while the whip is simultaneously crushing his arm. He lets out a painful grunt but grabs the whip and with full force, swings it around with the warrior still holding on to it and throws him towards Geza, who nonchalantly tils his body to the side and avoids him narrowly.

Geza charges his fist and he's ready to take on Erik. We cut from this action scene back to Murphy and Sadie. A large, muscled member of the Paladdin Mafia approached them. He was wearing a black trenchcoat and white gloves. His slightly unusual appearance creeps out both Murphy and Sadie.

Murphy asks where Franklin is, but he ignores the question. He tightens his gloves and grabs a knife from his belt. He sharpens it, building anticipation. Sadie can't take it anymore and cries out for help. The man asks Murphy how much she means to him.

Murphy fears the worst and holds his arm out in front of her, protecting her. He gives Murphy a smirk and grabs him by the head and slams it on the table. He places the knife on his cheek and asks if he remembers Franklin's earlier question.

Murphy pleads with him and tells him that he really doesn't know anything. Displeased with this answer, he slowly cuts him on the cheek and tells him that it could be a lot worse for him. Murphy tells him that he messaged him over the internet and told him everything he needed to know, but that he doesn't know him personally.

These screams and cries are heard by Franklin down below, who can't handle the screams of Murphy in particular. He walks up the stairs and goes towards the three of them. He asks Murphy if that's the god-honest truth. Murphy screams yes.

Franklin asks him if he knows how to still contact him. Murphy tells him that he'll do that, just let them go. Franklin gestures to the man and he lets go of Murphy and backs off. Sadie places her arm over him and tells Franklin to leave him alone.

He tries to reassure her and says they won't hurt him as long as he cooperates. Murphy sits up straight, with his cheek now bloody from the cut. Franklin tells Murphy that he did love him. He didn't want it to come to this. Murphy looks up at him and tells him that all his feelings for him are now dead.

Franklin walks towards the railing, looking down at his men and telling them to bring over his personal laptop. Sadie looks over to her left and notices shards of glass from the one Franklin smashed. She scoots over Murphy and sneakily walks towards the table. She grabs the longest shard of glass there is.

Murphy's too distracted by his wound to notice her going up to him. Franklin hears her breathing just inches away from him and turns around to notice her about to stab him. He covers his face just in time but the palm of his hand gets sliced.

He yells in pain as she tries to stab him. Murphy notices and rushes over to hold her own, preventing her from doing so further. Franklin backs away from her and grunts in pain. The mafiosos run up the stairs after hearing his grunts and prepare to fire at them both, but Franklin yells and tells them not to.

One of the mafiosos ask him if they should at least hurt them. Before Franklin can answer, a large explosion is heard. Everyone in the room looks around confused.

Right as they do, we cut back to Erik taking on The Order and Levi, though five minutes prior. Erik is dueling Geza, with Geza blocking every hit dealt with the sword by his charged fists. Erik attempts to strike from all sides and exhaust Geza like he did Musee, but he catches on quick and slams the ground.

Erik is caught off balance for a moment, but when Geza moves to strike on his chest, he's able swerve around it. As soon as he does, he notices Levi about to give him an energy punch. He's able to duck underneath it. Levi and Geza surround Erik on both sides.

Levi and Erik go to jab at each other at the same time, with their fists connecting. Geza moves to hit Erik while he's distracted but he catches on and blocks his punch with the sword. Just when they least expect it, Musee jumps out from the trees with his twin axe in hand and tries to slice Erik in half.

He lunges backwards to avoid it, but now he has three of his more powerful adversaries, one on each side and Musee in the front. Erik smirks, which makes Musee in particular uneasy. He points it out and asks why, as he notices the spaceship behind him aiming its turrets into the air.

Erik gives a final personal remark for Musee as the turrets fire a particularly thick ball of energy towards The Order's ship. The impact destroys the cloaking device on the spot and splits the ship in half as it explodes. It's propulsion engines are barely keeping it afloat.

They all notice what's about to happen, it's going to crash in the city. We cut to the perspectives of some civilians and even Franklin with his mafiosos outside the nightclub looking at the impact. Cutting back to Levi, he unleashes his wings and flies up, trying to stop them from falling.

The right half in particular has a failing engine and it's falling slightly faster than the other. He reaches it and tries to push it from underneath, but his strength doesn't match the weight. Tens of the members of The Order exit the ship all flying, helping to push it upward.

He asks the ones beside him if the other one's being handled, to which they say yes. They tell him they must pull it as far away from the city as possible but there are still people in them. On the spot, Levi thinks of something and asks them to push it towards one of the mountains. Levi flies away towards a mountain as they push it.

Levi attempts to control the earth itself, has he has been throughout the episode in small ways. He changes the geometry itself by earthbending and creates a relatively same platform on the side of the mountain. The Order, however, are starting to lose control of the ship they're holding.

Levi improvises and creates gargantuan spikes from the side of the mountain  to suspend the ship in place. The Order are forced to let go due to the weight but the spikes have created a platform for it, with more being formed every couple seconds.

The ship is suspended in place as the ship is lowered to the ground and towards the platform safely. In the distance, the other half of the ship can be seen safely landing in the forest. As soon as the ship reaches the platform, Levi flies back towards the forest and finds Musee and Geza helping The Order out of the ship.

Geza tells him that Erik took the ship and got away. Levi says nevermind that for the time being and helps a few of the injured off the ship. In just no time, Musee calls him out and tells him that someone's here and waiting for Levi in particular.

Cutting back to the Shooting Star nightclub, Franklin and the others head back inside. Both Murphy and Sadie have their hands restrained by the white gloves man. He tells him that his friend's clearly been busy and wonders if that's why he didn't save him from Franklin today.

Murphy's been thinking the entire time and asks him if Bradly's dead. Franklin asks him if that's supposed to be his cop friend. With no answer, he tells him that his men had orders. With how unstable he is, he probably tried killing them. Key word, tried.

Murphy starts bawling and tells him that he justed to avenge his friend. He doesn't deserve any of this. "Neither do any of us" is what Franklin responds with but Sadie tells him that he's wrong. Franklin does deserve this and calls him a sadistic motherfucker.

Franklin yells back at her and says that he only did what he needed to and was just following orders. The city's been dying and he's the one who's trying to resuscitate it. And it was working until Alienated showed up. He turns to face Murphy and apologizes to him.

He promises one thing to Murphy and says that if he ever gets close with anyone again, he'll try harder to get them to stay out of it. Murphy pleads with him and begs him to not do what he thinks he's gonna do. Franklin is handed a handgun and hesitantly cocks it.

Murphy, now crying, tells him that it's not too late for him. He can change his ways, starting tonight. Franklin tells him that he knew it was going to come to this, he just didn't want to do it. Then tells him "No, Murphy. The only thing that's happening tonight is your obituary. I'm sorry.".

Sadie screams and begs him not to do it but it was too late. Franklin fired his shot. Everything's gone silent. Murphy is frozen still, along with everyone else. Time has slowed. Murphy looks down to where the bullet would've hit but finds nothing. Then, he hears a clank sound.

He turns to his right and finds a crystal shard hitting the wall, with the bullet falling out of it. Time resumes as Franklin turns to face the shard, then turns the other way and looks at Levi. "First of all, I'm One Man Armada,", he said stoically. Franklin dropped his gun out of fear and backed up.

"And secondly, I think we've all had about enough of your shit", Levi said as his crystal arm morphed into a blade. The mafiosos around him and from the higher floor all aim their weapons towards him. He asks if maybe this time, they'll finally learn their lesson.

He charged up a fireball with his other hand and threw it at the group behind him, brutally scorching them. Both Murphy and Sadie lay down on the ground, avoiding the gunfire. The ten or so mafiosos above begin shooting at him, but Levi continues to throw fireballs at them.

The top floor starts catching on fire. The mafiosos start taking cover above but Levi creates large, rocky spikes from the ground and pierces the top floor. The end points attach themselves sideways and pulls down the floor underneath. Levi turns around and continues to fire at the other side.

They easily surrender and drop their weapons, however. They point behind Levi, who turns around and notices him trying to flee the scene. He manipulates the ground underneath Franklin's feet and traps one of his legs, but due to the momentum, he ends up snapping it and screaming in pain.

Bradly walks up next to him, waiting outside the entire time. He grabs his arms and handcuffs them. An unrestrained Murphy and Sadie, along with Levi, exit the building and look at a helpless Franklin. He says not a word to anyone except Bradly and asks him if he's satisfied now. He gets no response.

Murphy goes to hug Bradly and asks him where he was the entire time. Bradly tells him that he was looking for him, referring to Levi. Murphy grabs his phone, revealing that he had been recording the incident in case he needed evidence.

Bradly tells him that he should be happy considering Franklin's not getting away that easily. The voice recordings and *his* video recording clearly show Franklin trying to shoot at him. Levi returns the ground underneath Franklin to normal and lets his leg go, which causes him to fall to the ground.

Murphy looks down at Franklin, both of whom not saying a word. Both are heartbroken and feel defeated, though Murphy a little satisfied. Police sirens are heard as Levi takes his opportunity and leaves. Murphy turns towards Sadie and hugs her too, asking if she needs anything.

She just repeats "Take him away! Just take him away!", silently crying. The next scene takes place back at Murphy's apartment. Insert a sad sounding song for the montage.

The next couple scenes are apart of a montage. A bruised and stained Levi and Murphy entering their apartment, not saying a word. Murphy in particularly walks into the bathroom and tries to wash up his face. We cut from that to Franklin and the Paladdin Mafia accompanying him entering a police precinct, all in handcuffs.

A couple police officers and Bradly are escorting them, as Chief Rosswell watches over them and gulps, looking nervous. We cut from that to Sadie, entering her apartment. She notices all the smashed furniture and her PDASA pendant on the floor in particular.

She picks it up, rubbing away all the dust that covered it. We cut from that to Geza, Musee and The Order watching the half of their ship being teleported away by another ship. Musee walks away, pissed that he couldn't stop Erik. Geza turns to look at him but ultimately doesn't stop him from sulking about.

Finally, we transition into Levi entering his room. He lays his back on the door and slowly slides until he's sitting down. He sighs deeply, rubbing his forehead. He turns to face his desk and notices the picture from earlier still facing downwards. He gets up and walks towards it, but hears a strange sobbing noise coming from behind him.

He slowly turns around and finds himself in his old university corridor. Present Levi is standing where his younger self once stood and just as he realized this, his younger self phased through him and slowly walked towards a particular room. Both Levi's peek through the door and find Anna is the one sobbing.

Young Levi runs towards her and asks what's wrong. She looks up at him and tells him to sit with her. She's felt like shit with how she handled things last time but Young Levi tries to calm her down and tell her that it wasn't her fault, it was just something he shouldn't have said.

She tells him that it's not just that. The word itself has been used against her time and time again. Young Levi's distraught, asking why people would do that. Anna's hesitating and struggling to speak but tells him that there are things about her she doesn't like talking about. Because people treat her like she's fragile.

Young Levi promises that whatever it is, he wouldn't dare. She makes him promise, because him of all people has made her feel normal. Young Levi gives her a sarcastic swear, which maks her yell "LEVI!". He does give her a genuine promise, though.

She tells him that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder from a young age and practically everyone in her life has felt it at some point or another. Young Levi hugs her and tells her that she didn't need to hide that from him. It doesn't make her any less human than the rest of us.

She gives her thanks but that wasn't the only thing that made people treat her like she was fragile. She has a physical condition, Hemophilia A. It took her almost her whole life before she could convince her family to live alone here. To be able to go out with her friends.

She notices Young Levi's confused expression and puts it in layman's terms, her blood doesn't clot normally. Young Levi nods, confirming his understanding. He tells her that no illness in the world would make him treat her differently. He thinks she's kinda badass for living her life against these odds.

He makes her smile and wipe away her tears. She tells him that likewise, he's the same. Shit things have happened to him but he still made it out okay. He asks if it's *just* okay. She corrects herself and says he made it out great. He tells her that he shouldn't make this about himself.

He tells her that it must've been hard telling him all of this and calls her braver than he ever could be. They embrace once more as Present Levi watches over them and smiles, reminiscing over the recollection of his memory. Young Levi tells her that he has to go, his food's still on the stove.

He gets up from her bed and walks towards the door but she yells "Wait!". He turns around, nodding in confusion. She asks what he's making, but he says it's nothing special at all. She pressures him to tell her what it is, until he finally says ramen noodles.

She says "Why don't you come back after you're done, we could share!". Young Levi's now in a state of bliss and says "Why of course, Madame Donovan.". Present Levi's seen enough and turns around to walk over to his desk. He flips the picture up again. Them smiling at the amusement park.

Noticing his computer's still on, he sits down on his chair and opens up a chatroom with her. After several weeks of practically ghosting her, he types in "Hey". He contemplated whether or not he should hit enter, seeing as how there are about a dozen messages from her he didn't get back to it and ultimately decides to hit enter.

##### Stinger

In the dead of night, we see Erik's spaceship now somewhere in the mountains as it's beginning to cloak itself. He places the sword in a specialized holster. He points his index finger at some incense-looking plant and charges it with Kammera energy. Smoke starts to fill the room from the plant.

He sits on the ground and closes his eyes, meditating. He's transported back to his memory, continuing from the beginning of the episode.

Erik is standing outside a building, guarding it as it holds Kyrimus Mezara prisoner for the time being. From behind the building is a huge crowd of the locals demanding justice for their people. A couple of these locals manage to sneak around the side but find Erik guarding the entrance.

They walk up to him and ask why he's doing this. Why is he protecting Lord Mezara. Erik tells them that it's not his decision but the high court on Convergence will settle his fate. They tell him that he's just going to get away with it, no punishment from the Galactic Union will be enough.

Erik tells them that he will personally see it through that Kyrimus will never hurt another soul and that his life depends on that fact. They yell back, claiming that he *knows* how the punishment will never be good enough and that he's going to have the ability to commit another crime, he just admitted it.

Erik looks more dejected, agreeing with them. They tell him that he's a fiend, he's slaughtered their people, he's taken the women and children to breed with them and he's been rich enough to get away with it. He's been draining their resources.

Erik's clearly heard enough and tells them to get out. He aims his sword at them and yells "Now!". They give him a dirty look and leave back from where they came from. Erik's dejected look now becomes more angry and vengeful. He enters the building and pushes the local law enforcement out of his path.

He finds a restrained Kyrimus with Musee sitting opposite to him. Musee asks why he's there, but Erik says nary a word. He looks Kyrimus dead in the eyes, who in turn reciprocates and even winks and smiles back. Erik tightens his grip on the hilt.

Musee faces Erik and yells "NO!", as we hear Kyrimus' head being sliced off.

##### Notes

* In an effort to cheer her up at the end, Young Levi brings up his slight regret about not engaging with her and her friends and being distant (quite literally).