Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle along with Megs were walking home to see if they could find Ella and now Ian. After a long time of walking, they now thought that they would never find either of them.
"Man, this is taking forever. My feet are killing me in these monkey shoes." Megs whined as she looked down at her uncomfortable shoes.
"Megs, I know this is taking longer than I thought, but we have to find Ella." Mrs. Kyle said. "Who knows where she might be now?"
But just around the same time, Amanda had gotten herself incoherently drunk after losing the talent show and she was now trying to drive over to Ian's house to see if she could talk some sense into him… which was very difficult in her current state of mind. But as she was driving, she accidentally crashed into a few signs, hedges, trees, and mailboxes.
Ella and Ian had suddenly heard the commotion and when they walked out to see Megs and Mr. and Mrs. Kyle walking down the sidewalk, they were shocked to also see Amanda driving her mother's car clumsily down the road… and Megs had just walked onto the road.
"Megs." Ella exclaimed before she ran towards the road.
Before anything else could happen, Ella ran onto the road and pushed Megs out of the way of the moving car. When they both landed on the grass, Ella was accidentally scratching up Megs' face.
"Are you okay?" Ella asked.
"Ow! Ella, what are you doing?" Megs whined.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Megs."
"Ella, would you get off? Stop it!"
"Don't be afraid, I'm your friend. I want to help."
A bunch of people had gathered around the two to see what was going on, only to see Ella looking terrified; any color she had faded from her cheeks. That was when Amanda, still dressed in her corset and fishnets, came running out of the car. She saw what just happened and she immediately tackled Ella back to the ground, allowing Megs to crawl away. Amanda slammed Ella against the grass repeatedly until Ella accidentally, but also severely, scratched Amanda's leg, almost cutting it clean off. Amanda cried out in pain as she looked down at her new cut; she glared at Ella darkly.
"You BITCH! Monster!" Amanda screamed, pointing a finger at Ella accusingly.
Ella stood up, only to see the neighbors looking at her in fear; any and all good thoughts about the scissor-handed girl had suddenly vanished, just like that. Ian came up to Ella just as everyone had started to hear police sirens approaching and fast. He looked her in the eyes.
"Run." He told her.
Ella understood and before anyone else knew it, she ran past the scattered crowds of people and down the road towards the castle as fast as her legs could carry her with a police car chasing right after her.
'Don't worry! I'm coming!' Ella thought as she ran up the mountain towards the manor.
As the crowds of frightened and confused neighbors ran after the car, everyone suddenly heard a few fired gunshots, possibly from the police officer.
"What happened in there?" One neighbor named Mr. Raymond asked.
"Where is she?" A woman named Mrs. Neilson demanded.
"What did you do to her?" A boy named Stan asked.
"It's okay, folks. It's alright. You can all go home now." The officer said, trying to usher everyone away from the manor gates. "That girl can't bother anyone else anymore."
But Ian knew better than that.