RANDALL and Brie stood on one side of the bar with Hamish behind it. "Well, you were right about one thing," Hamish said to Randall as he grabbed a glass and pouring the liquor into it.

"What's that?" Randall asked; looking up at Hamish.

"He was a perfect choice for a Knight," Hamish replied; nodding over to Jack who they still haven't moved.

"Yeah. He was okay," Randall remarked which made Brie and Hamish chuckle lightly.

"Lilith!" Hamish called out as Lilith still hadn't returned from the basement.

"What do we do now?" Brie asked as she looked over at Jack.

"According to one of the journals, we should eat him and absorb his warrior spirit," Hamish answered which Brie slowly turned her head towards him and stared at him with one eyebrow raised.

"Maybe we should just bury him," she suggested making Hamish let out a sigh of relief before saying; "Sounds good to me."

The three of them cheered their drinks. As Brie took a sip, Hamish called; "Lilith!"

When they received no response, they looked at each other before placing their drinks down and rushing down to the basement. "Lilith!" Hamish called out when they opened the door to the door where the hide lockers were kept.

Randall walked over to the middle locker and opened it. "It's empty," he informed the others as he slammed the hide locker shut.

"Fuck!" Brie snarled; saying what exactly the others were thinking.


They stayed awake all night; trying to devise a plan. "Oh. Fuck, that hurts!" a familiar voice shouted which echoed through the den.

Brie looked up from the journal she was reading with frowning brows. "Hello!" the voice shouted again making her throw the journal down and rush up the stairs with Hamish and Randall following behind. "Oh my god Jack, you're alive!" Brie cried out when she saw Jack sitting up.

Randall threw his arms around Jack who cried out in pain. "I'm sorry. I'm just…I'm just so happy you're alive," Randall apologised before he hit Jack's shoulder making Jack cry out in pain again.

Brie and Randall grabbed onto Jack as he moved to stand on his feet but fell back onto the table. "Jack, you were just dead, you should probably rest," Hamish suggested as Brie and Randall kept Jack off his feet.

"No, we're out of time. I saw Lilith, she was in my dream or the afterlife. I don't know which one," Jack spoke; confusing those standing around him.

"Dude, you're not making any sense. Lilith is gone. And she took Silverback," Randall explained which made Jack informed them; "She's at the Temple. Coventry has her."

"Are you sure?" Randall asked; almost not believing Jack.

"Yeah. I was in his memory," Jack answered which made Brie remark under her breath; "Yeah. That's something normal."

"We need to get into that temple," Hamish ordered which Brie nodded in agreement.

"Jack's not going anywhere in his condition," Randall pointed out as Jack pushed Brie and Randall off him.

"I'm fine. Just give me a minute," Jack told them as he slowly rose to his feet.

He didn't stay on his feet for long; groaning loudly before falling back onto the table. "Yeah. Without Silverback, you're going to have to heal at human speed," Randall explained as he placed his hands on his hips.

"No, we don't have time," Jack shook his head.

Brie threw her hands up in disbelief. "Maybe there's another way," Hamish spoke when he thought of an idea.

Brie followed behind them as Randall and Hamish helped Jack down to the basement. Hamish opened one of the hide lockers and pulled out hide. He walked over to Jack and placed it over his shoulders. "Hey, Cannon Fodder…what do you say you and I go fight some evil magic?" Jack asked the hide wrapped around his shoulders.

He closed his eyes as the others watched on. Brie leaned towards Hamish and whispered to him; although everyone could hear her; "Shouldn't something be happening?"

Hamish shrugged his shoulders as Jack opened his eyes. "Nope? Uh…it should be jumping into me by now, shouldn't it?" Jack asked making Hamish open his mouth before closing it and shaking his head.

Jack closed his eyes again and tried to will Cannon Fodder to attach to him, but it wasn't working. "Okay, you told me Cannon Fodder picks anyone who gets close to it," Jack pointed out in annoyance.

"Yeah. It usually does. It sure worked with Kyle," Randall explained; also confused why Cannon Fodder wasn't bonding to Jack.

"Maybe it's because I'm still bonded with Silverback?" Jack suggested and that's when Brie remembered something from one of the journals.

"The journals never called him Cannon Fodder. He's Midnight," she told Jack what she had remembered.

"Grafton Davis called him the noblest of the Knights," Hamish explained making Jack ask; "Who?"

"He's another Knight," Randall answered as he nodded his head.

"And according to Grafton, Midnight would always be the one who would…" Hamish stopped himself.

"Who would what?" Jack asked as he rolled his eyes.

"Sacrifice himself," Hamish continued making Jack gave him a tight smile and a small nod.

"Okay. Midnight, please. We've got work to do. I know the risk. I accept it," Jack spoke to the hide, now using the hide's real name.

Brie's eyes widened as she saw the hide begin to move and curl up tighter around Jack. With a blink of an eye, the hide disappeared and was bonded to Jack. "Now that's something," she commented with a small chuckle.


"Thanks for the shirt," Jack thanked Randall as he walked down the stairs wearing Randall's grey hoodie.

"I wear it better," Randall commented which Brie had to bite her bottom lip to keep herself to laughing out loud.

"We need to talk about a plan," Hamish said once the four of them were standing in a circle.

"Go to the temple, get Alyssa and Lilith, stop the ceremony and destroy the book," Jack listed which Brie blinked at him in disbelief.

"That's not a plan…" Brie started before Hamish finished; "It's an end goal."

"I love it," Randall commented which made Brie scoff and roll her eyes at him.

"We're not going in there guns blazing. Coventry will take us all down," Hamish clarified making Brie point her hand towards him and nodding in agreement.

"Then we go in guns not-blazing," Randall remarked, and Jack demanded; "But we go in."

"Long is the road and short is the life," Randall quoted the Knight's motto.

Hamish let out a sigh before agreeing; "Okay. Let's do it."

"Shit. Pete," Jack said suddenly; realising his grandfather thinks he is still dead.

"Are you kidding me?" Hamish scoffed in disbelief.

"What? He thinks I'm dead. I need to let him know I'm all right," Jack stated as he pulled out his phone.

"Oh, shit," he suddenly cried out before rushing out the door.

"Where are you going, Jack?" Hamish asked as they watched Jack ran out the door.

"Jack! Jack!" Randall called out as they followed Jack out of the house and stood on the porch.

"So much for plan A," Hamish remarked as Brie ran after Jack before the other two followed her.

She was thankful that she was wearing her sneakers which allowed her to keep up with the wolves. She followed Jack to the temple where her father was standing outside with a book in his hand. Alyssa and Jack stood in front of him and off to the side of them, was Jack's grandfather who was pointing a gun at Edward. With a wave of magic, Mr Morton had exploded. She could hear Jack screaming and as the others stopped at his side, Alyssa had to hold him back from attacking Edward. "Don't. It's too late," she begged him as she pushed him back.

"I offered you a front-row seat to the greatest moment in history and you betrayed me," Edward spoke with his eyes moving from Alyssa to Brie whose eyes were glaring at him.

"He's too strong. He's too strong," Alyssa continued begging Jack as she grabbed his face in her hands.

"It doesn't matter. Neither do you. Or your friends," Edward said before flicking his wrist towards them, sending a wave of magic towards them.

Brie held her hands out in front of her as she felt her eyes glow brightly. She had stopped the blast of magic in its path with a large smirk on her face. Edward stared at Brie with wide eyes and she could see him gulping…like he was afraid of her. This caused her smirk to grow before she let out a cry and pushed her hands towards Edward, sending the blast back to him. He was knocked off his feet; hitting the ground hard. Brie's eyes stopped glowing and she dropped her arms, feeling drained. She would have fallen to the ground if it wasn't for Hamish gripping her waist and keeping her on her feet. As everyone's eyes were on Brie, they didn't notice Edward had scrambled back to his feet and walked back into the temple.

Brie closed her eyes and she felt Hamish pick her up and began carrying her bridal style. She buried her head into his chest. She needed to be careful when using her newfound powers as they drained her energy quite quickly. And she couldn't protect her friends if she had no energy.