"Are you sure they'll work with us?" Sayori asked, "Can we trust them?"

"There's one thing that Erica doesn't want to see." Tiffany responded, "And that's seeing Tridon suffer. She does want him, but she also doesn't want him to suffer. She knows the life of an enigma is rough. From birth until death, their lives is a never-ending rollercoaster."

"So how are we going to convince them to help us against Robert and get this dark persona out of him?" Monika asked next, "We do have their usb with Doctor Voltrov's work. Will they be so quick to help us?"

"All we can do is hope. Hope is all we have."

They soon arrived at a facility on the outskirts of the town. It was surrounded by a tall, concrete wall with watch towers surrounding it while guards stood at the front gate. They stared at the wall as it grew higher the closer they got. The guards glared at them each time they got closer. So much so it sent small amounts of fear into them.

"Quite the defense perimeter you have Voltrov." Tiffany commented, "He's ready for anything. All of you, don't do anything unless I give the order."

"Tiff," Yuri started, "we don't have much training. I don't think we'll even do much to his trained soldiers."

"That's why none of you should do anything. No matter how provoked you lot may get, don't do a damn thing." Tiffany stopped in front of the gate and stepped out, "Stay in the humvee all of you. I'll handle this." Tiffany walked towards the gate and looked at the guards ready to fire at her on command.

"You've come a long way from hiding in order to see Doctor Voltrov." Erica's voice came through a speaker that hung on the watch towers surrounding the gate, "I take you have something to discuss, correct?"

"It's about Tridon. I need to speak with Voltrov."

"And of those girls with you?"

Tiffany looked at them in the humvee and said, "I have to know where they'll be."

"Outside in the main courtyard is where they will be. They cannot be inside the building however."

"Give me a moment." Tiff walked back to the humvee and banged on it. She pointed at Sayori and ushered her to step out.

Sayori, although hesitant, stepped out," Yeah Tiff?"

"There's a handgun in the glove compartment. Keep that on you.

"But I..."

"Sayori, you're the most proficient with firearms. I can't trust Monika because she can fire a gun, but she can't hit the broadside of a barn if her life depended on it and in this case, your lives depend on your gun handling skills."

"That's a lot of pressure Tiff."

"Don't worry. Remember, we're doing this for your best friend."

"Right..." Tiffany walked off as Sayori repeated, "My best friend." Sayori stared at the wall of the wall and said to herself, "It's been so long since he confessed that he had feelings for all of us that I'd forgotten I was part of that pool." Sayori inhaled deeply and exhaled out, "Don't focus on that. Focus on saving your best... friend."

Back at the hideout, Jen watched Tridon sweat profusely from his forehead. Jen wiped the sweat off and sighed. She turned her attention to his fists. They were clenched so fiercely, she could see blood trickle from his hands.

Jen could only watch as she knew any unnatural feelings could send him off the grid. She stood up and leaned on the wall. Jen clasped her hands and hung them below her waist. She shuffled her hands and looked at Tridon's face.

"Everything I had done to gain your trust in high school." Jen started, "I wonder if it was all for not. If you and I were gonna be in this situation, then I wouldn't have needed to infiltrate your club with some half-assed lie about being a shy high school girl."

"Are you so sure of that?" Tridon started. However, his own voice was unnatural. It sound like his evil persona, "How sure are you about that?" He repeated as he rose up and stared at her, "Partner."

"Tridon?"

As for Tiffany, she stood across from Voltrov who was accompanied by 2 soldiers. She looked at the two and shook her head.

"I need to take any necessary precautions agent. You know that."

"But I'm alone. I told the girls to stay behind and Tridon is back in hiding."

"I know, but you never know with that group of yours. Those group of teenagers are an interesting bunch, aren't they?"

"You don't know the half of it."

"I know what Erica has told me."

Tiffany dug into her pocket and placed the usb on the table, "I've already learned everything from this usb. Your efforts to rid a person of their powers is murder. There are other ways."

"This way is the most efficient. I'm sure you saw that."

"With how Tridon is, he won't survive the process."

"What do you mean by that?"

"He's being controlled by a dark entity. If you extract his powers from him, you'll also extract this darkness. I don't want it extracted. I want him to be able to control it."

"Control it? I can't do anything about that."

"You can. You know you can't lie about that."

"So you saw."

"You work fast. I'm impressed. In the short time you had him, you figure out how to help him control it."

"However, the solution I made hasn't been tested. Obviously because he was my test subject. I have no idea if it'll work or not. It might suppress his dark power, but I'm not sure if it'll be permanent."

"There's more to it that you're not explaining to me."

"There is more. Not all of my work is on that one usb. It would be obvious that my work would be in one measly usb."

"So what can you do to help our situation."

"I might've given myself a bad vibe at first."

"Tridon said you drugged him just so you could get him into the MICU."

"I know. It was the only way to get him there because I know he wouldn't go willingly. Trust me. What I'm doing isn't bad. I'm trying to save him from Robert."

"This facility says the opposite."

"I know, but you have to trust me. I have the answers that you need to fix that boy and his friend."

"Sayori."

"So that's her name. Erica never told me her name. Only about her status and personality."

"So you know about her incomplete power?"

"I do and extracting it from her will be easier and I can guarantee that she won't be killed from it. However, Tridon is a special case."

"Is it because of how much energy he uses when he uses his power?"

"That's correct. I'm afraid the process will kill him, but there is always the possibility that he doesn't die."

"How high is that possibility?"

"I would say maybe 34%. Nothing higher. Nothing lower."

"Those odds aren't good." Tiffany stared at the table between them and sighed, "I have other choice though."

"Then I see it that we've come to an agreement."

"A loose agreement."

Outside in the courtyard, the girls could just feel them being eyeballed by the soldiers. They weren't lecherous looks. They were antagonistic. Sayori gripped the handgun on her hip as the glares got fiercer.

Her nerves were eased when Erica called out, "Don't mind them."

"Erica." Sayori muttered, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Dr. Voltrov?"

"He has two guards with him right now. I'm not needed."

"Erica," Sayori started, "do you still feel attached to Tridon? Like, are you still obsessive over him."

"A little, but not as much as before. All I care about now is giving him a normal life. A life away from all of this. His final months of high school are coming to a close and I want those last months to be normal."

"We all want that. It's not just you."

"I know how you feel Sayori. You've known him practically your whole life. I know you want this more than anyone."

"Do I though?"

"Hm?"

"I don't know if I want this."

"You don't want his freedom."

"I do, but with how things have been for him recently because of his powers has made his life so much easier."

"Has it really? Or is it causing more problems than you might believe."

"What do you mean?"

"His powers is the cause of all this. If he didn't have his power, he would have a normal life. He wouldn't have to worry about anything. Not Robert, Voltrov, or losing his football career."

"But he never would've met them." Sayori pointed to the others standing around the car.

Erica looked at them for a second and asked, "Are you so sure of that?"

"Huh?"

"You invited him to the club to help him meet other people, right?"

"I did."

"Then he would've met them regardless. His life would still relatively be the same. Just a little less chaotic since he won't have his powers. You have to think about it differently Sayori."

"But he's-."

"Help!" Jen shouted from their radio in the humvee, "I need-." She was interrupted by a massive explosion.

"What's going on Jen!" Sayori responded back, "What's happening?"

After a short pause, she shouted, "Tridon has gone off the rails! I'm trying to hold him off, but I can't do it for much longer. Help!"

"What do we do?" Monika asked, "We can't fight Tridon."

"We won't have to." Tiffany interrupted, "We have the cure for both his power and the darkness. For now at least." Tiffany looked at Natsuki and Chelsea to say, "I need both of you to head to the hideout and check on Jen. The rest of you, we're heading to Arias Headquarters. I have a feeling that's where Tridon is heading."

A/N: Shortest chapter so far. Shortest -actual- chapter. Not a filler or anything. This is how the next few chapters will go. This is leading up to the finale of this serious stuff. The next chapter will be Tridon's solo raid on Robert's Main Building, along with the others trying to catch up to him. Then it'll lead to them finally having him have control over the dark power. They fight Epsilon and they eventually get to Robert to end it all. Or do they end it all? Do they get that far? What about Lola? What does she have to say about this? Guys and Gals, there's a lot of situations that can happen and only I know what's going happen! For now, stay safe everyone and uh... yeeeeeah.