Back at the Penthouse, Jimmy tries to cut his bonds on the back of his chair but he can't.

Jimmy continues trying to break his bonds when Sterch walks in.

" You and your friends are about to learn the true meaning of pain. You thought I worked you so hard at Silver Lake? Well think again! Once your parents deliver the money to me I'll be taking you far away from here, so you'll never see any of your friends ever again; Oh no wait according to Mr. Dean's story you have no friends!" Sterch says tauntingly at the end, but then Jimmy interrupts him.

" Shut up you crazed lunatic!" Jimmy shouts.

" Be quiet you insolent child!" Sterch yells in a fit of rage, then his voice levels. " As I was saying I'll take you a far away and work you as my servant, and meanwhile your parents will so poor that they'll have nothing to live for. They may at first search valiantly for you scrounging up money from anywhere they can find to get search parties and television ads but in the end they will become so poor and downhearted they'll as I said before have nothing left to live for."

Jimmy struggles with his bonds and frees one hand; slowly he unties his blindfold just as Sterch turns. A knock had come from the door.

Sterch walks to the door and looks through the peephole in the door, a bellboy stands there.

Sterch flings open the door, knowing a wall blocks Jimmy and the others from view.

" What is it!" He practically shouts at the terrified bellboy.

" P-p-package for you." The terrified bellboy stutters.

He hands it out to Sterch who grabs it, then slams the door in the boys face.

He walks back to the room where his hostages are.

Sterch looks at the briefcase.

" Ah it seems your parents have fallen for my bait." Sterch says looking greedily at the briefcase.

Sterch opens the case to see wadded bills there along with a note.

" Yes, finally 500,000 dollars…wait this is monopoly money!" He says. " What's the deal!"

He looks at the note and reads it out loud. " Go to jail; go directly to jail."

Suddenly the door bursts open and FBI men stream into the room.

" Freeze FBI!" One of the men shouts.

" You won't take me that easily!" Sterch says.

He pulls out a smoke bomb and quickly tosses it on the floor.

A thick smoke fills the room.

" Can't see." One of the men says coughing.

" Forget the smoke we have to find him!" One of the men yells.

They start trying to find their way through the room.

Soon the smoke clears. Sterch is nowhere in sight.

" Where'd he go?" Jones asks.

" Who cares?" Mrs. Neutron says. " At least he left the kids behind."

" He's probably on the roof." One of Sterch's men says.

" Why are you telling us?" Jones asks.

" Because we're surrendering." One of them says.

" Good, maybe the judge will go easy on you."

Kelly and Nigel are untied and reunited with their families who were called by the police. But someone's missing.

" Jimmy's not here." Sheen says.

" He took Jimmy with him." Another of the men says.

" Thanks for the advice." Jones says.

" Come on!" Cindy says.

She and the others all rush out of the room.

" Come back!" Mrs. Neutron shouts after them. " It's too dangerous!'

The gang all rushes up to the roof to see Sterch holding Jimmy with a gun in his hand.

They all charge him but he stops them.

" Don't come a step closer." Sterch says. " Or else."

They all stop dead in their tracks.

" Where is my helicopter?" Sterch asks.

" Let go of Jimmy!" Cindy yells.

" Ha why should I?" Sterch asks.

Suddenly the door flies open and all the adults along with the FBI agents rush onto the roof.

" Now give me the real money or else Jimmy won't live to see another day." Sterch says.

" Well I guess we have no choice." Jones says.

Mr. Neutron comes out with another briefcase.

" Now give me Jimmy." Mr. Neutron says.

" The money first." Sterch says.

" Jimmy first."

" The money first or else." He says threateningly.

Mr. Neutron throws him the briefcase.

" Finally 500,000 dollars!" He says.

" Sterch you have the money you wanted, now hand over Jimmy." Cindy says.

" No." Sterch says.

Everyone is speechless.

" I mean now I have the money and the boy. What better deal could I get?"

Everyone hears the whirring of a helicopter in the distance; if they don't do something soon Sterch will get away with Jimmy and the money.

" Ha! Now I'll make my escape!" Sterch shouts.

" That's what you think!" Jimmy shouts.

" No that's what I know!" Sterch yells.

Jimmy quickly trips Sterch.

Sterch taken off guard drops Jimmy; Jimmy falls to the ground and goes into a fighting stance.

Jimmy, not looking at Sterch, is surprised to hear everyone to gasp.

He looks to see Sterch losing his balance along the edge of the building.

Jimmy tries to catch Sterch; he lunges out to save him.

He just misses his hand and Sterch falls over the edge.

Down he plunges, 12 stories until he hits the ground so far below

" That's gotta hurt." Jimmy says staring down at the spot.

" No one could've survived a fall like that." Jones says.

He and the others go down to investigate; several minutes later they come back up.

" Well it's no surprise to say he's dead, probably from a mix of broken bones and internal bleeding, not to mention the shock of the fall." Jones says.

" God what have I done?" Jimmy mutters out loud.

" It wasn't your fault Jimmy." Cindy says comfortingly.

" Yes it was!" He shouts. " I tripped him and he fell off the building, it's all my fault!"

" Jimmy it was an accident." Samantha says. " They happen."

" But this is more than just some little accident like missing a question on a test, this is murder!"

" Jimmy please it was an accident." Jones says. " This was not a deliberate murder like Sterch may have committed, but a simple accident."

" Why didn't I see he was on the ledge? Why didn't I use another method to free myself?" He asks.

" Come on Jimmy, maybe once we get back home you'll feel better." Mr. Neutron says.

So they all walk down the stairs, many people have crowded in the hallways asking about all the commotion.

They all ignore them and walk to the elevator; once the door opens they all get in and ride it down to the lobby.

Once outside the hotel they look back at it, trying to ignore the tapped of area where Sterch's body still lies. They all split into the three cars and start back toward Retroville.