Thanks to the suit and phosphorus, the younger team made quick work of the rest of the gunmen in the hallways when they came to see where the mysterious explosions of fire came from. When Aidan and Tony reached the main hallway, they knocked out the gunmen and headed toward the principal's office door. The secretaries were locked inside a closet and couldn't see what was going on.

Aidan placed a hand on the doorknob and saw an image of the room. The gunman was next to the door while Ralph and Rutile were on the opposite side of the room. Ralph was still tied and gagged, but otherwise all right. Tony noticed that while Aidan shook her head as though dizzy, she wasn't pale, but he didn't want to say anything for fear that it would trigger an alarm and those inside would kill Ralph.

Aidan nodded and took a few steps back, covered her head with her arms and ran through the door. The gunman was hit from behind when the door flew off its hinges inside the room. As the gunman fell to the floor, unconscious, Aidan turned toward Rutile as he shot at her and covered her head, deflecting the bullets anywhere except her, Tony and Ralph. When the gun clicked after the last bullet fired, Aidan then started forward only to stop when Rutile put his arm tightly around Ralph's throat. Aidan watched in horror as Ralph's eyelids fluttered briefly. "Don't move, or the principal dies. If that's not enough of a threat, the school will be gassed," he said, also holding down a lever on a device. "This timer's been primed to detonate the bottles and is set for four minutes. If I let it go, the countdown will start. At the end of the fourth minute... well, let's just say it won't be short and pleasant."

"You're sick, you know that," said Tony. "These kids are nothing more to you than livestock."

"Just like those we serve guns for," he said as his arm tightened a little further around Ralph's neck. She saw Ralph was having trouble keeping his eyes open and his head started to droop, on the fringes of passing out. "Now... I don't know how you survived, but back away now girl or I'll kill him. And you, I want you to throw away your weapon down and tie her up, and no tricks."

Aidan, realizing she couldn't stop both Rutile and the gas from being activated at the same time, backed away and let Tony tie her up. They exchanged a glance, knowing what the other must do. Rutile had Tony turn her around and made sure Tony didn't use a slipknot. Rutile smiled, and released his arm from around Ralph's neck. Aidan sighed in relief to see Ralph shake his head and slowly open his eyes, coming back to full consciousness. Rutile then handcuffed Tony and pushed both the agent and Aidan onto the couch.

When Rutile reloaded his gun, the other three realized what his next idea was. Aidan concentrated. "Now, all I'm waiting for is the judge's decision, but it won't matter anyway. The students are still going to die. But, since I can't enjoy watching you suffocate from the nerve gas without myself dying, I think I'll finish the three of you off right now starting with..."

He turned to aim a shot at Aidan's head, but was shocked to see the gun fly out of his hands. "What the hell..." he started, thinking it slipped from his hands.

Quick as a flash, Aidan broke the ropes she was tied up with, ran and picked up Rutile, lifting the man off the ground. "You know, I'm getting tired of you creeps shooting me all the time. All right, you start talking," she said. "Where's the bottles?"

Though inside he was shaking, realizing there might be more to this girl than just a suit of some sort of Kevlar, Rutile smiled. "Like I'd tell you," he said showing he had lifted his finger off the lever before Aidan picked him up. "You have less than four minutes before everyone dies."

Growling, Aidan took a firmer hold on Rutile's collar. "Tell me where now..." she said threateningly, only to hear Rutile chuckle in her face. Aidan's eyes darkened to a gunmetal blue as she glared at the man.

Between seeing her stance and the look on Ralph's face, Tony realized what she was about to do next. "Aidan, don't..." Tony said a bit too late, and he and Ralph grimaced as she tossed Rutile against the wall, stunning him. She then proceeded to free Ralph and Tony from their bonds.

"Aidan, that's not going to help us find the gas," said Ralph coughing after he took off the gag, rolling his eyes.

"I know, I know..."

"Now what," said Tony, picking up the gunman's weapon.

"Uh..." Reacting before thinking, Aidan turned to the fire alarm and smashed it with a modified rabbit punch, setting off the alarm. Unfortunately, she also created a hole halfway through the wall. "OK ... that'll get the fire department and paramedics out here just in case. Get everyone out and I'll try to get a holograph and look for the bottles."

"Aidan, be careful" said Ralph, making a pained face when he heard the alarm right next to him go off. "If you don't find them in time and the nerve gas is released..."

Aidan's look said it all. Ralph nodded grimly and left. Nearing the exit, Ralph found two gunmen bringing Pam and Bill toward the school. They stopped when they heard the alarm go off, not knowing what to do. This let Ralph have time to duck into the men's restroom nearby so he wouldn't be caught again.

After Ralph left, Tony stood near Aidan. "I'm helping out."

"Come on Tony, if this thing goes..."

"Hey, listen, we're a team, remember? Come on, try to get a holograph off the detonator. We don't have much time until the gas's released."

Aidan nodded and picked up the item, getting an image. "Biology lab, figures. At least it can't harm the whole school if ... come on."

After checking to see if the coast was clear, the ran toward the room. Neither noticed that Rutile had come to and, finding what else he needed, picked up his gun was following them. 'No one's going to stop me,' he thought. 'I still have an ace up my sleeve.' In the confusion of students exiting the school, he saw his other men with Bill and Pam standing outside the school. Waving to them that there was no fire, Rutile had them come in and follow. He also pulled a student from the exiting group, just as insurance for himself. None of the other students seemed to notice, as they were trying to figure out where the fire was. Shortly afterward, Ralph followed the men at a distance so not to draw attention to himself.