Fire Ant had all the students surrounded by a ring of fire on the floor. The fire was large enough that only Ivan, Juleka, Kim and Alya's parents were visible. Everyone was screaming and panicking, but a blast into the roof from Fire Ant shut them up... and opened a hole into the garden.

"You can all keep yourselves safe." Fire Ant said. "I'm only after Liam Rejeter."

"Well, good luck!" Lila shouted. "He took off!" Fire Ant approached the Italian, passing through the ring of fire and grasping her neck.

"You know, I'd heard you were a better liar than this." Fire Ant threw Lila out of the ring, Lila landing on her stomach and groaning in pain. Fire Ant followed her, placing his foot on her back. "Why bother protecting him? He caused your second transformation. He humiliated you at the Halloween Party with his pink-haired girlfriend. Isn't that why you went after them... Volpina?"

"He apologised for that, and he helped make a dream of mine a reality."

"You weren't the only one, Lila!" Max shouted to get Fire Ant's attention. "He helped me after my 'Gamer' situation and found someone to help me make my game."

"He helped with my stage fright." Mylene shouted.

"And the best thing?" Sabrina said. "He showed us that we don't have to fear any of Hawk Moth's lackeys."

At that moment, Liam was thrown through the projector screen, rolling in the air until he landed on his back. Everyone stared at Liam.

"Are you sure about that?" Alix's voice shouted. Everyone stared at the projector screen as Timebreaker emerged, followed by Evillustrator, Princess Fragrance, Bubbler and Lady WiFi. The only thing different that people noticed was that Timebreaker didn't have her skates. "Looks like we've near killed him."

Alya's family gasped, and so did Juleka.

"Alya!" Alya's mother shouted. "What are you doing?"

"Alya's server is destroyed." Lady WiFi. "And your friends are disconnected as well."

"We answer to Hawk Moth." Princess Fragrance stated.

"Which means we also answer to you, Fire Ant." Evillustrator added.

Fire Ant took his foot off of Lila. "If she moves, don't hold back."

"I'll take care of these hostages." Princess Fragrance answered, walking to the students and holding her fragrance gun at them. Polistes whispered to Liam.

"Backpack." Fire Ant walked over to Liam and pinned him to the floor in the same manner as Lila.

"What did you do to Hawk Moth to make him want you dead?"

"I knew it." Liam answered. "You're doing this for him, aren't you?"

"He'll help me find the Hornet."

"You put us in hospital to lure the Hornet out and he kicked your butt, but did Hawk Moth help you? Did he find a lead on the Hornet to help you find him? Did he ever try and kill me himself?!" Fire Ant remained silent. "He's using you, Fire Ant. Just like how you're using Callum Terrence."

"What did you say?"

"You heard me. You've possessed Callum Terrence and you're using his body as a host."

"Yeah, okay. It is Callum Terrence underneath this helmet, but how would you know if he was being controlled?"

"Because if he was doing this of his own free will, he would've gone after his sister's attacker. Instead, you're just being a mad dog for Hawk Moth."

Fire Ant pointed his arm at the crowd and readied a Shockwave. "Big mistake!" Not even looking, Fire Ant shot at the students, but when he turned, they were gone. "What?!" Fire Ant looked up at the hole he made and saw his hostages floating away in bubbles, with Bubbler, Lady WiFi and Princess Fragrance following them, Lady WiFi holding Lila over her shoulder and the unconscious adults. "NO!"

"I guess dogs really are dumb." Fire Ant screamed and was about to smash Liam's skull when Timebreaker interfered by shoving Fire Ant off at high speed. Evillustrator drew shackles around Fire Ant's hands and feet, pinning him on his stomach right below the hole. Liam got up and walked over. Stopping, Liam examined the sword hilt he now held. He saw a movable ring and turned it. The sword hilt then grew a blade 25 inches long. The blade seemed to be made of the green crystal that was stuck inside the hilt. The sword was easy to hold in one hand because it was quite light, like the blade wasn't there. With one swift swipe, Liam slashed the backpack that Fire Ant was wearing. Fire Ant screamed in pain and turned onto his back, seeing Liam, Timebreaker and Evillustrator standing over him.. "Now Callum can take his body back. You're finished, Fire Ant."

Fire Ant growled, placed his hands in front of him and exclaimed a phrase for a new power. "SPITFIRE!" The three friends were sent flying in a ball of fire. They landed out on the street were all of the students, and the three super humans, were being checked by the police that blocked of the entire street with cars and ambulances, including a helicopter. The unconscious adults were waking up in ambulances, unable to move due to the extent of their injuries. Timebreaker's helmet had smashed, showing all of Alix's face, including a singed ponytail and a burn on her right cheek, courtesy of Fire Ant. Evillustrator had been knocked unconscious, changing back into Nathaniel Kurtzberg, and Liam was nowhere to be seen. Fire Ant flew out into the street and landed near Timebreaker, gripping her neck and ready to crush her neck.

"FIRE ANT!" Félix shouted over a megaphone from the police barricade on the right of Fire Ant. "LET YOUR HOSTAGES GO!"

Fire Ant turned to face the detective. "You got Hawk Moth's family killed. Now you will lose yours."

"THAT GIRL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"

"She holds significance to Liam."

Félix was silent, because another voice spoke through the mega phone.

"Let her go, Callum." Fire Ant turned again. This time, he saw a man and didn't say anything before he turned to Timebreaker and started squeezing the life out of her as she transformed back into Alix Kubdel. The man slipped through the barriers to talk to Fire Ant directly. "Are you listening to me? I said, let her go, son." The crowd gasped at this revelation. Fire Ant dropped Alix and the three remaining supers moved her and Nathaniel over to the paramedics whilst Fire Ant was walking towards his father, Jack Terrence.

"You're not Callum's father, Jack!"

"I'm talking to Callum, Fire Ant. Maybe I'm not your father, Callum. But you were 4 years old when I married your mother and I've raised you and Krystal like you were my own."

"You handed him in to the police!"

"I didn't hand you in, Callum. They knew what you had done. The whole school saw you. You beat up the Mayor's daughter!"

"He admitted it. And when you proved his motive- oh, wait. You didn't prove his motive, even though you had the proof!"

"I did! I handed over the footage of Krystal's assault. When I went back, they said the evidence had been lost. I knew it would be, so I preserved copies."

"Huh. I guess I was wrong about you."

"IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME." A girl's voice came from the megaphone. Fire Ant didn't move, because he knew who it was.

"Get outta here, Krystal!" Jack shouted.

At the barricade, the 12-year-old blind girl stood, then used her cane and walked forward. Félix and Lieutenant Roger Raincomprix walked with her so she could stay on path. "Callum won't listen to you, dad. But he'll listen to me. I had to come." Krystal stopped. "That's far enough, officers. This is between brother and sister." Félix and Roger stopped, and Krystal kept walking, shifting her cane. "You wanna know something, Callum? I hated being blind until I learned how to live without my eyes. But right now, I'm glad that I'm blind, because I can't stand imagining the monster you've let yourself become, I never want to actually see it. If Mom could see you now."

"Don't bring Mom into this, Krystal. She would've been proud of me. Besides, if she loved us with everything, she wouldn't have remarried."

"Never say that again!" Krystal raised her voice. "Jack know this as well: Mom loved dad more than she ever loved Jack, and she loved us more than either of them combined. Now, break free from Fire Ant and come back to us!"

Fire Ant huffed. "How you know if Callum's breaking free?"

Krystal smirked. "Because he started referring to himself in the first person when I spoke. Fire Ant refers in third person. You'll be done soon!"

Fire Ant snarled. "ENOUGH! YOU GOT BRAINS, KID! TOO BAD I GOTTA BASH THEM OUT OF YA! SPITFI-" Before Fire Ant could finish, he froze. His helmet detached and fell to the ground, revealing his face. "NO!" His glowing red eyes started switching between glowing red and normal brown. "You're not killing my sister, Fire Ant!" At that point, there was woosh of air on Callum's hair. He turned to see the hero who had beaten him: Birdy and the heroes of Paris: Ladybug, Cat Noir and The Hornet.

"You've done well, Krystal." Ladybug congratulated the girl.

"We'll get your brother back!" Cat Noir added.

"And then you can be a family again for Christmas."