The others were inspired by Gwen's passionate revenge speech. Seeing how she had mysteriously come back from the dead, they had little reason to doubt her desire. They contacted Thomas the following day and arranged a meeting with him for that afternoon, at the hospital. Thomas was shocked and delighted that Gwen was back, as he knew the more of them there were, the better their chances were. Thomas had an unexpected surprise for them when they met, one that would lead them to begin questioning his true motives.

They arrived at the hospital at 2:30 pm, ten minutes before the scheduled meeting. Entering the now familiar room, they were greeted by cheers from Duncan, Courtney, and Izzy, who were overjoyed to see Gwen again.

"Welcome back to the world of the living." said Duncan, with a nod at Gwen. Courtney and Izzy simply beamed, too happy for words.

"Thanks guys. It's good to be back." said Gwen.

Just then, Thomas popped in, seemingly from nowhere. He had a smile on his face and held a piece of paper in his hand. "I really wish you wouldn't do that Houdini thing, it freaks me out." said Trent.

"Sorry about that. I like to make an entrance." said Thomas, with a grin. "But no one makes an entrance like Gwen here. Coming back from the dead, that's a new one."

"Yeah, I bet it is." said Gwen, smiling.

"Hey, what's with the piece of paper dude?" asked Geoff, looking at Thomas.

"Oh this." said Thomas, gesturing with the paper. "This is a bad idea."

"How is a piece of paper a bad idea?" scoffed Heather.

"A piece of paper is a bad idea, my dear," replied Thomas, "when it is an invitation to meet with the man who is trying to kill you."

"Wait, crazy old ex-mob guy say what?" asked LeShawna.

"I said, this is an invitation to meet with Dorian, written by Dorian himself." said Thomas.

"Why in God's good name would that psychopath want to meet with us?" said Justin. "I thought you said he'd never give up?"

"I did, but that's not the reason why he wants to meet." said Thomas. "He wants to meet because it's a damned trap. I think he's growing tired of trying to kill you on an individual base, and he's decided to take you all out in one fell swoop."

"Well, that's just spectacular. Just fucking great." said Duncan. "Does he think we're fucking stupid?"

"I think he's counting on that, yes." said Thomas. "But he underestimates you, just as he underestimated me. He does not see the strength that you posses. If he did, he'd stop sending weak minions after you and would start using his assassins."

"Wait, he has assassins?" asked Duncan. "Like real assassins?" Thomas nodded. "Well okay, I ain't excepting the fucking invitation." said Duncan.

"Now hold on Duncan." said D.J. "He may have assassins, but we have the element of surprise. I say we go, and if it is a trap, we can just fight our way out."

"That's a spectacular idea, D.J." said Duncan, sarcastically. "Yeah, a fucking wonderful, well thought plan that'll get us all killed." D.J. glared at Duncan, obviously irritated by his lack of support.

"I think Duncan's right." said Thomas. "It is a trap, and we should not take the bait."

"I don't know man, I kinda agree with D.J." said Geoff. "I think we should go."

"Okay, we'll put it to a vote." said Chris. "Everyone who agrees with Duncan and Thomas, raise your hand." Duncan, Thomas, Gwen, Trent, Courtney, Chef and Chris raised their hands. "Okay everyone who agrees with D.J." Everyone else raised their hands. "Well, that settles it. Looks like we're going." Chris sighed.

Several hours later, they found themselves standing outside a large, foreboding black mansion with huge wrought iron gates. Two heavily armed guards stood on either side of the gate, waiting for them to arrive. "Man, I got a bad feeling about this." said Duncan. He, Courtney, and Izzy had come along, despite the fact that they were not completely healed. Izzy was no longer wheelchair bound, but still relied upon a walker for support, and Courtney still had breathing problems, on account of her partially healed lungs. But they had refused to stay out of the action any longer.

"I'm starting to agree with you man." D.J. whispered, as they passed through the gates and were led to the doors of the mansion.

They entered to find a tall man, with dark hair and a thin beard waiting for them. He was dressed in a black suit and carried a cane. He smiled as they entered and said, "Welcome, my name is Dorian McGraver III."