Wayne was working diligently to try and upgrade the kids' DHI status by the end of the week. The attempts to find him were growing exponentially and the group needed a more efficient way of battle strategy. He had completed the five original Keeper's status upgrades, but was having trouble inputting the upgrade of the Fairlies for an unknown reason. He was establishing how to manipulate the server so that he could input the code to upgrade the current status, when it hit him; he had inserted the two girls as with the other Keepers, as humans with no sort of deciphering as to if they are Fairlies or not. It would not input due to the differences in a Fairlie DHI and a regular one. When he tried inputting the code, it was trying to override their powers as Fairlies, which since they were born with it, isn't possible. He inputted Amanda's code for the ability of Atmokinesis, the ability to control the weather, on top of her wind abilities, and the computer flashed a small green box that read: Success! He started inputting Jess' code when the wooden floor creaked from behind him.
"Sorry to bother you, old friend, but I'm going to have to take you on a little trip." The green fairy cackled.
Wayne hit save and waited for the progress bar to be completed. He pulled out the flash drive, despite the fact that Maleficent knew nothing of today's technology, and stuffed it in his back pocket. She smirked.
"Why what do we have here?" she circled Wayne and continued, "I heard you were trying to help the puny little brats try and defeat us." She let out an evil laugh and questioned, "Did you honestly think you could defeat us?" She took the flash drive out of his pocket and held it up to her wretched eyes and studied to device. She tossed it back to him and stated, "Why would you use such a contraption? It looks worthless."
Wayne fired back, "Why would you use such a plot? That is worthless and pitiful. You have no intention on winning, do you? All of these characters in your so called "army" were all made to do but one thing, lose. Walt Disney created you to do nothing but try and stop the heroes and heroines from prevailing, but you all ultimately lose. Every single time this happens, so why should now be any different?"
Maleficent was furious and quite frightened, which was Wayne's plan. Drain her powers until she is rendered useless. She screeched at him, "You watch your mouth, old man!" Wayne did not even flinch. This also surprised Maleficent, making her powers drain. She tried to conjure up a fireball, but she failed. Wayne let out a laugh and Maleficent approached him. "I want you to know, Wayne that a change of era is upon us. I've heard of the world outside these walls and from what I hear, not everything is Happily Ever After, so to speak. That it is much like a world of what I envision for these parks. I want you to know that it is time that my Happily Ever After becomes a reality."
Wayne gulped and then said, "You may think that this world is evil, but deep down in every soul is a resistance of evil and even if you manage to attempt to overthrow these parks, good will rise up against all evil and defeat you. Mark my words, Maleficent, that you will never prevail."
Maleficent just stared at the elderly Imagineer in awe of what she had just heard. She then started to yell, "Where are the pesky little brats? Shouldn't they be saving their ring leader? If I know them, they would already be here, nosing around in my business! Where are they, Wayne? I thought that they would do anything for you, yet they aren't outside or anywhere, as I'm aware of. So, how exactly do you plan on defeating me if the little nuisances aren't here to defeat me?"
Wayne knew she was going to take him with her, and he knew she was to do it soon. He sat down on his bed and tucked the flash drive into his pillow when she turned around to see his computer. He knew that they were in the apartment and that they would come and check on him before their return. He knew that they would search the room for clues. If he knew Philby, he would be able to finalize the upgrades and install the new abilities. He trusted that the kids would soon find him at all costs. He believed in them.
Maleficent turned to him and said, "I'm sorry Wayne, but it looks like you'll be coming with me." The two disappeared in a puff of smoke and less than a minute later, Philby shot through the door.
Philby had texted Finn. Philby: Wayne's missing! I think we should all stick together. Bring the Return just in case.
Finn's phone beeped and he saw the message from Philby. He scrambled to his feet and as he was running out the door, he faced the group, as they were still sitting there staring at him. "Wayne's gone." The rest scrambled to the door, Finn grabbed the Return and the all sprinted to the firehouse with no trouble.
A few minutes later, the seven were rummaging through the room looking for some sort of hint. They searched every drawer, every nook and cranny until they were all too tired to search any longer. Maybeck sat down on Wayne's bed and said, "It's hopeless, the Overtakers got him." The group sighed and Maybeck rested his head on Wayne's pillow to find a small, hard lump where he laid his head. He reached inside the pillow and found the flash drive. He held it up to the group and said, "Guys? What's this tiny box doing inside Wayne's pillowcase?" Philby snatched it out of his hand and plugged it into the computer. Once again, the Keeper's hope of saving the parks was restored.