Tyler: Guys, I know we've been slacking off the past few weeks, but we need to get our act together. The invasion of Dema is in three days. We seriously need to train.
Robbie: Yeah, training's great, but not now. I'm watching Ponyo.
Tyler: The shof is Ponyo?
Robbie: Have you heard of Studio Ghibli?
Tyler: I've never heard of Studio Jibby or whatever the heck that word is you just said, and quite frankly I couldn't care less about what it is. He unplugs the TV.
Robbie: Hey!
Tyler: You need to train, Robbie, not watch whatever it was you were watching.
Robbie: Come on, Tyler! He turns to Tessa. Tessa, back me up.
Tessa: I'm with Tyler on this one. This is no time to lie around, Robbie. Nico is a dangerous man, and if we even want a chance at defeating him, we need to train our butts off.
Jack: Why don't you just send Brendon to fight Nico? He almost killed Tyler with his bare hands; that man's a fighting machine.
Tyler: ARE YOU JUST LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO SLACK OFF, JACK??
Jack, putting his hands up: I swear I'm not!
Tyler: Good. That's what I want to hear. Now let's go train.
Cut. Now in the exercise room, Tessa goes over to Brendon.
Tessa: You know, Jack wasn't completely wrong before.
Brendon: How so?
Tessa: You're a fighting machine, Brendon. Like, seriously... I'd be honored to fight you.
Brendon: Really? We can fight now, if you want. No weapons, no powers. Y'know, to even out the playing field.
Tessa: Oh my God, that'd be awesome!
They fight, and it's like poetry in motion. Tessa evades all of Brendon's hits at first (she even lands a few herself), but ducking and dodging only gets you so far. Eventually, Brendon pins Tessa to the ground.
Brendon: You fight well.
Tessa: For a girl, you mean?
Brendon: No, that never crossed my mind. I- I just think that you're really talented. Where'd you learn to fight like that?
Tessa gets up, totally fine. Even though she just fought Brendon frickin' Urie, she plays off her injuries as if she has none. Go figure. Brendon is impressed by this.
Tessa: My cousin Hayley taught me everything I know when I was, like, 14. If you think I'm good, you should see her in action; she could whoop my butt any day of the week.
Brendon: Hayley, huh? That's funny.
Tessa: How so?
Brendon: Nothing, it's just... I had a good friend named Hayley. Hayley Williams. I come from a family of assassins, but most of what I know about combat I learned from her. She introduced me to my wife, too.
Tessa: Oh, are you still an assassin?
Brendon: Nah. I retired from that after I married Sarah; it's a dangerous line of work, and I wouldn't want to make a widow of my wife because of the family business. She was one too, but she retired a bit before we got married.
Tessa: Fun. Wait, you said your friend was Hayley Williams?
Brendon: Yeah, Hayley Williams. Why?
Tessa: That's my cousin!
Brendon: Wh- you're related to Hayley Williams? That explains a lot, actually. I can kinda see the family resemblance.
Tessa: Small world, isn't it?
Brendon: Yep. Hayley's, um, how do I put this lightly? She's...
Tessa: Intimidating? Yeah, we didn't call her Scary Hayley for nothing.
Brendon: Scary Hayley. That's fitting.
End of episode. Roll credits.
