Ryry, Cat, Alba, and Jenna are just sitting around.
Ryry: It's quiet here without everyone.
Jenna: Yeah, tell me about it. You have no idea how much I need this, though. I've been married to Tyler for the past five years. Need I say more?
Alba laughs.
Alba: It's been a little over a day since the team left, and we haven't gotten a single call. You think they're okay?
Ryry: They're probably fine.
Cut to Tyler, Josh, Adam, Jack, Brendon, Tessa, Robbie, Chloe, Ryan, Taylor, Conan, Harry, Maia, Orla, Dodie, and the Kropp brothers in the abandoned warehouse.
Tyler, pacing back and forth, clearly stressed: WHERE THE HECK ARE THE VAN PEOPLE??? They should be here by now.
Conan: Calm down, Tyler. It's probably a long drive from Texas to Indiana. They'll be here eventually.
Tyler: Shoot. I didn't account for that. Looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer.
Tessa's phone starts ringing.
Tessa: It's Awsten.
Tyler: What are you waiting for? PICK UP!
She picks up.
Tessa: Hey babe. Is everything okay? The drive was only supposed to be 16 hours, and it's been more than a day. Long pause. Oh, really? Pause. That sucks. Should we send backup for you guys? Pause. Okay. I'll send the Kropp brothers. They can fly, so they'll get there the quickest. Pause. Oh, shoot! Is Gracie okay?? Pause. I'll let you go now. Bye.
Jack: What was going on?
Remington: Is Gracie okay?
Tessa: From the sound of it, no. Remington, you and your brothers need to go and back up Awsten and Gracie and the Weekes.
Sebastian: Will do.
Meanwhile, it's earlier that night. The Weekes family and Knight siblings are sleeping (or trying to sleep) in the van. At least, most of them are; Awsten is awake keeping watch. Out of seemingly nowhere, Hayley shows up with some of Nico's men.
Awsten: Guys, wake up. We've got company.
Dallon: Hayley? How did you find us?
Hayley: Dema isn't just Ohio anymore. You've been in Dema since you crossed the Texas-Oklahoma border. Nico knows that Team Awesome is in Texas now, too. We saw your van on its way there. The Team Awesome van is pretty hard to miss. Now why don't you come out of the van and fight us instead of hiding like cowards?
They come out and, as expected, they're vastly outnumbered.
Amélie: I can take the men, but I'm gonna hold off from Hayley until our face-off in Dema.
Dallon: I've got Hayley.
Amélie: What happened to you being a pacifist?
Dallon: Screw that. These are urgent times, and I can't just stand by while you all fight. Jon would want me to make Hayley pay for all the hell she put us through.
Hayley: You think you can take me? Good luck with that, oldster. Consider yourself lucky to be immortal. At least now there's a guaranteed chance you won't die.
Awsten: Breezy, back up Dallon. Knox, Gracie, back up Amélie.
Gracie, trying her best but struggling to fight with only a waffle iron: And what about you? What're you gonna do, just stand here like a sack of potatoes and watch while we all get killed? Except Dallon, I mean.
Awsten: I'm not going to stand like a sack of potatoes, I'm going to call Tessa for reinforcements.
Amélie: Good thinking.
Awsten, to Tessa: Unfortunately, everything is not okay. First of all, the van broke down, so we've just been camping out on the side of the road. In the van. So that's festive. And as if things couldn't get any worse, your cousin decided to pay us a visit. Short pause. Yes, really. Pause. Yes, please send backup. That's why I called.
Gracie gets stabbed in the side. She is on the ground and bleeding out badly.
Knox: Guys! Man down!
Awsten, rushing to his sister: Oh my God, Gracie! Are you alright?
Gracie laughs weakly, but then stops because she's in pain.
Gracie: Do I look alright, Awsten?
Awsten: To answer your question, Tessa, she's not okay. Pause. Wait, can you send a healer- aaand she hung up.
Breezy: Seriously? She hung up right while you were asking for a healer? Talk about bad timing.
Dallon: We can bring her to a hospital or something while we aren't fighting.
Amélie: Keep fighting, you guys. I can try to sustain Gracie when my bloodbending.
Breezy: Who's coming for backup?
Awsten: The Kropps.
As if on cue, enter Sebastian, Remington, and Emerson.
Awsten: Speak of the devil.
Hayley: What in God's name-
Amélie: We've got backup. And by "backup," I mean "vampires." We've got vampires.
Hayley, with increasing alarm in her tone: Vampires? Do such creatures even exist outside of folklore? Eh, this is Team Awesome. Anything's possible in Team Awesome. To her men: Retreat.
They retreat.
Emerson: So what's up? Tessa sounded pretty urgent while she was on the phone with you.
Awsten: Have you noticed the state my sister is in? She's barely hanging on.
Amélie: I don't know how much longer I can keep Gracie alive. We're gonna need to get her to a hospital.
Breezy: I don't think hospitals are open this late. It's one in the morning.
Awsten: This is just peachy. My sister is going to die, and there's nothing we can do about it.
Remington: Actually, I think there is something we can do.
End of episode. Roll credits.
