At Burrito Bistro, Mesto-Presto is sitting at the counter chatting with the owner of the store Cedro Garcia.
"Slow day huh?" Mesto remarks as while looking at the customer-less restaurant.
"You're telling me," Garcia jokes, "Things have been slow ever since that Griffon guy left. Hope he's doing well."
"Yeah, he did attract a lot of customers," Mesto laments, "Although if I'm being honest, something about him always felt off."
"Off? How come?" Cedro Garcia asks.
"I don't know, maybe it was just a me-thing but," Mesto-Presto begins to say, "He just felt too comfortable when he had to use a knife to chop up meat."
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Inside Starlight High's kitchen, Ronnie & Elizabeth both stand still as Griffon walks forward to them wielding two items.
"Have you ever been in a fight where your life is on the line?" Griffon questions, "A fight where your opponent knows this place like the back of their hand?"
Before the two can respond, Griffon lunges towards them. Elizabeth & Ronnie instinctively jump out of the way, with Elizabeth hopping over the counter & Ronnie running towards a wall.
Ronnie tries to turn on the lights, to get a better advantage against Griffon. However, just when he feels the light switch.
Flick!
The lights go on.
But Ronnie wasn't the one who turned them on.
It was Griffon.
Griffon, just a few inches away from Ronnie's face mumbles, "You're too predictable."
As Griffon goes to plunge the weapon into Ronnie's forehead, Elizabeth manages to land a roundhouse kick on the man causing Griffon to drop the item in one of his hands; a pair of tongs.
"Th-thanks," Ronnie grunts.
"Don't thank me yet," Elizabeth states as she starts to sweat, "It's not over."
Ronnie looks down to see that the leg Elizabeth used to kick Griffon has a few slash marks on it. While the slashes weren't deep enough to draw blood, that's only because Griffon didn't have the time to do so.
Griffon chuckles as he points his other weapon, a pizza cutter, at them.
"Sorry I ended up grabbing a dull one," Griffon smirks, "Next time I'll make sure to give my swing enough oomph."
Griffon rushes at Elizabeth swinging the pizza cutter at her. Elizabeth instinctively begins to move backward, dodging the attacks. However, that was never the goal of Griffon.
It's only when Elizabeth's back hits the wall does she realize the purpose of those attacks.
He was trying to trap her.
Swapping out the pizza cutter with a nearby kitchen knife, Griffon proceeds to raise the knife. But before he can do anything, Ronnie tackles him to the ground.
As the two begin to scuffle, Ronnie tries to overpower Griffon. But the man is much stronger than him. Eventually, the two are back to where they first entered the kitchen.
Griffon is atop Ronnie with his knife. And without saying anything he plunges it downward.
Without a second to spare, Ronnie grabs the closest thing to him – the book that X wrote – and uses it as a last-ditch attempt to stop the knife from entering him.
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