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[Clyde and Ronnie Anne slowly wake up to find themselves in the back of Sheriff Calaway's car, with Calaway and Miller up front. Their wounds were wrapped, but they also found themselves in handcuffs again, and they were just as tight as when they had them on before, though Clyde's hands were cuffed in front, possibly due to his shoulder wound.]

Miller: [Manic tone] Oh, good. You're awake.

Calaway: Did you have a nice jog?

Clyde: ... M-More or less.

Miller: You really need to remember the stuff that we carry. Then again... [The kids gasped upon noticing what Miller was holding] ...it was fun watching you from the trees.

Ronnie Anne: It was you? You shot us?!

Calaway: You should be grateful that we bothered to wrap your wounds. We can't have Royal Woods and Great Lakes City coming down on us.

Clyde: Wise move, Sheriff.

[Cut to Sid's solitary confinement box at the prison, where O'Brien arrives with a syringe in his hand and opens the door.]

O'Brien: I'm gonna need you for a moment.

Sid: Why?

O'Brien: I just got word that your remaining friends tried to break out earlier.

Sid: [Surprised] Huh? [O'Brien grabs her and pulls her out, earning a yelp from her]

[Cut to later, where the three are dropped in front of the other enforcers and the rest of the prisoners, including the older kids.]

O'Brien: [To the prisoners and guards] What we got here is a failure to demonstrate a good attitude. [To Clyde and Ronnie Anne] Now, you two kids made a bad mistake trying to run out on me.

Ronnie Anne: [Wincing] The only mistake we made was getting caught.

Clyde: And we don't intend on making that one again.

O'Brien: Is that so? Well, why don't I make you never do anything stupid in general ever again? [Shows the syringe] This syringe in my hand has a special serum in it. The stuff in this little thing is designed specifically to completely numb out and incapacitate the human body.

Miguel: A sedative?

O'Brien: Exactly.

Leni: S-Sedative?

Bobby: It's like tranquilizer serum, but instead of knocking you out, it stops movement in your body.

O'Brien: [Approaches the kids] And I've got just the human to use this on. [Points to Sid] You.

Sid: [Surprised] W-What?

O'Brien: [Grabs her] Hold still.

Sid: [She and the others become scared] Wait. What are you doing? Don't! [O'Brien jabs the needle into her neck and injects the serum into her veins] AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[Everyone but the enforcers cringe at the sight.]

Sid: [Crying as her body goes numb] Why...?!

O'Brien: [Turns back to Clyde and Ronnie Anne] As for you two, I've got something slightly better for your sake: Maybe, a little time in solitary would help you see the error of your ways. No food for 24 hours. [To the guards] Lock 'em up.

Miller: My pleasure, Judge. [Grabs Ronnie Anne, while another deputy grabs Clyde and O'Brien grabs Sid, and all three head back to the solitary confinement boxes]

[Cut back to the boxes, where Sid is thrown back into her box, while Clyde and Ronnie Anne are thrown into the ones on the sides.]

Calaway: See you in the morning. [He, Miller, and O'Brien slam the doors shut]

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