Who Will Escape?

The Final Showdown

"Oh, no."

Amarie
I don't think we've seen the Sorceress since she killed homegirl Sarah

However, the sight of her is enough to send waves of anger and fear throughout the entire group's bodies. "Oh, no. Oh, no." She's reaching for the center gem. "What are you doing?"

"All this time, it's been right here..." she gloats.

Alexis
No. No. This can't be happening!

"We defeated you! We have the crown! No!"

But the Sorceress snatches the gem from the air, and Alec's blood boils. How dare she!

A gun clicks behind them.
"Take it off!" orders Cash, his revolver aimed at the back of Amarie's head.

Amarie takes off the crown. As much as she wants to defy the evil Confederate, she has to keep herself and the remaining of her friends alive. They came all this way. They can't die now.

"Nice and easy..." chortles Cash as Amarie gives up her ticket home.

"You don't deserve it! Our friends died for that! We earned that fair and square!" Daniel snaps at Cash.

"Shut your mouth and get out of my way." there's no emotion in Cash's reply, just coldness.

The angriest part of Daniel, the part that doesn't care anymore, wants to tackle the crap of Cash and retrieve the crown. It's only the threat of being shot that keeps him from attacking the Confederate general.

Octavia blinks. "What the hell is going on?"

"We played by your rules!" Alexis screams, her voice is raw with rage.

Alexis
We did what you said. Each of those gems represents a friend of ours, and every last one of them was a better person than you will ever be. You don't get to profit from their deaths!

"You cheated!" adds Alec.

Cash hands the crown to the Sorceress. All at once, the truth of their mission becomes devastatingly clear.

Alec
We've been collecting these gems for the Sorceress. It was all for her.

Wyatt....Cassidy....Tim....Joshua....Sarah....Brynn....Cole...Kiersten....Kai....Mary....Sophia....Tamaya....
Shay....Nancy....Nyadhol....Kyler....Olivia....Bryan....
Shaadira....Devon....Shangag....Bethany....
They all died so that she could rule the world.

Rita
We were never meant to go back home.

"No," mutters Trey.
"No. No."

The Sorceress pops the center stone into the crown, then places it on her head. The eight artifacts appear before her out of nowhere.

Alec's voice gets weaker.
"She has all the power now."

Daniel squeezes the bannister.

Daniel
It can't end like this.

He owes it to his friends to make sure that the Sorceress's evil plan does not succeed. As soon as he finds a way out of this nightmare, he'll do whatever it takes to bring her down.

Even if it costs him his life.

"I have waited more than a century to wear this crown," sighs the Sorceress.

"It was stolen from me by the Society Against Evil and locked away, only to be restored by souls from the future. That is why I brought you all here." Her mouth contorts into a wicked sneer. "And in gratitude for such sacrifice, there is one more game to play."

She snaps her fingers.

"I don't like this!" groans Alexis.

The Sorceress's malicious gaze falls upon the seven remaining guests.
"It's my favorite part. In the end, you all die!"

Then much to everyone's despair. They return. Atticus the werewolf. The Devourer. One of the Prometheans. Vera the vampire. Jorugumo. The Clown leader. The Snakewoman. Lucy. Twin Dolls. A new Harpy. Veronica, the chick that was the Strong Man's girlfriend.

"They're all back!" Rita shouts.
"They're here!"

Alexis
Every monster. Every lieutenant that we have faced. Is back...

"Oh, no, I knew it, I knew it," cries Alexis, who has suddenly gone pale.
Vera catches her eye and licks her lips.

"The sun is about to rise," brags the Sorceress,
"and my spell will be complete." She bursts into maniacal laughter. The lieutenants charge up the stairs, sprinting in the direction of the survivors.

Daniel, Alec, Amarie, Trey, Octavia, Rita and Alexis run down the hall, hoping to get into a nearby room.