Beatle sighs as he finishes cutting the onions and garlic, though, rather sloppily, as he just dumps them in the frying pan to prepare cooking the Chicken Adobo, adding in ginger, soy sauce, and vinegar.

Beatle sighs. "Man, I feel guilty eating chicken after watching that wild robot movie where that robot takes care of that goose. Man, Tyrone is right! I AM weird!"

Beatle finishes stirring the Adobo as he places the soup and meat on top of a bed of rice.

"Beatle!?" asked Aurora, slamming the door open as she meets Beatle on the floor of the living room.

"Uh... Hi, Ruru..." said Beatle.

"Someone STOLE THE STICK!!!" yelled Aurora.

"Wait, what? It was there when-..."

Aurora's eyes widen.

"-...when... the News last night came up..."

"Yeah! It's GONE now!" yelled Aurora. "No fingerprints! No movement in the cave! How did they do it!?!? Also, us Filipinos now have blue blood or... some weird GMO shit goin' on because of the Americans being here or whatever..."

"Aurora..." said Beatle. "Yeah... U-Um... I have to tell you something."

"Not now!" yelled Aurora. "All I need is more work! We'll... We'll hire investigators! The NBI!!! LAWYERS!!! EVERYONE TO GET THAT STICK BACK!!!"

"Why do you need to do this?" asked Beatle.

"Because I don't want to fail Dad!"

"Aurora... There's nothing wrong with feeling that way... But it is wrong seeing it that way..." said Beatle.

"Just... Shut up! I'm stressed!"

"Sorry... Look... About... what I was gonna tell you. Maybe... Not the best time."

"No! Do go on! Say it!"

"Anne swung by and-..."

"What!?" asked Aurora.

"I... said... Anne swung by..."

"What do you MEAN... Anne swung by!?!?"

"I mean... she... met with me... showed me a file-..."

"Look. I'm about to fail my Dad!" Aurora yelled, angrily. "You failed yours. Just lemme do this!" yelled Aurora, as she angrily stomps away.

Beatle was... hurt... by that. "O-Okay... Yeah... Sure, thing, Aurora! Haha! I forgive you!"

Aurora doesn't answer back.

"I... always do..." Beatle bowed his head, hurt. "I'm... absolutely nothing..."

That evening, Beatle and Aurora eat their Adobo together rather peacefully.

Beatle looks saddened by something.

Aurora doesn't ask why because of specifically that. Rather, she asks if he's okay. "You okay?"

"You commented on my insecurities earlier."

"Huh? How?"

"You said I failed my Dad."

"I did? W-Well... Sorry. I didn't mean to say that."

Beatle smiles and nods. "I forgive you."

Aurora smiles and continues eating with him in silence.

Beatle keeps the file in his shirt pocket, afraid to show it at all.

Aurora sighs. She gives him eye contact. "Are you keeping secrets from me?"

Beatle sighs. His eyes dart down to his chest and he tries to avert eye contact. "Maybe..."

Aurora's nose twitches.

"Are you okay?"

"Fine, dear. Fine..." she smiles as she continues eating.

Beatle, worried he must've said or done something to offend her, speaks up rather frantically. "Wanna date?"

"Oh! Um... Okay! Where?"

"I dunno. SM? I think..."

"Oh, okay!" smiled Aurora, before looking mad again while eating.

"Did... I do anything wrong?"

"You figure it out," said Aurora, as Beatle felt terrible, not knowing why.

The next day, Beatle wears a handsome outfit with a simple white shirt and jeans while she wears a cute pink dress and a red crop top.

"C'mon!" smiled Beatle, grabbing her hand as she tried to smile but was clearly not comfortable with something.

Beatle remembers Anne for some reason. He averts thinking about her. It's as if... he's sensing her... in comparison to this same situation.

Beatle and Aurora have a wonderful time at the mall. They ate. They played video games at the arcade. They watched the movies. They ate again. And had a wonderful evening...

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However, that evening, Beatle suddenly felt... sleepy... So did... Aurora.

They open their eyes and see a strange man standing beside them. It's... President Dingdong.

Aurora gasps with glee. "Mr. Prez! Oh! I am so glad to meet you!"

The President looks rather unhappy, particularly with Beatle.

Aurora shakes his hand. "It is... an honor... to meet you, sir!"

"Yeah. Great. Whatever. I want to speak with the St. King."

"The... what?" asked Aurora.

"Don't be coy, imbecile," said Dingdong. "TALK, ST. KING!!!" He turned to Beatle, who looked away.

"What's he talking about?" asked Aurora.

Dingdong showed the file from Beatle's pocket.

Aurora reads it. "Um... Okay...? Fake news, I guess. Morningstarcorp works to protect the Philippines by having trade with other countries and conglomerates in them, like the U.S. Plus, this is a stretch! Why would the President even want to sell parts of the PH?"

"STOP PLAYING DUMB, FERNANDEZ!!!" roared the Prez. "Put them with the rest of these clowns."

Beatle and Aurora are tossed into a prison with four other people: Anne, Tyrone, Jed, and Chris, all standing in a circle like a bunch of jackasses.

"Guys!?" Beatle realizes he knew all of them. They're his only friends in his entire life, after all. "What are you guys doing here!?"

"We're primary suspects for stealing that stick. The idiot President thinks this was a plan of treason. Something YOU did!" roared Tyrone.

"What?"

Tyrone just scoffs.

"Can't you guys lawyer us out?" asked Beatle.

Anne sighs. "That's the thing. This is way deeper than anything you could imagine. This is an agency that works for the United States trying to keep us from existing."

"I mean, Anne and I existed. You idiots clearly didn't," said Tyrone, as Anne punches him in the shoulder.

"Hey, Tyrone! Hahaha..." smiled Beatle, trying to be civil with him.

Tyrone sighs. "Fuck off, dumbass."

"Right... Still hate me... Got it," said Beatle. "How do we get out of here?"

"We could use the ventilation system. I've been here for days. Ventilation system seems to lead to the outside of this facility. Plus, place is newly built, meaning it probably lacks the proper blueprinting schemes for a proper vent system."

"What if... we die!?" asked Beatle.

"Not how it works, idiot," said Tyrone. "Vents this rudimentary usually have connections to the outside."

Jed smiles. "Okay! Time to get outta here!"

"Yeah!" smiled Chris. "I love you, baby!" Chris grabs Beatle's cheek as Aurora slaps his hand away.

"Chris, please. Keep it in ya pants," said Aurora.

The group enters the vents and crawls away.

"Hey! We're venting!" smiled Chris, as the others groan.

"Hey!" smiled Jed. "Ever heard of bitcoin?"

The group reaches the archaeological site outside, which is where the vents lead toward. Strangely, no guards. No soldiers.

"Huh... Thought the place was vital of importance," said Beatle.

"You stole the stick. Why do you think everyone left, dumbass?" asked Tyrone.

"Right... Um..." Beatle looks around the site and sees that there are Hebrew writings just about everywhere. "So... apparently we now know where the ten tribes of Israel went. Here."

"You can read that?" asked Tyrone. "For once, I'm impressed."

"What? It's in English," said Beatle.

Tyrone looks at it. "It's Hebrew, you dolt. How can you read this?"

"I dunno!"

"What does it say?"

"It SAYS... You... are the Chosen... Disciples... While he... is the St. King..." An old man crawls out of the cave as they back away in fear.

"AH!!!" yelled Chris. "ZOMBIE!!!"

"Are you interested in crypto?" smiled Jed. "What about Gatcha? Honkai? Those porn websites with those gambler ads?"

"Speak, apparition," said Beatle.

"My name... is Judas Iscariot."

"EVIL!!!" yelled Beatle, doing the sign of the cross.

"Yes. I am. My punishment was to be sent here and to guard the Spear that carried my Master's blood... Until... he would be reborn into this world... Whoever holds the stick... Is my Master's new life..."

"Bullshit," said Tyrone. "Prove it."

Judas Iscariot takes off all Tyrone's skin without killing him.

"Aight. I believe in God now."

Judas brings his skin back. "Your nation's current leader... fears being overthrown... By him..."

"Me?" asked Beatle. "I'm literally named Beetle. Because people keep stepping on me to become better."

"Damned straight," said Tyrone.

"No..." said Aurora. "You're a beetle because, like that bug, you fly higher than all of us... Aside from pilots."

"Fallacy," said Tyrone.

"Bullshit!" yelled Aurora. "Our leader is our protector! He fought for gay rights! He fought for the children!"

"Do you think any other President of yours prior to him honored their ideals?" asked Judas. "I watched the century go by. Each leader failing their nation... And... for what? Greed? Betrayal! Selfishness!?!? Bonifacio should've won, I say... But look where we are at right now!"

"NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! My father loved that guy! He... He helped him campaign!"

"Your father was wrong... For you see-..."

"Maybe YOU'RE wrong!" yelled Aurora. "YOU'RE the traitor in accordance with the Bible after all!? PROVE IT!!!"

Judas shows her and all of them a vision, showing how the President's conversation in the first chapter of this volume.

"Mr. President, please! Calm down!" yelled the Secretary as President Dingdong slams his fist on the table. "No... No, no, no... NO!!! He'll take away MY... POWER!!! He'll take away everything!"

"This prophecy... is just... poppycock! MorningstarCorp just found the archaeological site and it says a bunch of words and now you're fearing for YOUR LIFE!?!?"

"I need to maintain my power! If I get enough money I can buy that STICK!!!"

"What's so important about that stick anyway?"

"That stick!? Whoever it chooses is the ACTUAL ST. KING!!! Don't you SEE!?!? He's the Son of God... Turns out it ain't any of the Middle Eastern countries. It's in the Philippines! One born from Jewish blood here in the Philippines! I HAVE JEWISH BLOOD!!! We need to be smart, Miravel."

"Mr. President, please. You have to cosider the fact that this is just MYTH!!!"

"There was Hebrew in a PHILIPPINE CAVE!!! WHY SHOULDN'T I FEEL THREATENED!?!? There's some kinda piece of shit kid out there who thinks he can take away EVERYTHING I WORKED HARD FOR!!! I need that money!"

"Then why sell your country to the United States?"

"I'm not selling ALL OF IT!!! Just... y'know! Mindanao... Visayas... CAR maybe...?"

"Sir. You're insane. Ever since you declared Martial Law-..."

"It's fine! The people love me, Miravel! And if anyone knows, I swear to God, I will personally take them out. Got that?"

"Yes, sir," nodded Miravel.

Aurora falls to her knees. "I'm... from a family of... technocrats!?!?"

"Yes," said Judas.

"Beatle... We've been... serving... the bad guy...?" asked Aurora.

"I tried to tell you. Anne gave me the-!"

"You spoke with my girlfriend?" asked Tyrone.

"What? No! No! She just swung by and-!"

Aurora slaps Beatle in the face. "Stop FUCKING talking!" Aurora turns to Judas. "So, what do we do? Huh!? HUH!?!? When we are found... WE'D BE KILLED!!! NOW WHAT?!?!"

"Did you realize that you were given the power to change your fates?" asked Judas.

Beatle sighs, wiping his tears. "What do you mean?"

"You, idiots you may be, were given a power... to wield weapons of the ancient warriors of old... The Spear of Destiny... Trident of Samael... Wisdom of Solomon... Wings of Michael... Strength of Samson... and Sling of David..."

Everyone's eyes widen.

"Use that power... to take back what the world owes you..." smiled Judas, as he began fading away...

Aurora smiles, turning to them after Judas disappears.

"Now, what?" asked Anne.

Aurora raises her fist. "We rebel..."

Judas sighs. "Yes... For the heart of Humanity... beats louder than any of the creatures God had made. But whichever path you take for it, it is upon your choice-..."

Judas is shot in the face as the team prepare for battle.

Tyrone attacks and uses his fighting skills to beat up the soldiers, taking advantage of his dark clothes and hiding around to defeat the soldiers. He hid behind the cave's rocks and walls to weave them into submission.

Jed and Chris worked together, using their powers to kill the soldiers.

Anne went on to sprout wings, which allowed her to shield Beatle and Aurora.

Aurora goes on to fight with hand-to-hand combat, while Beatle falls off the cave site, rolling down the mountain and landing in the woods. He then sees a pair of sticks and begins using eskrima to knock out several soldiers. Beatle, however, notices Aurora's violent... tendencies...