Jizzabelle wakes up on her desk as she looks out to the blue void.

Jizzabelle: "Blacked out, huh? what was I doing again?"

She looks over to see a small knife on the right side of her desk.

Jizzabelle: "Right...I keep doing that..."

A flashback occurs of the group in Jizzabelle's head. She holds her chest tight but doesn't feel anything, not even a shred of pain.

Jizzabelle: "Still nothing..."

She grabs the knife again and presses it against her wrist until blood slowly drips out.

Jizzabelle: "I'm supposed to feel something, aren't I?"

Silence quickly fills her room as Cassandra slowly enters by slowly opening the door as Jizzabelle gets startled by it. She opens the desk and quickly places the knife, closes the desk, and quickly turns around while sitting in her chair and puts her slightly bleeding wrist behind her back.

Cassandra: "Yo, just asking if you wanna head to the spa for some cleaning."

Jizzabelle: "U-uhh...yes! I'd love to!"

Cassandra quickly catches on to Jizzabelle's stuttering.

Cassandra: "You alright? you looking a little pale."

Jizzabelle: "Just a little sleepy is all."

Cassandra gains suspicion but she brushes it off for now.

Cassandra: "Alright, I'll be at the spa if you ever choose to come."

Cassandra closes the door then stands in front of it.

She has a thought of seeing red dots on the floor behind Jizzabelle's chair.

Cassandra: "She wouldn't...would she? Oh, Jizzabelle...what's going on with you?"

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N wakes up to stand in a pool of blood.

N: "W-what?"

He looks around to see nothing but red fog all around him.

N: "Where am I?"

"noitƨɘυp tɒʜt ϱniʞƨɒ ɘd blυoʜƨ I"

The mysterious voice sounds so familiar yet so mysterious to N.

N: "Who said that?"

N looks up to see a giant shadow of a winged creature with bright red horns.

"qu ekaW"

The winged creature opens its mouth, reveals its sharp and triangular teeth, and BITES down on N.

N: "AAHH!!"

N springs up and hits his head on the bed above him.

N: "ow..."

Yuji comes down and peaks to check up on N.

Yuji: "Everything alright? you kind of just...I don't know, headbutted my butt...so..."

N: "Y-yeah...just a nightmare is all..."

N has a small thought in his head.

N: "Hey...Yuji?"

Yuji: "What's up, roomie!"

N: "Can I just say that I'm sor-"

Before N can finish his sentence, he and Yuji's eyes turn blue to hear Jacob's voice.

Jacob: "There's food downstairs ready whenever ya'll need it."

Yuji and N's eyes turn back to normal.

Yuji: "Do you get dizzy when he does that, too? anyway, what were you going to ask me?"

N attempts to talk but then stops himself.

N: "Nothing...it was a stupid thought anyway."

Yuji jumps down from above and lands quietly on the ground.

Yuji: "Aww...don't say that, roomie! every thought isn't stupid if you put..."

Yuji raises his fist and does an epic hero pose.

Yuji: "YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT!!"

N: "Hehe, whatever you say, man."

Yuji suddenly gasps in shock.

Yuji: "YOU GIGGLED!! I MADE YOU GIGGLE I HAVE TO SHARE THIS WITH THE WORLD!!!"

Yuji jumps around all jolly out of the room and down the hallway.

N: "Huh, yeah, I did giggle...whatever that means..."

N begins to contemplate his question as he walks around the hallway.

N: "Can I even ask to be forgiven?"

Ashlyn casually walks out of the room with a nervous look.

N: (Oh crap...should I?"

Ashlyn passes by N with a small gust of wind.

N quickly turns around to face Ashlyn as she continues to walk down the stairs.

N: "G-good morning...Ashlyn..."

Ashlyn suddenly comes to a halt on the stairs as silence and tension fill the space between her and N.

Ashlyn: "Y-yeah...good morning...."

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She hesitates at first then continues her way down the stairs.

N sits still as he facepalms in embarrassment. He heads to a nearby window and leans into it.

N: "What am I doing...?"

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Irina enters the cafeteria to see Cassandra already trying to pick up food.

Cassandra turns around to see Irina and waves.

Irina joins Cassandra in picking which food to eat.

Irina: "Have you thought of what I said?"

Cassandra has a flashback of talking with Irina.

Irina: "Could you at least tell me what's going on?"

Cassandra goes silent at first then takes off her shirt, revealing her bra and several burn marks around her upper body.

Irina comes to a shock from all the fatal burns.

Irina: "W-what? how did...?"

Cassandra: "Ashlyn did this."

Irina: "She...did that?"

Cassandra: "Look, it's not like I want to hate her, but if she can't get her little situation under control then you or maybe even everyone else might end up like this."

Cassandra puts her shirt back on as she attempts to back but Irina stops her by grabbing her hand.

Irina: "Maybe she didn't mean to hurt you...she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would-"

Cassandra swipes her hand away and stands still with her back facing toward Irina.

Cassandra: "Are you sure we can even help her?"

Cassandra walks away as Irina watches.

Back to real time.

Cassandra: "Whatever happened to hi?"

Irina: "Cassandra please, just give her-"

Cassandra gives Irina a deep stare.

Cassandra: "I gave her a chance. and now I'm a piece of charcoal."

Ashlyn enters the cafeteria as Cassandra darts her eyes to Ash, but Ashlyn gets startled and stays back in silence.

Irina: "Would even having a simple conversation kill you?"

Cassandra: "Honestly, probably."

Ashlyn stands next to Cassandra and Irina to pick up food.

Ashlyn: "H-hello..."

Irina: "Good morning Ashlyn, did you sleep well?"

Ashlyn: "I guess...could be better."

Irina darts her eyes to Cassandra.

Irina: "Ahem...I think you should say something, no?"

Ashlyn: "N-no need, really, I understand..."

Cassandra: "Do you?"

Ashlyn gulps in fear.

Cassandra: "Now, I'm no expert but don't think you think that saying you understand is a bit ignorant?"

Cassandra turns to face Ashlyn and slowly walks toward her as Ashlyn slowly walks backward.

Ashlyn: "N-no, I didn't mean-"

Cassandra: "YOU DIDN'T MEAN IT?! OH LOOK AT THAT SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T MEAN IT! THAT MEANS EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO NORMAL, RIGHT?"

The little girl enters the cafeteria as she hides under a table. Her vision changes to see Cassandra's body flowing blood. Her mouth starts to drool as she slowly approaches the 3 girls.

Ashlyn: "No, what I'm trying to say is..."

Cassandra: "WHAT ASHLYN?! WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY THAT WOULD MAKE THIS ANY BETTER?!?! YOU THINK ANYTHING YOU'LL SAY WITH HEAL WHAT YOU DID TO ME?!?!"

Cassandra PUNCHES the wall next to Ashlyn's face, leaving a small crater, and a small cut on Ashlyn's right cheek.

Cassandra: "HUH?!?!"

Irina quickly grabs Cassandra's shoulder.

Irina: "THAT'S ENOUGH!!"

Cassandra pushes Irina away in frustration.

Cassandra: "NO!! I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL I HAVE TO WORK...WITH...THIS...FUCKING...SLUT!!!!"

The word slut echoes throughout the Cafeteria. Silence falls.

Ashlyn lets out a single tear from her left eye.

A shadow slowly looms over both Cassandra and Ashlyn.

Cassandra: "Fucking now what?!...what the..."

Cassandra looks up to see the monster from the Maroon Suns return. She stands still as Ashlyn slowly tries to conjure her weapon.

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Jacob enters the smithy with a plate of food.

Jacob: "Mallory? everything alright? wha-"

He looks over to see Mallory lying on the ground and quickly picks her up.

Jacob: "What the hell happened?!"

Mallory: "Mmm...what day is it?"

Jacob: "I was gonna give you some food then I find you on the floor."

Mallory: "Sorry...I haven't gotten a good night's sleep for a while now."

Jacob: "Why?"

Mallory: "I want to help everyone in any way or else I feel like a sitting duck...I have to do something or I'll be a burden to everyone."

Jacob has a vision of seeing Elizabeth in her arms but returns to seeing Mallory again.

Jacob: "Help everyone, huh...sounds familiar."

Mallory: "It's what he would have wanted..."

Jacob: "What was that?"

Mallory: "Nothing...is that food? That isn't hard steel?"

Jacob: "Uhh, yeah, wait...what have you been eating?"

Mallory wraps her arm around Jacob's shoulder.

Mallory: "Just feed anything...please..."

Jacob: "Haha, okay, okay."

Jacob looks around to see the smithy dirty and messy with everyone's weapons lined up along a metal slab.

Jacob: "She's really been working hard, huh? you'd probably be proud of her, ay, Elizabeth?"

Ashlyn's gauntlets start to spark purple flames, catching Jacob's attention.

Jacob: "Flames? wouldn't that mean Ashlyn's trying to-"

"AAAAAAHHHHHH" The scream echoed throughout the void, it came off as painful and heart-wrenching.

Jacob: "THE FUCK WAS THAT?!"

He tries to run but realizes Mallory's situation.

Jacob: "SHIT!"

Jacob opens a rift and enters it into Mallory's room and places food next to her bed.

He places his hand on her forehead.

Jacob: "I'll be back, promise."

He opens a rift and enters it into the cafeteria.

Jacob: "THE FUCK IS GOING ON?! what..."

Jacob looks over to the right to see N and Jizzabelle with their eyes widened and standing still. He looks over to see Irina in shock and still with fear. Ashlyn is on all fours hovering over Cassandra on the ground with her back bleeding while the monster from the Maroon Suns is looming over them.

Cassandra: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU-"

Ashlyn opens her eyes as tears drop onto Cassandra's cheeks.

Ashlyn: "TRYING TO SAVE YOU IS WHAT I'M DOING!!"

Cassandra: "What...why...?"

The monster looks over to see Jizzabelle, N, and Jacob standing at the entrance.

Jacob runs to the monster until in close range.

The monster sends a wave of SLICES at Jacob but Jacob dodges as the wave of scratches continues to fly towards N and Jizzabelle.

Jacob: "SHIT!"

Everything goes slow-motion as Jizzabelle comes to a thought.

Jizzabelle: "This feeling...this pounding in my heart...the air being difficult to breathe...where have I felt this before?"

N jumps in and barely makes it in time as the waves of scratches slice up the school.

Jizzabelle looks down to see N on her lap.

Jizzabelle: "You...saved me? why....?"

N: "Cause you weren't doing anything!"

The monster looks at N as it sees a red aura surrounding his body.

Jacob: "You should really pay attention!"

Jacob PUNCHES the monster in its waist.

Jacob: "Twist"

The area Jacob punched starts to twist as the monster spits out blood.

Jacob: "Let's deal with this in a better environment."

Jacob opens a rift behind the monster but the monster breaks the rift like glass.

Jacob: "It broke the rift?!"

The monster moves and SLAMS Jacob head-first into the ground.

Jacob: "Fuck...going...dark...."

Mallory appears out of the rift from the cafeteria and summons a giant hammer.

Jizzabelle: "Mallory?!"

Mallory: "YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES."

The monster SLICES the hammer into pieces but before it can attempt to kill Mallory, N comes charging in and tries to shove the monster away but the monster is unaffected.

N: "Just...FUCKING!!"

N gains a sudden boost of strength and THROWS the monster into the cafeteria wall, causing the monster to CRASH into the cafeteria wall.

N: "haa...haa...haa...."

He looks at his hands to see dark red flames spit out of his fingers.

N: "Where did that come from?"

The monster comes back to consciousness and looks over to see N's giant red aura grow.

Monster: "Little...Draggy..."

N: "What?"

The monster CHARGES and GRABS N by the throat and crashes out of the school and falls into the blue and black void.

N: "FUCK!! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?! OH, WHO AM I KIDDING?!"

N and the monster fall from the sky and CRASH down into a tall building, breaking several floors until they hit the ground.

The monster comes walking out of the crater.

A shadow of scaley wings spread among the dust until the dust clears, revealing N bleeding from the head.

N: "What the fuck are you?"

Ep 37-End