Miguel, the Reaper, and Prometheus walk back into the bus with everyone all fine.
"Guys! Thank God, you're fine!" Anna hugs Miguel, who hugs her back, somberly.
"Where's Happy?" asked Athena.
"I'm so sorry," said Miguel.
Anna's eyes quiver.
Everyone's eyes quiver.
"How?" asked Athena. "How did he-?"
"His body was... crushed to pieces..." said Miguel, as everyone tears up.
Athena gathers her clones, turns into a humanoid made of her tiny ant clones, and pushes him against the wall.
"THENES!!!" roared Anna.
Athena's clones began strangling him. "He got... Happy... killed..."
"You think I didn't care..." whimpered Miguel, as Athena pushed against his neck even harder.
Athena's eyes quiver.
Miguel growls and grabs Athena's arms, kicking her away and transforming into an Aswang.
The pair exchange attacks and strikes.
"Guys! That's enough!" yelled Anna. "GUYS!!!"
While they both prepare strikes, Anna screams.
"ENOUGH!!!" she yelled, causing a massive vibration of the dimensional space as they crash to the ground.
Quantum strings around them vibrate like guitar strings.
Anna's eyes glow pink as the quantum strings vibrate around them. "Please... I'm pregnant... I suggest we pull ourselves together... Please..." said Anna. Anna suddenly depowers and faints.
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"ANZ!!!" Miguel catches her. Miguel brushes her hair. "Anna..."
"What happened!?" asked Jedan.
"She's preggers," said Pro.
"Aw!" smiled Jedan. "Wait, shit. She just fainted. IS OUR BABY OKAY!?!?"
"YEAH!!! IS HE AND/OR SHE!?!?" asked Lord.
"Daring of you to talk about our baby like that..." said Miguel.
"Yes. Indeed it's daring of me to be worried about our baby like that," said Jedan.
"Goddamn it..." sighed Prometheus. "It isn't like it's yours... Or yours, Lord."
"We know..." said Jedan. "But we're still her uncles!"
"Yeah! Uncle Jed and Lord."
"Holy shit. We're uncles, Gerard," said Fred.
"I DON'T CARE!!!" roared Athena. "You got Haps killed!"
"He tried running to him," said the Reaper. "We were all too late." Reaps tries placing his pinky on her shoulder but Athena pushes his hand away.
"Why would I still help you!?" asked Athena, angrily.
"Because Happy kept us all alive to continue living as a family..." said Miguel. "He died for this family to continue living... He paid for my mistakes..." said Miguel. "And I HATE myself for that... But if you're gonna turn on us for this... Happy wouldn't be feeling his namesake anymore... I saw his ghost. He accepted my apology. Just... drop it."
"That doesn't change that I'm mad at you."
"Then be mad. That's... valid..." said Miguel, as Athena's clones walk away and her clones continue flying the bus.
Miguel bows his head, gritting his teeth while carrying Anna.
Later...
Miguel depressingly carries the sleeping Anna, who rests her head on his lap.
The Reaper sits beside Miguel.
"Is Athena still mad?" asked Miguel.
"She's cooler... now..." said Reaps. "How are you guys holdin' up?"
"Anna's sick..." said Miguel.
"She's going to give birth to an egg. If she can't regenerate like she does now, she might even die. The egg is black in color. It'll tear her apart. With enough Promethean medicine, she'll be-..."
"I'm... sad... heartbroken... grieving... hating myself... but most of all... I'm afraid..." said Miguel. "I'm going to be a father... How long has she been-?"
"Judging by how she looks... A month..." said the Reaper. "In two months, she would be giving birth."
"Do we still go to school?"
"Up to you. Athena and I could take care of the baby while you train and fight..." said the Reaper.
"What's her life gonna be like?" asked Miguel.
"It's a girl?" asked the Reaper.
"Anna said so..." said Miguel. "I'm weak."
"No. The problem is you're strong... you want to be stronger to a fault... And you got Haps killed because you thought you could take the Vamp King by yourself."
"I thought you weren't mad."
"I'm not. I'm disappointed."
Miguel begins to cry.
"You're at fault for your greatest strengths, kid," said the Reaper. "Drill that into your head."
Miguel smiles and pretends to drill at his head with his finger. "Bzzzzt..." But, he tears up. "I'm so, so sorry..."
"It'll be alright. We all forgive you," said the Reaper, hugging Miguel. "Of course, it will."