"Oh, what now?" Maleficent snarls.

"Hongjoong! Seonghwa! Mingi! NOW!" the figure snaps, throwing his hand out before him.

Three more figures burst out on all sides.

Yunho spins around, nailing Maleficent in the leg with a fierce kick. Then a short man with bright flaming red hair, a tall brunette man and another tall dark brunette man ambush the horned lady. One wrenches the staff from her hands and the other two grab onto her arms. The hooded figure paces forward, slowly lowering his hood back.

"Choi San...?" Maleficent snarls, spittle flying from her mouth in her anger as she jerks at the holds on her.

The short red haired man, who possesses the magical staff now, joins Yunho, whose chest is heaving up and down.

"Whoa, easy, Yunho-ah," the man chuckles.

"I'm fine Hongjoong."

With the hood down, a dark haired man with dark eyes stares at the wicked woman. A strand of hair dangles loosely over one of his eyes. "I am Choi San. And I'm none too happy that you kidnapped my Wooyoung and showed up bringing my friends into your wicked scheme. Just to get to me? Why? So you can destroy Wooyoungie and I?"

Maleficent hisses at him like a pissed off cat.

"I recognize you anywhere," San continues. "Mistress of All Evil. What has made you dip into the real world and terrorize ATEEZ?"

Maleficent glares at him, not speaking.

"Oh, so now you don't want to speak?" Yunho questions. "Maybe you will--" He reaches over and snatches the staff from Hongjoong's hands. "Talk some more now!" He takes the staff and with a roar, slams it over one of his thighs, breaking it in two pieces like a twig. "Talk, you evil witch!"

Maleficent screams in agony and glares at Yunho. "I should have killed you, you little brat!"

San whips out a sword from a holster on his waist and flings it out, aiming right at the horned lady. "If you threaten Yunho again..."

Maleficent eyes the sword tip. "You kill me and you'll never see your precious Wooyoung again."

Yunho tosses the two pieces of the staff to either side behind him and folds his arms across his chest.

"Actually," San says, keeping the sword trained on Maleficent. "I've already found my precious Wooyoung."

Maleficent's mouth drops open as two more people dash into the lobby, behind San. One of them stops, the familiar sight of Yeonjun. The other races for San and throws his arms around San's neck.

"I told you he'd find me!" Wooyoung squeals.

Maleficent roars with anger, her eyes flashing in and out of red.

Yeonjun puts his hands on his hips. "I told you that you'd never win. No happy ending for you yet again, dragon witch!"

Just then, Yeosang and Jongho, holding hands, burst from the hallway and skid into the room. The magic staff being broken in half, causing the thorn barrier to untangle and vanish, freeing the two men from the practice room.

"How?" Maleficent roars with fury, steaming coming off of her.

San loosens his stance to smile and say, "I saw you give Wooyoung the apple. But I couldn't get to him fast enough, so I sent Yeonjun to my place. He proved to be a good acting decoy. Though, I must apologize for all you went through aiding me in this, my dear friend." He turns to give Yeonjun a nod.

"It was a pleasure, anything for my good friend Wooyoung," Yeonjun says with a bow.

Wooyoung gives a chuckle as he continues to cling tightly onto San.