The next few weeks consist of Alexis and Ike waiting to return to Nikkle, until one day...

Alexis: "(confused) My phone?"

Alexis pulls out a small smartphone from her back pocket.

Bell: "Good thing you all got a phone just before your junior year began."

Alexis finds a message from Nia.

Samuel: "Ethan been getting that feeling too?"

A\Ike: "(puzzled) What feeling?"

Samuel: "For some reason, Bell and I have been getting a strange feeling from who knows where."

Alexis: "We may have to go to Zero Fiction."

Ike: "If you are having a feeling, it may be that something is off in Zero Fiction."

Bell: "We are connected to it."

Samuel: "This may be Verse finally beginning to show up."

Alexis's family is currently out at the grocery store.

Alexis: "Well let's go give it a quick check."

All 4: "Zero Fiction!"

For the first time in over a year, time stops as they arrive in a twisted city.

Ike: "We may need to keep our guards up."

A green spear appears in Alexis's hand as claws of pure ice cover Ike's paws.

Samuel: "Zero Fiction should just mainly be empty space, this has to be Verse."

They hear a strange sound.

Bell: "That doesn't sound good."

They run in the direction of the sound.

Alexis: "I hope it isn't-"

They find a group of figures wearing black suits of armor.

Ike: "They're Soldiers, but their armor isn't golden like before."

Samuel: "These must Verse's Soldiers."

They notice Alexis and Ike.

Alexis: "Time for our first fight in a while."

Winds begins to blow from behind them.

Samuel: "Now we're talking!"

A mist forms around Ike.

Bell: "Let's do this!"

Alexis dashes toward a Soldier and performs a series of slashes.

Samuel: "We really are rusty."

The Soldier retaliates with a punch to the gut.

Alexis: "Here!"

Alexis stabs it through the head.

Ike: "Now for my fun."

Ike slashes the other across the face.

Bell: "Now to freeze it!"

The body begins to freeze up.

Ike: "Finished."

The body is completely frozen.

Samuel: "But the fact that Soldiers are returning with different armor definitely means that Verse has shown up."

Alexis: "And all that means is trouble."

They return to the standard realm.

Bell: "We actually need the group back together so we can begin to fight back."

Alexis: "Good thing we go back to Nikkle next week."

Samuel: "Let's hope Nia, Amanda, and the others are okay."

They wait for their return to where it all began.