Back outside, the doors lead to an underground basement opened up. Troy headed out and sealed the doors shut with his magic. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared off into the horizon, amidst all the mayhem surrounding him. He placed his hand behind his ear, listening to all the chaos ensuing inside Streterra.

“Sounds like Lauren’s done a fantastic job over there. I like the sounds of that.”

Just then, Aoguro showed up again to give Troy a report.

“Aoguro, weren’t you supposed to be watching over Glenda?” Troy asked. Aoguro whispered in his ear, and he nodded. “I see, so that’s how it is. Well then, I guess it’s time to stir up more chaos!”

Troy made a portal appear on the ground while a bunch of Benjamin clones marched in a single file line towards the school.

“Do you still have that spell book I lent you?” Aoguro summoned the book from thin air, landing on his head. “Yeah, that’s it.” Troy reached over and took the book from him.

Just as he was about to open it, however, the windows behind him broke. Two people and a hamster jumping out got his full attention. He didn’t have time to react as the trio landed on him, knocking the book from his hand.

As everyone gained their composure, Harry looked over and ran over to get the book. “Hey, look, Master!”

“Oh no, my book!” Troy exclaimed.

“Your book?!” Benjamin cried.

“Ao, get my book!”

“I don’t think so; Harry get to it!”

Harry and Aoguro rushed to snatch the book away. As they jumped towards it, the object moved away and levitated.

An aqua-colored arrow attached to the book slowly moved over to Isabelle, who stood there the whole time. She got out her laptop and re-activated it just in time.

“I got the book!” Isabelle declared proudly.

“What? No!” Troy shouted.

“Way to go, Isabelle!” Benjamin cheered. The boy then realized that he never thought he’d say something like that in his life, especially not to a human like Isabelle. Benjamin turned and noticed the girl gave him a silly wink as a response.

“So, this is the book that Troy guy’s been using, huh?” Isabelle said to herself as the book drew nearer to her with a more serious expression on her face.

Aoguro floated over to sneak up on her and steal the book right back. Harry looked over and noticed what he was about to do and pounced on the Pilkon. Aoguro moved to the side and caused the hamster to topple over.

Harry got back on his feet in no time and leaped from behind, trying to stop the Pilkon, but only ended up dragging him and impeding his progress.

“Give me back my book!” Troy exclaimed as he shot dark matter at the girl.

Isabelle quickly pressed another key on her laptop and deflected the magic with her shield. Benjamin stepped in and blocked the way so Troy could not approach Isabelle. Finally, the arrow disappeared, and the book fell onto Isabelle’s lap.

“I wonder what’s in this book that’s so dangerous...” Isabelle set the laptop down gently and opened the book.

“No, don’t—!” Troy tried to stop her, but he was too late. The girl had opened the book, and a purple aura scattered around the area.