Karen begins a long slow torture session with the 2nd mass, in which she somehow manages to knock Hal out by kissing him, and Weaver annd Tom are tortured continually. She goes to torture glass, only to find out she's pregnant. She points the torture stick directly at the baby, and at that moment, the Red Eye skitter arrives.

A large battle of skitter on skitter on overlord takes place. The Red Eye skitter attacks the overlord and the two engage in what looks like a claw fight. The Overlord finally stabs the red eye skitter to death, but Tom intervenes soon after beating the overlord continually with his own torture stick until he dies.

Karen, the lone skitter survivor of the battle, escapes, and the Red Eye Skitter leaves tom a final message before death "Keep the fight going!"

2nd mass destroys the weapon.