At the IO Archive in New York, FBI agents Clark and Ludlum shoot the IO guards sent to kill them and leave for Sector 52. At Sector 52, the base burns as Warblade battles Puritan troops. Emp recovers the memory boards from the time machine, hopeful Halo can use them to retrieve the rest of the team. At Halo, Milos Tsabo and his assistant learn Emp is an alien. In France in 1917, Max and Olympia jump from the ambulance with its drivers just before it explodes. Max learns one of them is his great-grandfather, Frank Cash. Spartan destroys the aircraft that attacked them. Elsewhere, the Puritans trail Adolphus Koch, who is possessed by the Daemonite Lord Defile, and discover he is selling chemical weapons. Spartan detects the weapons as well and alerts the French Army. A battle ensues, and Frank throws himself on a grenade, sacrificing himself to save Grifter and Olympia. Sister Eve uses her powers to destroy the chemical agent. De Medici and her squad find their target, Koch’s assistant who is also a Daemonite, and use him to open another time portal. The WildC.A.T.s once again follow and soon find themselves in the Himalayas.