at the hospital, kevin arrives with the rest of the liberty snots, and demands to see leona and his unborn child, or the group will attack the hospital. during this time, henry is beaten by a shadowed assailant, who wants his deadliest weapon. lindo asks suzy to watch over collette while she goes to the hospital. at the chick'n go, collette mentions that she believes the water of tranquility acts as a fountain of youth. mayor fury arrives and has a fight with suzy, because he wants to protect traquility's secret. he is scarred by hot grease, but punches suzy, who calls lindo, who has quelled the snots' riot by letting kevin see leona at the request of kyle truegood. wondering how she can go against fury, henry, who has made it to the hospital, reveals that he knew kevin's secret word, something he lied about when asked days prior. saying "hecatean", kevin becomes the much younger and mightier maximum man. however, leona reveals that articulate's killer was not the mayor, and across town, colonel cragg approaches bad dog with henry's bomb and tells him he has a heroic side and a darker one he can't quell. bad dog believes he has to beat some sense into his best friend.