Chapter Two

Premise
Out of weapons and pursued relentlessly by the masterful seven Hive Five, Darlene faces what may be her final confrontation.

Plot
A disinterested Riley waking up from her bed. After hearing her name called, she hears that some of her emotions have brought visits. When ahe went to greet them, he sees that they are mind people and, upon noticing they are making, orders them to leave. Some of Riley’s emotions then arrive to discuss the new design of a summer class they made for her. Much to their surprise, she says she doesn't care what they do and declares that he does not care about Hiro and Miguel, ordering the scientists to deploy the drone if it amuses them.

Out of view, however, Aku is seen talking to a psychiatrist (BingBong in therapist clothing), in which he expresses his concern about Jack. After Aku destroyed all the time portals, stranding Jack in the future, he hoped that old age would eventually catch up with Jack and kill the samurai. Unfortunately, the initial time travel portal Aku sent Jack through made Jack immune to the natural aging process, and Aku is now faced with the dreaded reality that he now has to co-exist with Jack for eternity. Nevertheless, he remains confident that someone will eventually kill the samurai.

Meanwhile, a white wolf is walking in the woods and, seeing a fork in the road, turns left. This is mirrored when Jack also hits a fork in the road and turns left. Both the wolf and Jack sense something is not quite right. The wolf is then pitted against three giant blue-green tigers who he fights viciously. Jack notices the extra large Beetle drone the scientists deployed and destroys it with one throw of his trident. However, he was being observed by an unknown presence following the large explosion of the Drone. Taking off on his motorcycle again, Jack fails to notice a trigger wire just as his motorcycle runs into it, causing him to crash as an explosion destroys his vehicle. When Jack gets up, he is quickly, yet brutally, beaten by a group of shadowed individuals. One steals Scaramouche's tuning sword, quickly using it against him and cuts part of Jack's beard off. He attempts to use his handgun, but it is swiftly destroyed, and this is soon followed with his armor and machine gun. Desperately, Jack makes a run for it after activating the last of his explosives to buy himself some time, as a sudden downpour begins.

Jack manages to find a hiding place in the destroyed Giant Beetle Drone. His doubt in his mind manifests as Jack in his prime, initiating a heated debate between Jack's two sides. The hallucination points out the futility of his battle, demanding that Jack give up and join their ancestors, since Jack lost the only weapon that could hurt Aku. Jack refuses, believing his attackers are nothing but "nuts and bolts", and that he's always found a way to overcome the odds no matter what Aku has sent to kill him; moreover, Aku himself hasn't been seen in years. The hallucination, expressing his desire for closure, begs Jack to end it all; through a crack in the metal, Jack sees the horseback figure haunting his visions, as well as a temple-like structure in the distance.

Choosing to make a run for it, Jack runs through the rain, feeling his intense focus kick in. Looking behind, he finally identifies his attackers: the seven Daughters of Aku in hot pursuit. Jack arrives at the ruined temple complex before them and hides while they split up to look for him. Failing to find Jack, the Daughters simply bide their time, melding into the shadows so they can wait for him to reveal himself. Jack tries to slip away, but is quickly caught and runs for his life as the Daughters regroup and chase him down. Barely managing to dodge the Daughters at every turn, Jack eventually arrives at the basement, where a large tomb with multiple coffins lie surrounding a skeleton upon a throne. The Daughters arrive shortly after and begin searching, eventually closing in on the coffin Jack is hiding in.

As their combined attack shatters the coffin Jack is in, he barely avoids the assault. Grabbing the skeleton's battleaxe, Jack attempts to defend himself but is quickly overwhelmed. The axe and the rest of his armor are swiftly destroyed, forcing Jack to flee. As he nears an exit, a member of the Daughters of Aku ambushes him and attacks him with her sword. Jack manages to disarm her, slitting her throat in the process. The Daughter of Aku collapses in death as Jack is shocked to see that she was bleeding. The Daughter's mask breaks in half, revealing herself to be human.

Jack is visibly horrified that he has taken a human life, but realizes that she was able to stab him in the stomach with a dagger, causing him to bleed profusely. Just as Jack notices she has his tuning blade, he hears the remaining Daughters of Aku approaching. Jack recovers his tuning blade from her corpse, and despite his waning consciousness from his injury, he manages to hit the hallway walls with his tuning blade. This causes the rocks to vibrate, culminating into a massive explosion as he falls into the river below, preventing the remaining Daughters from following. In the river, Jack is seen to have lost a great deal of blood while floating downstream.

Back in the woods, the wolf had managed to kill all the tigers, but is heavily wounded and remained unconscious.