Clare is grabbed during a chaotic scuffle while Jason steps in to protect her. Onlookers shout to stop and to let Clare go; Miles is told not to worry. The attackers shove Jason, taunt his resistance—"You dare fight back? Clare is in our hands."—and issue violent threats: "Kill him and get out of here!" One assailant even boasts he would have killed Jason if not for inheriting the Lambert family. The kidnapper then escalates to bargaining and orders, "just hand over the Master Token." The episode ends with Jason forced to choose whether to give up the token or risk Clare.