An armed standoff opens when Jason presses a knife and demands who will control the Lambert family — “this loser or the Lambert family?” A bystander shouts, “Put the knife down!” Clare refuses to surrender and insists she’ll take a beating rather than let anyone seize the Master Token first. Someone warns Jason that reinforcements are moments away and offers to spare him if he stops. Jason laughs off the warning and says they won’t last until help arrives, leaving Clare and the others facing an immediate, dangerous choice.