It had been a few days since the heroes encountered the horrors in the subway. Each had for their own reasons avoided bringing up what had happened, hoping to deal and cope with it in their own way.

They had returned to their daily routine, but the shadows of the countless people who died that night, along with the bizarre explanation from the stranger named Maria was too great to ignore.

"Do you buy it?" Frank finally asked the others. They had returned to all their old habits, including spending time together at Joe's bar. The trio finally discussed with each other the strange events. Rational thinking was out the window at this point. They couldn't deny to themselves the horrors they saw, doing so would be a lie, and too many people died in front of their eyes to be forgotten to a lie.

They had decided that they needed to learn more, they had to find out exactly what was going on. They had to talk with Maria again.

Frank remembered the way to the church, and led the others as they traveled through the streets of New York. It was approaching a late hour, yet the city still showed no signs of slowing down. It never really slowed down, there were always someone doing something.

As they zipped through traffic, Joe waved down Sam and Frank to pull over. He had seen someone he recognized. He wasn't sure, and he didn't want to scare the others, but he was sure he saw someone from the Subway that night. He followed his instincts and went in search of the man he knew as LeShawn.

Joe wasn't the only one to see something. Frank, keeping an eye on his friend as he entered a bodega, caught a glimpse of the back of a man, whose garb could only have been that of Michael, the kid raver. He was sure of it, Michael still had all the glow sticks on him.

Frank gave chase and Sam, not willing to be left behind, followed. They raced to the end of the block, where Frank saw Michael disappear around yet another corner. As he started to move off, Sam saw Dede, the raver girl and last to die, crossing the street as if nothing had ever happened. She chased after Dede, Frank chasing his sister, even though he was sure it was Michael he had seen.

Meanwhile Joe, expecting to find LeShawn, entered the Bodega's restroom. He caught a glimpse again of LeShawn as he entered a stall, and waited. A sense of dread was creeping in on Joe, he knew something was wrong but he was unwilling to press his luck. He waited patiently, trying to act normally, but was confused when a new person appeared and entered an empty stall, the stall Joe had watched and was sure LeShawn was in.

Frank and Sam looked for Dede but couldn't find her, nor Michael. They knew something bad was going on, and they decided to go back to find Joe. As they crossed back to where they started, Sam was bumped into. She looked at the hand and the person who apologized and recognized Dede. She stopped the woman only to see she was wrong, and the person who bumped into her looked nothing like Dede.

The trio reunited, sharing what they had thought they saw. They felt a chill amongst the three of them as they heard a little girl comment about the strange big doggie. All three looked on in horror as a pair of glowing eyes retreated into an unlit alleyway. The streets were unsafe. They needed to get to Maria fast.

They rushed to the church and came upon a surprised Maria. She had not expected them to have come to a decision so quickly. She had hoped they would accept her offer. The three of them filled them in one what had happened. Maria was not surprised. She knew that such a thing could happen. The creatures known as the Faceless, echoes of the living creatures, imprinted on the monsters that killed them, they were echoes of life made animate by evil energy. The faceless were a form of bait, luring innocent beings to force them to reveal their faces, so that the creature which made the faceless could appear and devour yet another prey.

It was when Sam mentioned that she had SEEN Dede's face that Maria started to worry. Only a souled human could become a ghost. Their spirit trapped in the world of the living unable to pass on to judgment. Maria made the horrible discovery that it was not the heroes whom the hounds hunted, but Dede.

Just then, a loud banging brought to the doorstep of the church Dede, a wounded, tired, dirty but still seemingly living Dede. Everyone jumped into action as the frantic and distraught girl was treated and medicated. She looked like she had been surviving in the tunnels, one step ahead of the creatures.

Unsure how Sam could have seen her on the streets if Dede wasn't a ghost, Maria shares that having a souls allows them to have great insight, some more than others. Dede being souled could have projected her need for help, or Sam somehow sensed her presence and saw someone who needed help.

Either way, their musings were interrupted as sounds of the creatures surrounded the church. For whatever reason, the creatures had returned, and they were above ground now, risking the lights of the city to go after their prey.

As the monsters circled and taunted, they called out to Dede, who sense that they were after her, that they wanted her. She knew she had drawn them to the Church, that she had once again put everyone around herself in danger.

Soon the faceless began attempts to draw the heroes to remote locations in the church. They baited them to leave not only Dede, but each other open to attack. Everyone tried their best to keep vigilant, but Dede's screams and turmoil only seemed to worsen the situation.

Their sense of being overwhelmed soon became a horrifying reality when darkness itself pushed in through the walls and closed in around them like slowly shrinking cage. As they tried to figure out what to do, they were all surprised at the calm that came over Dede. She understood what had come for her at least, and she thanked them. Dede walked into the darkness, reappear as she relived her death, then all of it vanished into the night.

As they all sat there dumbfounded, Maria, unable to take one more loss, pleaded with them. They had to help her. So it was decided. The trio would join the others, and they would do what they can, to not only save the quickly congregating souled humans, but also find a way to buy humanity one more chance at redemption.

But first, it was time to meet the others.