When everyone got to the church, Capricorn broke the spell that was over Meggie and she collapsed on the ground, and Mo tried to run over to her but Cockerel was holding on to tight. Mo thought fast and he kicked Cockerel in the shin, grabbed his knife, and was fixing to stab him when Cockerel grabbed his arm and pulled out a pistol so Mo dropped the knife. Teresa performed the same attack Mo had done, to the young man they called Stuttermeister. But it worked with him. When she was running over to Meggie, Stuttermeister shot her. When Capricorn got on his throne, Mo screamed and Capricorn had a large grin on his face. Then Capricorn said, "Men, chairs!" Silently, all of Capricorn’s black crows made row after row of chairs. Cockerel sat Mo down and said, "Flatnose!" and waving motion with hands and Flatnose through him two velcro straps. Cockerel strapped Mo down and then, out of nowhere, Basta swung open the doors to the church and everyone gasped except Capricorn and Cockerel. "Capricorn! I have a bone to pick with you!" Basta yelled. Then the Magpie walked in after him and ran over to Teresa and nursed her back to health. "Mom, dad, what are you doing here?" Nikki asked, and since they were in such a large church room the echo made her sound like she was yelling.

"Nikki," the Magpie said, "be a dear and take care of Meggie over there?" and she pointed toward Meggie, who was still lying on the hard church floor.