Marcus walks into his house, and into his room looking very tired and distraught. His parents walk into his room to check on him, his Mom asks him if he is ok, that he has been acting strange since the bombing and says they are there to help them. Marcus sighs deeply and tells them that since that day he has been keeping a secret and decides he needs to tell them. He tells them the story of what happened, explaining that he has horrible nightmares. (Shows flashbacks of him being held by DHS while he tells story). His parents are shocked and do not even know how to react, but comfort Marcus and apologize to him that he had to go through the ordeal. They say that they need to think about it for a while and they will talk about what to do as a family the next night.

Marcus gets up the next day and goes to school, doesn’t really pay attention, looking at the clock all day until school is over.

Scenes of both of Marcus’ parents getting pulled over in cars and put in hoods and then into white van. Then cut to them being questioned in a jail cell by severe haircut woman, where she says that if they do not tell her who their son hangs out with they are going to kill Marcus. They say that he spends most of his time with his friend Jolu and his girlfriend Ange.

Walks home.

When he gets home he walks in and the house is totally torn apart, and he can’t find his parents anywhere. Then he goes into his room distressed and after trying to calm himself for a few seconds he opens his computer. On the screen is typed a message from the DHS saying they have taken his parents, and if he wants to see them again he has to turn M1k3y in to them. They say to bring M1k3y to the DHS headquarters located about 3 5 miles from his house. Marcus is stunned, he doesn’t know what to do so he calls Ange. When Ange answers he says his parents are gone and she says hers are too. At that moment Marcus receives a call from Jolu informing him that Jolu’s parents have been taken as well. They both got the same note as Marcus also. The 3 of them decide to meet up in a coffee shop immediately.

Cut to them sitting at a table in a coffee shop. All 3 look really worried, and are silent. They all do not know what to do. Marcus says that it is all his fault. He says that he started this and now he has caused too much pain to his friends and their families, as well as his own parents. He decides that he is going to go to the DHS headquarters and just turn himself in as M1k3y. Ange and Jolu tell him that he can’t do that. He says that he has to. They keep begging him not to but he won’t listen. He decides that he is going to go in the next morning and tell the DHS that he is M1k3y. The 3 separate.

Cut to scene of Ange at night going to woman’s house and going inside. See from outside that they are talking, but can’t hear what they are saying.

Next morning, Marcus gets up, looking determined but very scared. He leaves and begins walking to DHS station. When he gets there he stands outside for a minute just looking around. Then, takes a deep breath, and walks inside. He goes up to an official, and says I am M1k3y. I am turning myself in. The official says to some other uniformed people to put him in a van and bring him to Treasure Island immediately. He is sitting in the van for a while just staring down. Then they get to a dock, with a boat tied up waiting for them, already running. They grab Marcus by the arms and begin to walk him to the boat. Right as they are putting him onboard a police car speeds up with its sirens on and comes to a stop. Two officers get out and run up to the boat informing the people onboard that Marcus is to be taken to the prison in town, and that the DHS no longer has any power in California. Marcus is amazed and asks what happened. The officer shows him a newspaper with the headline “DHS: Worse Than Terrorism”. Marcus is confused but overjoyed.

Cut to scene of Marcus in jail cell, and Ange and Jolu walk in. Marcus asks about what is going on. Ange tells him that after they left the coffee shop she talked to her aunt, who knew people in the governor’s office who wanted to stop the DHS. When she did that a story got published in the newspaper and the governor was able to declare that the DHS no longer had power in California.