(Flashback)
Clara put her phone back in her pocket. Shane was crazy to try and talk to Jocelyn. That girl was completely out of it. She made sure her hood was up and started walking. Suddenly, she felt like she was being watched. She wasn't in a busy part of Paris, in fact, she was practically alone. Her hand slowly went to her dagger and next thing she knew, she was surrounded by her father's guards. She gave a curse in french. "Language Clara," she heard her father say. He was on Snowball. The guards let him in the circle that surrounded her. Clara's grip on her dagger tightened. "Right, because me cussing is what makes you upset," she said rolling her eyes. Claude put his hand up and Clara bit her lip taking a half step back. "You freed the prisoners," he said, angry but calmly. "I did, what are you going to do about it? Yell at me? Slap me? Abuse me? I dare you to try. I am not going back!" "Quiet Clara! Don't get yourself in more trouble," Claude says, "Take her to the car." He signaled for the guards to grab her. When one tried, she attacked with her dagger. Others went to grab her, which she easily fought off her. "Don't even think about it!" she growled at the others. They backed up a few steps. Frollo stayed ontop of Snowball. "Don't make this more difficult Clara." "Oh give me a break. I am perfectly happy here away from you! Let me go now or I will force my way out!" "I was hoping it wouldn't come down to this," he sighed. Before Clara could react, she felt something sharp go into her neck. She let out a small cry and she fell backwards and a guard caught her. Her vision started to blur when she realized she had been drugged. She tried to move but she couldn't. Her dagger fell to the ground. Claude unmounted Snowball and walked up to her. He grabbed her dagger from the ground and put it in a bag connected to Snowball's saddle. Grabbing her chin roughly, he forced her to look up at him. "It doesn't take sinning magic to knock you out or weaken you," he said before letting her go. She was started to have trouble keeping her eyes open. "Take her to the car," Frollo ordered the guard holding her. Clara tried to fight but she still couldn't move. As she was being dragged to the car, her eyes closed and everything went black.
(Flashback End)
Clara woke up to her head screaming in pain. She let out a curse in french and sat up. Once her eyes adjusted to the light she realized she was in her old room in the mansion. She let out another curse this time louder. Her balcony door was locked and had a chain so she couldn't just lockpick it. Her windows had the same type of thing. She opened the drawer to her nightstand and gave another curse. "Well, my dagger is gone and my stash of pain killers are gone. Great..." she flopped back down on her bed, "This is worse than my hangovers... ow..." An ominous shadow looms over Clara. Clara sat up and cursed falling back. "Please have pain killers whoever is here..." she said putting a hand to her forehead. The shadow shifts slowly over to her. It slowly rises from the ground, becoming a shadowy figure with a skull mask. Clara sat up slowly. "Creepy much?" The figure removes its mask, revealing itself to be Shane. "What good is having shadow powers if I can't be creepy?" he asks. "Please tell me you have a way of summoning some type of pain killer...." Clara said flopping back down on her bed. "I might," says Shane. "Then give me. My body isn't used to drugs. I'm a drinker and the worst headaches I get are hangovers and this is worse," Clara groaned. Shane summons a bottle of painkillers and gives it to Clara. "Thank you." She got up and grabbed a bottle of water from under her bed. She downed a few pain killers and sat back down on her bed. "So, what have I missed?" "Not much," says Shane. "Aside from the obvious, of course. Everyone is worried about you and wondering where you are." "That's not surprising. Can we leave now? I don't think I can face my father right now," Clara sighed. "Sure," says Shane. "On one condition." Clara glared. "What now? I just want to get out of this mansion and back to where I have beers." Shane gets in Clara's face. "You're gonna have to kill Frollo," he says. Clara pushed him back. "You're insane, completely insane, and I know Jocelyn." "So what if I'm insane. You can't deny that killing Frollo is your best option," says Shane. "I give very little care to that. I can take this. I am not killing him," Clara said crossing her arms. Shane shrugs. "Oh, well," he says. He begins prancing around the room. "I guess you'll just continue to suffer. There's only so many painkillers in that bottle, y'know." "And there are more pain killers at stores," Clara said, "Can you just take me home Shane?" Shane shushes Clara. "Only, and I mean, only if you kill Frollo," he says. He starts to swing his cane around, nearly knocking things over in the process. "I will break that if you break anything in here," Clara said snatching his cane out of his hand and tossing it onto the bed. "And I am not killing my father. You may be able to kill yours but I am not able to kill mine." Shane sighs. "In that case, I should go." He grabs his cane from the bed. "Hey! I know what you're doing with that one, not going to work. Because if you do leave we have a bigger problem then me being stuck here. Claytin will do something stupid, he'll get caught and I'll be stuck in a corner so I win this one," Clara says getting in front of Shane. Shane chuckles mischievously. "Claytin? Do you seriously think he'll come to save you? After the many, many, many times you've gotten yourself into these kinds of situations? Don't be ridiculous," he says. "There's only so many times he'll tolerate your foolishness before he decides that he wants nothing to do with you anymore." He continues to "talk like a villain". Clara punches him in the jaw. "And I'll do that again." Shane simply shakes it off. "Anyway, just think about how incredible it will be to finally, finally get back at Frollo for the years of hell he's put you through. Only difference is that you'll give him no chance to suffer. You'll end him in..." Shane makes a whooshing sound with his mouth while lightly dragging his thumb across his neck. "...one simple strike," he says. Clara went and sat on her bed. "Even if I agreed to this, which I don't, my father has my dagger." Shane summons Clara's sword. "Well, there's always this," he says. Clara took it and placed it next to her, "Last I pointed a sword at him, I hesitated. Shane, I can't kill him. He raised me!" Shane continues prancing, saying, "That may be true, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he's done horrible things to you." He gets in Clara's face again. "Doesn't sound very fatherly to me," he says in a taunting sing-song voice. Clara spit in his face. "Get in my face again and I'll show you how it felt!" She pushed past him and looked out the window. "I grew up believing it was fatherly so don't go throwing that in my face." Shane cackles loudly. "Oh, you are a riot! How could you ever believe that so many years of abuse is fatherly? And you continuously go back to him as if he's done nothing wrong to you!" He falls onto the floor, still laughing. "I knew you were stubborn, but I didn't think you were so bone dead stupid," he says. "Right, I'm the stupid one. Get up," Clara said rolling her eyes. "But fine. I'll try. But if I am doing this, I am doing it with my dagger. If you can get it for me, I'll kill him." "Do you know where your dagger is?" Shane asks. "I've been out for who knows how long. it would be somewhere in the mansion. Probably somewhere in my father's room or study, somewhere I'm not allowed." Shane gets up off of the floor. "Guess that means it's time for me to be a creep again," he says. "Hurry up, once father figures out I'm up, we will have limited time," Clara said. Shane puts on his mask. "Which room is closer?" "Bedroom, his study is downstairs," Clara says sitting back down on her bed. "Got it." Shane phases into the shadows and makes his way into Frollo's bedroom.
Clara's dagger laid on top of his dresser. Shane shifts over to the dresser, then emerges from the shadows to grab Clara's dagger. He listens closely for anyone approaching. After he concludes the coast is clear, he phases into the shadows and shifts back into Clara's room.
Clara took her dagger in her hand. "To make this clear, any mental trauma I go through, it's all your fault," Shane smirks. "On the plus side, no more Frollo," he says."Yeah..." Clara tried to open her door. "Forgot it was locked." Shane takes Clara's hand. "We could always sneak out," he says. "If sneaking out means just going home, sure."
Shane snaps his fingers, teleporting them back to the house. "Did not expect that, I thought I was killing my father," Clara says giving him a look."Just gonna make sure everyone knows that you're okay first," says Shane. "Hey! Everyone, come downstairs!" he calls. The others came downstairs. Claytin immediately ran up to Clara and hugged her. "Jesus! No one said I was dying..." Clara says. "And this is why I am overprotective," Claytin said kissing her. Adrianna came up and hugged Clara as well. "Did you manage to convince her, Shane?" asks Charlene. "I sure did," says Shane. "And I gotta say. It was kinda fun acting like a villain." "I hope my punch leaves a bruise by the way," Clara says shooting him a glare. "I mean, it's not like I can't heal it," says Shane. Clara rolled her eyes. "So Helga's advice worked?" Adrianna asked Shane. "Sure did! It's weird, though. It all kinda came naturally," says Shane. "First of all, how do you know Helga Adri? I know of her but never met her. She doesn't leave the Underworld. Secondly, being a villain comes natural to villain kids. Just depends on what you choose to be. And trust me you don't want to be a villain. You would be an awful villain," Clara said, "Worse than Anna and Dawn." Shane rolls his eyes. "I agree with Clara on that one. I mean, look who you married," Claytin said gesturing to Charlene. "At least she was direct and didn't stutter," says Tina. "And, yes. I did tell them all," says Shane. Clara went to slap him but Claytin held her back. "So, did Claude get taken care of yet?" he asked. "No, and I still rather not..." Clara cut off when Delia, in her raven form flew in and turned into her human form. She yelled at Shane in german before she realized he wouldn't understand her. "Sorry, what are you two doing here? We can only keep the guards busy for so long! Emily is pissed! If you're going to do something, do it before Claude gets away! Jesus, Americans and French people, stupid." "Well, that's our cue!" says Shane. "We'll see you after this is over! Ready, Clara?" "Never, but fine," Clara sighed. "Alright," says Shane. He snaps his fingers, teleporting himself and Clara back to the mansion.
"You owe me big time Shane, I hope that is clear," Clara said sneaking through the hallways. "Yeah, whatever," says Shane. Clara got to her father's study door. She could hear him in there. She sighed. "Shane, I can't do it. I can't just go in there and kill him!" "Clara. Rule number three of being a villain: never show any weaknesses," says Shane. "Yeah well not a villain anymore, remember?" Clara said rolling her eyes. "And?" says Shane. "We've come too far for you to wuss out, Clara." Clara sighs. She looked to the door and sighed. "You stay with me?" "Hidden in the shadows, as usual," says Shane. Clara nodded. "Here goes nothing..."
She took a breath and opened the door. She went in and faced her father. "I see you got out of your room," Claude said. "Yeah... no thanks to you." Clara said, holding her dagger at her side, "You had me drugged!" "You wouldn't come willingly and I wasn't putting up with your misbehavior." "I'm nineteen! I am legally an adult! You don't have a say in my life anymore!" "Our family is not like others." "Family, because you care about family so much. You had mom killed! You abused me! You care only for your reputation and revenge on the Court!" "Enough Clara, go back to your room." Clara tightened her grip on her dagger. "Sorry, not happening." During their quarrel, Shane phased into the shadows and watched. "One simple strike, Clara. That's all it takes," he says. "Clara, I am not tolerating this today!" Claude said waving her off. "You tried to kill my husband! And you didn't even flinch!" Clara yelled, letting herself get angry. "I was doing what was best for you!" "Best for me?! I am happy with him! Happier than I ever was as a villain! If you cared for me even a little, you would let me go!" Clara took a few steps towards him angrily, "For eighteen years I had trusted you! I had listened! I was a villain for you!" "You will always be a villain Clara! You can't escape your fate!" "Don't you bring fate into this! I am not a villain and I never will be one again! You can't force me!" Claude slapped her. "I don't know which is worse, the fact you still let the Facilier boy cloud your mind..." "Don't bring Shane into this! This is between me and you!" Clara said through clenched teeth. "Or that you married a jester from the Court of Miracles," Claude continued unphased. "Don't bring the people I love into this father or I swear to God..." "Though your so-called husband won't be hard to deal with and I am close to stopping the Facilier boy from being around you." "Don't you touch them!" "It will be very easy to get them out of your life, for good," Clara screamed angrily and swiped with her dagger. She had slit his throat causing instant death. She turned and closed her eyes not wanting to look. Shane phases out of the shadows and immediately goes to comfort Clara. "You did it, Clara," he says. "Just take me home Shane, I don't want to see him dead..." she said. Her voice was abnormally quiet, almost like a whisper. "Okay." Shane snaps his fingers, teleporting them to the house.
Before Claytin could go up to her, she ducked past everyone and up the stairs. "She did it?" Roma asked. Shane nods. "One simple strike," he repeats. "Roma, be a little sensitive! I don't know if you noticed but your daughter, the one who did it, doesn't seem to be in the same happy state!" Clopin said. Claytin nodded in agreement. "Yeah, Ro. Time and place," says Verity.
There was a knock on the door. Claytin got it. A man in a suit stood there. "Does Clara Frollo live here?" he asked. "Who are you?" Claytin asked giving him a look. "A lawyer." "You've come at a really bad time." Shane removes his mask. "I'll speak on her behalf," he says to the lawyer. "I really need to talk to her directly," the lawyer said. Claytin looked to Adrianna. "Go ask your mama if she knows any lawyers quickly. Be gentle." Adrianna nodded and ran upstairs. "What's this about?" Tina asks. Before he could answer Clara came running down the stairs. "I swear to God! If you even try taking me back, I'll kill you!" she screamed. Claytin quickly grabbed her and took her dagger and passed it to Roma. "Clara calm down!" Claytin said, pulling her back. "Clara I am not here to cause any harm..." the lawyer said calmly. "Who the heck are you?" Shane asks the lawyer. "I was Claude Frollo's lawyer, well until not so long ago..." the lawyer explained. "How the heck did you find where I live?!" Clara asked. "It's still registered in her name," the lawyer said gesturing to Roma. "What do you want?" Claytin asks. "I need Clara to sign this," the lawyer said taking out a contract. "And why do you need her signature?" Shane asks. "Frollo didn't need a lawyer except for his will." "His will? He had a will?" "Well, not exactly. I just thought it would be best if his things went to someone and not the government. Being as Roma did legally die, all of his things go to you, Clara. The mansion, his money, Snowball, even the guards now report to you. You just have to sign. You can read over it as much as you like, this isn't a trick. I swear." Clara took the contract and read it over, then let Roma read it just in case. "Char, there is a pen next to you, pass it," Clara said taking the contract back. Charlene passes Clara the pen. Clara signed the contract and gave it back to the lawyer. "Now, get off my property!" she slammed the door in his face and went back upstairs.
Shane throws himself onto the couch. "I'm glad that's finally over," he says. "You going to go and talk to Helga? Didn't she say you could help choose Frollo's fate down in the Underworld?" Adrianna asks sitting next to him. "Of course," says Shane. "I'm worried about Clara. You think she will be okay?" Claytin asked. "She'll definitely be going through a lot for a while, but I'm sure she'll eventually bounce back," says Shane. Claytin nodded. Adrianna got up and went upstairs to go to comfort Clara. "I don't know why she is having so many problems. That man practically tortured her for eighteen years. I would have made him suffer," Roma said. "You may look like Clara but your minds work very differently, and you had very different lives," Clopin said. Shane places his cap over his face. "Well, it looks like someone's finally able to relax," says Tina. "Shane, once we get home, we will get a well-deserved rest," says Charlene. "Let's just hope Markus doesn't come out of hiding once he hears about Claude's death," Claytin said. "Mom won't let him. She has something planned, my brother isn't a coward usually," Delia said coming through the window. "I am sorry to intrude like this. I'm leaving soon. But wanted to give Shane a message in person. First of all, great job. We were starting to doubt Clara would do it. Secondly, Em is a little pissed so if she messages you, don't be late. But I think she'll let this one go. We got a report on something else we have to take care of. But you won't need to worry about that. We are sending others on that mission. We'll give details later maybe if you want but I am slightly in a hurry." Shane makes an "okay" symbol with his hand. Charlene giggles. "He's pretty exhausted from everything, so I don't think he fully heard you," she says. "Eh, I'll tell him later," Delia said before turning back into her raven form and flying away. "You guys can stay here tonight if you want. We've got plenty of extra rooms," Claytin offered. "Plus the Court always has room," Roma added. "We've got a restaurant to help out at," says Tina. "Verity and I are gonna head back." Claytin nodded, "Alright." Roma gave Verity a hug goodbye. Verity and Tina teleport back to New Orleans. "Hey, Clara. Wanna go out and grab a drink?" Shane asks. "I'm good!" Clara yelled back down from wherever she was upstairs. Claytin gave Shane a look, "I heard that right, right? She just said no for going out to drink..." "Jeez. This must be really messing up her head," says Shane. Claytin nodded in agreement. "It's weird for her. When she goes into this state, she usually doesn't do anything but drink. It helps her forget..." "Well, Shane was kinda the same after he killed his father. Didn't eat beignets for two days," says Charlene. "So I basically starved myself," says Shane. "You two have two very different mindsets. Clara got a lot of mental stability from me. This might go on for longer than just a few days at this rate. The best thing to do is force her to do things she says no to, otherwise, she'll go like this for months," Roma said. "Hear that, Claytin? You're gonna have to encourage Clara to drink," says Shane. "That will be challenging," Claytin sighed. "Well, don't encourage her to drink her life away of course, but if she refuses to go out and drink when offered, then force her. I don't want my daughter to die from alcohol poisoning thank you very much. Death isn't fun, I should know," Roma said rolling her eyes. Shane yawns. "Speaking of which, I should probably go and see Helga soon," he says. "Shane, you need to get some sleep," says Charlene. "Char, the sooner I see Helga, the better." Charlene sighs. "Claytin, where's the closest guest bedroom?" "Char, you have a room here remember?" Claytin said giving her a look. "Oh. Shane, did you bring the key?" Shane takes the skeleton key out of his pocket and hands it to Charlene. "Thanks, darling!" Charlene grabs Shane's hand and gets up from the couch. "Shane?" "I've gotten comfy and don't wanna get up. You're gonna have to carry me," says Shane. Claytin gave a short laugh. "Well, me and Clopin should get going..." Roma said. Clopin hugged Claytin goodbye and he and Roma left. Charlene groans. "Claytin, give me a hand with Shane," she says, struggling to carry him. "You two have a weird relationship?" Claytin sighed helping her. They bring Shane down to their room. Shane props himself up on Charlene. "Thanks, Claytin," says Charlene. "Yeah, no problem. I should go make sure Clara is alright, not to mention Adrianna," Claytin said. "Alright," says Charlene. She unlocks the door and carries Shane into the room. She lays him down on the bed. "Now, get some rest," she says. "Only if you join me," says Shane. Charlene chuckles while she removes her coat. "Alright," she says, laying down next to him. Claytin closed the door and went to go find Clara and Adrianna.