"fallen angel."

"fallen angel." is the fifth episode of the first season of "My Virtual Escape". It premiered on December 10, 2017 on StoryFire.

Description
Isaac joins Michael on a mission to track down a thief that overdosed on "XP".

Plot
The episode begins with Isaac telling Arachnid the truth about Solomon giving him 5 bags of XP, but despite telling the truth, Isaac is shot by Arachnid and goes unconscious. Leah comes into his room a few moments after, and she helps him regain consciousness a few hours later. Isaac tells her what happened which makes her angry since she told him not to play that game anymore. She then leaves Isaac to go to sleep, but he first eats one of the meth crystals Longbags sold him. The next day, Isaac wants to see if he can still log into E.V.E. after dying, and he can, so he decides to drink bleach since he can die multiple times in the game without dying in real life. Before he can drink it, Michael stops him because he was notified through the game that someone was inflicting self harm. He then asks Isaac to come with him on a mission, and Isaac agrees. They arrive at a treehouse where there has been an apparent overdose on XP. Isaac leads the way and finds an unconscious girl. When he checks her pulse, she reveals that she was faking the overdose, punches him, and takes his gun. She then runs off and Isaac tells Michael that he likes her. After their mission, Michael gives Isaac some extra XP in exchange for Arachnid's address since he is unable to track him like he would any other player. Isaac then logs out of E.V.E. and goes to get some snacks, but is stopped by Leah who wants to talk. They talk about how they both are ready to start dating, but unknown to Isaac, Leah likes him. He tells her that he found a girl in VR, so Leah drives away, upset. Isaac decides to go back inside to play E.V.E. and try to find the VR girl.

In the meantime, Michael arrives at Arachnid's house and takes a look around. Arachnid wants to skip right to the point, so he shows him that his XP stash was stolen, and all that was left behind was Isaac's hat. Michael agrees to look into it and leaves, but not without threatening Arachnid if he does anything to Isaac.

Isaac continues to search for the VR girl as Mother Sarah comes by for their session, but Isaac's door is locked and he can't hear the knocking through his E.V.E. helmet. Instead of wasting a session, Joseph decides to have a confession of his own. It goes well until Mother Sarah brings up his drinking problem that he used to have which angers Joseph, and he storms off. Mother Sarah then sees a glass of wine that Mary-Two had left out, so she takes a sip, and heads over to Isaac's room.

Unbeknownst to her, he is searching for the VR girl in E.V.E. He then hears a sound and turns around to see Malachi who is now rank 3. Isaac asks how he got the XP, and Malachi tells him that he stole Arachnid's XP and left the same-looking hat that Isaac wears. Malachi then shoots Isaac twice in the chest and leaves him to bleed out. While on the ground, he hears a dark figure with an ominous voice approaching him. At the same time, Mother Sarah just picked the lock to Isaac's door and sees him in distress with his helmet on. She now has to decide whether to intervene or walk away.

StoryFire Prologue
It was senior year of high school, Isaac and Leah were sitting next to each other in Mr. McMahon's class... learning about psychology.

MR. MCMAHON: It's called the *Flight-or-Fight* response... Basically, it's a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event. That's the last review question I'll be answering before the test today. Good luck, everyone.

ISAAC: *raises hand* So you're saying I could either leave the room or fight you right now, instead of taking this test?

LEAH: *laughs* Isaac!

MR. MCMAHON: Great example. I could also either kick you out of the class or give you a ZERO on the test. Actually, I lied... Those are two fight responses. Just try your best, Isaac.

Tommy takes the pile of tests from Mr. McMahon's desk and starts passing them out. Tommy approaches Leah with a test... He winks at her.

LEAH: *looks at Isaac smiling* Uhhhh, did he just fucking wink at me? LOL

ISAAC: I think he wants your dick, Leah.

LEAH: WHAT?! Shut the fuck up, Isaac.

ISAAC: *under his breath* Just make sure you angle that test a little more to the right.

Isaac winks at Leah sarcastically... Leah's heart skips a beat. Tommy goes to hand Isaac his test, but purposely drops it on the floor.

ISAAC: Dude, seriously...

Tommy keeps walking... stepping on Isaac's test that's on the ground.

ISAAC: You're a prick, you know that?

Tommy ignores Isaac, takes his seat... then flips him off.

ISAAC: *to Leah* Damn. your boyfriend over there us PMS'ing...

MR. MCMAHON: The talking needs to stop... Tests are out. Next person to talk is heading to the Principal's office.

Leah starts filling out answers like she's some sort of super genius. Isaac attempts to copy everything and catch up to her. She's going way too fast. Leah flips her test over, she's done. Isaac didn't see the last few questions.

ISAAC: Pssst. Can you flip it back over?

LEAH: No... The last few questions were open-ended. You can't copy those, he'll know.

ISAAC: Leah... c'mon! I'm gonna fucking fail this class.

Mr. McMahon stands up from his desk. He's like a bloodhound... He hears voices. Leah flips her test back over... Isaac can't read her handwriting.

ISAAC: Shit, dude. I can't read that shit from over here.

LEAH: Just use it as a guide, don't copy word-for-word.

Leah's phone starts to go off... It's her little brother... texting her non-stop because something's going on at home with their Father. Mr. McMahon walks over for a double-whammy.

MR. MCMAHON: You know you're not supposed to have phones out in my class, Leah. And Isaac... can you make it any less obvious that you're cheating...?

LEAH: I'm sorry, Mr. McMahon... it's just there's a lot going on at home and I don't-

MR. MCMAHON: Principal's office. No excuses. You too Isaac.

Isaac gets up and walks out of the classroom with Leah... it's business as usual for him.

LEAH: ISAAC! WHAT THE FUCK?! I can't fail that test!

ISAAC: Oh, stop... so you won't get an "A" overall, just a "B".

LEAH: Shut up, Isaac! I've never been to the office before... if my Dad finds out, he's gonna kill me! What's wrong with you, where you have to constantly-

Isaac throws his hand over her mouth trying to get her to be quiet. Leah starts to laugh and then tries to grab onto him.

ISAAC: LEAH! Just go down easy! LOL You need to relax.

LEAH: ISAAC! Are you trying to kill me?! Ahhaha

Isaac pins both her arms behind her back basically by hugging her. And then moves her up against the lockers.

ISAAC: Alright, you're in trouble now. I'm stuffing you in one of these lockers. Never to be seen again... You will eat textbooks for sustenance. A nearby teacher sees what's going on... horrified. She yells at them both.

MRS. MURSCHELL: You get your hands off her, you degenerate!

ISAAC: Lol... here we go.

LEAH: Mrs. Murschell... we're friends. He was just joking around.

MRS. MURSCHELL: That IS NOT joking around. Both of you to the Principal's office NOW!

ISAAC: LMAO, we're already going bitch!

Isaac laughs hysterically and drags Leah by the hand down the hallway to the Principal's office. Leah looks at Isaac... the crazed look in his eye... the reckless abandon. She loves every piece of it.

Another teacher enters the hallway... and talks to Mrs. Murschell.

MR. ROZANASKI: Everything alright out here?

MRS. MURSHELL: Yeah, just one of the senior punks messing with a girl out here...

MR. ROZANSKI: Pinning a girl? I thought I heard someone yell?

MRS. MURSHELL: Yeah, who do you think it was?

MR. ROZANSKI: *shakes his head* Sigh... Isaac Kalder.

Characters

 * Isaac Kalder
 * Arachnid
 * Leah Matthews
 * Michael
 * Rebekah (debut)
 * Malachi Samson
 * Joseph Kalder
 * Mother Sarah
 * The Overlord

Trivia

 * It is assumed that by this episode, the devil had taken Mother Sarah's soul.
 * The title of this episode has multiple meanings. It may be referring to Isaac suddenly falling in love with Rebekah, it could be in referral to the beginning of Mother Sarah's dark path as the story of the devil is that he was an angel before becoming a demon, or it could be referring to Arachnid's angel decoration that falls off his door after closing the it on Michael.
 * This episode is the longest episode in the series.

Soundtrack

 * "Most Likely to Fail" - Braiden Wood
 * "Inner Sanctum" - Kevin MacLeod
 * "Drizzle to Downpour" - Silent Partner