"brothers in arms."

"brothers in arms." is the fifth and final episode of the second season of "My Virtual Escape", and the thirteenth episode overall. It premiered on February 24, 2018 on StoryFire.

Description
John and the Brotherhood launch an all-out attack on Isaac and Arachnid, meanwhile Elijah attempts to take out his target.

Plot
The episode begins with John rallying the brotherhood. He tells different brothers to go after Arachnid and Rebekah, but tells them that Isaac is all his. They then head off to find Team Piece of Shit, and kill them once and for all.

A while after that, Isaac is heading out to join the fight, but is stopped by Michael who warns him about how dangerous the situation is. After arguing for a bit, Isaac brings up that his father is finally in his corner, and Michael immediately gets out of his way. Isaac continues to where he was going, and eventually arrives at Arachnid's house. He calls out for Arachnid and hears a voice, but it isn't Arachnid's, it's John's.

Meanwhile, Arachnid is cornered by the brotherhood and readies his nunchucks. They decide to let Gingy lead the attack, but Arachnid makes quick work of him, killing him with only a few hits. After a few other brothers try and fail to take down Arachnid, he takes out his pistol and shoots two brothers, (one of which, Tiny, surviving) then runs off with the rest of the brotherhood following him.

Back at Arachnid's house, Isaac and John begin to fight, and after Isaac knocks him out with one of Arachnid's weights, he picks up John's gun and is ready to finish him. Before he can pull the trigger, though, he hears Joseph calling for him in the real world, so he knocks John unconscious and runs to Arachnid's bathroom to log out. A distraught Joseph brings him to the living room and tells him that Mary Two has cancer. He is affected by the news, but he has to put it behind him as he logs back into E.V.E. to rejoin the fight.

Once logged back in, Isaac drags the unconscious John into Arachnid's shed. He then grabs John's shotgun and meets up with Arachnid, shooting two brothers who were chasing him in the process. The two then begin holding off the brothers until they run out of ammo and are forced to split up. Arachnid stays takes on 3 brothers with his nunchucks, while Isaac runs away being chased by 3 brothers. After taking down the chasing brothers with his hammer and continuing to run, Isaac is cut off by two more brothers who are about to shoot, but he is rescued by Rebekah when she kills them. He continues running, but is stopped in his tracks by a reawakened John who shoots him in the shoulder, and chases him to a lake alongside two brothers. Moments before John has the chance to kill Isaac, Malachi takes off his mask and shoots John and Jesus. He tells Isaac that he survived being shot in the kneecaps, then stole enough of the brotherhood's XP to reach level 10. Isaac then turns around and looks into the reflection from the lake to log out.

Meanwhile, Arachnid is fighting the three brothers when he his shot by Elijah. With the last bit of his strength, he kills one more brother before the remaining two run off in fear. He then collapses on the ground in pain as he hears Elijah's voice behind him. He crawls for one of the dead brother's pistol, but is shot in the back of the leg. He finally reached the gun and shoots Elijah in the chest, knocking him on his back. Arachnid then eats some XP and gets up, ready to kill Elijah, but his gun has ran out of ammo. Just as all hope seems lost, Arachnid hears a gunshot and Elijah's laughter comes to a stop when he sees Michael holding the golden gun with a smoking barrel. They exchange glances, then Michael leaves.

Later that night, Isaac goes over to his Great Aunt Martha's house to look after her. Isaac is in a much better mood than the last time he was there, and the two begin to talk about Mary 2's diagnosis and how Martha's family died. Eventually, Martha asks Isaac to let her overdose on pills, so Isaac has to decide whether he wants to bring her home, or ease her suffering.

StoryFire Prologue
The calm before the storm…

Everything is still. Mary 2 is trying not to throw-up. Joseph is looking at the news on his phone… while Isaac is still in VR. Suddenly, the phone rings. Joseph has a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach… it’s probably not as bad as Mary 2’s though.

JOSEPH: Hello?

DR. LAZARUS: Hi, is this Joseph?

JOSEPH: Yes, this is him.

DR. LAZARUS: This is Dr. Lazarus with New Haven Hospital… I wanted to know if you had a moment to go over some recent test results.

JOSEPH: Thanks for contacting me, Dr. Lazarus. Is everything alright?

DR. LAZARUS: Well, I would like to speak to Mary. This is the phone number she provided. Is she around?

JOSEPH: She’s actually tied up at the moment… Still feeling under the weather. I can relay any information to her.

DR. LAZARUS: Generally, unless you two are married… I still would need to talk to her directly, despite your number being the primary contact information.

Joseph starts to get agitated with the doctor… Mary 2 yells from the bathroom.

MARY 2: Is everything alright, Joey? Who’s that on the phone?

JOSEPH: It’s the doctor! Did you hear Mary yelling from the bathroom? She’s right around the corner. I’d prefer not to trouble her right now. Can you just provide us the news? You’ve known my family for years. I’m assuming everything came back clean.

The doctor hesitates...

DR. LAZARUS: Joseph... I really need to talk to Mary. Or perhaps... maybe it would be best if you both came in.

JOSEPH: Why would we need to do that? I just told you she’s feeling under the weather...

DR. LAZARUS: Because Joseph... It’s what came back on the scans... this is EXTREMELY important. You might want to bring your son in as well. I know your family has been though a lot, but I just want to make this as easy as possible for everyone.

Joseph is silent...

DR. LAZARUS: Joe? Are you there?

JOSEPH: Yes.

DR. LAZARUS: Please come to the hospital... As soon as you can.

JOSEPH: *hangs up the phone* Mary! We’re going to the hospital. Let’s go.

MARY 2: Is everything alright?

Joseph ignores her and walks to Isaac’s room.

JOSEPH: Isaac! We’ll meet you in the car! We have to leave!

He hears no response. Joseph opens to the door to reveal Isaac in VR.

JOSEPH: Motherfucker.

Joseph slams the door, grabs his keys and drives off to the hospital with Mary 2.

Their lives are about to change forever...

Characters

 * Isaac Kalder
 * Arachnid
 * John
 * Gingy
 * Judas
 * Jesus
 * Miguel
 * Solomon's Unnamed Brothers
 * Michael
 * Joseph Kalder
 * Mary-Two
 * Malachi
 * Elijah
 * Great Aunt Martha
 * The Overlord

Trivia

 * The episode's title refers to Solomon's brothers being armed against Isaac, Arachnid and Rebekah.
 * This is currently the fastest growing episode, reaching one million strikes on StoryFire in just under a month.
 * As of this episode, Mary-Two has cancer.
 * This episode has the highest amount of votes for the whole series, with approximately 7,000 voters.

Soundtrack

 * "Don't Have Doubt" - Juliette Reilly