"And then, what seems to be the last pair arrive, Nico, with a tall, hooded man that I don't recognize."
Malik "Ah, Zack! Hey there, recovering well?"
That's one tall hooded man, Zack Zaman, captain of team Chronos...
Makes you wonder if he was involved, was that the reason his team got defeated? And if so, could it be Ella wasn't even the killer but the target?
That line is ODDLY FUCKIN SPECIFIC damn near identical to the witness's testimony. So let's assume that Zack was involved yes? How does that play out?
We know Zack and his crew went toe to toe with "something" that practically hospitalized them. While I DON'T believe ELLA could've defeated Zack, what if what I was saying about the 7th was true, and it showed up and started slaughtering people there? Bear with me, here's my step by step theory:
1. We know Superhumans can sense others of their kind that pose a threat or even Monsters that also do so.
2. We also know that Ella was receiving almost "demands" from whatever was talking to her inside her head, the 4th perhaps?
3. The 7th (Dark Lord), along with MAYBE the 8th or whatever it's twin "Light" is sense someone with a deep connection to the 3rd and 4th (Ella). Entities which we KNOW the 7th seems to hate, so they go to the party together to end their enemy's spawn.
4. Ella senses this entity nearby, which is why she only warns Christine AFTER the fact that they are already at the party, hence Christine waking up at the scene after she is knocked out.
5. As the chaos ensues, the only people that should be there are her grade, as it's a graduation party; the teachers were probably nearby on campus, but not DIRECTLY in the midst partying, explaining why a bunch of the staff were still left alive but none of the children.
6. The chaos is detected ahead of time by Zach with however he figures it out, so he sets out to stop the rampage a little too late but still arrives none the less. The sudden deployment of himself against 2 of the Numbered Apostles leaves him outmatched, so he calls up the rest of his squad and they all get MAN HANDLED.
7. But it's not all bad, you see they do still manage to kill the 8th or "Light", which would explain the corpse of unprecedented strength that Xanthe used to give Tiffany her powers, and why the 7th now works alone. It is PRESUMED that the 7th also perished, but none of them know it's still out there.
8. Ella's reaction to the 7th later on confirms this, as she seems incredibly taken aback by mentioning how "It's just not possible..." with fear in her eyes. She KNOWS that the Apostles like the 4th are vessels that can't die, so why mention the impossible if it was over the death of the 4th in the Dead End? Unless it was maybe due to the instantaneous 1 shot of them, but it almost stuck me more as she recognized the 7th, perhaps from the Massacre thinking it was dead...? She'd have every reason to be afraid, as she'd have witnessed the carnage first hand, and would also explain why the 4th died instantly; it was caught off guard by the fact that it was still alive in the first place.
Sidenotes:
- Can someone remind me the line that mentions what half of the Apostles are "..."? Was the 7th in that range? Or what was the full line I can't remember but it may solidify the theory.
-Clark only mentioning her as a survivor may be due to him not having knowledge of what REALLY went down. It's very possible H.E.R.O wanted to keep under wraps the absolute failure of their most reliable Lvl 5 member being decimated along with their entire squad.
Thoughts on THAT theory anyone? What about you
vogelbeest do you remember the 1-12 line I mentioned?
. Overall, it looks pretty great.
