 Nault and Lenore are taken hostage and taken to a base where Hillman's counterpart is waiting.Papillo reveals that he and Hillman, who came in contact with each other during Hillman's experiments to breach the dimensional barrier, intend to collapse the barriers between the two worlds to bring them together so that science and magic can come together as the survivors of the two worlds learn from each other; the drug dealings simply provided the necessary finances to gather the equipment.Although Papillo begins the ritual, Hillman and Papillo are killed when Nault intervenes.