In the Downworld, en route to the Lighthouse, Jay and friends are captured by pirates and Flash disappears. In the Upworld Val is forced to go to a lawyer to have Brad declared legally dead, in order to pay for Jay's treatment.

In the Upworld, Val takes the insurance company to court and must testify that she believes Brad is dead. Meanwhile, in the Downworld when Jay meets the pirates again, they convince him to go inside a giant clock that transports him to a middle-world where his father is alive.