The chapter opens with a flashback to the events of the previous chapter, in which Coy explains how he and his men managed to escape from the clutches of the vampire. Coy tells the reader that all of his men have been killed, and that he and the vampire are now in the middle of a battle between the white men and the black men. He tells the audience that he has called the cops and is waiting for them to arrive, but they have not yet arrived. He says that he is certain that they are surrounded by "the white cloaked people" and that the vampire must be returning to his original form. The vampire, he says, must be in the form of the frozen body of a man who came to him from the underworld. The text that Coy receives from Salem, the vampire's servant, confirms Coy's suspicions. Salem tells him that the body is that of the "frozen body" of the man who had come to him in the underworld and that Coyle is still mocking him and cracking jokes. Coyle replies that he came to the garden to "play fair," but that he had to "get the cavalry out" of a forbidden toy box. He asks Salem if he can talk to his fis to stop the "mocking" and "cracking stupid jokes," but Salem says that they can't talk to each other because they are both in love with each other. She says that if they were to "fly solo" on this one, it would be too bad, because they would drag everyone else along with them. She tells Coyle that she will have to kill him if he has to do it again, and