Rosabelle is in the Emotional Garden, where she has been sent to reflect after trying to kill an inmate. She is now being accused of ransacking the cell of the man she tried to kill, but she insists she didn’t do it. Rosa thinks about who might have done it and why, and she wonders if the man was taking care of the vial she is looking for. She thinks back to the day she tried to kill him, and how James quickly acted, healing the man with his powers. It made Rosa wonder if James could do the same for Clara. Still, she reminds herself that James is skilled at winning people over, and he should not be underestimated.

When James arrives, he assesses Rosa and believes she would fully admit to the murder if she had been responsible. Without proof, he sees no need to punish her. James also believes the man may have been intoxicated, even though no alcohol is allowed at the rehabilitation center.

James takes Rosa back to her cell and she asks him about a kite pin that he wears. James says he will start answering her questions when she answers his, but this only causes Rosa to retreat into herself. She believes her destiny lies with the Reestablishment and that she does not deserve anything more.

James asks Warner why Rosa spends so much time staring at him, but Warner reminds James that she has a mission and does not love him. Warner wonders if James’s feelings are getting in the way of his goal, and quizzes him on various subjects that he should have learned about Rosa by now. When James cannot answer any of them, Warner thinks about replacing him.

Desperate, James racks his brain and remembers that Rosa once asked if the light in the Emotional Garden was real or artificial. When Warner points out that she’s likely trying to figure out how to escape, James feels foolish. He is then called back to Rosa’s room, as the man she tried to kill is now apparently trying to kill her.

Leon, the man Rosa attempted to kill, comes to her door in the night with a note he claims that she wrote, in which she proclaims her love for him. Rosa denies writing the note and asks to see it, but Leon isn’t well or coherent. He says repeatedly that Rosa proclaimed her love, and she notices a blackness snaking across Leon’s eyes.

When Leon reveals the note, it is black. He then reveals the glass vial that Rosa has been looking for. He says Klaus made him find it and then gives it to Rosa. He grabs her by the throat and picks her up.

Leon says that phase three is completed and tells Rosa she has to drink the vial. He informs her that she has been sent to the New Republic “to die” because she has traitorous thoughts and puts her energy into her sick sister. Rosa realizes that Klaus is speaking through Leon, though she isn’t sure how.

Leon tells Rosa that she must dig her own grave and bury herself alive, at which time her body will explode and release the substance in the vial. The substance contains a gene-editing chemical that will erase superhuman abilities from the population. Leon then disintegrates, his insides falling out.

A worker appears, horrified. She assumes that Rosa killed Leon, and Rosa realizes she no longer wants to be this person.

Rosa is unconscious, and she dreams of the time Soledad discovered she could shut down her vitals without actually dying. She uses this same ability now and wakes up in the morgue, terrifying everyone around her. James is opposed to killing Rosa, but Kenji believes she deserves to die. Rosa makes a plan of escape in her head, which Warner picks up on using his sixth sense.

Rosa stands up and grabs whatever instruments she can use as weapons. People circle her, and she defends herself by throwing things at them. She manages to hurt Kenji, but when she tries to throw a hammer at him, he deflects it back at her. Kenji reveals he has the ability to disappear, which makes it difficult for Rosa to attack him.

Rosa tries to tell Kenji she has no desire to kill him. She asks him to just let her go, but he adamantly refuses. James tells Rosa to drop her weapon, and when she does, she’s put in zip ties. The vial is taken, and James is tasked with walking her to maximum security prison. James tells Rosa that she will see a different side of him now that she has threatened and harmed the people he loves.

With a gun against her head, James takes Rosa to find some shoes, and they begin the long tunnel walk to the prison. Rosa tries to talk to him, but he attempts to remain cold, accusing her of acting and lying about having a sister. Whenever James looks at Rosa, his emotions start to get the better of him, so he decides not to look at her anymore. She tells him about her past, her parents, and her sister in an attempt to prove herself trustworthy. She also tells him she’s sorry but refuses to agree to abandon her original mission.

Rosa and James come to a ladder, and James has no choice but to release her long enough to climb it. She asks James to let her go back to Ark Island, as she plans to sacrifice herself by exploding in Klaus’s cradle. She hopes that by doing so, she can stop the entire plot and perhaps even save Clara. When James implies that he’s willing to help, Rosa declines his offer, believing it to be too dangerous. Suddenly, a sniper fires at them.

A sniper named Samuel has come to make sure James brings Rosa to prison. He immediately shackles Rosa in electric handcuffs. James can see they are hurting her and asks Samuel to turn the voltage down. Realizing that Rosa is about to be tortured, James picks her up. Warner appears and tells James to put Rosa down. He says that James will no longer have any part in what happens to Rosa. Warner then reveals that Hugo, Rosa’s father, is working for him and ready to “begin.” Rosa is taken away. She looks forward to having a place to rest while she formulates the next part of her plan.