AWhen Celeste is unable to shut off the transmitter that is sending the devolved vampires to the downtown area, Derricks orders Kovak at gunpoint to give them the code, but he refuses, claiming that he would rather die than fail. To prove a point, Kovak shoots Celeste, forcing Harker to make the decision to either let her die or let Nikolai turn her. Harker chooses to turn her. Celeste then turns the tables on Kovak and threatens to turn him into a vampire, the one thing he hates worse than death, if he doesn't give her the code. Kovak relents, and Celeste is able to reverse the transmitter and send the subspecies flying back to the Vampire Relations building where they have placed several C-4 bombs on the roof. Derricks then handcuffs Kovak to a bookcase and gives him the detonator. The vampirzhiyas then leave the building. When the creatures break down the door and advance on Kovak, he presses the detonator, blowing up the top floors. In the final scene, as Derricks, Nikolai, Harker, and Celeste watch the VR building burn, they agree that vampires and human will continue living side-by-side for now, but none of them can predict for how long. As the sun comes up, Nikolai and Celeste go inside. Derricks joins them. Harker takes one last look at the burning building and follows.