Zabel Franken (or Z in Esperanza's alphabetically sorted hierarchical order) is on death row for killing five people but claims he killed six and asks to speak to Doug Billingam to confess. He says that he killed A., Agapetus Kroyd, assumed head of the Esperanza organization and describes the location of the body. On the way to find the body, Doug and Kirill are attacked by B., Bamboo Man, and Zabel escapes in the confusion. Later, Bamboo Man and Zabel kill Ricky, a guard who helped Zabel escape, and Bamboo Man calls Zabel boss.