He defeats Holiday and takes him and the kids to G.U.N. Holiday hits Nolan with Fear Gas, allowing Revan to attempt to take over his mind, but Nolan fights back. Nolan finds Dillon, Zach, and Maddy being held hostage in the auditorium, working with Vanellope to save them. Carol Masterson contacts Nolan, reporting to have taken refuge in a secret hideout and deciding to aid Nolan in his mission. Nolan infiltrates Quahog, Elementary, which had been taken over by Holiday and his henchmen. The ghost of Revan appears and tags along with Nolan for the journey, with the latter ignoring him completely. However, he uses Formula Q to rid himself of his handicap, despite his promise to Danika not to use it. Nolan solves the first riddle and is allowed to enter his Sandcave and get his gadgets.
The Riddler has captured Danika, Angie, Luvbi, Eva, and Matthew Dimalanta, demanding Nolan to solve his riddles if he hopes to save them. Nolan returns to his house to get his equipment, but finds The Riddler has hacked his terminal. Nolan tells Crystal to go to Sector V and find Haruka, because her Parasite powers can fight Nightmare Toxin. Affright's visage appears and tells them that these very scenes are being broadcasted to every television network to give the world a negative view of the KND. The duo use the computer to see that other sectors have met with similar fates. He assures everyone that he has dismantled the Kids Next Door, so Nolan and Crystal head to Sector Q's treehouse to find the operatives have gone crazy with Fear Gas, which was seeping in from the branches. Affright appeared as a giant hologram, claiming to have acquired Horror's Hand and casting the world into eternal night. But it was not long before the day became night and Nightmares began swarming the world. Nolan meets Crystal Wickens at The Q, and they discuss hanging up the vigilante motif and letting the KND handle everything. Nolan follows his request and takes a rather dangerous route to school for the sake of Dillon's amusement, and his son then requests him to shoot some bullies with the Antikill bullets. Nolan wakes up to his son asking to drive him to school in the Sandmobile. After they go to bed, Nolan has a vision of someone going to see Taneleer Tivan, the Collector, wishing to see Horror's Hand. As he looks at news articles on his phone, he is strangled by a hallucination of Revan, but he shakes it off by the time Danika comes out. Nolan heads upstairs and hears his wife in the shower as he lies on their bed. His son and Vanellope are playing videogames. Nolan York returns home and hangs his Sandman attire up.
Furthermore, the Brotherhood of Evil represents the sleeping subjects (as they were frozen for 20 years). In the scene, Revan Bane Sidious represents Aurora, while Nolan York represents both Maleficent and the prince.
The story opens up with a rendition of "Sleeping Beauty", referencing the scene from the Disney movie where everyone in the castle falls to sleep after Aurora's death.