Vivian and Ivan find the hotel Victor and Kate are staying at and interrupt their wedding vows. Vivian is about to tell them that she and Victor are married, but she goes into labour. John's plan to capture the desecrator leads possessed Marlena to the church, where John has donated a religious statue. He finds Marlena in front of the statue. He misunderstands her being there, thinking that she's there to help him. She doesn't reply. As John turns his back, she attacks him. Ave and Mike arrive in time to save John. Mike injects a sedative into Marlena. John, Mike and Laura bring a sleeping Marlena back to her penthouse. Abe searches her bedroom and finds the black gloves and chloroform. They realise that Marlena is the desecrator. As Abe and John speak outside the room, Stefano takes Marlena from the bed.