Hey Kes, just in case I don't get to go back to R1, I figured I should lay out a few things that should have happened.
1. Liam would have ended up getting seriously injured (which is fixed, now, since healing robots, but this injury would have involved being unable to use his good arm).
2. Liam also would have started to fight his opponent, and then realized that it was way more beneficial to work with her.
3. Riddle in the catacombs (which I planned to have actually by the NYC sewer system) would have been solved by both competitors, because Liam recognizes when he's outmatched and can use help.
If you have any questions, note me.
(also Leif is ok, she deleted her account because she's working on being a ~real~ author and i'd imagine having a bunch of stories with Lucas on the internet when she's trying to get his canon story published would be a problem)