vheed44

Ive been there and it sucks, what u have to do is re-load the last saved game before you enter the academy, then go and enter the academy again and when the handmaiden tells you to give up your weapons do not immediately say yes, keep the conversation going for a while by saying no over and over and eventually give in. after that a load sequence will come and your friends will be in the cages and not still standing behind you.