"Why should there not exist"

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***"Why should there not exist"*** is the seventh episode of KOllOK 1991.

## Synopsis

The Kollok Radar's adventures extend to multiversal madness.

## Plot

3PM. March 7th, 1991. The Kollok Radar waited, in shock, for their legal guardians to arrive at Jayna Grace's house with the Kollok Police Department. The town dropped everything to marvel at the destruction of the Grace House from beyond the police tape. The kids were viewed as heroes and, despite Agent Bucket's best efforts, the police and captive blamed the events on Jayna. The Bennetts were the first parents to arrive. Marcus' father entered the house, and returned with a look of fear and determination. He whispered to his wife's ear. Marcus' eyes scanned the crowd in horror.

Now, the kids found themselves in a spacious, white room. They do not remember how they got there. They don't know where they are. Their bodies have been scrubbed clean, and they are wearing identical white scrubs. All their possessions are gone.

The room is empty except for a long desk. There is a door at the other side of the room. A thick piece of plastic glass separates them from the desk to the door on the other side. They hear the noise of the door knob opening, making them realize that there are speakers in the room. Otherwise, they would not be able to hear through the thick glass. A tall, handsome man, wearing an open suit and carrying a clipboard, enters the other room. He sits down and addresses the kids.

The man introduces himself as Frank, a tech at Synchroneity. The kids are being held under quarantine, he explains. They believe that they may have been exposed to some "agents". Frank is vague about what the "agents" are. The kids express their desire to leave multiple times, and the desire to see their parents. They are told that their parents are outside and aware where they are. Marcus' mom was the one that notified Synchroneity of the situation. There is no definite time that they have to stay in quarantine. They stay as long as it takes for Synchroneity to run their tests.

Frank has been tasked to ask them a checklist of questions. He is interrupted several times before he can start. Skye finally asks him what his question are so he can begin. He says he already has all their personal information, so he jumps ahead in his questions.

"Are you currently experiencing migraines or dizzy spells?" he asks. They answer no.

"Do you feel any hotness or swelling? Any sort of fever of any kind?" They answer no.

"Have you been experiencing any visions or hallucinations?" They all answer no, except Marcus. Marcus asks for a clearer definition of "hallucinations". "Have you been seeing things, things out of the ordinary? Things you wouldn't consider normal?" Frank explains. Marcus mentions what happened in the dark woods to the others, but Skye says that she doesn't know what he is talking about. The rest do not answer. Marcus says that he might have seen visions at the Grace House, but he won't elaborate because it's personal between him and his parents.

Mickey asks, "How do we know that you're helping us?" Frank has no real answer. He says he can't even imagine the situation that they are in. Mickey becomes upset with the situation and that they cannot talk to their parents. Frank ensures them that their parents are nearby, they just cannot let them in because they are not employees. Skye mentions that her mother is an employee, and Frank says that her mother is aware and will be there shortly. Mickey mentions that her father works for Synchroneity, to which Frank replies "not technically". He works outside the premises.

Frank tries to continue the list, but Marcus says that he is getting dizzy and attempts to reach out telepathically to Agent Bucket. He says, aloud, that he needs a bucket and he might puke, forgetting that he doesn't have to speak out loud when contacting Bucket. Bucket informs him that he's been trying to reach out to him. Bucket tried to stop Synchroneity from taking them, and is trying everything in his power to get in and see them. He is unable to remove them from their cell like he forced them to remove him from his. He says they cannot trust Frank, but to collaborate in order to stay safe. Bucket asks them if they need anything, and Marcus asks for the original Jacob Jewell contract. Bucket says that he has it and he will bring it.

Marcus says that he's now fine and tells the other, in code, that they cannot trust Frank. Mickey refuses to answer any other questions, and says that she has a lawyer. Frank nervously explains that they haven't been arrested; they have been quarantined because they might present a danger to other people. Marcus asks what they hope to get out of the questions. Frank hesitates. Mickey asks what happened back at the Grace House. Frank says that is one of the questions and asks them to recall what they remember at the house.

Mickey continues to refuse to answer the questions, and asks what happened that they needed to be quarantine. Frank becomes increasingly flustered because he is not supposed to talk outside the scope of the checklist. He says that he is just a tech and doesn't want to get in trouble. Marcus attempts to cajole the technician into revealing what he knows and fails. Frank says that her knows his parents and will have to answer to them if he doesn't finish the survey. He expresses that he is not their enemy. He again tells them he cannot even imagine what it's like to experience what the did. Confusingly, Marcus goes into a tirade, asking the tech if he's ever experienced things like they've gone through. Marcus goes through the events in graphic detail, and is told to shut up by Mickey.

The door opens, Marcus' and Skye's mothers enter the room, wearing long white lab coats. They excuse Frank from the room and ask for his clipboard. Frank exits the room.

Neither woman is any more open than Frank was., but Dr. Hawkins does explain that they are under quarantine because they were exposed to things that no one should encounter. And they would like to know what those things were so that no one else has to live through what they survived. Dr. Hawkins asks Marcus what brought them to the Grace House. Marcus replies that they were trying to help with some cats. She asks "why". He says that he does not know -- some lady just went up to Billy. Dr. Hawkins presses for an explanation, saying the former prisoners said that the kids saved them like they were on a mission to help. She wants to know how did they know, what did they see, why were they there, how do they know the Grace woman, and what did she do to them.

Skye gets upset and says they should be hailed as heroes. She does not understand why they do not seem to care. Dr. Bennett says that she wants to help them, and that they saw things in the house that no one should see. She goes on to say that her husband found something inside that they have been keeping track of. She asks if they saw it. Skye asks if it was a symbol. The doctors share a glance, prompting more questions from the kids. Dr Hawkins implores to her daughter for her respect, and to trust that she is doing everything to make sure that she goes home. She needs to know what brought them to that house and what they saw.

Marcus says that he saw his sister. Dr. Bennett disagrees immediately. He tells her about the dark forest and that he saw her there and talked to her. Dr. Bennett continues to say that it didn't happen. He asks if anyone else saw anything, but no one responds. Dr. Bennett tells him it was the house that caused him to see her, and that he has been exposed to something. Marcus says this might mean that Laura is still out there. When his mother tries to reply and assure him that she's not out there, Marcus get angry. He says that she want him to forget her. And that the whole reason they are in Kollok is because they lost her. He says that him seeing her mean something.

Dr. Bennett says that she doesn't want him to forget Laura, but he needs to let her go and have his own life. She says that he was young and there is a lot that he doesn't know. The way that he remembers the events isn't correct. Marcus, offhandedly, says that he hopes there is no contract with his name on it. Dr. Hawkins demands that he elaborate on what he said. Marcus refuses to answer. The two doctors share a glance again. Mickey asks what the symbol is and what are they not telling. Skye chimes in and says that she has seen the symbol before, getting the doctors' attention. Dr. Hawkins seems surprised that Skye can see them, and asks where she has seen them before. Skye replies that she saw one on a person's tent and in the basement of the Grace House. Skye asks what it means that she can see them. Dr. Hawkins says that it means that she has been exposed.

Dr. Hawkins turns her back on Skye and appears to be crying. Dr. Bennett says that their suspicions have been confirmed and they cannot let them go until they can find out how it happened. Skye says that she doesn't have time to wait, and that she will die in the facility.

The door swings open, and Agent Bucket enters the room. Gauss covers his throat. He tells the doctors that he needs the room. The doctors hesitate, but Bucket threatens them, using his badge and authority as an FBI agent to force them to comply. Bucket locks the door behind them. Bucket tells them that Michael Jones is leading protests outside, and that the city wants them released. The town thinks that they are heroes. Bucket informs them that Synchroneity could let them go, but they are right that the kids have been exposed (just as he has). When asked what they have been exposed to, Bucket says that they have been exposed to things that should not be spoken of and things things that he doesn't even know how to put into words.

Marcus asks to see the contract. Bucket opens the airlock and slides some document inside, then closes it again. Marcus grabs Jacob Jewell's contract and a pamphlet for Synchroneity. The pamphlet says that "death does not have to be the end". Marcus begins reading the contract aloud. Skye says that is her contract now, signed over by Rachel. Bucket says that he has not seen a contract like this before when asked.

Marcus begins reading the Synchroneity pamphlet which talks about transporting consciousnesses to surrogates. Mickeys asks if this is what they do at the facility, and Bucket says that he is investigating it, Mickey says they do not need to be there if that is the case; they need to leave. Bucket, unfortunately, is unable to help. He has reached the limits of his influence. He has taken a great risk bringing the documents to them, and he will need to leave with them. He is trying to bring in more agents, but someone is pushing back.

An explosions shakes the ground. They hear a loud "boom" from outside. Bucket presses his ears on the door and hear security guard rushing by. There is a bang on the door that continues as Bucket listens. After a while, Bucket returns to the glass and asks the kids "who are the stone masons?" They do not know. There is another explosion, and now sirens. Mickey uses her power to ask a question.

Mickey asks the voice inside her head if there is a way out. It says that there are five ways out, assuming that it has her best interests at heart and that she wants her friends to join her. She will just have to try a choice; there is no way to know which choice is best. Mickey asks everyone to grab her hands, and Bucket asks them to take his too. Mickey tries one of the ways out.

The kids and Agent Bucket sit across each other in a booth seat. The restaurant appears to be Honey bee's. As they look outside, hands still grasped, they recognize the landscape. The menu, however, says that they are in the Rabble Rouser Cafe with an address of Kolob, Washington. Agent Bucket releases his hands, and begins to ask what just happened when he realizes he can talk and his throat is fine. Mickey explains that she did this, and that the voice told her she had five ways out, but she didn't know this would happen.

Billy explains to Agent Bucket that he and Mickey are able to talk to a voice in their head like he can talk to Marcus.

Marcus realizes that he no longer has the documents, but he remembers the pamphlet talking about the multiverse. When Synchroneity tries to find a match for the transfer, they look across multiverses to do that. He thinks they are in a different universe. Billy explains to a confused Bucket about the situation with Rachel.

Bucket checks and finds that he has his investigation notebook, which he didn't have on his person when they left. Bucket stops a waitress (Emerson Kelsey) and asks her for the date. She replies that it's March 7th, and that he's been staying at the local hotel for two days. When Billy asks for the year and tries to use his coma for an excuse, it becomes apparent that Billy was never in a coma in this universe. Mickey asks for a newspaper, and Marcus gives his mother's credit card to pay for the meal and the newspaper.

Bucket scans his notebook for information. He came to Kolob two days ago, investigating the death of Rachel. Her death is presumed a homicide. He's been questioning four of her closest friends, who have been extremely helpful and he does not suspect them in the murder. And he has also been investigating Sammy, who coincidentally appears at that moment.

Marcus asks Bucket how Rachel died. As Bucket skims through his notebook, Sammy appears to be taken aback. According to him, Rachel was stabbed eight times behind the movie theater and they should all be aware of that fact. Marcus asks if there are any suspects, but Bucket currently has no leads. Bucket's notepad reveals that Skye was Rachel's lover, and Marcus was her best friend. Sammy reveals some other changes in this universe. Marcus and Mickey are dating, and Billy appears to be popular. Finally, they find out that Marcus and his family are poor when his card comes back declined. Synchroneity does not exist in Kolob.

All through this, Sammy becomes more and more confused because his friends are acting strangely, and do not know information that should be common knowledge. The group continues to talk about their situation around Sammy, talking about information that Sammy would never understand.

Bucket stands up and pays for the meal, saying that they should leave. He asks Sammy to join them. They get into his Buick. Bucket immediately checks his car and is reassured that he appears to be the same as in the other universe. Bucket tells Sammy that he will not understand what they are talking about as it is part of a game they are playing, in order to see if he knows more about the murder than he is letting on. Bucket starts driving with no destination in mind. Marcus suggests that they go to the movie theater.

As they drive, a sheriff appears behind them and turns on his siren. Bucket pulls over and stops. The sheriff knocks on the window with a flashlight. When Bucket asks who he is, the sheriff gets upset. Apparently taking the question the wrong way, he replies that the sheriff department can handle the murder and the kids will collaborate with him. Sammy warns Marcus not to upset Mr. Asim. Sheriff Asim asks for Bucket to leave, saying that they like to handle things on their own in town. Bucket, despite his authority, tells the sheriff that he will be moving on and not interfering in the investigation anymore.

The sheriff then asks the kids to get out of the car. He wants to talk to them. Their parents need not get involved. The sheriff lets Marcus know that his cell is ready for him. Billy then tells Bucket that he should arrest the sheriff. Bucket threatens the sheriff, telling himself to leave the side of his car or he'll have him removed. The sheriff removes his sunglasses (he is wearing them although it is night) and reveals burning red eyes. He slowly lifts the side of the car. Mickey tells everyone to take her hand, and they leave the universe.

10AM. March 8th, 1991. They find themselves at a funeral, sitting next to each other. They are surrounded by a sea of black, as the entire town came to pay their respects. An empty casket stands in the front of the room. Their row stands, and they stand as well. They march down the aisle towards the casket. As they approach, a second casket comes into view. They see the pictures of a young woman and young boy, and the names Rachel and Linny. The aisle circles back to their seats.

Back at their seats, the kids examine the contents of their pockets and find the same yellow symbol on a black background. Bucket produces his notebook from his pocket and scans the pages. Bucket finds references to the symbol in his notes. It is the Yellow Key. It was carved into the skin of Rachel's and Linny's backs. Bucket is in town secretly. According to the notebook, he assumes that they were in the practice of worshiping a deity named Hastur, the god of shepherds. The kids killed Rachel in some sort of sacrifice. Unable to deal with these new identities, they all wish to leave. Mickey, again, uses her newfound power.

The group appears separately this time. Billy awakens, connected to a machine. He gags and removes a tube from his throat, and pulls out all the things connected to him. He sees a young woman, age 18 or 19, with her hands in front of her face. She says his name. Billy asks who she is, and she replies The Traveller.

The rest of the group awakens in small pods that they can see out of. There is commotion outside. The pods open. They are weak, their muscles atrophied.

The Traveller asks Billy if he came from Prime.She tells him that they were keeping him alive in case he came back. He tells him that he won't remember, but the Traveller is in the body of his friend Milynn. At the time, Billy went to the name Lucas. He's home. The broker took him, but he came back too soon. The Traveller takes Billy to meet the rest of his friends. She says that they have kept every co-aligning subject from Prime. She confirms that there are multiple universes. That last time he was here, he and his friends brought the building down... different friends. She remarks that Billy is special. That he has abilities. She refers to him as The Diviner, and says that they put the power inside of him.

She takes him to a room full of couches, fruit, and his favorite candy. He sees his friend, minus Bucket. They look frail and weak. She says that they all come from Prime, and wants to know how he returned. Mickey says that she brought them here, but she doesn't know how. She says that she didn't choose to come her, and this wasn't their first stop. Mickeys asks where Agent Bucket is, and The Traveller uses the intercom to ask for someone to bring up Security Agent Bucket. Bucket is a transfer to the building. Skye asks if there is a Rachel Jewell, and The Traveller says no.

The Traveller runs through the information they have given her. In the infinite universes that Mickey could have gone to, her choices were limited to five. Five universes where they all came together.

The Traveller mentions that they are in the town of Undecided. Marcus mentions that Rachel has been dead in every universe that they visited. She died at the same time as she did in Prime. The Traveller says that their friend Rachel was reclaimed by the Zippers, who are multi-dimensional bounty hunters. Skye mentions her contract. The Traveller says that she cannot save Skye from the Zippers, but they share a common goal: to stop Prime.

The Traveller explains her dislike of Prime. Death is not permanent in Prime. They steal people from other universes to reverse death, and the people here don't like the theft of their egos. She is part of Synchroneity, but not the one they know. She says that Rachel is gone forever; she has been reclaimed. When a person fails to pay the debt of their contract, the person is taken from every universe.

At one point, there was only one universe. Then something happened around a hundred years ago, an injection point. Prime was created and let loose the Grotto, the place where Skye visited the Bank of Mammon. The Traveller once worked in the Grotto and knows Scott, who works there now. From the Grotto spun a web of unlimited possibilities. Every decision made, or not made, on Prime spins off another universe. Billy is the great Diviner. He can break the illusion and bring all realities together or apart. His brain has the ability to scour the multiverse and find the reality that he wants to see, break the one the he currently has, change reality for others. She says that she and her late business partner gave Billy this partner. They created him, grew him in a vat.

They kept track who was being created and where in Prime, and kept those people alive and well. Marcus asks if Billy has the power, why could Mickey bring them here. The Traveller seems baffled by this as well. Somehow Mickey is a broker. usually only people from the Grotto, working for Mammon, can do what she does. They knew one do a broker would come to their universe and take one of them, and they wanted to be prepared. They had a broker, a doctor, working on the inside.

When a body is so damaged, or torn apart, that they cannot use it, the brokers look for a surrogate as a replacement. Like Rachel. The body she was in was never hers. They transfer the ego of who they lost into the surrogate. Billy's situation was the perfect situation. His body was intact and in a coma. His parents decided for years whether or not to take Synchroneity's offer. When that happened, they had a man on the inside ready to make the transfer. Then they could plant Billy and bring down Prime. Little did they know, the universe already had an answer in Mickey.

The Traveller relays the horrible fact that each time they traveled to another universe, they have left dead bodies in their wake. Every time they left a universe, their bodies in that universe died. Everything in the universe comes at a cost. Some places make a business off of this cost/transfer, like Mammon.

They group asks if they can go back, and The Traveller says probably.

Billy starts getting upset. He realizes that he had a family and a life in Undecided and he was torn from that and sent to Prime. He believes The Traveller ripped him from that life for their own purposes. He doesn't want to do their bidding because they seem no better than Mammon and Synchroneity. The Traveller tries to correct him; they didn't send him, he was taken.

Mickey asks if they can take her to Prime, but The Traveller says that's not possible. Her ego is not intact.

At that moment, Bucket enters. He appears to be distraught that he is not himself. He is not an FBI agent, he is part of security.

They circle back to how the Traveller can help them. The Traveller mentions that they could help Skye with her debt.

Billy threatens to stay in Undecided because he does not want to help The Traveller, The Traveller says that Billy has the ability to break through any illusion they want him to see, and he can create illusions of his own. She says that it is guaranteed that their reality is a lie. She doesn't want any harm to the people of Prime, nor does she blame them. She wants to destroy the "lie". Billy can see past the "lie" and create on of his own.

Billy says that he made a deal with they were in the dark woods with the thing in his head. It was a deal to unlock his true potential. It allowed him to go into Jayna's mind and pull her out. The Traveller says the thing in his head is probably his way to dealing with his own power. Mickey mentions that she sees it too, which The Traveller finds interesting.

Billy says he doesn't want to work for someone else. He wants to live his own life. The Traveller says that he can be whoever he wants to be. Billy tells everyone to grab hold him. He uses his power to get everyone to remember Rachel. The Traveller grins as she watches. Their memories flood back in a flash, and they are overwhelmed with emotion. Skye vows to do what it takes to fix the situation.

Mickey says it's time to go back. They all join hands to return to Prime. Skye removes her hand at the last moment. They appear in a morgue, their bodies lying on metal carts except for Agent Bucket, who is in one of the metal coolers. They frighten a woman as they rise. Skye's body remains motionless.

## Cast

* Andre Meadows as Marcus Bennett
* Lucas Eubank as Billy Baker
* Meghan "Strawburry17" Camarena as Skye Hawkins
* Shelby "Shubble" Grace as Mickey Jones
* Zac Lim Eubank as The Driver

## Rumors

1. There is a Blizzard Coming (winner)
2. These Squirrels are Out of Control
3. A Man Named William Devine was Found Dead Outside Town
4. What's With All These FBI Agents

## Notes

During this episode, the audience gets glimpses of three new universes - A parallel to the town Kolob which was last seen in Ten Candles, the universe of the Kids of Bikes Playtest (commonly referred to as Undecided in reference to the town which the characters lived in), and a third unique universe, where the town were worshipers of Hastur.

**Footnotes**

1. ↑ Shelby rolls a 1 on a six-sided dice. Zac says that 1 is not an option. She re-rolls and gets a 4.
2. ↑ Sheriff Asim was The Bull in Ten Candles.
3. ↑ Shelby rolls a 2 this time.
4. ↑ This time Shelby rolls a 5.
5. ↑ From the Kids on Bikes Playtest.
6. ↑ Insinuating there are other businesses that do the same.