"BEGIN AGAIN"

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**"BEGIN AGAIN"** is the fifteenth episode of KOllOK 1991: Bleach

## Plot

**Act 1**

**April 12, 1943**

Laura, Mickey, Henry, Tibby and Mallory watch Em take FDR into the banquet hall of the resort and Henry remembers that he must be here due to the president’s election coming up soon. The group comes up with a plan with even Mallory agreeing that they should be careful and scope out the place first. Though Mickey and Laura voice that Mallory and Henry shouldn’t go in alone and Tibby reiterates the importance of not being seen by Clarity or telling anyone they are from the future. The minutes tick by as they continue to plan. Laura gets up and heads towards the back of the resort but is stopped by members of the secret service. Henry and Mallory catch up with her and one agent leaves to check their names against a list of those allowed in as another finds Tibby and Mickey among the vines. They cover her disability by saying she has Polio and Laura convinces the second agent to let her and the others in and he takes them to the service entrance. At the entrance they pass by Gerald who notices them and makes eye contact with Laura and goes back inside without saying a word. The secret service agent leaves to find the shift manager and Mallory and Henry spot uniforms and head off to grab them, as Tibby brings ups his fears of being caught as a spy in this time to Laura and Mickey. Mickey thanks them for coming back to find her as she did not believe they would.

Elsewhere in a lavish room in the resort, Franklin D. Roosevelt greets Clarity like an old acquaintance alongside Em, and Dr Oppenheimer. He knows that Em is from the future as Clarity already told him and they all take a seat around a table. FDR is dismissive of Em’s presence at first, being “only a young woman”, but miracles like Clarity allowing him to use his spine again makes him trust her word. Clarity discusses with FDR about the towns work on the Manhattan project but request more resources as they have learned that Germany has requested aid from Harmonia and that thanks to Em they know what they need. FDR is reluctant due to the heavy loss of life but Clarity assures him that thanks to Em she knows what must be done. Dr Oppenheimer complains about his situation and leaves the table as Clarity hands over a contract to FDR. She relays that the war will end though in two years he will lose his life. Em offers consolation to FDR that he will be remembered well even after all the things that will come to pass. He is still unsure until Em tells him that her word is Clarity’s and Clarity tells him that he need not worry as Mammon will ensure things. Em reiterates to FDR the events that she has already “predicted” and Clarity pushes the contract closer to him so he can make his choice.

Changed into their uniforms the group get ready to head inside and Tibby shares his fear that Beth’s words mean that they could die here. The others calm him down and Henry reveals to them that he thinks he’s immortal because he took his Phobos candle and left it in No-Place, but Tibby corrects him and Alice appears to them again. She tells them that Truth could not see into the future and Mallory asks her if she knows where Em is and she answers truthfully and leaves. Her statement that Em is working with Clarity and Oppenheimer cause concern and they wonder if she’s turned on them or just playing along. They also come to the realization that Synchroneity and Clarity may have been behind more of the government than they realized. They lay down the ground rules and split up leaving Mickey in the back. Mallory and Henry grab drinks trays from the kitchen and head out onto the main floor. Mallory takes the opportunity to ask about Henry changing his name and they also pick out code-names for themselves in case they get asked; Mallory chooses the name James Bond and Henry picks Splinter Roosevelt.

As they look around the hall Mallory sees Clarity VII across the room and heads off to meet her, with Henry close behind. He catches up and asks to know what he’s doing and Mallory tries to explain as the pair see Clarity VII meet up with Em and Clarity as they leave a room with FDR who is escorted away down the stairs past them by his guards. Clarity returns to the room and the two see Em and Clarity VII kiss on the balcony. Mallory assures Henry that Clarity VII won’t hurt them and they need to talk to her as they discussed ending Phobos. Em notices the two “waiters” standing on the stairs and she tells Ven, Clarity VII, that she has to deal with them as they may be spies from Harmonia. Ven tells her who the waiters are, and that she enjoys manipulating Mallory as she did before. Em asks her to distract Clarity so she can talk to them and Ven agrees.

Meanwhile, Laura and Tibby have also reached the main floor and begun to serve drinks though Laura has to calm him down as the stress is getting to him. Gerald appears and confronts Laura, pulling her aside. He asks who she is working for and recognizes that she is different, that she felt the energy beneath the town, that speaks to him to build and fix what it broken, by killing Clarity and the president. He mentions that he looked for her after the incident at the community center and if she hears the voice. She lies saying that it tells her to get her friends and Gerald warns her that she should leave as what he plans will happen in twenty minutes. Laura thanks him, kisses his cheek and leaves. She grabs Tibby and brings up that she met Gerald which panics him and he speed explains to her everything that he has done to the group. Laura takes on the information and drops on him what Gerald is planning.

**Act 2**

Em approaches Mallory and Henry who ask aloud what the temperature in the room is and she grabs and drags them into an empty room. She answers the question correctly and they tell her that they are here to rescue her though she is angry at them for waiting three years. Em warns them that Clarity will kill them if she finds them but Henry tells her that she doesn’t as she catches and spares them in the future. She calls them out for their ridiculous plan as the other Clarity’s aren’t like Ven and would catch them otherwise. They question her about Ven and she tells them that she is her girlfriend and that they have been dating for a year, though Mallory is under the impression Ven is interested in him. Mallory tells her about their plan to get to the community center and where they have left Mickey. Em peeks out the room and she sees two agents approaching Clarity’s room and she tries to get the two to leave, though she shows reluctance to go with them when they mention leaving 1943. They leave the room but the two agents approach her about trespassers. Em tells them it was a misunderstanding but she has it under control and is about to eject Mallory and Henry and she leads them out.

Tibby and Laura meet back up with Mickey and fill her in on Gerald’s plan though the others want to leave he wants to stop him as FDR isn’t meant to die in 1943. The others arrive and Em ushers them into another room and Laura explains to them about Gerald’s plan and Tibby tells her who Gerald is. Mallory tells the group about Em and Ven and she voices that she can’t leave. Tibby tells Em about her future self opening the time tunnels, her role in getting them all back home, briefly what they have gone through and their wish get her back. The group try to convince her to come with them and Tibby has an idea and suddenly runs out of the room but Em is quicker and manages to pull him back and the group argue about what to do. Mickey brings up Em’s influence with Clarity being able to help and she agrees to do so, but Mickey asks if they can trust her. Mallory confesses why he’s here to help her after Em saving him so many times but Em is still reluctant to leave, even as the group plead with her to come back. She leaves the room to deal with the threat and locks them inside.

Em finds the Secret Service agent that dealt with the group and warns him of the threat to the president’s life. She manages to charm the agent to let her get the group out as he begins to put the building on lockdown. Em retrieves the others and gets them out through the back and they make their way to the community center, Em leaves her scarf on a tree that can be seen from the winery. Along the way Laura lies to Em about her future self needing her to come back or something bad will happen and the others try to convince her as well. Em argues that she is doing good here and not being treated as a second thought but the others reveal that she does a lot of good in the future and begin to tell her about everything they have learned from Truth. On mentioning Marcus’ candle, he voices his theory that Clarity let herself die and took over Marcus. Laura brings up using Mickey’s power to potentially find Marcus’ ego or confirm his fate, and they discuss how to get her powers back. They think about Rachel’s Diary and the 13 symbols that she discovered around town and link them to potentially all getting their powers back if the one in the community center is what they need. Em ponders why she would make the time tunnels, thinking that she must have wanted to show them the town’s history and strand herself to learn something they couldn’t so they would all know what they need in the future. They also discuss Truth naming Laura the Devil and what it could mean while making a note to find Mike Mikkelson who has Rachel’s Journal. They put together their missing time to Mike’s power.

Eventually they arrive at the community center, chained closed and left abandoned. Mallory smashes one of the windows, the noise frightening an owl that fly’s out of it. Mickey recalls from Rachel’s diary that the symbol that they need to find represented Death and reveals to everyone what she learned from Mickey A’s memories about their powers; that their bodies will begin to rot from the inside and that was why she needed Tibby. Tibby asks how he died and Mickey tells him that the rot also affected Prime A Marcus’ mind, he believed Rachel was still alive and when they no longer wanted to follow him he decapitated Tibby A so in order to survive they would need another Tibby. The news shocks him and Mickey reveals that this has been the nightmare that has been haunting her, hearing all of this Mallory apologizes for making Tibby heal him. Worried, Em asks about her future self and they tell her about her scar and missing arm that makes Tibby doubt that he will be around to prevent it, and he starts to worry and spiral into a panic. The others tell him that their lives aren’t on his shoulders and Laura hugs him before they head inside. Em climbs up to the rafters but when she reaches the metal beam with the symbol she vanishes and finds herself alone in a white room. She calls out and a voice responds, Phobos, who mentions that it has been asleep and must become whole again. Em asks how she can help but Phobos says she already has, and explains that their powers and those among the 10 Candles are a part of him. He asks her to restore the Balance, that they were chosen because they disrupt and destroy everything they touch, they rebuild and reconnect and spread life. Em confirms that she understands, that they are chaos and that they must embrace it before she appears back in the hall with the others. Em uses her power and opens a time tunnel behind her. She tells them of her meeting with Phobos and she is happy that she understands things now, though her reaction does give them pause. Ven calls out to Em as the others see her enter through the window, after seeing her scarf and followed them. Mallory calls out to her but Ven tells him that she was never into men before turning to Em and says that she wants to come with her. Em worries what that would mean for the other clones but Ven knows that the others would want her to go and steps through the tunnel first and the others follow.

**Aug 22, 1991, Undisclosed Location, Kollok**

Billy Baker is tied to a chair in a concrete room being talked to by a figure as it collapses into a puddle. Another version of the figure steps into the room looking brand new, continuing his speech mentioning that “Billy” is only his creation and undeserving of his gifts. This new body of the Traveler turns into a puddle as another steps inside, angry that Phobos chose Billy instead of him after all his years of service. He reveals that “Billy’s” theft of the candle and placement in No-Place has made him invisible to the gods, including Death and made him immortal. The body turns into a puddle and another steps in and he concludes his statement that he plans on taking over Billy’s body and taking what is his. Billy starts to laugh and reveals that he isn’t the one the Traveler is looking for that he is a Billy Baker from another universe and the one he needs is now called Henry. The next Traveler that appears through the door comes with a wrench and kills Billy.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Aabria Iynegar as Laura Bennett
* Lucas Eubank as Billy Baker
* Matt Sohinki as Mallory Jenkins
* Mika Midgett as Embeth Pegg
* Shelby "Shubble" Grace as Mickey Jones
* Zac Lim Eubank as The Driver

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## Notes

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