Episode 22: Sammie's Very Bad Day

## Synopsis

Sammie tries to handle a hostage situation at the bank on her own and it immediately goes wrong. Henry tries to help and it immediately goes wrong. The man holding up the bank is being possessed by whatever they're investigating and is eventually taken down by the cops shooting him.

## Episode Description

The monster possesses a man and makes him rob a bank. Sammie and Henry try to go it alone with completely disastrous consequences. Bjorn watches on in horror. It's an intense episode that kicks off a full month of intensity.

## Key Events

* Bjorn finds information about Sammie's tattoo that links it to monster hunting.
* Sammie gets taken hostage at the bank by a man being possessed by whatever they're investigating.
* Henry tries to help but ends up accidentally shooting Sammie.
* The scene rapidly deteriorates, but the man is shot and Sammie is released.

## Summary

It's getting late, so the crew split up for the night. Henry heads back to the Fort, Bjorn heads to his hotel, and Sammie heads home.

Once Bjorn gets back to his room, he realizes he forgot to research Sammie's tattoo to see if he can figure out why it's important. He thinks there might be a link between it and the person following Sammie. He researches on the internet for hours, only to find a single image with someone with the same tattoo that has the caption "a known monster hunter."

Henry meets up with Stanley and gets him up to speed on the investigation. Henry asks Stanley if he knows any of the suspects. Stanley doesn't know the younger kids but said he went to high school with Chris Heimler. He doesn't know much about him, just that he was pretentious.

Sammie is woken early in the morning by the sound of sirens nearby. She leaves her apartment to find that there are a large amount of police cars surrounding a nearby bank. She texts the group chat that there seems to be something going on and heads down to investigate. Once Bjorn and Henry get the text, they start to head over to the bank.

Sammie arrives on the scene to find out that someone is robbing the bank. They don't know who it is, just that it's a large man with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire. The cops report that the person is acting very aggressively and attacking the hostages inside. Sammie feels like she needs to do something, so she investigates a side entrance into the bank. She texts the group what's going on and finds that Henry is still 10 minutes out and Bjorn is 20 minutes out.

Sammie sneaks into the side entrance, but is caught by the man with the barbed wire bat. He tells Sammie to get with the other hostages and then takes a swing at her when she questions why. Sammie attempts to disarm him, but the man hits her in the head with the bat before tossing her over toward the other hostages. The man appears agitated and demands money from a clerk with an injured arm. The man asks for Sammie again to use her as a hostage for when he leaves the bank. The man tells her if the cops shoot anyone it's going to be her and pulls her over to use as a shield. When she's close to him, the man leans in and speaks with a voice that's not his own, the same one Sammie heard before. It recognizes Sammie and calls her 'the enigma.'

The man with the bat pulls Sammie outside with him and they are faced with a line of guns pointed directly at them from the cops. This is when Henry arrives on the scene. The man continues to threaten Sammie, saying he's going to beat her to a bloody pulp, trying to let the cops let him go. He smashes her leg with the bat to prove his point. He starts to walk forward with Sammie, saying he'll kill her if they don't let him go.

Henry decides it's time to do something. Shielded behind the line of cops, he pulls out his magnum and attempts for a non-lethal shot. Henry misses the shot and hits Sammie in the leg. Sammie falls to the ground and the cops open fire on the man with the bat. One of the cops hits Sammie in the shoulder, but the rest of the bullets hit the man. As Sammie is on the ground next to the dying man, Sammie sees his eyes flash white and a blue, wispy creature leaves his body. Henry is tackled to the ground and the police officers escort him into a squad car.

Bjorn finally arrives on the scene. Captain Holland arrives shortly afterward. Bjorn and Holland talk to the officer in charge of the scene who tells them everything that happened. Bjorn immediately goes to the officers holding Henry and flashes his FBI badge. He tells them he can't allow him to be investigated, but Holland insists Henry has to be taken to the station. Bjorn bluffs by saying that it isn't necessary because he'll be turning Henry over to his administration and will immediately take his gun away. Holland huffs and gives Henry over to Bjorn. Bjorn takes Henry's gun.

Sammie is being attended to by paramedics who put her on a stretcher and take her to the hospital. As Sammie is being loaded onto the ambulance, she tells Bjorn that it's the same mysterious force they've been investigating.

## List of Appearances

* Bjorn Olafson
* Henry Marlowe
* Sammie Overbrook
* Captain Jolene Holland

## Roll Tracker

**Hannah Level Up:** Advance 2 Basic Moves - Investigate a Mystery, Act Under Pressure

**Andrew Level Up:** +1 Cool

## Harm Taken

 Hannah/Sammie
 Hannah/Sammie
 Hannah/Sammie