Runnin' Away From The Devil (The S.I.N.K Files)

**Runnin' Away From The Devil** is the first episode of the first season of the Average Films series The S.I.N.K Files. It is 37 minutes long and it is written and directed by ProGamerDude543.

## Plot

Picking up shortly after the events of Roswell That Ends Well, Laura interrupts a game of chess that Akshar and Adriel are playing. She informs them that she had a premonition of the return of a mysterious being. They ask her what it is, and she recants the story of a creature named The Emmisary, who slaughtered Otherrealmians mercilessly before the first king of the Otherrealm ordered him sealed away. However, the spell was a failure due to a dissenting warlock and The Emmisary slowly broke through the seal. Hologram Sam appears in their office and informs them of the situation. Laura has a vision of The Emmisary appearing in Austin, Texas, and they travel there only to find The Emmisary has already killed a man. They attempt to kill him, but are unsuccessful. However, when Laura hits him with a fireball, he reels and uses his dagger, Spirit's Bane, to cut a hole in reality to escape through. The others follow him into the In-Between, a mysterious world between all other worlds that connects all of reality together. The team splits up to search for him and eventually the find him, but he warps Laura's mind, forcing her to relive a painful memory. She attempts to unleash her full power in anger, but Adriel calms her and The Emmisary escapes. Laura has another premonition of The Emmisary making his way to the Otherrealm, and they quickly warp there, only to find the citizens rejoicing at their appearance. They are informed The Emmisary has been slaughtering citizens on his way to the Palace of the Lost, the home of the Royal Family. They find The Emmisary about to murder a Peacekeeper, the Otherrealmian police, but stop him and engage in battle again. The Emmisary is knocked into a building by Akshar and Laura follows him into it. She engages The Emmisary again, but he knocks her to the wall hard and briefly incapacitates her. He then attempts to warp her mind again, but she just barely manages to resist. She ensares The Emmisary in chains and burns the Spirit's Bane. She then burns The Emmisary alive, reducing him to ash. Akshar and Adriel head back to HQ while Laura stays behind to visit her mother, Königin Giulania Evangelies Degenhardt. The two discuss the situation and Giuiana informs her that the Spirit's Bane was actually the greatest creation of her husband and Laura's father, Aryvn Degenhardt. Laura heads home and it is revealed she actually saved the Spirit's Bane and pledges to use it for good.

## Characters

* Tiffany Grant as Laura Degenhardt - A 34 year old German woman who acts as leader of Team C-29. She can summon the powers of the netherborn as she is the princess of the mysterious Otherrealm. These powers manifest in glowing blue chains, weapons, and skeletal limbs. Laura thinks very highly of herself, and whenever she is given a mission she feels is too easy for her, she will let others know about it. She's also somewhat pretentious. Like all people, though, she does have a very tender side to her and will give all her love to those she deems worthy of it. She and Hunter have a very strange and unexplained rivalry. Perhaps one day we'll know why the two are always at each other's throats.
* Martin Sensmeier as Adriel Cetanwakuwa - A 35 year old Native American man who is descended from the Apache tribe of indigenous peoples. His Totem animal is a Hawk, hence his last name. This Totem animal can manifest in times of need and grant him special powers. Like most Native Americans, Adriel has adjusted to modern culture, but still brings the traditions of his tribe with him. He is a very vigilant and perseverant man as a member of C-29, and when he isn't talking, he is in deep thought.
* Kumail Nanjiani as Akshar Ankireddi - A 36 year old Indian-American male spirit who acts as the Occult Operations Manager, who oversees all supernatural missions in S.I.N.K. He is an expert at neutralizing ghosts and spirits, seeing as he is one himself. Due to this, he is able to delve into the Otherrealm without needing to die, which is how he knows everything about what the ghosts of the Otherrealm are planning to do to terrorize humans next. He is always very hard at work, but when he isn't, he enjoys regaling other agents with tales of his mortal life.
* Paul Dobson as The Emmisary - A mysterious entity that terrorized The Otherrealm and Earth in the name of his master. He wields the Spirit's Bane, a mysterious dagger capable of ripping the In-Between, and a large hammer made of bones. He also has the ability to warp minds at the cost of a small amount of his own blood. After he was freed, he attempted to collect souls of both humans and Otherrealmians for his master, but was killed by Laura.
* Jack McBrayer as Hologram Sam - A holographic AI program meant to assist around the S.I.N.K HQ, who often briefs teams on missions, helps running the technological departments, and serves as an assitant for S.I.N.K's numerous electronic devices. He is programmed to be very kind, useful, and upbeat, but also has a conscience of his own. Despite this, he has sworn never to turn evil, not just because he is loyal to S.I.N.K, but also because he knows how fast S.I.N.K can put an end to him.
* Shannon Emerick as Königin Giulania Evangelies Degenhardt: The kind-hearted queen of the Otherrealm and Laura's mother.
* Walter Hahn as Herr Gunther - A royal guard of the Palace of the Lost.
* Marcel Barthel as Herr Ludwig - A royal guard of the Palace of the Lost.

## Trivia

* The episode title is a reference to the song Runnin' With The Devil by Van Halen.