Season 2 - Episode 12: Thug Bug

## Synopsis

Henry manages to negotiate an agreement with the poltergeist - as long as it doesn't kill anyone, it can stay with the woman. The car and the woman are okay with this. While recovering in the hotel, Henry talks to Sammie about what happened with River. Sammie gives him some advice and Oliver tells him that River must like him. Henry says he needs to do some research. Bjorn and Stanley meet up for drinks a few days later. Bjorn tries to figure out what's bothering Stanley, but Stanley just sadly says it's an anniversary and not to worry about it. Afterward, Bjorn finds out his assault rifle was destroyed in the wreck and pulls what remains of it out of his charred SUV. He sighs and a tear rolls down his cheek.

## Episode Description

The technology-hopping poltergeist has been a frustrating and dangerous opponent. Now with Sammie holding on to it and getting weaker by the second, the heroes have one last chance to stop it from killing again.

## Key Events

* Henry negotiates a peace between the poltergeist and the woman - the car agreeing not to kill anyone else as long as it can stay with the woman.
* Henry talks to Sammie, and by extension Oliver, about what happened with River. They tell Henry that River likes him and Henry isn't sure how to handle that.
* Bjorn and Stanley meet for drinks. Bjorn tries to get Stanley to talk about what's bothering him, but Stanley just says that it's an anniversary.
* Bjorn goes to the remnants of his wrecked car and finds that his assault rifle, the same one he carried as his service weapon in Afghanistan, has been destroyed.

## Summary

Bjorn calls Jolene and updates her on the situation. Jolene asks how she can help and Bjorn asks if she can bring the woman to them. Jolene says she can't let the woman leave but she can take her phone to the cell. After a few moments, Jolene says that Bjorn is on speakerphone with the woman.

Bjorn asks the woman if she knows what's going on and she says no. Bjorn tells her there is a poltergeist that is endangering the lives of innocent people that is trying to hunt down the people who have wronged her, specifically the other woman involved in the affair. He asks her if she can tell the poltergeist to stop. She agrees and Bjorn holds the phone out on speakerphone toward the car. The woman begins to speak to the car and asks it to not kill the woman involved in the affair.

The car begins to rev its engine again. Sammie struggles to hold it in place as it tries to break free of her grasp. Her nose once again begins to bleed. She wavers in her place and gets a sudden urge to crush and destroy the car. She can't hold the car any longer and decides to crush it to stop it from moving. She collapses the force barrier around it and crunches the car in on itself. Sammie falls to her knees. Henry helps Sammie to her feet and asks if she saw where it went. She sees a car in the distance pull away from the curb and points it out to Bjorn and Henry.

Henry turns to Bjorn and tells him that he thinks they need to get the woman to talk to the car in person. The car stops when it hears this. Henry shouts at the car that it just needs to go to the police station if it wants to see the woman. The car approaches Henry and then pops the passenger side door open for him to get in. It plays a variety of songs about driving and then Henry slides into the passenger seat. The doors immediately lock and then the car starts to roll forward. Once past the scene of the crashed vehicles, it takes off quickly down the road.

Bjorn puts his phone back to its ear and tells Holland that the vehicle has Henry inside of it and is heading toward the police station. Holland asks if Henry can handle it or if she should wait to bring out the woman until Bjorn gets there. Bjorn looks over to see a dazed Sammie lay down in the grass beside Oliver and asks if Jolene can send a squad car to pick them up. Sammie reaches over to heal Oliver's nose and head magically. She does so but the strain causes her nose to bleed even more. She starts to feel even weaker. A squad car comes to collect Bjorn, Sammie, and Oliver shortly after and takes them to the station.

Henry and the poltergeist race toward the station. It's not long before the car pulls into the parking lot. They arrive first and Henry tells the car that the woman is inside and he'll bring her out to it. The car unlocks its doors and Henry walks into the station. Jolene escorts the woman outside with Henry. As the woman approaches the car, it begins to play "Baby Come Back." The woman says she doesn't know what to say to Henry. Henry asks what the car's name is and it just honks. The woman tells the car that she doesn't want it to kill anyone else.

Henry tells the car that it clearly cares a lot for the woman and that the woman will be upset if it kills again. The woman agrees, saying she will never love it again if it does that. The car turns itself off, but continues to use the radio to talk. Henry emphasizes to the car that if it does kill, it'll never see the woman again. The car begins to play "Grenade" by Bruno Mars for the woman. The woman asks the poltergeist to go back into her car and the radio turns off.

Bjorn, Sammie, and Oliver arrive on the scene. Bjorn and Sammie get out of the car, but Oliver stays in the back, still mildly concussed from the car door slamming into his face. Bjorn asks what's going on and Henry passes along that they've come to an agreement that the poltergeist can stay with the woman as long as it doesn't kill anyone else. Jolene agrees that the situation seems to have been defused. Bjorn tells the woman that she's been made aware of things that they normally don't let people remember. The woman promises she won't tell anyone and then asks if they can get her out of jail. Bjorn looks at Holland and says he thinks they can arrange something. Oliver asks if they can go to Miguel for some healing as he and Sammie are in rough shape and they do so.

At the hotel, Sammie is slouched back in an armchair. Henry approaches and asks if Sammie is feeling any better. He admits that what Sammie did was pretty cool and Sammie smiles. Henry nervously admits that he'd like some advice and begins to explain what happened at school that he'd tried to bring up to her before. He recaps what happened with River and Sammie asks him what she asked him exactly. He tells her and Sammie sighs. Sammie explains that River was asking him to watch the show with her but phrased the question differently in case he said no to soften the blow. Oliver, who's been laying on the couch with an ice pack over his eyes, lifts it to tell Henry that the girl likes him, and then closes his eyes again and puts the ice pack back on his face. Henry's brain begins to short-circuit. He quickly leaves, saying he needs to 'look some stuff up,' and leaves the room. Sammie and Oliver quickly agree that he's hopeless.

A few days later, Bjorn and Stanley meet up for the drink they'd agreed to get together. They chat about the monster and Stanley says that it's odd that the past few monsters haven't come from the Rift and seem to have been here for some time. Bjorn points out that doesn't seem to be the only thing that's bothering him. All Stanley says is that it's an anniversary. He quickly puts some cash on the counter and then excuses himself, leaving Bjorn at the bar with his stout.

Bjorn starts to think about something he's been avoiding for a few days, even more so now that he can tell Stanley is also sad about some kind of anniversary. He goes to the police station to go through his torched car to look for anything salvageable. He opens his secret compartments within his car and finds his shotgun has survived the impact of the crash, but his assault rifle is beyond repair. He holds the assault rifle in his hands and thinks back to his time in Afghanistan - both the people he protected and lost. He closes his eyes and sighs as a tear rolls down his cheek.

## List of Appearance

* Bjorn Olafson
* Jolene Holland
* Henry Marlowe
* Sammie Overbrook
* Oliver Allen Evans