"When Life Was Awakening"

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***"When Life Was Awakening"*** is the sixteenth episode of KOllOK 1991.

## Synopsis

Marcus is missing. Was he taken by someone he knows, or by a complete stranger? Or both?

## Plot

**March 15**

The man in black, Clarence, makes his way across the hills outside Kollok having just left Mickey, Tibby, Lexi, Billy and Mike, their words turning over in his head. He resolves to help them by finding the missing, Marcus Bennet. The Stone Masons mirror has everyone fixated on it which allows him to follow the trail unimpeded, though he worries for his mother’s spies. He discovers a trail down to the docks near the lake and continues his hunt.

**Hours earlier**

Skye parks up outside the formally abandoned school, now operating as a facility for Dept. C, disguised under a change of clothes, hat and a pipe. Larson still recognises and greets her as she arrives. He informs Skye that her parents have arrived safely and that his own mother wishes to speak to her. Larson leads her through the hallways and leaves Skye to converse with his mother. Agent Bilfroy asks for a report on the situation in town and Skye tells her about the survivors, the children meeting up and that she has a lead from Rachel’s journal that she wishes to follow. Skye also brings up her mother and what she knows, asking Agent Bilfroy to not hurt her during questioning. Agent Bilfroy states that they have no intention and ask Skye if she saw the two columns, to which Skye informs her about the Stone Masons mirror, the group’s encounter with one of them and Em Pegg’s involvement.

           Agent Bilfroy reveals that Em Pegg has been standing behind Skye in the darkened room and asks her to confirm Skye’s story. Em Pegg reveals herself and does confirm that she killed a Stone Mason but can’t confirm his coming back to life as she was drugged by Marcus. Skye describes how the stone mason came back and Em wonders if they can be killed to which Agent Bilfroy states that they will find a way. Bilfroy enquires about both of their health and asks them both to wait for Bucket to return before going out, and she dismisses them. Outside, Larson inquiries about his mother’s health with the events weighing on her and teases Skye and Em about the awkward situation with Marcus stabbing her with a tranquiliser. After trading quips with Larson, Skye has a sidebar with him to try and get him on her side, bringing up D&D to which Larson tricks her into believing that he saw dragons in the 1400’s, Larson then sidebar’s with Em and tells her about his deception so she can mess with Skye.

           Skye and Em Pegg forced to stick together, go to see Skye’s parents. Her father meets her and is relieved to see her again, he tells Skye that the FBI are looking after her mother and he asks her how she knows the FBI. Skye dodges the question and Em Pegg introduces herself as “Skye’s friend.” Skye tells him about Rachel’s death which shocks him deeply, but also tells him that she is doing everything she can to protect him and her mother. She calms him down and he inquires after Em’s parents safety, to which she replies that though she hasn’t seen them she hopes they are alive. Skye convinces her dad that she will be alright and he lets her go, returning to her mother’s side.

           Skye and Em head off in search of Bucket, seeing a grieving Sayaka who had stayed behind, but before she can go to comfort her, Bucket finds them. He is concerned at the absence of the others and uses his ability, going still for a moment, and afterwards reveals to Em and Skye the incident that happened in the storm drain, and that Marcus and the others are currently on their way to the waterfall. The pair are eager to meet up with the group but Bucket says that they will wait until Marcus tells him things are safe and they will then extract everyone. Em tells Bucket about Marcus stabbing her with a tranquiliser and waking up with a month to think about his actions. Em Pegg explains to Skye that each time she uses her powers time freezes around her, so to the outside world she “teleports” in a blink, but she actually lives through the frozen time that doubles with every use.

           Bucket inquires to what she did during this month, to which she answers trying and failing to find her family. Bucket fails to comfort her and Skye pivots away from the awkward moment by bringing up one of her discoveries from Rachel’s journal, a refence to a room in Kollok’s damaged, south tower. Skye asks him if she can go investigate to which he agrees to, but not alone and only after she rests. Skye argues that she doesn’t need his protection as she has her disguise, to which Bucket knocks her pipe from her hands saying that her disguise seemed to have failed. Bucket reiterates that they will head out to the south tower, only after Marcus reports in and when they can get all the kids to safety.

**March 16**

Elsewhere, Marcus opens his eyes, his vision blurry and the taste of blood in his mouth. He finds himself in room belonging by the looks of it to a teenager with a passion for martial arts movies. He looks down to see that one of his leg’s looks broken and his wrists are duct taped together, and he is not alone. The young man that kidnapped Marcus, someone he doesn’t recognise asks if Marcus remembers what happened. His manner is nervous as he mentions that Marcus betrayed all of them and that they have already met four times. Marcus tries to get him to come closer but the young man says he already tried that trick and stays out of reach. Marcus tries to help him and convinces the young man that he will remember him, but is told that not even the teens’ parents can remember him. To prove his point the teen leaves the room, closing the door behind him.

           Marcus looks around the room again, as if seeing it for the first time and when the young boy returns he has no memory of him. The situation upsets the young man and he demands answers, but as Marcus asks him to explain, he brokenly tells Marcus that whenever people stop seeing him, they don’t remember him at all; even his parents, and his friends Lexi and Mike. He tells Marcus how he helped the two escape from the lab, how he talked to the group and gave Mickey the note in the jeep to come find them, and then confronts Marcus with lying to all of them yesterday, at the waterfall. Marcus tries to explain but the young boy states he already did, but Marcus barrels on saying that he was trying to save them and stop someone from using all of their powers to do more harm. He is able to convince the young boy to let him try and use his powers and when they hold hands, he sees a flood of memories from the boy’s perspective.

They met for the first time on the bus to Synchroneity and Marcus learns that his name is Mike Mikelson. Marcus sees Mike meet them all in the storm drain after Marcus’s tranquiliser plan, explaining who he is and Mike taking them to the cave behind the waterfall. Marcus feels Mike’s emotions at having to reexplain who he was every time Marcus lost sight of him and he realises that it’s not just Mike he forgot, but every event that had him present as well, as if the time never existed. Continuing his exploration of Mike’s memories he feels Mike’s growing frustration and sees the moment he let slip, when they all wanted to leave, and Marcus told them about the FBI. He sees a fight break out as Mike Hunt uses Marcus’s deception to prove that he can’t be trusted, Billy’s want to use his powers to stop the situation and Tibby telling him no. When Tibby tried to break up the fight, Mike Hunt stabbed him and Mike Mikelson fled from the cave in order to make them all forget and stop the fighting. Marcus sees as he followed him but slipped and broke his leg in a ravine, Mike saved him and brought him to his house.

Having seen all this, Marcus decides to take from Mike the memories of him not trusting Marcus, tying him up and the explanation Mike gave him to who he is and how his powers work, keeping all of them for himself. They let go of each other and Marcus asks Mike to walk outside, he forgets where he is again but he manages to put together why he can’t remember and that he must be in Mike Mikelson’s room. Mike comes back in and asks Marcus if he knows him, to which he calls Mike by his name, cheering him up. He leaves again to find scissors to free Marcus from the duct tape cuffs and Marcus once again forgets where he is but, like last time, realises that he must be in Mike Mikelson’s room

**March 15, Portland**

Tibby, Mickey, Billy, Lexi and Mike are eating in a diner an hour after arriving in Portland. They discuss their plans; Mickey brings up finding her dad who is still in danger, Billy proposes contacting Skye for a lead on a mention of Portland from Rachel’s journal. Mike asks at the counter for a phone book so they can call the FBI to get through to Dept. C, as Tibby brings up what to do with Lexi and Mike. Lexi worries about being found being wanted and Billy offers using his powers, though Mickey points out that the FBI and Bucket could also protect them. Mike returns with the phonebook and Billy dares him to ring the FBI and he does so. Tibby sidebars with Billy about having seen Mike fiddling with something strange in his pocket, thinking it’s something else entirely and when Mike comes back Billy asks him about it. The question causes him to go pale and Mike runs out of the diner without saying anything and Lexi leaves to go after him. Billy tries to chase after them but loses them once he gets outside.

**March 16, Noon, Dept C**

Bucket finds Skye and Em sleeping and wakes them up, he informs the pair that Marcus never checked in and he isn’t responding to his mental calls either, though he knows he’s alive. Bucket tells them that they will take a helicopter into the town which excites them and Skye and Em ask for suits and ties and he begrudgingly directs them to where they can get ties. Bucket let’s them know that Sayaka is also coming with them and he asks Em, if things go wrong, to get Lexi and Sayaka to safety to which she agrees. Bucket inquires after Skye’s abilities and after she elaborates about her own powers Bucket identifies her as another person who could cause a lot of danger and adds her to Em’s list of people to get safety.

           Bucket checks once more to try and contact Marcus and finally connects. Marcus tells Bucket where he is and of Mike Mikelson and his powers, also letting him know that he has lost the others. Bucket is disappointed but tells Marcus that he will find Mike’s address and get to Marcus as soon as possible, but Marcus says to hold on as he tries to search Mike’s room for an address. Marcus injures himself trying to search and asks Mike what his address is, but the question causes him to doubt Marcus and refuse. Begrudgingly Marcus concedes to Bucket’s plan.

           Bucket asks Skye and Em if they know Mike but they tell him they don’t. Skye grabs another tie for Sayaka and her and Em got to the helicopter as Bucket finds a phone book. Sayaka accepts the tie but does not put it on. The three talk about the strange things that have gone on until Bucket arrives having found the address but no information on Mike.

**March 15, Portland**

Billy walks back in and explains to Mickey about his and Tibby’s “suspicions” about Mike and Lexi, but she calls them out for letting them leave and possibly endangering the town by making Lexi anxious after the last time her emotions were high. Deciding to not chase after them in case it causes more problems. Billy comes up with a list of objectives, and steals some napkins, as Tibby’s panicked picking of objectives causes them to elect a leader of their group to keep them on track. The unanimous vote of leads it to being Mickey and she elects to going to find her dad, remembering seeing him from her use of powers to find him at The Portland Suites Motel. Tibby brings up how they are going to get there and Billy uses his power to make it seem as the napkins have become hundred-dollar bills. Suspicious of what he’s just done Tibby’s accusations make Billy to admit what he did, but Mickey lets it go and Tibby does so as well.

           They pay up and hail a cab outside. They get a response from a figure smoking beside a black car who offers to give them a ride. Not trusting the individual Mickey asks Billy to use his power to check everything is okay and he perceives a body in the trunk of his car. Billy tries to turn down the driver’s offer and he fights against his grip on Mickey’s wheelchair until Billy reveals he knows about the body. Billy threatens to call the police and Tibby says he already has, the driver leaves and Mickey tells Billy that the individual was not a taxi driver and hails an actual yellow cab herself

**March 16, Marcus**

Mike asks Marcus for help with his powers and explain what’s going on with him having seen some of the others glowing back in the lab after the explosion. Marcus tells him about those in Synch and the FBI trying to help them and answers Mike’s questions about why he stabbed Lexi and how his own powers. Mike wonders if Marcus could give his memories to his family so they could remember him also when something knocks on the bedroom window. Marcus pushes through the pain of his injury and goes to the window, he sees Clarence mouthing his name but Marcus not knowing him back away and tells Mike, he lets slip that he has been speaking to the FBI as well, but he manages to keep Mike’s trust.

           A loud crash sounds from inside the house and Marcus looks to the window, seeing that Clarence is still there and gesturing to him. Marcus and Mike hear a muffled scream from the living room and Marcus asks Mike if there’s another way out but he becomes flustered. Footsteps sound outside and the bedroom door opens to reveal Sammy holding a knife in bloodied hands. Sammy is happy to have found him and as Mike introduces himself, he notices the blood. Sammy explains that “they” wouldn’t let him in and reveals to Marcus that he can feel him, and says he can sense Rachel on him. Marcus slowly backs up to the window distracting Sammy who demands he tells him where Rachel is. Mike runs out the room, Sammy caches him in the leg with the knife but he makes it past and out of sight.

           Sammy forgets Mike and focus on Marcus accusing him again of knowing where Rachel is. Marcus hears the sounds of a helicopter and manages to lift the window up behind him and falls out into Clarence’s arms. Clarence tells him briefly about the others and that he is here to help. Marcus tells him about Sammy and Mike and Clarence puts him down telling him to close his eyes. Marcus does so and when he opens them Clarence is gone and he can hear Sammy calling out for him.

           At the front of the house the helicopter lands and Bucket, Skye, Em and Sayaka arrive. Bucket admonishes Skye for calling out that she is FBI as she is joking around, he pulls his gun and heads inside first. As they follow, they see the bodies of Mike’s mother and his brother before they hear Sammy calling out for Marcus. Bucket motions them to stay low and Sayaka grabs a hold of Skye, she feels a tingle of Sayaka’s electric powers across her skin with the fear the of situation but Skye shows Sayaka her tie and tells her she’s safe. They see Mike Mikelson crawling along the floor toward them and he asks them to help Marcus. Em Pegg runs in and sees Sammy, who she recognises from school and tries to talk him down but he seems adamant on finding Marcus. Bucket and the others appear at her shoulder but Bucket let’s Em continue to try and calm Sammy.

           A gelatinous mass of bone, flesh and clothing grows behind Sammy, forming into Clarence and they watch as he snaps Sammy’s neck. Clarence tells them he is here to help as Bucket fires two shots into him. Em grabs Sammy’s body and tries to fix him, the bullets don’t seem to harm Clarence and he says he was only trying to help Marcus before turning into a liquid and disappears into the floorboards. Marcus climbs back inside and Skye asks him about what happened. He tells her why Sammy was there and being helped by Clarence, then Em Pegg grab him and pushes him against the wall blaming Marcus for not thinking about his actions. Mike comes back into the room, distraught at the loss of his family, Skye offers their aid to help him but he refuses and leaves.

           Em lets Marcus go after she tells him the state his actions left her in and he apologises, he tries to limp out of the room after Mike but Mikes power stops him from remembering why and he stops. Bucket asks Marcus where the others are but he doesn’t know, Bucket blames himself but Skye blames Marcus. Bucket confiscates the last of Marcus’ tranquilisers and orders them all back to the base, but Skye reminds him of his promise to let them explore her lead at the south tower. Bucket keeps his promise, letting Sayaka and Em accompany her as well. Marcus confides in Bucket that he felt that when he was with Sammy he thought about killing in order to survive; a feeling he’s with the chaos around them going on, and he doesn’t know what the rules are anymore. Bucket points out toward the Stone Mason’s mirror, saying what are the rules with what has happened, but as Marcus stares at the mirror it begins to pulse and he feels himself drawn to it, and even from that distance sees himself reflected in it, but a darker version.

**March 15, Portland**

Mickey, Billy and Tibby make it to the Portland Suites and plan to get some rooms with Billy’s “money,” rest up and continue their checklist tomorrow. Tibby tells the two how much they mean to him being their friends and they return the sentiment. When they enter the front desk they see on the tv behind the counter the reports from Kollok, but the woman at the desk doesn’t seem to care. They tell the woman that they are with Michael Jones and purchase a room next to his. Billy has a disturbing conversation with the woman but they get their room key and head up to the room, though when bringing up sharing the two beds Billy makes it very awkward for Tibby. Mickey leaves them to their argument and knocks on her dad’s door. Her mother answers and hugs her in relief at seeing her okay. Mickey’s mom tells her that her dad hasn’t come back from seeing a friend he had gone to see to help them. Mickey uses her power to find him but it is faint as it seems he is barely alive.

## 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. The mirror is going to show us our worst fears
2. The mirror is going to show the multiverse what we take
3. The mirror is going to reveal truth (winner)
4. The mirror is going to bring them back

## Notes

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