An Uncertain Alliance

The image posted to the Infinity Crab Saga Instagram account to announce the title of "An Uncertain Alliance"

### Editor

Graham Cole

**"An Uncertain Alliance"** is an episode of the Infinity Crab Saga that was released on March 26, 2021 as part of a virtual No Shame due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was the first episode to be performed at McLean High School since COVID lockdown, maintaining social distance and wearing masks, and a recording was edited and released. "An Uncertain Alliance" is the fourth episode of season 2, and shows what happens once Steve leads Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will to the Council with the Infinity Crab.

## Episode Summary

### Act 1

Before the show starts, Steve gives a recap of "A Dance with Darkness" directly to the audience.

In the Council's headquarters, Potentia, Arguta, and Quies discuss their plans for when Steve brings Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will to them; to monitor the occupants of the Infinity Crab and remove the magic from the Chosen Heroes. When Steve, Good Guy Graham, and Bad Boy Will arrive, the Council kindly greets them. They tell the Chosen Heroes that they have done good work, but that the battle is complete, and encourage them to enjoy some snacks in a back room. Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will go to the back room, and the Council instruct Steve to lock them in. With Bad Boy Will and Good Guy Graham locked away, the members of the Council look inside the Infinity Crab, and react with shock at what they see. The Council concludes to not tell Bad Boy Will or Good Guy Graham what they saw.

### Act 2

After enjoying the snacks in the break room, Bad Boy Will and Good Guy Graham try to leave, only to find the door locked and their Balance-based abilities to be powerless. From the other side of the door, Steve explains that he and the Council betrayed their trust, and that the Council wants to remove their powers and give them to other people. Over the course of his monologue, Steve has a change of heart. He concludes that, even in the short time they had known each other, Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will had shown him more respect than the current members of the Council ever had, and that he would be better off joining the Chosen Heroes. Steve unlocks the door to let Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will out and is immediately knocked out by a punch from Bad Boy Will, but the chosen heroes take Steve with them on their way out of the Council's headquarters.

### Act 3

When the members of the Council return to their meeting room, Potentia discovers that the Infinity Crab has been stolen, and Quies discovers that Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will have escaped. The Council determines that they had been betrayed by Steve, and wonder how they will get anything done without their lackey. Suddenly, Gray appears. He says that the Council has just lost, and the only way for them to get anything close to what they want is to join forces with him. Reluctantly, the Council agrees.

Meanwhile, Good Guy Graham, Bad Boy Will, and Steve, who is nursing a head wound, are walking away from the Council's headquarters with the Infinity Crab. As the audience's view enters the Infinity Crab, the screams of two young women are heard.

## Script

A full copy of this episode's script can be found at An Uncertain Alliance/Script.

## Video

This episode can be found at An Uncertain Alliance/Video.

## Cast

* Will Chapman as Bad Boy Will
* Graham Cole as Good Guy Graham
* Chris Tillotson as Steve
* Lyssa Bass as Potentia
* Chloe Lahr as Arguta
* Avery Versaw as Quies
* Benjamin Cudmore as Gray
* Jackie Stoll and Keira Murphy as the Infinity Crab prisoners (uncredited)