"Woman with Outstretched Arm"

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***"Woman with Outstretched Arm"*** is the twelfth episode of KOllOK 1991.

## Synopsis

Tibby saves everyone. But at what cost? And can he save them from a new mysterious figure?

## Plot

3PM. Monday, March 18th, 1991. A tall, muscular man in a suit knocks once before entering the Gorgon's office. He addresses her and closes the door behind him. The woman does not turn her chair to face him, just gestures for him to continue. He holds up a VHS tape marked with today's date and "south wing incident." The woman turns her chair to face him and presses a button under her desk. A panel slides open on the east-facing wall, revealing a large tube television and a VCR. The man places the tape in the VCR and hits play. The man talks over the tape as it plays, as is the woman's wish. She values his insight.

He tells her that the incident feels coordinated. When the Stone Masons did whatever they did, the kids reacted. Although the Gorgon allowed Marcus' request for access to the labs, they underestimated his resourcefulness. They swiped a guards badge, descended into the lower levels, and reclaimed their belongings and Angela and Tommy. The man also believes they are responsible for the destabilization of the "flesh," leading to the eruption. He doesn't know how. The whole building's system went down as a result of the blast. And the lone survivor of the response team hasn't given any information yet. There was no sign of the kids on the upper or lower level. The man believes they used the chaos in order to escape the grounds.

The woman closes the panel and turns her back to the man. She looks longingly out the window. She wonders if the Stone Masons are using the kids to send a message. She also muses that her subordinate, Ms. Wu, might be correct in thinking that she did not see the kids as a threat because of their young age. The man asks if he should treat them as a threat, but the woman says no. However, she does not want to lose sight of them. She tells him to double the security at the towers as well. The Clarities[1] put this all into motion and might try to contact the kids.

The man asks if the Stone Masons have compromised the Clarities, but the Gorgon does not believe so. She says that they are just trying to get her attention. She visited them for the first time in years. She thinks it is smart of the Masons to jump on the opportunity. If she was allowed, she'd burn the forest they live in.

The man suggests they send a message without harming the children. The Grotto might take it as a sign of weakness if they do nothing. He suggests they fire the Bennetts and renegotiate Steve Baker's contract. The woman agrees, and says to kill Michael Jones. He's lost his usefulness and the things buried in his mind could cause real harm.

The man leaves the room. The woman continues to stare out the window as an owl stares back. She speaks to the owl, saying to go on and tell its keeper what it saw today. And tell him, when he is ready, that she is open to discussion.

4PM. March 15th, 1991. Undecided. Justin, Spark, and Skye ride through the devastated town of Undecided, making their way to the tunnels. The Traveler is tied and gagged in the back of the truck. Justin wants to slam on the brakes and hurt them, but the Traveler is wearing the body of a friend. Skye tries, to the best of her ability, to explain what Prime is and why she cannot go back home. She also explains her relationship with Rachel and her contract. She's taking the Traveler to the Grotto to find a way to pay her debt. Justin and Spark are supportive of her.

Spark brings up Scott, a dead friend who occupied Milynn's head. Skye remembers that she met Scott in the Grotto when she was brought there by a broker about her contract. Justin brings up Lucas. Skye wonders if Milynn could be in Prime like Billy/Lucas.

Justin explains that he is the figment of a little girl's imagination. The real him was a park ranger that put an ice pick through his brain. Spark replaced him as park ranger, although Spark was grown in a vat like Billy. Spark found the current Justin in an imaginary world. They have been trying to take down Synchroneity every since because of the lives they destroyed and the experimentation. When the East invaded the West, Synchroneity started selling weapons to all sides, but the weapons were people with powers.

Spark mentions that Scott always felt like something was coming for him when he was in Milynn's brain. Skye wonders what was coming for him and if it is like what came for Rachel.

They arrive at their destination. Justin stops the truck, and they grab the Traveler from the back.

6PM. March 18th, 1991. Kollok Hospital. Tibby wakes up with Billy by his side. Billy tells Tibby that he thinks that he is like Wolverine because he can heal himself. Billy gives Tibby an idea for a superhero name for him: 57, because it's a prime number and rhymes with his last name.

Billy explains what happened and how they got to the hospital, and that Oscar and Terance are missing. Billy used his power to make Angela and Tommy look like his cousins to everyone except for him. Tibby asks for an apology, and Billy apologizes for everything that he's done. Tibby airs out his grievances with Billy, and reminds Billy that he is the same person even though he made himself cool. Billy says that he doesn't even like being cool. "Cool" kids aren't even that cool.

Tibby hugs Billy. As he does so, the area where their skin touches heals. The decaying skin becomes living tissue. Billy shows Tibby what he did, who immediately grabs Billy's face and heals him fully. Tibby realizes that he's cooler than Wolverine. Tibby asks to be taken to everyone else to heal them as well. Billy tries to convince hm that things come with a cost, and he needs to be careful, but Tibby cannot be dissuaded. Billy tells Tibby that he unknowingly killed people using his powers. This gives Tibby paused, but he still wants to help.

Meanwhile, Mickey and Mallory are sitting next to Marcus' nearly lifeless body. Mallory is distraught and says that he can't lose Marcus too. Mickey assures him that they are not going to let that happen. Mallory feels bad because he pushed everyone away after his dad died, and that he hasn't talked to Marcus because of that. Mickey tells him that Marcus would understand. Mallory also feels bad for the way he treated Rachel and Skye, who are "missing."

Tibby and Billy burst into the room, Tibby announcing himself as 57. Tibby touches Marcus and heals him. Marcus awake, his decaying flesh returning to living, and his bruises fading away. After a short conversation, time stops for Marcus. He feels Tibby's arms still around him, but he finds himself in Tibby's mind. He is in a moment in Tibby's memory, able to watch but unable to interact. Tibby takes his arms off him, and he snaps back to the hospital room.

Marcus explains what just happened to him. Before Marcus can experiment with his new ability, Tibby says he has to heal Mickey. Tibby, however, is embarrassed to touch Mickey and Mickey grabs Tibby's arm instead. Like Billy and Marcus, Mickey is healed, but still unable to walk. Tibby tries again, but it still doesn't work. He says he doesn't feel a connection.

Marcus tests his ability on Mickey, touching her as he uses her as support to get out of bed. He sees her father and her on the road, parked on the side of the road. They are setting up a camp since they have no money to pay for a hotel. It is before Michael Jones started drinking. Marcus' eyes roll back in his head, and he looks like he's about to fall over. As his skin loses contact with Mickey, the vision disappears and Marcus returns to normal.

Tibby asks about the others. He asks where Burke is. They move on to Burke's hospital room.

Justin, Spark, Skye, and the Traveler stand outside of a tree in Undecided. This tree once held an entrance to what they called "the tunnels." Spark uses her powers to try to reveal the location of the entrance. Justin puts a welding helmet over his face. Skye covers her eyes and tries to cover the Traveler's eyes, but Justin stops her. Spark emits a bright light. The Traveler screams as his eyes are burned out of his skull. Spark is able to see through layers, like cellophane, and she sees the entrance. She opens the door and a red light glows from the tree. Her power drops as she feels herself weakening.

Justin takes the gag off the now-blind Traveler. The Traveler says he could have shown them the way if they had asked. The Grotto was once his home. But he's fine with Spark burning the cancer inside of her. Skye says that the Traveler doesn't need his eyes to guide them. He says that their eyes wouldn't do them much good anyways. They see what "they" want them to see, and they experience what "they" want them to experience.

Spark worries about the door closing behind them and tries to find a way to keep it open. She props it open with a cinder block. Justin grabs some firearms. They descend into the tunnels. Skye notices that the place seems the same, but feels different. It is dark, red pulsing. She feels a connection to the place. The stairs they find themselves on appear to go on forever. The Traveler tells them to keep on walking, and when "they want them to be found "they" will find them. He imagines that Scott will be the first one to find them.

The stairwell comes to an end, although they don't remember it ending. Spark sees the slight dim light of where she propped open the door. They hear the sound of clapping as Scott appears. He seems pleased to see the Traveler. Scott says that he's been trying to figure out how the Traveler works. He's been in the Grotto for what seems like years; time works different here. The Traveler trapped him here. He manipulated his friends to make them give him up. Scott found out that the Traveler broke a lot of rules, and people don't like what he's been doing.

Scott says the Traveler probably thinks that he's mad at him, but he's happy in the Grotto. He has a purpose. Scott is here to guide them. As Scott says that they are in the Grotto, they realize their surroundings have changed. Skye just needs to tell him where they want to go, and he will take them. He shows Skye the door she was looking for, which was there all along. Scott warns Skye to be careful.

Scott stays outside, as he is not allowed to enter. There is no need to open the door. All of them find themselves in the room when they decide to enter. In the room is a large door, hovering above them, ten feet in the air. The room is concrete, grey, and otherwise empty. They hear the sound of a person walking up concrete steps, and a small figure appears at the desk. The desk appears to be moving further and further away.

Skye tells the figure that she wants to settle up on her contract. Skye offers the Traveler as payment. The principle remaining on her debt is 105 pounds of flesh, but they do not accept the payment. The Traveler is a living, breathing being. Not pounds of flesh. A soul still resides within the body. Justin offers to kill the Traveler for her, but they do not accept the offer. Justin is not on the contract, so Skye must do it herself. Skye tries to convince herself that she's doing the right thing. The Traveler says that this is what "they" want, but he will not beg.

Skye calls open her power and receives the ability of pyrokinesis. She shoots fire out of her finger and shoots it through the Traveler's head, boiling the brain from the inside. The man says that the payment has been paid in full, then tells them to leave. He waves his hand, and they find themselves back in the hallway.

Scott is outside waiting for them. He tells them that he is supposed to escort Justin and Spark off the premises. Skye, however, has to stay. Her entrance set off some alarm because she's not occupying a body that she's supposed to outside of a contract. Scott leads her to "her room".

At the Kollok Hospital, the Radar has found Burke's room. Burke is lying motionless with no one else in the room. Billy mentions that Tibby might be able to heal Skye's body so she can return. Mickey mentions that the FBI has her body. Marcus reaches out to Agent Bucket with his mind. Marcus asks where he is, and Bucket says that he is in town. Bucket is not surprised that they need his help, and guesses that they had something to do with the explosion at Synchroneity. Bucket seems to be upset that they haven't been laying low like he asked. He tells them to meet him at his office. Mickey should know where it is.

Doctor Bay approaches Mickey, and pulls her aside. The doctor says that it has to do with her father. The doctor warns her that Michael Jones is in danger. Synchroneity, their employer, are coming for him. They were his boss and they are worried about him. They say that he knows things. Mickey says that he's forgotten everything. The doctor informs Mickey that Mr. Jones was working with them gathering evidence. He's done bad things, but he's a good man. He didn't like what the company was having him do, so he was trying to make up for it. Every time they were close to getting enough evidence, he would forget everything. Michael Jones was collecting the shoes as evidence; he was following Rachel to collect evidence to stop what was going on.

Synchroneity knows that Mr. Jones knows things, but not about what the doctor had him doing. Michael Jones was cleaning up Synchroneity's messes for years. Got rid of their competitors. The doctor says they need to get Mr. Jones to safety, so they do not find him. Mickey says that she can find him. Mickey uses her powers to find her father. She finds him in a hotel in Portland with her mother. Mickey tries to get the doctor to get him, but they are unable to leave. They tell Mickey to contact her dad and tell him to leave.

Tibby heals Burke, who awakens like Marcus. Tibby calls out that he thinks he found Oscar and Terance. They enter the room to see Burke sitting up. They hear Oscar and Terance talking through Burke, and Burke confirms that they are inside of him. Mickey leaves to call her father. Billy tells them that they need to lay low and not let people know what happened. Upon hearing one of the Midnight Society say that they are like superheroes, Billy mentions that they might have three times the strength. Billy suggests that they hit Tibby because he can heal himself, which they do and send the poor boy flying across the room.

Marcus helps Tibby up and remarks that sometimes you have to let a friendship go.

Marcus says that they are going to visit Bucket. Billy says to Tibby that they need him to heal Skye. Tibby says that he thought Skye was gone, which they say is true. Tibby asks why is she on the television in the reception room then. They look where Tibby is looking and see a TV hanging from the wall with Skye's face on it. Marcus calls out to Skye, who hears an echo in the room that she's in. She's been there for days and is starting to go crazy. She thinks she's hearing things. Marcus convinces her that he's real and is actually Marcus.

Tibby tells her that he thinks he can heal her body. They tell her that they have received powers, and now they have a way to bring her back. Marcus stumbles when explaining this, accidentally implying that she has a nice body a few times before giving up. Skye tells them that she settled up her contract, but she killed someone. She had given up on coming home.

Meanwhile, Mickey is trying to call her dad. She remembers the name of the hotel. She realizes a phone book wouldn't have Portland numbers. [2] Marcus assists her in getting the phone number from 411. Mickey calls the number and the hotel clerk transfers the call once Mickey says that it's a family emergency. Once on the line, Mickey tells her dad to leave the hotel and don't stop. She tells him to never return to Kollok. She says that she'll be fine, but he's in danger. She tells him not to tell anyone where he is going; she can find him whenever she needs him. Just go and be with her mother. Michael Jones agrees.

Mickey gets off the phone and sees Billy on Tibby's shoulders trying to get the television off the wall. Mickey and Skye apologize to one another. Skye tries to get Mickey to disclose whose fault it was that her body wasn't taken care of. Marcus grabs the television, once Billy gets it free, and puts it in Mickey's lap. They cover up the TV, steal an ambulance, and head towards the office park next to the movie theater.

They arrive and find the windows blacked out. There is a "closed" sign on the front door. As they approach it, the door opens, and Agent Bucket greets them. He tells them to get inside. He tells them that the body is not there. The body is outside of town, being "reviewed". Bucket offers to take them, but the FBI will have questions. Bucket says that this will most likely end his career. A teenage girl coming back to life will be hard to believe., especially when decaying body is fully healed.

Tibby places his hands on Bucket and heals him like he did for the others.

They take the ambulance, Bucket driving, and head outside of town. Twenty minutes later, they arrive. They stop, and Bucket says to follow him. He will tell them that they are here to deliver new information on the ongoing case. He will shut down the East side of the building and ask for the doctor to leave. He expects this act will end his career. He pushes Micky's wheelchair through the front door and the others follow.

The building appears to be a normal school, converted into a makeshift office. People stop and stare as they pass. They see computers, more advanced than they are used to seeing. They have technology that is foreign to them. The people seem concerned with their presence. Bucket continues on. A man walks up to greet Bucket. The man thanks the kids for their cooperation on the case. He asks with the new information that they are bringing in. They say that they are here to say their goodbyes to Skye. He says that they don't look sad. They look all well, considering the circumstances.

The man says that Bucket is nervous because he wasn't expecting to see him. He asks what they all think about everything. He directs the question at Marcus. Marcus says that it's sad. The man says that's not how he really feels. Marcus, indignantly, asks how he knows how he feels, The man flippantly tells Marcus to ask Bucket why he's nervous to see him. Bucket doesn't respond and lowers his head in shame.

The man says that he knew they would be here today, and lets them know that Bucket didn't set them up. He says that all of them in the office, including him, are like the Radar. Marcus says that they are just there to help their friend. The man knows. He asks why he should let them. What do they think about all this? He wants them to stop lying about their feelings and thoughts. He likes to know the truth of things. Exasperated, Marcus tells him how he really feels. And that they just want to move on with their lives. The man tells them that their lives cannot go on to be normal. Marcus suggests that maybe they can work together.

The man says that Bucket brought them here to protect them. To shelter them from the Eye of the World, the media. He implies that other people may have woken up with powers. The man says his ability is seeing the truth. He says that their lives will get even harder. The man agrees to let them see Skye as long as they stay at the old school until the media leaves. He's concerned what will happen when the world knows there are people with abilities. The FBI has some of the kids that woke up with powers: Nick Blakely, Lexi Noff, and Mike Hunt got away. They are all in the possession of Synchroneity. The FBI has Em Pegg and Sayaka Omari.

The world will never be the same. The people they care about, their loved ones, their world will be gone in a couple of hours. The world as they imagined it will cease to exist.

The man tells Bucket to show them to the operating room and turn the cameras on. Bucket tells them that they can trust him. The man says that they won't see him again. He does not give them his name. The man leaves. Bucket apologizes.

Bucket leads them to the operating room. Tibby is overwhelmed by the sight of Skye's remains. Marcus holds the body's hand and tries to use his ability, but it does not work on a body with no life. Billy grabs the body's other hand. Tibby walks up and touches the body's forehead. Slowly, the body puts itself back together. The body is restored. Tibby realizes how his powers work. His powers take from someone else. He just killed someone to heal her. Tibby is not okay with it. He doesn't like it. He walks to the corner and sits on the floor.

Marcus goes to cover Skye's body, but she says it's okay. She is confident in herself and her body. Marcus comments that she looks good.

Mickey reaches out to find Skye. Skye is in a place that frightens her. She feels distant and disconnected. She sees Skye's essence in an asteroid hurtling through space. Skye Hawkins awakens in her body.

## Cast

### Main 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. Sammy told everyone Marcus killed Rachel
2. The man in black is looking for Mickey
3. Locusts got into the grapes, this season‘s crop is ruined
4. People have been seeing their reflections have a life of their own (winner)

## Notes

The episode signals the end of the second volume of the show.

This episode marks the first time Skye uses her powers. The random card that she draws briefly gives her the power of pyrokinesis, which she uses to kill the Traveler to satisfy her debt.

Interestingly, after Tibby heals Marcus and Mickey, Mallory is present in the room. When the group leaves to heal Burke, Mallory's presence is ignored, and his character is not mentioned again.

Footnotes

1. Presumably the clones of Clarity Anah from the last volume of 10 Candles.
2. This leads to a funny moment when Shelby doesn't know how to get the phone number of the hotel because she doesn't know how things worked in 1991. Andre comes to the rescue, and Marcus dials the operator. To which Shelby says "who?"