Season 2 - Episode 22: Haunted

## Synopsis

Henry (illegally) drives River to a Halloween marathon at a pop-up drive-in. They arrive only for Henry to realize it's being hosted outside of the burnt out building they fought Molly in. Bjorn goes to check on Sammie and finds that she's not doing so well. She's been doing a lot of research on wards and witch circles to try and figure out a way to keep Jadis from taking control of her and to get the shard out. He tells her that they're there to support her and help her when she's ready.

## Episode Description

Sammie is not taking what happened in the previous arc very well, and Bjorn may be the only one who can get through to her. Meanwhile, Henry commits a crime.

## Key Events

* Henry and River go to the drive-in to watch a Halloween movie together. (It's NOT a date.)
* Bjorn checks up on Sammie and finds she's not been doing well since they fought the dullahan. She has locked herself away, trying to find a way to remove the shard from her chest.

## Summary

Sammie is not handling the events surrounding the dullahan very well. On October 21st, her birthday rolls around without her realizing it. She opens her bedroom door to find a single cupcake with a note under it from Oliver. The note reads that Elise told him it was her birthday and he wanted to get her something. He also points out that Sammie hasn't been texting him and includes his number just in case.

It's about a week before Halloween. Henry gets a text from River asking if he has a car. Henry says no and asks why. River explains there is a drive-in Halloween movie marathon going on outside Big Gator Swamp and she wanted to know if they could go. Henry goes to chat with Stanley, who's sitting at the kitchen counter with a bottle of whiskey. Henry asks Stanley if he can borrow his car. Stanley fixes him with a hard look, clarifying that Henry is asking him if he can illegally drive his car to pick up the Chief of Police's daughter to go out to a movie. Henry protests the use of 'going out' but agrees.

Stanley stares at him for a while before he starts to smirk. He pulls the car keys out of his pocket and hands them to Henry, telling him that if he gets a single scratch on it - or worse, gets caught - he'll never drive it again. Henry assures him he understands. He texts River and tells him he's going to pick her up. When Henry knocks on the door, River answers. She's dyed her hair again, this time black with green streaks. Chief Hanson comes up behind River as they chat. Thankfully, the last time they had a run-in with Chief Hanson, Sammie wiped his mind of any memories of him, so the Chief doesn't remember meeting him the first time. Henry fumbles over his words, accidentally admitting he's only 15 before quickly recovering with a 16, before Henry and River head to the car to go to the movie.

As they arrive at the movie, Henry suddenly realizes he's been here before. The drive-in is set up outside of the field in front of the house they fought Molly in. It's now a burned-down husk of a building. River sees the shock on his face and asks if he heard about what happened here. She explains that something blew up in the house and it burned down, that a bunch of people died and they found at least 3 bodies inside. She says the mystery around the event is why they set up the Halloween marathon outside of it. Henry tries to act shocked, saying he didn't think anything weird ever happened in Thornvale. River says he'd be surprised what weird things happen around here. Henry pulls into a spot and buys them both some popcorn as they settle into watch the 2004 film "Van Helsing."

It's now October 30th. Bjorn has been trying to check up on Sammie, but none of his calls or texts are going through. Bjorn gets a text from Elise asking him to meet her at the coffee shop she works at. Bjorn meets up with Elise and she tells him that she's concerned about Sammie. She says that Sammie has been acting off - not eating or sleeping much. Elise asks Bjorn to talk to her, saying that he might understand more of what Sammie's going through than she can. Bjorn agrees and heads to Sammie and Elise's apartment with her at the end of her shift at the coffee shop.

When Bjorn arrives at the apartment, he realizes there is a ward burned into the welcome mat in front of the door. One similar to the kinds he's seen Miguel make. Bjorn doesn't recognize the exact ward but asks Elise about it. Elise says that Sammie said it's a ward against witches and that she put it there to keep herself inside. They walk inside and Elise leads Bjorn over to Sammie's door, wishing him luck. Bjorn knocks and tries to talk with Sammie, but Sammie asks him to come back later - that she's busy with research.

Bjorn tries to get a bit tougher with her and says that he can break the door down if he has to. Inside, Sammie picks up a blanket off her bed and throws it over something in the corner of the room. Bjorn tries the handle but finds that it's locked. Sammie finally approaches the door and opens it just a crack to look out at him. Sammie insists she's fine. Bjorn asks if they can talk and Sammie sighs but finally opens her door all the way. Bjorn sees that Sammie has, in fact, been doing a lot of research. She's been researching witches, witch circles, and anything possible to help her figure out how to get the shard out of her chest. She's attached pictures, pages from books, drawings, anything and everything to her walls to collect her notes. Every wall in her room looks like a conspiracy board.

Sammie reiterates that she's been doing research and he notices she has new tattoos on her arms of various wards. Bjorn asks her about the wards on her arms and the doormat. She says they're meant to keep Jadis in if she takes over. Bjorn tries to get her to see how crazy this looks, how crazy it is to lock herself away when she has a support structure in place to help her through this - she has people to help her. Bjorn emphasizes that they beat her once, they can beat her again. Sammie says they can't be 100% sure Jadis won't take control until the shard is out of her chest and that's what all this research is for. Bjorn again tries to tell her that she needs to rely on them too, that Sammie and Henry are the reason he made it through being a werewolf and he and Henry and the others can get her through this too.

Bjorn switches topics and asks why Sammie isn't talking to Oliver right now either. Sammie stays silent. Bjorn pushes further and asks if they've talked at all since everything happened and Sammie says no, they haven't. Bjorn tells her that when he was a werewolf, when he was the monster, it helped him to talk to people. It made him feel better even though he had hurt people. He says that Sammie would probably feel better if she just talked to him, but Sammie says she's not ready to talk to him and potentially put him in danger yet again.

Bjorn tells her that whenever she's ready, they'll be there to give her the support she needs. Sammie apologizes and agrees to finally charge her phone so she'll get his messages. Sammie awkwardly thanks him for stopping and Bjorn leaves the room. Sammie locks her bedroom door behind him. Once her phone turns on, she is suddenly flooded with messages from Oliver. The first messages say things like "Are you okay?" "I need to talk to you." "Stop hiding from me, I'm not mad at you." There's silence for a few days, then he sends a single message once every day, "I still love you, Sammie."

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Elise Romano
* Oliver Allen Evans
* Henry Marlowe
* River Hanson
* Stanley Marlowe
* Chief Hanson
* Bjorn Olafson

## Roll Tracker

 Andrew/Bjorn
 Andrew/Bjorn
 Andrew/Bjorn

**Andrew Level Up:** Advanced Protect Someone and Read a Bad Situation