Season 2 - Episode 32: Bad Vibrations

## Synopsis

An earthquake hits Thornvale. Or at least, that's what it feels like. Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie quickly rendezvous at the hotel before going to investigate. They find a massive sinkhole has opened up on the island, so deep that they can't hear anything hit the bottom. They decide to use climbing gear to get deep enough to be out of sight and then fly the rest of the way down to investigate. Once they land at the bottom, they find themselves standing in a thick, gel-like substance.

## Episode Description

Our heroes deal with the aftershocks of a surprise earthquake on the island.

## Key Events

* What feels like an earthquake shakes the town of Thornvale. The news reports that a massive sinkhole has opened up and the crew go to investigate.
* In the sinkhole, Bjorn discovers the walls are covered in thick grooves and Henry finds a black, crystalline tooth broken off into one of them.

## Summary

Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie all experience what feels like an earthquake rock the island. Henry and his dad flatten themselves onto the dock as it begins to swing wildly in the water and bang against the ferry. Bjorn, at his townhouse, gets under a table and braces himself. Sammie and Elise run out of their apartment building to try and spot what's going on, Sammie immediately assuming it's some kind of creature. As they step outside, a metal sign falls off of their apartment building and lands directly on top of them both.

Sammie uses magic to make herself strong enough to lift the sign. She pins her ankle with it but manages to free Elise, who seems to have had her arm broken by the impact. Sammie pulls herself free from the sign and they both go back into their apartment. Sammie heals Elise's arm and then coaxes out a scared Sparks to sit on the couch with her. She tells them to stay put while she goes to find out what's happening. As she's leaving, she gets a text from Oliver, who also says he felt the earthquake downtown.

Bjorn texts the group and they arrange to meet at the hotel. Stanley picks up Henry and James at the docks and brings them over. Sammie hops in her Jeep. Bjorn is the last to arrive, having to take the ferry from East. Once all together, they watch a news report airing on TV. A reporter is talking in front of a large sink hole that has opened up in town. The reporter says that they have no idea how deep the sinkhole goes and emergency services are investigating the situation. They quickly head out to investigate, Bjorn and Henry driving over in Bjorn's SUV and Sammie in her Jeep.

They arrive at the scene of the sinkhole and find it is swamped with first responders and news reporters. Sammie takes a moment to try and see if there are any magical influences in the area but something goes wrong. A tattoo on her arm, one of the wards she'd added recently, begins to burn and blocks her from using her observational magic. The tattoo begins to glow with a soft, white light. She quickly pulls her arm toward herself to hide it with a pained expression.

Bjorn walks up to a nearby police officer and flips out his badge. He asks them what the situation is with the sinkhole and the police officer tells them they can't see the bottom or hear anything hit the bottom of it. The officer picks up a rock and throws it down but there's no noise of it hitting the bottom. The officer tells him that they're welcome to explore the sinkhole if they can find a way down. Bjorn asks if the officers can get the news stations to clear out and the officer tells them they can't tell them to leave.

Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie meet back up to discuss how to explore the sinkhole. Eventually, they agree on climbing down until they are out of sight of the news crews or emergency personnel and then fly down the rest of the way. Bjorn calls Agent Thor to ask him if he has access to any climbing gear and he meets up with them about an hour later with the equipment they need. Bjorn goes back to talk with the officer he'd spoken with before, Officer De Leon, and tells him that they're going to climb down.

Bjorn and Sammie have climbing experience, but Henry does not. So Bjorn starts down first, followed by Sammie, with Henry above them. The surface of the wall is sandy and clay-filled at first and then becomes a solid rock face. As they get deeper, Bjorn notices deep grooves etched into the surface of the wall. Henry notices off to the side of their path there is something sticking out of one of these grooves. Henry manages to grab it and pull it out of the wall. It's about the size of his fist and his obviously tooth-shaped, but made of a black crystalline material. Now that they are out of sight, Henry flies down to the others to show them the tooth. They realize with the angle of the tooth and the grooves in the wall, the creature was under the ground and digging upward.

Suddenly the ground around them begins to tremble. Henry is shaken from his perched position on the wall, but manages to catch himself with his wings. Sammie is thrown and starts to fall, the rope meant to stop her from falling snapping in half. She topples into Henry and they both begin to plummet toward the bottom. Bjorn dives down to catch Sammie and Henry is able to stop himself from falling. They quickly find themselves at the bottom of the sinkhole. When their feet touch the ground they sink into a thick gel-like ooze.

## List of Appearances

* Bjorn Olafson
* Henry Marlowe
* James Marlowe
* Sammie Overbrook
* Elise Romano
* Oliver Allen Evans
* Stanley Marlowe
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Agent Thor
* Officer De Leon