Summer Break!

Ojas picks up Colt and together they head to the highschool game.

Mac joins her friend Dana (and Troy) rather than meeting up with her friend Tanner at the game. Troy drives a Transam 2-door. Mac locks up the record store before she leaves. Their plan is to do whatever and then head to the game.

Cherry changes clothes (pink crop top, white skirt, red shoes, big poofy sock, big hair scrunchy). Her aunt gives her a ride to the game in the family pinto. First they stop at Dairy Queen and get a smoothy. Plan is for Cherry to later go to the game to meet up with her "edgy friend". She wants her friend to think she's cool.

Ojas (and Colt) meet up with Ojas' friend Lucas. Lucas has a flask with him. They buy some drinks from concessions and poor some of the flask in.

In the meantime Colt wanders off to find a Loop booth (because he's fascinated by them.) He finds one with two loop employees. He plays with a metal donut that they claim is alien technology and they call it an Echo Sphere. They ask for his personal information (a job application?) to put it on file (so they can hire him later as an adult???)

Before he can sign, Ojas finds him and stops him. However, the employees clarify that they have a summer camp. Ojas is inspired to sign Colt up for the camp, and start to fill it out for his little brother.

Meanwhile the Mac and her friends (Dana and Troy) arrive at the stadium where Tanner is waiting for Mac. Dana and Troy send Mac out to meet her friends while they hang back for five minutes in the car. Mac heads to Tanner. They head over to the concession stand, where they run into Ojas and Lucas. (They associate with Kevin, who kinda sucks.) Ojas' little brother Colt is there too. Mac knows Colt but doesn't call out because she doesn't want to be public friends with a 10-year old. But Colt waves and excited gestures and points Mac out to Ojas. And Ojas and Mac meet.

Cherry's aunt drops her off in the Pinto, blasting "Like a Virgin" on the radio and singing along. Cherry arranges to meet up with her aunt, first loops around to scope out the game, and identifies that Jennifer is in the crowd along with her "girl gang".

Corruption bar: Aunt is standing in line pointing at Cherry "OMG that's my neice!" Flags her over. Alara is sure Jennifer has seen her. Jennifer gives her a look. (clearly thinks Alara is uncool.)

Stadium Lights pop on, and announcer comes on to announce the start of the game, then introduces the football team - who come crash in in a line.

Jennifer goes to her aunt. Her aunt has bought all of the kids pop, etc. Aunt introduces everyone with enthusiasm. Jennifer feels the awkwardness of the situation. The aunt invites all the kids to sit with Alara and all the cool kids. Jennifer and the girl squad clearly don't approve.

Suddenly, as Aunt is talking, the kids can no longer hear anything - even though everything continues to move as if they are talking. There's a light ring in everyone's ears. They can hear each other but nothing else. No one seems to notice the kids reactions. No one seems to be reacting as if the kids are gone. They can't get any response from anyone who seem to be continuing their lives.

The kids move out of the space to see if the problem is localized. They head towards the steps. Every step the lights in the stadium get brighter. Colt notices a high pitched dirt bike type of sound. It's coming from the direction of the metal donut. Colt notes the noise and points everyone toward the Loop booth.

The lights explode out and they are plunged into darkness. They find each other on the grass in the field. It's pitch black. Colt pulls out the RC car that has bright lights on it, sets in on the ground and turns it on. The light reflects off a humanoid shape. There's a person with no features who is completely black. There's clothing, but it's black. The face looks human but it's completely black with no feature. Everyone looks like this. Everyone looks like a shadow version of a person. Everyone in the bleachers is a shadow version of themselves.

Colt still hears the noise. It has gotten closer. It is circling and circling inward. Ojas hits it with a hockey stick. It's the metal donut. There are two hand prints that are glowing hot like the coils on a stove. They are Colt's handprints. The donut cracks open like an egg. Inside are two flat surfaces that look like tv screens. As it cracks open, the lights turn on, people are back and the game is on. They are standing on the edge of a football game.