Season 2 - Episode 23: Who Wants a Piece of Henry?

## Synopsis

River notices that Henry has been stressed lately and makes him a lunch. She takes him up onto the roof of the school to her secret spot. On the roof, they hear a scream and see two figures running across the football field. Henry runs down to investigate, finding a mauled corpse of a girl. The corpse comes to life and bites Henry twice before Henry beats the girl off of him with a baseball bat. Henry asks River to call Stanley, who says he'll be there as fast as he can. Stanley also calls Bjorn to let him know and picks Sammie up on the way. Bjorn gets to the school and stabilizes Henry.

## Episode Description

A nice lunch time with River and Henry turns into a fight for the life of one of our heroes.

## Key Events

* Henry is attacked by a zombie on the football field at his school. He's bitten twice - once in the arm and once in the neck. River sees the whole thing. Henry asks River to call Stanley.
* Stanley calls Bjorn to tell him to get to the school as soon as possible. Stanley picks up Sammie on his way to East.
* Bjorn arrives on the scene and is able to stabilize Henry and put the school on lockdown to hopefully avoid any other students being attacked.

## Summary

It's Halloween - a time when the veil between the world and the plane of monsters is at its thinnest. Stanley and Miguel have been visibly stressed, worrying about what might happen today. Henry finds himself at school. It's a normal Thursday but he finds himself distracted. River eventually calls him out on it, saying he looks stressed. Henry makes an excuse about how 'things tend to happen at parties' on Halloween.

River says that she got him something because he looks stressed. She holds out a bag for her him and he opens it to see a lunch inside. River pulls on his arm and tells him to follow her. They find themselves at a 'no access' door and River pulls a set of keys out of her pocket, unlocking the door. Henry asks here where she got the keys and River says she stole them. The door opens to a stairwell that leads up to another door. As they step out, Henry finds himself on the roof of the school. There are two chairs on this section of the roof. River sits in one, pulling out her lunch, and gestures for him to sit in the other.

Henry and River chat as they eat their lunch. Suddenly the peace and quiet of the day is broken by a scream. It's coming from the football field below them. Henry rushes to the edge of the roof to look down. There are two figures on the football field, one chasing the other. Henry bolts down the stairwell, looking for the closest exit. Henry pushes out through a back door and runs down to the football field. One of the figures is gone, but he sees a girl dressed in a school uniform on the ground in front of him. She's been mauled, her throat mostly missing. She's already deceased. Henry realizes that the wound on her neck looks like it's been made by human teeth.

Henry walks away from the body, pulling out his phone to call 911. He suddenly hears a noise behind him, a strange intake of breath. He quickly turns and sees the dead girl behind him slowly twitching and pulling herself up. The girl twists at unnatural angles and begins to pull herself toward him. Henry tries to slash at the undead girl with his claws, but her body twists and she grabs onto him instead. She takes a bite out of Henry's forearm. Henry tries to pull out of her grip, but the girl forces him to the ground and bites him again, this time on his neck.

Henry feels himself begin to bleed out. He drops his phone, which has connected to 911, the operator asking if anyone is there. Henry tries to pull away from the zombie and then hears a loud *thunk*. The zombie is suddenly thrown off of him and River is standing over Henry with a baseball bat. She is shaking from head to toe and asks Henry if he's okay. Henry can only point at his phone and say the word, "Stanley." Henry is struggling to stay conscious. He hears another *thunk* as River hits the zombie again. She reaches for Henry's phone and calls Stanley. Eventually, River puts it on speaker and places the phone near him.

Stanley's panicked voice asks Henry if he can heal himself, if he can make it long enough for them to get there. Henry puts a hand up to his throat and uses magic to try and heal the wound. Henry begins to cough up blood and Stanley tells him he's coming and just to hold on until he gets there. Stanley tells River to stay there with him before he hangs up. River asks Henry if he's going to turn into a zombie now and Henry says not if he can help it.

Stanley calls Bjorn, telling him there are zombies at Henry's school and he's been attacked. As Henry's school is on East, he knows Bjorn can get there faster than he can on West. Bjorn says he'll head over as soon as possible. Stanley says he's going to pick up Sammie and then hangs up. It's not long before Sammie hears a loud banging on her door. Sammie looks through the peep hole and sees a scared Stanley. Sammie opens the door and Stanley quickly explains what's going on. Sammie changes into a set of clean clothes and then runs out the door with him. They get into Stanley's truck and he drives like a madman toward East. He has a white knuckle grip on the steering wheel. Sammie starts to fear the worst for Henry, but can't bring herself to say it. She asks if he's okay and Stanley says he doesn't know, that River is the one who called him.

Bjorn arrives at Henry's school. He calls Henry to try and find out where he is. River answers and tells him where they are. Bjorn runs to the edge of the football field. He finds Henry still bleeding out on the ground, with River standing beside him wielding a baseball bat. Bjorn is carrying a medic kit with him and immediately gets to work on stabilizing Henry. Bjorn realizes Henry has a huge chunk missing from his arm and neck. Henry, a little more able to speak now, tells Bjorn what happened. Bjorn and River help Henry to his feet. Bjorn turns and sees that there is a massive amount of blood on the football field.

As they're walking, Bjorn calls the front desk of the school. He tells them that one of their students has been attacked and they need to put the school on lockdown. They say that they'll send one of their security officers out to meet them. Bjorn flashes his FBI badge and again tells them someone is attacking their students and they need to lockdown. River describes the girl that attacked them, leaving out the part where she looks undead. The security officer goes back inside to lockdown the school and notify the police.

River turns to Bjorn and Henry and says, "So, zombies, huh?"

## List of Appearances

* Henry Marlowe
* Stanley Marlowe
* River Hanson
* Bjorn Olafson
* Sammie Overbrook