"Under My Thumb"

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**"Under My Thumb"** is the twenty-fourth episode of KOllOK 1991: Bleach

## Synopsis

The Radar goes wild and wrecks havoc across Kollok.

## Plot

**Act 1**

**Aug 27, 10pm, Kollok Mall**

Laura is lost in her reflection as the others finish looting new clothes after going around town causing mayhem at Tilly’s recommendation. Angered by her reflection, Laura destroys the glass of the storefront with her power. More alarms sound as the others continue their looting with Hera watching on. Laura and Mallory start to argue. As Billy goes to steal something from the electronic store, he is struck by a pain in his head. Phobos attempts to reach out to him, which Hera begins to feel. Phobos reaches out to Em as well and her vision changes. While Mickey is stealing coins from a fountain, she sees her father in the water’s reflection calling out for her as he is consumed by fire; Phobos' way of reaching her. Feeling her control slip as Phobos tries to connect to them, Hera summons the others to her and has them lock hands in a circle with her. Seeing this, and filled with jealousy, Laura uses her power to try and destroy a column to impress Hera but fails. Hera begins to reassert her influence. Mickey’s shock of seeing her dead father from Prime A pushes her to accept Hera’s influence first. Jealous, Billy and Em do so as well.

Mallory and Laura fight over a dress for Hera. Hera turns their attention to finding another symbol and agent of Phobos, feeling her power over the group in doubt after Phobos’ attempt. Laura suggests the nearest option, the crystal shop. Remembering the list of names from Truth, she gives Hera Nick Blakely's name. The name triggers a memory in Em gained from those from Skye’s tie. Mickey offers to look for Nick and uses her power to do so. She finds him in a jail cell at the Police Department. Although she feels the cost of using her power affect Prime B, she is forced to ignore it and tells Hera about Nick. Wanting to impress Hera, Billy uses his power to add flames to a nearby car, but without a multiverse to pull from his power turns to Prime B and all of Australia is the cost.

Billy hops into the seat and drives them to their destination. They arrive at the police station but find all the cars gone. Billy and Mallory race to the doors as Em, Laura and Mickey flank Hera as they go inside. They are confronted by Jenny, the office manager, who recognizes them. They inquire about Nick. Jenny accuses Hera with being responsible for influencing the group. Laura tries to threaten the office manager but it doesn’t work. Jenny tries to reach each of them personally, even bringing up the calls she has been getting from Tibby’s Mom, but Laura grabs Jenny and smashes her head into the table. The sudden act of violence causes Mallory to shake off Hera’s influence. He goes to check on Jenny and call the hospital but Em stops him. Hera attempts to reassert her influence but discovers that Mallory is 19 not 15 like she assumed, and as an adult is more difficult to control.

Mallory starts to remember all the events of the night and voices his fears. Laura tries to grab him, but he manages to avoid her. In response, Hera turns the others against him. He makes for the door but Hera takes control of the Driver and changes the narrative. With the doors now locked, Mallory unable to run. The others search for Nick and the keys to the cells, while Laura grabs a struggling Mallory and carries him. Fueled by Hera’s adoration Mickey is able to pick the lock to the cells instead of finding the keys. Laura levitates Mallory to the ceiling as the others mock him. They head into the cells and find Nick. He too falls under Hera’s power, and the group offer to restore his invisibility. He tells them his story that he accidentally made his parents leave due to his antics, and that he struggles to survive while invisible. Mallory tries to warn Nick against trusting the group and going with them, but Tilly brings him back under her control and she convinces Nick to go with them.

**Act 2**

The Driver returns. Having found a boat to get through the flooded town, the group informs Nick about what he needs to do. He asks if they heard voices when they had powers, and he tries to explain that the voice was as powerful as “Tilly’s.” The group asks about what he heard from the police station and he tells them the rumor that Sheriff Bull is dead and transformed into a giant centipede. And he tells them of his dream the previous night of such a centipede called Tilly that ate him. After comforting him, he mentions hearing voices in the water, something Mallory also feels. Like someone trying to warn him. The voices tell Nick to jump into the water and Mallory agrees that he should, but the others convince Nick not to. Listening to the whispers in the water, Mallory sees the face of a Marcus in the waters and he tries talking to it. The feelings of warmth and friendship that come in response almost cause him to break free from Hera’s grasp, but she feels it and just manages to regain control. Laura looks into the water and hearing the Echoes also manages to free her mind from Hera’s grasp but Hera allows it. She tells Laura that her thoughts are hers as long as she always comes back to her.

A voice calls out to them from a porch just above the water line, questioning what he just overheard between Laura and Hera and insulting her. He recognizes Mallory and introduces himself as Issac Blackmore, then turns the conversation back onto Hera. She tries to convince Isaac to ignore them but it doesn’t work. As the group pulls the boat in closer, their conversation makes Isaac laugh. Laura jumps off the boat to grab him, but upon touching him she is stung. Mickey manages to get from him that he is a senior in school yet none of them can recall him at all. Hera gets a feeling that she should recall him and feels unsafe at his presence. Laura tries to touch him again but this time it almost burns her fingers, Hera goads Isaac to join them and he does so. Em offers to embarrass him for Hera and she uses her power to stop time, however she discovers that Isaac isn’t frozen. She questions him about how he’s not frozen like the rest and when he says they aren’t frozen, time resumes. Em and Laura warn Hera while Isaac strikes up a conversation with Nick. Hera gets angry at Isaac insulting her, but he is immune to her power. He continues to call out the group for looting the town during the crisis and not wanting to help people. As they continue on, the Echoes are silent and Nick continues to vex Hera. He starts a conversation with Mallory about the fate of the town and how weird their situation with “Tilly” is.

Laura tries to show her power to Isaac in order to shut him up. She tries lifting a car but finds herself unable to do so. Hera tries to replace the Driver again but can’t this time. Her and Laura's words and actions amuse Isaac. Laura tries to touch Isaac again and once again is almost burned at the contact. The same happens for Em when she tries but Mallory is unaffected. They arrive at the store and the Radar and Nick get out and head inside the flooded store. Laura pulls the boat inside with Isaac and Hera onboard. The others begin to search as Isaac has a hushed conversation with Mallory about why he listens to “Tilly,” and why he worships her. Mallory then finds himself completely free of Hera’s influence and realizes how wrong Kollok is. Mallory tells Isaac of Laura killing Jenny but Isaac is not convinced and Mallory believes him. He also remembers the grief surrounding Tibby’s loss and confronts the group with the need to find him. but the others insist that Tibby is dead and he needs to move on, Tilly gets the others back to the task of finding the symbol and Mickey hears the whispers of the symbol coming from behind a door. They walk in and find a sliver of metal in a glass case on a pedestal. Nick and Mickey are drawn by the whispers of the metal, but when Isaac steps into the room the whispers vanish.

Laura tells Isaac to leave and he does with Mallory to pack up the shop for the owner. When he leaves the whispers return. Em and Mickey warn Nick about what he is about to experience and Tilly comforts him over his worry. Nick touches the glass and his hands are able to pass right through, and the metal begins to glow orange. He places his hands on it and his body beneath his clothes starts to vanish. He turns to thank Tilly. Growing long nails from her fingernails, she twists them into his chest and begins to eat his soul, taking some of Phobos essence as well. Em and Billy collapse in pain and start to drown in Phobos' anger and pain as Hera drains Nick's power. Mickey is able to withstand it. Mallory hears them drowning. He and Isaac rush into the room with Isaac shouting stop. As he enters, Isaac’s presence allows Mickey and Laura to break through Hera’s trance, and the flow of Nick’s soul into Hera’s mouth just becomes blood. Mickey and Mallory help Em and Billy as Laura goes after Hera. She hauls her up to a nearby wall and slams her against it. Hera tries to stop her but fails and can only let out a curse before Laura breaks her skull on one of the shelves. As Hera is forced to leave the body. Isaac sees her go, waving a farewell as she does.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Aabria Iynegar as Laura Bennett
* Lucas Eubank as Billy Baker
* Matt Sohinki as Mallory Jenkins
* Mika Midgett as Embeth Pegg
* Shelby "Shubble" Grace as Mickey Jones
* Zac Lim Eubank as The Driver

## Rumors

1. The kids in this town have gone bad because they lost faith.
2. It must be that drug, back on the street making kids this way.
3. I heard everyone’s kids have started acting out. (winner)
4. Kids are just being Kids.

## Notes

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