Episode 44: Here Comes the Boom

## Synopsis

Stanley tells Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie about 7 fishermen that have gone missing near West Thornvale. They decide to visit the only witness, Melody Salt, but she isn't very talkative. She draws them a picture with some clues about what may have happened.

## Episode Description

It's time for a new mystery, and this one is going to be close to Henry's heart. Bjorn is getting used to his new condition. Sammie has a very uncomfortable conversation with Blue.

## Key Events

* 7 fishermen have gone missing while sailing near West Thornvale.
* Melody Salt, the 9-year-old daughter of Miles Salt, draws them a boat with a crying girl on it, without her father and an island with a star on it. She adds music notes in the air around the boat.

## Summary

Sammie gets a call from her uncle, Blue. He says that they need talk because he never received her mission report or the foot of the monsters that was requested of her. Sammie angrily informs Anthony that the reason he doesn't have it is because she didn't want to do it, that on her last mission she was psychologically tortured and still completed her tasks, so this one time she's not going to complete the mission and he can deal with it. Anthony hangs up on her.

Bjorn has been in his cell, trying to cope with everything that's happened. He's visited Ben occasionally while he's been here. Ben is having a great time training Masa, who apparently can choose when he is or isn't visible to people. There's only a week until the full moon again and Bjorn is starting to feel achy. Stanley comes to his cell and tells him there's something weird going on with the local fishermen and if Bjorn is up for helping. Bjorn agrees to meet them in the situation room.

Henry, over the past couple weeks, has been working on his YouTube channel and doing research. Research specifically about the secret organizations Bjorn and Sammie seem to be a part of. At some point, Henry approaches Sammie about the tattoo on her neck. He says he tried to research and couldn't find anything and asks if there's anything she can tell him. Sammie explains as much as she can, which isn't much at all. She says the tattoo is just a mark people in her organization have and that she's sworn to secrecy. Henry asks her if she's okay, if she's ever been asked to do things she doesn't want to do. Sammie says they have asked her, but she does them anyway. Most of the time. Henry is even more determined to figure out what's going on now.

Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Stanley meet in the situation room. Stanley pulls up the photos of 7 different fishermen. He says that they've all gone missing while out on the water near West Thornvale. He points at the top left photo and says that the man is Miles Salt, a rich entrepreneur from East Thornvale, and he was the first one to go missing. He went missing while teaching his 9-year-old daughter how to sail. The daughter is the only witness to what's happened. He advises there are search parties out looking for all the missing men.

Henry says they need to go talk to the daughter. Bjorn agrees and asks Stanley if they know if there are any established routes these men have taken and Stanley says he doesn't know. Sammie asks if any ships have been found with damage on them and Stanley says no, the only boat that was found was the one that Miles Salt's daughter, Melody, was on. Sammie also asks if all the victims are men and Stanley confirms they are. Bjorn, Henry, and Sammie agree to go to Miles Salt's house to talk to Melody.

Henry takes the lead, the story striking a personal chord with him as it reminds him of when he lost his mother when he was about Melody's age. They arrive at a very fancy house on East Thornvale and Henry rings the doorbell. A woman answers the door, Miles Salt's wife, and Henry says they're here to ask Melody some questions so they can help find Miles. The woman is smoking heavily. She says she quit two years ago, but with everything that happened she's picked it back up to cope. Sammie pulls out a cigarette and smokes with her so that she can talk with her.

Once upstairs, they see boxes and rows of bottles labelled "Salt of the Earth" with a smiling blond man on them. There are shampoos, conditioners, soaps, and more. Bjorn asks if the man on the bottle is Miles and his wife confirms, saying he built a health product empire. They all reach the end of the hall where there is a pink door. Hung at child height is a piece of paper taped to the door with "keep out" written on it in crayon.

In an incredibly pink room, Melody Salt is sitting at the window, just staring outside. She doesn't look when they enter. Henry walks over and sits beside her. He asks if she's Melody but she doesn't even acknowledge him. Henry explains that he understand what she's going through because he lost his mom when he was her age and they are just trying to make sure no one else's dad disappears. Bjorn echoes his sentiments and says they are just trying to figure out what happened and they need her help.

Melody walks over and gets a piece of paper and starts drawing on it in crayon. She hands the drawing to Henry. It's a boat with a mast. There is a little stick figure girl with tears in her eyes shouting at the water on the boat. Henry asks what she was doing on the boat, what job her dad gave her. She points at the rudder. Henry then asks if she knew where she was. Melody takes the paper back and draws a mount that would be an island with a five-pointed star on top. Bjorn pulls up a map on his phone and shows it to Melody, asking if she can point to where she was. She shakes her head.

Bjorn asks Melody if her dad fell in the water. Melody points at the boom on the ship and then taps the water. Bjorn asks if the boom knocked her dad into the water and she nods. Henry asks if she heard anything when this happened and Melody takes the paper back. She starts to draw music notes in the air above the boat.

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Anthony Overbrook (Blue)
* Bjorn Olafson
* Stanley Marlowe
* Henry Marlowe
* Mrs. Salt
* Melody Salt

## Roll Tracker

 Wesley/Henry
 Andrew/Bjorn