"Dirty Boots"

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**"Dirty Boots"** is the twentieth episode of KOllOK 1991: Bleach

## Plot

**Prologue**

A God realizes that someone from Harmonia has sent one of its children, one with a thousand eyes, back to it; and gleefully realizes that doing so has created a loop hole in an agreement among the gods which means that they can investigate these “hostilities,” and get out of their banishment. They know they must go to Kollok, the restoration site of Phobos who they know, and they decide to find a host. Somewhere in Kollok a hand rises from the ground.

**Act 1**

**11 am, August 25, Kollok Mall**

The group make plans to meet at the comic book shop and Mickey A, still walking, and Billy run in to each other, having arrived early and chat about being outsiders in Prime B; Mickey A voicing that Billy should enjoy the second chance as she knows she won’t get the opportunity and her feelings about no longer wanting to be around because Mickey B will replace her for good. Billy asks her advice on dealing with his former body decomposing in his closet and she hides from him the truth that she hasn’t been able to find Mickey B when she has been searching for her. At the comic book store Scott, the owner, greets Billy and confronts him with large stack of comics he has yet to pick up. The owner makes notes of Mickey walking and she lies about being helped by Synchroneity, which surprises him as no one has heard from them in awhile.

Em, Tibby and Mallory arrive with Tibby and Em picking up their comics, as Mallory argues with Scott. They take their seats at their reserved table, Tibby still being cold toward Billy A, and Tibby tells the group that’s he’s stayed awake for 3 days in fear of going to sleep and his ego being taken again to Black Rock though his dreams. Laura arrives with Tilly Berry, who Mickey recognizes as a classmate back when she was in Prime A. Laura introduces her to everyone and tells her they are there to discuss Skye, her missing arm and everything they have gone through. Tibby also recognizes her believing her to have died in the VFD but Tilly says she was only in the hospital. Tilly ends up charming Mallory and Tibby and he gets her drink while they explain to her about Tibby’s situation with Black Rock. When Tibby returns with her drink he also offers to get her some comics and she accepts, while he does Billy explains what he saw last night. That he saw Agent Felders being taken over by the Traveler, but the other remember him already telling them but he doesn’t. They catch Tilly up on the Traveler situation and his mission to get to Billy while Mallory brings up why the FBI came to town and puts the blame on Em’s mom, Tilly can feel his lie and she sides with Em who also believes Mallory did it. While they argue Tibby, sleep deprived, angrily voices his feelings toward Mickey A calling her a murderer for killing his Mickey and wishes she was the one who died.

Laura steers the conversation back on track on dealing with the Traveler and telling Skye who doesn’t know that Agent Felders is possessed and Tilly inquires into The Travelers’ motive. Tibby tells her about them being agents of Phobos, the origins of their and Skye’s powers and the ideas that The Traveler could be after them because of it. Em also tells her about what happened to Skye losing her arm and the difficult situation they are in now. The group make a plan to lure out Felders and other agents if necessary, by arranging a false meeting to give evidence into a case, a plan Tilly approves of, in order to get to Skye to tell her the truth. Laura also brings up possibly speaking to Gerard and the Stone Masons to get their help. While they are talking Tilly senses someone watching the group outside the store. She leaves the group under the guise of getting them drinks as they talk about how wonderful Tilly is. Tilly confronts the individual who was spying on the group who introduces himself as Sam Torkelsen but Tilly knows he’s lying. Recognizing something about her he admits that he works for Mammon and though he tries to lie he can’t. He tells her his mission is to ensure the group reconnect to Phobos. Under her questioning he admits to hating them for forgetting him and Rachel, and only wishes to get what he was promised. Tilly coaxes him to admit he was promised a position in Mammon and power and Tilly makes it clear to Sammy that he now works for her and she leaves him to his work.

Tilly returns and the group happily tell her about meeting gods, Truth and Laura being Lucifer. Mallory offers to get them all drinks which makes Tilly happy and he does so as they talk about finding the Stone Masons, and Billy tells them how he met them. Mallory returns with drinks and after a brief fight that ends up with Mallory spilling his drink over Em and Mickey A accusing Tibby of having a crush on Tilly, they finalize plans and head to the winery. The group ask more about Tilly along the way and Em realizes that bar Mickey and Billy everyone is flirting with her. They arrive at the winery and Laura leads the way into the woods behind it, but walking past a wood cutter who is cutting at a tree without an axe, causes them to stop and stare. The woodsman tell them to stop as the tree he was “cutting” falls down and Billy asks him how he did it. It startles the woodsman and he turns to Tilly and asks her if there is anything she wishes him to cut, but she says no and the group leave. Billy warms to Tilly as they walk and talk and the others try to impress her with stories of their accomplishments. They eventually come across the camp of the Stone Masons who bow and kneel before them as they pass. Tibby tells Tilly about the Stone Masons causing chaos between Phobos and Harmonia and Tilly agrees to be Laura best friend as well as accepting Em’s offer to be in her D&D game with the others who also agree.

They come before Gerard who bows to them and the group notice that he does so toward Tilly. Gerard greets Laura and offer the Stone Masons aid to Tilly and asks how he can help. Laura tells him their plan and the group ask if the Stone Masons could kill The Traveler if that is possible. Gerard tells them that it is possible, but if he is near someone of Harmonia he could feast on them and survive; the only way is to trap The Traveler in a deteriorating body that he couldn’t feed on. They discuss using Billy A’s old body and Gerard points out to Tilly that the Traveler is similar to her and they must be careful, Em tries to ask Tilly what he means but Tilly just smiles at her and Em decides it doesn’t matter. Looking around the camp Mickey A notices the piles of salvaged metal and recognizes the shape of the large, incomplete stone masons mirror from Prime A and questions him about it. Gerard notes her walking and mentions that he knows she and Em killed him in Prime A. Mickey A warns the others of not trusting Gerard with what happened with the mirror last time, but Gerard annoyingly admits the masons can no longer touch the metal while Phobos’ energy is still contained within, because of the group. They ask what happens if they choose not to get all their powers and release the energy from the metal and Gerard replies that Phobos will find a way if they don’t. Laura asks Tilly to help them question Gerard and Tilly tells them that they probably won’t get any more information. She offers to stay and try for them while they enact their plan. The group thank her for her offer and decide to lure The Traveler to the abandoned community center and say their goodbyes to Tilly.

**Act 2**

**3:30pm, Kollok Hospital**

Skye wakes up in a hospital bed with “Felders” sitting beside her, and she tries to figure out what happened with her arm. Under the influence of the morphine Skye admits to no longer wanting to be FBI, something she only did for her friends, and how she feels being alone. “Felders” tells her about what happened to Ven to Skye’s shock and the reactions of Em and the others and what happened to her. Skye realizes that her friends must care about her and Felders asks her about their plans going forward. Skye offers continuing Bucket’s mission and remembering she asks about the message they found in his body. Felders smiles, and he tells her about the message and the cost of using Harmonia’s powers, using the energy of the homeless, not always killing them, but using them up. Skye takes on the information and asks about seeing her friends and Felders points out they may avoid the two of them, having admitted to murder. A nurse knocks on the door telling Felders that he has a phone call and he leaves the room.

Billy answers Felders on the other side of the phone, telling him that he has information at the community center. Felders asks about his relationship with Bucket which seems to confirm something for Felders and Billy convinces him to come and find him. Felders returns to Skye, having difficultly dressing with one arm, and he tells her that they have a tip and that both of them are needed. Skye wonders if she can be an agent with one arm and Felders does his best to reassure her that she is still more than capable with one arm. The pair leave and make their way to the community center and discuss getting Bucket’s files which they suspect the Radar to having. Felders brings up the possibility of needing to use their powers on the group in case they fight back which Skye is heavily reluctant to do.

Watching from the rooftop across from the community center Billy waits with Mallory and his walkie-talkie as Em and Mickey joins them and they all see Felders and Skye pull up across the street. Back at the hospital Laura and Tibby ask to see Skye but the nurse at the desk tells them that she left with her partner, to the pair’s horror and they get the nurse to call them a cab. Skye and Felders walk into the community center and they pick up on the absence of anyone. Through the walkie-talkie tied to Billy’s old body in the community center Billy asks Felders to make Skye leave, pretending that he is there with them, however Felders recognizes that he is using a walkie-talkie though Skye doesn’t. Felders replies to Billy and refuses but Skye tells him its fine as Billy has no powers, to Felders realization. He asks Skye to hide rather than leave just in case and she does so, but from her viewpoint Em sees her and warns the others that they’re plan won’t work.

Tibby and Laura get in the cab with a very talkative driver as they finally head off in the direction of their friends. Mallory brings up the idea of Em using her powers but she is reluctant in case The Traveler is immune and instead decides to talk to Skye instead and starts her way down and over to her. Felders shouts out that he is alone but Billy slips and tells him that he can see him, as he turns to look the other duck down out of sight. Skye and Felders discuss what to do and he brings up the groups dealings with the Traveler and asks Skye to play along. He puts his arm on Skye and shouts out, threatening to move his Ego into her to call out their bluff. As he starts to count down Em reveals herself with her hands up and Felders asks her what is going on but Em counters that he already does and he agrees with her. Skye feels for a moment as Felders’ grip tightens and something tries to draw on her energy but she fights back and reaches for her powers.

Back in the cab Laura and Tibby sit through the driver as he takes his time to point out the flooding around town but the pair intimidate him to drive faster and he puts his foot down. Gaining the ability to push memories into the Traveler’s mind Skye overwhelms him with those of the dead from the hospital he felt using Felders powers, forcing him to let go and stumble back under the influx of memories. Seeing what happened Mallory and Mickey head off the roof, Mallory falling to the ground as Skye runs to Em’s side who tells her Felders was taken over. As Laura and Tibby arrive in the cab, Em creates a portal and after warning her, pulls Skye into it with her. Tibby starts shouting out to Billy but Mickey A covers his mouth and tells him what happened. Frustrated with their plans Tibby picks up a rock and joined by Laura they charge him, but Tibby physically connects to him first. Smashing the rock into his skull he knocks him unconscious and Tibby shouts at Laura to get the cab and drive it over the body to pin him down. She does so but Billy voices his concerns and Tibby voices his ideas on how to deal with him but is worried about not knowing the extant of the Traveler’s body. They look to the cabbie and ask him if he has extra gasoline, Laura checks the back of the car, finds some and asks him for his lighter. He does so and she convinces the cabbie to walk away who does so. Laura pours the gasoline over the body and car, sets it aflame and the vehicle explodes.

**Epilogue**

Em and Skye arrive at the Kollok Mall 3 hours later after stepping through her portal and get drinks at the food court. Em has called Mallory at his house to confirm that the others are safe and what happened with the Traveler. Em apologizes to Skye about Bucket and Ven and Skye is understanding; Em also reveals her relationship about Ven which prompts Skye to share what happened between the two of them in Prime A. Skye also tells her about her feelings she developed for Em and the awkwardness of returning to a universe where she didn’t feel the same way and the difficulty it was in returning to Kollok with her old friends so distant from her now. Em makes a deal with Skye, promising to keep her in the loop and be her friend in Kollok when she’s not in town so she always has someone, which makes Skye smile.

Back at the community center Laura and Tibby watch over the burning body of the Traveler, and Laura brings up Tibby needing sleep. He tells her he can’t because then he will end up trapped inside the Black Rock and they instead need to find a way to get to it, so they can save Mickey.

## 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

### Guests

* Meghan "Strawburry17" Camarena as Skye Hawkins
* Negaoryx as Matilda "Tilly" Berry

## Rumors

1. Everyone in the town thinks Mickey is faking it.
2. Billy Baker’s dad was at the diner talking to the FBI.
3. Is that Tilly walking around, I thought she died in the fire, are there others? (winner)
4. The park ranger and a local ambulance driver are missing. We should put together a search party. Too many have gone missing this year.

## Notes

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