Haunted

## Summary

*Kat has a mission to complete; Jem tries out for the football team; Luke causes trouble for Charlie, who has to tap into traumatizing memories from her past to defeat the latest villain; After the football game, there’s a party in the woods.*

## Plot

### Act One

Danika Brown is driving, panicked. Violet's voice is in her head, saying Danika's power is useful. Danika wants Violet out of her head but Violet assures her she can't do that. A beast then attacks Danika's car and takes her. At the Walker manor, Sam and Max are annoyed with Luke staying with them as they eat breakfast. Luke loves Charlie aunt Lucy's toast because there's love put into it. They talk about Charlie's house and how it's all ancient and been in the family for a long time. Luke wonders why Charlie never invited him around and Charlie says she doesn't like to mix school and home. Luke asks when he can go back to school and Lucy says he should shadow her at the store today because school gets stressful sometimes. Sam and Maze head to school and Lucy decides to leave the lovebirds alone. Luke apologizes because people always assume they're dating but Charlie doesn't wanna date him. Charlie admits that she likes him but things are complicated. At school, Jem and Ace prepare for football tryouts. Jem is nervous but Ace reminds him of his superpowers. They see Charlie down the hall and Ace realizes Jem is trying out because Charlie is head cheerleader. Elle is making sure Charlie is okay since it's the one year anniversary of her sister's death. Elle goes to class after Charlie assures her she's okay. Charlie sees a picture of Abby in her locker and has a flashback to a year ago. Abby startles Charlie at her locker and they talk about the party. Charlie is upset that Abby pretends to be a normal high school student then risks her life at night fighting their dad. Abby says they aren't fighting, which is hard to explain because she's not trying to kill the bad guy. Charlie gets angry that Abby keeps playing the perfect superhero. Abby just wants to pretend to be a normal family for one night. Charlie says that she doesn't want to pick sides, she doesn't wanna be anything at all. Abby questions if this is because of the new discovery of mind control, assuring her that it doesn't mean she has to control everyone's minds, she has people who love her for her. They end on good terms. In current time, Jem startles Charlie at her locker. He awkwardly bumbles about how she's allowed to be angry and she deserves to be happy. He ends up making her smile. When she leaves, Tessa and Ace talk to him about asking Charlie out. Tessa says some insensitive stuff about Charlie going to the party whether he asks her or not since she's the new queen bee after her sister's death, as well as saying that she wouldn't be surprised if Charlie killed her since her family doesn't seem all that sad. Jem gets upset at her, saying how when you lose somebody, you act strong for other people and pretend you're okay. Tessa and Ace notice he's talking about his own experience with his mother and brother's deaths. Jem leaves. While walking home, Charlie is startled by Kat.

### Act Two

Kat wants Charlie's help because she doesn't want to follow through with her orders to kill all of them. Charlie asks why she wants her help and Kat says she doesn't want to hurt anybody else and that she betrayed Charlie and Sam's trust enough as they were once friends. Charlie asks if she wants her to fake her death like every other Supe but Kat says they'll find out, they know everything. She wants Charlie's help to take them down. If she doesn't do what they say, they'll take her powers, kill her, and give the power to someone who will follow through. Charlie comes to the conclusion that they killed her sister and did the same to her. She then agrees to take them down. She then tells Kat that she's a backstabbing bitch but she's still family. Alex then shows up and attacks Kat to protect Charlie. Charlie stops her and lets Alex know that it's okay. Alex asks her about getting sushi before cheer practice but Charlie reminds her she doesn't do fish and Alex teases her about her fear of the ocean. Ace and Jem prepare for football tryouts while Charlie and Elle are in cheer practice. Ele suggests Charlie is holding out for Luke but Charlie ignores that. Jake hits on Elle but Sam defends her. Patrick says that they're weird. Jem is scared to try out but Ace reassures him why they're doing it, girls and parties. Jem reminds him about the last party they went to. *They flashback to Patrick's party. Patrick appears to be friendly to them when they show up and wants to give Jem a surprise for warming the bench in baseball. Jake, Patrick, and the others jocks join together to toss Jem into the pool. Charlie helps him out of the water and gets mad at Patrick because it's February and cold. Elle tells Sam that Charlie always has to be the hero but Sam says she't not a hero, she just cares about Jem.* Back to current day, Ace says they'll be kings at the next party while Jem suggests he'll be the kid who embarrassed himself at tryouts. Ace gives Jem some pointers and Jake is paired up with Jem, terrifying him.

### Act Three

The football players do a run through with Sam filling in for Luke as quarterback. Jake runs Jem into the ground during the first play through. Ace helps Jem up and tells him to use his power. During the next play through, Jem runs Jake into the ground. Coach then gives Jem a starter position. Coach lets all the juniors and seniors on the team except Kenny Brown for a science experiment gone wrong that resulted in Coach losing his eyebrows. Ace and Jem are excited to both be on the team. Charlie watches, impressed. Ace and Jem study in the library with Jem reading. He says it's because he wants to be familiar with any possible book they're reading in English class. Ace asks why they're friends and Jem says it's because he stops him from doing stupid things and encourages him to do smart things, like this. He goes off to get *to kill a mockingbird*, which he forgot, which Ace says he's read like four times. Jem runs into Charlie, who quotes both *twilight* and *to kill a mockingbird*. Jem mentions that he was named after Atticus' son because his mom loved the book. Charlie joked about him being named after Jem and the holograms when she noticed him get sad after mentioning his mom. She then goes on to talk about how they got to live forever in twilight but Jem said they were boring vampires who ate people. Charlie agreed and said their world is all about Supes anyway. She also invites him to her aunt's magic shop. She asks him why he's in the library at night and he says he's the resident geek, why is she there? They joke about how she's a cheerleader to reads and he's a football player who isn't dumb. They make more sarcastic comments about Charlie being a sarcastic artsy outcast but she says she's no artist. He suggests she's a hippy because of how she dresses and they laugh. She says that people never pay attention to the important stuff, to which he agrees. She asks him about the woods party Friday and when he sounds apprehensive, she pushes it and tells him to bring his friend Ace. He says maybe, if he can get past his dad. Charlie leaves, jokingly telling him not to get too enticed in the books. Later, Riptide sits on the rooftop and he's startled by Charm. He's afraid of her but she says she won't kill him, jokingly saying he's something to look at. Riptide asks if her dad ran away to take over another city, angering her. She holds him towards the edge and threatens him to not talk about her dad. He apologizes. She throws him back on the rooftop. Charm then suggests that she didn't kill him so they could fight and she pulls out her daggers. He asks her why she needs knives if she's so powerful and she says that she knows water puts out fire but she teases him since he can't create water, only manipulate it, and there's no water around them. Riptide reminds her the body is 70% water and manages to slightly swish around the water in her body, making her gasp and smile. She says she knows and blasts him into the wall with fire. She attacks him with the daggers but he catches her wrists. She discovers he's fast too. She trips him sits on him with the dagger to her throat. She asks him why he's not a smooth talker anymore. He begs her not to kill him. She says she'll finally know who he is. He says she wouldn't have to kill him but she says it would be the fun way. She drops the daggers and chokes him. Riptide gets an erection, which distracts Charm enough for Riptide to manipulate the water droplets in the pavement and create a wave to wash Charm off of him. She yells at him because her suit is dry clean only. He gets mad because she tried to kill him but she said she wasn't going to kill him but she continues the fight. She shoves him against the wall with her hand around his throat but he also grabs her throat. She tells him to go ahead and kill her but he's conflicted. He pushes past her when he sees a person standing on the edge of the roof. He tries to talk them down saying he can help them. The person leans forward and falls, leaving Riptide traumatized and Charm upset.

### Act Four

Charlie goes to the Crimson Lair, traumatized. Sam gets mad at her because Kat is waltzing around there like nothing happened. Charlie says Kat needs their help and she has bigger things to worry about. Sam grabs her arm when she tries to leave. He wants her to tell him what's going on with her. Theo storms over to defend her and Sam asks him if he's gonna shot him with a laser beam to which Theo agrees if he has to. The two then fight, Theo's hand glowing and Sam teleporting behind him. Charlie yells at them to stop, which they immediately do, emotionless. Charlie apologizes as it was an accident and Sam gets mad at her and says she's choosing the dark side. Theo asks what that was, he didn't have control of his actions. Charlie apologizes and walks to Kat and Alex, who sit together. She wants to call a meeting of their "Bad Girls Club", to which Alex veto's the name. Charlie says something sinister is going on in Eupolis, it's not Ember or Brightfields, but it's familiar. Ace visits Jem and tells him about the dead body they found on the bridge. Jem asks how he knows and Ace says he happened to forget a listening device in Jem's dad's car. Jem gets upset but Ace says that isn't their biggest problem. Jem asks if Ace wants him to hunt down a murderer. He says he doesn't hunt pyschopaths, he's supposed to save people and he can't even do that right. Ace tells him the guy on the roof wasn't his fault. Jem says he didn't stop him but Ace assures him it's not easy to talk someone out of that. Jem says he could've tackled him or convinced him to get help. Ace tells him he's not a counselor. Jem says the guy was a human being who he didn't save, what kind of superhero can't stop something like that? Ace says one that can't fly or control minds. Jem then leaves to check on something. The cops, including Joe and a deputy Dash, check out the crime scene. Dash suggests it was an animal. Joe wonders how an animal could've torn the car door off the car. Dash asks if Joe thinks it was one of *those things*. Joe says that there were no beasts from the list of escapees but Dash suggests a bloodthirsty shapeshifter. Joe says it feels targeted. He says they'll rule it an animal for now as to not scare people about Supes. Alex, Charlie, and Kat watch the cops from behind bushes. Alex asks if they're just gonna sit and stalk cops. Kat suggests they give up Alex and they argue as Kat is a bitch and Alex electrocuted Luke. Charlie stops them. Alex asks what the plan is. Kat suggests she makes the monster appear to terrify them. Charlie says they're just there to figure out what's going on. Alex says that whatever did that isn't the same Supe Charlie thinks is running around. Charlie says that means there are two Supes. She suggests Ember created both since they can create new Supes and kill old ones, like they did her sister. Alex asks if Ember has a pet bear thing and Charlie realizes... A wolf creature. At the Walker Manor, Luke uses his super speed to look at books around the library. The doorbell rings and he thinks it's pizza. He opens it but it's Jem, who's shocked Luke is there since he's missing. Luke tries to close the door but Jem forces it open. Jem asks a bunch of questions like if Charlie is hiding him from Brightfields and his dad. Luke says he should let charlie answer those questions. Jem asks if Luke is one of them. Luke panics and tells him to leave, shutting him out. Kat, Alex, and Charlie go back to the Crimson Lair. Alex says they shouldn't be there, they have a mystery to solve. Charlie says she doesn't have time because of the football game. Kat suggests that the gir who was murdered was a Supe and Ember killed her for it. They come to the conclusion that power is mind control. Kat says they should go to the game and stop them from killing again. Charlie tells them they're not superheroes since Alex tried to destroy the city and almost killed her friend and Kat made her life a living nightmare. Alex suggests they could be different and help people. Charlie says that villains can't be heroes. Kat says she can't lock them up forever. Charlie says they got a day in the sun now she'll take it from here, leaving them disappointed. Charlie runs into Ronald, who picks a fight with her because she's a weak little girl he won't bow to. She reminds him of their spar but Ronald thinks her dad helped somehow. Charlie says she could shut him up but she has a flashback of her accidentally forcing Sam to shut up with her power and she feels guilty all over again. Ronald notices her fear and tries to attack her but Theo shows up and stops him. Ronald and the guys with him leave. Charlie snaps at Theo for fighting her battles and she storms off. At home, Charlie searches for Luke and apologizes for not believing him about the thing he saw. She then realizes he's gone.

### Act Five

At the football game, Elle notices Charlie looking worried but she plays it off like it's nothing. Jem wants to talk to Charlie but Ace stops him because Coach will get mad if they're not preparing. Coach says Luke isn't showing so Sam is quarterback but then Luke shows up much to Charlie's dismay. Everyone is shocked but they continue with the game. After the team wins, everyone celebrates except Charlie, who's upset with Luke, asking him how they're gonna explain this since everyone thinks he's dead and now he's miraculously healed. A football player from the opposite team hits on Charlie but Luke tries to defend her, saying she doesn't date losers. Charlie tells him not to speak for her but she agrees that she doesn't date Hillwood trash. This angers the guy, calling her a slut and a trailer trash bitch. Luke is about to fight the guy when Charlie stops him and tells him to walk away. The guy once again hits on her but she punches him. Elsewhere, Elle hears whispers and she heads to the bleachers. At the party in the woods, Luke tells Patrick how he woke up fine, stumbled out, and walked for a long time, confused. He blames it on the meds. Patrick asked him about the burns and Luke suggests some new treatment. Patrick jokingly asks him if he's a Supe now and Luke nervously plays it off. Patrick leaves and Charlie joins Luke. He tells her that he's been telling people the story she made up and he asks her what if they don't believe it. She says they will after the call she just made. At the hospital, a man hands a note to the nurse and leaves. Another nurse says that a bunch patients are miraculously healed. The other nurse shows her the note and says that a superhero smiled upon them. Back at the party, Luke thanks Charlie for everything. Charlie says they've been friends forever, she wasn't going to abandon him. He tells her that she's his hero. She notices some girls whispering and says he has some autographs to sign. Luke says he'll see her later but even though he might have to move back in with his dad but he's still coming over for meals. Jem runs into Charlie and tells her that he came by her house earlier but he won't tell anyone because his dad runs the place Supes were experimented on but Charlie says he's not one of them. Jem says that he trusts her either way. Elle calls Charlie over to play truth or dare. Charlie then notices Kat and Alex among the group. Elle says that she thought Kat's mom moved her to France but Kat says they moved back. Charlie talks to Alex in private, asking her what she's doing here. Alex says that Kat convinced her even though she knew it was a bad idea. She says she'll head home but Charlie tells her to just sit and stay quiet, she'll walk them home after the game because Kat isn't going to be dragged out of there easily. During the game, Elle asks Sam which girl he'd choose to date there and he chose her. Kat says it's because he's had every other except Charlie. Sam then asks Kat how she feels about abandoned her friends and when she says she'd rather dare, he dares her to go back to "France." Kat tells Charlie to tell them the truth about Luke, to which she says they're just friends. Charlie asks Kat why she's such a bitch. Kat then dares Elle to swim across the lake. Charlie says she isn't doing that but Elle says it's okay and she runs to the lake. The others follow. Charlie follows and has memories of her sister. She remembers Abby saying she loves her, Charlie telling her that they are sisters, a reporter saying that X-Static has disappeared, Abby saying she'll be fine, and the reporter saying that Abigail Walker has been found dead. She panics and continues running. At the dock, Elle hears voices saying her name and she's shoved in the lake by a shadow man. Charlie, Luke, and Sam run to the dock. Sam dives into the water after her. Luke stops Charlie from going after them and she says she can't lose them. Luke is about to go after them but Charlie says she can't lose him either. On the shore, Jem moves his hand to create rifles in the water and allow Elle and Sam to come up. They do so. Charlie and Luke help them out of the water. Kat watches, feeling guilty. After, Charlie gets angry at Kat, saying it was her who did this. Kat says it wasn't her, she's not evil. Charlie doesn't believe her. In the woods, Charlie runs into a man who says he heard she was looking for him. She thinks he's Ember but she's wrong. She then realizes he's the Supe they made. They killed the girl and gave him her power. He says she's smart but he'll see how that will face against his charm. She says that's funny because that's her name. He tells her to bow to him but she refuses. Charlie comes to the conclusion that he made Elle see something at the dock and made her fall into the water and drown. He makes people do things they don't wanna do and see things that aren't there. The man questions why she isn't obeying him. She reveals she's Charm Crimson and she attacks him with fire. He tells her to kill him because Ember will anyway. She questions why he controls minds but Ember controls him. He says *that lady* always gets what she wants. She questions this but the man says he isn't telling her anything. He threatens to always keep coming for her and her friends, killing them all. He says he knows everything about her and even if he can't control her, he can still get into her head. If he doesn't take everything from her, Ember will, they'll destroy her. She then snaps his neck and shocks herself. Elle goes back to the fire pit alone to get her phone and she's attacked by a creature. Back at home, Charlie cries in the shower as she washes off the dirt that was assumingly from her burying the body.