"Then there appears a singular being..."

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***"Then there appears a singular being"*** is the third episode of KOllOK 1991.

## Synopsis

The group tries to free Skye from her TV prison.

## Plot

Tuesday, March 5th, 1991. Kollok, Washington. 4:30PM. We won't bother checking in with our fair complexion ladies because they made it clear they are uninterested in us for the time being. Though, that who has been forgotten was of great interest to them.

The episode opens with an enraged Jacob Jewell chasing Billy Baker and Mickey Jones with a baseball bat. Billy slips on the gravel, scattering the papers he carried. Mickey turns and grabs the papers and pulls Billy back up. As they escape, Jacob finally turns away. Billy and Mickey hide, and they go through the files that Billy stole. Mickey decides to go her apartment, while Billy decides to go to the comic book shop.

Meanwhile, Marcus had fled to the Taco Bell Express. Marcus convinces Mallory to take a break, although he is covering Marcus' shift and that leaves the front counter unattended. They go outside and Marcus explains everything that has happened. Mallory struggles with the story because it is so outrageous, although he wants to believe his friend. Marcus gets angry at his friend's inability to believe him and storms off, heading home.

Skye Hawkins has been sitting alone in a waiting room for hours. The room has no doors, exits, or windows. She sees a painting of a strange man with the caption "In loving memory of Shiloh Anah, 1848-1962. Aspire to be more." Skye breaks everything she can in the waiting room. The ceiling begins closing in on her. Skye apologizes, and the ceiling finally stops closing in.

There is a rip-sound, like when Rachel was taken, and Skye suddenly finds herself in a long hallway. Figures in suits brush past her without any regard. One of the figures collides into her, sending papers in the air. As Skye bends down to help collect the papers, she notices that the "person" has no face. It quickly tucks the papers inside its own body, creating a crevice in its own body for them to go in, and continues on its way.

A voice calls to Skye as the figure rejoins the bipedal. He says, "Don't mind the brokers. They're a moody bunch." A young man in a white suit greets Skye and says that his name is Scott. He tells Skye that they are in Mammon and asks her to follow him. He lets her know that he knows that she has questions, but he will not answer the important ones. Skye follows, asking questions that he does not answer. She can't see the end of the hallway, in either direction. Every ten feet, they pass a door. Each door has a symbol that she has never seen before.

Scott tells Skye that they are heading to a special door, and she's not allowed to go through any of the others. He mentions that the figures in the hallway are not people, they're brokers -- not something human. Scott mentions that he's dead. Skye asks if she's dead, and he replies that he doesn't think so. He explains that he used to be trapped the body of a really hot girl, whose name he doesn't remember. Skye asks if her name was Rachel, but Scott seems confident that it was not.

Scott stops at a door and pulls out a large collection of keys from his belt buckle, telling Skye that this is her stop. The keys have a very strange look, and there is no keyhole in the door. She shifts suddenly and finds herself in a room. The door is now closed. She finds herself staring at a symbol of a U with a dot in the center, similar to something Skye has seen in Rachel's diary. Rachel said that she saw a similar symbol with two dots on a tent.

We cut back to Billy, at the Kollok mall. Billy calls out to his power to sense danger, and the voice inside him says that he's safe for now. Billy is stopped by a concerned passerby, who asks if he is alright. Billy explains that he just got lost in thought and sad for a moment, but he's fine now. As the person leaves, Billy discovers that his nose is bleeding. He enters the comic book shop, where Tibby is already inside. The comic book clerk, Scott Jansen, greets him as he enters, ignoring a rambling Tibby. After a short argument with Scott about Billy never buying anything, Billy goes off to talk to Tibby.

Billy warns Tibby about the severity of the situation, and that he shouldn't tell anyone or he could die. Tibby, unfortunately, has not uncovered anything worthwhile. Billy fills Tibby in on recent events, including that he broke into a law office and was taped. Tibby panics that he might be an accessory to a crime. They decide to ask Scott about the Rachel situation, pitching it as if it was a movie idea. Scott criticizes Billy's "script", especially his need to put himself in it as the hero and his relationship to the missing girl.

The scene changes to Mickey Jones, as she makes her way into her apartment. She listens to the door, and doesn't hear anything. She goes inside everything appears normal. She goes into her dad's room to look through his things. The door to his room is closed like it always is; Mickey's dad doesn't even sleep in the room, usually crashing on the couch instead. As she opens the door, she sees a man ducked over, searching through her father's closet. He turns, and Mickey sees a gun in his hand.

The man is imposing: 6'3" tall with broad shoulders. The man puts the gun away and says that he's friends with Mickey's father. He says he came by to pick up something for Michael Jones. Mickey asks what he's looking for, but the man changes the subject, asking if she is aware that her father is currently at the police station for witnessing a murder. The man correct himself and says suicide. Mickey continues to press the man to find out what he is looking for. The man refuses to answer. Mickey stands firm and says that she is going to stay and watch. The man says that he is tying up loose ends and mentions that her father shot a man in the head.

The man threatens to beat Mickey to a bloody pulp, gasping for air. He says he'll make sure they think that it was someone trying to get even with his dad. Mickey finally relents and retreats to her room. She hears the man drag something out of the apartment and leave. She checks her dad's room and finds a hole in the floor with stairs leading down. She sees a large empty indent in the dust, where a five-foot wide case must have been. Mickey then gets her duffel bag and sundries that she needs, and leaves the apartment. She heads for Marcus' house.

The scene returns to Skye in Mammon. Skye is now standing in a green-tinted, smoke-filled room. A woman with long bony fingers leans over her desk, her face obscured and hidden from the light. The woman motion and tells Skye to sit. The woman hands her a sheet, Form ENOLCR-81. Skye sees her name at the bottom and a signature that is not her own. She also sees Rachel's name and signature above her own. The woman stamps the form in red and files it away.

Skye says that she didn't sign the document. Instead of responding to Skye's declaration, the woman tells Skye that as cosigner she has one full moon cycle to pay the debt in full or they will be forced to foreclose. The woman then asks if Skye has any items of Rachel Jewell, and informs her that those items are now the property of Mammon. Skye says that she doesn't have any items of Rachel's (although she has her diary). The woman waves her hand and Skye shifts again and finds herself in a small room covered in blue, flowered wallpaper. This room, unlike the waiting room, has a window, but no doors. The window appears to be blocked by and an unnaturally large cover of New Mutants #98. Skye hears voices and movement beyond the window. She calls out to get their attention.

Meanwhile, Tibby says he hears the ghost in the comic book shop. Billy admits that he does hear something. He walks in the direction of the back of the store. Scott insists that the shop is not haunted, but he hears a noise as well. Skye continues to call out. Scott starts getting freaked out, and locks the door of the store. He grabs a pair of brass knuckles and together they investigate. Scott thinks he just left the television on. He pulls a comic off the TV and reveals Skye on the tv screen. Scott believes he is watching a strange movie, while Tibby thinks Skye has been prerecorded.

Scott reaches behind the television and unplugs it, but the TV remained on. Skye immediately begins threatening Scott. Scott asks how she got on the television, and Skye explains everything that has happened to her. It dawns on Scott that the "script" that Billy was talking about is real. Scott panics. Billy plans to smash the television, but is stopped by Tibby and Skye. They decide to take the television to Marcus' house, and Scott agrees to drive Billy there.

Marcus is home drinking a Yoo-hoo, He searches his house for information about Kollok that might help. He finds a locked drawer on his father's desk, which is unusual since his parents do not even lock the front door at night. He hears a knock at the door and sees Mickey through the window. Mickey tells him that she can't go home, and that there was a guy with a gun there. As Mickey marvels at his house, there is another knock at the door. This time it's Billy, holding a television with a jacket over it. Skye starts speaking and Billy tells him that she is trapped in the TV.

For the third time, there's a knock at the door. Billy mutes the TV and throws his jacket over it. Marcus opens the door and see Sketchy. The squirrel hops into the house and, after an exchange with Skye, goes to raid the pantry. There is a fourth knock at the door. Sketchy sits on a recliner with a box of Animal Crackers. Marcus opens the door to reveal Mallory, who has come to apologize. He notices the squirrel sitting on the recliner. Marcus has Billy pull the jacket off the television to reveal Skye. Mallory thinks they are video taping her until Skye starts talking. Marcus gets mad that Mallory still doesn't believe him. During the heated exchange, Skye realizes that she can understand Sketchy.

The group asks if Mallory has any ideas. He says that he can talk to his parents, and that his dad is the principal. Everyone says this is a bad idea, and swears him to secrecy. Marcus asks Sketchy to open the locked drawer as part of his initiation into the "gang". Mallory, confused, asks what is going on after a long exchange between Skye and everyone else. Marcus says "it's simple" and then recounts the complicated story of everything so far. Marcus also tells Skye that Rachel apparently died in a car crash 11 years ago. Mallory asks Billy "Isn't that when you went into a coma?" Billy agrees.

Mallory says that his dad is on the Town Council and says that he can snoop around and find out what the letter is all about. Marcus says that he thinks that the letter has something to do with bringing Rachel back, and that it is signed by Rudy Evelyn. Mallory says that she was a council member, and now her son Randy Evelyn, who runs True Value hardware, is on the council.

Marcus tries pushing buttons on the remote to see if he can free Skye, but nothing works. When someone mentions that the comic book shop is haunted, Billy asserts that it is not. But Mallory brings up that other people could have been in the room that Skye inhabits and could have been talking through the TV.

Sketchy finally opens the locked drawer. The squirrel shuffles through the papers inside and mentions they have contact with the Shoveler. Marcus wonders if the Shoveler can unbury things. Maybe he can somehow unbury Skye from the hole she fell in. Sketchy says that he can find the Shoveler through his network of squirrels (the World Wide Wind). Sketchy returns quickly and tells them that he is at the graveyard.

The sun has already gone down, and they venture to the graveyard in the darkness. Sure enough, as Sketchy said, the Shoveler is in the graveyard. They hear him shoveling long before they see him. They explain their predicament and ask for his help. He says that everything has a price, but there is no way to know what the cost is. The payment is reflected immediately. The argue about who will take the payment, but the Shoveler says that they will all have to pay.

The Shoveler takes the television and motions for everyone to back away. He puts the TV in a grave on its side, so Skye can see the stars. He brings the shovel up into the sky and they hear a crash. The memories of Rachel flood their minds, and then are gone. Skye is free, but at the cost of their memories of Rachel. The Shoveler rises out of the grave, stepping on something they can't see. He looks at the group and says, "It's about prospective. It's always about prospective."

The group know they were on an adventure to find something that was lost, but they don't remember what. Skye remembers that she only has 30 days left, and remembers her time in the hole but not what brought her there. They head home for the night. Marcus returns home, and surprisingly his parents are home early. His parents are concerned with the way he's been acting, but Marcus doesn't remember why he was upset earlier. His father squeezes his shoulder and says that things that are locked should stay locked. Marcus apologizes for the open drawer and says he was looking for a pen. Marcus asks about their job, but his father refuses to answer.

Mickey returns to her apartment to find her father sitting on the couch, his eyes swollen and red. His apologizes to Mickey and says that everything is fine now. He asserts that he didn't do anything, that she saw nothing., and everything will be okay. Michael Jones says that he doesn't want "them" to take her away. Mickey mentions that there was a man in the apartment earlier, and her dad says that he sent him. The man got rid of things that could be used against him. They argue, and Mickey decides that she will stay somewhere else.

Skye is in her room realizing that she has a limited time left. She sees a man outside her window, moving around the trees and dropping Cheetos. He looks up at the window and motions for her to be quiet, then continues his work with the Cheetos.

March 6th, 1991. 4:30AM. Billy Baker awakes and begins his daily routine. He waits for the newspapers to be left at his door to begin his route. When they are dropped off, he sees there were two suicides yesterday. One of Nathan kaiser at the local bar. The second of Jacob Jewell, hanging from a tree above an empty grave with a TV in it.

## Cast

* Andre Meadows as Marcus Bennett
* Lucas Eubank as Billy Baker
* Meghan "Strawburry17" Camarena as Skye Hawkins
* Shelby "Shubble" Grace as Mickey Jones
* Zac Lim Eubank as The Driver

## Rumors

1. Some dude in black has been seen spying on school
2. The police are using message board to listen to us
3. A man from Portland went missing in Kollok
4. The FBI are snooping around town (winner)

## Notes

The group not only starts separated from Skye, but Meghan is filmed separately from the rest of the cast.