"Lullaby"

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**"Lullaby"** is the tenth episode of KOllOK 1991: Bleach

## Plot

9am Aug 15

**Act 1**

At Kollok High School, a special assembly is called and Billy, Mickey and Tibby assemble out in the halls. Mickey remarks on skipping it, the concept of which Tibby finds difficult as with the Cult of DA.D.D.Y. still picketing outside his house he finds school is better. Billy also agrees that they shouldn’t skip and Tibby finds it weird that they are in agreement for a change. The trio see Empegg as her class also joins the lines of students heading to the gym and catch up, discussing her absence and how she’s been since Bull threatened her dad. On the topic of skipping the assembly Em convinces Tibby that there is a senior skip day that he’s signed up for when he started school, to which he believes his mom must have signed.

As they enter the gym and find their seats Em reacts to seeing Cassandra as principal for the first time. She questions why they are okay with it after what she and they answer that they got used to her as nothing weird has happened since she started. Tibby argues that they can’t remove her anyway, like they can’t remove a president; to which Em replies that she will teach Tibby that they can do both. Em’s reaction confuses Billy as he voices that he doesn’t know what Em is on about. Em jokingly asks Billy the code question they had for Mickey but when he doesn’t answer it Em, Tibby and Mickey realise that he isn’t their Billy.

The Fake Billy realises his mistake and comes clean that he’s not the “Pretender,” but is adamant that he is, a real Billy. He claims not to know where the “real” Billy is and comes to school because he likes it and that he’s been lucky that Billy has not been coming to school. When the group continue to be aggressive to him, Fake Billy reminds them that he has nothing left because of theirs and they discuss what to do about the situation.

Meanwhile, Mallory is in his kitchen looking at the garbage disposal, contemplating the idea and sensation to put his hand inside and push the switch. He stops as he hears Laura closing a door elsewhere in the house, having moved in a couple of days ago and living in one of the spare rooms. Laura enters the kitchen and he pretends to be doing the dishes as they talk about their plans for the day. Laura searches the cupboard for coffee when there is a knocking at the door. Mallory looks through the window, but doesn’t see anyone. He opens the door and at first doesn’t see anything, but he hears a voice and looks down to see Cheese in Jar form but with his own body growing out of it like a baby. Mallory brings him inside to show Laura who is both disgusted and joyful at the sight of him, but throws up in the corner. Cheese explains that he had tried looking for Laura at hers and that he doesn’t remember much after taking the pills below the police station, though recalls her voice talking to him.

Upon closer look Mallory realises that the arms and legs attached to the jar belong to a doll with Cheese’s flesh growing out from the lid with actual ligaments attaching them to the jar. Cheese remarks that this was all he could come up with to get around as his body slowly and painfully grows again. Cheese tells them that he felt a blast of energy and he could hear voices telling him to grow and he did. He tells them about Mike Mikkelsen and of his power, which Laura connects to being responsible for the times that the group lost time. Mallory passes him to Laura and she asks him more about Mike. He tells them that Mike and him were trapped together and when Mike lost his power when the blast happened, a person called the Traveller, who had been keeping them in a cellar, also began to weaken. Mike helped Cheese escape but The Traveller blamed Mike for his deterioration and started to hurt him. Laura wonders if the others have also lost their powers as Cheese continues to tell them about how he slowly began to regain his abilities to see, hear, and grow. Laura and Mallory make plans to tell the others.

Back at the high school Principal Cassandra makes her announcement, informing the student body that Mike Hunt had died. The hospital in San Francisco reported to his family that his body was unable to hold itself together. Cassandra asks for a moment of silence for Mike. The news shakes Tibby, Mickey and Em, Fake Billy asks them if they knew Mike and his attitude angers them, but they are shushed by Cassandra. Cassandra continues the announcements, telling them the good news of the discovery and upcoming return of Nick Blakley, who Mickey and Tibby remember having been invisible. They explain this to Fake Billy who finds the idea and their universe dumb. Tibby gets angry and wants to fight him but Em and Mickey warn him that this Billy can do more push ups than theirs, and Tibby could never beat him.

Tibby goes to turn away but quickly turns back and throws a punch at Fake Billy. Fake Billy catches the punch and insults Tibby. Mickey calms Tibby down and Fake Billy calls them out for picking on someone who lost everything. They argue with him about why he’s still there, and he answers that he has nothing else and is trying to do what he can. Fake Billy irritates Tibby again and he tells Mickey that he wants to learn to fight, something Tibby thought he’d never do as he promised his mom, he would never be like the father she told him about. Mickey offers to teach him and when Fake Billy angers Tibby again, he agrees to skip to find their Billy, a decision which Mickey loves. They decide to sneak out using the loss of Mike as an excuse, though Fake Billy asks Tibby to punch him so it looks like he was crying, Tibby does so but knocks him out cold. The three of them discuss who their Billy really is and wake up Fake Billy. They walk out discussing where Fake Billy has been since he arrived and how Tibby has felt sad lately with him and Billy not talking.

Back at Mallory’s Laura has braided Cheese’s doll hair and Mallory offers to put Cheese in a suit but only finds a tie that could fit him. Cheese thanks them for looking after him before and not trying to kill him when he arrived. He asks them again to help save Mike but he gets sassy with Mallory who starts to joke about Cheese’s condition and grabs his doll hand mocking him. Cheese squeezes the Mallory’s finger tightly with the doll arm and Mallory stops as they then get in Mallory’s car and head to the school to get the others.

The rest of the group have left and on their way to Billy’s ask Fake Billy more about himself when a voice calls to them from the woods. A figure in a park ranger uniform steps out from behind a tree saying that he has been looking for them. He approaches, keeping his had down over his face. He admits to knowing them and recognises Fake Billy as being from the Grotto; he asks where their Billy is and that he needs them. When he looks up, they see that his skin is melting from his body. The Traveller tells them that he knows Skye and that he was the one that gave her, her powers. Mickey tells him that the Grotto is gone, though he claims that is impossible.

Mickey warns that they shouldn’t trust The Traveller after what Skye told her about him but Em asks if he could give them their powers back. They reaffirm the Grotto is gone as to is Billy’s power, but he still asks for Billy. He tells them that they need to help him as others will come and take over in his absence, something that they will learn soon enough. Em lies to him and says that he can find Billy in the auditorium. Sensing her deceit The Traveller grabs her arm and on instinct she knees him in the crotch, but in his weakened state his flesh and bones collapse under her knee. He orders her to take him to Billy and she punches him through the head which separates like pudding.

Fake Billy helps Em to loosen the arm still holding her, but though he brakes the arm the grip doesn’t break. The damage to the Traveller’s body causes it to lose detail as it tries to reform, but is unable to do so, ending up as a semi liquid body of flesh. Mickey uses her knife to finally sever the arm from Empegg and Fake Billy asks The Traveller what he is. He tells them that he was like them once; before his wife had other ideas and that he was banished to another world where he made Billy, who was supposed to fix “this”. He falls to his knees unable to support himself and voices that as he is dying so is his son, Clarence. Mickey realises that Clarity was his wife as The Traveller tells her that the connection to Phobos was the only thing keeping him and his son alive. Mickey asks if Phobos was the thing that he was going to replace, he answers no and that the process of filling Phobos’ place has already begun. Unable to hold himself together any longer his body dissolves into a puddle that soaks into the ground.

Fake Billy yells at the puddle demanding answers as to why The Traveller made Bill. A 12 year old girl with blond hair arrives on a bike and asks if they’ve seen a creepy old man, saying that she is going to kill him. She tells Tibby, Mickey and Em that they smell weird and that if she’d arrived earlier she would have had to kill them as well, but mentions there are still others she can kill. The young girl sniffs the air and voices that there is “another” in the school and leaves in that direction. Mallory and Laura see them on the side of the road and pull up.; Laura shows them Cheese and tells them to get in the car. Cheese talks to them in their heads and the sight of him creeps them all out, but eventually they get in and head to Billy’s house.

**Act 2, 10 am**

The group arrive at Billy’s with no one seemingly at home. Em explains the Fake Billy situation to Mallory as Tibby looks in through the window to Billy’s room and sees him playing Ninja Gaiden with the comatose Prime A Billy, in his room as well. Laura kicks at the door but Em reminds her that no one locks their door and she pushes it open. Billy hides under the bed as the others come in and Mallory calls out for Billy.

Mallory sees coma Billy with a control left on his chest and they confront their Billy with what he’s been up to. Billy eventually crawls out and tells them that he needed some me time, and wanted to keep coma Billy company. Fake Billy offers to make a deal with Billy but he gets distracted when Laura shows him Cheese. Cheese retells the whole group his story, which Tibby and Mickey interrupt and tell them what happened to him. Em wonders what will happen to the other’s turned to flesh and the group put together that Cheese’s re-growing started when the grotto was destroyed. Cheese tells them about Mike and asks what happened to the Traveller and Mickey and Em tell him.

Billy tells them that “fake” Billy is really Billy as he was only created to accomplish someone else’s goals. Em and Mallory get into an argument and she tries to swing at him but he just manages to avoid being hit. They get back to the conversation at hand and Billy tells them about the Devourer calling him Lucas Jenkins, which Mallory respects but the group starts arguing again. Billy loses his temper at the group but Cheese cuts through it and tells them that they need to help Mike as he knows everything about the Traveller who made Billy.

Billy picks a new name of Henry, though Mallory and Laura call him Hank, and makes a deal with “Fake” Billy, offering that they come clean to their parents, that he becomes their actual son and that “Henry” will be the adopted son, to which Billy agrees. Before they leave to help Mike Mikkelsen, Mickey informs Henry, Mallory and Laura about the announcement about Mike, though Mallory and Laura are in denial. Henry and Tibby blame each other for killing Mike, and Tibby brings up what the Traveller said about a hole to be filled, and wonders if Harmonia is bad.

Mickey brings up what Phobos said to them about Harmonia and postulates that neither are evil but are required for balance. Cheese is confused but recalls when he was in the void he saw “god” and when the energy blast happened it vanished but he could feel it and that’s when he heard the voice that told him to grow. Henry gives the player one controller to Billy and says welcome home, they argue with Billy as he doesn’t recognise Cheese’s wave and they leave him to “play” with Prime A Billy. As they go to the car Mickey asks if Cheese ever heard The Traveller’s son and though he did hear another voice, he doesn’t know.

They get to the Ranger’s station cabin and see it empty, but before they go in Mallory brings up the idea that Cheese could be a demon luring them into a trap. Laura asks what Cheese’s favourite movie is and he answer correctly but Em is still unsure. Billy looks toward the cabin and sees a blond woman looking out of the cabin at them from a window, they wave and she opens the door for them. They slowly approach, with Henry going inside first, the woman is sitting in the living room, and he sees she wears an eye patch over her left eye. She tells them that she hasn’t seen the Traveller and introduces herself as Alice. Laura figures out that they may know her, and Mallory explains about the encounter with the younger Alice.

The Alice in front of them has heard of them and mentions that her sister was beaten for them turning off the signal to the Grotto. They tell her that they are looking for Mike, and Laura asks Cheese about the cellar but he can’t remember where the door is. Em tells Alice about what happened to the Traveller and Alice hopes he doesn’t have enough energy to come back. She also confirms that there are more of her around town. Em asks about who would replace the Traveller and Alice at first, seems confused; she mentions his drug trade to repay the debt and hopes that there is no one else to replace him. Mickey asks her about Cassandra to which Alice is aware of her by reputation, Laura asks her if she also knows Pox. Alice recognise the name and asks after him, the group dodge her question and Alice mentions that “they” are already making their move.

The group look for the cellar with Henry going outside, but Em finds the hatch by loudly stepping on the boards. Alice brings up that she was sent to kill the Traveller but now that he’s dead, she will go home and goes to the hatch of the revealed cellar and opens it. The way down is a shimmering golden tunnel and Alice bids them goodbye as she falls into it. Mickey takes some change from Tibby’s pocket and throws it in. They all listen, waiting to hear the sound but none comes. Em wonders if the golden tunnel leads to an opposite of the Grotto but the group recall the story of Alice in Wonderland with Tibby voicing if Alice was actually a white rabbit to lure them to follow her. They ask Cheese if the tunnel is where he climbed but he answers that it wasn’t. Outside Henry finds no sign of anyone having already ran away or a cellar door and returns inside, he points out the golden tunnel and that they should jump in before they close it and it could vanish. Mallory trusting his instincts after they destroyed the Grotto, jumps in. Em grabs his arm to stop him but his weight pulls her in after him.

## 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

* Ethan "CrankGameplays" Nestor as Charlie 'Cheese' Burger

## Rumors

1. The hole drains.
2. The hole drinks.
3. The hole feeds.
4. The hole whispers "When she's ten feet tall" (winner)

## Notes

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