Episode 26: Brawl

## Synopsis

Henry and Bjorn see tiny creatures pour out of a Rift. Sammie finds them at a bar in West Thornvale, causing a bar fight. She attempts to catch one but is unsuccessful.

## Episode Description

It's the beginning of a new arc. A new monster, or rather, several of them, threaten Thornvale's drunks. The team must find a way to stop all of the little monsters they saw pouring out of the Rift before they ruin the Annual Summer Solstice parade.

## Key Events

* Bjorn and Henry see a Rift portal open and tiny creatures spill out of it.
* Bjorn hears a muffled roaring from a different cell block, but Stanley distracts him from it and guides him away.
* Sammie stumbles onto a bar fight where the small creatures seem to be running around. Drunk people can see them, but sober people can't.

## Summary

Bjorn and Henry are practicing shooting together at the range when they see a portal open up and over 20 small creatures spill out. They had back to the Fort to tell Stanley and Miguel. They find Stanley standing outside of the cell they have Ben in, watching him closely. Ben seems to be going through withdrawals from the rift magic.

Henry explains to Stanley that they saw a Rift open and small creatures step out of it before turning invisible. They were dark colored and vaguely humanoid. He then goes to talk to Miguel in his workshop. Bjorn stays with Stanley and chats with him about how Ben's doing. Stanley says that he's not feeling very well, but is otherwise okay. Bjorn asks if he can go in and talk to Ben, but Stanley says he should wait until he detoxes more from the rift magic.

On their way to the workshop to meet back up with Henry and Miguel, Bjorn hears a muffled roaring from a distant cell. He turns toward it, but Stanley quickly distracts him and tells him they need to get going. Bjorn follows Stanley. In the workshop, Miguel is working on an arbalest. Henry, still worried about Miguel after what happened in the wendigo arc, checks in on Miguel to make sure he's okay. Miguel says that he's fine and working on weapons in his workshop is his happy place.

Sammie has taken it upon herself to relax as much as possible after the events with the dybbuk. The following day after the dybbuk went back into the rift, Bjorn and Sammie had a chat about what happened. Bjorn let Sammie know that he trusts her and that Dragon Knights don't have anything against witch children as they are innately magical. Sammie lets Bjorn know that her mom visited and told her some about magic. Bjorn asks Sammie's thoughts about magic, but she's still processing how to feel about everything by avoiding the issue.

Sammie gets a text from Bjorn to meet them at the Fort. Sammie, who has ordered a new crossbow from Amazon, gets her gear together and heads over. On her way to the docks, she notices that there is a huge bar fight going on in front of the Salty Seagull. She notices her dad is involved in the fight and pulls off into the next parking spot. She finds some people on the street and asks what's going on. The woman says that they were just having lunch and then everyone started fighting.

Sammie calls Bjorn to ask what they'd seen that was the problem and tells him what's happening. He says he's not sure if it's related. Sammie says she'll see what she can find out. Sammie taunts the guy who is fighting with her dad and distracts him before he can hit her dad with a table leg. She dodges one drunk, is punched by another drunk, and manages to grab her dad and pull him out. Her dad is so blind with rage he doesn't seem to notice it's Sammie. He pulls himself out of her grasp and runs out into the road. He's nearly hit by a car and then passes out. Sammie pulls him off the road and tosses him into her Jeep.

Sammie watches as the fight continues for no apparent reason. Police have arrived on the scene. Sammie starts to suspect that there is something supernatural going on here and so she evaluates the scene using her third eye. She looks down and notices small creatures running around and biting peoples' ankles. The drunk people seem to be able to see them, but the sober ones don't.

Sammie gets a cooler out of her Jeep and attempts to capture one of the creatures. Sammie is able to get a close up look of the creature. It's about 5 inches tall with grey skin, big head, tiny sharp teeth and wearing clothes that seem to be made from black leaves. When it notices Sammie notice it, tiny black wings sprout from its back and it bites Sammie's face. Sammie gives up on catching the creature for now when a cop notices her and tells her to leave. She calls Bjorn to let him know the creatures he saw are causing the bar fight. Sammie's dad wakes up and begins to kick at the Jeep door that she's leaning on and she abruptly ends her call with Bjorn.

## List of Appearances

* Bjorn Olafson
* Henry Marlowe
* Stanley Marlowe
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Sammie Overbrook
* Antonio Alvarez

## Harm Taken

 Hanah/Sammie
 Hannah/Sammie

## Trivia

Susannah, Hannah, and Wesley sing Andrew a terrible 'happy birthday' at the beginning of this episode.