Runtime: 60 minutes
ACT 1 — THE FORGOTTEN CHILD (0:00 – 10:00)
Flashback: Life of Elena Drey before the Rift.
- A teenage foster child passed from home to home. Labeled “too intense” due to emotional outbursts and volatile behavior.
- Finds temporary peace in the home of Anika Drey, an older woman who fosters teens.
- They bond briefly, but Elena begins showing signs of deep emotional instability.
- One day, she returns home to find Anika gone. A neighbor says she “moved out overnight.” Elena feels betrayed and abandoned.
- The Rift hits while she’s crying alone in that same house—surrounded by broken furniture and torn photos. The pain splits her psyche.
- Fracta is born from rage, abandonment, and fractured identity.
ACT 2 — GUYS’ HIKE, GIRLS’ SPA (10:00 – 20:00)
CRC Rec Room
- Kairo, Pax, Dr. Ezra, and Captain Trask discuss the need to unwind.
- Kairo: “We should do a guys’ hangout.”
- Captain: “You know I don’t like you, right?”
- Dr. Ezra: “Live a little.”
- They drag Trask out. He reads a sign: “8 miles?! You trying to kill me?!”
Meanwhile, at CRC
- Rose, Solace, Vita, and Schema plan a spa day. Facemasks, music, tea.
- Rose: “We’ve earned this.”
Suddenly: ALARM!
- Rose checks the CRC energy system.
- “There’s a massive Rift pulse coming from a residential home near 8th Street and Main.”
- Solace: “Can we never get a break?”
- Schema: “Spa day is officially over.”
ACT 3 — THE COOKIE TRAP (20:00 – 30:00)
At the address — an old cottage surrounded by cats.
- They knock. Anika Drey answers. “Oh? Trouble? No, it’s just me and my babies.”
- As they turn to leave: “Come inside. I’ll make cookies.”
- Vita: “Can’t turn that down.”
Inside:
- Cozy but eerie. A wall of children’s photos.
- Rose: “Your grandkids?”
- Anika: “Never had kids… just fostered. One was… hard.”
- She stares off. “Why… why did you leave me?”
- Solace whispers: “Something’s wrong.”
They try to leave.
- Anika: “Don’t go! I never have company anymore!”
- She throws scalding cocoa at them.
- Her voice deepens.
- “You think I’m a crazy old cat lady, don’t you?”
- Her form glitches—then explodes in light.
- Fracta emerges.
Fracta: “You left me when I needed you most.”
FIGHT SEQUENCE 1 — Solace, Vita, Schema vs. Fracta
- Fracta’s energy bursts shatter energy space.
- Schema’s logic fails. Vita’s mobility is warped. Solace is overwhelmed by echoes of abandonment.
- Rose tries dragging Anika to safety.
ACT 4 — THE GUYS RETURN (30:00 – 45:00)
- Rose is cornered.
- Suddenly, Kairo and Pax crash through the window, blocking Fracta’s strike.
- Solace: “Where have you BEEN?”
- Kairo: “Top of the mountain. Literally.”
FIGHT SEQUENCE 2 — Vital Five vs. Fracta
- Fracta warps personalities:
- Solace turns cold and sarcastic.
- Pax becomes chaotic and impulsive.
- Kairo gets emotionally erratic.
- Schema becomes nihilistic.
- Vita collapses under self-doubt.
As they fight each other, Fracta approaches Rose and Anika.
Fracta: “You’ll feel what I felt.”
Anika awakens.
- “Elena… is that you?”
The word Elena sends Fracta spiraling.
- Flashbacks of warm moments. Cooking. Laughing. Safety.
- Fracta collapses, conflicted.
The Vital Five snap out of their distortion.
- They coordinate a unified containment strike.
Fracta screams: “LEAVE ME ALONE!”
- Bursts energy wave—blasts everyone back—and vanishes.
ACT 5 — A MOTHER’S REGRET (45:00 – 58:00)
Back inside:
- Anika reveals Elena was her last foster child.
- “She was troubled… but bright. I never wanted to leave her.”
- Explains she fled from an abusive ex who kept finding them.
- “I thought I was protecting her… but I didn’t get to tell her why.”
The team sits quietly.
- Solace: “She felt abandoned. But she was loved.”
- Anika breaks down: “She was my favorite. I failed her.”
Rose: “You didn’t fail her. You tried to protect her. That love still lives in her somewhere.”
EPILOGUE (58:00 – 60:00)
Cut to a rooftop, wind howling.
- Fracta, fractured and fuming, stands alone.
- “They protected the woman who broke me.”
- Eyes glow with fury.
- “Let them protect her again… when I shatter their world.”
END EPISODE.
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