By LuluBates
Father Jack, Ryan, and Kyle get their hands on a missile launcher and shoot down a V shuttle. Unfortunately, the transport was not carrying Visitors, but was instead filled with babies, puppies and unicorns. Father Jack is going to have a lot of Hail Marys to do to make up for that. Obviously, Anna is cackling hysterically in the background, because she knew this would happen.
Twelve hours earlier (yes, it's one of those shows), Joshua informs Ryan that after Ryan killed her soldier, Anna is pissed and is sending a transport of trackers after the Fifth Column. Ryan thinks they should shoot the damn shuttle out of the sky. Methinks this will end badly, because I am a fucking psychic. Erica and Kyle worry about media blowback from shooting an entire shuttle out of the sky, and Father Jack worries about the potential loss of innocent life, but Ryan is, like, totally positive that the shuttle will be filled with nothing but V soldiers. His intel is good (or maybe good-ish) and he really wants to blow the shuttle up. Please? Pretty please?
Chad Decker continues to harass Father Jack for access to the Fifth Column. Father Jack is a shite liar and also filled with possible guilt over possible injuries to possible humans possibly riding V shuttles. So he takes the bait and warns Chad not to ride the V-only shuttles today. Especially today. Chad takes the news straight to Anna because he is just that much of a dick. Anna knows the Fifth Column is behind the news, so she decides to teach them a little lesson.
Father Jack is having some serious Doubts, but everyone ignores him. And then they blow up the shuttle and kill lots of innocent bunnies and babies. ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE PRIEST, MOTHERFUCKERS. He has connections [pointing skyward]. This is all too much for Father Jack and his pro-[human] life values.
The FBI is all over the crash, and while Erica is poring through the evidence she notices something simultaneously suspicious and completely exonerating. The Vs loaded the shuttle with dead bodies --The Fab Four didn't kill anyone! Before they can celebrate, the evidence is deleted. The only suspect? Her boss. She dispatches Ryan to destroy the only evidence linking them to the crime.
Chad Decker heads back to the church to pry for more information. But Father Jack is too grumpy to chit-chat, so Chad fills in the void by mentioning his talk with Anna. So now Father Jack feels really guilty. He talks to his boss -- no, not God, but the Senior Priest, who recommends making a full confession to both God and the police. But no need, because he gets hauled into FBI HQ for driving the getaway van. Erica makes a big ruckus and tells Jack the truth about the dead bodies. This gives him the strength to ball up and holler his way out of holding. I mean, who is going to charge a priest? For her good work scaring a priest, Erica gets to run the Fifth Column Task Force. Her co-leader? Agent Malik (yes, Rehka Sharma, who might be a tetch sick of these roles) who, by the by, is a secret Visitor.
Much to Anna's displeasure, Lisa is getting in touch with her Feelings. And once she realizes the full horror show that is the Live Aboard Program, Lisa and her Feelings can't take it. Especially when she sees Tyler has joined the Live Aboard Program and is up for experimentation. Lisa does the only thing she can: She dumps Tyler. Luckily he always has his mommy. As for Lisa, she does not have her mommy's love at all. Anna arranges for Lisa to have her legs broken -- for the cause!
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Melissa Locker a.k.a. Lulu Bates would still let Tyler join the Live Aboard Program. You can follow her on Twitter @woolyknickers.