While the crew of the Merry Beet hide at a cafe in town from the horror around them, they do the worst thing imaginable during an alien invasionโsplit up! The familiar and mundane become weapons of terror as even the lamppostsโconnected to the mysterious lights in the skyโreveal even more disturbing new abilities than deadly heat rays! But despite their best efforts, Skipper, Flo, Roddy, Howie, Stevie, and Eddie will say goodbye to one of their friends... who wonโt survive past the first night...