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 invasion-split up! The familiar and mundane become weapons of terror as even the lampposts-connected to the mysterious lights in the sky-reveal 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 won't survive past the first night