Union And Reunion - Transcript

￼

Chapter 56 - Union and Reunion

Angle on the beach, tons of stuff has been set up. Rows of chairs, a stage decorated with green flowers. Everyone who’s here is dressed in their best clothes.Safety Ninja is standing onstage, in a tux, looking nervous. Malcom stands behind him

Malcom

“Jitters?”

Safety Ninja

“No... yes... all of them...”

Malcom

“I had them too on my wedding, it’s fine. Ah, look”

P-Sauce (wearing a white tux) starts playing “Here comes the bride,” as Anne Pencost starts walking down the aisle, wearing a wedding dress

Safety Ninja

“Whoa...”

Malcom

“Nice work, I’m proud of you!”

Safety Ninja

“*nervous sound*”

Malcom claps his back

Malcom

“You got this! Seriously!”

Anne makes it onstage

Anne

“Hey”

Malcom

“*ahem,* dearly beloved, we’re gathered here today to celebrate the unity of these two souls. Ezra Woo, and Anne Pencost”

Cut to the audience, Alex looks very uncomfortable, in between Lily and Tim who are sobbing

Tim (sobbing)

“Love is beautiful!”

Lily (sobbing)

“That’s gonna be me and P-Sauce, I can’t wait!”

Tim (sobbing)

“Can I be the flower girl?”

Lily (sobbing)

“Of course buddy!”

Alex (mumbling)

“I would like to be... anywhere else right now...”

Back onstage

Malcom

“Ezra, do you take Anne to be your lawfully wedded wife, through sickness and health, ‘til death do you part?”

Safety Ninja

“I do, immediately, she’s fantastic”

Malcom

“And Anne, do you take Ezra to-“

Anne

“Shut up, let’s kiss already! Life time!”

Safety Ninja

“Uh-“

Malcom

“I’ll let it pass, you may kiss the bride!”

Anne pulls down Safety Ninja’s mask and kisses him

Tim and Lily absolutely lose it, and start sobbing, while P-Sauce “woops” from the piano, and in a minute everyone applauds. Even the Randoms Elite are there, looking very happy. We cut to them

Jessie

“Ah, we don’t have enough weddings, it’s a magical experience”

Tiny Turret

“Nobody’s gotten married since Malcom and Sally right?”

Tucker

“Nope”

Tiny Turret

“Nice”

Ricardio

“I personally am waiting for the after party, one word, three syllables”

Tiny Turret

“Massacre”

Ricardio

“Close enough!”

Jessie

“Hey Tucker, how’s your chance to apologize to Tim...”

Tucker

“No need! I’ve decided just not to bother him. Hopefully sorcerers will never plague his life again”

Jessie

“Mmm”

Intro plays

We are now in the middle of the afterparty, still at the beach, everyone is hanging around, a few couples are dancing. Tim, Alex, Lily and P-Sauce are all at a table discussing a paper script

Tim

“Oh Alex, this is phenomenal!”

Alex

“Oh, uh, thanks”

Tim

“Anne and Safety Ninja are going to love it!”

Lily

“So gimme the deets, who’s playing who?”

Alex

“So I’m playing the Sensei, P-Sauce is Safety Ninja, Lily you’ll be Anne, and Tim’s gonna be Malcom.... because he really wanted to be... we also need a few extras, but Shade can play as all of those”

Shade (distance)

“YEAH I CAN!”

Malcom walks over

Malcom

“What are you four preparing?”

Tim

“An absolutely massive, three-act, musical rom-com all about the love story of Safety Ninja and Anne! We’ve spent all week preparing it!”

Malcom

“Oh, sounds neat! I’m looking forward to it!”

Alex

“Yeah, it’ll be pretty great!”

Malcom

“Heh”

Sally walks over, wearing a tuxedo

Sally

“May I have this dance, good sir?”

Malcom

“Of course m’lady”

They start slow dancing

P-Sauce

“Uh, you guys finish up the play! Lily?”

Lily blushes

Lily

“YES! I mean, yes...”

P-Sauce

“Cool!”

They run onto the dance floor

Alex

“They’re great”

Tim

“Yes, yes they are”

Cut over to Malcom and Sally dancing

Sally

“We hardly dance anymore, this is nice”

Malcom

“Yeah... I’m really glad you’re back”

Sally

“Heh, I am too... I wasted so many years...”

Malcom

“Shut up! No more looking back, we just need to look forward! The entire future lies ahead of us!”

Sally

“Right, sorry! Also, thank you for opening up about... your problems...”

Malcom

“Yeah... um... thanks for listening...”

Sally’s expression softens affectionately

Paul taps Malcom’s shoulder

Paul

“Malcom, someone is here to see you...”

Malcom

“Really? Who?”

Paul

“Um... you won’t like it...”

Malcom looks weary, and follows Paul. They walk away from the party... a hulking silhouette is leaning against a rock

Paul

“I’ll let you get to that...”

Paul trots back to the party, as Malcom approaches the stranger

Malcom

“Hello?”

The figure steps into the light, revealing its none other than Radcliffe

Radcliffe

“Malcom Silva! We need to talk”

Malcom

“Whoa, wait what?! Radcliffe! I haven’t seen you since...”

Radcliffe

“Sorcerer invasion, yep... I need your help! The sorcerers have betrayed me, they’ve flocked to a new leader, some blonde idiot”

Malcom

“Blonde idiot? Oh no...”

Radcliffe

“You know him?”

Malcom

“Yeah, Jameson... he’s kinda my main issue at the moment, he’s planning an attack on Randoms Tower”

Radcliffe

“Well I need your help to get my army back! They can’t just go back to another dictator!”

Malcom

“Look, I would, but I’m at a party, it’s a wedding! Happy times y’know?”

Radcliffe

“But wait, the most important-“

Malcom

“I’d love to help, but I just can’t”

Radcliffe

“MALCOM!”

Malcom

“Good luck!”

Radcliffe

“But I think- MALCOM, I THINK HE’S BEING CONTROLLED BY WARWICK!”

Malcom freezes

Malcom

“Warwick... is dead...”

Radcliffe

“I thought so too, heck I was the one to deliver the blow... but... he has the Eye of Agoro, and he... has a similar way of talking...”

Malcom

“That’s definitely off, Jameson hasn’t said an intelligent thing in his life...”

Radcliffe

“This is of maximum importance, if Warwick is alive... he’s probably been in control of everything, trying to establish his dream of a sorcerer empire...”

Malcom looks at the ground grimly

Malcom

“Of course he has... just when I thought I could move on...”

Radcliffe

“Yes...”

Malcom

“Well... fine, I’ll go. Let me tell Sally”

Radcliffe

“Fine, but hurry!”

Malcom reenters the party, and Sally smiles

Sally

“Malcom, great to-“

Malcom

“I gotta go...”

Sally notices his tone and expression, and her smile falters

Sally

“What... what happened?”

Malcom

“I’ll explain later, or I won’t... it’s big, I gotta go...”

Sally

“Tell me!”

Malcom

“I don’t want to cause alarm, not today, not here”

Sally

“Malcom what’s-“

Malcom (sternly)

“Sally... trust me...”

She looks slightly hurt

Sally

“So... we’re back to secrets...”

Malcom

“What? No I-“

Sally

“You better go... good luck...”

Malcom looks at her

Malcom

“I love you...”

Malcom leaves Sally standing there

Sally

“You too...”

Tim watches him leave, and his face darkens

Tim

“Did you see that? He just left, without telling anyone! This is just like when Jameson took the Eye of Agoro, and Malcom didn’t tell the Elite!”

Lily

“I’m sure you’re being a little bit dramatic, what’s the worse that could happen?”

Tim

“Gee, I sure wonder...”

Lily

“What?”

Alex

“H’boy...”

Tim

“IT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH STOPPING JAMESON AND EX-LORD! I should be there helping... shouldn’t I?”

Alex

“No! We’ve had enough of that chaos. Let’s take this day off”

Tim

“Mmm”

Suddenly he gets an idea

Tim

“We’re about to perform a musical right?”

Lily

“Yeah?”

Tim

“What if I used the musical to reveal to the Randoms Elite that Jameson stole the Eye of Agoro... a year ago...”

Alex

“Tim! Why would you do that?!”

Tim

“Because the truth must win out, always!”

Lily

“But dude, if even Malcom was afraid of being fired-“

Alex

“He must’ve had good reason”

Tim

“Nonsense! He was just being paranoid, we’re doing this... and I know exactly how...”

Cut to Malcom and Radcliffe, walking through the woods

Radcliffe

“You’re gonna hate this...”

Malcom (distracted)

“I’m sure, how close are we?”

Radcliffe

“Nearly there...”

They arrive at a ledge, looking over a massive temple

Malcom

“No... wait, is that-“

Radcliffe

“Yep... Warwick’s old temple... the sorcerers have spent the last fortnight refurbishing it”

Malcom

“Where’s Jameson?”

Radcliffe

“Most likely the throne room, he’s emperor now isn’t he?”

Malcom

“Right... gah, I’m starting to put things together, of COURSE Warwick is behind this. He’s the one who wanted us to take the Eye to that stupid island in the first place!”

Radcliffe

“Uh-“

Cut over, Frida and Grey are patrolling the perimeter

Grey

“You think that there’s more-“

Frida

“Shut up! Ya hear that?”

Cut back to Malcom’s rant

Malcom

“And Jameson mentioned that he’s been hearing voices, gee, who could that be?!”

Radcliffe

“Are you okay my friend?”

Malcom

“NOTHING WILL STOP HIM! NOT THE MID-REALM, NOT LOSING HIS POWERS, NOT EVEN DEATH! GAH!”

Suddenly a dagger appears at his throat

Frida

“Not a movement, you’re coming with us!”

Malcom

“Mmm...”

Radcliffe

“Dang it, sorry Malcom...”

Grey

“Oh hey Radcliffe! How’s life been treating you?”

Radcliffe

“Mmm”

Cut to the entrance to the temple, our group approaches, daggers to our heroes backs

Malcom

“Gah, I can’t believe we got caught”

Radcliffe

“Well, you were talking REALLY loudly”

Malcom

“What? No I wasn’t”

Radcliffe

“You were...”

Grey

“Quiet down up there, geez! Nobody’s civil anymore”

Frida

“It’s okay honey. SHUT UP NITWITS!”

They enter, sorcerers are everywhere

Malcom

“Hey guys...”

Radcliffe

“Yep, two of the largest enemies to sorcerer kind are here. The rebel and the traitor, great...”

Malcom

“Wait, why are you a traitor?”

Radcliffe

“Well, right after we killed Warwick, I didn’t know what to do... I had no experience as an emperor... so I casually suggested that we abolish sorcery altogether, as it had only caused pain. We should spend our hours doing what we wanted for a change... but they didn’t take it well, and shortly after... chased me out...”

Malcom

“Huh... you wanted to abolish sorcery... that’s good business...”

Radcliffe

“Well... thanks...”

Malcom

“Huh, y’know I never really considered you all as people, uh, no offense”

Radcliffe

“None taken, we deserve that”

Malcom

“But now I realize... your lives have been hurt by sorcery just as much as mine... if not more... Radcliffe, I’m gonna stop Jameson, or Warwick, or whoever the heck is in charge! I promise...”

Radcliffe

“Well... that’s good to hear...”

Frida

“We’re here!”

They look over, it’s a jail

Grey

“Chugga chugga! Into the train dungeon... it’s actually just a dungeon! (Smugly) Yep, literally a dungeon”

Cut back to the wedding party, Tim walks over to Alex

Tim

“Okay, I did some rewrites on the script, managed to squeeze in a bit of truth revealing!”

Alex

“Oh lord, Tim don’t do this! It’s idiotic!”

Tim

“No! The truth must win out! IT MUST!”

Alex

“Tim, buddy, just- just sit down for a minute, okay? Alright... down!”

Tim

“Mmm...”

He sits

Alex

“Look man, this seems risky! Even by our standards! Malcom said that the Randoms Elite would fire him if they found out, right?”

Tim

“Well, he’d deserve it...”

Alex

“What?”

Tim

“I’m sick of keeping secrets! Not for Tucker, not for Malcom, not for anyone! I’m revealing the truth, and you can’t stop me”

Alex

“I- ugh... okay Tim, I’ll help you... I don’t like it, but I’ll help...”

Tim

“YES! I knew I could count on you!”

Alex

“Right yeah, let’s just go...”

Tim gets onstage, holding a microphone

Tim

“Attention everyone! We now present a musical retelling of the wholesome tale of Anne and Safety Ninja! Here we go!”

Some music starts playing, Shade starts singing (as a choir)

(Shade)

“This is a tale-

of a green haired female.

This is a tale-

And it’ll never get staaaaaaale”

Lily wearing a green wig and purple dress steps onstage

(Lily)

“I’m Anne Pencost, an independent non nonsense kinda woman!

I moved to Porta City, to experience a future of which is grand!”

(Tim walks over, dressed as a cop)

(Tim)

“I’m a cop named Jackson! I’m just here to warn you-

There’s a criminal organization called the Flaming Lotus and they are not cool!”

(Lily)

“Ah thanks for telling me! I’ll move on now!”

She walks away

A certain comes down

Alex (muffled)

“OKAY NEXT SET COME ON HURRY!”

Sally

“This is adorable”

Back to Malcom and Radcliffe in the dungeon

Radcliffe

“So, we’re most likely about to be executed... any ideas?”

Malcom

“No... well, actually maybe... no...”

Radcliffe

“What?”

Malcom

“Well... I could summon the Blade of Anubis... but, I’m kind of in a weird place with that sword right now...”

Radcliffe

“Why?! We need to escape!”

Malcom

“You’re a sorcerer aren’t you? Blast the door!”

Radcliffe

“I already told you, I gave up sorcery! It’s not good for me!”

Malcom

“One more spell!”

Radcliffe

“No!”

Malcom

“GAH!”

Radcliffe

“I’m sorry! It’s just... I’m rusty, and uncomfortable”

Malcom

“Fine... we just wait for death then”

Radcliffe

“Well-“

Cut to the throne room. Jameson is sitting in Warwick’s throne, Robert standing to the side

Grey and Frida enter

Frida

“Emperor Jameson, we’ve captured Malcom and Radcliffe”

Jameson

“You have? YES! Malcom’s here Exy!”

Robert

“You don’t have to call me that anymore...”

Jameson

“WOO! KILL THEM IMMEDIATELY! Wait hold on...”

The Eye of Agoro hums quietly

Jameson

“Ooh, that’s interesting... yes, bring them to me! I’ll decide what to do with them!”

Grey

“Gotcha”

They leave

Robert glances at the scepter, looking uncomfortable

Cut back to the wedding musical, Lily is now with P-Sauce

(Lily)

“You’re a pretty cool guy-

Maybe we should make out!”

(P-Sauce)

“It’s a bit too early-

Of that there is no doubt!”

Cut back to the temple, Malcom and Radcliffe are dropped in front of Jameson

Malcom

“Hey... Jameson...”

Jameson

“Hello Malcom... HA! I CAPTURED YOU! WOO!”

Malcom (to Radcliffe)

“I thought you said he was eloquent now...”

Radcliffe

“He was earlier...”

Jameson

“Oh man, this is too good! I was so hoping I would capture you, and now it happened!”

Malcom

“Yeah, well maybe next time you should tie me up properly”

Jameson

“Ha- what?”

Malcom flips Grey over, avoids Robert’s laser blast, hitting him over, and cornering Jameson

Jameson

“Gah! Wait, it was all a prank! A multi-year prank! Don’t kill me!”

Malcom

“I’m not killing anyone! Give me the Eye of Agoro”

Jameson (different voice)

“Stop”

Malcom

“Huh?”

Jameson blasts him off, and floats off the ground, his eyes now black

Radcliffe

“See, this is what he was like before”

Jameson (Warwick’s voice)

“Now then Malcom, no need for violence... let’s talk business, that’s what you do is it not?”

Malcom

“You... it’s true...”

Warwick

“Sharp as ever, now sit...”

Jameson moves a chair in front of the throne

Malcom sits

Warwick

“Now look... I’m asking one more time for you to willingly give up. Tell your soldiers to stand down, tell your leaders to prepare for conquest, tell your government to prepare for a new society to be born... my society...”

Malcom

“You’d like that wouldn’t you?”

Warwick

“Indeed... look, we’re both men of business deep down. I’m sure we could make an exchange...”

Malcom

“I would never, you can’t give me anything”

Warwick

“Really? How about them?”

He snaps his fingers, holograms of Tim, Alex, Sally, and Lily appear (Lily appearing is mandatory, it shows that Malcom considers her part of the family, really does see her as a Silva)

Warwick

“They need not be harmed... I could give them protection beyond your wildest dreams”

Malcom stares

Malcom

“Or... I could defeat you again... how’s that?”

Jameson chuckles, not a maniacal laugh like we’re used to, just a chuckle (making it far more chilling)

Warwick

“You never defeated me... you’ve set me back, yes, but defeat? Well... I’m here aren’t I? Even after death... I am still... in control... I’m always in control...”

Malcom

“Radcliffe, punch him!”

Radcliffe

“No...”

Warwick

“Take my offer Malcom, if you want your family to survive”

Malcom

“NO!”

Jameson looks at him for a moment

Warwick

“So be it”

Jameson blinks

Jameson

“Um... what happened...”

Malcom

“You’re kidding... that’s fascinating... and terrifying”

The Eye of Agoro hums

Jameson

“Oh... looks like you’re in luck. WE’RE HAVING A TRIAL!”

Malcom

“A what?”

Jameson

“A trial! A TRIAL!”

Malcom

“Great...”

Cut back to the wedding musical

Lily is sitting in a chair, next to Alex as a therapist

(Lily)

“I don’t know how to confess my love,

There’s so much that we have yet to discuv-

er...”

Cut back to the temple, Malcom and Radcliffe are lead into a massive auditorium, everyone watching over them

Malcom

“So... deadly trial? I’ve seen worse”

Radcliffe

“I’ve seen better”

Jameson

“Sit down Malcom”

Jameson is in a raised booth with Robert, watching over Malcom and Radcliffe entering

Grey is waiting in the center of the stage

Grey

“Ahem, I am Grey the sorcerer! I will be Jameson’s lawyer for today’s trial”

Malcom

“Lawyer? Wait... is this a LITERAL TRIAL?!”

Radcliffe

“Oh, that is so much worse than I thought...”

Malcom

“What? Why? I’ve been sued dozens of times”

Radcliffe

“Well you see, the way sorcerer trials work is that one side is just... way more prepared then the other, and, well it’s just a chance to embarrass those on the wrong side I guess.... y’know before execution”

Malcom

“And there it is”

Grey

“All rise for the honorable Judge Frida”

Frida gets on top of a pedestal

Frida

“Hey idiots! I’m Frida, big whoop... okay, just like, Grey, give your defense or something... I don’t really know”

Grey

“Gladly. So as you all know, we are in the company of Malcom Silva, one of the biggest enemies to sorcerer kind! He trapped us in the Mid-Realm for thirty years, fought against all of our endeavors, and was responsible for the death of Emperor Travis!”

Radcliffe

“Your honor, my client really wasn’t. Travis died due to injuries he sustained from fighting Tucker”

Grey

“Yes, Tucker may have caused the fatal wounds, but he wouldn’t have even been fighting against us if it weren’t for Malcom’s influence. He convinced Tucker to join his side”

Malcom

“I- no I- uh...”

Radcliffe

“My client did not intend to kill Emperor Travis! It was still Tucker who did that, on his own accord!”

Grey

“Is that so? According to Warwick, Malcom had visited Tucker shortly before the fight took place”

Malcom (whispering to Radcliffe)

“Warwick was there?”

Grey

“Obviously they had been talking strategy, why couldn’t that involve fighting Travis? Answer, it definitely did”

Radcliffe (whispering to Malcom)

“Yes, he’s the one who informed us of Travis’s death”

Malcom (whispering to Radcliffe)

“Buy me some time, I’m gonna try and figure something out”

Radcliffe

“Oh lord... uh YOUR HONOR! I would like to bring a witness to the stand... um... Geoff!”

A sorcerer in the audience looks up, and points at himself

Radcliffe

“Yes! Geoff! Come down... and... talk about what you heard Warwick say...”

Geoff nods, and heads down

Cut back to the wedding musical

(Lily)

“Well now that we freed the city from those horrible mafia people, what should we do next?”

(P-Sauce)

“Guess we need a job”

(Tim slides over, dressed as Jameson)

(Tim)

“We’ll do I have something for you...

(Singing) I’m a hot blonde man! Ooh!”

Back to the trial, Malcom’s writing in a notebook, and constantly scratching things out frustratedly

Radcliffe

“And that’s why Grey needs to apologize for the bird incident”

Grey

“We didn’t need to bring that up, bygones are bygones”

Frida

“Radcliffe, do you have anything else to say?”

Radcliffe

“Mmm”

Malcom hands him his paper

Radcliffe

“R-right here! Yes!”

Radcliffe reads the paper, then his face darkens, then it lights up in realization

Radcliffe

“Warwick returned to us distraught. He claimed Travis had died from wounds evoked by Tucker. We never questioned this, as they had gone on a mission to stop Tucker, but... well, what if Warwick was lying?”

Grey glares at him

Radcliffe

“Maybe they got into a fight, maybe Travis was injured... but... well, what happened directly when Warwick returned? He was elected new emperor, and began revisioning the sorcerer empire... he claimed it was Travis’s ideas he was using, but... well, Travis’s ideas were less brutal...”

Grey

“Where’s your proof of any of this? It’s all just good theories!”

Radcliffe

“Malcom? Would Tucker kill anyone? Has he ever shown any desire of doing that?”

Grey

“Wait...”

Grey blasts with something

Malcom

“What was that?”

Grey

“Truth spell”

Malcom

“Ah, well to answer whether Tucker would kill anyone? The answer is a firm no”

Everyone gasps

Malcom

“Tucker isn’t great, but he doesn’t like violence. He prefers peaceful resolutions, or just conveniently forget to mention it...”

Grey (nervously)

“Oh yeah, listen to this garbage, ha! Most impressive that you overcame a truth spell, but-“

Malcom

“Grey! Why are you defending Warwick?! He tormented you all!”

Grey

“I’m not defending him! I’m just against you!”

Malcom

“Grey, use logic! I know you have some!”

Grey stiffens

Grey

“Um... guh... can we call it a draw?”

Malcom

“Sure”

Jameson

“WHAT?!”

They look up at him

Jameson

“A draw?! YOU SAID WE’D KILL HIM!”

Grey

“Technically I didn’t say-“

Jameson

“Not you!”

He lifts up his scepter

Jameson

“You! You’re always letting me down!”

It hums

Jameson

“What? That’s stupid! But I love it! SORCERERS! KILL MALCOM ANYWAY!”

Malcom

“Ugh, YOU IDIOTS! You’re working for Warwick again! He’s inside the Eye of Agoro!”

Everyone gasps, and then murmur to each other

Jameson

“Hey! I don’t know what Warwick is, but he’s not me! I’m your emperor!”

Robert

“Jameson, you’re losing them...”

Jameson

“NO I’M NOT!”

Robert

“Jameson, we should go”

Jameson

“NO! THIS IS THE ARMY! THIS IS HOW WE WIN!”

Robert

“I already handled that! Gah!”

Malcom

“You two are cute, now give up”

Jameson

“NO!”

He lifts up the scepter and fires a beam at Malcom, who narrowly dodges

Back at the wedding musical, all five are onstage harmonizing

(All Five)

“Maybe there’s a love, strong and very pure, that time will have to endure, a couple of idiots-“

(P-Sauce and Lily)

“And until we’re torn apart, we will live in peace together, we’ll live long, or die trying!”

Tim takes center stage, as everyone applauds. He eyes the Randoms Elite, who are near the front

Tim

“Wasn’t that a great story folks? I certainly thought so! Heh, yeah... y’know, what I really love about Safety Ninja and Anne is the honesty, the fact they can tell each other anything, there’s so much trust!”

Safety Ninja and Anne hold hands near the front

Tim

“I mean look, here are Malcom’s most trusted allies near the front. No secrets kept there!”

Ricardio nods in acknowledgement

Tim

“Y’know, I’m sure they knew about Malcom losing the Eye of Agoro to Jameson on the island, but they just-“

Tucker

“HE WHAT?’”

Ricardio (fake)

“What...”

Jessie

“It’s an outrage!”

The elite start whispering to each other, and Sally awkwardly watches from behind

Alex looks at Tim, sadly

Alex

“H’boy”

Back with Malcom, he’s still dodging Jameson’s scepter blasts. Jameson shoots one beam that bounces off the wall and hits his platform, knocking him and Robert to the ground. Robert falls unconscious, and Jameson gets up, although it’s clear his legs aren’t strong

Malcom

“Jameson, this is just sad! Give up, spare us both trouble!”

Jameson

“Never! NEVER!”

Malcom

“Jameson, please! I don’t want to cause you any more pain, but I will”

Jameson

“LEAVE!”

Malcom

“No... I’m ending this now, one way or another”

Jameson blasts at Malcom, but his nerves cause him to miss... but then Malcom’s phone rings, and for the briefest moment, he’s distracted enough for Jameson to hit him in the leg

Malcom

“Gah!”

Malcom collapses

Radcliffe

“Malcom! Are you okay?”

Jameson (Warwick’s voice)

“No, he’s not”

Radcliffe stares at Jameson

Jameson (Warwick’s voice)

“You know what has to be done... take him away... leave us”

Radcliffe

“I- but-“

Jameson (Warwick’s voice)

“If you don’t take him... I’ll kill him...”

Radcliffe hesitates, then grabs Malcom and runs off

Cut back to the wedding, Malcom and Radcliffe arrive, Malcom is holding a long stick he’s using to prop himself up

Radcliffe

“We have returned from our noble quest!”

Malcom

“Yeah, we have good news!”

Malcom notices the Randoms Elite glaring at him

Malcom

“What?”

Ricardio

“The Eye of Agoro is destroyed, you said... Jameson was foiled in his attempt, your exact words”

Malcom looks horrified

Malcom

“Wait, you-“

Tucker

“Tim told us everything”

Jessie

“Your refusal to inform us about this has wasted us months. We haven’t been preparing nearly enough!”

Malcom

“Look... I know this seems bad, but trust me! Me and Radcliffe discovered something, what we’re facing is-“

Ricardio

“I don’t wanna hear it Malcom! Y’hear? You’re finished!”

Malcom stiffens

Malcom

“Excuse me?”

Ricardio

“You’re finished! Done, eliminated, your position has been terminated”

Malcom

“I-“

Jessie

“We voted. Four out of five of us agreed. Those were your rules right?”

Malcom

“Who defended me?”

Jessie points at Sally

Jessie

“Her”

Sally

“You’re all making a mistake! Malcom lied sure, but he’s also the only one who could fight Jameson! Shovel your pride for a second and-“

Jessie

“Oh by the way, you’re fired too”

Sally freezes

Sally

“What?!”

Ricardio

“There’s no way you didn’t know, and yet you kept it quiet... that makes you a traitor”

Sally tears up

Sally

“WELL FINE!”

Malcom looks at Tim, and Tim looks terrified

Tim

“Malcom, I- I’d didn’t know!”

Malcom

“I know kid... I’m not mad, just... disappointed...”

Tim tears up, and Alex puts his hand on his shoulder

Tucker throws Malcom and Sally out, and into the sand. Radcliffe catches up to them, and they get up and walk away.

Tucker

“Well... now that Malcom’s gone, who’s replacing him?”

Ricardio

“I think that’s obvious”

Jessie

“No... Malcom’s chosen for us”

Ricardio

“You’re kidding”

The elite all turn to face Alex

Alex

“What?”

Cut back to Jameson, who’s unconscious in the wreckage... he gets up, and looks out the window, then he looks down at the scepter...

Jameson

“What now?”

The scepter vibrates, and then... the Eye of Agoro cracks...

Jameson’s eyes get big

Jameson

“That’s not good”

It vibrates harder, as the crack expands until it explodes, blasting Jameson into the walls. Jameson coughs due to the smoke, and stares at the smoke... where a silhouette is visible

Jameson

“Uh, hello?”

Warwick steps out from the smoke, his face is less lined, and his blind eye is healed. He’s panting, from lack of breath

Jameson

“Agh! The sorcerer guy!”

Warwick straightens up

Warwick

“I have a proposition for you Jameson... and I think you’ll enjoy it...”

Jameson

“What can you give me?”

Warwick smirks, and chuckles softly. Then he looks at Jameson, square in the face

Warwick

“Everything...”

THE END