The Darkest Spell - Transcript

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Chapter 41 - The Most Deadly Spell

Open on a wide shot of Randoms INC, we cut inside to see Tim, Alex and Lily playing a board game

Lily

“You know why they call it a board game right?”

Alex

“Ugh, I’ve heard this one”

Tim

“Many times in fact!”

Malcom passes

Malcom

“Okay you three, I’m off on a-“

He looks shifty for a second

Malcom

“Errand, with a fellow Randoms Elite member. While I’m gone... Alex is in charge, Kay have fun”

He walks out, Lily watches him leave, something dawning on her face

Tim

“Bye dad!”

Lily

“Hey you two, uh... this might be an awkward question, but what ever happened to your mom?”

Alex scoffs, while Tim actually looks surprised

Alex

“Uh, no idea...”

Tim

“Guess technically we should’ve had one of those... at some point... in time...”

Alex

“I asked Malcom once, he just said ‘another time kiddo’”

Tim

“I never asked, I’m satisfied with our single parent care!”

Alex

“Yeah me too”

Lily

“But you guys aren’t even curious?!”

Tim and Alex

“Nope”

Lily

“Not at all?”

Alex

“Nerp”

Tim

“Now that you mention it-“

Alex

“No Tim! She’s trying to make us a normal family! It goes against our very blood!”

Tim

“But like... maybe she had my hair color!”

Alex

“That’s what you’re worried about?”

Tim

“HOW ELSE WOULD YOU EXPLAIN IT?!”

Alex

“I dunno, I’m orange!”

Tim

“WE BOTH KNOW YOU BLEACHED IT!”

Intro plays

Malcom exits Randoms Tower, and hops into a limo... Sally of course is waiting, but she’s joined by Jessie this time

Malcom

“Sally!”

Sally

“Oh, Malcom! Hi!”

Jessie

“Mmm”

Malcom

“So what’s the deal?”

Sally

“Ex-Lord weapons deal, big one! Some of Porta’s most wanted criminals are there!”

Malcom

“So it’s an opportunity to get Ex-Lord, while also throwing some other big names in the slammer?”

Sally

”Oh you know me so well!”

Malcom

“You know it!”

Jessie

“Cough! Very nice and all, but shouldn’t we be focused on the infiltration part of this plan? How will you two get in unnoticed? You’re two of Ex-Lord’s biggest enemies!”

Malcom

“True”

Sally

“Ooh! What if we went in disguised? Jessie! Run some tests on that!”

Jessie shakes for a moment

Jessie

“Hmm... well, 68% chance at success is pretty good by your standards... alright, let’s try it!”

Malcom

“Cool”

Sally

“THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT! Just like (sing song) old times!”

Malcom

“This is nothing like old times... remotely...”

Cut back at Randoms Tower, the kids are looking around in Malcom’s office

Alex

“There’d gotta be some kinda evidence here...”

Tim

“Oh of course he’d hide it in here! I found a homeless guy in here once... he wasn’t very nice...”

Alex

“Hey Lily! Look in that box!”

Lily

“The one that says ‘CAUTION!’ in bold letters?”

Alex

“That’s the one”

Lily

“Got it!”

She attempts to open it, but accidentally causes it to fall onto the floor, spilling the contents

Lily

“Oh lord, that’s my bad!”

Tim

“Oh, what is all this?!”

It’s a collection of (obviously) dark artifacts

Tim

“Hey wait, I recognize that handwriting, look!”

He picks up a piece of paper

Tim

“It’s written in Tucker’s handwriting!

Alex

“Read it!”

Lily

“Yeah! I’m invested!’

Tim

“Let’s see here... ‘Dear Malcom, I know how much you value the past, so I tried creating a spell to help you relive it. Unfortunately it went wrong, time isn’t to be meddled with, it’s very easy to get trapped forever. So I limited it to just one use, but it’s probably best just to burn it. Love Tucker’”

Alex

“Whoa, that’s a spell?”

Tim

“Yeah, and it’s really complex too! Plus, if Tucker says it’s dangerous... I mean, it’s not like he was ever the most risk adverse...”

Lily

“It says it can show you the past! You can see your mom... maybe?”

Alex

“Kind of a wild guess... and besides, I definitely saw it first, so I’ll use it if it does... obviously...”

Tim

“Don’t forget who’s a magic user! I mean, I admit, I’m no longer allowed to do that, but MY POINT STILL STANDS!”

Alex

“Uh-Huh...”

Tim

“Anyway, Tucker advised we burn it! SO LET’S HECKING BURN IT!”

Alex and Lily

“NO!”

Tim

“Hmm... maybe we can use it at the same time? While Malcom’s gone? See our mom and come back? We’d have to be quick though!”

Alex

“Yeah, of course we could do that! Easy!”

Lily

“Easy huh? Yeah sure... but yeah, SURE!”

Alex

“Are you sure you should come Lily? This feels like a classic ‘bros’ adventure”

Tim

“Haven’t had one of those ever since you moved in! Oh, uh, no offense”

Lily (begrudgingly)

“None taken, have fun”

Tim

“K thanks! Alex, follow my lead!”

Tim and Alex do very complex movements, as Lily watches them nervously. Eventually they faint

Lily

“OH MY GOSH I KILLED THEM!”

Tucker

“They’re fine”

Lily jumps

Lily

“HOLY- oh, it’s you... wait, aren’t you actually evil?”

Tucker

“No...”

Lily

“Oh, oh right, you’re just a titan... and trained Warwick... and Warwick is actually evil...”

Lily scoots away

Tucker

“Uh-huh...”

Cut to Malcom, Sally and Jessie, approaching an old fashion theatre, dressed as criminals

Malcom

“A theatre? Huh... he’s getting desperate”

Sally

“I hope they’re playing Dogs! It’s my favorite musical!”

Malcom

“Did you see the trailer... for the movie?”

Sally

“Pssh! I’ll watch that trailer in the fiery pit when I’M DEAD!”

Brief silence

Malcom

“You feeling better?”

Sally

“Actually yeah”

Jessie

“You two! Focus! I’m so glad I came, gotta keep you two in place”

They knock, and Wilson Sharp opens the door

Wilson Sharp laughs, then sighs and invites them in

In the auditorium, Ex-Lord is talking to Gulag Sven and Victor Von Duster

Ex-Lord

“Alright, I got the electro pulserizers, and a couple lorps”

Victor Von Duster

“The heck are lorps?”

Gulag Sven

“I believe that’s an ‘expression’ in the ‘biz’”

Ex-Lord

“Oh this makes me not wanna sell anything to you, ever...”

Sally glares at the stage

Sally

“Mmmm.... let me punch him”

Malcom

“Look, our disguises are bad enough as it is. Just try to restrain yourself... I’ll figure out the plan”

Back onstage

Gulag Sven

“Maybe we should go with the... Hmm...”

Peter Von Duster

“There’s always the good old whale tranquilizer, that should work on the mayor”

Gulag Sven

“I’d be worried if it didn’t”

Ex-Lord

“Just try to rap it up”

Wilson whispers into Ex-Lord’s ear, and points at Malcom, Sally and Jessie

Ex-Lord

“Well, this evening may have just gotten very interesting... Gulag Sven, Peter Von Duster, help me with something and I’ll give you each three weapons... free of charge”

Gulag Sven and Peter Von Duster look at each other, then at Ex-Lord

Peter Von Duster

“So how free we talking here?”

Cut back to Randoms Tower, Lily and Tucker are watching over Tim and Alex

Lily

“So... are they okay?”

Tucker

“Mmm”

Lily

“What?”

Zoom into Tim and Alex’s minds, fade transition into a middle school

Tim

“Huh, so this is your life? Wow... okay... wow... it really... it really sucks”

Alex

“Mmm, where’s Malcom?”

Tim

“Oh yeah! We’ve actually had another adventure like this!”

Alex

“Yeah yeah, whatever”

Tim

“Oh look, it’s that noble father of ours!”

Teen Malcom walks onscreen, backpack very full, wearing a purple hoodie

Tim

“Is that a jacket?! OH MY GOSH HIS TASTE REMAINS PERFECT!”

Alex

“Hmm”

Malcom

“Oh lord, late for class”

Malcom walks down the hall, and bumps into a girl turning the corner, this causes his backpack to come looses spilling his books

Girl

“Agh! Sorry!”

Malcom

“Dagnabbit! Watch where you’re going! Sorry, I’m just tired...”

Girl

“Oh, uh... cool? Heh... I’m also late for class, so I’m gonna go. Nice to meet you stranger!”

The girl runs off

Malcom

“Okay bye! Ugh...”

Malcom continues walking

Tim

“Huh... not a very romantic first meeting... was kind of expecting... literally anything else”

Alex

“You watch way too many rom-coms”

Tim

“Shade’s Fault, not mine!”

The day starts to speed up

Alex

“Whoa, what’s going on?”

We resume speed, Malcom and the girl pass each other in the hall again

Girl

“Oh, hey it’s you again!”

Malcom

“Huh?”

Girl

“I knocked your bag off?”

Malcom

“Oh right... you...”

Girl

“Yeah, heh... so, uh, I’m Sally Fischer”

Malcom

“Er... Malcom Silva”

Sally

“Silva! Isn’t your dad like a billionaire?! Doesn’t he own that, uh, that big factory that produces... uh...”

Malcom (revolted)

“Cereal boxes”

Sally

“Oh, wow, that’s kinda boring, NO OFFENSE!”

Malcom

“None taken, I really agree! I want to follow my grampa’s footsteps, he ran a- um...”

Malcom gets flustered

Malcom

“Anyway, that’s not important. But uh, you seem surprisingly cool... wanna hang out more? I think they call it friendship”

Sally

“YES- I mean, yeah cool”

Malcom

“Whoa, aggressive”

Tim and Alex look at each other and nod

We get a quick montage of young Malcom and Sally being cute

The most significant we see them both (along with a guy with glasses, Ricardio, and Tiny Turret), signing the contract to start Randoms INC! Sally hugs Malcom affectionately after he signs, and everyone else starts cheering (including Ricardio surprisingly, guess he wasn’t always the worst)

At the end, Tim and Alex watch them talk on a bench

Tim

“So, our mom’s a nerd”

Alex

“I wouldn’t have it any other way, they balance each other! In a good way”

Tim

“Yeah, I wonder what happened to her... hey Alex, you don’t think she’s-“

The background changes, to fire... lots of fire...

Tim

“Huh, oh no... that’s not great”

Alex

“Wait what is this?”

Zoom out, they’re standing in Porta City, but there’s lots of fire, and people are running and screaming

Tim

“This doesn’t seem great...”

Radcliffe, Frida and Grey jump out from behind some building wreckage

Radcliffe

“There! Get him!”

Grey nods, and shoots an energy blast at some random guy

Random guy

“Ow! Dude! Why did you do that?!”

Frida

“Because we’re sorcerers! Ha!”

Radcliffe

“Let’s take him to the emperor! Quickly!”

Tim and Alex look nervous

Cut back to Malcom and Sally in real time, raiding Ex-Lord’s party

Malcom

“Okay, I’m going to try to make my way to the stage, wish me luck!”

Sally

“Got it!”

Jessie

“You’re gonna die, I mean what, you’re fine”

Malcom

“Mmm”

Malcom begins walking towards the stage, Ex-Lord in his sights

Malcom

“Got you now Ex-Lord, got you N-“

Malcom gets zapped from behind, Ex-Lord laughs as Gulag Sven and Peter Von Duster reveal themselves

Malcom

“Ow”

Malcom’s movement stops working

Ex-Lord

“Oh dear, what a pity, are you okay Malcom?”

Malcom

“No”

Ex-Lord

“Good. You two, tie him up backstage!”

Peter Von Duster

“So about those weapons-“

Ex-Lord

“We’ll get there! Backstage! Now!”

They mutter to each other, and begin moving Malcom

Ex-Lord

“*chuckles*”

Back with Tim and Alex, in the past.

Tim

“So yeah, it seems we’re now in the middle of the sorcerer war, a massive war spanning over a century!”

Alex

“Tucker’s fault?”

Tim

“Hey! I know Tucker’s not perfect but we don’t have to blame everything on him!”

Alex

“So... Tucker’s fault?”

Tim (uncomfortable)

“I mean kinda...”

Alex

“Right...”

The ground starts shaking

Tim

“Oh wow...”

They turn to see TONS of sorcerers approaching

Time speeds up again, and the sorcerers now have Malcom and Sally in custody

Malcom

“Unhand us!”

Sally

“Yeah! This isn’t cool! And you’re all touching everything!”

They begin dragging them off

Malcom

“This is really bad”

Sally

“Ya think?”

Malcom

“Today was gonna be great too, I had this plan and stuff”

Sally

“Aw, that sucks man”

Malcom

“You have no idea”

Tim and Alex follow the sorcerer crowd, into the forest, and to a massive tower, much more intimidating than Warwick’s season 1 tower

Malcom

“This is really bad...”

Sally

“Yep”

They enter, Warwick is lying on a massive throne

Tim and Alex look petrified

Warwick notices Malcom, Turing is head and revealing he has two eyes (one of which is red)

Warwick

“Excellent, my special guest has arrived... along with... some woman I don’t know... meh, always work available in the mines”

Malcom

“If you lay ONE FINGER-“

Warwick

“You’ll what?”

Malcom goes quiet

Warwick

“I suppose you’re wondering what I plan to do with Porta City. Well, as you’ve caused me a grand part of my problems, I’ve decided to completely destroy it, and from the ashes, the new sorcerer empire will rise! Porta will become the capital of the new world! My new world!”

Malcom

“You think you’ll get away with that?”

Warwick

“Of course I do... it’s what I was born to do!”

Malcom

“Interesting”

Malcom snaps his fingers

Warwick

“What’s the supposed to be?”

Malcom

“Just wait for it...”

The Blade of Anubis soars in, and Malcom grabs it

Warwick

“Ah, I see. Well, this should be fun”

Warwick begins using his powers, no scepter required

Malcom

“Sally! Run!”

Sally

“No! I’m helping... and I think I know how!”

Sally runs off

Malcom

“Alright then, I’ll just fight the ridiculously powerful sorcerer!”

Warwick begins blasting energy at Malcom, who uses the Blade of Anubis to deflect them

Warwick

“An impressive display, but now, you’re finished!”

Suddenly Warwick gets hit from behind with an energy blast

Warwick

“Agh! What?!”

He turns, Sally is above him, with a spellbook

Sally

“That felt awesome!”

Warwick shoots a massive beam at Sally, knocking her off and also knocking her unconscious

Malcom

“SAL! Warwick!”

Warwick

“What are you gonna do Malcom?”

Warwick begins charging up for another attack

Warwick

“You’re done for!”

Malcom looks at the Blade of Anubis, closes his eyes, then charges forward. This stupidity surprises Warwick, who’s been fighting Malcom for months, and considered him a mental rival. Malcom charges, taking advantage of Warwick’s shock, and he slashes his arm with the blade, Warwick falls over

Warwick

“AGH! You little-“

Warwick tried using magic again, but nothing happens. Warwick’s face is blank.

Warwick

“Huh... well played”

Warwick stands, dusts himself off, and walks away. Malcom runs to Sally’s aid

Malcom

“Sally, you’re okay right?”

Sally

“Yeah, I’m all good... I mean, not really, all my bones hurt! But y’know, besides that I’m... doing fresh!”

Malcom

“An 80s expression? For me?”

Sally

“Of course you son of a gun!”

Malcom looks great full, and makes decision. He puts his hand on Sally’s shoulder

Malcom

“Y’know how I said I had a plan today, well I-“

He takes a ring from his pocket

Sally

“No... WAY!”

Malcom

“Uh... way?”

They kiss. Tim looks away quickly, as Alex smirks

Tim

“Yep, awkward now”

Alex

“Nice”

Time fast forwards again, to the wedding. Malcom and Sally standing in front of a HUGE crowd

Tim

“Aw! This is wholesome, and they aren’t drenched in sweat!”

Alex

“Look at Malcom”

Tim

“Oh yeah, never mind. I’m uncomfortable again. Romance and sweat shouldn’t mix”

Alex

“Yet they do, they really do”

Tim

“So looks like that’s it! We know who mom is now!”

Alex

“Yep! Um... how do we get back home?”

Tim

“Oh... crud...”

Back to Malcom and Sally and the Ex-Lord situation

Ex-Lord

“Well well well, the power couple has been stopped at last. Delightful”

Sally

“Whaaaaaaat? No! We aren’t- we-“

Ex-Lord

“I know you’re married, I’ve known you’re married the entire time you’ve been trying to sabotage me”

Malcom just looks at Sally

Sally

“How was I supposed to know he’d... know...”

Ex-Lord

“*evil laugh* Oh man, I know much more than you think I do”

Malcom

“How much we talking here?”

Ex-Lord

“Oh yeah, because revealing that is smart, now *snap* Gulag Sven, Peter Von Duster, dispose of them!”

Peter Von Duster

“With us you chaps”

Gulag Sven

“Free weapons, I love warfare!”

They take Malcom and Sally outside, but Jessie drops a trash can on them from the roof, then hops down and unties Malcom and Sally

Jessie

“I knew you needed help. Let’s go”

Malcom

“Thanks Jessie. Okay Sally-“

Sally

“I know I messed up! But I’m still not ready! It’s gonna take months of readjusting they’re gonna hate me I-“

Malcom

“Sal stop! You’re fine! I’m not gonna pressure you anymore... besides, we have bigger problems now!”

Sally

“Bigger than my parenting fears?”

Malcom

“Yes! Did you notice that EX-LORD KNOWS WHO WE ARE! AND KNOWS THAT WE ARE STILL MARRIED!”

Sally

“Wow, that is a big deal... uh... hmm...”

Malcom

“There is some good news though, this means that Ex-Lord is either a master spy, or is someone we knew personally!”

Sally

“Ricardio!”

Malcom

“No... Ricardio couldn’t pull off that look! We’ll have to investigate at a later date... for now, let’s head home...”

Back with Tim and Alex, who are now trapped at the wedding. Literally, everything is frozen

Alex

“Uh Tim, have you noticed that... everyone is less alive looking?”

Tim

“Yep, probably a red flag right?”

Alex

“I’d say so”

Suddenly, the ground starts glitching out

Alex

“Oh lord!”

Tim and Alex fall through the floor, and into the abyss. A dark pool of nightmares. A voice echoes out

???

“In the beginning, there were those with gifts... those meant to rule”

SLAP

Tim and Alex wake up, Lily above them

Lily

“You guys were asleep for soooo long, I had to make sure you weren’t dead!”

Alex

“Ugh, you saved us!”

Tim

“Yeah, it was getting weird!”

Lily

“Well I’m glad you’re both okay!”

Tucker

“A relief”

Alex

“Oh, you’re here”

Lily

“It was very awkward!”

Tim

“Jealous!”

Lily

“Anyway, did you find out who your mom is? Gimme the deets!”

Tim

“Well we-“

The door opens, Malcom, Sally and Jessie enter

Malcom

“Kids! Uh... we’re going back to the Randoms Elite meeting room. Don’t mind us!”

Sally

“Yeah...”

They start walking off

Alex

“Alright, bye dad... and mom...”

Sally freezes

Sally

“Whaaaaat? I’ve never seen you before in my life!”

Alex

“Mmm”

Tim

“Y’know, last time she saw us, we were little babies! I bet I was cuter”

Sally

“Yeah you were- DAGNABBIT! I mean, I don’t have kids! I’m a daring espionage agent hot on the case of a criminal mastermind! Okay? Okay... but... if I was, how would you know?”

Alex

“Not exactly time travel, but... something kinda similar?”

Sally

“Oh well... uh...”

Malcom nods at her encouragingly

Sally (petrified)

“Come give mama a hug?”

Tim

“We can do that!”

They run over and hug her

Sally

“Wow, that’s nice... I didn’t realize how much I wanted this...”

Malcom

“Heh, you never do!”

Sally

“Well, hopefully I’ll get used to it quickly! And hey, y’all seem like great fighters! WE CAN TAKE OUT EX-LORD TOGETHER!”

All four hug, pan over to see Lily sobbing

Lily

“My heart! I wish I had a family like this!”

Tim

“You do!”

Alex

“Get in here!”

They pull Lily in

Lily

“Wow, okay then...”

They hug

THE END