Shadow Reunion - Transcript

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Chapter 42 - Shadow Reunion

Angle on Randoms Tower, the family (including Sally now), are all chilling on the couch

Tim

“Ah, nothing beats a Saturday morning! No troubles, no worries, no discomforts”

Alex

“Great use of synonyms”

Tim

“Thanks! Tucker taught me a ton of them!”

Lily

“Same Tucker who turned out to be kinda super sketchy?”

Tim (uncomfortable)

“Yeah that one...”

Lily

“Whatever, I’m taking this time to do nothing all day! (Looks at Malcom and Sally) What about you two?”

Sally

“Probably something similar”

Malcom

“Yeah, unless something important comes up!”

Shade bursts in

Shade

“Hey guys! Uh, I found this package on your doorstep!”

He drops a cardboard box

Shade

“It’s for Malcom! Also, uh, Tim, Alex, and the girl, I need you guys’s help with something! Mind following me?”

Tim

“Sure! No problemo!”

They run off

Malcom

“Alright, have fun... so, what do you think’s in the box?”

Sally

“A corpse!”

Malcom

“Maybe a couple snails?”

Sally

“I don’t see why not!”

They open it... there is a snail inside

Malcom

“What... no way”

Sally

“Who sent you a snail?”

Malcom

“No clue, oh what there’s a note. ‘Dear Malcom Silva, please watch my precious baby snail until 5:00 P.M. sharp, I love you - Professional Blond Man.’ Huh... guess we’re watching a weirdly large snail!”

Sally

“Seems like a good weekend thing! Besides, these suckers are slow! We got this... hey where’d he go?”

The snail has vanished

Malcom

“Wow, that snail is fast... this would make a great movie... oh lord no, that’s a terrible idea”

Sally

“Not one of your better ones... still, better than a baby in a suit”

Malcom

“Is it?”

Intro plays

Cut downstairs, Shade has the kids in a closet

Shade

“This is snug, mind if I wiggle?”

Alex

“Yes”

Lily

“Definitely mind”

Shade

“Okay... so while checking the mail, I also found this... uh... letter... for me...”

Tim

“Someone sent you a letter?!”

Shade

“I know! It says that someone wants to meet in Central Park, in roughly thirty minutes... should I go though?”

Everyone shouts “yes” at the same time

Shade

“Alright, but y’all are coming too... I’m sick of being kidnapped, granted it hasn’t happened in over a year, but still!”

Cut to Central Park, Professional Blond Man is giving a speech

Professional Blond Man

“So yeah, the dawn of my last year in office... unless I get re-elected, which like, y’know, fingers crossed amirite! Yeah? No... fine... anyway, I guess I’m supposed to give an award or something, I mean I was snail-sitting for Jerry, but I guess public service is important too-”

Our main group arrives in the park

Shade

“Hmm... you don’t reckon PBM wanted to meet do ya?”

Lily

“No, he doesn’t like paranormal stuff... at all...”

Tim

“Maybe it was a massage from Ex-Lord, and he’s gonna take you to the sewers again!”

Alex

“Maybe it wasn’t either of those...”

Suddenly, a beam of light falls upon them

Alex

“Huh... oh... it’s aliens apparently...”

Tim

“Wait what?! Aliens aren’t real!”

Alex

“Tim... after everything we’ve seen? Really?”

Tim

“Uh-“

They start getting sucked up, Professional Blond Man notices

Professional Blond Man

“And also we- OH MY LORDY THOSE KIDS ARE BEING ABDUCTED BY ALIENS HOLY COW!”

Zoom out, showing the massive UFO

The crowd around him starts panicking

Professional Blond Man

“Uh, don’t panic! Because uh... it’s not you being abducted, so that’s good!”

The UFO charges up and blasts off, not into space, just into the distance

Cut inside, Tim, Alex, Lily and Shade are all in a prison cell

Tim

“Sooooo... this could be better...”

Lily

“How? Oh wait, I misunderstood what you said, yeah this sucks”

Shade

“Huh... seriously who invited me to a spaceship? Probably Ex-Lord and Jameson!”

Alex

“I mean yeah, probably. Seems pretty likely”

Shade

“Oh man! I’m getting very concerned! Holy cow holy cow!”

Tim

“Shade! Calm down! We got this! Breathe!”

Shade

“I don’t have lungs!”

Tim

“THEN GET YOURSELF SOME LUNGS YOU SON OF A NUT!”

Shade

“Okay! Okay!”

Back with Malcom and Sally, now searching for the snail

Sally

“Um... SNAIL?!”

Malcom

“You can’t just... call the snail...”

Sally

“Yeah I can! SNAIL!”

Malcom

“Hey look!”

They notice P-Sauce, Paul and Safety Ninja all crowded around a table

Malcom

“Bye you three! What’s happening?”

Paul

“Ah, Malcom, this snail which is ridiculously fast, it just came over, so now we’re doing tests on it!”

P-Sauce

“Have you ever seen a fast snail? It’s crazy. What a creative idea!”

Paul

“Exactly!”

Safety Ninja

“Let’s see how he reacts to salt!”

P-Sauce

“No! That’s mean!”

Paul

“No, I’m gonna go get the salt”

Safety Ninja

“I was joking!”

Malcom

“We’re gonna need that snail...”

Cut back to the kids and Shade in the ship

Shade

“Umm... so what’s gonna happen-“

Suddenly walls raise up, separating the four into separate rooms

In Lily’s room, a camera lowers down

Lily

“Oh gosh!”

AI Voice

“Commencing scan”

Lily

“Uh, that’s weird... perv!”

AI Voice

“Scan complete. Name: Lillian, age: 18, species: human race”

Lily

“Oh wow... that was fast, and very informative... okay...”

Next room, Alex

Alex

“Um...”

AI Voice

“Commencing scan”

Alex

“Uh, what...”

AI Voice

“Scan complete. Name: Alexander Silva, age: 17, species: human race”

Alex

“Oh okay, that’s totally normal... oh who am I kidding, aliens apparently exist...”

Next room, Tim

Tim

“Okay, separated! What did Malcom teach you to do if you were alone? Oh yeah!”

Tim crumples into a ball

Tim

“Mmmmmmm”

AI Voice

“Commencing scan”

Tim

“Oh, go ahead. I’m like a grocery store product!”

AI Voice

“Scan complete. Name: Timothy Silva, age: 16, species: human race”

Last room, Shade

Shade

“Uh... hi camera!”

AI Voice

“Commencing scan”

Shade

“Oh, uh...”

AI Voice

“Scan complete. Name: Djiro Gyto, age: 129, species: shadonian... ASSET LOCATED!”

Shade

“Djiro? I’m Shade! A cool guy!”

AI Voice

“You’re not a guy at all. They will explain everything”

Shade

“What are you-“

Doors open behind him, revealing a massive council room

Shade

“Oh... that’s kinda creepy”

A bunch of shadowy entities are floating around. A large one hovers at the end of the room

???

“We are the Shadonian High Council, and we at long last have found you... THE MISSING CHILD!”

Shade

“Whoa... are you my dad?”

???

“First thing’s first, what is this outfit?”

Shade

“Huh?”

Shadonian

“Uh, Rel? That’s not an outfit... that’s their form...”

Shade

“Their?”

Rel

“WHAT?! THAT IS YOUR FORM?! I AM INSULTED!”

Shade

“Why?”

Rel

“Disappointing... very disappointing...”

Shade

“Okay guys! What’s going on?!”

Rel

“Shade, we lost you years ago. It’s time for you to finally return to your own kind!”

Shade

“Uh...”

Rel

“I’m sure the decades here have been agonizing, such closed minds... now, we begin your orientation!”

Shade

“Orientution? Isn’t that a college...”

Rel

“This will be harder than I thought...”

Cut back to Randoms Tower

Sally

“So... how do we get the snail back from Paul?”

Malcom

“Hmm... good question! I’m thinking something similar to-“

Sally

“What?”

Malcom

“Let em finish... as I’m the C.E.O. of Randoms INC, why don’t I just... tell Paul to give me the snail?”

Paul (in distance)

“Oh dear!”

They look over, the snail is growing massive, and shooting out smaller snails

Paul

“Huh... that’s not... preferable... MALCOM!”

Malcom

“Oh, never mind, looks like this is gonna be one of those types of days”

Sally

“Yep yep, those types, ugh... reminds me of that time we had to babysit for Jessie...”

Malcom shudders

Malcom

“Can we continue pretending that never happened? Whenever I close my eyes I see-“

Malcom shuts his eyes, a room covered in tiny Jessies flashes

Malcom

“Eeeegh... anyway, let’s just focus at the task at hand! ONWARD!”

The snails zoom by

Sally

“Let’s do this!”

They run after them

Cut back to Shade, with Rel

Rel

“Behold, the Shadonian orientation chamber!”

Shade

“Yo”

We zoom out revealing a large room with multiple strange devices

Rel

“Our species is always shifting, never do we choose a single form”

Shade

“I noticed you’re a little wriggly”

Rel

“Indeed, you on the other hand... tell me, how long have you been like this?”

Shade

“Oh, y’mean hecking great?! Ha! Uh, about forty years-“

Rel

“FORTY YEARS?!”

Shade

“Well yeah, let’s see... I saw my first human while floating around in the forest where I lived, I thought, he looks pretty cool, so tried to match his form! Then, I dunno, I was just comfortable like it, so I stayed!”

Rel

“My dear Djiro, you’ve been trying to imitate the fleshwalkers! I’m so sorry!”

Shade

“Whoa, fleshwalkers? That seems a bit... not nice?”

Rel

“Well, the fleshwalkers don’t deserve our respect. They’re disgusting creatures, inherently evil. Not a single good one exists! You’ve spent over three years now in close proximity with a particular fleshwalker corporation! I deeply apologize”

Shade

“No need, Randoms is great!”

Rel

“It is? Hmm... Djiro, you seem broken... but no matter! A quick dip in the machine will have you feeling fine!”

Shade

“The what?”

One of the devices moves in front of Shade, and opens revealing an odd inside

Shade

“Whoa... that’s kinda creepy dude...”

Rel

“It is a necessity. Go inside if you please”

Shade looks at it nervously, then begins taking a step.

Suddenly, Tim, Alex and Lily burst in

Tim

“Shade! Are you al- uh...”

Alex

“What’s that?”

He indicates the machine

Rel

“Something beyond your futile comprehension!”

Alex

“Futile?”

Tim

“Whatever it is, don’t make our good friend Shade enter!”

Rel

“Friend? I’m unfamiliar with this term...”

Lily

“Unfamiliar? With friends?”

Rel

“That is what I said...”

Lily

“Huh... well, okay then...”

Alex

“What does the machine do?”

Rel

“Isn’t that clear? Dji- uh, Shade will never have to worry about anything ever again... one step into the machine and they will be born anew!”

Shade

“Wait what?”

Rel

“Memories will be erases, form will be reset, you get the picture!”

Shade

“Rel, I’m sorry, but I can’t go through with that! I’ve made a ton of happy memories! These guys are like my family!”

Rel

“YOU FOOL! YOU DARE OPPOSE OUR GREAT AUTHORITY?!”

Shade

“Well, I guess so? Sorry dude...”

Alex

“Woo!”

Tim

“Yes! Let’s get the heck out of here?”

Lily

“Yeah, Shade, these guys don’t care about you. If they did, they wouldn’t have lost you!”

Rel

“LOST?! YOU BELIEVE WE SIMPLY LOST DJIRO?!”

Tim

“Well yeah, that’s why you were looking for him for so long I assume...”

Rel

“You imbecile! I- Hmm... I suppose I should explain... centuries ago, twelve visitors arrived at the Shadonian kingdom. They claimed to be bringers of knowledge, wisemen of the Mid-Realm. We agreed to let them stay, showed them hospitality... however, they grew hostile, and eventually tried to take the throne for themselves! We barely escaped the kingdom with our lives, and in the process... we lost Djiro... in the shuffle... I have been trying to find them ever since...”

Alex

“Those twelve? Who were they?”

Rel

“I believe they called themselves... titans?”

Tim gasps

Tim

“T-titans?! Meaning... MEANING TUCKER WAS INVOLVED?! Big red dude? Four arms? Purple hair?!”

Rel

“Yes, one of them had purple hair...”

Tim

“So... so Tucker was involved with some other horrific thing that happened...”

Tim goes quiet, looking discomforted

Alex

“Look, Rel?”

Rel

“What?”

Alex

“I get you have searched for Djiro for a really long time... but Shade isn’t Djiro anymore... HE has a home, with us! He’s happy there too, right Shade?”

Shade

“Yeah!”

Alex

“So, Rel... maybe let’s not?”

Rel sighs

Rel

“Well... I suppose maybe I was a bit hasty... I apologize Djiro... or Shade... I had no idea that these humans meant so much to you! Forgive me”

Shade

“You’re alright! I hope I see you again sometime!”

Rel

“Probably not, the Shadonian kingdom can never be seen by outsiders, not after last time... so... I’ll drop you four back at Porta City, and bid you all farewell... and once again, Shade, I’m sorry... and I’m proud of you”

Shade looks happy, and the other three good guys do too

Cut to Randoms Tower, the group enters

Shade

“Wow! What an adventure! I honestly had no idea how interesting I was!”

Tim

“I had an awful time and am now going to bed, goodnight!”

Tim walks off

Lily

“That Tucker stuff really got to him huh... I should make sure he’s okay!”

Alex

“Alright!”

She runs after Tim

Shade and Alex start walking down the hall together, they pass a room where we see Malcom, Sally and Paul have successfully trapped the snail in a cage

Shade

“Y’know Alex, I guess I should really thank you...”

Alex

“Me? Why’s that?”

Shade

“You were the first human I befriended. You introduced me to Randoms INC, saved me from Jameson, and overall.... you saved my life...”

Alex looks touched

Shade

“So uh, thanks dude... I uh... yeah... hmm... y’know, maybe Rel was right about one thing, this form is getting kinda old...”

Alex

“Wait what?”

Shade

“I think it’s time for an upgrade!”

Alex

“NO WAIT-“

Shade transforms, it’s a very complex animation, meaning it’s gotta be something insane right?! Nope he’s just wearing a bowtie now

Shade

“WOO! Perfection, I’m an absolute legend! YEAH!”

The End