Niko and the Sword of Light (2015) s01e08 Episode Script

Previously onNiko
And the Sword of Light
Lyra: I've trained dozens
of champions to fight,
and every time,
they have failed.
And every champion used
a sword such as this?
You're each born with
a different weapon.
That's enough.
Who's that?
It's no one.
The Ovoid of Delphinus,
directly powered from
the Pools of Destiny.
The Pools will make me
into the champion
I am destined to be!
Nar Est: Those brats
are uncomfortably close
to the Pools.
But they have no idea
what's in store for them.
I am Niko, and this
is my Sword of Light!
I am here to free my people
and defeat the darkness
forever!
Finally we're almost there.
Will the Pools
of Destiny make me
the most ultimate
champion?
Maybe. The waters are
supposed to change you
into what you're
destined to be.
How great a warrior
will I become?
Will I be as big
as a hill giant,
powerful as a rhinosaur?
Are the waters cold?
Are they even water?
Are they drinkable
or for external use only?
We'll have all the answers
by dusk tomorrow.
Ahh-- [gasp]
There's magic here--
old magic.
I feel it, too.
I feel--
- [twitter]
- Oh! Flicker.
Again with the bumping?
[twitter]
[twittering "Uh-oh"]
Something
lurks in the shadows.
- I will find it.
- Niko, wait!
Huh!
[shouting]
Niko!
- Hah!
- Mandok: Another human?
I see her, too,
but that's impossible.
Stop, kinswoman.
Lyra, Princess of Carondolet,
commands it!
- Uhh!
- Ghostie?
Aura!
Ohh!
Ha! Are you flesh and blood?
[chuckle] You don't look
half bad yourself.
This is Aura,
my best champion--
uh, past champion.
This is impressively
confusing.
They're almost there.
The Pools of Destiny
might remake the runt.
Humanity's
pathetic last gasp
could become the most
formidable champion yet.
[squawk]
We have to stop him.
And it looks like you're
running out of minions.
Hmm. So hard to find good
test subjects these days.
[snarl]
No matter.
My dark hooks are sunk deep
into all sorts
of useful creatures,
especially in that valley.
Let's send our little champion
a welcome gift
in the meantime.
Rasper, you moldy
old albatross,
you're up.
Yip!
Some of the filth
from between your claws,
if you please.
Phew. Oh, that. Heh. Sure.
Rise, my sporewing!
Rise!
There!
A thing of mold
and mire's mud
that can annihilate
a hundred champions
by dawn.
Now fly! [laughing]
Aura:
He came out too soon?
Right. The Chrysalis
was destroyed.
Havoc.
Very austere place you have.
Bare bones, literally.
Ah, it's no castle,
but it's kept me safe.
This whole valley
is protected by
the magic of the Pools.
Excuse me!
I have many questions.
Aah!
Uhh!
If only there were
time to stay
and finish
Niko's training.
You want to optimize
him at the Pools?
- Aura!
- That's best,
don't you think?
Hmm.
Uh,
do you like bread melon?
I do. And nectaroons
and water slides.
And I bet you do,
too. [chuckle]
Little brother,
we champions
are all born
of the Chrysalis
and very much alike.
[chuckle] You were the first
to like bread melon.
I was? Well,
every new champ adds
something to the stew.
But a kid?
Now I've seen it all,
Ghostie.
I guess I can't
call you that anymore.
Of course you can, Aura.
We're battle sisters.
Oh, you should have seen us.
[twittering]
For three glorious years
we beat back the darkness.
Mandok: Wowee, you fight
like a gorilladok.
Niko: Impressiveness.
Aura: We took
the fight all the way
to the gates
of the Cursed Volcano.
[chuckle] Remember
that giant tusk rusk?
Red eyes, fangs
the size of towers.
And I fired 20 shots
right between the eyes.
He takes a step and drops.
Huh! Yes!
You must have won
a great many victories,
big sister.
Almost all of them.
Aura fought
a tremendous battle
with Nar Est, Niko.
I thought he'd finished you.
Not quite. I woke up alone.
Guess you'd grabbed
the Shard and gone home.
And me, all injured and beat,
I must have rolled down--
[gasp] Down the side
of the Cursed Volcano.
I never knew.
I must have landed in a river,
and the current
swept me into this valley.
And then--
And then
the supreme power
of the Pools of Destiny
healed you.
Whoa-- Oof!
That's right.
The Pools healed me.
You were alive
this whole time.
I could have
used your help.
That's just it.
Without the Shard,
I can't leave
the Magic Valley.
The power of the Pools
is what keeps me alive,
just like these trees.
Oh. Whoa!
You've been stuck here
for 200 years?
Heads up.
Something draws near.
[snarling]
[screeching]
- Uch!
- Uch!
What is that?
Looks like
an uggamonk's breakfast
after breakfast.
Dark creature
of grossness--
Both: Your evil
cannot squash us.
Battle stations, everyone!
[twittering]
[screeching]
Behold, Aura. Lightning star!
Unspeakableness!
Our crafty enemy
has triplicated.
How does Nar Est
even know where we are?
Whoa!
[screech]
[twittering]
Flicker! Oh, woe!
[grunt]
[screech]
Normal weapons
won't work on this thing.
Yeah,
I think I got that.
Firefly!
Your evil goopiness
does not faze me,
strange creature.
[coughing]
[gasp]
Aura, catch!
I am Aura,
and this is my Bow of Light!
I am here to free my people
and defeat the darkness
forever!
Darkness destroyed!
[screech]
Darkness destroyed!
Darkness--
- Yaah!
- destroyed!
[gasp] Aura. You are
remarkably remarkable.
Huh. She got us further
than any of them.
That really took me back.
Never drop your weapon,
brother.
It's your most
precious asset.
A real champion
should know that.
Hey, Niko is a real champion.
Yes. Soon the Pools of Destiny
will grow me
into the champion
that I was meant to be.
Eh, about the Pools,
that's a bad strategy,
brother.
It is?
Suppose he's destined
to fall off a cliff.
The Pools might reduce him
to a pile of--
[coughing]
Niko: Goo?
Destiny is wily indeed.
We've come all this way,
and the Pools are no good?
Well, they might change Niko
into a full-blown
champion like me, or--
Or we could be
skimming Niko chum
our of the Magic Waters
with a switchball racquet.
We can't take that chance.
I suppose it's a huge risk,
but do you have
any other choice?
Eureka!
Aura, we already have
a full-blown champion
like you.
We have you!
Me?
Are you sure
about this, Niko?
I must be.
The darkness
must fall.
We're all set.
And you, Niko,
should have everything
a boy needs:
water slides, trees to climb.
Stay away from the Pools.
Eat whatever isn't
lying on the ground,
listen to Mandok,
and do everything he says
that doesn't seem shifty.
Ah, well put.
We'll be here when you
get back, Princess.
Mandok swears it.
And make sure
to check on Flicker.
[twitter]
My big sister champion
will vanquish our enemy.
Witness my joy!
Let's move.
Back soon. Mmm!
Wish me luck.
I await the glorious day
you return victorious.
You know,
that's very big of you,
giving up your
champitudiousness.
Selfless and heroic.
Oh, woe. Oh, haddock.
The word is "havoc."
Mandok, I sense--
I do not know
what I sense.
I feel strange and sad.
[sniffling]
Come on, Niko.
Let's go find
one of those water slides.
- The champion!
- Oh, boss!
I thought he was shorter.
A quick stop for provisions.
Honeywillow sap is good food,
and it keeps for days.
The Migratory Tattleslingers
tell of your great heroics.
- Oh!
- Aah! Aah!
We ask your aid
fending off a dark war beast
that keeps eating our cones.
- Soon we will be extinct.
- Aah!
These things are noisy, huh?
Aren't we going
to, you know, help?
Why? If we stop
to rescue every plant,
animal, and bug,
we will never reach
Nar Est himself.
Mandok, what route
will they take?
What lands will they see?
- Mandok?
- [clatter]
Homemade cup, homemade knife,
homemade bowl.
This girl lives as simply
as a crustroach.
Is that writing?
Yeah. It says
"Shadows, mind me,
Darkness, find me."
What is this, Mandok?
[gasp] Put that away!
Nar Est: Aura, is it done?
Do you have the Shard?
Mandok: Uhh! Aah!
[panting]
Why do people
always write down
their secret magic words?
[muffled] Aura?
What's going on?
Walloping wildebeests!
The Princess is in danger.
That voice. That is--
He?
Yep. That's Nar Est.
I mean, it must be.
And Aura's working for him.
She tricked us!
Niko: Treachery!
We must warn Lyra.
Yeah! No, wait.
Aura's full grown
and then some.
That lummox would
cream you both.
But I am Niko!
Right. And if you
without a weapon
fight you with a weapon,
then the you
with a weapon wins.
And that's her.
She is a you.
So even Lyra and I together
will be outmatched.
Then I have no other choice.
- I must risk the Pools.
- What's this now?
Whether I'm destined
to be mighty or mashed up,
I must know it now.
Perhaps then Lyra and I
will have a chance.
Are you completely
goomba beans?
Remember what Aura said
about the Pools?
[gasp] Wait.
The goomba bean is me.
I see no bean.
Don't you get it?
Aura was the one warning us
off of the Pools--
- Aura.
- Exactly.
And no matter the risk--
Niko, to the Pools!
To the Pools!
That way?
That way.
[Mandok's voice]
At last, something works.
I heard that weasely
creature's voice.
Aura has visitors.
Soon she'll be on her way
here with the Shard,
by my order.
I told you.
I've got my hooks in all
sorts of creatures.
[laughing]
[squawk[ Yes, Lord.
Uh, but what about
that little half a champ?
Aura has the Shard.
He doesn't matter.
Go on, Aura.
[gasping]
Ha. Ha ha!
[laughing] Hoo!
[laughing]
I'm out!
[sigh] I've been waiting
200 years for this, Ghostie.
Ah, the whole world's
open to me.
Ha. You did it.
Oh, I don't know about you,
but I am up for some travel.
Aura, the Volcano
is that way.
You know,
the Cursed Volcano?
Oh, that?
The most importantly
important thing ever?
Mm, nah.
What?
You're--
You're betraying
our mission?
[panting]
Our mission?
You betrayed me
when you left me to rot.
You just moved on
to the next champion.
Nar Est rescued me.
Nar Est?
Oh, lighten up.
He's not getting the Shard,
either.
You're lucky my freedom
is the most important
thing to me.
This is my Bow of Light.
I never really
knew you at all.
Well, how could you?
You'd just fly
back to your castle
till the next
champion hatched.
But we can now.
Come on.
As long as we keep one step
ahead of the bad guys,
we can have some fun.
None of you would have
helped those honeywillows.
Just Niko.
I am lucky that Carondolet
finally has a real champion.
Well, here we are--
the Pools of Destiny.
Are you sure about this, kid?
Yes. I must fulfill
my destiny,
no matter what
I may become.
Ohh.
Niko's the one
who cures darkened creatures
instead of destroying them,
and makes friends,
and cares about people--
not just me or humanity,
everyone.
Uhh!
Please, Lyra.
I don't want to hurt you.
I've made a huge mistake.
Niko's the real champion.
Uhh! Huh?
Huh!
Aah!
Uhh.
Uhh! Give it back!
[panting]
Champion! The Thor Beast!
Aah!
Rude.
[gasp] Niko?
The Pools.
Niko! Niko, don't do it!
Don't change! I need you
just the way you are!
Princess, you might
want to look away.
It's depressing.
Niko: Lyra?
I believe these Pools
are broken.
I am the same.
Ha!
They aren't broken.
You just didn't change.
You're already the champion
you're destined to be.
I am? Whoo-hoo!
- Huh?
- Aura: Lyra!
Aah! [whimpering]
Aah!
[gasp]
[grunting]
That Shard belongs to me!
Niko!
Aah! Hah!
Let me at her, little brother.
Lyra is my sister, not you.
Force blast!
Never lose your weapon.
You are no champion.
You think I don't sense that?
I was born to do one thing,
and I failed.
[grunt]
It's not too late.
Leave her alone!
Aah!
Huh!
Aah!
Hah!
[grunting]
Aura!
Aah!
[gasp]
I will crush you all!
Hyah!
Aah!
Aah!
[panting]
Shockwave!
Hah!
Force blast!
Aah!
Huh-aah!
Aah!
You are only a child!
That is so,
but you are the one
throwing a tantrum.
Aah!
Let mehelp you.
After all I did?
We are of the Chrysalis, Aura.
That is our bond.
Don't ever grow up.
You've got to defeat
Nar Est.
Uhh!
Aura!
[echoing]
She's gone.
I will defeat Nar Est.
Lyra, look.
The Cursed Volcano.
It is so close.
Yes. But first
we have to help
some honeywillows
that I met.
Niko?
Agreed.
And then that is
where we must go next:
- to the Cursed Volcano.
- [thunder]
Mandok: But before that,
how do we get down from here?
Chirp.