Niko and the Sword of Light (2015) s01e11 Episode Script

Previously on "Niko
and the Sword of Light"
- I'm your guide.
- Niko: Like a sidekick?
More like a babysitter.
Follow me
and you'll be fine.
Water slide.
Niko, don't you dare.
Yahoo!
No way we're losing
this prize, boys.
But I can't swim!
- Niko: Amazingness!
- Lyra: I may be sick
if it gets
any more amazing.
Niko, wait!
- That is reckless.
- That is Niko.
- You barely beat us before.
- How do you like us now?
♪♪
I am Niko,
and this is my
sword of light!
I am here to free my people
and defeat the darkness.
Forever!
♪♪
♪♪
Heed me,
larger-than-before creature!
Come no closer,
or I shall be forced to
engage you in battle!
Do we look scared?
'Cause we're not.
Let's take these three
down to size.
- Darkness, be gone!
- [screaming]
[grunting]
- [heavy footsteps]
- Ohh!
Hey, we've all been through
a lot lately.
Maybe we could
work this out.
By the way, the new tail.
Very impressive.
All the better to
beat you with.
- Ahh!
- [trilling]
[lasers firing]
Meanwhile,
I'll duck in here
and see what I can dig up,
to, uh, help.
Sonic slay!
[growling]
Nice noise maker
you got there.
Noise maker?
- [growling]
- Lyra: [grunting]
Heeya! Huh!
I could do this
for hours.
But I won't.
[screaming]
- [grunting]
- Lyra!
- [groans]
- You fight valiantly, Lyra,
but their new bigness
has increased their
indestructibleness as well.
Strategic withdrawal
anyone?
[growling]
- Flicker!
- [trilling]
[grunting]
[growling]
[panting]
Wait! Ahh!
Not in there.
[growling]
- We goin' after them?
- Don't have to.
They just dove into
a colony of Exuber Ants.
They're gonna be
chewed to bits.
Ha! They'll wish they were
only gettin' chewed to bits.
- [trilling]
- [groaning]
This is a terrible place
to hide.
[echoing]
Excuse me,
but when it comes to
craven hiding,
I am something
of an expert.
[whispering]
And being very quiet
is a key part of
the whole undertaking.
I don't hear any screaming.
Guess the Exuber Ants
ain't found 'em yet.
Let's make sure they do.
[stomping]
[rumbling]
What is that
unpleasant noise?
Not the boomy one,
the scratchy one.
Havoc.
[chittering]
Exuber Ants!
Whatever you do,
don't let them bite you.
Mandok: Always
my favorite option.
This way.
- [growling]
- [grunting]
Not that way.
[Flicker screeching]
[trilling]
My thanks,
faithful Flicker.
You know that leads
deeper into the nest,
right?
I shall clear a path.
Shovel strike!
[ants screeching]
[growling]
[screeching]
Hah! Hah!
- [screeching]
- [gasping]
- [grunting]
- [screeching]
[gasping]
Lyra!
- [grunting]
- [screeching]
[screaming]
[groaning]
Lyra, are you injured?
The Exuber Ant
bit me.
More are coming.
I must help you.
No!
Once the venom kicks in,
I'm a danger to all of you.
Leave me.
I shall never
abandon you.
Flicker. Mandok.
Help us.
[trilling]
[hissing]
[whimpering]
A sunlight flare
will blind them.
Yah!
It won't work.
They already can't see.
[grunting]
Yet, they have
very good aim.
Lightning strike!
Lightning strike!
- Lightning strike!
- [screeching]
[screeching]
Fear not, Lyra.
We shall escape,
and find a way
to heal that bite.
No. Niko, there's--
there's no cure.
The effect of the venom
is permanent.
Symptoms only get worse.
Princess,
are you okay?
Who, me?
Never better.
I'm great!
Are you feeling any
[distorted]
effect from the venom?
Hey!
Champ, champ, champ!
I got a great idea.
Run this way.
Huh?
[screeching]
Ha ha! Missed me!
Too slow!
The venom makes her
love danger too much.
Whoa!
Is that even possible?
Yes. They have
words for it,
like reckless, heedless,
and impulsive.
Gotcha!
[screaming]
[laughs]
Oh, toughen up,
will ya?
We've got
fightin' to do.
[yelling]
Ahh!
You couldn't have
done that before?
Champ, champ, champ!
Way to go.
Those Exuber Ants
can't follow us now!
They don't have to.
You said it yourself.
They live down here.
Ooh! And you know what else
lives down here?
The dreaded Diggantis.
- Diggantis?
- [gasping]
Diggantis, fabled terror
of story and song?
[singsongy]
That's the one.
Hoarder of treasure?
Eater of warriors?
Treasure, warriors.
You know the legend well.
I know we should
avoid this legend
at all costs.
[gasping]
Oh, silly!
We will defeat it
in glorious battle.
And seize the spoils
of victory!
She is more excited
than usual.
Perhaps that will
prove useful
when we reach
the Cursed Volcano.
[trilling]
Yeah, sure,
if by "useful" you mean
"guaranteed to attract
grievous and irreparable
boo-boos!"
[sniffing, grunting]
Still not smelling
the "hooman."
Well, keep sniffin'.
If the Exuber Ants
haven't gotten them by now,
then we still
gotta get 'em.
Mandok: Doesn't she
ever slow down?
See? Let's go after 'em.
But we'll get bitten.
[grunting, whimpering]
Then grab some vines,
make a rope,
and we'll use that
to snare 'em.
Niko: She cannot
have gone too far.
That's him.
Got him.
Pull it up.
Pull it up!
[straining]
- [screeching]
- [screaming]
Lump: Let it go.
Let it go!
Champ, champ, champ.
Look at this.
It's a nursery!
[shouting]
Lyra, use your tunnel voice.
This is my tunnel voice!
Woo!
Lyra, you're not being
like you.
I know! Great!
Now, let's go hunt down
that Diggantis.
Who's with me?!
Lyra, forget Diggantis.
We must focus on
our mission.
[gasps]
Oh, mission. Right.
I know it is hard,
but you must find a way
to think clearly.
Clearly. Check.
We must prepare to do battle
with the villainous forces
of Nar Est.
Villainous. Boooo.
It is the only way
to save your people.
Is that clear?
Mm mm-hm.
Blah! Blah!
Check me out.
I'm an ant.
[screams]
Lyra!
What are you doing?
[laughs]
You look like
you sneezed.
Where's Flicker?
[trilling]
He's cocooned himself
again.
[growling]
[screeching]
- [gulping]
- Feeding time.
Shhh.
[hissing]
[growling]
Let it smell the goo.
Shh.
[growling]
[chuckling]
Whew.
- Stupendous!
- [gasping]
Lyra's smeary trick
worked!
[growling]
Shouldn't have talked,
right?
- [screeching]
- Hai-yah!
Lyra: [yelling]
There they are.
We'll flood 'em out.
Now all we have to do
is wait. Ha!
[gasping]
[screaming]
[grunting]
Ow.
Whoa!
[laughing]
Wah! Woo!
Lyra! Hold on!
Uh-oh.
Lyra: Wah-hoo!
Woo! Ahh!
[laughing]
[whimpering]
- [gasping]
- [whimpering]
[screeching]
Niko? Princess?
Oh!
- [gasping]
- [coughing]
Wah-hoo!
- [screaming]
- Wah-hoo!
[screaming]
- Whoa-oh-oh!
- Wah-hoo!
[laughing]
[screaming]
[grunting]
Ha-ha! Nice steering.
I'm also happy that
the water washed off
that baby ant goo.
I did not care for
how it felt.
Or smelled.
Or tasted.
Ooh! Look at that.
Wah-hoo!
Lyra!
What is this wondrous place?
I know!
It's the lair of the
dreaded Diggantis!
Which we should
definitely not disturb
by being so loud.
Legend says
somewhere in that pile
is a magic
suit of armor
which, if you wear it,
makes you invincible.
Invincible
but not inedible.
Now may we run?
Not without
that suit.
Lyra, you have always been
the wise one
who sees all the angles.
Hey, I see all the angles.
Who sees and then
chooses wisely.
Oh.
As you said, the life force
of Carondolet fades
even as we speak.
That is why
more than ever
I need--
We need the old Lyra back.
Okay! Good talk.
Lyra. No.
You might alert the beast.
[grunting]
It must be here somewhere.
With the most awesomely
invincible armor,
we can't lose.
Yet if Diggantis finds us
going through his things,
he might be enraged.
[grunting]
Mmm.
[growling]
[roaring]
Diggantis!
[grunting]
Lyra mounts
a surprise attack!
[screaming]
Uh, Lyra regrets
her decision.
I shall protect you.
Fire blast!
[roaring]
[screaming]
Lyra: Oh, that's not good!
Come on, Doris.
This ain't workin'.
Yeah, we're still
too big to fit.
Either we go down there
and get the "hooman,"
or we face the wrath
of Nar Est.
[grunting]
♪♪
[rumbling]
- [laughing]
- [screaming]
Hey. Here they come.
Grab 'em!
[grunting]
Why didn't you
grab him?
Well, I thought
you had him.
- Uh-oh.
- Huh?
- [screaming]
- [grunting]
Who's up for
the wrath of Nar Est?
- Whoa.
- Aw, man.
The big armor room?
Oh, Diggantis has been
running us in circles.
[rumbling]
Let me at it!
Wah! Ah!
Ahh!
Silence,
trespassers!
Whaddaya know.
It's talks.
Now you'll pay for
your impudence.
Oh, I'll show you
whatever you just said.
[grunting]
Ah!
[grunting]
[roaring]
Watch out, Lyra!
Searing torch!
Uh uh, Lyra?
[grunting]
That invincible armor's
gotta be in here somewhere.
Ahh!
[roaring]
[screaming]
- [yelling]
- [grunting]
[gasping]
New plan.
[groaning]
Huh?
Attack its underbelly.
That's its only weak spot.
Lyra, no!
The Diggantis is right.
We are the trespassers.
The ant venom
has confused you,
and put us all in danger.
I got your danger
right here!
[grunting]
Somebody needs a time out.
[grunting]
I am sorry for
Lyra's behavior.
I ask that you
let us go in peace.
Uh! You warriors
never leave me alone.
You break into my cave,
you try to steal my treasure,
and then attack me?
Nuh-uh. No.
Too late for apologies.
Then I shall take
another approach.
[growling]
What's he doing?
What's he doing?
I can't watch.
[growling]
[groans, growls]
Go, Niko, go!
Fight, fight, fight!
Oh, it's crunching him
like an overripe nectaroon.
Hm-hm.
Hm-hm.
[chuckling]
[laughing]
Ah! Oh, stop!
Oh, no!
Behold. The opposite
of attack.
Tickling instead of tackling.
Never heard of that.
Diggantis: [laughing]
I do what I must
to succeed,
even if it means
not fighting.
Now there's a first.
With everyone else,
it's hit, hurt, attack.
I'm fed up with it,
I tell ya.
- [chomping]
- Ahh!
- Exuber Ant bite?
- Mm-hm.
Too bad.
She'll only get worse.
Lyra is my friend.
I will never give up.
There must be a cure.
Oh, that's very touching.
Noble, even.
Okay. You, with the ears.
- Hmm?
- Fetch that bottle.
One dose of that and
she'll be good as new.
We do not wish
to battle you.
Our only desire is to
defeat the darkness of
Nar Est.
Ooh!
You're gonna fight Nar Est,
that evil so-and-so?
Oh, then you need,
uh, lemme see--
- [clattering]
- Ooh, way over the--
No. Uh, yeah, you need
the Armor of Eccles
the Impervious.
Ah! Come on!
Gimme! Want it!
Uh-uh-uh-uh.
You may have
the cure or the armor,
not both.
Oh! Armor!
Come on, mini Mohawk!
Get the armor!
[shuddering]
[coughing]
Ahh! Ahh.
Oh, no.
Well, this is embarrassing.
Well played, sir.
So, you'll give him
the armor anyway, right?
One per victor,
small edible creature,
unless you want to
try your luck.
Uh, I think we're good.
Thank you for
curing me, Niko.
But you should have
taken the armor.
It might have been useful,
but I have learned that
what is on the inside
is what counts
even more than
what is on the outside.
That is a very
grown up choice.
Huh! With you runnin' around
like a knucklebird,
what else could he do?
It was an easy choice
to make.
We are a team.
No, more.
A family.
Aww, you guys slay me.
Not literally.
Thank you for your help,
large new friend.
Now, could you show us a way
back to the above ground?
I'll even dig you
a new tunnel.
Lovely offer,
except there's a certain
three-headed creep
crawling around up there
waitin' for us.
That is also true.
So, may we ask you
another favor?
You think Nar Est's
gonna be mad at us
for not catching
the "hooman"?
Ah, no, he'll be
fine with it.
Of course he'll be mad!
He'll tear our heads off.
[rumbling]
[growling]
[screaming]
Oh, no! No!
It hurts!
I can't feel my legs!
Ow!
[groaning]
[spitting]
[gasping]
[gasping] Ahh!
[gagging]
Oh! Pain. Bones.
Broken. Chewed up.
I'm slipping away.
Fading. Ohh.
[grunting]
Those who dare
challenge Diggantis
become my lunch!
We're not scared of you.
[roaring]
But since you did do
our work for us--
[nervous chuckle]
- [growling]
- [screaming]
[chuckling]
[grunting]
Perhaps the larger creatures
can lend a hand?
Thank you, large friend.
You make a very
convincing devourer.
Yeah, but my acting
really sold it.
Go in peace, warrior.
Gee, it feels good
to say that.
Niko, I'm sorry that
I wasn't more help
through all of this.
I'm the one
who is sorry, Lyra.
It is my fault
that you were bitten.
Hey. Maybe a little
my fault, too.
Bygones, right?
Indeed.
For now I know that
I can be my own guide.
And mentor.
And win!
Doris:
We return in triumph,
your Lordness.
The "hoomans" have met
a grisly end.
- That's right.
- We did good.
So the Champion
has been destroyed.
Uh-huh.
We saw it with
our own 15 eyes.
Ahh. Then how do you
explain this!
Uh, we can't.
I thought as much!
They're coming, Lord.
Let them come.
I'm ready.
- [screeching]
- [growling]
♪♪
Chirp.