Land of Lost Things (episode)/Transcript

(In the Wyldness, Kai and Wyldfyre tend to Heatwave.)
Wyldfyre: Heatwave's hurt bad. We have to do something!
Kai: Don't do anything yet. Wait there! (He runs off.)
Wyldfyre: Wait?! I don't wait! Where are you going? You can't leave us!
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(In the Land of Lost Things, Nya and Sora stand before a giant golem.)
Sora: Nya, why does this huge angry monster know your name?
Nya: This monster is Cole. Well, sounds like Cole. Doesn't look like Cole.
Sora: Cole Cole? As in the missing Earth Ninja? Hero of Shintaro?
Cole: Huh? Shintaro? (His golem dismantles and he emerges from it.)
Nya: Cole! I can't believe it!
Cole: Wow. Someone's done her homework on me.
Sora: My best friend's a ninja super fan. He even got a Zane haircut once.
Cole: Please tell me you're kidding.
Sora: I wish I was. But he never said you turned into a giant rock monster.
Cole: Yeah, well, that part's new.
Nya: I wasn't sure we'd ever see you again.
Cole: Did you find everyone else?
Nya: Not yet. Jay is still missing, plus Master Wu and P.I.X.A.L.. But we've got some new teammates. This little guy is Riyu.
Sora: I'm Sora, new ninja-in-training.
Cole: Wow, I missed a lot. You don't get a ton of news here in the Land of Lost Things.
Nya: This is where you woke up after the Merge?
Cole: Yeah. I had no clue where I was. The Finders took me in.
Sora: The Finders?
(Fritz and Spitz pop up behind Sora.)
Fritz: He means us! I'm Fritz.
Spitz: Ssspitz here! You lose it, we find it. Hence, the Finders.
Sora: Woah. So the Land of Lost Things isn't just an Imperium legend? In my old kingdom, when stuff disappeared, everyone said it ended up here. I thought it was just made up for kids.
Cole: No, it's very real. And the lost things can come from anywhere.
Nya: That explains why the Dragon Energy Core is here. Someone lost it.
Cole: Dragon Energy Core?
Nya: It's a power item we need to save the world.
Cole: Still saving the world, huh? Glad to know some things never change. (A trash geyser in the distance interrupts him.) And that's our cue to leave.
Sora: It's just more lost junk.
Cole: It's not the geyser I'm worried about.
(A giant mech made of random Imperium technology parts appears and attacks them with a car.)
Cole: It's the Hoarder!
Nya: Run!
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(The ninja and the Finders run from the Hoarder. Something hits Nya in the head.)
Nya: Ow! I thought lost things just meant socks and keys!
Cole: Sometimes, people lose cars!
Sora: Any idea how all this lost stuff ends up here?
Cole: No clue! The only thing it all must have in common is that no one remembers it!
(He breaks off from the group to throw a container at the Hoarder.)
Nya: And the Hoarder? Where did it come from?
Cole: Beats me! It's been here as long as I have! Head for the noodle cup!
Sora: The what?
(They spot a giant noodle cup in the distance. Fritz and Spitz make it into the cup, where a purple Munce is waiting.)
Geo: There you are. You have to stop running off like that.
Fritz: It was worth it. Look what we found! (He holds up a broken Merlopian trident.)
(Nya, Sora, and Cole enter behind them.)
Geo: That's not all you found. Cole, you okay?
Cole: I'm fine, Geo.
Nya: Why are we hiding? That monster should be no problem for three ninja.
Cole: Any time we've attacked it head on, it reforms bigger and meaner. We'll just stay hidden in here until it passes by.
(Outside, the Hoarder roars, and the ground shakes.)
Geo: Cole, I'll buy us some time. Go!
(Cole activates his powers, slams the ground, and creates a tunnel. He grunts.)
Nya: What's wrong?
Cole: The earth. Ever since the Merge, it doesn't feel right, like the land itself is screaming. But we don't have time for that. Come on!
(They enter the tunnel and reemerge some distance away. They watch as the Hoarder attacks the noodle cup.)
Nya: What about Geo?
Cole: Just watch.
Geo: You want it, you got it! (He uses his powers to fuse the noodle cup and the Hoarder's hand.)
Sora: You have an elemental power!
Geo: Pretty cool, right?
(The Hoarder's arm tries to pull up the cup, but ends up losing an arm and toppling over. The group rides Jiro and Zanth to the Rookery, the base of the Finders.)
Sora: Wow. These sculptures are amazing.
Cole: Geo made them. He's the Elemental Master of Fusion. He can create a bond between any item that can't be broken by anyone but him.
Geo: It's an elemental power that can help save you from monsters, and help make art out of forgotten junk. Turn something broken into something better.
Sora: I used to make new tech out of old junk, even when I was a little kid. My parents never understood it. This was way before I could channel elemental power from Riyu.
Cole: What elemental power do you have?
Sora: I guess it's a technology power? It's not mine. Riyu gives it to me. I just channel it from him.
Nya: Don't doubt yourself so much, Sora. They're your powers.
Sora: If you say so.
Cole: Well, maybe it doesn't matter where your power comes from, as long as you use it for something good.
Nya: First Technology, now Fusion. It feels like the Merge created all new elemental powers.
Cole: You mean, like, there's an increase in elemental energy, now that the realms are united? Interesting.
Nya: What triggered your new form?
Cole: Heh, well — (He is cut off by the Hoarder roaring.)
Sora: Sounds like the Hoarder's found us again.
Geo: We're safe here. It can't approach the Rookery.
(They enter the Rookery, where a skeleton is sitting on a couch.)
Bonzle: Did you find a new dress? New hat? New femur bone?
Fritz: Why are you always looking for bones, Bonzle?
Bonzle: Bones are extremely useful.
Cole: Fritz, why don't you three get dinner started for our guests?
(Fritz, Spitz, and Bonzle leave the room.)
Nya: So, if your theory about this place is right, then those kids are also lost? Forgotten?
Cole: Yep. Each of them ended up here after running away from home.
Sora: I ran away from home right after the Merge happened. My parents had rejected me, and home felt like a prison. (She sighs.) Guess I could have ended up in the Land of Lost Things if Arin hadn't found me.
Nya: What's that noise?
Cole: That noise is what's keeping the Hoarder away.
(Cole takes them to the basement and shows them a noise-making machine.)
Sora: Woah. This thing is, like, Stone Age Imperium tech.
Cole: Still the most advanced machine I've ever seen. Don't tell Zane I said that.
Sora: Even old Imperium stuff is incredibly advanced. I'm guessing you didn't assemble this?
Geo: Are you kidding? I fuse old tires and trees together. I've never done anything technical in my life. This machine was here when I found the place.
Sora: What's powering it? Everything in Imperium runs on dragon power, but you don't have that here.
Cole: Let me show you. (He opens a door in the machine.)
Nya: (She gasps.) The Dragon Energy Core!
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(In the Wyldness, Kai walks around picking up rocks, studying them, and discarding them.)
Wyldfyre: Stop smashing rocks! Heatwave needs help, not you having fun!
Kai: Smashing rocks is helping. (He breaks a rock to find a blue crystal inside.) Yes! (He shows it to Wyldfyre.) Find more of these!
(Skeptically, Wyldfyre joins him in searching for blue crystals.)
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(In the Rookery, the ninja are gathered around the Core.)
Nya: Yes! Finally! (She tries to take the Core from the machine.)
Cole: (He blocks her path.) What are you doing?
Nya: This Core is what we came here for. Remember the whole "saving the world" thing?
Cole: This machine keeps the Hoarder away. Without it, that monster would eat me and the Finders alive!
Nya: Okay, no problem. We just take you and the Finders with us. We need all three Dragon Cores to stop the world from shattering out of existence, and this is one of them. (She notices Cole's expression.) What? Something wrong with that plan?
Geo: Cole can go. But the rest of us? Every time we try to leave, a thick fog blocks us and guides us back. It's like once you're lost, you can never be found.
Cole: I stayed here to protect them.
Nya: Look. If we don't take this Core, the entire world is in danger, which includes everyone in the Land of Lost Things. We have to find another way to beat the Hoarder.
Cole: But I told you. The more we fight it, the stronger it gets.
Sora: Then maybe we don't beat that thing, but find another way to power this machine! (She picks up a pencil and starts writing.) Yeah. Even old Imperium tech is probably similar to the stuff I've used. And with a little jolt from Riyu, maybe I can reconfigure this thing to work off a brand new power source. I'll need some parts, though. I'm sure all of these are scattered somewhere in those fields out there. (She hands the others a list.)
Nya: Very clever, Sora. Cole and I can take Jiro and get these parts.
Geo: How can I help out?
Sora: You've got the most important job of all. If this works, you're gonna be the new power source.
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(Nya and Cole wander through the Land of Lost Things.)
Nya: (She notices something.) Where did you find this?
Cole: Geo grabs all this junk from the fields. Why?
Nya: It looks exactly like a piece of a portal gate.
Cole: A what now?
Nya: Huh, there really is a lot we have to catch up on, Cole.
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(In the Wyldness, Kai and Wyldfyre run back to Heatwave carrying blue crystals.)
Wyldfyre: Why are we doing this? Why won't you answer me?
Kai: Easier to just show you. (He heats up a crystal and spreads it over Heatwave's wound.) Come on. Do the same thing.
Wyldfyre: Why? This is pointless! (She gasps as she watches the wound heal.)
Kai: Pointless, huh?
Wyldfyre: How did you know this would help?
Kai: You think Master Wu only trained me to punch and kick?
Wyldfyre: Yeah. Duh.
Kai: No. There are more ways to be ninja than you think.
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(In the Rookery, Sora works on the machine.)
Geo: So, am I gonna have to sit here forever so this thing has power?
Sora: What? No. That would be the worst idea ever.
Geo: Sorry. I just have no idea how any of this works.
Sora: This machine, like all things Imperium, runs on dragon power. Someone must have hooked up that Core to it to get it working.
Geo: But what exactly is a Dragon Core? And how is it like my power?
Sora: Dragon Cores were created from pure dragon energy to bring balance to the world. And we've discovered there's a connection between dragon energy and elemental powers, like how Riyu gives me powers. Which means your power should be able to charge up a new battery to work like a Dragon Core! If I can build the battery properly. Big if.
Geo: Wow. And you learned how to do all this growing up in Imperium?
Sora: Kinda. Imperium is very advanced technologically. But not so advanced at respecting its citizens or dragons. My family wasn't so big on love or loyalty, so I left.
Geo: I left home because I'm a Munce with the coloring of a Geckle. Munces and Geckles have always hated each other, so no one wanted me.
Sora: Not even your parents?
Geo: I... don't remember my parents.
Sora: I wish I didn't remember mine. Even if I managed to save the world with the ninja, I'm sure my parents would still be disappointed in me.
Geo: Sounds like living in Imperium really broke you.
Sora: Yeah. And sometimes I feel like I'll never be able to fix it. (She slams her pencil on the table and breaks it.) Ugh. See? Of course. (Geo takes the pencil and fuses the broken ends together.) Wow. Good as new. Ooh, better than new, actually.
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(In the Land of Lost Things, Nya and Cole search through the trash.)
Nya: Sora says she needs an influx stabilizer, preferably insulated.
Cole: Okay, cool. I have no idea what that means.
Nya: I'm no Cyrus Borg or anything, but I thought I knew a thing or two about engineering. Sora though? She's on a whole other level.
Cole: She sure seems like it.
(Jiro roars in the distance.)
Nya: Jiro!
(They arrive to see Imperium Drones attacking Jiro.)
Cole: What are those things?
Nya: Imperium Drones. How does the Empress know we're here?
Cole: What Empress?
Nya: No time. Just trust me. We gotta stop those things quick. Ninja, g— woah! (She stumbles as the Hoarder arrives.)
Cole: I don't think we're going anywhere. (He looks at the Hoarder.) It rebuilt a new hand? (To Nya.) You help Jiro. I can distract the Hoarder!
(Cole attacks the Hoarder with boulders, while Nya fights the drones with water.)
Nya: These suckers are fast! Now might be a good time to rock monster up, Cole! Put that new power to use!
Cole: Yeah, here's the thing. I can't!
Nya: What?
Cole: It's not my power. I can only do it when Geo gives me a boost of his elemental power!
Nya: Why didn't you mention that before?
Cole: Like you said, we have a lot to catch up on.
Nya: It doesn't make sense. I've never heard of people sharing elemental powers like that!
Cole: What about Sora? And the dragon?
Nya: I'm pretty sure they're Sora's own powers. But something is preventing her from reaching her True Potential on her own!
(Jiro grabs Cole and carries him and Nya away.)
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(Somewhere in the Land of Lost Things, Dr. LaRow approaches a captured Zanth with drones behind her.)
Dr. LaRow: The new force field projectors I installed in these drones have made quick work of this beast. If only the Empress still cared about capturing dragons. Now let's get what we came for.
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(In the Rookery, Geo watches Sora work.)
Geo: Will this hurt?
Sora: Of course not. I don't think? Eh, tell you the truth, I have no idea. Never done this before. Sorry.
Geo: That's not super comforting.
Sora: Okay, time for Riyu to give me a power up, and I rebuild this machine. 'Cause some of us don't have inherent elemental powers like you, or Cole's new rock monster form.
Geo: Yeah. Cole's new form.
(Riyu powers up, but Bonzle jumps in and interrupts them.)
Bonzle: Uh, sorry to interrupt, but there's a nasty-looking lady with a streak of white hair and floating machines outside?
Sora: Dr. LaRow? No way.
Bonzle: I would not lie about hair that ugly.
Sora: This is all kinds of bad. (To Geo.) Keep the Finders safe. You too, Riyu. I'll try to handle LaRow. (She steps outside to face Dr. LaRow.)
Dr. LaRow: I'm not surprised to see my disgraced former pupil. (She is suddenly hit by a bone.)
Bonzle: Bones. Extremely useful. (She tries to throw another bone from the top of the Rookery, but Geo pulls her away.)
Dr. LaRow: As I was saying, I'm not surprised to find you in the Landfill of Lost Things. We use this region as a dumping ground for broken experiments. Guess you fit that description.
Sora: Broken things can be repaired and made stronger.
Dr. LaRow: Drones, attack!
(The drones use their force fields to perform joint attacks, eventually pinning Sora to the ground.)
Dr. LaRow: What do you think of my drones' upgrades, Ana?
Sora: The drone upgrades are pretty effective. Whose work did you steal this time?
Dr. LaRow: I have never stolen anyone else's work! Because contractually, everything created in the Advanced Systems Lab legally belongs to me. But your experiments, Ana, are always doomed to fail, because you never see the bigger picture.
(A drone flies off to get the Dragon Core.)
Sora: No!
Geo: (To the drone.) Time to smash you like a — woah! (He fuses a broom to the drone, but ends up getting carried off along with the Core.)
Sora: Not the Dragon Core!
Geo: I am having regrets!
Dr. LaRow: No free rides!
(She electrocutes Geo with the drone, and he falls. Cole catches him on Jiro just in time.)
Cole: Fancy meeting you here!
Nya: We have to get the Core from LaRow!
Geo: Agreed, but counter point... (He points at the approaching Hoarder.)
Nya: Oh, no. With the Dragon Core gone...
Geo: There's nothing to protect us from the Hoarder!
Cole: Not nothing! Ninja!
(Jiro frees Zanth. Sora watches the Hoarder attach another piece of tech to itself.)
Sora: That monster's focused on Imperium tech.
Cole: (To Nya.) Go after LaRow! We got this! (To Sora.) Get everyone out of the Rookery to safety. I'll buy us time! (To Geo.) Power me up!
Geo: Yeah, about that...
Cole: Come on! We don't have all day!
(They hold hands. Cole powers up into his Elemental Golem form and charges at the Hoarder.)
Geo: Come on! Without the machine, we have to abandon the Rookery!
Sora: No. I think I have an idea!
(Zanth tears off a piece of the Hoarder.)
Cole: Way to go, buddy! The ninja could've used you to fight with us years ago.
Sora: Yo! Hoarder! Interested in Imperium tech? Well, so am I!
(Riyu powers Sora up, and she uses her powers to disassemble part of the Hoarder, revealing a small bloblike creature in the cockpit.)
Sora: Fritz, quick!
(Fritz and Spitz work together to encase the creature in a glass jar. The Hoarder falls apart.)
Sora: Oh, wow. I wasn't sure that it'd work. Meet Sweeper, a magnetic organism designed to clean Imperium sewers, one of Dr. LaRow's many abandoned projects. Once I saw how much it wanted Imperium tech, I took a guess as to what it was. Luckily, I know enough about Imperium tech for my power to pull it out. Poor thing was just trying to do its job hunting for Imperium garbage. It should be harmless now.
Geo: You saved us all, Sora.
Sora: I couldn't have done it without getting my power up from Riyu.
Cole: And I couldn't have held that thing off without my power from Geo.
Geo: Cole, there's something you need to know. I... don't power you up.
Cole: Huh? But I can't do it without you.
Geo: I know it seems that way, but my elemental powers don't work on living things.
Cole: So... it's just been me all along?
Geo: I was too scared to tell you. I... thought you would leave if you didn't need me.
Cole: But I do need you. If my new form has been part of my elemental power all along, I clearly needed you to help me realize my true potential.
Nya: (She and Jiro return to the others.) Dr. LaRow got away. (She sees the disassembled Hoarder.) Wow, looks like I missed a lot.
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(In the Wyldness, Kai watches Wyldfyre.)
Wyldfyre: What are you staring at?
Kai: Nothing.
Wyldfyre: You waiting for a "thank you"?
Kai: Helping others is thanks enough.
Wyldfyre: (She scoffs.) Is that a Master Wu saying?
Kai: I'm sure he said something like that.
Wyldfyre: This Master Wu guy sounds like he has a lot of smart ideas. I might wanna hear more of them. Maybe.
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(Flying towards Imperium on drones, Dr. LaRow contacts Beatrix through her communicator.)
Dr. LaRow: The mission was a complete success. The obliteration of the ninja and all who stand in your way is now inevitable. All hail the Good Empress.
(Beatrix smirks in satisfaction and sits down on her throne.)
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