Absolute Power/Transcript

(In a flashback, Ras travels through Imperium and approaches the royal palace. Two Imperium Guards block him.)
Past Gate Guard 1: You are not permitted to enter.
Past Ras: I am Lord Ras from the realm of the Wyldness. The Emperor is expecting me. If you are the reason for my tardiness, I am quite sure he will not be pleased.
Past Gate Guard 3: Uh, you may proceed.
(He enters the throne room, where Levo, Beatrix, and Zeatrix are seated.)
Past Ras: Emperor Levo, thank you for gracing me with an audience.
Past Levo: I always make time for guests from other realms, but I am still unsure why you've sought my valuable time.
Past Ras: I have something unique to offer Imperium, something your kingdom is very much missing.
Past Levo: Imperium is the most advanced civilization that has ever existed. We are in need of nothing from anyone.
Past Ras: You and I both know the dragon energy that has kept your kingdom running smoothly will not last forever.
Past Levo: If that were true, which it most certainly is not, what could an outlander such as you do about it?
Past Ras: I know how to give Imperium unlimited power. With my help, you could contain a Source Dragon.
Past Levo: Ha! Source Dragons are only a bedtime story for children. They do not exist.
Past Ras: I have seen one with my own eyes. With your advanced technology, we could capture it and drain its very life force for your kingdom.
Past Levo: Imperium lives in peace with dragons. They share their energy with us. We do not take it!
Past Ras: But with a Source Dragon's power at your disposal, all other realms would fall before you.
Past Levo: We have no desire to conquer other realms. Imperium is a peaceful civilization.
Past Ras: You are shortsighted, Emperor.
Past Levo: And you are insulting. We have no need for pathetic tricksters. Leave us immediately! Zeatrix?
(Zeatrix uses her powers to push Ras back. Beatrix scowls in displeasure.)
Past Levo: Imperium has more than enough dragon energy. We have my beloved daughter Zeatrix and her elemental power. And we have the most advanced technology ever created. We do not need you.
(Zeatrix blasts Ras into the door.)
Past Levo: Ha! Excellent form, Zeatrix! Simply elegant.
Past Zeatrix: Thank you, father.
Past Levo: Your hard work and training has paid off. You will be a wonderful Empress of Imperium someday.
(Ras leaves angrily, but not before turning to give Beatrix a meaningful look.)
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(In present day Imperium, Beatrix is making a live announcement to her citizens.)
Beatrix: Citizens of Imperium! As the sun shines on our home, so does it shine on you. The Merge has made it even more apparent that we are the greatest kingdom of all! That is why entering Imperium is so restricted. I must protect you all from the chaos and madness of such places as the Crossroads. We cannot allow clashing cultures of once separate realms to invade Imperium. We cannot allow their crime inside our fair kingdom. And I have further protected Imperium by bringing in more dragons to safely power our homeland. With our unparalleled technology and innovation, dragon energy will last us to infinity!
Children: (They bow to her.) All hail the Good Empress!
Beatrix: (She hugs the two children.) Everything I do, I do for you, little ones.
(The announcement ends, and the crowd cheers.)
Citizens: All hail the Good Empress!
(On the recording site, Beatrix shoves the greenscreen "children" away.)
Dorama: Excellent performance, Empress! You are simply wonderful.
Beatrix: That effect better work. Like I'd ever allow grubby, smelly children to actually touch me. Ugh.
Dorama: It will, I promise.
Beatrix: (She snatches the recording device from Dorama and calls Dr. LaRow.) Status report, LaRow.
LaRow: Still only two Dragon Energy Cores, Empress. Without the third, it is impossible for me to further the MergeQuake weapon designs.
Beatrix: Two Dragon Cores will not do. And of course it's Rapton who —
(Behind her, Rapton lands his hover chariot.)
Rapton: Rapton who what? Rapton who found the last Dragon Core? Eh?
Beatrix: Impressive. I will admit, I feared you had failed me once again, and my patience for your failures has grown thin.
Rapton: Oh, don't I know that. There was no way I was gonna let you down this time, Empress. But I got some other news. Kinda bad, maybe.
Beatrix: What is it?
Rapton: I'm pretty sure the ninja are on their way here to get these Cores.
Beatrix: Then they will arrive to their utter destruction.
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(In the Land of Lost Things, Nya, Sora, and Cole make plans.)
Nya: Okay, so we need to find a way into Imperium and get back the Core Dr. LaRow stole. But how? There's still that huge energy barrier around the city. Flying in on dragons isn't an option.
Sora: Or maybe it is. If I can just... maybe... hmm. (She gets lost in her thoughts.)
Cole: Uh, Sora?
Sora: Hmm? Oh. I might be able to use this stuff to build some weaponized armor for Jiro, something that'll amplify his natural energy enough to blast through the energy barrier.
Nya: Will that work?
Sora: Maybe? If you have a better idea, I'm all for it.
Nya: Build that armor, Sora.
(Riyu powers Sora up.)
Sora: Thanks, Riyu. A little elemental powerup should do the trick. (She uses her powers to combine parts.)
Nya: I gotta say, you're getting pretty good at this.
Sora: I appreciate the nice words, but I need to focus here. (She continues her work.) Almost... there... (She finishes the armor and attaches it to Jiro.) There! What do you think, Jiro?
(Jiro roars and nuzzles her.)
Cole: Looks like Jiro likes it.
Sora: Alright!
(They prepare to depart.)
Cole: Nya, there's something I have to tell you.
Nya: Can it wait until we're in the air? Time is running out here, Cole.
Cole: That's just it. I think it's running out everywhere.
Nya: What do you mean?
Cole: Remember how I told you I could hear the ground screaming? Like something was terribly wrong?
Nya: Yeah. A little unnerving.
Cole: Totally. Last night, when everyone was asleep, I heard a voice calling out to me from the edge of the valley, a voice I haven't heard in a long time.
Nya: Master Wu.
Cole: How did you know?
Nya: I once followed his voice in the Cloud Kingdom. He led me to Kai, and we ended up saving Lloyd and the others.
Cole: He was calling me to follow him.
Nya: Then you should go. Things have gotten really strange and unpredictable since the Merge, but one thing I do know: If you hear Master Wu's voice, you follow.
Cole: I was hoping you'd say that. Now go. Stop the MergeQuakes. It looks like my journey is gonna take me somewhere else.
(Nya gives him a hug, and they leave on their dragons. A ghostly orb appears behind Cole.)
Ghostly orb: Cole.
Cole: Huh?
(He runs after the orb.)
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(In the throne room, Dorama, Dr. LaRow, and Jordana stand waiting.)
Dorama: Is this a dress rehearsal of some sort?
Dr. LaRow: I'm not sure, but we wouldn't have been brought to the throne room if it wasn't important.
Jordana: Ready to serve the Empress any way I can. And you, Dr. LaRow, of course.
Beatrix: The time has come.
(Beatrix appears on a rising platform. Rapton enters the throne room with the drones carrying the Cores.)
Dorama: What a dramatic reveal! Truly transcendent.
Beatrix: All three of the Dragon Energy Cores have finally been collected.
Dr. LaRow: Rapton pulled through? Wow. Wonders never cease.
Rapton: Really? You think Rapton wouldn't hear that?
Beatrix: Dr. LaRow, you realize what this now means?
Dr. LaRow: Yes. I can finally scan the Core's energy signatures to determine the proper frequency to begin beta testing the MergeQuake weapon. We might be able to test it within a few days.
Beatrix: Days? The ninja are on their way. We will test the weapon now!
Dr. LaRow: But Empress, the chances of catastrophic —
Beatrix: Do not question my orders! The ninja and everything they love will be wiped off the map today!
(They set up the weapon. Jordana puts up a vandalized photo of Lloyd.)
Jordana: Good Empress, is the target to your liking?
Beatrix: Hmm. He could look a little more weak, but this will do for the test.
(Dr. LaRow starts up the machine, but it starts beeping and shows a warning for unstable energy.)
Dr. LaRow: Huh.
Beatrix: Ugh, what are you waiting for? Run the test!
Dr. LaRow: But these readings. One of the Cores is giving off a different energy than the others.
Beatrix: Obviously they have different energies. They're different Cores! Test the weapon, now!
(Behind her, Rapton slips away unnoticed.)
Dr. LaRow: (She sighs.) Fine. Let us proceed. (She activates the weapon.)
Beatrix: I'm going to tear through the ninja with rifts in reality itself.
(She fires the weapon at the photo of Lloyd, but it explodes, causing a shockwave that affects even the Destiny's Bounty outside of Imperium. Everything but Lloyd's photo in the throne room is damaged.)
Beatrix: LaRow! You said we could test it!
Dr. LaRow: I warned you there was — ugh! (She is slammed against the machine by Beatrix.)
Beatrix: Ugh. You have failed me. (She leaves angrily.)
Dorama: That tech rehearsal did not go well, eh, Rapton? (They realize that Rapton is missing.) Rapton?
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(Outside of Imperium, the ninja spy on the city through binoculars.)
Wyldfyre: That explosion means something serious is going down in there. Trust me, I know about explosions.
Lloyd: It looked like Dragon Core energy. We need to get in there fast!
Arin: But we can't just fly in. Energy barrier.
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(In Imperium, Beatrix approaches the cells.)
Beatrix: Unbelievable, the incompetence. I'm surrounded by fools. (She stops in front of a cell.) Ahem.
Ras: Yes, Empress? I know you came down here because you need my help.
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(In a flashback, Ras walks through Imperium angrily.)
Past Ras: They cannot comprehend the kind of power I am offering. (He turns to see Beatrix approaching him.) Princess Beatrix? Or are you Zeatrix?
Past Beatrix: I am not my hated twin sister! Don't ever confuse our names again.
Past Ras: Ah, my apologies.
Past Beatrix: I cannot be seen here, so I will make this quick, Lord Ras. My father may not be interested in your offer of unlimited power, of conquering other realms. But I am.
Past Ras: You would defy your own father, the Emperor?
Past Beatrix: My twin sister was born mere minutes before me. As the firstborn, she inherited our father's elemental power. Just a few minutes robbed me of true power and my father's favor.
Past Ras: Ah, elemental power is a bit of a cheat, isn't it? Someone who may not deserve it gets it anyway.
Past Beatrix: Nothing in this world angers me more than my sister's flagrant display of her powers! She uses them just to spite me, to humiliate me. To the delight of my father.
Past Ras: And I imagine as firstborn, Zeatrix is also first in line to the throne?
Past Beatrix: Yes. She will become Empress, leaving me with nothing.
Past Ras: Such as waste of your true potential.
Past Beatrix: Help me take the throne. When I am Empress, I will provide the resources you need. You will capture a Source Dragon for me, and we will conquer every other realm.
Past Ras: As you wish, Empress Beatrix.
(They begin their plan to take the throne. Levo's hover chariot blows up as Ras and Beatrix watch from a distance. Zeatrix is arrested. The statue of Levo in the plaza is replaced with one of Beatrix. She successfully assumes control over Imperium.)
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(In present day Imperium, Ras speaks to Beatrix from his cell.)
Ras: I am the one who put you on the throne. Free me, and let's destroy the ninja once and for all. Only then will you have absolute power.
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(Outside the Kingdom Imperium, the ninja pass the binoculars around. Kai watches some Imperium Guards emerge from the entrance.)
Wyldfyre: Why are you smiling like that?
Kai: You know all that stuff I taught you about centering yourself and finding peace and everything?
Wyldfyre: Yeah.
Kai: Well, for the next few minutes, I need you to forget all that.
Wyldfyre: Okay, so what do I do instead?
Kai: Go wild.
(Wyldfyre use her powers to blast fire, attracting the guards.)
Imperium Guard 1: Is that a dragon? Loose near the city? Come on! (They fly out to investigate.)
Wyldfyre: Boo!
Imperium Guard 1: That's not a dragon.
Wyldfyre: Says you.
Imperium Guard 1: Yeah... that's what I did say.
Wyldfyre: Eat fire!
(The ninja take down the guards easily. Kai sees Wyldfyre playing with a Claw Staff.)
Kai: Wyldfyre, pay attention.
(The ninja take the guards' hoverboards and fly into Imperium.)
Wyldfyre: Yes!
(Arin uses a guard's hand to open the gates.)
Arin: Thank you very much.
Imperium Guard 1: You're welcome.
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(In his cell, Ras tries to convince Beatrix.)
Ras: If it wasn't for me, your sister would now be Empress, and you would be nothing. The invisible and insignificant member of the family. What are you waiting for? You are running out of dragon power. The walls are collapsing around you. I heard that explosion! I know things are not going well. You need me.
Beatrix: (She laughs.) I don't need you. I don't need anyone! I came here to offer you a chance to redeem yourself, but all you've done is proven exactly why I put you in here, why I put anyone who defies me in here. You are a fraud. A failure. If it wasn't for me, you would have been on the streets, powerless. Never forget that, Lord Ras. (She turns to leave.)
Imperium Guard 2: Uh, Empress Beatrix? A small group has infiltrated through the gate.
Beatrix: The ninja! (She punches the guard in anger.)
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(In Imperium, the ninja walk through the streets.)
Wyldfyre: Are we even going the right way?
Lloyd: We need to find out where that explosion came from. Hurry, before they —
Imperium Guard 3: Found you! Freeze! (The guards surround the ninja.) There is no way to sneak into Imperium without alerting us to your presence. Now surrender and make this easier on yourselves.
(Behind the guards, the Imperium Teen Resistance Force sneak up.)
Arin: Ugh, come on. The Imperium Teen Protection Force too?
(The ninja draw their weapons.)
Percival: Get them!
(The teenagers attack the guards.)
Imperium Guard 3: What is it?
Imperium Guard 4: What are you doing?
Imperium Guard 5: What is it —
(They electrocute all the guards and renders them unconscious.)
Arin: Did that just happen?
Wyldfyre: Boo. I wanted to fight. (She kicks a guard.)
Kai: Those kids just saved us, Wyldfyre.
Wyldfyre: Yeah, but no fighting.
Percival: We gotta get out of here. Come on!
(The teens and the ninja run off.)
Arin: Why would the Imperium Teen Protection Force help us?
Percival: Ha! We're the Imperium Teen Resistance Force now.
Arin: What? Uh, I missed something here.
Percival: A lot has changed since you ninja freed the dragons. Why are you back in Imperium? To take down Empress Beatrix? 'Cause we can help! We got our own plans.
Lloyd: We're actually looking for something called the Dragon Energy Core. Any idea where the Empress keeps it?
Percival: Actually, I do! The Advanced Systems Lab. But you're not getting in there without an access card, and we need to get out of sight. Guards are looking for you.
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(In the palace, Beatrix reenters the Advanced Systems Lab.)
Dr. LaRow: Empress, the system is almost back up and running.
Beatrix: I don't care about your system. What about my weapon?
Dr. LaRow: As I said, the readings were strange before we began the test, and now I know why. It appears we only had two of the Dragon Cores. The Core that Rapton brought was a counterfeit. That's why the energy readings were so off, and that's why the blast was so unexpected and damaging.
Beatrix: A fake Core? Where is that lying Rapton?
Dorama: No one has seen his smug visage since the blast.
Beatrix: The ninja have breached Imperium. I need that weapon to work now!
Dr. LaRow: Without the third Dragon Core, it will be quite impossible.
Beatrix: Impossible? Those Energy Cores are created from Source Dragons. We have a Source Dragon imprisoned under my city! Are you telling me we don't have the power to finish this weapon?
Dr. LaRow: You know we have not been successful at draining energy from that Source Dragon. (A flashback shows machines malfunctioning from attempting to drain the Source Dragon.) And even if we could drain his power, replacing the third Core with pure dragon energy could be even worse than the explosion we just had. It could destroy all of Imperium. I — I won't do it.
Beatrix: You dare defy my order?
Dr. LaRow: It is not safe, Empress.
Jordana: I can do it.
Dr. LaRow: What?
Beatrix: You can?
Jordana: I've been studying the Source Dragon, and found flaws in Dr. LaRow's methods. I can accomplish what you want.
Beatrix: Do it.
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