Back To School - Transcript

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Chapter 34 - Back To School

A school bell rings, as we see a massive school building. Big sign that says “The Randoms School” is right in front. A massive statue of Malcom is in the courtyard.

Paul and Shade walk out behind the boards of students

Paul

“Ah, another excellent day!”

Shade

“Making that teleporter so we could still work at Randoms and run the school was the greatest decision of our lives!”

Paul

“Absolutely, even though Malcom wasn’t sure at first, it’s clear we were totally right!”

Randoms student

“Enough exposition Principal Proudfoot”

Paul

“Good point Eric! Let’s go home!”

The ground shakes

Paul

“What the nuts?!”

The students start running

Shade

“Oh gosh!”

Paul and Shade look back at the school, and the windows all explode

Paul

“GLASS! DUCK RUN”

They run over, out of range of the glass

Paul looks back at the school terrified

Paul

“This is bad...”

Special anime influenced intro plays, mainly highlighting Alex, Lily, Paul, P-Sauce and Shade, then with the special logo for the episode “RANDOMS: BACK TO SCHOOL!”

Angle on Randoms INC, cut inside. Alex is walking around bored, he passes Safety Ninja and Anne

Alex

“Ugh... I’m so bored...”

Safety Ninja

“So bored you’re talking to yourself?”

Anne

“Unhealthy, I saw this really insightful lecture on VidTube last night, it was-“

Alex

“Okay! Okay, I get it...”

Anne

“You need more friends”

Alex

“Hey we hung out... that- that one time”

Anne

“You mean the time we got shrunk by evil sorcerers? That time?”

Alex

“Point taken...”

Tim runs by

Alex

“Oh Tim! Wanna play the dumb fighting game? I’m desperate...”

Tim

“Oh, uh... yeah sorry Alex, but I’m late for my lesson with Tucker! I’m gonna tell him about Warwick’s eerie foreshadowing!”

Alex

“Oh, well- wait have you told Malcom yet?”

Tim

“Not important! Besides, I feel like I should tell the magic user about the magic user first”

Alex

“Eh, fair enough”

Tim

“Besides, there’s always P-Sauce!”

Alex looks over, P-Sauce is using a drinking fountain, it explodes in his face, soaking him

P-Sauce

“Oh lord, who’s in charge of the plumbing?! This is wack!”

Tim

“Since when do we have a drinking fountain in here?”

P-Sauce

“Oh shindig... uh... hey guys!”

Alex

“Don’t make eye contact”

Tim

“Rude!”

Alex

“Whatever, go to your lesson! I’ll be upstairs!”

Alex runs off

Tim

“Bye P-Sauce!”

P-Sauce

“Yep bye!”

Alex goes upstairs

Alex

“This sucks, I’m bored, this sucks, I’m bored-“

He walks into the break room, now Lily’s room. Lily is up in pajamas, she clearly just woke up.

Alex

“Why isn’t there anyone- \*sees Lily\* AAAAAGH!”

Lily

“What?”

Alex

“I keep forgetting that you live here now...”

Brief silence

Lily

“That’s... okay...”

Alex

“Yup...”

Alex starts sweating

Lily

“Oh wow, that forehead’s moist.

Alex

“It’s... uh- I guess kinda”

Lily

“Yep... you’re acting awkward...”

Alex

“I’m no- uh- WANNA HANG OUT?! \*mutters\* what have I done?”

Lily

“Yeah alright, let me get dressed and... not be in my sleeping gear... yeah, see ya”

Lily walks off

Alex

“Yep! Great! I’ll be in the lobby, yeah!”

He walks out stiffly

Alex

“Okay, calm down Alex. You’re just hanging out with Lily for a day... just gotta make a good impression, bond, become closer friends, get married- nope too fast...”

Flip wipe transition. Lily walks out

Lily

“Alright, so what are we doing?”

Alex

“Uh, we could- uh... you play chess?”

Lily

“I do now!”

Hard cut, they’re playing chess

Alex

“And checkmate”

Lily

“Yep, cool, totally fine with that”

Alex

“What? You’re not happy with that?”

Lily

“Nah I’m kidding!”

Alex

“Okay good”

Lily

“You’re acting kinda weird, I get it!”

Alex

“You do?!”

Lily

“Of course, it’s painfully obvious dude”

Alex (bright red)

“\*nervous laughter\* it is? Thats- that’s cool! So you wanna-“

Lily

“Yeah, I get that there’s a lot of pressure on you, you’re the oldest son of Malcom Silva, and he wants you to run the company, I get it!”

Alex

“Oh, yeah, that’s- that’s what I’m all flustered about... I mean, y’know, I’m nowhere near prepared. This company has a reputation, all thanks to Malcom. We’ve never failed a mission! Could I really live up to that? What if I screw up!?! WHAT IF I-“

He turns, Lily looks slightly terrified

Lily

“Okay, there’s something else going on here, WE’RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS!”

Alex

“Great”

P-Sauce walks over

P-Sauce

“Hey guys, we talking feelings and stuff?”

Lily (instantly flustered)

“Oh, pshaw, yeah! I’m so- yes! Let’s just- let’s hecking talk! About... feelings! Maybe we could work in other stuff, like... Y’know, crushes, who do you love beautiful 90s child?!”

P-Sauce

“Ya lost me”

Alex

“Yeah, let’s not talk about crushes, that is outside my territory”

Malcom’s voice echoes on the P.A.

Malcom

“Can Alex, Lily and P-Sauce come up to my office? I see you all on my camera, I know you’re all together. Just get up here!”

Alex

“Oh alright, looks like we’re not talking about... anything...”

Hard cut to Malcom’s office

Malcom

“Okay you... three, I mainly wanted Alex, but I guess he probably should have friends actually-“

Alex

“Malcom, what are you talking about?”

Malcom

“Oh right, so you and Tim have been homeschooled all your life, I taught you everything you know, and you both turned out fantastic!”

P-Sauce

“Calling us all up here just to brag, I dig it!”

Malcom

“Anyway, Paul has said that he’d love to give you a place at the Randoms Private School”

Alex

“THAT’S A THING?!”

Malcom

“Yes. He and Shade started it nearly a year ago, it trains kids for what it takes to be a Randoms employee. Yeah it’s been working out pretty well, and what with the next semester about to begin, there’s plenty of room for new students. I’m sure Paul wouldn’t object to Lily and P-Sauce going as well”

Lily

“YES! This is perfect now I can become a proper Randoms employee! With training! It’ll be great!”

P-Sauce

“I’m already an employee, but yeah training could be cool”

Malcom

“Right \*turns to a small computer\* sending Paul the message... load you stupid computer... this could be awhile...”

Cut to the Hedge World. Tucker and Tim are already getting ready

Tucker

“Aright Tim, I thought we’d attempt one of the more complex techniques today”

Tim

“Totally ready!”

Tucker

“Bladecasting”

Tim

“Not ready at all, LET’S DO THIS!”

Tucker

“Now watch me”

Tucker focuses, and summons a translucent blue sword out of thin air

Tim

“Oh very impressive, jealous!”

Tucker

“Wait for it...”

He summons three more, one for each hand

Tim

“My jealousy has evolved into the most envious of its forms!”

Tucker

“Yeah, pretty cool huh? Anyway that’s what we’ll be learning today!”

Tim

“Yeah, but before that... I need to tell you about my conversation I had with Warwick”

Tucker freezes

Tucker

“Is this some kinda inside joke, where I had to be there to get it?”

Tim

“Uh no, I had a chat with Warwick... like, several actually”

Tucker faints

Tim

“Huh... wasn’t expecting that...”

Tucker jumps back up

Tucker

“YOU WHAT?! MALCOM ONLY AGREED TO THIS ON THE CONDITION NO DARK MAGIC WOULD BE INVOLVED! OH GEEZ!”

Tim

“Look dude, we’re all good... don’t you think we-“

Tucker

“TIM! WARWICK IS AN IRREDEEMABLE MONSTER! If he’s trying to manipulate you, that could mean-“

Tim

“HE’S DEAD!”

Tucker

“Oh... should I-“

Tim

“Listen? Probably!”

Tucker

“Alright sorry... let’s hear about Warwick”

Cut to an establishing shot of The Randoms School, Alex, Lily and P-Sauce walk over

Alex

“Oh my gosh, HOW HAVE WE NOT NOTICED THIS?!”

P-Sauce

“Right? It’s exactly where the old CreaTech headquarters used to be! Y’know, before they got that cool new building downtown

Alex

“Actually Lily, do you actually go to school? Or did you in the past?”

Lily

“Oh yeah, I went to this fancy private school downtown... but-“

Brief flashback of everything on fire

Lily

“Yeah... I deserved my expulsion... BUT I’M READY FOR THIS! Mingling with like-minded individuals, not boring, stuffy rich kids who... ride over on Ostriches made of... gold and... gold... yeah I’m not sure where I was going with that, but LET’S DO THIS!”

Alex

“Yeah!”

P-Sauce

“Hey Lily, maybe we’ll be in the same class”

Lily

“Wow, hooph- uh, I’m sweating, why am I sweating?!”

P-Sauce

“I don’t know, it’s like 60 degrees Fahrenheit”

Alex

“Wait, why wouldn’t I be in the class?”

P-Sauce

“Well you’re the son of the guy they built a massive statue of! You’re so getting special treatment, and you’re gonna rank way higher than us”

Alex

“Hey, Lily’s just as smart as me! And you are... pretty smart”

P-Sauce

“Would be offended  but I know where I’m at!”

Paul walks over

Paul

“Alex! Lily! P-Sauce, you made it... uh, P-Sauce, Shade will give you your schedule. I want a word with these two”

P-Sauce

“You got it Prof!”

He runs off

Paul

“What a lovable dork! Anyway, you two have an... actual mission here”

Alex

“Wait what?”

Lily

“Aw...”

Paul

“Don’t worry, I’ll totally let you stay if you like it! I just couldn’t tell Malcom!￼ If he knew about this- it’s- anyway... I believe there is an Ex-Lord spy in the school”

Alex

“What why?!”

Lily

“Yeah! Proof dude! That’s necessary!”

Paul

“The last day, last term. Someone blew up all our windows! Not to mention other strange accidents happening to promising students all year. I’ve had several taken out of school, and so many hospital beds filled... as for the spy, they could be a student, or faculty, I CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT! So can you two help?”

Alex

“\*sigh\* Yeah alright...”

Paul

“Aye! Gracias￼!”

Alex

“Whoa, you actually spoke Spanish”

Paul

“Oop! Happens when I’m nervous”

Cut back to the Hedge Realm

Tucker

“Wow, what a weird￼ adventure you had”

Tim

“Yep... so what about this Eye of Agoro info? Sketchy or accurate?”

Tucker

“Oh it’s sketchy... but then again, so is the Eye of Agoro itself... and he knows it’s being activated remotely... but also says it wasn’t him...”

Tim

“Yeah, what’s up with that?”

Tucker

“Is it possible.. that he was lying?”

Tim

“What?! PSSSH! No of course not!”

Tucker

“You’re sure about that?”

Tim

“Of course! I’m way to charming to be bambooozled!”

Tucker

“Okay, either way we should go check on the Eye of Agoro”

Tim

“Yeah probably”

Back at the School, everyone’s gathered in the auditorium, Paul and Shade onstage

Shade

“Hello Randoms students! Welcome to another absolutely fantastic year! Lemme hear some shouting over there!”

One side cheers

Shade

“And some shouting over there!”

The other side

Shade

“Y’all are a lovely audience, okay goodnight!”

Shade walks off, as Paul slides onstage

Paul

“Now then, we have three different groups we separate children in. Wisdom, Courage, and Loyalty! These are all the traits that the best Randoms employees have, and preferably you’d each have a little of everything in you... but regardless, Shade wanted to reference a book series he liked”

Shade

“It’s a great series”

Paul

“Anyway, step up here and we will sort you with a simple machine!”

Shade

“Ta da!”

Paul

“No Shade, you haven’t pulled it up yet”

Shade

“Oh...”

He runs off, then drags a wacky machine onstage

Shade

“Ta da!”

Paul

“Yep, when we call your name, come onstage! Liam Mcalester”

Cut to Alex, Lily and P-Sauce in the back

Lily

“Wonder what group I’ll be in-“

P-Sauce

“I want courage! Sounds like all the main cast would be in it, despite it also being the least interesting”

Alex

“I mean, I guess they’re all pretty good. At least there’s not, like, an evil group for no reason besides one of the founders being a turd. I know the founders, they’re cool”

Lily

“To be perfectly fair, the book series Shade likes didn’t take itself too seriously until the third book, so I imagine that the author kinda had the same ‘oh why’d I make the backstories so weird’ thoughts as you are having now”

Brief silence

Alex

“Yeah I guess”

Paul (from stage)

“Alexander Silva!”

Alex

“H’boy...”

Alex gets up and starts walking

P-Sauce

“Hey, you can do it my excellent dude!”

Lily

“Good luck”

Alex goes slightly pink as he walks towards the stage

Paul

“Give him a hand folks!”

Everyone applauds

Paul

“So Alex, all you have to do is go into the machine. It will scan your mind, and deduce which group you will be placed in!”

Alex

“Okay...”

He walks into it. Inside the machine, there are various screens.

It scans him, the screens become filled with his memories

Alex

“Yep, I’m uncomfortable...”

It boots him out, and shoots a piece of paper out to Paul

He reads it

Paul

“WISODM!”

Everyone cheers

Alex

“Oh, uh... heh, that’s cool!”

Paul leans over to Alex

Paul

“Follow Shade, he’ll take you to the Wisdom Wing”

Shade

“Yep, ignore all of the illegal fireworks- JUST KIDDING! We don’t have any illegal fireworks! I’m hilarious”

Alex

“Okay”

Cut, Shade opens the door to Alex dormitory

Alex

“Whoa!”

Shade

“This is where you’ll spend all of your free time! Have fun!”

Alex

“Thanks!”

He watches Shade leave, then turns only for some student to be in his face

Student

“What are you doing?”

Alex

“AGH!”

Student

“So, fresh meat huh... you won’t last long”

Alex

“What?!”

Student

“Nah I’m kidding, I’m Victor Hapston, call me Vic! I’m kinda Paul’s personal prodigy, his favorite, don’t mean to brag! Heh, but seriously I was just joking”

Alex

“I’m Alex Silva, nice to meet you-”

Victor

“Oh yeah, it’s a pleasure- WAIT! SILVA?! You’re a Silva! WHOA!”

Alex

“Yep, heh, Malcom’s son actually”

Victor

“That is AMAZING! You’re gonna be a celebrity here for sure... either that or hated for being influential, but EITHER WAY I’M HAPPY TO KNOW YOU!”

Alex

“Great, well nice to meet you!”

Lily walks in behind him

Lily

“Guess who got sorted into wiiiiiiiisdoooooom?”

Alex

“You?”

Lily

“YOU KNOW IT!”

Alex

“P-Sauce get sorted yet?”

Lily

“Yeah, he got put in Loyalty!”

Cut to P-Sauce, in the Loyalty wing

P-Sauce

“Rats”

Cut back to Lily and Alex

Alex

“Huh, oh well”

Victor

“Y’know, next week there’s gonna be a big school dance!”

Alex

“What already? It’s... DIDN’T THE SEMESTER JUST START?!”

Victor

“Paul holds one every week to make sure that, even if the week sucked, it ends well!”

Alex

“Oh okay... hey Lily, let’s go talk about... the dance I guess”

Lily

“Why? You gonna ask someone?”

Alex (whispering)

“I’ll tell you once we have privacy!”

Victor

“Okay, I hear ya, you two have fun!”

Victor walks off

Alex

“Okay, let’s write down the names of everyone we meet!”

Lily

“What? Why?!”

Alex

“Because all of them are suspects! Don’t forget, we’re here because of an Ex-Lord spy! Don’t get distracted!”

Lily

“But I- \*sigh\* okay...”

Cut to the Hedge Realm, Tim and Tucker are trekking the mountain

Tucker

“Almost there!”

Tim

“Neato! I’m dyin’”

They arrive at Tucker’s relic room, Tucker immediately starts examining the Eye of Agoro

Tucker

“Hmm... looks normal... Warwick mentioned a ‘spread?’”

Tim

“Yeah, THE SPREAD! I don’t know what it is, but it sounds super scary and serious!”

Tucker

“Hmm... and he mentioned an island... that only appears on New Years Eve, then vanishes without a trace, and destroys everything that doesn’t belong? That seems unrealistic...”

Tim

“I mean... to be fair... have you ever studied sorcery? Or any kind of dark magic for that matter?”

Tucker looks stern

Tucker

“TO THE ARCHIVES!”

Tim

“You have those?”

Tucker

“Yes, underneath my cabin”

Tim

“Okay let’s g- wait, I’ve heard you call it a cabin and a cottage!”

Tucker

“I don’t call it both, I’ve only called it a cottage!”

Cut back to school, Alex and Lily enter a classroom and poop down in two seats near the back

Alex (whispering)

“Okay, let’s watch everyone very carefully, see who’s shifty”

Lily (whispering)

“Got it!”

Teacher

“Mr. Alex! Being a Silva will not excuse you from the school rules! No talking in class!”

Alex

“Sorry teach! \*whispering\* seriously, take notes about other students in your notebook!”

Lily nods

Teacher

“Okay class, I’m gonna throw a scenario out there, and you’re gonna respond with the most realistic thing you would do. This way we can work on each one of you individually!

The teacher begins drawing on the chalkboard

Teacher

“So, let’s say you are in the forest, and a massive hydra is chasing you. How would you go about escaping?”

Alex looks at the chalkboard drawing, and as he thinks, the chalkboard becomes animated to reflect his thoughts

Alex (thoughts)

“Well... you’d probably have to distract it first, than try and pass it. Hydra’s prefer to keep going one way, they hate turning”

Alex starts writing his answer down

Teacher

“Okay, turn in your answers”

The students do this, the teacher looks at all the answers and writes the grades

Alex

“I think I did okay actually!”

Lily

“No one is surprised!”

Teacher

“Well, Alex, here you are”

Alex takes it, and looks

Alex

“A! I GOT AN A!”

Lily

“Yoooo! I just wrote ‘Decapitate it violently’”

Alex

“Uh... you don’t know what a hydra is do you?”

Lily

“Not a clue!”

Cut to the cafeteria, one week later is written in the corner, Alex, Lily and P-Sauce are sitting together

Alex

“Okay, we’ve each met some students, let’s look at our main suspects...”

They look at various students sitting down

Alex

“Jimmy Bup. A quiet kid with a dark side”

Lily

“Edwardo Pennelton. A kid who pretends he knows about important social issues, but is really just kinda stupid”

P-Sauce

“Erica Sunsweat. A kid who has no idea what a refrigerator is. Shiftiness level? Yes.”

Alex

“Then there’s other kinda suspects, like Ralph Wilson, Victor Hapston, Harold Gouda, and who could forget Phoebe Quicksilver”

P-Sauce

“Oh, that’s it? I have way more suspects than that!”

Alex

“What how?”

P-Sauce

“I may have already started a gang”

Alex and Lily

“WHAT?!”

Cut to the hallway, Alex and Lily are following P-Sauce

P-Sauce

“Alright, don’t tell anyone about this, okay?”

He knocks on a door rhythmically

It opens, a short kid walks out

Kid

“P-Sauce, you made it! Come on in- who are these nons?”

Alex

“Nons?”

P-Sauce

“The nons are with me, they cool”

Kid

“Oh alright, come on in!”

They walk in

P-Sauce (calling out)

“X-Thwacker! J-Sizzle! M-C-Ham! Q-Depo!”

They all come out, all very P-Sauce reminiscent

Q-Depo

“Yo, wants the haps P?”

J-Sizzle

“I see ya got couple of nons dawg, should we put them in the sewer?”

P-Sauce

“Nah dude, these guys are my homies!”

Lily (eagerly)

“You think we’re homies?”

P-Sauce

“Now it’s top secret, but we’re investigating a potential evil spy here! Would you guys happen to know who it could be?”

X-Thwacker

“Hmm... look home slice, we totes know who it is... but should we trust you?”

P-Sauce

“Like... obviously? I’m the leader”

X-Thwacker

“He makes a valid point... okay, here we go... it’s Victor Hapston!”

Alex

“Victor? Really? Wait, I’m actually not very surprised”

M-C-Ham

“He’s like totally done tryna ruin tonight’s bodexcellent shindig! Something to do with getting info from Principal Proudfoot!”

Alex

“How do you guys know this?”

M-C-Ham

“We heard the totally unrighteous crumberrry talking to a creepy masked guy on his CPad”

Alex

“Ex-Lord”

Lily

“Probably, so we’ll have to corner him at the dance tonight!”

Alex

“Looks like it, we’re gonna have to be those edgy kids in the corner of the room...”

Cut to Tim and Tucker in the archives, reading

Tim throws down his book

Tim

“UGH! That’s the last book and still nothing on the Eye of Agoro!”

Tucker

“Yeah, I’m kinda surprised too. We’ve been studying for a week!”

Tim

“What if it’s just- just- UNSOLVABLE?!”

Tucker

“You good? Or should I get you some water?”

Tim

“I don’t need water! I NEED ANSWERS!”

Tucker

“Calm down Tim, we could just tell Malcom-“

Tim

“No! He’ll freak the freak out if he figures out I talked to Warwick! WARWICK’S HIS MORTAL NEMESIS!”

Tucker

“Fair point... then I’m not sure what to do... we could just... trust him...”

Tim

“Wait really?”

Tucker

“You said he seemed trustworthy... and I know you’re trustworthy...”

Tim

“Yeaaaaaaah?”

Tucker

“Fine we’ll trust him”

Tim

“YES! WOOOOOO!”

Tucker

“What’s the worst that could happen... that was sarcasm...”

Cut back to The Randoms School, night time. It’s time for the dance, whoa, it’s the dance, that’s cool, everyone’s all dressed up.

Cut to an empty classroom, Victor Hapston is talking to Ex-Lord on his CPad

Ex-Lord

“You’re going to attach the device to Paul?”

Victor (begrudgingly)

“Don’t worry, I know what to do, there’s nothing to worry about”

Ex-Lord

“You better not screw up. Your graduation is crucial to my plans”

Victor

“You have nothing to worry about, just chill”

Ex-Lord

“Just hurry up. Don’t forget what’s at stake”

Victor

“I won’t...”

He turns off the call, then looks up into a mirror angrily

Cut into the gym, where the dance floor has been set up. Alex is wearing an orange tuxedo, with shoulder pads (Malcom would be proud)

Lily walks over, wearing a very stylish outfit

Lily

“I’m not feeling too good, the nerves are not good!”

Alex

“Uh... it it makes you feel better... you... look nice?”

Lily

“Thanks...”

P-Sauce walks over, wearing his normal outfit, nothing has changed

P-Sauce

“Dope swag”

Lily

“My heart, it’s too full”

Alex

“Tell me about it”

Lily

“What?”

Cut inside, Alex, Lily and P-Sauce are waiting on the bleachers, watching everyone mingle and (like two couples) dance

Alex

“H’boy, where’s Victor?”

Lily

“Not sure, I haven’t seen him”

Alex

“Hmm... that’s not great...”

Lily

“Wait! There he is!”

Alex

“Huh?”

He looks over to see Victor enter through a side door, he walks up to Paul, who is onstage. Victor whispers something to Paul, Paul nods and follows him back outside

Alex

“We better follow them”

Lily

“Uh-“

Alex

“What?”

Lily is looking at P-Sauce, who’s chatting with his gang

Alex

“You want to- \*sigh\* go dance with P-Sauce”

Lily

“Really?! The mission though-“

Alex

“I’ll manage, go have fun!”

Lily

“Well... if you insist... you’re 100%-“

Alex

“Go!”

Lily smiles gratefully and walks off. Alex watches her for a moment, then runs after Victor and Paul

He slides outside the door, and spots Victor and Paul

Alex

“HEY VICTOR! WE NEED TO TALK!”

Victor

“Too late for that, sorry...”

Alex

“What?”

Victor

“Well, I’m really sorry about this, you seem really cool”

He snaps his fingers, Paul turns to Alex, revealing his eyes are glazed over

Alex

“What did you do to Paul?!”

Victor

“Hey man look, I didn’t want to! Ex-Lord-“

Alex

“Ex-Lord?! THAT’S YOUR EXCUSE?!”

Victor

“He said he’d-“

Alex

“I don’t wanna hear it, I’m coming Paul!”

He tackles Paul, but Paul starts fighting back, eventually pinning Alex against the wall

Alex

“Wait Paul, wait-“

Paul pulls out his ray gun

Alex

“It’s me! Your friend! Alex!”

A swipe noise is heard, and Paul goes back to normal

Paul

“What the- Sorry Alex!”

Alex

“Don’t be, IT’S ALL- huh...”

Alex sees that Victor is holding the mind controlling device

Alex

“Oh uh- okay... what?”

Victor

“This device is what I used to control Paul... look, I started out at this school hoping to work at Randoms INC... but shortly after, y’know, I started getting good grades, doing well.. \*sigh\* Ex-Lord found me and threatened my family... it’s not my fault, but- it’s my fault... I’m sorry Paul...”

Paul

“Ex-Lord! That devil! Eh, but Y’know, I’m a pretty high ranking Randoms employee... I could be able to get the best possible protection for your family!”

Victor

“Really?”

Paul

“Of course, you’re still my top student! Seriously though, betray me again and you‘re expelled!”

Victor salutes

Victor

“Yes sir!”

Alex

“Huh, that ended surprisingly smoothly, who’d ‘a guessed?”

Paul

“Oh by the way Alex, you completed the mission! Guess you can go back home, tell Malcom you’re not into the school or whatever!”

Alex thinks for a minute

Alex

“Y’know I would say that, but that would also be a lie... Paul, I wanna stay!”

Paul

“You do?”

Alex

“Yeah! I’ve gotten a ton of great information here, it’s amazing! Also... I can keep an eye on Victor”

Paul

“But your friends! FAMILY!”

Alex

“Lily and P-Sauce are here, I’ll be fine, plus I’m sure we could arrange certain excuses for missions”

Paul

“Absolutely, that’s easy!”

Alex

“Let’s do it then! I’m staying!”

Paul

“WOOOOO!”

They calm down

Victor

“I’m still here, should I just go to bed? Yeah I’ll go to bed... okay bye!”

Cut to Randoms Tower, Alex walks in. He sees Malcom on the phone, talking very sternly, and smirks. Then he walks up to his room, sees that Tim is already asleep, and clambers into bed.

Cut to Ex-Lord’s warehouse. Inside Ex-Lord is watching his employees build, while Wilson Sharp leans behind him

Ex-Lord

“Preparations for the raid are going well, my employees are working overtime on new weapons, and Jameson is doing research on his scepter, in an old sorcerer library-“

Cut to Jameson in a massive library

Jameson

“THIS IS SOOOOO BORING!”

Cut back

Ex-Lord

“As soon as Victor graduates, he’ll be able to weaken Randoms’ defenses, leaving it open for attack!”

He gets a notification on his phone

Ex-Lord

“What now?”

He takes out his phone, reads the message, then looks exasperated

Ex-Lord

“Okay... we’re gonna have to replan some things...”

THE END