Magic and Science

**Magic and Science** is the third episode of the season one from *The Gear Powers* and of the series in general.

## Synopsis

While Pharaoh Man discovers some of the powers and abilities of his Double Gear Scepter, he has a dream about a shadow spirit asking for his help in saving a kingdom called the **Starlight Empire**. So, the other Gear Powers decide to join in and help him.

## Summary

The episode begins with the Castle Double Gear's throne room, where Pharaoh Man is practicing his fire powers while Blast Man enjoys it flying around. Acid Man gives the Double Gear Scepter to Pharaoh and tells him that it possesses the Magic of the Double Gear of Friendship connected with the system and a wide range of powers and abilities that generally work to protect its bearer. With that, the Egyptian robot discovers some of them that, to his surprise, most of those are the same ones that he has at will.

Night is coming. In Pharaoh Man's room, he continues to practice with his Scepter, Tundra Man realizes that he truly loved his gift as token of their friendship and they both go to sleep, with Pharaoh hugging his Scepter and promising not to let someone else steal it without giving a good reason. A few hours later, he has a dream in which he runs through the forest when he hears a ghost sound as a call for help and finds a massive medieval castle, as well as a shadow spirit who tells him "*Help us! Save us from misery and despair of darkness! Bring light to our kingdom and then all people from this kingdom will finally be free to live peace in the afterlife!*", which Pharaoh Man doesn't understand anything of what happens. Then, Tundra Man wakes him up immediately because he was about to fall out of bed and asks him if something bad happened to him, with the latter replying that it was a little heavy sleep but it didn't affect him seriously.

Pharaoh Man continues to practice the powers and abilities of his Double Gear Scepter. Acid Man is also glad that he appreciates his gift a lot, and Pharaoh thanks the Gear Powers again for that. Back in his room, he goes to sleep with the scepter by his side, and has the same dream as yesterday, with the same shadow spirit that doesn't stop asking Pharaoh Man for help. A thunderstorm lightning strikes the volcano and a giant rock is heading towards the Egyptian robot. When he yells "Pharaoh Punch!", he wakes up shocked to see that he accidentally hit Bounce Man, but the pink robot rearms himself and tells him that he doesn't need to worry because that happens to him and the other Gear Powers a lot of times. Later, Pharaoh Man has the same dream again and the scared shadow spirit kept insisting that the kingdom needs him, until suddenly a dark demon appears out of nowhere and prepares to fight against Pharaoh. When he almost gets a surprise attack, he is awakened by Blast Man's yell and fires an explosion at the wall of his room. After the scene change and once again, Pharaoh Man suffers the same dream that turns into a nightmare when the dark demon proposes him another battle, but the shadow spirit still insisted on the help of the Cossack Number causing the demon's anger explode and trying to keep it quiet while the medieval castle burns more and more. Tired of all the fuss, Pharaoh Man wakes up again by yelling "QUITE!" and supposes that something strange is happening on with that nightmare.

The next day, in the dining room of the Castle Double Gear, the Gear Powers kneel in front of the table to have a breakfast and Pharaoh Man enters with tired eyes as he had the same dream all over again about two weeks. With that, Acid Man explains that people who have recurring or repetitive dreams usually show some feature of a person's unconscious and ensures that their subconscious wants to tell them something about it. However, Pharaoh Man didn't suffer from any illness or sleep disorder for that to occur and Block Man thinks the situation could be real. Then, the Cossack Number enters the magical library where one of the books flashes and falls off the bookshelf, Pharaoh picks up the book titled "**The Starlight Empire**", recognizes the image of the same medieval castle from his dreams on the cover and begins to read the history:

"*Starlight Empire is place where people lived together in harmony with their third king named Peter. They celebrate their anniversary the time when their first king named Edric found a rainbow crystals called the "Magic Crystal of Peace and Harmony". The crystal brings them the light of stars at night when it use lights that makes with aurora around the kingdom which made the people happy and feel their hopes and dreams. It’s very powerful and can protect the kingdom with a forcefield from any evil or danger. Until a thief stole it and wanted the crystal for himself to have power and be rich. The guards stop him until the thief dropped the crystal and then it went down off the bridge and then broken into pieces. When the harmony crystal was broke, the kingdom began darker and darker with darkness around them, made them feel misery and despair forever. The Starlight Empire became curse of darkness. No hopes, no dreams, nothing. There’s nothing left for them to have and feel hope again.*" - Pharaoh Man

The Gear Powers are shocked when they realize that the dream (or nightmare, according to Acid Man) that he had is actually real and they knew something wrong happens.

"*But...Until a thousand years later, the prophecy has finally come. "The heroes of light will finally bring them the light of hope to free those who are suffering from darkness of misery and despair with a powerful scepter that can help the spirit people of Starlight Empire to free them from suffering.*" - Pharaoh Man

Bounce Man comes up with an idea for Pharaoh Man to give the Double Gear Scepter to the people of the Starlight Empire, but the latter doesn't know where the place is located until Fuse Man finds an ancient map from the last page of the book. Pharaoh Man takes it and points to the location: above Sherwood Forest, England's nature reserve. So, the rest of the Gear Powers decide to join in and help him because who knows what danger might happen if they go there.

The nine Robot Masters enter Sherwood Forest and Pharaoh Man uses his scepter to light up the area. Suddenly, they hear the call for help from the same shadow spirit and decide to follow that voice, which leads them to the Starlight Empire covered by fog all around. Without a doubt, they start to walk through it as they sing Let's Break The Curse Now and finally reach the medieval castle and the main entrance. Later, the fog fades a bit while everything is too quiet until the Gear Powers find the ten shadow spirits who keep calling for help, touching and grabbing their arms and legs. Fortunately, Fuse Man frees his team by destroying all those shadowy monsters with his Scramble Thunders by activating his Speed ​​Gear. Continuing the mission, the heroes pass through the dark hallways and Bounce Man wants Pharaoh Man to give the Double Gear Scepter to the kingdom, but he refuses. Agreeing, Acid Man explains that the only person capable of using the scepter is Pharaoh, because if someone else or a thief tries to use it, the scepter will place a curse or a negative spell upon him and it can only be broken if the thief himself returns the magic item to its rightful owner, and that the main reason is because controlling the power and magic the scepter contained is a great responsibility. The Gear Powers hear a scary laugh through the secret passage and Blast Man destroys it with a giant Chain Blast. They enter there and find King Peter, ruler of the Starlight Empire, who is very annoyed by their presence causing Blast Man to angrily argue with him, only for Block Man to pinch the king's cheek to listen to them until Peter he becomes a dark demon, the same one that was in Pharaoh Man's dreams, while he sings The King Of Darkness.

Outside, the shadow spirits make people panic with explosions, imprisoning some of them, destroying places, etc. Bounce Man finds a scepter made of silver called the "Scepter of Peace and Harmony" and tries to use it, but it doesn't work and he ends up breaking it and throwing it away. Pharaoh Man plans to find the Magic Crystal of Peace and Harmony to erase this cruel darkness and Acid Man reminds him that according to the story, the crystal fell from a bridge after the royal guards of King Peter's medieval castle imprisoned the thief, and he finds it with his Acid Vision. Pharaoh Man grabs the broken magic crystal and uses his Double Gear Scepter to fix it by simply firing a red and blue beam upward that turns into a purple tornado. Once fixed, he and the other Gear Powers make their way up the spiral stairs as quickly as possible, somewhat to Blast Man's annoyance, until they reach a room with a diamond-shaped cybernetic box in the middle where the magic crystal used to be. However, the dark demon blocks their way and the Gear Powers prepare to defeat him. With all his fury, Block Man uses his Power Gear to turn into the Block Golem after hearing the insult that the demon said and slaps him hard sending him flying away for Pharaoh to take the opportunity to place the magic crystal inside the cybernetic box in order to save the kingdom. However, a dark fire arrow snatches the scepter from his hand, but Bounce Man manages to recover it by bouncing at full speed with his Speed ​​Gear, although unfortunately, the magic item falls into the dark demon's hands. Acid Man notes that the enemy never theoretically knew about how the Double Gear Scepter works and tells the story shortly that the first king of the Starlight Empire, Edric, was its previous bearer who discovered a wide range of abilities that it possessed to protect him and its special power maintained the balance between magic and science in his realm. Also, he explains again as he did with Pharaoh about the responsibility of using the scepter. The dark demon ignores him when he is suddenly electrocuted by lightning, indicating that it is a curse, and knocks it away until the Egyptian robot catches it just in time. Facing their enemy, the rest of the Gear Powers presents their Elements of Double Gear through the song of the same name but short version.

With the Scepter of the Double Gear connected to the Magic Crystal of Peace and Harmony, the Gear Powers unleash the power of the Double Gear forming a red and blue tornado covering the dark demon, returning him to his original form as King Peter and unleashing a huge explosion to restore the Starlight Empire. The people are finally free after all these years of suffering and they praise the nine Robot Masters for saving them from darkness. The king regains his consciousness and thanks them. Unafraid to do the right thing, Pharaoh Man wants him to keep his Double Gear Scepter for the prophecy to success although Peter hesitates a bit, until he sees his Scepter of Peace and Harmony that Bounce Man was holding, he said it was his and was looking for it before the last celebration of King Edric. Fuse Man smiles a little when he is glad that he and his team have their first mission accomplished as Gear Powers. Finally, King Peter tells Pharaoh that he can still keep his Double Gear Scepter while he already has his which is just as powerful to protect his kingdom. With the Egyptian robot accepting a promise to visit the Starlight Empire whenever the team want, Peter asks the people for another round of applause for the nine heroes as he points his Scepter of Peace and Harmony upward and fires red and blue stars that turn into fireworks.

## Characters

* Pharaoh Man
* Block Man
* Fuse Man
* Blast Man
* Acid Man
* Tundra Man
* Torch Man
* Impact Man
* Bounce Man
* King Peter (Also as the **dark demon** in this episode) (First appearance)
* Shadow spirits (First and only appearance)

## Other facts and trivia

* This is the first episode that Marysalis Shimmer or her Shimmer Numbers don't appear.
* It's the first episode with the short version of The Elements of Double Gear song.
* For now, it has not been mentioned who the second king of the Starlight Empire was before Peter and after Edric.
* United Kingdom (England) is the first country that Gear Powers visit/travel to.