Virus Blues

**Virus Blues** is the thirteenth Season 2 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the forty-seventh episode overall.

## Summary

Leonardo fires the Viruses and orders a Servant Robot, but the Viruses are still loyal to him by protecting his vault.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Milly
* King Leonardo
* Tommy
* Sir Pathogen
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)

### Secondary

* Aurora Man (*no dialogue*)
* Bubbles
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Gene
* Helios & Luna
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Manny
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Miss Yuubin
* Moonlight Man
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Sandy
* Servant Robot (*debut*)
* Sir Chanter
* Twilight Man
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins at Castle Leonardo, as King Leonardo is browsing through his monster catalogues from Nebula Enterprises. While doing so, he orders his Viruses to fetch him a refill on his tea. However, it is not several hours later that the Viruses finally bring his tea, prompting Leonardo to berate his servants for their lack of expediency. Leonardo decides at that moment to make some changes around the castle to fix this problem. The next day, as the Viruses perform their daily operations, Tommy takes it upon himself to take a proper head count of the Viruses. While he does so, he accidentally counts Leeko and then berates the pink mouse for confusing him. After complaining further, he loses count and has to start all over again. He calls Sir Pathogen to give him an approximate number, but Sir Pathogen doesn't know either. Tommy then reports to King Leonardo that he cannot get an exact count, and the king makes the decision right there to replace them with a more efficient servant. He initially tries to pin the job on Tommy, but Tommy immediately suggests ordering something from Nebula Enterprises instead to get that burden off of him.

Through the Monster delivery system comes the Servant Robot: a large Virus-shaped automaton with grabber arms. King Leonardo tests it out by ordering it to bring him tea, and it does so immediately. Pleased with its work, Leonardo then orders it to perform duties around the castle. The robot then makes the rounds, taking over all the jobs from the Viruses in the middle of their work. While the robot is giving Leonardo a massage, Sir Pathogen enters the room and asks Leonardo if the Viruses can have a day off every year. King Leonardo responds by saying they can have them all off, and promptly fires the whole lot. Helios & Luna then spreads this news to Milly and her family. Milly demands King Leonardo to reconsider, but he brushes her off and insists the robot will do a better job than the Viruses ever could. The robot then barges into the Viruses' quarters on Leonardo's orders and evicts them. The remaining castle court watches in concern as the Viruses march in unison in a long line out of the castle. Milly, Manny, and Leeko then decide to follow the Viruses in their procession as they travel through Puffy Town and out to Seashell Beach, where they settle in a shoreline cave.

That night, the Viruses huddle together on the beach and look out across the sea as several concerned onlookers observe. After a brief lecture from Professor Antico about the Viruses, Milly decides to check out the cave to determine why the Viruses migrated to this spot. As they try to sneak by, Leeko spots a crab which pinches his hand, causing him to yell out in pain. The Viruses then surround them and force them away. While being carried away, Milly asks Sir Pathogen if he can give any information, but the ex-captain tells her he is not in perfect sync with them and can only be of limited help. After speaking with them, Sir Pathogen states that the Viruses refuse to cooperate. Seeing Leeko play with the Viruses, Milly then gets an idea to disguise Leeko as one of them and send him into the cave with a camera to get the information they need. Leeko follows a marching band of Viruses into the cave and comes across a large box guarded by Viruses with spears. Leeko readies the camera, but stumbles and drops it by accident. He then picks it up and accidentally snaps some photos, causing flashes that disturb the Viruses. Sensing danger, Leeko runs out quickly and returns to his friends on the beach. He shows them the pictures, and through a series of blurry captures, he accidentally managed to capture the box on tape.

The next morning, at Castle Leonardo, the castle residents find their daily labor much increased due to the Viruses' absence, despite the effort of the Servant Robot. Meanwhile, during its cleaning routine, the robot stops and checks to see if anybody is around. With the coast seemingly clear, it mysteriously enters Tommy's bedroom while Moonlight Man looks on. He then goes to deliver a hint to Tommy that his cash box has been cleaned out. After escaping King Leonardo's insistence on watching him play golf, Tommy rushes back to his room to see his jewels are missing. King Leonardo then realizes he may also have been robbed and runs to his safe, only to see it's thoroughly cleaned out. King Leonardo initially blames the Viruses, but Moonlight Man hints that they are not responsible for this. Leonardo and Tommy then catch the robot sending Tommy's jewelry through the monster delivery system back to N.L.E as Gene chuckles with glee. King Leonardo and Tommy then regret sending the Viruses off and confront the robot about its theft, but it turns on them and attacks them by firing lasers from its eye. As this happens, Sir Pathogen spots the commotion at the castle from afar, and rushes off to rally the Viruses to assist. Milly and the others wake up to see the Viruses running fast, and chase after them.

Once they arrive at the castle, the Viruses follow the example from the sheep in a previous episode and create a ladder from their own bodies to scale the walls and get inside. They arrive just in town to catch King Leonardo and Tommy as they fall from a great height. After reconciling with his old servants, the Viruses defend King Leonardo from a laser blast from the robot by deflecting it with their spears. However, the robot rebounds and easily overpowers the Viruses, tossing them aside. Once Leeko and his friends arrive, he assists by attempting to vacuum-mouth the robot, but instead, he eats a large chunk of debris from the castle wall and gains the Stone Copy Ability. Stone Leeko then transforms and pounds the robot into the ground, causing it to get stuck. The Viruses then pull out tools and proceed to loosen the bolts on the robot, causing the robot to explode. The Viruses then deliver the box from the cave to the cave, revealing it to be King Leonardo's treasure from his vault which they have safeguarded for him. King Leonardo agrees to hire the Viruses back, and they celebrate with a victory dance. The episode ends as Leeko joins in the dance with them.

## Trivia

* This is the fourth episode in *The Beginning* series to feature the Stone Copy Ability.
* This is the first episode where Leeko is disguised as a Virus.
* This episode is one of the very few times the Viruses and Sir Pathogen play a major role in an episode.
* In a later episode Delivery Time, Sir Pathogen orders 2,000 steak sandwiches for the Viruses of Castle Leonardo. This may be the number of Viruses that live and work there.
	+ As a result, Sir Pathogen might've counted the Viruses before the events of this episode, even though he also counts them here.