Air Ridin’! - Part 2

**Air Ridin'! - Part 2** is the thirtieth Season 3 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the ninety-seventh episode overall. This episode marks the second part of the five-part finale to *Leeko: The Beginning* trilogy. It is also the second half of a two-part episode. The episode is notable for the first appearances of the Baton, Water, Flail, and Top Copy Abilities.

## Summary

Nebula is poised and ready to take out Leeko with the Air Gliders. Leeko battles them while acquiring many abilities as well.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Moonlight Man
* Milly

### Secondary

* Air Gliders (*no dialogue*)
* Gene
* Helios & Luna
* King Leonardo
* Manny
* Mr. Mage
* Nebula
* Tommy

## Episode summary

The episode begins where Air Ridin’! - Part 1 left off, with Leeko facing off against the Air Gliders in the sky on his damaged Shooting Star. The Formula Glider starts first, and proceeds to give Leeko a rough flight. Watching from Seashell Valley, Moonlight Man instructs Leeko to vacuum-mouth the rider's weapon and Leeko does so, gaining the Baton Copy Ability. From there, Baton Leeko zaps the rider, forcing him to follow the movements of Leeko's baton After playing around for a bit, Leeko tosses the baton spinning into the air, forcing the rider to fly off and then explode, defeating him. From here, Leeko returns to Seashell Valley, as his Shooting Star has had enough and needs to recharge again. Moonlight Man suggests that Leeko fly back into battle using the now-unoccupied Formula Glider. After just a moment getting used to the controls, Leeko takes off with the Formula Glider and back into the action, but is summarily shot down by the Rocket Glider rider's flamethrower. Leeko manages to avoid crashing and lands back in Seashell Valley, where Milly tells him to find a way to avoid the enemy's fire. Leeko flies off again and heads to the coast, where he proceeds to vacuum-mouth a big amount of water to get the Water Copy Ability. From here, Water Leeko duels with the fire-throwing rider for a long moment, but the flamethrower proves too powerful still, forcing Leeko to abandon his machine. Jumping back down into the canyon, Leeko intercepts the pursuing rider while his guard is down and defeats him with the Water Gun attack.

Before Leeko can celebrate his victory for too long, he is attacked by the Winged Glider rider, and is forced to take off on the Rocket Glider. After several attempts to avoid the rider's flail attacks, Leeko's vehicle runs out of fuel, and he is forced to abandon it. From the ground, Leeko vacuum-mouths the rider's flail to get the Flail Copy Ability. Using this new ability, Leeko deflects the riders further attacks, causing him to lose his second flail. From there, Flail Leeko detaches his own from his rope, causing it to grow into a giant flail and he sends it rolling toward the rider, defeating him and freeing up the Winged Glider. As Leeko prepares to mount the new vehicle, he is set upon by the Shadow Glider rider, who tosses exploding tops at him. After a few close calls, Leeko regains his composure and absorbs one of these to transform into Top Leeko. Top Leeko quickly gains the upper hand by throwing tops that shear and destroy the Shadow Glider, taking its rider with it. With all four Air Gliders defeated Nebula Enterprises return to their original attack and orders the Destriker to open fire on Mr. Mage and those around him. Leeko swoops down to rescue Milly from falling, but she gets knocked around by one of the bolts. Milly then wakes up from her dream and realizes that the entire sequence of the events with the Air Gliders never actually happened, and that the Shooting Star is still healing in its pedestal inside Mr. Mage.

Mr. Mage then explains that he sent Milly and Leeko that dream in order to mentally prepare Leeko to fly using the Air Glide Machines and to battle the Air Gliders, which Mr. Mage explains will be used against him in the near future. As they speak, the Destriker nears Seashell Valley with the intent of leveling the great sage to the ground. As it begins its bombardment, King Leonardo and Tommy are forced to pull back after they came to gloat in the Royal Racecar. Mr. Mage then sends Leeko on his way using the still-damaged Shooting Star in order to tackle the Destriker. After dodging several volleys, Leeko manages to worm his way into the ship's interior, where he sees the explosive bolts being manufactured. Leeko vacuum-mouths three of them to transform into Crash Leeko. Using the ability, Leeko quickly vanquishes the Destriker by blowing it up from the inside. He then escapes and returns to Seashell Valley, as his Shooting Star starts to sputter out, in need of more time to recover. Watching this from afar, Gene and Nebula comment on how they may be able to take advantage of the Shooting Star's weakened state, and wrestle it away from Leeko. The episode ends as Leeko looks up from Mr. Mage's sanctuary, sensing the danger ahead of him.

## Trivia

* This is the first and only episode of the *Leeko: The Beginning* trilogy to feature the Baton, Water, Flail, and Top Copy Abilities.
	+ Additionally, it is also the second episode to feature the Crash Copy Ability.
* This is the ninth episode in the *Leeko: The Beginning* series to feature more than one Copy Ability.
* This episode marks the first time Leeko is seen riding another vehicle that isn’t his Shooting Star.