TCA 2: 24,999

The second season of The Crusaders Academy premiered on November 3rd, 2021 and concluded on January 12th, 2022

## Synopsis

After the death of **Jessa Sokolov**, Adrian time-travels to the year 24,999 where he cannot hurt anyone from the past, and live with his parents. However, in doing so he becomes the very reason his life is how it is.

## Plot

Before **Adrian** begins work on returning to his own time, Jessa's best friend, and fellow Crusader **Alexia Adams** is in a state of mourning, and has given up on the super-hero life, if she even lived it to begin with. The Crusaders attempt to help her in her suffering and succeed in bringing her back to the Crusaders, to fight through her misery and fight in honor of Jessa. That her memory did not die in vein.

Afterwards, Adrian has a desire to leave and go to where he belongs. If he was never brought here, than Jessa would never have died. Adrian's faulty choice in this matter though was to bring a close friend of his with him, **Lilian Brown**, who in turn told the Crusaders. Gathering together to try and stop him from leaving, it was too late. Adrian had fully repaired the Time-Drive in the ship. The Crusaders and Lilian hid on board the ship and went to the future with Adrian.

Arriving in the future, Adrian, Lilian and the Crusaders have a huge argument about what he just did, and that he should go back home. Adrian refuses, saying that this is his home. After an argument, the team is arrested by officers of the **Galactic Federation**, and brought to **Kael** and **Dasha Zandar**, who don't even know their future son is standing before them. Being let free after demonstrating their powers and willingness to help defeat the **Faklet Empire**, the Crusaders help with the temporary time they have. As well as teaming up with **Xenon Aylson**, who doesn't yet know of who Adrian really is.

Hints of who he really is starting coming when Kael, Dasha and Xenon saw he had exact copies of the ***Echelon X/1*** armor, and ***The Voidwalker***. Revealing they are time-travelers, they did not reveal specifically who they are. Suspicion began rising among Kael, Dasha and especially Xenon, who began investigating who these teenage time-travelers are.

After sneaking aboard *The Voidwalker* while the Crusaders are asleep, Xenon hacks into the *Echelon X/1* suit and discovers who they all are. But considering Adrian, he didn't believe it. Adrian was the son of Kael and Dasha. Xenon didn't want them here anymore even more so now. His own grandson was wreaking around with time-travel. Trying to be nice and negotiating with the Crusaders, telling them all to go to their proper times, they disagreed. They wanted to stay and help with this AI called "**Apollyon**" that the Faklet Empire had developed. After hearing their decision, Xenon leaves.

Making a plan to steal this world ending AI from the Faklets, Xenon arrives with several squads to arrest the Crusaders. Defending themselves and running away, they are still determined to capture this AI and save the Earth. However before acting, they had no sort of help, which was their next course of action. Get help.

Making their way to Kael and Dasha who almost fight the team, Adrian reveals to them that he is their son, hoping to make a connection of trust again. Needing proof, he uses the *Echelon X/1* suit to analyze their blood. And there it confirmed he was their son. And it just so happened that Dasha was told to be pregnant a few days ago. Trusting their son now, they help him make a plan to board the Faklet capital ship and capture this AI, behind Xenon's back.

After forging the plan and getting right into executing it, the team flies off to the Faklet ship and board it. However, Xenon awaits them aboard and the team fights the Galactic Federation, and the Faklet Empire to get to this AI. Adrian eventually captures it, but has another final duel with Xenon. Adrian wins, however spares Xenon as much as he wanted to kill him, needing to preserve the timeline and how it has to play out. Ready to escape, Adrian tells Kael and Dasha what to do when the time comes and gives them the secret to time-travel. Giving them one last hug, enjoying the time he's spent with his birth parents, Adrian and the Crusaders time-travel back to 2019.

## Cast

* Hayden Christensen as Adrian Zandar/Echelon
* Aimee Lou Wood as Alexia Adams/Hadreon
* Emma Stone as Lilian Brown
* Alexander Skarsgård as Kael Zandar
* Chloe Bennet as Dasha Zandar
* Manu Bennett as Xenon Aylson
* Jim Beaver as Keith Johnson
* Paul Walker as Chase Müller/Kinetic
* Asa Butterfield as Matthew Smith/Hellspawn
* Grant Gustin as Andrew Nowak/Bolt
* Bradley Whitford as Zayn Peterson