Niko and the Sword of Light (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - The Caterpillar Train - full transcript
The Dark Champion pursues the team, who are rescued by Chompsky via the aeroglyder. They take flight, but D.C. manages to damage the craft. The team is dismayed as it seems that none of ...
- [Narrator] Previously on
Niko and the Sword of Light.
- The second map piece
is in a tower keep.
- Dark champion,
retrieve this map for me.
And pound that half
sized champion into dust.
- [Niko] You are
filled with darkness.
Yet you cannot be cured.
- The map piece.
Fly, Lyra, fly.
I can't do it.
- Time to leap.
[groans]
- You have to get up.
- Niko.
- [Niko] I am Niko, and
this is my sword of light.
I am here to protect my people
and defeat the darkness forever.
[dramatic music]
- A tower fell on that
thing and it's still coming?
[groans]
- Niko.
[grunting]
- There's no stopping it.
[groaning]
- I will protect us.
[growls]
- There's a time to fight
and a time to run, Niko.
And let me tell you,
this is run time.
- [Niko] Maelstrom
of devastation.
[grunting]
- Maybe I can slow him down.
[growls]
Shield wall.
[groans]
- Whatever that's supposed
to be, it's not working.
- I know.
[roars]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
- [Dark Champion] Niko!
[intense music]
- Shockwave.
[groans]
- Focus, focus, focus.
[intense music]
- Chompsky.
[growling]
- All aboard.
[growls]
What is that angry
behemoth down there?
- No idea.
One of Nar Est's
creations, we think.
- Something is wrong.
I feel strange.
I am all shaky and
desire only to hide.
What is this feeling, Lyra?
- You're scared, Niko.
We all are.
This is like nothing
we've seen before.
- At least it can't fly.
[clanging]
Fly, you commodore, go up.
- He damaged the
elevational rudder.
[growling]
Hold onto something.
[yelling]
I can't stay
aloft much longer.
I'll be, it's
the old Scuttle Shuttle.
All of you, get to
the forward hatch
and prepare to bail out.
You need to protect
the map pieces.
- Commodore, you're not
going down with this ship.
- No time to argue.
Prepare to jump.
I'll catch up when I can.
Jump!
Come on, eject.
[all gasp]
- Chompsky?
Chompsky.
- It's... it's okay.
I'm sure he got away in time.
- Yeah.
But that explosion
looked very explody.
- Woe and anguish.
[squeaking]
[chittering]
Hello.
I'm sorry.
I have no idea
what you're saying.
We need help.
Where is this train going?
[chittering]
- I think he said,
and don't quote me on this,
please, greetings,
sit and leave us.
No, leave with us.
- You speak their language?
- Yeah, a few words.
I used to deal in scuttle
bug scrap trading.
[chittering]
They asked if this
is the fabled Niko,
the champion who rescued
them from the darkness.
That or whether fish
cheese is cube shaped.
Either way, I told them yes.
[chittering]
Now they're saying,
change together.
Change together?
[chitters]
[chittering]
I think that means
you're safe with us.
Hopefully.
- My gratitude, new friends.
[chittering]
- Okay you two, get ready.
Here's the plan.
- We jump on and eat the bugs.
- I thought we were gonna get
to ride the train
and go places.
[groans]
- You forgot the plan.
We rob the train.
We use the cash to
buy food, then we eat.
- Sounds complicated.
- Well, we can't just
eat whole creatures
like we used to.
We're not huge
and powerful anymore.
We have to use our wits,
meaning my wits.
Go!
Wee!
[screaming]
- [Creature 1]
I hate being little.
- [Creature 2]
Come on, it's getting away.
[groans]
- Darkness, no.
No!
[groans]
- What am I doing wrong?
My magic should've
gotten better
now that I got away
from my queenly duties.
I thought I was focused.
- Why, because you
kept saying focus?
- Mandok, I concentrated
as hard as I could.
On proving that
I can be a mage.
And finding the amulet.
And not failing
Uncle Sargis or Niko or you.
Or Chompsky.
Why did I ever think
I could learn magic?
I should've stuck to what
everyone expected of me.
Sitting on the throne
approving grain treaties.
- You know what
helps me concentrate?
- Fear?
- Right, you got it.
So while you're
telling yourself
all the reasons
you need to focus,
I'm telling myself--
[screams]
[groans]
[shushes]
It comes from the heart,
you see, not the head.
- You're going to get
us thrown off the train.
Here, help me fit
these together.
- I don't see how
they could fit.
Well, maybe the
next piece we find
will give us a clue.
- What's the next
line in the song?
Three stars nest
in the molten crest.
- Obviously something to
do with crest roaches.
- Or it may mean a volcano.
- Yeah, or that.
[chiming]
[chittering]
Something about
we can't stay much longer.
When all three of those gems
light up, change together.
- Niko.
[growls]
[gasps]
- The creature is coming.
[gasps]
[speaking in foreign language]
[laughs]
- At last.
You see, Wispy?
All I needed to
forge a new crystal
was some peace and quiet.
- I'm back, lord.
- Oh.
Rasper, do you have the map?
Where is my dark champion?
- Um, no map.
Your dark champion botched it.
I was lucky to get
out of there alive.
- You rancid, double
dealing beak brain.
Do not tell me you lost him.
[chuckles]
- But you're still
glad to see me, right?
- I'll be glad when I
see the amulet of power.
Not a moment before.
[scoffs]
It's out there somewhere.
In a fortress that only
this key will open.
And with my newly
formed crystal,
the amulet will soon be mine.
[speaking in foreign language]
Find your way home,
little key.
I command it.
- Oh, something's happening.
- It's an affinity spell.
Nothing to it.
[crackling]
[gasps]
My crystal.
[speaking in foreign language]
[screams]
Nothing.
I'm powerless.
These broken shards
are useless to me.
- Look lord, it's working.
[gasps]
[laughs]
- At last.
It's pointing
the way to its home.
[cawing]
Time to say farewell to
the Temple of Nar Est.
[crumbling]
[groans]
I suppose I'll have to fly.
Wisp, re-monsterize Rasper.
- Lord, you need a working
crystal to do that.
You just blew yours up.
Twice.
See you at the top.
- Curses, curses, curses!
[panting]
[crashing]
[gasping]
[growls]
- Map.
- If you're looking for
the train, it went that way.
- Whoa, what is that thing?
- Look, it's huge
and powerful.
- And full of darkness.
Hey, dude.
Want to help us rob a train?
We'll cut you in.
[laughs]
- He isn't don't talk good.
What a role model.
[growls]
- [Creature 2] Wait, we haven't
even told you the plan yet.
- Niko, what else
can you tell us?
What happened to Chompsky?
How far away is the creature?
[shivers]
- I know only that he saw me.
And he is coming.
He is a champion of darkness.
A dark champion.
- Come to think of it,
he does sorta look like you.
A hulking mohawk
behemoth you, but you.
- Why are we stopped?
[squeaking]
- They say we're
dancing on food.
No wait,
we're taking on fuel.
[chittering]
- [Creature 2] This is a holdup.
- [Creature 3] Let's
make this orderly.
Put all your coins in this sack.
- I don't think so.
- [Creature 3] It's
that who man princess.
- [Both] Queen.
- [Creature 1] Oh
hey, good for you.
- These creatures
are our friends.
- Turn around and
get off the train
and we'll pretend
nothing happened.
- [Creature 2] Oh no.
This time, we're getting
exactly what we came for.
Thanks to our new
partner, Biggy Strongy.
[growls]
[smashing]
- The dark champion is here.
[screams]
Lyra.
- Get the scuttle
bugs off the train.
- Right.
[chittering]
- [Creature] What's
Biggy Strongy doing?
They're getting away
before we could rob them.
- Niko.
- Bludgeoning vortex.
[growls]
I may fear you,
but I will not retreat.
- Well, at least somebody
knows how to run.
[gasps]
- [Creature 2] This
creature's got a heavy purse.
- [Creature 1] And he's little.
[squeaking]
[groaning]
- Oh rob me, will you?
Right behind you, Flicker.
Surrender in the name of Coin.
- [Creature] Coin? Ah, now
you're just rubbing it in.
- Fire blast.
[laughing]
[screams]
I must not fear defeat.
I defy it.
[screams]
I will never give up.
[grunting]
- Get away from my champion.
[growls]
- Map!
- [Both] Dream wind force.
[yells]
[groans]
[chiming]
- End of the line.
Come on, we'll write
them a ticket later.
[soft music]
- I fear the dark
champion no longer.
Even if he returns,
my battle is not over.
- Well if Nar Est
sends it after us again,
together we'll be ready.
[gasping]
[chittering]
- Commodore!
- Oh, he got
the after burner,
but he didn't get me.
- [Creature 2]
No, stop the train.
- [Creature 1]
I don't know how.
[gasps]
- Yay, you're alive.
- Chompsky.
- Commodore.
- Niko, is that
what I think it is?
- I do not know.
- Blow me down, it is.
A scuttle buck.
Good for a free ride
wherever you are,
whenever you need it.
- Ah strange creatures,
those scuttle bugs.
But excellent tippers.
[chiming]
- [Lyra] Does our
optilocuter still work?
[groans]
- Your Majesty?
- I'm fine, Uncle.
We have two map pieces.
Now I need to find a volcano.
- Ah, three stars nest
in the molten crest.
Well done, my Queen.
I'll scour my library
for references
to this molten crest
and contact you.
- Majesty, we need
to discuss a schedule
for emptying the public
rain barrels, they--
- Sorry, bad link.
[groaning]
- Well, that took
you long enough.
[panting]
[laughs]
So very sad to see you
fallen on hard times, lord.
- On the contrary,
things are looking up.
I have a key,
better than any map,
and all the power I need.
So much power that
no runt, brat,
rodent or bug can keep me
from the forgotten fortress.
Wisp.
Bring me back
my dark champion,
if you please.
[dramatic music]
Chirp.
Niko and the Sword of Light.
- The second map piece
is in a tower keep.
- Dark champion,
retrieve this map for me.
And pound that half
sized champion into dust.
- [Niko] You are
filled with darkness.
Yet you cannot be cured.
- The map piece.
Fly, Lyra, fly.
I can't do it.
- Time to leap.
[groans]
- You have to get up.
- Niko.
- [Niko] I am Niko, and
this is my sword of light.
I am here to protect my people
and defeat the darkness forever.
[dramatic music]
- A tower fell on that
thing and it's still coming?
[groans]
- Niko.
[grunting]
- There's no stopping it.
[groaning]
- I will protect us.
[growls]
- There's a time to fight
and a time to run, Niko.
And let me tell you,
this is run time.
- [Niko] Maelstrom
of devastation.
[grunting]
- Maybe I can slow him down.
[growls]
Shield wall.
[groans]
- Whatever that's supposed
to be, it's not working.
- I know.
[roars]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
- [Dark Champion] Niko!
[intense music]
- Shockwave.
[groans]
- Focus, focus, focus.
[intense music]
- Chompsky.
[growling]
- All aboard.
[growls]
What is that angry
behemoth down there?
- No idea.
One of Nar Est's
creations, we think.
- Something is wrong.
I feel strange.
I am all shaky and
desire only to hide.
What is this feeling, Lyra?
- You're scared, Niko.
We all are.
This is like nothing
we've seen before.
- At least it can't fly.
[clanging]
Fly, you commodore, go up.
- He damaged the
elevational rudder.
[growling]
Hold onto something.
[yelling]
I can't stay
aloft much longer.
I'll be, it's
the old Scuttle Shuttle.
All of you, get to
the forward hatch
and prepare to bail out.
You need to protect
the map pieces.
- Commodore, you're not
going down with this ship.
- No time to argue.
Prepare to jump.
I'll catch up when I can.
Jump!
Come on, eject.
[all gasp]
- Chompsky?
Chompsky.
- It's... it's okay.
I'm sure he got away in time.
- Yeah.
But that explosion
looked very explody.
- Woe and anguish.
[squeaking]
[chittering]
Hello.
I'm sorry.
I have no idea
what you're saying.
We need help.
Where is this train going?
[chittering]
- I think he said,
and don't quote me on this,
please, greetings,
sit and leave us.
No, leave with us.
- You speak their language?
- Yeah, a few words.
I used to deal in scuttle
bug scrap trading.
[chittering]
They asked if this
is the fabled Niko,
the champion who rescued
them from the darkness.
That or whether fish
cheese is cube shaped.
Either way, I told them yes.
[chittering]
Now they're saying,
change together.
Change together?
[chitters]
[chittering]
I think that means
you're safe with us.
Hopefully.
- My gratitude, new friends.
[chittering]
- Okay you two, get ready.
Here's the plan.
- We jump on and eat the bugs.
- I thought we were gonna get
to ride the train
and go places.
[groans]
- You forgot the plan.
We rob the train.
We use the cash to
buy food, then we eat.
- Sounds complicated.
- Well, we can't just
eat whole creatures
like we used to.
We're not huge
and powerful anymore.
We have to use our wits,
meaning my wits.
Go!
Wee!
[screaming]
- [Creature 1]
I hate being little.
- [Creature 2]
Come on, it's getting away.
[groans]
- Darkness, no.
No!
[groans]
- What am I doing wrong?
My magic should've
gotten better
now that I got away
from my queenly duties.
I thought I was focused.
- Why, because you
kept saying focus?
- Mandok, I concentrated
as hard as I could.
On proving that
I can be a mage.
And finding the amulet.
And not failing
Uncle Sargis or Niko or you.
Or Chompsky.
Why did I ever think
I could learn magic?
I should've stuck to what
everyone expected of me.
Sitting on the throne
approving grain treaties.
- You know what
helps me concentrate?
- Fear?
- Right, you got it.
So while you're
telling yourself
all the reasons
you need to focus,
I'm telling myself--
[screams]
[groans]
[shushes]
It comes from the heart,
you see, not the head.
- You're going to get
us thrown off the train.
Here, help me fit
these together.
- I don't see how
they could fit.
Well, maybe the
next piece we find
will give us a clue.
- What's the next
line in the song?
Three stars nest
in the molten crest.
- Obviously something to
do with crest roaches.
- Or it may mean a volcano.
- Yeah, or that.
[chiming]
[chittering]
Something about
we can't stay much longer.
When all three of those gems
light up, change together.
- Niko.
[growls]
[gasps]
- The creature is coming.
[gasps]
[speaking in foreign language]
[laughs]
- At last.
You see, Wispy?
All I needed to
forge a new crystal
was some peace and quiet.
- I'm back, lord.
- Oh.
Rasper, do you have the map?
Where is my dark champion?
- Um, no map.
Your dark champion botched it.
I was lucky to get
out of there alive.
- You rancid, double
dealing beak brain.
Do not tell me you lost him.
[chuckles]
- But you're still
glad to see me, right?
- I'll be glad when I
see the amulet of power.
Not a moment before.
[scoffs]
It's out there somewhere.
In a fortress that only
this key will open.
And with my newly
formed crystal,
the amulet will soon be mine.
[speaking in foreign language]
Find your way home,
little key.
I command it.
- Oh, something's happening.
- It's an affinity spell.
Nothing to it.
[crackling]
[gasps]
My crystal.
[speaking in foreign language]
[screams]
Nothing.
I'm powerless.
These broken shards
are useless to me.
- Look lord, it's working.
[gasps]
[laughs]
- At last.
It's pointing
the way to its home.
[cawing]
Time to say farewell to
the Temple of Nar Est.
[crumbling]
[groans]
I suppose I'll have to fly.
Wisp, re-monsterize Rasper.
- Lord, you need a working
crystal to do that.
You just blew yours up.
Twice.
See you at the top.
- Curses, curses, curses!
[panting]
[crashing]
[gasping]
[growls]
- Map.
- If you're looking for
the train, it went that way.
- Whoa, what is that thing?
- Look, it's huge
and powerful.
- And full of darkness.
Hey, dude.
Want to help us rob a train?
We'll cut you in.
[laughs]
- He isn't don't talk good.
What a role model.
[growls]
- [Creature 2] Wait, we haven't
even told you the plan yet.
- Niko, what else
can you tell us?
What happened to Chompsky?
How far away is the creature?
[shivers]
- I know only that he saw me.
And he is coming.
He is a champion of darkness.
A dark champion.
- Come to think of it,
he does sorta look like you.
A hulking mohawk
behemoth you, but you.
- Why are we stopped?
[squeaking]
- They say we're
dancing on food.
No wait,
we're taking on fuel.
[chittering]
- [Creature 2] This is a holdup.
- [Creature 3] Let's
make this orderly.
Put all your coins in this sack.
- I don't think so.
- [Creature 3] It's
that who man princess.
- [Both] Queen.
- [Creature 1] Oh
hey, good for you.
- These creatures
are our friends.
- Turn around and
get off the train
and we'll pretend
nothing happened.
- [Creature 2] Oh no.
This time, we're getting
exactly what we came for.
Thanks to our new
partner, Biggy Strongy.
[growls]
[smashing]
- The dark champion is here.
[screams]
Lyra.
- Get the scuttle
bugs off the train.
- Right.
[chittering]
- [Creature] What's
Biggy Strongy doing?
They're getting away
before we could rob them.
- Niko.
- Bludgeoning vortex.
[growls]
I may fear you,
but I will not retreat.
- Well, at least somebody
knows how to run.
[gasps]
- [Creature 2] This
creature's got a heavy purse.
- [Creature 1] And he's little.
[squeaking]
[groaning]
- Oh rob me, will you?
Right behind you, Flicker.
Surrender in the name of Coin.
- [Creature] Coin? Ah, now
you're just rubbing it in.
- Fire blast.
[laughing]
[screams]
I must not fear defeat.
I defy it.
[screams]
I will never give up.
[grunting]
- Get away from my champion.
[growls]
- Map!
- [Both] Dream wind force.
[yells]
[groans]
[chiming]
- End of the line.
Come on, we'll write
them a ticket later.
[soft music]
- I fear the dark
champion no longer.
Even if he returns,
my battle is not over.
- Well if Nar Est
sends it after us again,
together we'll be ready.
[gasping]
[chittering]
- Commodore!
- Oh, he got
the after burner,
but he didn't get me.
- [Creature 2]
No, stop the train.
- [Creature 1]
I don't know how.
[gasps]
- Yay, you're alive.
- Chompsky.
- Commodore.
- Niko, is that
what I think it is?
- I do not know.
- Blow me down, it is.
A scuttle buck.
Good for a free ride
wherever you are,
whenever you need it.
- Ah strange creatures,
those scuttle bugs.
But excellent tippers.
[chiming]
- [Lyra] Does our
optilocuter still work?
[groans]
- Your Majesty?
- I'm fine, Uncle.
We have two map pieces.
Now I need to find a volcano.
- Ah, three stars nest
in the molten crest.
Well done, my Queen.
I'll scour my library
for references
to this molten crest
and contact you.
- Majesty, we need
to discuss a schedule
for emptying the public
rain barrels, they--
- Sorry, bad link.
[groaning]
- Well, that took
you long enough.
[panting]
[laughs]
So very sad to see you
fallen on hard times, lord.
- On the contrary,
things are looking up.
I have a key,
better than any map,
and all the power I need.
So much power that
no runt, brat,
rodent or bug can keep me
from the forgotten fortress.
Wisp.
Bring me back
my dark champion,
if you please.
[dramatic music]
Chirp.