Niko and the Sword of Light (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - The Forgotten Fortress - full transcript
Following a trail left by Nar Est, the heroes arrive at The Forgotten Fortress. Struggling against a forgetfulness spell and using the map, they are able to enter without forgetting their ...
- [Narrator] Previously on
Niko and the Sword of Light.
- Here it comes.
Atomatron inbound!
[yelling]
- I now have this key
to take me to my
final destination.
- And there's the map piece!
Ilumunious todos reoth!
- [straining] I have it!
- Something seems to be missing.
The key Nar Est stole isn't
to the Forgotten Fortress.
It's to the map!
[growling]
- You.
- [Group] You!
["Niko And The Sword
Of Light Theme"]
- I am Niko, and this is
my sword of light!
I am here to protect my people
and defeat the darkness,
forever!
- Don't just stand there,
you lump of mud.
Attack!
[growling]
I see you've acquired
a map, Highness.
Allow me to relieve you of it.
[straining]
[growling]
Your skills are improving,
but not quickly enough.
- Come on,
into the arrow glider!
[roars]
- Where is Chompsky?
- I don't know!
[yelling]
[rumbling]
- The map, now.
My patience wears thin.
- [Mugwhump]
Leave my friends alone!
[growling]
- Uh, Sire?
[rumbling]
[yelling]
- Ha ha!
Hurry, my queen.
Otto and I will
give you a head start.
- [Niko] But Chompsky,
we cannot leave you!
- I'll be fine,
but you need to go.
Good luck, my friends.
[rumbling]
[growling]
[Chompsky yelling]
- Save your fists.
The map is all that matters.
Rasper, time to fly.
[growling]
- Ugh, of all the times
to have the speed booster
conk out.
I'll just have to
try and outfly them.
- Well, you'd
better start now.
They're closing in!
- I'll man the steam cannon.
[squawking]
[Niko yelling]
- They've got the map!
- Splendid, work,
my dark champion.
- You will not escape!
[yells]
Aah!
Darkness!
- Do something!
- Be gone!
- I'm trying.
- No!
They're gone.
- Do you see this
strange glowy trail
or do my visions return?
- I see it.
[gasps] Of course.
It's right there in the rhyme.
"Altogether, altogether,
"then your path will shine!"
It must be a path to
the Forgotten Fortress!
This fight isn't over.
[buzzes]
It's working!
Hang on to something.
Not me!
- Slow down!
I'm serious.
I think I see something ahead.
That's more like it.
- I know this place.
I've seen this blasted land
in my visions.
Something both great
and terrible
once happened here.
[gasps]
- The Forgotten Fortress.
We made it.
Let's just hope
we're not too late.
[yelling]
- [Niko groans]
Chompsky should've given you
landing lessons, too.
- [Lyra] Not now, Niko.
- [laughs] Nice of
Nar Est to leave the door
wide open for us.
- This isn't like him.
Why would he be so careless?
- Never look a gift
gorkle in the jaw sack.
- Mmm.
[stones rumbling]
- The door!
How could Nar Est
be so careless?
- Never look a gift
warbler in the tooth hole.
Come on, let's go!
- The door!
How could Nar Est
be so careless?
- Mmm.
[gasps] The door!
The door!
The door!
The door!
The door.
- Hey, look, the door!
- Stop!
We just keep running
in and out.
Look at our footprints.
There must be some kind
of enchantment going on.
[groans]
Every time we go inside,
we instantly forget
where we are
and come
right back outside.
- Forgotten Fortress.
I think you may be
onto something.
Nar Est must have
made it inside somehow
or he'd still
be out here too.
- Maybe if we had
some kind of memento.
Something we can look at
to remind us where we are.
- Lyra!
Perhaps this?
- [gasps] The map!
Hmmm.
- Okay, where are we?
- Forgotten Fortress.
- Why are we here?
- To stop Nar Est from
obtaining the amulet of power.
- Well, so far, so good.
[creaking]
[rumbling]
- Amazingness!
[yelling]
- Niko, stay close.
We don't wanna get--
- Woo-hoo!
- Eh, separated.
- Lyra, observe!
The laws of nature
do not apply here!
- Niko, come on!
- Apologies.
These moving stairs
are like waterslides.
So tempting.
- No matter what,
we have to stick together.
Now which way?
Up or down?
I say we go up.
[yelling]
- I don't think
we have much of a choice.
[gasps]
[yelling and grunting]
[squeaking]
- I've got you.
- And I have you.
- But who has the map?
[stones creaking and rumbling]
Oh, havoc.
- Greetings!
What is this unusual place?
- Ooh, and what
is this unusual bug?
[squeaking]
- Hey, check out
my cool stick.
Whoa, sorry.
- Farewell, strangers!
[squeaking]
- Oh, will you
quit following me?
[squeaking]
- All right, fine.
I'll protect you,
little guy.
- Hello?
Can anyone hear me?
Hello!
[gasps]
Aah!
- Hello.
I seem to be lost.
Do you know where we are?
- Apologies, kind Sir.
I'm a bit lost myself.
- Perhaps you wouldn't
find if we walk together.
[creaking and rumbling]
- Ah, ooh!
What strange room is this?
[low growling]
Huh?
Whoa!
Thank you, friend.
Those traps would've been
a most unwelcome surprise.
Check out this cool
sword I have!
- Rrr?
Whoa!
You can make glowy stuff too?
Although, yours is
strangely darker than mine.
Are you ready?
Then let these traps be gone!
Blast attack!
[grunting]
My gratitude!
- This way,
my timid companion!
We'll ride these waves
until escape is at hand!
[squeaking]
Yes, I see them too.
You there, friend or foe?
- I don't know.
You tell me.
- Well, since you're not
trying to eat my face off,
I'll go with friend.
But watch yourself, pal!
I'm dangerous.
Oh!
[straining]
[panting]
- Thank you, young lady.
An impressive gem
you have there.
A fire opal?
- I think so.
- I can remember that I'm
a sorcerer of some kind,
though I don't know
if I'm any good.
- A sorcerer.
I think I wanna be
a crystal mage,
but my only memory
is frustration,
like I'm not
quite there yet.
- Perfectly normal.
May I?
- Of course.
- My memories are dim,
of course.
It's this strange place,
I think.
But there is something
I can teach you.
The secret to powerful magic.
- Oh, could you?
- Yes!
Passing down our gifts
to the next generation
should be our duty.
[sighs]
Masters of the Crystal
Arts teach focus
as the key
to powerful magic.
Important to be sure,
but not entirely correct.
What you need is a totem.
- Totem?
- An image in your mind.
Something completely unrelated
to the world around you.
Focus on that,
and your mind is free
to channel your powers
subconsciously.
- Sort of like a...
a happy place!
- Yes, yes, a happy place!
[giggles]
- Let me try.
Huh?
[laughing]
- Wonderful, wonderful!
You see, my dear?
It's working already!
- I could really
feel the difference!
- [Nar Est] Well,
I hope you can put this
to good use some day.
- There!
Up there!
[stones creaking]
- Aw, twigs.
Another dead end.
- [sighs] We made it!
Oh, hello.
I didn't know
anyone else was here.
- Yah!
Whoo-hoo!
- Greetings, strangers!
I am Sword Boy,
and this is my battle brother,
Blasty Hands!
- [chuckles]
- Uh, Sword Boy,
do you happen to have any idea
why we're in this place?
- I sense we are looking
for something important.
Something beyond that door.
Stand aside.
Power strike!
[grunting]
- Pardon us, please.
We have a Crystal Mage
coming through.
- "One star flies with
the sky whale high."
- What was that?
- Never mind.
It's just some old rhyme
that popped into my head.
- Oh, please do recite it.
Some gentle verse
to calm the nerves
would be most welcome.
- [sighs] Why not?
"One star flies
in the sky whale high."
- "Two stars sleep
in the tower keep."
- "Three stars nest
in the molten crest."
- "Four stars walk
with a bower that talks."
- "Altogether, altogether,
then your path will shine.
"The greatest power in the
world is yours alone to find."
- "It will appear when
the four stars align."
I just remembered that!
Do you think
it means anything?
[yelling]
[grunting]
[creaking]
Your Majesty,
are you okay?
- Fine, but how did
you know I was a queen?
How did I know
I was a queen?
Oh, havoc.
- It seems the enchantment
has been lifted.
[Dark Champion growls]
- The amulet of power!
- Flying beak brain!
Get me that amulet.
[hissing]
[panting]
Aah!
[growling]
[squeaking]
- You've made
a grave mistake, Lyra.
Even with my chew toy
of a crystal,
you're no match.
Kere edev batok!
What?
No!
Did I?
I told you about
the happy place.
That's my sinister secret
to superior spells!
- Now it's my secret too.
Keirneg ashol bifoon!
- Wispy, I need you!
Let's see how you enjoy
life as a dark creature
that answers to me!
[squeaking]
- Thanks, Flicker.
Whoa!
[sinister chuckle]
[low growling]
- Kya!
Whoa!
[gasps]
Darkness, be gone!
- Thanks, Niko.
That was close.
- Lyra, the amulet!
[panting]
- Huh?
[panting]
- We must make haste.
- No, Niko, wait.
I think I have
a faster way up there.
Happy place,
happy place, happy place.
- Lyra, are we flying?
- At last!
The ultimate power in all
known existence is mine.
Unh!
- Huh?
- Huh?
[growling]
- There you are.
Bring that amulet to me.
I command it.
- No!
Nar Est cannot be trusted!
- Obey your master,
mud moundrel.
I made you.
Bring me that amulet
or you will suffer dearly.
- Dark Champion, I do not know
what truly lies in your heart,
but the destruction of
this world benefits no one,
including you.
Help us, please!
[growling]
[rumbling]
[shouts]
- Niko?
- This is not good.
- Did you hear me?
Give that back to me
this instant.
It's mine.
- Silence.
- Huh?
- Um, he sounds different.
- And not in a good way.
- Your disloyalty will
not be forgotten, Nar Est.
But since you did offer me,
at least, some assistance,
I will permit
your continued existence.
- How dare you
speak to me that way?
Who do you think you are?
- I am the darkness,
and I have arrived.
["Niko And The Sword
of Light Theme"]
- Chirp.
Niko and the Sword of Light.
- Here it comes.
Atomatron inbound!
[yelling]
- I now have this key
to take me to my
final destination.
- And there's the map piece!
Ilumunious todos reoth!
- [straining] I have it!
- Something seems to be missing.
The key Nar Est stole isn't
to the Forgotten Fortress.
It's to the map!
[growling]
- You.
- [Group] You!
["Niko And The Sword
Of Light Theme"]
- I am Niko, and this is
my sword of light!
I am here to protect my people
and defeat the darkness,
forever!
- Don't just stand there,
you lump of mud.
Attack!
[growling]
I see you've acquired
a map, Highness.
Allow me to relieve you of it.
[straining]
[growling]
Your skills are improving,
but not quickly enough.
- Come on,
into the arrow glider!
[roars]
- Where is Chompsky?
- I don't know!
[yelling]
[rumbling]
- The map, now.
My patience wears thin.
- [Mugwhump]
Leave my friends alone!
[growling]
- Uh, Sire?
[rumbling]
[yelling]
- Ha ha!
Hurry, my queen.
Otto and I will
give you a head start.
- [Niko] But Chompsky,
we cannot leave you!
- I'll be fine,
but you need to go.
Good luck, my friends.
[rumbling]
[growling]
[Chompsky yelling]
- Save your fists.
The map is all that matters.
Rasper, time to fly.
[growling]
- Ugh, of all the times
to have the speed booster
conk out.
I'll just have to
try and outfly them.
- Well, you'd
better start now.
They're closing in!
- I'll man the steam cannon.
[squawking]
[Niko yelling]
- They've got the map!
- Splendid, work,
my dark champion.
- You will not escape!
[yells]
Aah!
Darkness!
- Do something!
- Be gone!
- I'm trying.
- No!
They're gone.
- Do you see this
strange glowy trail
or do my visions return?
- I see it.
[gasps] Of course.
It's right there in the rhyme.
"Altogether, altogether,
"then your path will shine!"
It must be a path to
the Forgotten Fortress!
This fight isn't over.
[buzzes]
It's working!
Hang on to something.
Not me!
- Slow down!
I'm serious.
I think I see something ahead.
That's more like it.
- I know this place.
I've seen this blasted land
in my visions.
Something both great
and terrible
once happened here.
[gasps]
- The Forgotten Fortress.
We made it.
Let's just hope
we're not too late.
[yelling]
- [Niko groans]
Chompsky should've given you
landing lessons, too.
- [Lyra] Not now, Niko.
- [laughs] Nice of
Nar Est to leave the door
wide open for us.
- This isn't like him.
Why would he be so careless?
- Never look a gift
gorkle in the jaw sack.
- Mmm.
[stones rumbling]
- The door!
How could Nar Est
be so careless?
- Never look a gift
warbler in the tooth hole.
Come on, let's go!
- The door!
How could Nar Est
be so careless?
- Mmm.
[gasps] The door!
The door!
The door!
The door!
The door.
- Hey, look, the door!
- Stop!
We just keep running
in and out.
Look at our footprints.
There must be some kind
of enchantment going on.
[groans]
Every time we go inside,
we instantly forget
where we are
and come
right back outside.
- Forgotten Fortress.
I think you may be
onto something.
Nar Est must have
made it inside somehow
or he'd still
be out here too.
- Maybe if we had
some kind of memento.
Something we can look at
to remind us where we are.
- Lyra!
Perhaps this?
- [gasps] The map!
Hmmm.
- Okay, where are we?
- Forgotten Fortress.
- Why are we here?
- To stop Nar Est from
obtaining the amulet of power.
- Well, so far, so good.
[creaking]
[rumbling]
- Amazingness!
[yelling]
- Niko, stay close.
We don't wanna get--
- Woo-hoo!
- Eh, separated.
- Lyra, observe!
The laws of nature
do not apply here!
- Niko, come on!
- Apologies.
These moving stairs
are like waterslides.
So tempting.
- No matter what,
we have to stick together.
Now which way?
Up or down?
I say we go up.
[yelling]
- I don't think
we have much of a choice.
[gasps]
[yelling and grunting]
[squeaking]
- I've got you.
- And I have you.
- But who has the map?
[stones creaking and rumbling]
Oh, havoc.
- Greetings!
What is this unusual place?
- Ooh, and what
is this unusual bug?
[squeaking]
- Hey, check out
my cool stick.
Whoa, sorry.
- Farewell, strangers!
[squeaking]
- Oh, will you
quit following me?
[squeaking]
- All right, fine.
I'll protect you,
little guy.
- Hello?
Can anyone hear me?
Hello!
[gasps]
Aah!
- Hello.
I seem to be lost.
Do you know where we are?
- Apologies, kind Sir.
I'm a bit lost myself.
- Perhaps you wouldn't
find if we walk together.
[creaking and rumbling]
- Ah, ooh!
What strange room is this?
[low growling]
Huh?
Whoa!
Thank you, friend.
Those traps would've been
a most unwelcome surprise.
Check out this cool
sword I have!
- Rrr?
Whoa!
You can make glowy stuff too?
Although, yours is
strangely darker than mine.
Are you ready?
Then let these traps be gone!
Blast attack!
[grunting]
My gratitude!
- This way,
my timid companion!
We'll ride these waves
until escape is at hand!
[squeaking]
Yes, I see them too.
You there, friend or foe?
- I don't know.
You tell me.
- Well, since you're not
trying to eat my face off,
I'll go with friend.
But watch yourself, pal!
I'm dangerous.
Oh!
[straining]
[panting]
- Thank you, young lady.
An impressive gem
you have there.
A fire opal?
- I think so.
- I can remember that I'm
a sorcerer of some kind,
though I don't know
if I'm any good.
- A sorcerer.
I think I wanna be
a crystal mage,
but my only memory
is frustration,
like I'm not
quite there yet.
- Perfectly normal.
May I?
- Of course.
- My memories are dim,
of course.
It's this strange place,
I think.
But there is something
I can teach you.
The secret to powerful magic.
- Oh, could you?
- Yes!
Passing down our gifts
to the next generation
should be our duty.
[sighs]
Masters of the Crystal
Arts teach focus
as the key
to powerful magic.
Important to be sure,
but not entirely correct.
What you need is a totem.
- Totem?
- An image in your mind.
Something completely unrelated
to the world around you.
Focus on that,
and your mind is free
to channel your powers
subconsciously.
- Sort of like a...
a happy place!
- Yes, yes, a happy place!
[giggles]
- Let me try.
Huh?
[laughing]
- Wonderful, wonderful!
You see, my dear?
It's working already!
- I could really
feel the difference!
- [Nar Est] Well,
I hope you can put this
to good use some day.
- There!
Up there!
[stones creaking]
- Aw, twigs.
Another dead end.
- [sighs] We made it!
Oh, hello.
I didn't know
anyone else was here.
- Yah!
Whoo-hoo!
- Greetings, strangers!
I am Sword Boy,
and this is my battle brother,
Blasty Hands!
- [chuckles]
- Uh, Sword Boy,
do you happen to have any idea
why we're in this place?
- I sense we are looking
for something important.
Something beyond that door.
Stand aside.
Power strike!
[grunting]
- Pardon us, please.
We have a Crystal Mage
coming through.
- "One star flies with
the sky whale high."
- What was that?
- Never mind.
It's just some old rhyme
that popped into my head.
- Oh, please do recite it.
Some gentle verse
to calm the nerves
would be most welcome.
- [sighs] Why not?
"One star flies
in the sky whale high."
- "Two stars sleep
in the tower keep."
- "Three stars nest
in the molten crest."
- "Four stars walk
with a bower that talks."
- "Altogether, altogether,
then your path will shine.
"The greatest power in the
world is yours alone to find."
- "It will appear when
the four stars align."
I just remembered that!
Do you think
it means anything?
[yelling]
[grunting]
[creaking]
Your Majesty,
are you okay?
- Fine, but how did
you know I was a queen?
How did I know
I was a queen?
Oh, havoc.
- It seems the enchantment
has been lifted.
[Dark Champion growls]
- The amulet of power!
- Flying beak brain!
Get me that amulet.
[hissing]
[panting]
Aah!
[growling]
[squeaking]
- You've made
a grave mistake, Lyra.
Even with my chew toy
of a crystal,
you're no match.
Kere edev batok!
What?
No!
Did I?
I told you about
the happy place.
That's my sinister secret
to superior spells!
- Now it's my secret too.
Keirneg ashol bifoon!
- Wispy, I need you!
Let's see how you enjoy
life as a dark creature
that answers to me!
[squeaking]
- Thanks, Flicker.
Whoa!
[sinister chuckle]
[low growling]
- Kya!
Whoa!
[gasps]
Darkness, be gone!
- Thanks, Niko.
That was close.
- Lyra, the amulet!
[panting]
- Huh?
[panting]
- We must make haste.
- No, Niko, wait.
I think I have
a faster way up there.
Happy place,
happy place, happy place.
- Lyra, are we flying?
- At last!
The ultimate power in all
known existence is mine.
Unh!
- Huh?
- Huh?
[growling]
- There you are.
Bring that amulet to me.
I command it.
- No!
Nar Est cannot be trusted!
- Obey your master,
mud moundrel.
I made you.
Bring me that amulet
or you will suffer dearly.
- Dark Champion, I do not know
what truly lies in your heart,
but the destruction of
this world benefits no one,
including you.
Help us, please!
[growling]
[rumbling]
[shouts]
- Niko?
- This is not good.
- Did you hear me?
Give that back to me
this instant.
It's mine.
- Silence.
- Huh?
- Um, he sounds different.
- And not in a good way.
- Your disloyalty will
not be forgotten, Nar Est.
But since you did offer me,
at least, some assistance,
I will permit
your continued existence.
- How dare you
speak to me that way?
Who do you think you are?
- I am the darkness,
and I have arrived.
["Niko And The Sword
of Light Theme"]
- Chirp.