The power of Merlok

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Herb: Here's the latest from the Knighton News Network. Our once peaceful kingdom was rocked, as Jestro the Royal Jester stole the "Terrible Book of Monsters." Merlok the Magician tried to stop him, but paid the ultimate price. But magic made a comeback when Merlok 2.0 appeared and uploaded incredible Nexo powers to the heroic Knights. I'm Herb Herbertson and this is Nexo Knights!

The knights are fighting monsters

Clay: Form up on me! The Lord Nordby Defense!Nordby, Nordby, Nordby!

Lance: Slap him on the back, I think he's stuck.

Macy: They're breaking through and heading for the food stores.

Axel: Food stores?!

Aaron: On it. I'll slow 'em down!

Aaron gets hit into a wall

Aaron: Wipe out!

Clay: Whose side are you even on?

Lance: If you would just let me do my thing... Whoa!

The knights get defeated and the village and monsters disappear as they were in a holosim

Merlok 2.0: Terrible! Just terrible! There is an ancient, mystical phrase you've obviously never heard of called: Teamwork. Wha...? Why do I sound like such a doddering fool?

Ava: Well, you have power consumption issues.

Aaron: On the plus side, we made it way further than all the other times we failed miserably.

Acid: yeah, that's improvement.

Macy: Great, the monsters will get some cardio in before they smash us.

Axel: We're not good.

Clay: It's your fault we keep losing, Lance. And why don't you ever pay attention to my offensive formation orders?

Lance: Because they're so offensive.

Clay: You need to get serious about training.

Lance: Training schmaining! I'm a great knight being held back by your "uptightness," BORE-ington.

Clay: The key to teamwork, Lance, is, uh, working together!

Lance: Until you acknowledge my superiority, I can't work with you.

Merlok 2.0: It is not who is in charge, or who downloads the biggest weapon. It's about working as a team. For the love of Elric, what is going on?

Ava: Yeah, I know. But the power needed for your hologram is too much for the pedestal.

Macy: Um...I hate to bring up another issue, but I couldn't even download the power. Look, I only have one bar. Now no bars. Oh! One bar. And no bars. How can we fight against Jestro and his monsters if these Nexo power signals are unreliable? We can't rely on Acid forever.

Aaron: We could change our helmets into big antennas?

Axel: We need to change something, 'cause we're pretty not good.

Jestro: Pillage, destroy, and steal stuff!

Monstrox: Pillaging and stealing is the same thing.

Jestro: I know that! I'm hungry. We really should have eaten at the Inn before burning it down. They serve a heck of a veggie omelet. Eh. Served, I mean. What are we even doing here in the middle of nowhere? Shouldn't we be blasting away at the king's castle?

Monstrox: Hello? I keep telling you, evil is a process. You gotta practice being bad to be good at it.

Jestro: So, I'm an Evil Trainee? Heh. That's not scary. How about... Apprentice of Evil? No. No. Journeyman of Despair? Nah. Weeble of Wickedness?

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