01x11 - Be-Knighted

[bunniefuu]

MAN:
The Forever Knights have existed

, years without a
single goal.

And tonight we stand on
the brink of triumph!

[all cheering ]

It all must fall on you.

Are you ready, Connor?

I am.

Throughout our history,
we've bought, borrowed,

or stolen the most powerful
weapons available

on Earth and beyond...

that thus far none has worked.

This one, we believe,
is different.

You are the bravest of us all,
Connor.

You've earned
the right to wield this.

[ chains ratcheting ]

[ rumbling ]

Aim for the heart and hold
the beam steady.

I'll hold it steady,

but how can I expect the same of
the beast?

It's chained.

Don't worry.

[doors close]

[ chain rattles ]

[growls ]

[ pounding on door]

[growling ]

I'll destroy you.

Whatever the sacrifice, whatever
the cost, I will destroy you.

[grunting]

BEN:
I mean, it's great to
have the Omnitrix and all...

but there might come a time when
it's not enough.

Got to expand my repertoire.

Your repertoire?

Yeah. Hyah!

That's savate,
and this is karate!

I know, Ben.

I taught it to you.

Hyah!

Yeah? Well, here's some good old
Marquess of Queensbury boxing.

[grunts ]

Good idea --
head butt!

GWEN:
Not that way.

The other way.

What other way?

Tell me you're kidding.
[door opens ]

KEVIN:
Okay, fun's over.

I just set up a meeting for Ben.

With who?

It's important.
Come on.

With who, Kevin?

Um...

The Forever Knights.

No way!

Are you crazy?!

Hold it, hold it.
They're in trouble.

They need help.

So?

They're not exactly
friends of ours.

Right, and that means
they wouldn't be reaching out

unless they had a really good
reason.

Aren't you curious to find out what?

Wait a minute.

They paid you to come here and
bring Ben to them, didn't they?

[scoffs ]

N-- that hurts.

Don't you think I ever do
anything

out of the goodness of
my heart?

How much?

I cut them a deal.

Traded them for some alien tech.

[sighs ]
Kevin...

He's got a point,
though.

If the Knights are desperate
enough to ask me for help,

we should at least hear what
they have to say.

That's the most ridiculous story
I've ever heard!

SQUIRE:
No, it's all true.

Everyone thinks dragons are
creatures of myth, fiction.

But they're real, Ben.

At least one was...and is.

Did you say, "is"?

, years ago a handful of
knights

battled a giant
fire-breathing beast.

They were the king's greatest
warriors,

but even they couldn't
finish it off.

All they could do was trap it

and then build a stone fortress
around it.

Years went by.

Dozens of farfetched dragon
legends sprang up.

But all the while, the knights
were passing the custody

of the real beast down from
father to son to grandson.

Unfortunately, the dragon was
invulnerable

to every new w*apon
we tried on it.

The latest was an alien
quantum-disassembler cannon.

We had high hopes for it,
and still do, but...well,

the dragon escaped.

Ben, we need you to help us.

You're saying you want
me to be a part of all this --

be a knight?

Yes, Ben.

Join us in our most noble of
causes.

Do I get some of that
cool armor?

What is with you?

What do you mean?

You see a bunch of old
swords and axes and you're ready

to jump in and start playing
knight in shining armor?

There's still a lot we don't know.

Like?

Like if there even is
a dragon.

I mean, all they've got for
proof are these things.

[tears ]

[gasps ]

Sorry.

CONNOR:
There most assuredly
is a dragon.

You have my word.

Ben, Kevin, Gwen,
this is Connor,

the greatest of all
the Forever Knights.

BEN:
At your service, or
whatever you guys say.

CONNOR:
What I say is,

Forever Knights do not have
doubts.

So if you or your friends have them,
you do not belong with us.

You're the ones asking
for help.

You insolent!

The dragon will fall by my hand.

SQUIRE:
But, sir...

You taint the purity
of our order

by bringing in
this -- this...

This what?

My lord, it's the only way.

[alarm blaring ]

We've been monitoring
the m*llitary frequencies.

MAN:
Target at : .

Going to have visual contact in
a second or two.

[screeching ]

Can you see?!

It's some kind of monster!

Target locked.
Missiles away!

[engines roaring ]

[ rapid g*nf*re]

BEN:
You sure you don't want
my help?

[vehicles approaching ]

[growls ]

Remember, all you need to do
is stop it.

Connor will take care of
the rest.

Got it.

What's it gonna be this time --
Humongousaur?

Naw, Humongo's too close
to what I'll be fighting.

Got to figure that thing's had a
lot more experience

being a dragon than I have.

Thinking it through,
huh?

[ beeps ]

Chromastone!

[growls ]

[screeching ]

Weird, but for a second there,

I thought you were
trying to tell me something.

[growls ]

Nice one, Ben!

Indeed.

[ beeping ]

Ben's too close to the dragon.

Pity.

The Knights exist for one
purpose and one purpose alone.

And you know exactly what it is,

so are you or are you
not one of us?

[screeching ]

[grunts ]

Aaah!

[screeches ]

[ beeps ]

[ coughing ]

BEN:
We need to have a little talk.

You used me.

It wasn't personal.

But if you or your friends get
in my way again,

it will become so.

[ beeps ]

You know where
the dragon's headed, don't you?!

[laughs ]
If you're trying to scare us,

it's going to take a lot more

than a stripling with a fancy
wristwatch, right?

Absolutely!

We've taken a sacred oath!

[growling ]

Prospect Boulevard, where
the and freeways meet.

What?

It's where the dragon's going.

Squire!

The Knights found a huge relic

the same time they caught
the dragon.

They didn't know what it was or
what it did,

so they hid it for
safekeeping.

They sent the relic to our lab
to see if it had any technology

they could use against the dragon.

When it flew across the Atlantic,

we figured it was
connected to the relic somehow.

And that's all I know, I swear!

That's fine, really.

[engine revs, tires screech ]

Wait, I almost forgot --
they think the relic's alien,

but they haven't figured out
what it does yet!

Pathetic.

I'm telling you, when it
roared, there was a pattern.

And something else --

that wasn't fire coming out of
its mouth.

It was more like a laser.

So, you're saying

the dragon was trying
to talk to you?

No way.

Hey, you talk, sort of.

Hey!

See?

Kevin, I heard it, too.

See what happens when you
listen, Ben, and think?

Okay, even if it was talking,
what would it be saying --

"I'm gonna chew you
like bubble gum?"

I've got a theory.

Pull over.

I knew I'd seen one of these
before.

What is it?

Galvin universal translator --

translates any language into any
other in real time.

Pretty common alien tech.

The dragon had something
like this near its throat,

but it looked busted.

Then all we have to do

is replace the broken one with
this one.

That's all, huh?

[engine turns off]

[ beeps ]

Spidermonkey!

[ chattering ]

Ben, wait for us!

[glass shattering ]

[screeches ]

[screeching ]

[growls ]

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Easy does it.

I'm trying to help.

[ chattering ]

[grunts ]

[ beeps ]

[ chatters ]

[gruffly]
Leave me alone!

Leave me alone!

You can talk.

Of course I can talk.

Why wouldn't I be able to talk?!

Well, I-I
thought you were a, um...

A what?

A-a monster.

Yeah?
Well, I thought you were a monkey.

Oh, I don't
really look like this.

[ beeps ]

See?

Sorry, all mammals look alike
to me.

It's not just you.

Ben does sort of favor a monkey.

Smells like one, too.

Okay, enough with that.

What do you want?

I want my ship back.

My tracking signal says it's here.

Ship?

That must be the relic
the Knights have been talking about.

The Knights?

Are you one of the Knights?

No, but they asked me to
help catch you...

back when I thought you were a
monster.

The Knights are the monsters.

They att*cked me for no reason
right after I landed,

broke my translator box, then
locked me up in that dungeon!

You sure you're not one of them?

Me? No way.

I wouldn't be caught dead in
that stupid armor.

Okay, then.

GWEN:
Wait!

You're an alien, right?

What were you doing here?

I was making an interstellar map.

Why else would anyone come to
this insignificant rock?

You're a mapmaker?

And a darn good one, too.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I've got business.

Finding your ship and
then heading home, right?

Oh, I'll be heading home,
all right --

just as soon as there's

not a single one of those
Forever Knights left alive.

[growls ]

His translator box must
be broken again.

Sorry, Gwen.

Sometimes a roar is a roar.

Look, if you think about it,
this whole thing

is really just a great big
misunderstanding.

Misunderstanding?!

Uh, okay,

maybe "misunderstanding's"
a little too weak.

, years those
Forever Knights stole from me!

, years!

Well, how long is that
in dragon years?

It's a long time to be away
from your home, your family.

The baby's probably flying by now.

You know, we really don't owe
this mapmaker anything,

and we sure don't owe
the Knights much, either.

What are you getting at?

If we just get it out
of here right now,

who'd say anything?

BEN:
I would.

Great.

[tires squeal ]

[screeches ]

You two go out there

and tell him this is all a big mis--
uh, tragedy.

I'll work on the dragon.

[ beeps ]

- Hold it! Don't sh**t!
- You don't understand!

Trying to save the
beast again, are you?

It's really an alien.

It just wants to go home.

No!

It's not going to escape us --
not this time.

DRAGON:
Ahh, never looked better.

[whirring ]

Weapons?

Didn't think I'd need them
when I landed -- too trusting.

[ chuckles ]

Rather, I used to be.

You don't have to do this.

I know, but I want to.

You would, too.

You're probably right,
but I'm just a dumb kid.

Yes, you are.

So do yourself a favor --
stay out of my way.

All he was doing was
making a map.

He wasn't gonna hurt anybody.

He didn't even mean to scare anyone.

The whole thing is just kind of
ridiculous, isn't it?

Ridiculous?

I took an oath passed down
through generations.

We all did.

Yeah, but...

We live to destroy that dragon,

and we will do it right here
before this day is over!

I don't think you've
been listening to me.

I am trying to tell you...

Heads up!

[grunts ]

[grunts ]

Uh, time-out?

[grunts ]

[ ringing ]

[weakly]
No.

Can't convince you, huh?

I've been waiting , years
for this,

so, no, you can't
convince me.

What do you think you're doing?

Stopping you.

[laughs ]

Don't laugh.

I could turn into Humongousaur
again if I wanted to,

or maybe Chromastone or
Spidermonkey.

But I'm not going to.

Well, that just makes it
easier for me.

You're not a monster.

You're a mapmaker.

Aaah!

Hold it!

Let him go.

You first.

Don't do it, Gwen.

[groans ]

[engine roaring ]

How did you do it?

Huh?

You know,
get the dragon to go.

I just -- oh,
I used my head.

Head butt, huh?

And old one, but it always works.

You're really coming along, kid.

Thanks, Kevin.

Glad you understand.

CONNOR:
And then the beast
flew off into the stars,

headed for home.

[sighs ]

I have failed.

Where are you going, Connor?

Don't know.

In my entire life, I've never
given a moment's thought

to what I would do
once this was over.

You think it's over?

The dragon's gone,
Patrick.

We failed, and now there's no
reason for us to exist.

You, me, the Forever Knights --
all pointless now.

Pointless?

[ chuckles ]

Hardly.

Now we know that somewhere in
the stars there's not one dragon

but an entire planet of them.

How soon before more
of the beasts

arrive here wanting
revenge?

They could be making their plans
even as we speak.

No, Connor.

The world needs the Forever
Knights now more than ever.

We must always stand ready to
fight the dragons...

[all cheering ]

And the despicable traitors who
helped them.

So say I!

ALL:
So say we all!

Hooray!