02x02 - Eye of the Beholder

[bunniefuu]

By Muntasir

Oh, dear.

This is an unexpected bonus.

I think I shall call you basil's

retirement plan.

Wait.

What are you doing?

No!


Ship?

Ship, ship.

What's a matter, ship?

Ship, ship, ship!

Baz-el?

What about him?

Ship, ship, ship, ship.

Ship, ship, ship.

He's in trouble?

You're going to help him?

Wait!

Oh, ship.

Told you it was the

forever knights.

I don't see how these

things fit into the whole

king Arthur theme.

Maybe they're supposed

to be horses.

Anyway, I thought they broke

up last year.

I don't think so.

We'll ask them about it

after we kick their cans.

Humongousaur!

I know.

I'm nimble for a big guy.

I never liked the rodeo anyway.

Ben?

Uh...Julie.

How did you find us?

How do you think?

I'm a little

surprised to see you,

considering.

Considering what?

Considering

the fact that you broke up with

me.

I didn't break...

it's not that simple.

You said we

shouldn't see each other.

Sounds simple to me.

I said, "considering

how little time you have for me

lately, we might as well be

"broken up."

That is not my

fault.

Look, I didn't want to

ask you for help, but I don't

have a choice.

Help with what?

I was playing with

ship, and then he got a signal

from baz-el, and then he took

off like a rocket.

So you're just here

about ship.

I'm worried about him.

Well, I wouldn't.

He's gone away before.

He'll be back.

Ben, you're not

listening.

This time is different.

Sure.

Well...Good luck.

Forget about Ben.

We'll help you.

Thank you.

Smooth move, Romeo.

You sure showed her.

Showed her what?

You don't know,

either, huh?

So, I let her go.

I guess I shouldn't have.

But I still had forever knights

to trash.

And after that, there's always

the press.

But, you know, they're

ditchable.

Kind of.

You don't have to do their

interviews, but they'll still

trash you on their stupid cable

shows.

I guess there's no way to escape

the things that really matter.

Like Julie.

She says I don't spend enough

time with her, that I take her

for granted, but I can't just

drop everything whenever I want.

I have responsibilities.

I'm a famous superhero!

I see.

Peanuts?

No.

You sure?

Yes.

Are you and Julie ever gonna

be friends again?

She won't even talk to

me!

But do you want to talk to

her?

Yes.

Then maybe you should go talk

to her.

Jetray!

Oh, yeah.

That was Ben Tennyson.

Him and me, we're like this.

Way back.

I'm gonna have to

jump to hyperspace to catch

them.

I can do that...ln theory.

I appreciate this.

Don't worry about it.

We're glad to help.

Besides, we are all up

to here with Ben.

I mean, if he says, "I saved the

whole entire universe," one more

time, I'm gonna go psycho.

Again?

It's just an

expression.

And yet I still feel

the need to check.

Maybe he doesn't know

how he comes off to other

people.

Oh, he knows.

He just doesn't care.

Don't make excuses for

him, Julie.

You stuck by him, and he didn't

do the same for you.

Aaaaaaah!

That was set to immobilize.

Now it's set to disintegrate.

Use your powers at your own

peril.

Yes, well, perhaps you could

loosen it a bit?

I'm warning you... if I lose my

lunch, it'll be your fault.

Don't toy with me!

Tell me... where's the other

occulent?

The what?

The sacred eye of the

sentinel!

I don't know, you myopic moon

cub!

Look, I told you I thought this

was just an old ruin!

This is our most revered

place of worship.

Yes, well, you don't take

from the looks of it, I assumed

you were all extinct.

Ship!

Ship? Here?

You're in a great deal of

trouble, you know.

Are we?

Shi-I-I-I-p!

Shi-I-I-p.

Shi-I-I-p.

Ship!

Shi-I-I-p...

Is he going to...

Shh! I have to

concentrate.

My magic doesn't work well on

technology.

What are you doing?

Oh. Eating.

So I heard.

Mmm.

It's a fleen cake.

Want some?

What's a fleen cake?

Just the most

delicious desert in the whole

galaxy.

You wouldn't believe how much

they cost.

And I just scored six of them

last week.

Scored?

Not like that.

A guy owed me for a thing.

A legal thing.

I'm not hungry.

I'm too worried about...

sh-I-I-I-I-p?

Gwen, you did it!

Or he smelled the

cake.

Oh, ship, I thought

you were...

You're okay now.

And we can go back to earth

and...

ship, ship.

Ship, ship, ship, ship.

What now?

He doesn't want to go

back with us.

Why?

Ship, ship, ship.

He says baz-el's been

captured.

He wants to rescue him.

In spite of the fact

that baz-el's a total weasel?

Ship, ship!

Ship, ship, ship!

He says, "yeah, in

spite of that."

Already found ship, huh?

Obviously.

Great.

So I guess we can go home now?

No!

Ship.

We're going to help

baz-el.

But he'a total weasel!

We've already gone over

that.

A little help here.

It's not my fault you

missed the recap.

Ship's something, isn...

whoa!

That's better.

I mean, coming all this way to

save baz-el, you have to admire

that kind of loyalty.

Don't you?

I guess.

Only, I didn't think ship would

care more about baz-el than me.

This is ridiculous.

I flew halfway across the galaxy

so Julie could tell me to buzz

off again?

I don't deserve this.

I'm a world-famous hero!

You're a world-famous

jerk!

That's better.

And if you weren't such a jerk,

maybe she wouldn't have dumped

you in the first place.

Oh. And now you're the

expert on feelings?

No, but I am an expert

on jerks.

You know, I don't have to take

that from... hunh! Unh!

Show me where you've hidden

the occulent.

I've already told you a dozen

times... I can't show you what I

don't have.

Infidel!

Uncalled for!

Uncalled for!

Ship!

Ship, ship, ship!

I know, ship.

We're going to help him.

Guys, we're trying to be

sneaky.

Can you hold it...

Never mind.

Ship?

Let go of me, you...

you...

ahh, a little one.

If baz-el won't tell me the

whereabouts of the occulent to

save himself, perhaps he'll do

it to save you.

Ship, ship, ship!

Perhaps he won't.

But I wager you will to save the

lives of your friends!

Ship...

I grow impatient.

Talk!

Ship. Ship.

You're not convinced.

Very well.

Eradicate the female.

Ship!

Good boy.

Behind you, Julie!

Need any help?

Okay, then.

So, you...Keep doing...That, and

I'll go...Uh...Help baz-el!

Relax.

This won't take long.

Brainstorm!

I strongly you suggest you keep

unnecessary motion to a bare

minimum whilst I endeavor to

extricate you from this vile

contrivance.

These requires even more brain

power than I anticipated.

Fortunately, there is no

shortage of electroencephalic

energy where brainstorm is

concerned.

Oh, just get on with it!

Stop, you imbecile!

Imbecile?

I dare say that I have greater

intellectual capacity in my

left claw than you have in your

entire species.

I won't warn you again!

Now, where was I?

Ah, zes.

On the verge of succeeding

brilliantly.

All done.

Blasphemer!

Don't you realize that, by

destroying the altar, you've

awakened the sentinels?!

I've who'd the what now?

Oh, man.

Swampfire!

Ultimate

swampfire!

Oh, that's cool!

Well, I don't like the looks

of this one bit.

What is

your problem?

I...Have a very delicate

stomach, which does not respond

well to stress or impending

doom.

Oh, dear.

Wait.

It doesn't want us.

Put that...

I beg your pa...

unh!

It wants that.

Here, take it.

Uh,

Julie, hello?

Dangerous!

Ship.

You had it on you this

whole time?

More like in you.

Look, do you know what I do

for a living, hmm?

Do you?

I fly from one pathetic planet

to another, taking atmospheric

readings.

Oh, look!

There's a lot of nitrogen here.

And a trace of argon... my

favorite!

And that's on a good day!

The hours are long, the work is

tedious beyond belief, and by

the way, it pays a miserably low

salary.

Ergo, when I can, I collect a

few...Souvenirs for profit.

I call it my retirement plan.

So sh**t me.

Okay.

Kevin!

I might have been

kidding.

Oh, great sentinels of

monarch, once again, you have

triumphed over your enemies!

We, your servants, give thanks

for...

do you mind?

We're trying to have a

conversation here.

This is a temple!

Sorry, sorry.

I guess there's only

one thing left.

Ship?

Julie, what are you

doing?

Don't you get it?

Ship came here to save baz-el,

no matter what.

Ship's a part of him.

But he's your pet.

More than that, he's

your friend.

Sometimes friendships

end.

And maybe that's the way it's

supposed to be.

Julie, I'm trying to

help you here.

You've already helped

plenty.

Ship?

Well, then, everybody's

happy.

Benjamin Kirby

Tennyson.

We get to go home, and

you get to sell ship to the

highest bidder.

That is your plan, isn't it?

Of course.

Any species that's at w*r would

pay a fortune for him.

But he's just a...

Deadly space w*apon?

That's right.

And you're the one who trained

him.

"Look! He's a Cannon!"

Oh, now he's a battle cruiser!

"Good boy, ship!"

What'll it be, ship?

Go with baz-el so he can make a

few bucks selling you, or stay

with Julie, who really cares

ab...

Julie!

Hmm. Rather stacked the deck

there, didn't you?

Fine. I'm leaving before all of

this pathetic cloying affection

gives me another stomachache.

Unh.

So, uh...Can we talk?

Actually, I'm kind of

talked out.

Hey, I know I'm a jerk

sometimes.

Sometimes?

I got this.

But you're the only person in my

life, besides them, who isn't

impressed by all that other

stuff.

You know the real me, faults and

all, and that's okay with you.

Kind of.

Kind of.

You promise you'll do better?

I promise I'll try.

Then I'll try, too.