01x07 - Mindless Beasts

[bunniefuu]

[Rapton] Loyal!

Courageous.

Brave!

Those are not only the words

that best describes me, Rapton.

But also my suborbinauts.

Sub... subor...

Uh, underlings!

The Claws of Imperium.

[crowd cheering]

The finest hunters our kingdom has ever known,

guaranteeing clean, safe dragon energy

for the rest of all time.

Fighting for the Imperium way of life

is the very definition of heroism.

Rapton says so,

and my best buddy here agrees.

Imperium and Dragons,

building a better future,

-together as friends. -[purring]

[screams]

[Arin panting]

[guard] Stop that hideous dragon!

[Arin grunting]

[screeching]

We've gotta lose these guys, Riyu.

[panting]

[guard ] We've gotta get that thing caged before it poisons our streets

with its repulsive dragon stench!

[grunting]

[whooshing]

[grunts]

Whoa!

Hang on, buddy!

[Arin grunts]

[Arin groaning] Riyu!

Whoo!

[guard ] Where did they go?

[Arin screaming]

After them!

[Arin grunting]

Let go of me!

[grunting continues]

Yeah!

-[device powering down] -Oh, nuts.

[Arin screaming]

♪ Lost in the unknown So much to see ♪

♪ Together we will rise! ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

[screaming, grunts]

[guard ] Where did Doctor Floortile go?

[guard ] What is he a doctor of?

"Vanishing without a trace"?

[guard ] Doubtful.

There are very few certified Vanish-ologists in Imperium.

[guard sighs] Come on.

Let's search for them in the new shoulder pad store.

[guard ] Wait.

Are you just trying to buy yourself some new shoulder pads?

[guard ] I'm serving the security needs of Imperium.

If I happen to get dashing shoulder-wear while I'm at it,

what's wrong with that?

Phew!

[whispers] Let's sit tight.

Once the heat dies down, we'll go find the others.

[boy] Time to keep the city clean.

It's about respecting the community.

[squawks]

♪ I love studying at school ♪

♪ But protecting innocents Is also cool! ♪

♪ Sound off ♪

♪ One, two ♪

-[squawks] -Yeah.

I don't get it either.

[clanks]

♪ Sound off ♪

♪ Three, fo... ♪ [both screaming]

[grunts]

[grunts]

Hold on!

Hang on!

[grunting]

[screaming]

[grunts] Got you!

Whoo-hoo!

That was incredible!

Those were the coolest moves ever!

Who are you?

Uh, the name's Floortile.

Lampshade Floortile.

[whines]

I like the cut of your jib, Lampshade.

I'm Percival Tartigrade

and I'm leader of this troop.

The Imperium Teenage Protection Force!

Are-- are you like a music group or something?

Yes!

Except instead of practicing music,

we practice obedience to law and order!

We take a solemn vow to do what is right and good.

And what would be good right now

is to beg you to become our newest member!

We need you to teach us those sweet moves

so we can be cool like you!

Let me get this straight.

You all think I'm cool?

The coolest!

Please, teach us your skills.

Uh, okay.

I guess?

[all cheering]

[whimpers]

[panting]

Eat flame, bad guy!

Get wrecked by Wyldfyre!

[grunts]

"Bad guy"? No, wait.

This is just a disguise!

A disguise?

I can still see you, loser!

[Wyldfyre grunts]

If I were your enemy,

why would I let you out of your cell?

If you don't know, how should I?

Amazing.

But you can't be the Elemental Master of Fire.

There's only ever one at a time, and you're not him.

What are you even talking about?

Answer, I don't care!

Just let my family go!

[whimpers]

[Lloyd grunting]

They took your family?

Look, I have nothing to do with Imperium.

You and I are on the same...

[shouting] ...side!

[grunting]

[Wyldfyre screaming]

Ouch.

Sometimes I'm too incredibly great at fighting.

[grunts]

[tense music]

Your fire's a weird color.

Are you sick?

It's not fire.

I'm the Green Ninja!

"Green Ninja"?

[scoffs] Sounds fake.

I'm not dumb! Don't try tricks on me.

I did every learning module

in my Caregiver-bot's memory banks!

[grunts] Your power level is off the charts,

but your att*cks are all over the place.

I could help you to...

Stop talking and fight!

[guard ] What? Escaped prisoner!

You saved me?

I told you. We're on the same side.

Maybe you're not lying, "Green Ninja."

Maybe.

Call me Lloyd.

[growls]

[Dr. LaRow] I've been waiting for you.

Rapton reported he used your Photac device in the field.

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist returning, Ana.

My name is Sora now.

Ugh. You named yourself after that dragon?

Disgusting.

She and I were the same.

Two pawns you used for your own gain.

I thought you were a scientist, Ana.

Science has no room for sentiment.

After the Merge,

the Empress wanted to use the Photac more than ever.

So many new dragons to hunt.

But we hadn't been able to activate your device.

Until recently.

I'm surprised you figured it out.

Exotic photovoltaic positrons were never your thing.

You were more of an expert at being an evil jerk.

Hmm, you've grown feisty.

Where's that sweet, wide-eyed little girl

who was excited just to be in a real science lab?

She grew up.

On the streets of a strange city.

When she had to escape a family

poisoned against her by her former hero.

[Dr. LaRow] Sorry, sweetie.

You're old enough now to know that all heroes disappoint eventually.

Even Ninja.

I know about the company you've been keeping.

You think the Claws' mission reports wouldn't reach me?

Then why didn't you come for me?

I knew you'd come back on your own.

And just in time.

-We need you. -[Sora scoffs]

You're right that I couldn't get the Photac operational

on my own.

I had the help of an unconventional consultant.

He got your original prototype working,

and even made copies.

-No. -One problem.

We haven't been able to initialize these new devices.

But I know someone who can.

Activate them for me.

I will never let you use my invention

to hurt more innocent dragons.

Huh.

I anticipated you might feel that way.

So I arranged a little motivation.

[Dr. LaRow] An old friend.

Sora!

[Sora] Dorama?

You're supposed to be in prison!

Wait.

Are you the "unconventional consultant"

that got my original Photac to work?

My genius can be experienced in many ways.

Now, if you don't do as Dr. LaRow says,

the consequences will be...

very entertaining.

[whines]

Stop!

Don't hurt her!

[Dr. LaRow sighs]

So, you're ready to help me, your Empress,

and Imperium itself?

I don't have a choice, do I?

You always were a smart child.

Done.

Already?

So the device can manifest a Photac beast now?

See for yourself.

[both grunt]

[screams]

[tense music]

[alarm wailing]

We got to find a way out of here, girl,

or we're toast.

"If the Coalescence returns..." [mumbles]

...the fifth source,

the temple of the dragon course."

[groans] What is this nonsense?

With Master Wu's notes gone,

I can't make heads or tails out of any of it!

Input search term?

Yeah, right!

Last time we trusted you to help find info on stopping Mergequakes,

we got globbed with a ton of sticky worm silk.

[Nya] Yeah, scoot away.

I don't want to get stuck together again by--

Stuck together?

There's no way.

[Nya] Looks like a map.

But to where?

[gasps]

I've never seen a place like this.

[grunts] Whoo!

Like so,

smooth movements. See?

Good, everybody.

I... I mean...

pretty good. Kind of.

Now, check this out.

[grunting]

[groans]

[all exclaim, cheering]

Oh, man. Sorry. I landed all wrong.

I can do better.

Better than that?

You've got the best moves we've ever seen!

[screeches]

I'm not all that good, actually.

Uh, I've got a master teaching me all the things I'm doing wrong.

But the things you do are amazing already!

You don't need to train.

[awkward chuckle]

You guys are the best.

Enough about me. What about you?

What's the ITPF all about?

We just look for ways to help anywhere we can.

No biggie.

Love the sound of that.

Ever since my parents went missing,

I've wanted to help others, too.

You think just like we do, Lampshade.

To rise from any bad things in our pasts,

and make the world a better place in the here and now.

Wow.

I feel so seen right now.

In fact,

we hope, if we work hard enough,

we can join the greatest group to ever fight for good

against the forces of evil.

[all] The Claws of Imperium!

[action music]

Wait, what?

That's why we do all this!

We want to be Claws one day.

Heroic warriors that keep Imperium safe

by hunting down dragons.

But... but you said

you wanted to protect and help.

Exactly.

Protect Imperium from dragons

and help by draining dragon power

to fuel the kingdom.

We want to make the world a better place,

like the Claws of the Imperium always do.

[all] The Claws of Imperium!

The Claws hurt dragons!

Don't be silly, Lampshade.

You can't hurt a mindless beast.

Can you imagine what we'd do if we could ever catch a dragon?

We'd turn it over to Lord Ras himself.

That dragon would get drained to dust!

[whines]

[clanks]

-What's back there? -[Arin gasps]

Nothing.

Definitely nothing.

Uh, let me show you some more moves!

In a second.

Better check that out.

[whimpers]

Follow me. Waste tunnels are this way.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

Nope! Gotta save my family!

[Lloyd] Wait! Wait!

This is the one!

[beeping]

-[beeps] -[Wyldfyre groans angrily]

[grunting]

Let me give it a sh*t.

[Lloyd grunts]

Works every time.

[Lloyd gasps]

[roars]

Get back!

[Wyldfyre snarling]

[dragon purrs]

Oh. It's good to see you, too, Heatwave!

You know this dragon?

Great. But we still need to save your family.

My family is here.

Behind the dragon?

No. Heatwave is my family.

He raised me in the wildness.

You were raised by a dragon in the wildness?

That explains a lot, actually.

I definitely totally remember where to go now.

This way. Come on!

So maybe I don't totally remember.

I haven't been here since I was a kid.

Let's try the other way.

[purrs]

Just scoot back.

Okay. Now I totally, totally remember my way around.

There's a big cafeteria right through here.

Maybe we can find some mashed potatoes and--

Wait, why did they park all these hover chariots

in the cafeteria?

Okay, maybe it's not a cafeteria.

And I don't totally, totally remember my way around.

[Rapton] Don't worry!

You'll have plenty of time to learn the way out.

At least as much of it as you can see

from your prison cell.

Rapton.

You really want a rematch?

Let's see. Hmm...

A pack of highly skilled Claws of the Imperium

and their w*apon drones

against a little Ninja-wannabe

and an overgrown garden snake.

Yeah. I'll take those odds.

Then you are a fool!

How dare you?

No one calls Rapton a fool!

[claw ] Uh, Lord Ras calls you a fool all the time.

Okay... One!

One person calls me that.

But definitely not a scrawny kid like you!

I am the Elemental Master of Technology.

Remember the mech I created on the bridge?

And on the train?

Remember what I did to your weapons?

Now look around.

You really want to face me in a room full of technology?

What should I do with all these?

Reassemble their parts into a swarm of stinging techno-bees?

[claw ] Uh, I... I don't like bees.

But of course, we can avoid all that

if you just get out of our way.

I don't know how you did those things.

Maybe you do have the powers you say.

Or maybe you just got lucky.

I'll make you a deal.

Use your powers to do something to this drone.

Anything. Smash it, make it a bee. Whatever.

You do that, we step aside.

You and the dragon will be free to go. Huh?

You... sure about that?

It's a nice drone. Looks expensive.

I'm sure.

Fine! But I'm not paying for it.

[Sora] You can do this, Sora,

even without Riyu's spark.

Lloyd told you.

[Lloyd] The true power is inside you.

[grunts]

[grunting continues]

[groans] Fine!

-[laughing] -You got me.

I can't do that right now,

but I can do this!

There's more than one way to be Ninja.

[Sora grunting]

[Rapton grunts]

[laughs]

[roars]

[roars]

[roaring]

Sora!

[roaring continues]

Looks like you need to pay more attention

to your training, little Ninja.

Dr. LaRow? We got 'em.

Let's try this again, Ana.

If I do this,

you won't drain her?

Wrong!

We will drain the dragon.

[growls] But when you finish your job,

we'll stop draining it.

And now, I present to you

what you've all been waiting for!

A real show...

Get on with it!

...stopper.

On with the show.

-[roaring] -No!

Want this to end?

Do your work!

[roaring]

More dragons?

This is where they hold all the dragons they capture?

Yep. Before they drain them to power their kingdom.

All right, new mission.

We aren't here to just free your family.

We're here to free all the dragons,

every last one.

Yes!

Dragons cannot be kept in chains or behind bars.

[roaring]

[loud roar]

[roaring continues]

[loud roaring]

Freedom for all dragon-kind!

[snarls]

[all roaring]

Look, there's something awesome over there!

What? There's nothing.

Yes, there is.

The beautiful city of Imperium.

Our glorious home!

Wow. I see what Lampshade is trying to say.

Imperium is awesome!

All hail the Good Empress!

No way!

[whines]

A dragon?

Lampshade, were you trying

to distract us from finding that evil thing?

You came back to destroy the machine you created.

Now, instead, you're further empowering Imperium.

How utterly satisfying, Ana.

You realize now, you cannot stop us.

Once this is done, there will be nothing to prevent Imperium

from hunting down every dragon in merged lands.

Including the Source Dragons.

"Source Dragons"?

[Lord Ras growls]

[roaring]

Stop hurting her.

I finished.

[growls] Prove it.

[roars]

[growls]

[roars]

Perfect.

Imperium is now completely unstoppable.

What have I done?

[loud roar]

[closing theme music playing]