(CATCHICK and PROTECTO enter with a nerdy girl in pajamas and
glasses named ENCYCLOPEDIAC along with BLANKIE BOY and TANTRUM GIRL)
glasses named ENCYCLOPEDIAC along with BLANKIE BOY and TANTRUM GIRL)
PROTECTO: We are here to save the day!
CATCHICK: Wow, he got you too, Excerciser?
EXERCISER: Whatever. So how is this little nerd going to help?
PROTECTO: She has the most incredible brain of any hero I have met.
CATCHICK: You wouldn’t believe who her mother is.
SMASH: Who?
CATCHICK: Remember that doctor who ran that superhero support group we were in together?
SHADE: Egads! So her mother is an alien?
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: Indeed. I am the offspring of an extraterrestrial.
DOGBOY: But you’re a good guy?
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: My mother had seen the error of her ways and devoted herself
to helping others now. And I have sought to engage in similar pursuits by joining
Protecto’s gathering of young heroic youth.
to helping others now. And I have sought to engage in similar pursuits by joining
Protecto’s gathering of young heroic youth.
SMASH: So what can she do?
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: I did a bit of research on Destructo on the way over.
CATCHICK: How?
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: With my brain. I have a photographic memory and I have
absorbed massive quantities of data, especially historical data.
absorbed massive quantities of data, especially historical data.
CATCHICK: Of course.
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: Destructo’s real name is Jerry Johnson. He is the grandson
of Terry Johnson, one of three teenage boys who discovered an unknown cavern
in Sweden’s Lummelunda Cave while on a family trip to Europe. Legend says
that the Lummelunda Cave a secret chamber of the Norse gods.
Treasure hunters speculated that hidden in cave were many ancient Norse god artifacts.
of Terry Johnson, one of three teenage boys who discovered an unknown cavern
in Sweden’s Lummelunda Cave while on a family trip to Europe. Legend says
that the Lummelunda Cave a secret chamber of the Norse gods.
Treasure hunters speculated that hidden in cave were many ancient Norse god artifacts.
SHADE: Assuming Norse gods were real.
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: No less real than people with superpowers.
CATCHICK: Oh. Burn.
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: One of these artifacts is called the amulet of Loki, a
powerful tool of the god of mischief. Treasure hunters never found this artifact,
but I believe Destructo’s grandfather did indeed find it. He took it back to his home
and locked it away in his attic for a young Jerry Johnson to find many years later.
Are you wearing an old family heirloom at the moment, Destructo?
powerful tool of the god of mischief. Treasure hunters never found this artifact,
but I believe Destructo’s grandfather did indeed find it. He took it back to his home
and locked it away in his attic for a young Jerry Johnson to find many years later.
Are you wearing an old family heirloom at the moment, Destructo?
DESTRUCTO: I am.
(DESTRUCTO reaches in his shirt and reveals a necklace)
DOGBOY: Amazing.
PROTECTO: I know. Right?
CATCHICK: Well done, you two.
PROTECTO: Kid team rocks.
SMASH: Kid team saves the day.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Remove the amulet and you will return to normal.
DESTRUCTO: I really miss my grandfather. This makes me feel closer to him.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: It’s the only way.
DESTRUCTO: But you’ll take this from me. You’ll take the last piece of my
grandfather from me. I can’t let that happen!
grandfather from me. I can’t let that happen!
PROTECTO: Now!
(BLANKIE BOY throws his blankie over DESTRUCTO’s head. PROTECTO takes
TANTRUM GIRL’s lollipop)
TANTRUM GIRL’s lollipop)
PROTECTO: See the pretty thing, Tantrum Girl?
TANTRUM: I want the shiny necklace. It will make me look like a princess.
(TANTRUM GIRL goes after amulet. PROTECO yells a silly yell and joins the fun
and the three kid heroes wrestle with DESTRUCTO and TANTRUM GIRL appears
with the amulet. PROTECTO trades it for a really nice looking giant lollipop)
and the three kid heroes wrestle with DESTRUCTO and TANTRUM GIRL appears
with the amulet. PROTECTO trades it for a really nice looking giant lollipop)
PROTECTO: Trade you.
(TANTRUM GIRL snatches the lollipop and gives up amulet)
TANTRUM: You owe me a sparkly tierra.
PROTECTO: Okay.
TANTRUM: I want to be a princess.
PROTECTO: Yes, I promise.
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: Place the amulet in this box. You don’t want to touch it for long.
PROTECTO: It tingles.
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: In the box, Protecto.
PROTECTO: What? Oh, yes. Of course.
(CATCHICK helps him get it in the box and ENCYCLOPEDIAC closes it)
PROTECTO: That was a weird feeling.
DESTRUCTO: Like you have to wear it and nothing else matters. That thing is evil.
It tricked me by using my good memories of my grandfather against me.
It tricked me by using my good memories of my grandfather against me.
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: I am assuming he didn’t resist at first. Remember the 3 Mile Island
nuclear power plant meltdown? That’s where his grandfather worked.
nuclear power plant meltdown? That’s where his grandfather worked.
SMASH: Oh, man. He did that?
ENCYCLOPEDIAC: That is what I have deduced based on my data.
DOGBOY: Impressive.
PROTECTO: So, what do you think of my team now?
(PROTECTO stands proudly with TANTRUM GIRL, BLANKIE BOY and ENCYCLOPEDIAC)
SMASH: Welcome to the club!
(PROTECTO and his team cheer. Hugs and handshakes and high fives follow.
DESTRUCTO starts to leave but DOGBOY sees and goes to him)
DESTRUCTO starts to leave but DOGBOY sees and goes to him)
DOGBOY: Are you going to be okay?
DESTRUCTO: I guess so. Sorry about all the trouble I caused.
DOGBOY: Trouble? Looks at everyone. You brought us all together and now
we’re an even bigger group of heroes than ever before.
we’re an even bigger group of heroes than ever before.
DESTRUCTO: Thank you for not being mad at me.
DOGBOY: You’re a good person. That’s why the amulet didn’t get complete
control over you. You should be proud of yourself for resisting the evil and the
temptations to do bad. It says a lot that you even considering a path of good
despite the evil inside the amulet.
control over you. You should be proud of yourself for resisting the evil and the
temptations to do bad. It says a lot that you even considering a path of good
despite the evil inside the amulet.
DESTRUCTO: Thanks. I appreciate that.
DOGBOY: Please stay. No one here is mad at you. Maybe we can still find a way for you to be a hero.
DESTRUCTO: Really?
DOGBOY: Of course.
DESTRUCTO: I’d like that.
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