| The episode opens... | |
| Van Rook | What kind of Cartwright prison are you running? The food's lousy, the bed's lumpy, and these sandals hurt my feet. |
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| Van Rook | You see this? That's right. American money. All yours if you get me a better pillow - I like the Swedish memory foam. |
| Van Rook | Okay, two pennies. Final offer. |
| Van Rook | Huh? |
| Van Rook | Get them. It's your job to protect me. |
| Van Rook | Now the other problem with this place? Security stinks. |
| Argost | Ah, Van Rook. Love the new look. Prison chic. I sense a future in couture. |
| Van Rook | I take it since you rescued me, I still have a future in the mercenary business first. |
| Argost | How astute. I do indeed have a new job for you, Leonidas. And a new apprentice. |
| Argost | It's a very big job. |
| [Intro Plays] | |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Whoa! |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Doc | Weaponless against an enemy you can't influence with your powers. What are you gonna do now? |
| Zak | Improvise? |
| Doc | Me too. |
| Doc | He's not done yet, Fiskerton. |
| Zak | What? You said five times on the training course, and then I was done for the day. |
| Doc | It only counts if you beat Helmethead. You're still at four. |
| Zak | Are you serious? But Fisk's been all afternoon building this huge Fiskartrike ramp down by the bluffs. It's supposed to be... not dangerous at all. |
| Doc | You know what's at stake here, Zak. Argost has already opened Kur's tomb. If that leads him to Kur itself, we could be facing an entire army of Cryptids under Argost's control. Your power may be the only thing that can stop Kur. That makes you a target, and I will do anything I have to do to make sure you're safe. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Uh, sure. I guess if it's too important to wait for me, then... |
| Beeman | You want me to bring you the Saturday monkey? Okay, I owe you. But let's make a bargain. I'll do the job myself for my regular fee, plus, say, half of what you're paying... that. |
| Piecemeal | I work... for the Fiskerton Phantom's... flesh. |
| Van Rook | You paid this one in meat? How did you pull that off? |
| Argost | Piecemeal has unfinished business with our quarry, but no snacking till I'm done with my prize. |
| Argost | Lovely, isn't he? You can't buy that predator's instinct. |
| Van Rook | ...Yes, lovely. But I never worked with children or animals. I'm out. |
| Argost | Disappointing. But you heard the gentleman, Munya. He's out. |
| Van Rook | Okay, I'm in! |
| Van Rook | ...So when do we attack? |
| Argost | Always straight to the violence... Dear man. Why assault them when they'll be happy to come to us? |
| Reporter | The tiny Swiss town has been evacuated after these strange jets of flame burst from the lake. Officials claim the culprit is a ruptured natural gas deposit, but locals disagree. They say there's something else down there, something alive. |
| Doc | The Buratsche-al-Ilgs? |
| Drew | The story just tripped our news tracker. I thought you'd be interested enough to interrupt combat training. |
| Zak | Okay, is this what I have to look forward to when I fall in love? Getting romantic over ruptured gas? |
| Drew | The Buratsche-al-Ilgs is a Swiss Cryptid, Zak, supposed to look like a glob of human tissue surrounded by flame-shooting eyes. |
| Doc | Your mother and I tracked it all through the Alps for our honeymoon. |
| Zak | So what? It came back? |
| Drew | Well, we never found it. Got close a few times, but no actual sighting. |
| Zak | ...Wait. You never found it? Then it's like you never finished your honeymoon. We should drop everything and go looking for it right now while we still know where it is. |
| Drew | It's a good idea, Doc. Aside from the romance. I'm sure that town could use our help. |
| Doc | What? And miss the rest of our training? |
| Zak | It's a sacrifice, but... sometimes it hurts to do the right thing. |
| Zak | Okay, ghost towns? Best places ever. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Drew | People do live here, boys, and I'm sure they'd like to come home as soon as it's safe. |
| Doc | That's where we come in. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Don't ask. Trust me. |
| Zak | If there's nothing here, I don't have to go back to training, do I? |
| Drew | Wow, that is a lot less romantic in person. |
| Doc | Yeah. |
| Doc | Fan out! Divide the attention of those eyes. |
| Zak | Got it! |
| Drew | It's keeping pace! Zak, try your powers! |
| Zak | Huh? Whoa! |
| Doc | Zak, pay attention! |
| Zak | I am! It's just... that thing's not a Cryptid! |
| Drew | Are you sure? Maybe it's just too strong for your powers. |
| Zak | No, it's just nothing! |
| Doc | It's something. |
| Zak | Whoa. |
| Drew | Mechanical? |
| Doc | Why would anyone build a fake Cryptid? |
| Van Rook | Because half of fishing is using the right baits. |
| Van Rook | Now for the other half. |
| [Act 2] | |
| Van Rook | Beautiful town, Drew. This could have been our honeymoon. |
| Drew | Hmm. Thanks for the perspective. Suddenly a giant stomach with 100 eyes doesn't seem quite so disgusting. |
| Zak | Whoa, Mom, you almost married Van Rook? |
| Drew | No, no, no, I didn't. Almost. We we dated a few times in college. I-I didn't know he was. We are not talking about this right now. |
| Zak | Well, can we talk about why Van Rook and Piecemeal are working together? Is that not weird to anybody else? |
| Doc | It's Argost. He's the only one who would have brought these two maniacs together. |
| Van Rook | Of course. That's the easy part. The question that must be driving you nuts is... |
| Van Rook | ...Why? |
| Zak | We can take these guys, Dad. Why don't we just stay and fight? |
| Doc | Until we know what Argost's move is, all I care about is keeping you safe! |
| Zak | Fisk! |
| Drew | Zak, wait! |
| Doc | No! |
| Van Rook | Are you really going to make it this easy? |
| Zak | All right, that's one down. Come on, let's go help Mom and Dad with-- |
| Zak | The fake Cryptid, it's still working! |
| Van Rook | Sorry. Nobody leaves the party till Argost gets his goodie bag. |
| Zak | Mom! Dad! |
| Doc | Just get to the airship. We'll hold them off and catch up. |
| Zak | But this doesn't make sense. I know why Argost would be after me, but Piecemeal? He eats Cryptids! |
| Doc | I don't care about Cryptids right now! |
| Doc | Fiskerton, I'm trusting you to protect Zak. Whatever it takes, you have to get him to safety. |
| Zak | I don't need a babysitter. |
| Zak | Whoa. |
| Doc | Run! |
| Piecemeal | Appetizers! |
| Van Rook | Everything you do disgusts me. Oh! |
| Zak | Ohh Hey, let me... Just listen to me! We have to go back and help them. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | I know what they said, but I don't have to be protected all the time. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | What? You think I like being treated like this? Some secret weapon everyone has to keep safe? |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Then maybe you should try it for once! See what it feels like to have mom and dad thinking everybody's coming after you! |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Argost | Matter of change of plans. Get the boy onto the train. |
| Van Rook | The boy? How did you... Are you spying on me? |
| Argost | Hurry until you stop disappointing me. |
| Doc | I told you to protect Zak! You should have been in the airship by now. Why did you stop? |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Drew | Doc, the train! |
| Doc | They're taking him out of town! |
| Drew | No. No they're not! |
| Drew | Come on! |
| Doc | I guess the honeymoon's over. |
| Drew | We're too late! |
| Doc | Not yet. Komodo, open up. |
| Doc | Zon, I need you to fly Komodo onto the train! |
| Doc | Just do it! For Zak. |
| Doc | Ready to hit the slopes? |
| Drew | Oh, I'm ready to hit a lot of things. |
| Zak | Huh? What are you doing? |
| Van Rook | Waiting for the rest. |
| Van Rook | And now it's a complete set. |
| Van Rook | With the few extra pieces. |
| Van Rook | Keep them here while I deal with this, and keep your slobbering mouth to yourself! |
| Piecemeal | No... promises. |
| Drew | Give us back our son, you maniac! |
| Van Rook | I love it when you talk tough, Drew. Makes me all tingly. |
| Drew | No! |
| Van Rook | Ah! I'm over you, baby! |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Nice. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Come on, let's stop this train! |
| Zak | Uh, Fisk? Why doesn't this engine have any controls? |
| Doc | Drew, that tunnel! We're at Goddard Base! |
| Drew | You got to give me something more than that, Doc. |
| Doc | It's a passage through the Alps, but it's unfinished. That track dead ends in solid rock. |
| [Act 3] | |
| Zak | How do we stop this thing? |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | The break wire. Rip up some of the floor. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | No, I don't know which one's the break wire. I assume they'd be labeled or something! |
| Piecemeal | No more. Waiting. |
| Drew | She couldn't catch up with them. |
| Doc | Then we'll have to. |
| Piecemeal | Argost doesn't control me. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Piecemeal | I'll eat him now! |
| Zak | A neural parasite? But why would Argost care if Piecemeal ate you? |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | You know that's not how I meant it. |
| Argost | Oh, Piecemeal, the poor, simple-minded creature. Didn't mother ever teach him? You don't bite for Thanksgiving turkey till daddy's done carving. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Quit playing games, Argost. You want me? Come get me. |
| Argost | As much as it tempts me to throw away weeks of planning to respond to a schoolyard taunt, here's my counter offer; This train is moments away from a very painful dead end. I would be thrilled to stop it if the Fiskerton Phantom surrenders to me in the next car! |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Argost | Washer. I promise the boy will be safe. He's the important one, right? |
| Zak | Don't listen to him, Fisk! It's a trick. We're brothers. We'll get out of this together. |
| Doc | Is anyone receiving? Come in. Is anyone receiving? Come in. |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Doc | Fiskerton, is Zak okay? |
| Zak | Fisk, wait, listen. No! |
| Zak | No! |
| Argost | Did you honestly think I'm the type to keep my promises? |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Fisk! |
| Argost | End of the line! |
| Zak | All right, Fisk, you did it! Now, come on. Let's go before those two... |
| Zak | Fisk? |
| Zak | No! |
| Zak | Fisk, I'm sorry! I take it back! I don't want you to be the target. Fisk, I'm coming! |
| Fiskerton | [Garbled] |
| Zak | Fisk! Fisk! |
| Drew | Zak! Well, Zak, you're all right. |
| Doc | You did it, Zak. We beat Argost. You're safe! |
| Doc | Wait, where's Fiskerton? |
| Zak | He did what you told him to do, Dad. |
| Zak | He protected me. |
| [Credits Play] |