The episode opens...
Zak	Are you kidding me? That was our third ball! How much longer is this solar recharge going to take?
Doc	It's not just the airship that needs a recharge, Zak. Your mother and I thought we could all use a little peace and quiet.
Zak	Yeah, but isn't that just running and hiding with a different name? When's the last time we actually helped a Cryptid?
Drew	Not much chance of that happening here, kiddo. I'm pretty sure we're the only living thing at about a five hundred mile radius.
Doc	Agent Epsilon?
Zak	Francis.
Agent Epsilon	My people have a proposition for Kur.
	[Intro Plays]
Agent Epsilon	We are in the right place to negotiate with Kur, are we not?
Drew	What do you think you know, Epsilon?
Agent Epsilon	Enough.
Agent Epsilon	Quite a show your son put on for the cameras in Manhattan. Did you think my people wouldn't figure it all out? Our files are very thorough.
Doc	You came here for a fight?
Agent Epsilon	Quite the opposite, Doctor Saturday. My people want to recruit Zak.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Agent Epsilon	We can relocate your entire family, isolate and protect you from all threats.
Drew	Isolate and protect, huh? Tell me how that sounds different from a prison.
Agent Epsilon	Oh, my people don't see Zak as an enemy. The boy simply doesn't know how to control his emotions. The world already thinks he's some kind of monster.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Francis	Hmm. Perhaps if he put a little more care into his personal grooming, they wouldn't- Ow!
Zak	What? I've got these clumsy monster hands. They're hard to control sometimes.
Agent Epsilon	Zak needs structure, a predictable existence. That's what we excel at. Francis here can teach him to control himself as well as his powers.
Zak	Francis? You think Francis is going to teach me something?
Agent Epsilon	My people decided that you would respond better to someone your own age.
Zak	But we don't even like each other!
Francis	It's true.
Agent Epsilon	Francis is a professional. He's smarter, more experienced, more level-headed than you. Liking one another doesn't factor in.
Zak	Smarter than me? He couldn't even beat jellyfish.
Doc	I'm with my son on this one, Epsilon. Thanks for the offer. But your people haven't given us much reason to trust them.
Agent Epsilon	I respect that, Doctor Saturday... but I can't accept it.
Doc	Zak!
Francis	I just sterilized these arms. Now the stink of ignorance is never going to wash off.
Zak	Here, let me get that spot for you!
Francis	Maybe I'll just get rid of the problem.
Agent Epsilon	Francis, this is recruitment, not elimination!
Doc	Everyone get clear!
Drew	I think we can put Epsilon's people on our groups to avoid list.
Doc	...And take the Sahara off our peace and quiet list.
Zak	This is what I'm talking about. We can't just run forever. -can't we go find some Cryptids to help out?
Drew	Zak, we all want to be doing our jobs, but with everything that's going on, I just-
Zak	It's not about a job, Mom. I need to do some good. I need this, okay?
Doc	Well, let me pull up the latest reported Cryptid incidents.
Zak	Yes!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Drew	All right, here's what we've got. The Turkish government started work on a geothermal power plant, but the project had to be stopped when an uninvited guest showed up.
Zak	A Cryptid?
Doc	The Lake Van Monster.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	I'm sure it's just a name, Fisk.
Drew	Dark rooms, deep drilled holes, lots of superheated water. It's no mystery what attracted the monst-
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Drew	...The creature to a geothermal plant.
Doc	How to get a 20-ton Cryptid back to a less populated environment. That I'll classify as a mystery.
Drew	The well site's our best bet. This way.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	You think it knows we're here.
Agent Epsilon	Very dramatic. I see where your son gets his lack of self-control.
Doc	Zak!
	[Act 2]
Zak	Ow! Hey, stop it! Ow!
Francis	Oh, so sorry, but I've got these flungsy mechanical hands. They're hard to control sometimes.
Zak	Ow!
Zak	Why are you going along with this? You don't even want to train me.
Francis	It isn't my choice. My father and our people have decided, and they know what's best for both of us.
Zak	What are you, Daddy's little pet?
Francis	Better than Mommy's little monster.
Francis	Trying to hide, Zak? No matter where you are, I can find you.
Francis	I've lost you! What's going on up there?
Agent 1	Sorry for the delay. Snake Charm 1 lost geosynchronous orbit momentarily, but we're back online.
Agent 1	Kur should be directly under you.
Zak	So, I guess this is the well site.
Zak	Hey, look, I get it. I don't like people chasing me either, but- I'm here to help, okay?
Doc	Zak!
Zak	It's okay, Dad. I've already made a connection.
Doc	It's not the monster that's the problem.
Agent 1	[Screaming]
Doc	The fire escape hatch, go!
Doc	There's no way this was just another lucky guess. They knew where to find us.
Zak	Snake charm one.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	They were talking about it on Francis' radio. It sounded like it was some kind of satellite. Like they figured out a way to track me.
Doc	Well, if that's the case...
Doc	Satellite receiver. Somehow they are tracking you.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Drew	Yeah, no running from this one. As long as that satellite's active, they'll be able to find us anywhere on the planet.
Doc	Are we going to outer space?
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Doc	Don't get excited, boys. Neither the airship nor the Griffin is capable of Space Flight.
Doc	Actually, there might be a way, but it'll take both your mother and me to pull it off.
Drew	Wait, wait, wait. Just the two of us? And what are the boys doing in the meantime? Hanging out? Playing a little parcheesi in a kebab shop?
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Sarcasm.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Doc	If they know we're coming. I don't think we'll have a chance.
Zak	So we keep the eye in the sky focused on us while you guys try to poke it out?
Doc	Something like that.
Zak	We can do that.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Drew	Play it safe. You want to keep as much distance as possible between you and Epsilon.
Doc	It's all on your legs, Fiskerton.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Drew	Just pick a straight line and don't stop driving until we get back.
Zak	Absolutely. All except the part you missed where we go back and help the Lake Van Cryptid.
Drew	What?
Zak	I told you, Mom, I need this. I'm not leaving until it's done.
Drew	Zak, I'm-
Zak	We'll be fine, Mom. Go.
Zak	Hey, Francis, I challenge you to a race, but I'm guessing Daddy doesn't let you play outdoors.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Fisk!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Nice try, Francis.
Agent Epsilon	I told you to stay by my side.
Francis	But I thought-
Agent Epsilon
Drew	Satellite receiver says the signal's coming from directly above us. You know, you still haven't told me what this plan is.
Doc	If I did, you'd try to take the dangerous part. Wish me luck.
Drew	What are you-- Hey! You can't just call the dangerous part!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	No, I don't think we lost them. They have a tracking satellite!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Whoa, it- Fisk!
Zak	But- look! Gah!
Zak	They've got us blocked!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Doc	Come on. We just have to break the gravitational pull.
Drew	Doc? Doc!
Doc	I'm okay.
Drew	No, you're an idiot. Trying to break atmosphere on twin jet engines? You're lucky you're still in one piece.
Doc	The Griffin's frozen solid, but I'm in orbit. I should be getting a visual on the satellite any minute now. Whoa.
Drew	Doc?
Doc	It's not just a satellite.
Doc	Epsilon's people have a whole space station.
	[Act 3]
Doc	Made it. Barely.
Drew	So basically your plan was fly into space, then jump?
Doc	No. It also involved grabbing onto something when I got here.
Drew	Okay, just do what you need to do and get back to Earth. All right, genius.
Doc	Snake charm one.
Drew	What is it?
Doc	They've got the Naga's current detecting relic. That's how they're tracking Zak!
Drew	What? How do they possibly get it from?
Agent 2	Don't be too angry with Doyle Blackwell. In all likelihood, he doesn't even know it's missing from his Swiss bank deposit box. You're outnumbered and you have no means of repulsion in your suit. If you lose your grip, you can be adrift in space for the rest of your very short future.
Doc	You stole from my brother-in-law so you could spy on my twelve-year-old son? I don't think it's my future you should be worried about.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Hang on, Fisk, I've got an idea!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Just give him some smoke, okay?
Agent Epsilon	Wait, Kur isn't with him.
Zak	Make it fast, Fisk!
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Yes!
Drew	Doc! Doc! Do you hear me? -Override the system.
Doc	Drew?
Drew	Hey, it sounds like you're in the zone up there. Oh, I wish I had a visual.
Doc	Almost made it to the arm. You haven't missed anything too spectacular yet.
Doc	What?
Doc	I'm afraid your trip ends here, do-.
Doc	Okay, now that, you should have scene.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	We can't leave town yet, Fisk. We have to help the Lake Van creature. Come on, back to the power plant while we've still got a lead on Epsilon and Francis.
Fiskerton	[Garbled "Say what! Are you crazy?"]
Zak	It's what we came here to do. I told you I need this.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	They called you a monster too, remember? That's what people do when they're scared of something they don't understand. Well, maybe just because something's powerful doesn't mean it's evil. Not all monsters are dangerous, okay?
Fiskerton	[Garbled "It's about you, isn't it?"]
Zak	No, it's not about me.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Let's just go, okay?
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Doc	Still hovering in the same place?
Drew	Haven't moved. Why?
Doc	Please catch me.
Drew	Got you on the instruments. Whoa, that's fast.
Doc	And you thought you were stuck with the boring part.
Doc	Uh, Drew?
Drew	Wind drag, I'm compensating.
Doc	And I don't doubt your skill as a pilot. It's just you'll need a lot of time to pull out of that dive.
Drew	Honey, honey, this is hard enough without the commentary.
Drew	See? We even had a few feet to spare.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Zak	Guys, it's fine. She's only a monster by name.
Fiskerton	[Garbled Screaming]
Zak	That's it, girl. We're going to get you somewhere safe.
Francis	How did I know I'd find you here? Gee, good question. Maybe because you've got a satellite tracking my every move.
Francis	Uh, actually, we don't. Someone destroyed it 17 minutes ago.
Zak	Weird. I wonder who could have done that.
Fiskerton	[Garbled]
Francis	Yes, yes yes, very amusing. But I didn't need a satellite to track you. It's just like the files say. You have no self-control.
Zak	You think I'm the one with control issues? Have you ever done anything that wasn't on Daddy's orders?
Zak	You're not his kid. You're his yes-man.
Francis	You have no idea what you're talking about. The pressure, the training, the drills. You just sit comfortably while Mommy makes you breakfast and Daddy helps you pick which uniform shirt you're going to wear today.
Zak	Okay, A. I made my own breakfast this morning. That's right, waffles. And B. my parents let me make up my own mind.
Francis	They also let you make mistakes, like coming back here when it was so achingly predictable.
Zak	It's okay. Just give me a second.
Francis	Look at you. You carelessly walk around with powers that can go nuclear at any moment. You're just a monster-loving time bomb waiting to explode.
Zak	Better than being a daddy's boy robot. "Yes, father. No, father. Right away, father. Whatever you say, father."
Francis	He isn't my father!
Zak	Did you-?
Francis	Epsilon and I are the latest in a line of serial clones. Our people found their perfect agent 100 years ago, and they've been repeating him ever since. One day I'll get to be the Epsilon, and I'll have a Francis of my own, and then I can teach him to live up to 100 years worth of high expectations.
Zak	Francis...
Francis	I don't want your pity. Like Epsilon said, personal feelings don't factor into it. This is who I was made to be.
Agent Epsilon	Francis, I'm en route to your location with Containment Team B. Hold the prisoner until we arrive. Do you copy?
Zak	Do you really want to spend the next 10 years with me in some hidden training camp?
Francis	I'd rather eat my own foot.
Zak	Well, that sounds like personal feelings to me. Look, they can tell us what they think we are. Monster, clone, whatever. But they can't tell us what we have to be.
Francis	It seems to like you.
Zak	Oh, she doesn't care about labels. She just knows I'm trying to help get her someplace safe.
Francis	You should probably get going then.
Zak	I guess it's a good thing we hate each other so much, huh?
Francis	I hope I never see you again, too, Francis.
Zak	Go on. Nobody's gonna bother you.
Drew	Good day for the monsters?
Zak	Great day for the monsters.
	[Credits Play]

v - e - d Transcripts
Season 1
The Kur Stone:Part One | The Kur Stone:Part Two | The Vengeance of Hibagon | The Ice Caverns of Ellef Ringnes | Guess Who's Going To Be Dinner | The King of Kumari Kandam | Van Rook's Apprentice | Twelve Hundred Degrees Fahrenheit | The Owlman Feeds at Midnight | The Swarm At The Edge Of Space | Eterno | Black Monday | Cryptid vs. Cryptid | The Underworld Bride | Ghost in the Machine | Something in the Water | Target: Fiskerton | Once More the Nightmare Factory | Curse of the Stolen Tiger | The Kur Guardian | Food of the Giants | The Atlas Pin | Paris is Melting | Where Lies the Engulfer | Shadows of Lemuria | Kur Rising
Season 2
Kur:Part One | Kur:Part Two | The Thousand Eyes of Ahuizotl | Into The Mouth of Darkness | The Legion of Garuda | The Return of Tsul 'Kalu | The Unblinking Eye | Life in the Underground | And Your Enemies Closer | War of the Cryptids
Special
T.G.I.S.