Night fell on the three-story Cascade Mall that was awaiting its grand opening, when suddenly, disturbing the quiet December night, the glass skylight on the rooftop shattered. “Quickly, Vyral only disabled the security system for fifteen minutes. Our target is the jewelry store on the bottom floor,” commanded Yersinia, the leader of the infamous Mont Lake Mafia. The four attached their ropes and repelled down from the rooftop to the ground floor. They entered the jewelry store and took everything they could carry, smashing the glass cases. “Hurry! We’re running out of time!” shouted Yersinia. “I’m almost done…I’m trying to open the display. This necklace is worth thousands,” said Norve. Once Norve opened the case, the deafening alarm rang. A few blocks away, Knox, Chad, and Raemar were walking along the street and discussing school. Chad told Knox and Raemar, “I’m so screwed on my exam tomorrow. I mean, I haven’t even read the book at all this…Woah, I wonder where they’re going.” The group watched many police cars blaring by. They all agreed that they should figure out what was going on by following the police. Knox volunteered to go alone. “I have a feeling it’s Trell, after that meteor crash last week,” he said. Raemar responded, “I know. we just worry you might get hurt, or worse…we can’t lose you.” “It’s something I have to do, don’t try to stop me,” Knox said. Before they could say anything else, Knox backed into the shadowy alley beside them and transformed from a young man wearing a hoodie into the impressive hero, Morph. Knox followed the police on the rooftops, swiftly jumping from one to the next, until he saw them crowding the mall. Knox turned invisible and got past the police, entering the mall on the rooftop. Yersinia yelled, “Mr. Forza will give us a sizable cut if we can get out of here with all of these jewels!” “I don’t think so!” shouted Knox, confidently. “Seriously? Not this guy again!” exclaimed Bandi. The Mafia members ran and used their weapons, crafted by the brilliant engineer, Vyral, against Knox, as well as the cops. A spear with a strange, orange glow appeared in Yersinia’s hands, as if it came from nothing. Bandi had a bow and arrow, and Roo wielded a whip. Knox dodged their attacks and chased them, jumping on top of their van as they escaped.
The van arrived at a warehouse in the city’s industrial district. Knox turned invisible and tailed the Mafia. He saw numerous guards carrying weapons similar to the ones he saw earlier with the strange glow. He made his way through the warehouse, until he saw Yersinia enter a back area. Knox followed quietly until he heard an eerily familiar voice. “Yersinia, welcome back. How did it go?” the voice asked. Yersinia responded, “It was fine, Mr. Forza, until the tentacled freak dropped out of nowhere.” “Tentacled freak?” Forza asked. “Yes, he almost ruined the whole thing.” Knox backed up slightly and bumped into a shelf, making a loud noise. Two guards ran over and held Knox’s arms down, because he was in his human form. “Nice try,” Knox remarked, transforming into Morph, “The game is over Forza!” “Not quite…Knox,” Forza said. Suddenly, Forza thrashed around, and a bright light shined from where he stood. Right before everyone’s eyes, Tony Forza transformed into the imposing Trell, towering over the earthlings, but standing face to face with Knox. “Trell?! I knew it was you! Why are you here?” Knox asked. “To plunder this pathetic world. All I have to do is say the word and our entire army will be on their way,” Trell said arrogantly. “Let’s get out of here! Screw the money!” Yersinia yelled to the Mafia. Knox said “You couldn’t be farther from the Trell I knew. This time you won’t win. I’m taking this whole place down.” Swelling with anger, he charged toward Trell. “I guess I’ll have to finish the job,” said Trell nonchalantly. As Knox charged, Trell fired three electrically charged ink projectiles at him, nearly subduing him. Now in a daze, Knox rose up and picked up a bookcase throwing it at Trell, who rolled to the side, dodging the attack. Trell pointed his shoulder toward Knox and four black darts shot out of his armor, hitting Knox in his abdomen and neck, rendering him unconscious. Meanwhile, Chad and Raemar sat in Chad’s car, watching the warehouse. “I don’t know why we had to follow him. I told you he’d be fine,” said Chad. “We’re his friends and he’s still new here. We have to watch over him,” Raemar said, “He’s been in there a long time. I think we should do something.” “You crazy? We don’t know how dangerous this place is,” Chad quickly replied. “Well, I’m going in. With or without you. He could be in danger,” Raemar said, getting out of the car. “Oh…c’mon…alright,” Chad mumbled. As Chad and Raemar decided to find Knox, Knox regained his consciousness inside a cell, realizing he was in his human form. He tried to change back, but nothing he did worked. “Confusing isn’t it?” Trell said, “You’re locked into the last form you changed into. There is no escape for you this time.” As Trell gloated to Knox, the power went out, making him leave to check it out. Chad and Raemar, making use of luck and Chad’s six months of Wing Chun experience, took out the guards one by one. Raemar picked up a glowing staff from one of the guards and used it to knock them down. In the corner of her eye, Raemar saw a fuse box and opened it, flipping all the switches off. The lights in the warehouse shut off, leaving only the glow of the red emergency lights. Chad and Raemar quietly snuck between the spaces of dark and entered a corridor. “What’s going on Vyral?” Trell growled, “Who shut the lights off?” “I don’t know, all the cameras are down, too.” Chad and Raemar peered through a door’s window and saw a cell. “This has to be where he is,” Raemar said. Chad entered first, seeing a guard outside the cell, who tried to tackle him. Chad grappled with the guard, but then Raemar hit him over the head with the staff. “I guess that works, too.” Chad said, “Look he has keys!” “Chad, Raemar!” Knox cried out. They used the key to open the cell. “What happened? Why are you in human form?” Raemar asked. “Trell. He’s here. You shouldn’t have come. We have to get out of here,” Knox explained tersely. They ran to the main section of the warehouse, still dark. Knox picked up a spear from one of the downed guards. Their escape came to a halt once they saw Trell and three guards, standing in the red glow. “So, you’re running away just like last time? You would’ve lived had you stayed in your cell. Now you and your friends are going to die.” Chad and Raemar believed what Trell said, standing in shock, but Knox saw a pallet on the shelf over Trell, with a strap holding heavy boxes together. He threw the spear, tearing the strap and releasing all the boxes over Trell and his men. Chad, Raemar, and Knox ran out of the warehouse and drove away as fast as they could. Later that day, Trell, recovering from minor injuries, sent a transmission to Iroas, “Based on recent mineral samples, I deem Earth worthy to be our next mining site. And there’s one more thing, send word to Sindota that the coward traitor is here on Earth.”
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To help the audience visualize this scene, the art style is going to be a close representation of what Sophia has done with her drawings with the aesthetics of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Teen Titans. This scene in particular is leading up to the climax of the episode—which is also the second to last in the season so spoiler alert!
Just as the episode resumes from an ad break, the shot opens with the perspective of us in the back seat of Chad’s car. We are seated in the middle seat so we can simultaneously see Chad’s focus when driving while Raemar keeps her eye on the van Knox is on top of. We want a high angle shot to show Knox was on top of the mafia’s van. As Chad takes the next exit and turns right down the hill, the post of a freeway sign obstructed Raemar’s of the van momentarily and noticed that Knox vanished as the van crawls to a stop. Raemar’s view is then obstructed again by the tall trees at the foot of the hill until the scene fades into black then smoothly transitions to Knox lurking behind some boxes inside the warehouse. “Yersinia, welcome back. How did it go?” the voice asked. We then see him perk up when he hears a familiar voice. He then turns invisible and the scene continues through his perspective. The scene cuts to us looking down again from a high angle because Knox is dangling underneath the catwalk of the warehouse. As we make our way towards the center of the warehouse, the only place that is properly lit up, Knox transitions back down and places himself behind a bookcase as we seem to peer through between two books and sees Yersinia enter center stage—from the bottom right corner—holding a briefcase. Knox then blinks and our perspective changes again. The next shot is viewed from the opposite side of Knox’s location, but we are able to see the entirety of center stage. The center stage consists of Mr. Forza standing near a table with his back towards us while Yersinia and her crew is shown facing us and just to the left of Mr. Forza while he greets them. The crew is shown to be a little too enthusiastic because they just completed the job. Just before Yersinia replies to Mr. Forza, there is a cut and now our perspective is what Forza’s perspective is. He towers over the crew so again, another high angle shot. We see Yersinia smile with her face until she mentions Knox and how he almost ruined the job. Knox backed up slightly and bumped into another bookshelf behind him, making a loud noise. Two random guards then ran over and held Knox’s arms down, because he was in his human form. Just after the noise happened, Forza/we looked up from his/our conversation with Yersinia and directed his/our attention—alongside with the Mont Lake Mafia—towards all the commotion so we see Knox being held down by the guards. The guards attempt to bring Knox over towards Forza/us but then…“Nice try,” Knox remarked, transforming into Morph, “The game is over Forza!” “Not quite…Knox,” Forza said. Right after Forza’s reply, we cut to video surveillance footage of the next scene where…Forza thrashed around, and a bright light shined from where he stood. Right before everyone’s eyes, Tony Forza transformed into the imposing Trell, towering over the earthlings, but standing face to face with Knox. We then “stand up”— through the perspective of the guard viewing the footage inside the office of the warehouse—and the shot zooms toward Trell from our perspective. During the zoom, we see the Mont Lake Mafia rush towards the entrance to escape. There’s another jump cut, back to Knox’s perspective who is now looking at Trell. This cut starts from the bottom and pans up until Trell is fully revealed. Even though Morph towers over normal humans, Trell towers over him. “Let’s get out of here! Screw the money!” Yersinia yelled to the Mafia—just as the shot stops panning up. As Morph/we stare down Trell’s smirk, Morph says “You couldn’t be farther from the Trell I knew. This time you won’t win. I’m taking this whole place down.” Swelling with anger, he/we charged toward Trell. As Morph/we charged forward, Trell fired three electrically charged ink projectiles at him/us, nearly subduing him. We can hear the sizzle of electricity as the projectiles hit Morph, trying his/our hardest to stay conscious. Now in a daze, Morph/we rise(s) up and picked up a bookcase throwing it at Trell, who rolled to the side, dodging the attack. Trell pointed his shoulder towards Morph/us and four black darts shot out of his armor, hitting Morph/us in his/our abdomen and neck, which fades to black. |