Episode 1 Combat Kids

'Aiden came up with the idea, because he was, like, the leader.'

We split up into teams...

Bang! Bang!

..and I shot Aiden. Christie shot me,

and Zara shot Christie.

'We were laughing and having fun.'

-You killed...

-Bang!

-I got you!

'Then that black car just had to spoil everything, I guess.

'I saw it first.'

And I saw Aiden's mum come out of it.

Where's Jed?

I don't know. I thought he'd be here.

Watch out.

Or what?

THEY LAUGH

Aiden?

-Dad.

-Your mum's waiting.

It's OK, leave that.

Come on.

Jed, come on.

Go on.

She could have stayed. It's only been a couple of months.

It's her choice, pal. She thought it was time to go.

We have to respect that.

Where's my pen?

Oh. Jed!

Mum says you've got a new boyfriend.

I said I was working late. Jed!

Well, he works on the deli counter, but he's training for management.

-You'll have to bring him round.

-Er, no!

Jed, are you coming or what?

You've made me late now, thanks very much(!)

He's Army, isn't he?

Huh? How did you know...?

Look, say anything to Mum and I'll...

He's not, OK? Got that?

-Is.

-Not!

-Is.

-Not!

-Is.

-Not!

-Is.

-Excuse me...

-Not!

Jed!

So what are you doing after school today?

-Want to go fishing?

-I don't know.

-I've got homework, so...

-Yeah, well, so have I, but it's fun.

-Well, Mum says get it done.

-Do you always do what your mum says?

Anyway, it's not fishing, it's just sticklebacks. It's stupid.

-Oi, pad rat!

-Not so lippy without your mate, are you?

-His dad died fighting.

-Should have been more careful.

-Pad rat!

-Pad rat!

-Pad rat!

SHUT UP!

Jed! Jed, it's OK, just stop it.

-So what are you going to do about it?

-Want to see?

-Well, come on, then!

-Right, what's going on here?

-Sir, she's picking on us.

-No, she wasn't! She was just...

-I don't want to hear it.

-I was only trying to stop them!

-I said, quiet!

You three, move on. Now.

We miss him, too, you know.

-Friends?

-You're a numpty!

CAR HORN BLARES

Paul! Hey!

SHE WHISTLES

Oi, stop that!

-SHE WHISTLES

-I said stop that! Did you hear me?

Or what?

-DOG BARKING

-Shut it!

She was only whistling.

You can explain that to your dad. And he can explain it to the CO.

-DOG CONTINUES TO BARK

-Shut up!

Sorry, Mr Whedon. I won't do it again. Promise.

Jed.

Jed!

Sorry. The Wheedle, he just gets to me.

Yeah, he gets to everyone.

DOG WHINES

What? What have you found there?

Good boy!

'It all started to go strange when we found

'these kind of weird graffiti.

'Mostly on danger and trespassing signs.

'And usually in green with funny shapes and symbols.'

-Quite romantic, don't you think?

-It's cold and it's wet.

It might clear up, it was nice earlier.

It's always changing.

Fancy a dip?

Huh?!

Come on, you wuss! If you want to hang with the tough guys, get tough!

-I ain't got my suit.

-So?

HE LAUGHS Call that being tough?

Oh, Paul!

This isn't a joke, is it? Jed?

Well, it wasn't me.

Seriously!

Well... The Wheedle, then?

No.

What's that?

Careful!

A camera.

What's that doing there?

I don't know.

You signed up?

We're OK.

You've just been out.

KNOCKING AT DOOR

OK!

OK!

Mr Whedon, what a pleasure(!)

Unauthorised pets.

I beg your pardon?

Rodents, to be precise. Mind if I come in?

Who do you think's doing all this?

-Kids from town?

-They wouldn't come here.

-Off the base?

-Like who?

Where's Zara?

Zara?!

Zara?

Zara!

Zara?

Zara!

Zara, come on. This isn't funny.

She's not here.

-Christie.

-What?

She was wearing this.

HORN BLOWS

You know what she's like.

She's probably remembered she had ballet or something.

She gave that up.

-Only cos you wouldn't go.

-Would you?!

# La la-la la... #

Shh!

CHANTING

Jed?

Jed!

I told you it'd brighten up.

It hasn't.

It has for me.

(Here they come.)

CHEERING AND WHISTLING

Oh, busted.

Have you heard from Aiden?

Well, he's probably got new friends now.

Looks like you're stuck with the old ones.

Zara?

Oh, hello.

What happened to you?

Happened? Why would anything happen?

What have you got there?

Nothing. Oh...

Oh, yeah, just some stones I found.

-Yeah, let's see.

-Show and tell.

I don't know. They're not very interesting.

So why did you pick them up?

Because they were before, but now...

They're not?

DOG BARKS

Oh, Zara.

Your cardigan.

Oh, uh...

Thank you.

See you tomorrow, yeah?

I don't know.

Not at the den.

-I don't think we should go there?

-Are you OK?

I have to go. Sorry.

The schools are pretty good. And the houses, some of them, we could...

-Where've you been?

-Christie's.

MOBILE RINGS

-What's that?

-Nothing. Christie gave it me.

"To me"!

Put your bike away, wash you hands. Supper's ready.

Where? Who?

SHE SCREAMS

I just felt so sorry for them.

First day in the new house

and we wouldn't let them in until they'd repainted it.

Did you expect a welcome banner?!

Aiden's room was black and silver.

Hardly regulation colours.

Even Whedon's got to see she had other things on her mind.

And when he did open up, he couldn't get the stuff in.

-They're from Germany, aren't they?

-Welcome to the rabbit hutch.

The houses are bigger there, aren't they?

-You remember?

-No, not really.

Is that where we're going?

Who said anything about going?

I just thought if you go for a promotion or something.

If I was, mate, it wouldn't be Germany.

Nobody's mentioned promotion. Jed, I don't know where you got that.

Bex!

Come on. It's getting cold.

I hear you went to the beach.

It's not a crime, is it?

Who with?

It sounds like you know.

-Paul's a nice guy, Bex, but...

-But what?!

He's Army?

I don't see the problem.

He works in a deli, let's get him over. He's a soldier, forget it.

You lied to us.

What choice have I got?

It's just that you're so young.

-What about you guys? You got married when you were, like, 12!

-OK,

-another time.

-You don't know what it's like.

It's all I DO know.

Do you want missed birthdays, the Christmas phone call?

I said...

..let's talk about it another time.

I want them back. Get them back to me now.

Zara, let's just talk about this.

They were my friends.

-But they're Aiden's.

-He GAVE them to me.

To look after until he comes back.

To keep.

His auntie Joan or June is allergic to fluff.

You know the rules.

We've got too many pets.

Poppet?

Eh, if you gave away the goldfish...

But they like it here!

Then you can't keep the guinea pigs.

I'm starting to love them and they love me, too, so get them back!

What did your dad say?

There's not much he can say. "Sorry for being a rubbish dad"?!

Why are we talking about your parents?

What else could we be doing?

Uh, we could talk about the new sound system in the motor?

The subwoofer's pretty sweet.

Or we could try...

-Owned!

-Not so clever, Buddy.

Are you OK?

-Go back to bed.

-Do as she says.

Listen...

we go into town and everybody's yakking.

So it's out here by the bins.

-What do you think it means?

-I don't know.

But I intend to find out.

-Jed, that's not real.

-It's scary, though.

You're scary...sometimes.

What's the problem?

It won't start. The light won't even come on.

Call the helpline.

-SNAP!

-What's that?

Who's there?

Jed! No! No, you shouldn't be here!

I told him you wouldn't be here.

-He'll see you.

-Who?

Zara, who's doing all this?

All these...things, who is it?

Told me not to tell.

You seen my mobile?

Try phoning it.

Jed?

Zara?

Help!

Jed!

-Christie.

-Help!

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

It's up there!

OK, don't move.

Um...it's all right, I think I know this knot.

It's got something to do with...

Something to do with... Sheep?

Zara, I don't care what it's called just get it off me.

This could be tricky.

Hang on.

I said don't move!

-Shut up!

-This might hurt.

Better not.

So what happened here with the bucket? Was that you?

I... I helped a bit.

He's from outer space.

I was only making it safe here cos it's dangerous.

-Yeah, well, it is now.

-Zara, who is? Who's from...outer space?

I guess anyone from outer space is from outer space.

Could she do this?

They were going to come back with us,

Grenny and Shraps, back to his world.

Grenade and Shrapnel, Aiden's guinea pigs?

He gave them to me, but now the Wheedle's taken them

and they're not going to get to see anything.

You can get them back, Jed.

Please?

So where are they now?

They're in the Wheedle's office.

Zara, no, it's not going to happen. You tell her, Jed.

Jed!

-Hey.

-Hiya, buddy.

I know something.

It's a secret place... nobody even knows it's there.

I just thought... About you and Bex.

You can go there.

Yeah?

Well... Listen, dude, whatever you want.

-Anything.

-Anything?

SHE WOLF WHISTLES

DOG WHINES

Oh...not again.

Come on.

Was that you, whistling?

Pfft! Never really got the hang of it, to be honest.

Um, but I did see a little kid run off in, sort of, that direction.

Heel!

Are these them?

Don't see any other guinea pigs.

Jed, mission objectives.

Well, I heard my dad saying something...

I'm not sure, about promotion maybe.

-I thought there might be some papers.

-Do they say anything?

No, I'm still searching.

What you doing?

Nothing.

It's OK, let's go.

-Paul.

-Let's go!

We're shipping out -

the regiment, next week.

I heard rumours, but...

Keep this under your hat, yeah? Come on.

Let's put it down there.

OK, kids, fox food - two portions, to go.

Whoa!

Don't worry, they'll be fine.

So, how long have you been coming here?

Christie found it,

-when we were both about...

-Six, seven years old?

She was always wandering off.

But then she moved, then I moved,

then we met up again a couple of times.

Then back here.

-So where are these aliens?

-They aren't aliens.

There's only one of him.

And it's actually quite rude to call him an alien.

To him, we're the aliens.

One question - Zara's over there, that's my shadow, see?

I reckon that's Paul,

and Christie, so...

So whose is that?

Don't turn! Whatever you do, don't turn.

It's all right, he doesn't eat people normally.

Stop! Stop.

I'll talk to him, just wait. Please.

It's all right.

They're friends. Don't do anything.

He says he'll come out, but don't be too frightened.

I'll do my best.

Greetings.

My name is Xan Alpha.

We can call him Xan.

Key-ka, quang-oh?

So... Seriously, what's your name?

And what planet are you from?

It's not a planet, it's a moon.

The planet's just gas.

And it's...

where exactly?

So how d'you find this place?

The ricota-graphto-plites.

Handy if you want to find things again.

I made them when I arrived.

He means a map.

And when was this?

I lose track of your years.

An era I believe you refer to as the '70s.

Xan was shot down by his arch enemy.

It's all right, we can say his name.

Kublan Jepto.

He was chasing him...

through the universe...through ASTRIX belts and everything.

Asteroid.

Them, too.

-PAUL: Why?

-Because he had stolen something of value to my people.

A shard from the galaxy core, it's an energy field,

but it can be materialised.

However, it needs to be complete.

If we don't get it back, our entire galaxy will implode.

And if that goes...

Then everything goes.

Well, we'd best get it back, then.

So where is this Kublan Jepto?

Close.

So will you help him, Jed?

With what?

Fixing his spaceship.

What spaceship?!

Starbus Series Two.

With dual...

Dual-core apergesium capacitors.

This is my ship

and she's taking me home.

Right, OK(!)

Jed, you should look at these.

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