The Return of the Dark Wizard M.I. High

Oh, treasure...

Don't mind if I do.

Send my regards to the Hound Master of Rezan.

Sorry, Wizard, but the Hound Master's dogs

will go hungry this day.

Sir Thomas, I should have known.

Bless you, Sir Thomas, for ever shall I be in your debt.

Well done Tom!

Hey, it's only a game.

Oh, no, Sir Thomas, the game is only just begun.

The 21st century faces a new kind of threat and MI9

must create a new breed of skilled undercover agent.

Hidden in a place no villain will think to look - welcome to MI High.

For exceptional bravery in the line of duty

I am honoured to award you the MI9 medal of valour.

I was... I was just doing my job.

Well, luckily no-one got hurt that's thanks to you.

It's a bit bling, just as well you can't wear it at school.

It would totally ruin your cred.

You're like totally my hero.

I wouldn't have been able to do it without your help.

I don't think being sat behind a nice warm computer's quite

the same as being in a room with a ticking bomb.

But well done anyway.

I am just as brave as they are...

Bring it.

You have been a thorn in my side for too long, Sir Thomas.

You will not triumph this day, nor tomorrow. Good will prevail.

-Come on!

-Come on!

-Come on, yeah!

Sorry I'm late everyone, let me through, excuse me, Selina.

Now what have I missed?

You're just in time. Tom's fighting the Dark Wizard again.

Oh, your reign of tyranny is over, dark one.

So long as I draw breath, good will prevail over evil.

Go on, Tom.

Not this day.

Today I shall write a new ending to our little game.

That is not possible.

Oh, dear...

But, by Voldrup's sword,

you shall have your vengeance ere long, Sir Thomas.

Now, I must ride... I have geography papers to mark.

Since when?

TOY DOG BARKS

But, but I didn't order anything.

-Miss Glitch?

-Mm-hm.

It's your name on the parcel. Can I have a signature please?

Thank you.

DULL WHIRRING

Hello, Mother.

It is so good to meet you, finally.

SHE SQUEALS

Please, tell me these are gadgets for our next assignment.

I was expecting delivery of a new 3D printer.

This lot turned up instead.

You brought us down here to find a lost parcel.

Spy lark ain't what it used to be.

It's not funny. A very valuable piece of equipment's gone missing.

-It's cutting-edge technology.

-POWER DIES

We're under cyber-attack. The entire MI9 network's been hit.

Everything's shutting down.

-Well, can you stop it?

-Way ahead of you.

You know, at times I impress even myself.

The rest of MI9's still in the dark.

Without computers MI9's practically blind, deaf, and dumb.

Maybe the cyber attacker didn't want us to see something.

OK, look for anything out of the ordinary.

The automated defence system protecting MI9's data archive,

it's been triggered.

Someone must be trying to break in.

I'll go brief Stella. Dan, Neish, Keri get over to the archive.

Tom...

Stay here and provide logistical backup.

Whilst everyone else gets to play the hero.

Take that, foul swamp dweller.

I beg your pardon?

Oh, no, no, not-not you, Mrs King.

I was just squeezing in a quick game of Blade Quest.

Oh, really, Headmaster, aren't you a little old for all of that nonsense?

For adventure, excitement and romance? Nay, I say.

So long as there is breath in my lungs

and blood flowing through my veins.

Now, I must go battle the rabid trolls of Grandel.

What? I thought you had year seven next period.

That's what I just said. Ha-ha!

Adventure? Excitement? Romance?

-SHE SIGHS

-Fat chance.

BLADE QUEST MUSIC PLAYS

"Join us on a quest in the land of myth, magic, heroes, and villains."

"Create your own online avatar..."

Hmm.

BLEEPING

Next stop, ops.

You'll be relieved to hear you can

turn off the automatic defences from there.

Stay alert. We have no idea who we're dealing with.

I've isolated the signature of the cyber-attack

but every time I try and trace it, it goes off in like a million

different directions - that can't be right.

I'll try a different search algorithm.

-COMPUTER VOICE:

-Access denied.

I'm multi-tasking, Flopsy...

Access denied is not in my vocabulary.

Uh...where are the bad guys?

BEEPING

There are no bad guys.

The defences weren't triggered by someone trying to break in -

they were set off by the cyber-attack to fool us.

Maybe to buy them more time,

to find what they were looking for in the archive.

Yeah, we need to lock down these computers.

ELECTRICAL STATIC

For shame, Sir Thomas...

Still you delude yourself that you can defeat me.

Soon the final piece of the jigsaw shall be mine,

and I will rain fire down upon this ugly planet.

Just as I rule in Blade Quest...

..soon I shall rule the scorched Earth, and all of humankind shall

kneel down before me, starting with you -

my most despised enemy.

EVIL LAUGH

Tom?

What just happened?

All systems back to normal.

Isn't that good?

It means we're too late. They got what they came for.

Guys, get back here now. I know who's behind the cyber-attacks.

Oh, it's much too late for that.

Put me down, you big brute.

As you wish...

Honestly, Mother, anyone would think that you weren't pleased to see me...

I'm going to make you so proud.

HE CHUCKLES

-The Dark Wizard?

-He was here.

-In the base?

-Sort of, in the computer.

Why were you playing Blade Quest?

You should've been concentrating on the mission.

We were nearly killed.

We don't know who it was, or what they were after.

It was the Dark Wizard, he's planning something.

He's just a character in a game.

I know he is. It must be someone posing as him.

-A-a deranged fan.

-Takes one to know one.

Forget it.

Tom!

Oh, good morning, Headmaster.

Everything all right, Mrs King?

Oh, yes, indeed.

Now, it's not often I say this but you were right.

One is never too old for a little bit of action, and excitement.

It's like what I was saying the difference between cranking

and cromping is in the attitude...

Silence, wench! The wagging of thy tongue doth offend me.

He-ya!

Have you heard about the new she-warrior

that's turned up in Blade Quest?

I'd stay away from Blade Quest if I was you.

It's not safe.

OK, mate.

Who's Vivian Glitch?

She's only the best game designer ever.

Yeah, she programmed the Blade Quest online world.

I have to find out how the Dark Wizard defeated me.

Tom, this is becoming an obsession.

Why's being beaten by the Dark Wizard such a big deal?

You wouldn't understand.

Try me. I'm supposed to be your friend, remember?

A few months ago, I hacked into the Blade Quest server. I...

I rigged the game so that I'd defeat the Dark Wizard every time I played.

You cheated?

It's not like anyone got hurt, or anything.

I don't believe it.

Blade Quest is my chance to be a hero.

Tom, you work for MI9 - you get to be a hero every day.

Yeah, but not like you. Not like the others.

It's like you said, "Sitting in front of a computer isn't

"the same as being in a room with a ticking bomb."

I thought I knew you, but I don't know you at all.

Whoever is controlling the

Dark Wizard avatar is behind these cyber-attacks.

If I can hack into the Blade Quest server again

I can find out who the Dark Wizard really is.

Aneisha!

Or maybe you can help.

Hello?

What would Keri do?

Ha, that is not part of my job description...

TOY DOG BARKS

So, where's your owner?

SOBBING

Vivian? Vivian?

It's OK, I'm MI9. You're safe now.

No, he's coming back for me.

Who is?

The Wizard.

I knew it. OK, who is he?

The dark one. Ruler of the scorched earth.

No, I mean, who is he in real life?

Who controls the Dark Wizard avatar?

No-one. The Dark Wizard is alive.

SIREN WAILS Where's Tom?

-Probably playing Blade Quest.

-I'll deal with him later.

What's the emergency?

There's been a break in at the nuclear weapons control bunker.

I'll see if I can pull up a video feed.

The archive...

Would the access codes for the bunker have been stored there?

I'm afraid so.

At least now we know what the cyber-attacker was after.

Guys, you are so not going to believe this.

Send help, please!

Hands, what an inspired idea.

SIRENS WAIL

HE CHUCKLES

EVIL LAUGH

That's the nuclear trigger.

What kind of idiot runs around dressed up like the Dark Wizard?

You know Tom's going to be impossible, don't you?

Oh, yeah.

Normally I'd gloat, but there isn't time.

That trigger is the last piece in the Dark Wizard's plan.

He's going to set off a thermonuclear war.

Where have you been? Do you mind?!

What are you doing?

You can't just bring people down here whenever you feel like it.

I didn't have a choice, the Dark Wizard's coming after her.

This is the only safe place.

He thinks I'm his mother.

In a way, I suppose I am.

This is Vivian Glitch, she programmed the Blade Quest game.

What are you doing with my 3D printer?

The Dark Wizard re-routed a delivery.

He had it sent to my house.

TOM: Might want to sit down for this.

Every character in the Blade Quest online world was

created by a player, except for the Dark Wizard.

He's part of the game. I created him.

Every computer playing Blade Quest

created one vast, connected super computer.

A computer so powerful it enabled

the Dark Wizard to spontaneously evolve.

He developed a free will.

Are you saying...?

He came alive, although until today he didn't have a body.

My 3D printer. He made a copy of himself.

The trouble is, his personality is the same as it is in the game.

Which means he's an evil megalomaniac, hellbent on turning

the world into a post-apocalyptic wasteland he can rule...

Sorry.

Oh, well, that's just great.

Mother? I'm home.

I have a surprise for you!

Mother?

You cannot hide from me, Sir Thomas...

I know all your secrets.

The Dark Wizard with the nuclear trigger is

controlled by the Dark Wizard in the game.

Defeat the Dark Wizard in the game you stop

the one in our world from launching nuclear missiles.

It won't be easy, and we don't have much time.

You've got to go into the game

and defeat the Dark Wizard on his turf in the world of Blade Quest.

I've developed a suit that will give you 360-degree vision,

and full sensory feedback.

You will have the most immersive gaming experience imaginable.

-How many are there?

-Four.

But, I must warn you whatever you experience in the game you

will feel in the real world.

I know it's a lot to process but you've got to trust me on this.

We do trust you, Tom.

I'm not the person to lead this mission, mate - you are.

But you're always the hero.

Not when it comes to Blade Quest, you're that guy.

No-one knows this world better than you.

You've got three other suits.

Who are you going to take with you?

-Whoa!

-Are you sure this is a good idea?

-These are boss.

-The mission needs people who know Blade Quest.

But who's going to take the last suit?

Would somebody mind telling me what is

so urgent that I have to drop everything?

-Hmm?

-Auntie?

What's going on? Headmaster, why are you dressed like that?

Ah, well, a games company has very kindly offered to let us

try out this new virtual reality equipment.

We're going on a special Blade Quest adventure...

We're going to save the world!

Blade Quest - what has that silly game got to do with me?

Word is there's a new she-warrior in the Shire.

We're about to set off on a dangerous quest

to defeat the Dark Wizard.

We could use the help of Princess Onyx.

Hmm... A quest, you say...

Adventure, excitement, and maybe romance -

what do you say, Mrs King?

What chance have they got against the Dark Wizard?

I programmed him. I know what he's capable of.

There's no guarantee your friends will make it

out of Blade Quest alive.

VIVIEN: Tom, you all set?

Log us in.

The wizard is yonder in his castle.

If we are to save the world we must vanquish him.

Forward.

It's a long way to the castle.

Dude, I is loving that look.

HE GROWLS

Doth something strange strike thee about this bridge?

Can thoust feel that?

Methinks we should make haste.

Whoa, that's massive.

How do we get in?

ROARING

Oh, dear.

What's up?

There is some wicked moves, man.

She's fighting trolls.

You what?

Come on, I'm ready for you.

I summon the spirit of the stag.

Fair Princess, give me thine hand.

My eternal gratitude, Spellcaster.

'Twas nothing.

Auntie, please.

Be careful Tom, I've programmed the castle with lots of booby traps.

If Sir Thomas and his minions have harmed

so much as one single hair on your head I will make them suffer!

We're going to end your reign of terror.

Prepare to meet thy end, fools!

Sir Thomas, it was destined to come down to you and I.

Come on, Tom.

Well, aren't you going to open it, Mother?

WHIRRING AND BEEPING

The nuclear trigger.

Yes, Mother, all of your dreams are about to come true.

Soon, fire shall reign down upon the earth.

N-n-no.

I have to say, Mother, I'm a little disappointed with your reaction.

Is this not what you wanted? What you created me to do?

It was...just a game.

Is that all I am to you?

Tom! Tom!

It is over, Sir Thomas! I have won!

HE LAUGHS

Don't give up, man!

You might want to cover your ears, Mother.

No!

Prepare to die.

HE LAUGHS

You can put me in chains but you cannot defeat my spirit.

You will not triumph this day, nor tomorrow. Good will prevail.

No!

I'm taking you offline.

I'm sorry.

I was a bad mother.

I was worried there for a minute, Sir Thomas.

Whoa-ho!

Wow, Tom.

That was wicked.

Oh, most invigorating.

Man, you is sick.

Any time you want to join my dance crew there's a spot for you.

Hmm, I was pretty fierce, wasn't I?

And, thank you for your help, Miss Glitch.

A programmer with your talents could be very useful to MI9.

Well, I've had my fill of gaming for a while. OK.

Come on, let's not be late,

don't want to get on the wrong side of Princess Onyx.

Tom, you coming?

Eh, I'll catch up...

Right, Blade Quest.

I don't believe it. Didn't you learn anything?

You don't need to cheat to feel good about yourself.

I'm not. At least not for me.

I'm giving Roly and Mrs King and Mr Flatley a little helping hand.

I think they deserve a bit of glory.

I mean they did save the world and they didn't even get a medal.

-ALL:

-Charge!