Vice Versa Part Two Wizards vs Aliens

I am Squiggley, don't be coy now you've met a Hobbledehoy!

I've got magic!

Cah-broh-dah! There's nothing there. I can feel it.

And mine's gone too.

So, who wants a game then?

What's got into Benny today?

I don't know.

What have you done?

That's all that's left of him?

And with no Hobbledehoy to reverse its spell, that means

we are stuck like this.

Father...

I accuse my brother of contamination.

He has been corrupted...

by Magic!

-No!

-Lexi, what do you mean? Make yourself clear!

Can you not smell it, father? That musk of Magic?

Magic in Nekross blood? Impossible!

But, Father! Lexi is beguiled. By Tom Clarke.

She seeks to divide us and destroy us!

I would throw her to the Skorpulus, like that!

BANG

CHICKENS SQUAWK

My son, a monstrous wizard?

Guards! Get him!

Guards, save the House of Nekron and your King!

Eradicate him!

CHICKENS SQUAWK

What is this obsession with chickens?

Smoking bones and dragon stones,

these will be tidings to make even a troll sob.

The Hobbledehoy will be no more!

Come on.

We'll find something in the Library of Crowe to fix this.

Or it won't be a Hobbledehoy that gets skinned!

Mistress! Mistress! Randal Moon will be needing his skin.

It'll be holding all of his insides in!

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I need a brew.

And none of that tangleweed muck. Lads?

-No, thanks, Mr Clarke.

-I'll leave the door open.

Give me a shout if they find anything.

Are you all right?

This was a laugh before,

but now Squiggley's gone, I'm stuck like this.

Me, too, you know.

Yeah, I know. But what I've lost...

It's more than Magic.

I got Magic from my mum.

It was something really special that we had together.

And since she died, it's the last connection I've got with her.

And now...it's gone.

Tom, listen. I'm sorry.

I didn't ask for this to happen, but it has.

I'm trying to make the best of it.

Yeah, I saw. You like it, don't you?

Doing spells, playing football with Quinn, showing off to Katie!

Says the kid who just aced his science exam!

Oh, yeah, cos that makes up for everything(!)

I was born a wizard, Benny! It's who I am! Not a...

science geek!

Look!

I've put up with that all my life and I don't have to take it any more.

Maybe it's better this way,

maybe I can use Magic to do some good, some real good in the world?

and not waste it like you have!

You don't know anything about Magic.

You're a sad Unenchanted who had to steal my life to get a life!

Shut up!

BANG

Benny! Wait!

I'm sorry!

Where are you going?

Getting on with my new life -

playing football with Quinn, remember?!

Benny, your nose is bleeding.

Yeah! Like you care(!)

What on earth's going on?

There, that should keep the nasty blighters out... What am I saying?

The hag.

Ursula of the Magical Line of Crowe, it is your essence that poisons me.

I can feel you in here!

You must help me become Prince of Nekron once more!

HE GROWLS

Disable the teleport!

I have done so already, Father.

ROBOTIC VOICE: Power to teleport withdrawn.

Power to teleport withdrawn.

But I am not yet jiggered.

Perhaps the hag's Magic will save me.

Now Magic deserts me! Tish and poo!

Earth wizards have only three spells a day,

it seems the same is true of Varg.

We have him trapped.

Surely we should try to help him. He is of the Royal line.

No, Varg is lost. That thing in his shape is an abomination.

And food for the people of Nekron.

I will convince you once and for all, Father!

Engage the Trion Drive!

You and Benny will sort it out.

But what if we can't sort out the Hobbledehoy spell?

What if we can't all swap back?

We've got something!

An entry on Hobbledehoys!

"A creature of mischief and mayhem alike, meagre in stature

"but ample in enchantment.

"Take heed - all of its facets are dual in nature."

Infuriating nonsense!

No, Gran, don't you get it?

"Dual", as in two!

This must all be about two,

everything to do with the Hobbledehoys is done in twos!

Like, it always speaks in rhyme, a rhyme is two lines,

two words that rhyme...

..it always speaks in pairs, do you see? Two!

-You mean it's binary?

-Exactly!

But how will that be a-helping us?

Look!

"To command the Hobbledehoy to do your will,

"the couple you must break!"

That can only mean one thing...

Two Hobbledehoys! There are two of them?!

The speech was in pairs, the spell's in pairs.

They're twins! They're pairs, and couples, and twins!

Yeah, but look.

"The couple you must break".

If you split them up, then maybe...

I don't know,

they're like opposites, like north and south, and yin and yang.

So Squiggley cast the spell, but the second one reverses it!

Exactly!

Tom. Where's Benny?

Oh, he had a nosebleed.

A nosebleed?

Is he all right?

Is Benny in danger?

If we don't find this other Hobbledehoy and get him

to reverse the curse, the boy's toast.

Magic is too powerful for the bodies of the Unenchanted,

it destroys them.

I've got to find him. I've got to warn him!

No, no, no! There'll not be the time!

You must be looking for the Hobbledehoy and quicksticks about it!

Without the Hobbledehoy, all hope for the imp, hope for all of you,

will be lost with the setting of the sun!

Sunset? What do you mean?

Unless the spell will have been turned around before the sun slips,

the enchantment will never be undone.

Thomas and the Mistress will be remaining as they are, and Benny...

..will be doomed.

No. That's not going to happen.

I don't care about the Magic, we've got to save Benny!

Observe, Father. For the absolute evidence of what Varg has become.

HE SOBS AND SIGHS

Dawn.

And the Magic returns to me!

The creature of Magic replenishes its spells in the new dawn.

The sweetness of this Magic.

Now, are you convinced, Father?

Yes. Yes!

Then what would you have me do with this creature of Magic?

Bring it to me! Extract its Magic!

Right, Gran, let's go.

Ursula?

Come on, this is no time for DIY electronics - especially for you.

We've got to find that Hobbledehoy!

That's the Nekross tech that Benny took. What are you up to?

Magic can't penetrate the spaceship. We know that.

So for that Hobbledehoy to swap my essence with Varg's,

we need him on Earth.

Hang on. You're building a matter transporter?

But you can't change a light bulb without fusing the whole house.

But this isn't Gran, is it? Not completely.

That's right.

So you bring me the Hobbledehoy and let's see what happens

when I give Nekross science a twist of Magic.

Oh, Varg, are you there?

Oh, Varg, I'm your sister. Don't shut me out.

You're not coming in, Lexi.

But I want to help you.

As the sisters of Prince Vathallion helped him? They ate him!

Those were unenlightened times. Now we EMBRACE those who are different.

Please, Varg, please let me in.

Are you alone, sister?

Completely alone, brother.

And you promise you will not eat me.

I promise it.

You lied!

Of course I lied! Guards, get him!

Oh, brother Varg, brother Varg, please let me in!

Not by the scales of my Nekross skin!

Then we shall power-up our weapons and blow your door in!

Would you please stop rhyming!!

Look at them, they're in proper kit.

Someone must have forgotten to tell them this is just a friendly.

We haven't even got a full team yet.

Here he is, the man of the match!

Yeah, about time, too. You all right, mate?

Yeah. Now are we playing or what?

Moon had better be right.

Even if he is, how do we explain to this Hobbledehoy

what happened to his mate?

Have you got a rhyme for "Extractor"?

LOUD CRYING

HE CRIES

Hello...

Are you... Are you OK?

Huh?

Face Stickley's rage,

answer quickly.

Who did this to my dear Squiggley?!

It was not us who hurt your friend.

But on your help we do depend.

On you his Magic I can smell.

Speak the truth or it won't end well.

(Tom, keep distracting him.)

(I've got a plan.)

Stickley, please wait,

we need your help.

Don't cast a spell to make me yelp.

You end my friend then want my aid?

Of toffee are my poor brains made?

Of course they're not!

You are well-read.

Just don't let it go to your head!

Oh!

LOUD THUD

That was your plan?

When times get tough and things go bad,

who needs a spell? Just ask your dad!

Come on, Benny's running out of time

and we have to get him back to the chamber.

HE GROWLS

Now, brother, there is no escape!

Ha!

HE LAUGHS

Magic one. Science nil, sister!

Get me in there! Now!

I'll not be caged, you'll heed my rants.

Or feel my wrath and wet your pants!

Hush! This cage will be enchanted.

No-one here will be wet-panted!

Yah!

Report! What progress?

Well, not much. Doesn't sound like he wants to help.

But the book says it's got no choice,

it's got to reverse the spells!

And he is the only one who can save Benny's life.

Time will be a-running out! Sunset will be drawing near!

Fear not! I'm almost ready!

Ha! Ha-ha-ha!

I know what this is really about, Lexi.

I am heir to the throne of Nekron.

You have always been jealous of that.

Jealousy is not in my nature. I am above such things.

But think, Lexi! Just think. Sister of mine.

-We could use my Magic. Together!

-In what way?

We could rule together. You and I! A...a new dynasty of Nekron.

You with science, me with Magic - an almighty combination!

But what of father?

What of him? He is old. And fat. And...

And he can HEAR YOU!!!

Forgive me, Might of Nekron! I meant old and fat...

in a good way!

Seize him, daughter!

Guards! I want that door down! Now!

I know it's sad, alas alack.

But you must change us all right back!

I'll stop you there before you start.

I couldn't give a goblin's fart!

But...now your partner's gone away,

you have to do just what we say!

Is that so, pomaded fool? Well, I refuse, now back to school!

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

It's not working! I don't understand, what's gone wrong?

That's it! Done!

With a Magical interface which means it will work in the chamber

and teleport Varg right here!

No, Mistress, no!

You can't be bringing an Unworld One in the chamber!

Watch me!

Varg...!!

You saved me! By the fiery rings of Nekron, you saved me!

You...

Enemies of Nekross! I should destroy you...

Bumble sticks and pixie tricks!

You'll be trapped, oh, yellowing beast!

Held within a circle of enchantment.

Impossible, you little...

blip! Magic has no effect on the Nekross!

But you are one of us now, aren't you?

To be precise, you're me!

The very thought makes me shiver.

Hot flushes. Get used to it.

Never mind all that! Time's running out!

If we don't reverse this spell right now, Benny's going to die!

Down the line!

CHEERING

Brilliant, Benny, that's two-all. Now, just get us a winner, yeah?

Right, come on! Let's go.

But... you are north, and Squiggley's south,

so a reversal comes out of your mouth.

Is this how you think we Hobbles function?

Not so, you fool, you're up the junction!

Nope, we've definitely got this wrong, it isn't working!

MOON: The sands will be slipping away!

There's got to be something in here.

I could wring its neck!

-Nah!

-Not helping, Gran!

Wait...

Wait, wait, wait, wait...

It's couplet. Not couple. That's it!

Look! It's two words - you see, it's two again!

I'll be doing number twos if you don't be a-hurrying!

No, but it's two words in one! It's not "couple", it's "couplet"!

-Right! It's couplet!

-What does that mean?

-I don't know.

-It means we have to break the couplet!

-Right! We break the couplet!

-What does that mean?

-I don't know!

-It means we have to break the rhyme!

-Right! We break the rhyme!

-What does that mean?!

-I don't know!

It's got to mean... some sort of trick.

Like if we can deceive him into doing what we want.

I find it best not to tell the enemy your plan.

No, he can't understand us when we talk normally.

Come on then, Tom, we're running out of time.

What does it mean, to break a rhyme?!

Break the rhyme, how dare you? I'll fight you off, you big booboo!

No! Dad! You just told him the plan!

But... I didn't talk in rhyme, I'm just...

doing it all the time, oh!!

-Just be careful what you say!

-Before the sun sets on this day!

Stop rhyming!

Now I know your evil plan! But you won't stop me, wizard clan!

Well, great, now he knows everything! Thanks!

And we still don't know what to do!

It's almost sunset, any second now. We've got to think of something!

None can break the rhyme with me

for I have words, infinitely.

You mean...

Hold on...

Even though this sounds absurd, we just have to find the right word.

Rack your brain, in manner violent. But no word can leave me silent.

-What is it, Tom? What does he mean?

-What do we do?

How do we stop it?

Think, think, think...

I've got Benny's brains, Benny's clever,

Benny would know what to do.

Benny could think of a way out of this.

Yes, we need a word, what word can we...what word,

what word...what word can we..?

-What?

-What is it?

- What will it be? - What?

-Oh!

-Yes!

- Hoop! - Ah!

-Ssh.

-Oh!

Right then, Stickley,

you think you've won. I have one question, please don't shun.

Why should I care? Revenge is sweet!

What would you ask, boy-that-I-beat?

A simple thing, to be so bold...

What colour is the fruit I hold?

It is orange, you idiot child. Don't think me so easily beguiled!

Oh!

OK, OK, shush... Can I just check you got that right?

Repeat the colour in your sight.

My reply won't bring you joy. For I tell you, it's orange, boy.

ALL GROAN

MOON: Quicksticks! Time will be a-dwindle!

STICKLEY LAUGHS

I did not hear the shade you spoke. Tell me again...

you little bloke!

What you see is orange fruit. And plainly, I don't give a hoot.

-It's no good, he's too clever.

-There's nothing more we can do.

Throughout all time, fools have sought to trick me,

and all come to naught.

No. I'm sorry, Dad.

Sorry, Gran. He's beaten me.

I must confess, you have me beat. Now I'm humble to my... feet.

I'm too clever, foolish boy. None can beat the Hobbledehoy.

I'm sad, I'm crying, I'm dismal now.

You did defeat me...

But tell me... How?

Because there is no rhyme with orange.

And so you'll find I did not...

Gahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Ahh-ahh

Gotcha!

Gahhh... kkkk... akkkk...

-He can't rhyme! I got him!

-Brilliant!

-Victory!

Not so clever now, are you, big head?

Well done, Thomas!

It isn't over yet, though, Benny's still in danger!

You need a couplet, so let's deal. Swap us

all back for the rhyme's reveal.

Remember the cage will be enchanted.

He must be coming out to work his Magic!

Come on Stickley, take a bow. Reverse your magic, do it now!

HE GASPS AND GROANS

-Mark him, mark him!

-Come on, Benny.

-Tackle him.

-Go for goal.

For the match!

-Benny?

-Guys, is he all right?

-Tom?

-Young Master!

-Are you OK?

-Did it work?

Mistress! Mistress!

What do you think?

Benny? Mate, can you hear me? Are you all right?

Pi is a mathematical constant,

the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter...

Yes! Yes! I'm fine!

I'm back! Everything's really, really fine!

I'm sorry about the match, Quinn.

You're kidding? Perfect timing.

The keeper saw you going down and totally missed the ball. We won!

CHEERING

We did it!

ALL CHEER: Benny! Benny!

It's good to have you back, Gran!

I've missed you.

A touching moment. And your last.

The Magic will be gone from him! The circle will not hold!

We just saved you, Varg. Doesn't that count for anything?

Yes. It means I will enjoy devouring your Magic even more.

And I shall return to the Zarantulus with you as my prize!

Sorry - it's a ticket for one!

Mesh - tah - dah!

Nooo!

Ahhh!

Quicksticks! The Hobbledehoy will be a-slipping away!

The rhyme. You have to complete the rhyme, Tom, or it'll die.

But you can't. It's impossible!

That's the point, there isn't anything that rhymes with orange!

Want a bet?

The man who sold to us the orange

was local grocer...

Mr Gorringe!

What a relief, you found the rhyme. If only in the nick of time!

That's clever. OK. That's very clever.

I don't think that's Benny's brains. That's all you, Tom.

Come on, little fellow. Randal Moon will be looking after the Hobbledehoy

until he will be well enough to return to the Neverside.

This place looks good to take a rest.

Perhaps I'll stay and make my nest?

We'll be seeing, Hobbledehoy.

Oh-dah-de-dah-diddle-de-doy!

LAUGHTER

I think Moon's found a new friend.

Now let's hope that's the end.

Enough.

Get off me! I command it!

You command nothing!

You are an outcast of Nekron, a carrier of Magic.

With your permission, oh, Might of Nekron,

according to the scanner, Prince Varg speaks the truth.

All trace of Magic is gone.

My superior Nekross biology has overcome the contagion of Magic.

But it was necessary for my plan to work.

Your plan, brother? What was this plan?

To penetrate the Magical stronghold of Tom Clarke

and his family, of course.

Varg! You are a hero of Nekron.

You make your king so proud.

It is good to have you returned, Varg. I offer my apologies.

For your desire to feast on me?

No apology is necessary.

With Magic or without it, I imagine I am quite irresistible.

Jathro to Control. Jathro to Control.

MAN: Control, secure Comms open.

The King's spawn have been fighting amongst themselves.

I think this may benefit our plans enormously...

Oh, that feels good. Welcome back, Magic!

Every cell on fire?

Yeah.

I'm glad you got to feel it.

It was awesome.

I've got to admit... being smart was pretty cool, too.

I mean, who'd have thought being a geek would be so much fun?

Welcome to my world.

But Tom... Listen...

I'm sorry we fell out.

And...thanks for saving my life.

Did I?

I mean, it was your brains that saved the day.

Up here.

But you're welcome.

On the other hand, now I'm going to have to face Mum and Dad

when they find out I totally blew that chemistry exam.

I could fix it, if you want.

One click of the fingers and the names on the papers will switch.

No. You know what, forget the Magic.

One day when Benny Sherwood was cool.

That's well worth one flunked exam.

But you are cool. I've been in your head, I know.

And I'll tell you something else, he's not just a genius,

my mate Benny Sherwood - he's Magic.

And...he always will be.

Shah-gann dah!

So where is this place?

Tibet.

Tibet?!

-NEKROSS KING:

-I want our enemy Tom Clarke located.

I will not have left the chamber in 500 years.

I love you and I'm not leaving you.

Every drop of Magic will be mine.

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