The Curse of Crowe Part One Wizards vs Aliens

WOMAN SCREAMING IN DISTANCE

Mum, what are they going to do to us?

Don't think about it, Gemma. I'm here.

Whatever happens, I'm here.

Whatever they do to us, I love you.

I love you, Mum.

An excellent extraction.

They've drained her Magic.

Prepare the next wizard. And move those two into line!

'Get off of me. Please let go.'

Extract the Magic!

I won't let that happen to you, I promise. I promise.

We'll feed on you and all wizards.

I will destroy them. How hard can it be?

Two halflings.

I am a Prince of Nekron!

Bad day, brother?

It does not concern you, Lexi.

-No. No, stop! GIRL:

-Let me go, please.

-What you're doing is inhuman!

-Let me go, please! No, don't, no!

Inhuman?

You compliment us, wizard.

Extract the Magic!

I am Madeline of the Line of Raven.

Extract my Magic.

But let my daughter go. She hasn't got anything like my Magic.

Free her, and I'll step into your machine gladly.

Mum! No, you can't!

I do not care whether you go into the extractor dancing or screaming

but into it you shall go. Both of you.

Please, please don't do this to Gemma! Not to my daughter, please.

The Nekross are not without mercy, wizard -

we shall extract your Magic first!

No! Mum!

-I love you, Gemma!

-I love you, Mum!

Gemma, be strong!

So, what became of the wizards you hunted?

I was frustrated.

By Tom Clarke and Benjamin Sherwood.

Two halflings, two nothings, except when they are together,

a damnable combination of magic and science.

Wait!

Listen to me!

That's Tom Clarke, of the Magical Line of Crowe, yeah?

I've heard about him on the Network of Mirrors.

Him and Benny Sherwood - they give you a real hard time, don't they?

What are you doing, Gemma?

Let my mum go and I'll help you.

-No, Gemma!

-Help us? How?

-With a spell.

-Gemma, no!

Shut up, Mum!

A spell that would break Tom Clarke and Benny Sherwood up.

Destroy their friendship so they're not a threat any more.

Stop the extraction!

Lexi, what are you doing?

We have fought Tom Clarke and Benny Sherwood with technology.

But perhaps it's time for a new strategy.

To fight Magic with Magic!

I've never run so fast, I'm pretty speedy with a Nekross on my tail.

We should get Varg to join us in cross-country,

get everybody's time up.

So you didn't make the movies then?

Something came up, Mr Clarke.

Something Nekross?

Three times this week.

Three wizards we've saved from Varg!

We are so the team!

And the two of you scare the life out of me sometimes.

It's not like we've got a choice. This is war.

I know, but when I was your age,

me and my best mate spent our time chasing girls

and footballs - not getting chased by aliens.

Don't worry, Mr Clarke. We always look out for each other.

I know.

Meanwhile, what on earth is that?

Oh, it's an infrasonic generator.

Benny nabbed it off Varg while I had him...

distracted...with a bit of Magic.

It generates sound waves that can stun a human being.

I can have a good look at it in the Chamber - it'll be safer,

tech doesn't work in there.

Well, you'd better get on with it, then.

Chamber of Crowe, open to me, reveal yourself on the knock of three!

But why doesn't technology work in here?

I've told you before, the Chamber is floating between our world

and the Neverside.

That's not an answer. It's just another riddle.

Like how does it follow the Crowe bloodline?

I don't know, Benny, it's Magic.

All I know is, that when Gran moved in, the Chamber came too.

The Chamber?

Hang on. So,

if you were to move to, say Swindon now, the Chamber would follow you?

That's right. Probably screaming "Why Swindon?" all the way.

It is so an inter-dimensional tesseract!

Yeah, if you say so.

Oh, hello, my lovely boys! I've missed you both today.

Achoo!

You'll take more care, you dusting lout!

Such sneezes hurt my tender snout!

Stickley will be shutting his face.

We'll be having a nice clean place!

Oh, give me peace, the pair of you.

At least until I've had my brew!

It wears me out, you've got to speak to that thing in rhyme...

all the time!

You love it, Gran!

I was just telling Benny about your old house,

when the door to the Chamber was in the wardrobe in the spare room.

It's been all over the place.

In my mother's house, it was up in the attic.

When she passed on, up it popped in my student bedsit.

Right behind my poster of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

It was quite a shock. I fell off my beanbag.

See, the Chamber gets around.

Yes. But how?

I think you've got more chance of working out how Varg's sonic

gizmo works.

Snakes' tails and cobblers' nails,

you'll be bringing scientrickery into the Chamber, Benny!

That thing will be of Unworld make.

The very sight does make me quake!

It won't go off, you fearful bloke.

Even when Benny starts to poke.

I don't poke, I experiment.

You experiment, I enchant. That's why we're the boys.

-Magic and science!

-Yin and yang.

-Han and Chewie!

-You're the Wookiee.

Shut it, R-2!

Thank goodness wizardkind has got you two.

Our full records on Tom Clarke and Benjamin Sherwood.

I have calibrated our data files to your intelligence level.

I'm not an idiot.

You are human. It comes to the same thing.

It is a trick, sister.

The wizards cannot use their Magic against each other.

Their code forbids it!

Listen to me, I can do it.

I can break them up so they're not a threat to you any more.

But to cast Magic against another wizard, I'm going to need something.

A special ingredient from Earth.

Name it and I shall collect it.

No. I have to take it myself. It's part of the ritual.

What is this ingredient?

A drop of blood.

He's right, I can't use my Magic against them.

But I can use the Magic of the Line of Crowe against itself.

You mean the Neverwas.

Gemma, no!

You can't do that, it's evil,

it's the worst thing you can do to any wizard!

I've got no choice.

Then you shall return to Earth and collect this blood.

But your mother shall remain where she is.

Attempt to trick us,

and we shall feast on her.

Need a lift to the shops, Ursula?

No, no. 1,000 steps a day keeps the doctor away.

Got your list, Gran?

-Morning everybody.

-Hello, Benny, dear.

Of course, I've got the list, Tom, I'm not totally gaga.

No, you're right, I haven't got the list.

Oh, no, tell a lie. Yes, I have.

No, this isn't the list. Don't know what it is,

nice to see it again though.

Ah, but this is the list!

The shopping list. Yes, that's it!

Ah, glad we've got that sorted out.

See you, boys, see you, Ursula!

Don't forget to get some eye of newt, Mrs Crowe.

Yes, that joke's as funny as it was when I first heard it in 1972!

Right, you, you terrible twosome, school!

Mush!

-Laters, Gran!

-Bye, Mrs Crowe!

You know, I still can't believe we made such a fool of Varg last night.

I know, we just get better and better!

In all the worlds the Nekross have invaded,

I bet they've never came up against a team like us!

We are the epic combo!

Better scuttle home, Nekross!

The Wizmeister and Captain Science have got this planet covered!

Bin bags, bin bags, did I get the bin bags?

-Ow!

-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Wait a minute!

-I'm sorry, I've got to go.

-But I know you, don't I?

No. No, I don't think so.

Jessica, Jenna - Gemma Raven!

I knew your mother, Madeline.

I'm Ursula Crowe.

Mrs Crowe, I'm sorry, but I've really got to go.

-I'm late for class.

-Oh, yes, yes. But how is your mum?

Look, it's not a good idea to talk out in the open.

You know, with things the way they are.

Of course, the Nekross. There is a war on.

Careless spells cost lives and all that.

Goodbye, Mrs Crowe.

I've got the blood.

Bring me back.

This single droplet of blood is all that you require to proceed

with this spell?

Yeah.

I can get started now.

Give it up, Gemma.

You can't cast a spell in here, the Nekross absorb Magic.

-It won't work.

-She speaks the truth!

The Magical absorption framework.

Then turn the framework off.

This is a trick.

It's not.

Father will decide.

So, we're definitely on for the movies Friday night, Tom. Yeah?

Absolutely. No problem. No football training this week.

And I've got homework covered.

We've got a match on Wednesday, but it's Wood Hill. They're rubbish.

You know, I did a stats report on the season so far, and projections.

It predicts two goals on Wednesday.

There you go, then. Piece of cake.

And it also predicts neither of them will be scored by you two.

As long as we win, Brainiac.

Tom and Benny! What luck!

I was looking for a couple of my favourite students to clear

up the props room. Chop chop!

-But Miss, that'll take ages.

-And it's break!

Yes, but it's still school, where I have the power over everyone!

Props room, off you both trot!

Have fun!

It's tough being popular.

Yes! Fight Magic with Magic - this is my greatest plan yet!

Your plan, father?

Of course, Lexi!

I hope you do not dispute its origins?

Of course not.

(Gemma, you mustn't do this.)

If you split those boys up, the Nekross will destroy all wizardkind.

I don't care about wizardkind, I care about you.

Enough talk!

Varg, prepare to deactivate the Magical absorption

framework in accordance with my plan.

Yes, father.

Wizard, prepare your ritual!

She cannot expect us to do all this before English!

We weren't even in her stupid play.

Rarr!

Can't see anything here for you. Nothing's got a big enough head!

Remind you of anyone?

I'm ready.

Excellent.

Lexi?

Anti-Magic defences stage 1 deactivation.

Remember, wizard girl - one wrong move!

Full-spectrum Magic shield lowered. Interstitial baffles de-coupled.

Magic, performed here! It's blasphemy!

Restrain yourself, Varg. The Magic will be strong.

You must fight the urge to consume it!

Energy sensor zectonic array folded back.

Magic absorption framework fully deactivated.

Source of all Magic, heart of the Earth,

hear my call and know my worth!

I summon...

I summon the strength of Enchantment,

focus your power through me!

Magic!

So strong.

Oh, I hunger!

Patience, Might of Nekron.

Remember your plan.

This Magic is vital.

Aid this wizard in my task!

Gemma, no, stop! You mustn't!

Serangaah coptasch balla - Dah!!!

In the name of the Magical Line of Crowe,

follow my will and make it so!

HEART BEATS

Hello, Moon! Home is the hunter!

A cup of tangleweed for the Mistress?

Bless you, dear.

Ooh. What's the best thing for a little scratch, Moon?

I will be a-fetching the salve that soothes, Mistress.

It's funny, I got everything on the list

but I keep thinking I've forgotten something.

Or lost something.

'Through the strength of...'

family, in the power of kin,

I invoke you by the blood of the Magical Line of Crowe!

Thomas Robert Clarke.

Benjamin Claude Sherwood.

Separate them.

Set them to scorn each other.

Sever the tie that binds.

Agh! What is it? Tom, what's happening?

You can feel that too?

It's Magic.

Landashen verah unchall - Dah!

My plan, it works!

Something's coming, something bad.

Great Mistress?

The spell crescends!

You going to come and help with the lab?

What happens next?!

Come on then, Nibbles.

That's what good friends are for, isn't it?

Mistress!

Mistress!

I've done it.

Reactivate Magical Absorption framework!

Get those shields up!

Oh, Gemma, what have you done?

No choice.

I had no choice.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Oi!

What you doing here?

Wondering what I'm doing stuck in the props room with

the school's biggest loser.

Obviously.

Who are you calling a loser, Brainiac?

The big plank with a splinter for a brain!

-Geek!

-Moron!

Great Mistress, never be leaving Randal Moon.

He will be as nought without your guiding spirit.

The Mistress will be reviving!

Someone has cast a spell in my name!

Mistress? No!

It will not be!

Who will be doing such a thing?

And how?

The shops! Gemma Raven.

She took my blood!

But...but such wickedry!

A wizard will only be casting a spell in the name of another

-wizard if...

-If they're working Magic against yet another wizard.

But, oh, Moon, what spell has she cast?

I've done what you wanted. Now, let my mum go. You promised.

First, we must ascertain the success of your Magic.

Until then, you will remain here as our prisoners.

Take them to the cells.

We made a deal!

You gave me your word!

Would you give your word to one of your livestock?

A pig, a chicken, perhaps?

Take them away.

I knew they'd double-cross you. Why did you believe them, Gemma?!

And if her Magic has indeed been successful,

it may only be the beginning of her usefulness to the Nekross.

Watch out.

What was that for?

Are you OK, Benny?

Just ignore Tom, he's in a right strop all of a sudden.

It's the sort of thing you'd expect from him. Or a four-year-old.

He's right there, Clarkey. Wake up.

Have you two fallen out or something?

Fallen out? What are you on?

Like I'd ever be mates with Supernerd.

MOBILE PHONE RINGS

Hi, Mum. Yes, I'm coming, OK.

See you in a minute.

Aww, Mummy's come to get her little Benny-wenny,

all ready for a night completely on his own with no friends.

Tom? What's got into you?

Nothing. I'm fine.

Benny's the lonely saddo.

Look, I'll catch you two later. Got to run.

What's going on, Benny?

Yeah, we thought you two were like best mates?

Are you two winding me up?

No way would I ever be mates with that idiot.

Are you all right, Benny? I saw Tom heading off.

Doesn't he want a lift?

Will everyone just stop talking about Tom Clarke!

He's got nothing to do with me!

Run that all past me again. Slowly. This is serious, yeah?

Gemma Raven took my blood and she's used it to cast a spell.

Something dark, something awful. But I don't know what.

Or why she did it!

-Hi, Dad, Gran.

-Hey, Benny not with you?

What Benny?

You mean Benny Sherwood?

I thought he was coming round for another look at that

-infrasonic gadget?

-Dad. That's Nekross.

Are you losing it?

I took a massive risk getting that from Varg.

All on my own.

Why would I want the school joke messing with it?

Tom, what is wrong with you? This is Benny we're talking about.

-He's your best...

-Michael!

Shut up! This instant!

I need you in the Chamber!

Look, what is going on?

-Is this spell something to do with Tom?

-Yes.

A curse against the line of Crowe, cast by the line of Crowe!

Slower, slower.

Wizards cannot harm wizards.

But the Raven girl, she took my blood

and she's used it in the wickedest way!

Against Tom? You mean, all that stuff he was saying about Benny?

She's cast a Spell of Separation!

Flapping fowls and Satyr scowls! The wickedry of it!

She's put a spell on Tom so he...what?

-Doesn't like Benny?

-And the reverse.

Benny will loathe Tom, Tom will despise Benny.

But it's worse than that - she's turned back their time

to before they became friends, erased all their memories of what

they've been through - everything they've achieved together.

Oh, such evil Magic!

Well, cast a spell yourself - make them remember.

She only used a drop of blood,

you've got a whole Ursula-full of it.

You can reverse what she's done.

No, Michael. I can't.

That girl has called on chaotic elemental forces.

If the spell is broken, its dark power is turned

back on the one who cast it and all their Magical line.

Then get on and break it!

She's got nobody to blame but herself!

But Michael, she cast the spell in the name of Crowe!

My bloodline. Tom's!

We can't undo it!

What?

Oh, really funny, Quinn.

Delete.

Delete.

How many did you put on here?

If that spell is broken,

if Benny and Tom become friends again,

remember what they once were,

something...terrible will happen.

I just need to stop off at the shops.

What? Sorry.

Someone's been messing with my phone.

Ah!

Ah.

What's happening?!

They're remembering!

What is the matter with you today?

Just a sad joke.

Give me one second.

Got something to delete.

Benny Sherwood.

Loser.

Delete.

Thank goodness it's stopped before I became...

-One of those things.

-What things?

What was happening to you?

Look, I'll be showing you.

Behold, the Neverwas.

It's horrible.

Yes.

A fate every wizard dreads.

Never treading the living path. Neverwas.

Never tasting the joys of life.

Neverwas.

Never feeling another's touch.

Neverwas.

For ever walking adrift, alone, unloved.

If you break this girl's spell, that's what you'll turn into?

If I break the spell, or the boys remember their wonderful friendship.

I would sacrifice myself gladly,

but it's not so simple.

The Line of Crowe would be banished from wizardkind.

Tom would be alone, shunned by all wizards -

cast out into the world with no friends or defences.

So we can't do anything?

We must never try to break that spell, Michael,

or do anything to remind the boys of their friendship.

If we do, Tom will be blamed - cast out from wizardkind for ever!

And that is what I will become.

He's your best friend.

I haven't got any friends.

I'm Benny no-mates, that's who I am and that's what everyone calls me.

Mum, the spell that I cast is the strongest, nothing can break it.

I don't know what's going on between them.

Then tell me what is. Come on, tell me.

We wizards spend all our time with objects of mystical power...

..and the scientists, they have atoms and

lasers and gunpowder.

All the shiny, glittering things they think

rule the world...

..but were wrong.

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