Superkids 2

Superkids: Ezekiel's Quest


	"Looks like things are starting to get back to normal around here", Ezekiel Castor observes. its been several weeks since the battle with the Dragonians. Ezekiel is back in Spellbound Kingdom, over-seeing the rebuilding effort. The kingdom suffered less damage than the other four kingdoms in the battle, but was still hit hard. The castle still hovers above the rest off the kingdom, suspended in midair by magic to make it extremely hard for intruders to reach it. Ezekiel is making his way over to the kingdom's library, when he hears someone calling out to him.

	"Prince Ezekiel, I found something you're gonna want to see", an old lady standing outside the library is waving an ancient-looking book at him. An old man with a long, flowing beard is standing beside her.

	"Mallory! Reginald!", Ezekiel is excited to see the kingdom's librarians up and about. They usually just sit around in the library. Reginald also teaches magic classes, although the schoolhouse was decimated by the Dragonians, so he hasn't been able to for a while.

	"This ancient tome was found in the rubble when we rebuilt the library", Mallory informs Ezekiel, "I don't recall a book like it being in the library before".

	"I'll check it out", Ezekiel suggests. He takes the book from Mallory, then points a finger up towards the castle. A broomstick flies down from the castle, stopping right in front of Ezekiel. Ezekiel climbs onto the broomstick, and it carries him upward into the castle.

	Once he's back in his bedroom, Ezekiel opens the book. It describes a group of ancient artifacts, hidden around the the world. There are five artifacts, each representing a different one of the five kingdoms: the Orb of Justice, the Gear of Antiquity, The Omega Battery, The Labcoat of Knowledge, and the Golden Wand.

	"If I could find these artifacts, I could use them to speed up the rebuilding and recovery of the five kingdoms" Ezekiel realizes. Ezekiel quickly decides going on this quest by himself would not be a good idea.

	It occurs to Ezekiel, "Sally would hate me if I went on an epic quest and didn't bring her along". Saladora "Sally" Blitzer, from the Hyper Kingdom, is Ezekiel's girlfriend. Ezekiel changes into a black t-shirt, purple cargo pants, and hiking boots. As he prepares to leave the kingdom, a boy standing near a huge cauldron stops him.

	"Where are you off to?", the boy asks. He's wearing purple suspenders over a red t-shirt.

	"Brandon, i'm going to visit Sally, then we're leaving on an epic quest to find some ancient artifacts", Ezekiel responds.

	"Mind if I come along?", Brandon Epans asks, "my expertise at brewing potions might come in handy". Ezekiel knows that Brandon, another Superkid from Spellbound, is always looking for an adventure. He's also right about him being a potions expert.

	"Sure", Ezekiel replies.

	Ezekiel and Brandon travel via broomstick to Hyper Kingdom. They notice that the castle is flying once again. The people of Hyper are zooming around so fast they look like blurrs. Ezekiel notices Prince Gideon zooming along on his motorcycle. Ezekiel and Brandon land their broom right next to Gideon.

	"have you seen Sally?", Ezekiel asks Gideon.

	"She's over at Polymer Kingdom with Darlia", Gideon responds.

	Ezekiel and Brandon make haste to Polymer. They find Sally in Darlia's lab.

	"I'm going on an epic quest to find some ancient artifacts which may be able to speed up the kingdoms' recovery process. Wanna come with me?", Ezekiel asks Sally.

	"You bet I do", Sally remarks. She takes off the white labcoat she'd been wearing to reveal a sky blue t-shirt and turquoise shorts that don't quite touch her knees.

	"You three have room for one more on your quest?" another voice asks. its then that Ezekiel and Brandon notice a Catdragon in a white labcoat coming towards them.

	"This is Dr. Fluffenstein, a Catdragon scientist", Sally explains, "he's been helping me and Darlia treat those who were injured battling the Dragonians".

	"I have been cooped up in this lab for a while now, and really want a chance to get out of here and spread my wings", Dr. Fluffenstein reveals.

	"You can come too, I guess", Ezekiel replies.

	Dr. Fluffenstein sheds his lab coat, then steps outside and spreads is wings.

	"If you need a lift, i'm happy to give you one", Dr. Fluffenstein suggests.

	"I need to go get the rest of my potion-making equipment from Spellbound", Brandon tells Dr. Fluffenstein. Dr. Fluffenstein hefts Brandon up onto his back and flies off to Spellbound.

	"I have something I need to get in Hyper", Sally informs Ezekiel. Ezekiel grabs Sally's arm as she takes off running.

 	"It's in here", Sally says. They are standing outside a garage that used to be her father's. Sally walks into the garage, and comes out a few seconds later driving a hovercar.

	"Awesome!", Ezekiel shouts excitedly. Sally swoops down and Ezekiel jumps into the passenger seat.

	"let's ride!" Ezekiel declares, and they zoom off to meet up with Brandon and Dr. Fluffenstein.

	Brandon and Dr. Fluffenstein are surprised to see Ezekiel and Sally arrive in a hovercar.

	"Why does a speedster like you need a car?", Brandon asks Sally.

	"Sometimes, even speedsters wanna travel in style", Sally remarks. Brandon loads his potion-making equipment into the hovercar's trunk.

	"I'll just fly on Dr. Fluffenstein. Your car is only a two-seater after all" Brandon comments. The four adventurers set off from Spellbound together.

	"The location of the first artifact is in that forest over there", Ezekiel informs everyone, pointing towards a swath of trees nearby. When they arrive at the forest, Dr. Fluffenstein drops Brandon off of his back.

	"These trees are too thick for me to fly through", Dr. Fluffenstein admits. Brandon and Dr. Fluffenstein traverse the forest on foot while Ezekiel and Sally ride in the hovercar. They find the entrance to a cave deep in the forest. Ezekiel and Sally climb out of the hovercar, and Ezekiel enchants it, making it invisible.

	"Don't want anyone to steal it", He explains. The four of them head into the cave on foot. "The artifact we're looking for is somewhere in this cave", Ezekiel tells everyone, "Also, watch out for booby traps".

	They quickly come across a statue that shoots energy beams out of its eyes at them. Ezekiel projects a magic shield in front of them and blocks the eye beams, then flings it at the statue, causing the statue to blow its own head off. The decapitated statue sinks into the ground, revealing a new path.

	"Let's go that way", Ezekiel suggests, and hurries down the new path. The others hastily follow him. Soon, they come to an underground lake. rock walls surround it, making it look like the only way to continue forward is to dive into the lake.

	"let me try something", brandon suggests. he takes out a vial containing a lime-green potion and smashes it against the left wall. The potion eats away part of the rock wall, revealing a opening that seemingly leads back outside. Ezekiel, Sally, Brandon, and Dr. Fluffenstein crawl through the hole and emerge in a valley. there's a lake in the center of the valley and, high upon a cliff, they see the artifact on a pedistal in an altar. As they walk towards the cliff, something bursts out of the lake.

	"A Bahamut!", Ezekiel exclaims, "It must be guarding the artifact". The creature looks like a humanoid shark. It smacks Ezekiel with its fins, sending him flying. Brandon and Sally rush over to Ezekiel. The bahamut attacks Dr. Fluffenstein, but his fluffy scales protect him.

	"I think my arm is broken", Ezekiel tells Brandon, wincing from the pain.

	"get my potion bag", Brandon yells. in less than a second, Sally rushes back to the hovercar, grabs the bag, and rushes back to Brandon. Brandon hands Sally an indigo-colored potion.

	"Drink this and you should be able to defeat the Bahamut and get the artifact", he explains. Brandon grabs another potion and begins treating Ezekiel's arm. "I told you i'd be useful on your quest", Brandon reminds Ezekiel.

	Sally drinks the potion and immediately grows to about 50 feet tall. she can reach the artifact now. The Bahamut is trying to take a bite out of Dr. Fluffenstein. Sally reaches down and grabs the Bahamut.

	"My turn to do some eating", Sally remarks. She tosses the Bahamut right into her mouth and devours it. Sally reaches up and retrieves the artifact. When she gets back to Ezekiel and Brandon, Ezekiel is fully recovered.

	"That growth potion lasts for 30 minutes. It'll also prevent you from using your superspeed until it wears off", Brandon explains.

	"I guess i'll carry everyone to the next artifact's location then", Sally decides. She picks up Ezekiel and Brandon, putting them in her left pocket. Dr. Fluffenstein flies beside her and lands on her right shoulder. Ezekiel climbs up to Sally's left shoulder.

	"I'll ride up here", Ezekiel decides. Sally steps out of the valley, makes her way around to the cave entrance, and retrieves her hovercar, which she puts in her right pocket.

	"Head west until you reach a desert", Ezekiel tells Sally. As Sally heads west, Ezekiel examines the artifact they retrieved. It's an orb of some kind. Ezekiel notices a crease running along the middle of the orb. He twists the orb, causing it to open. Inside it is a miniscule model of the Hero Kingdom.

	"This is the artifact that represents Hero Kingdom", Ezekiel remarks, "The Orb of Justice".

	When they reach the desert, Sally removes Brandon and her hover car from her pockets. She manages to lower Ezekiel down to the ground, and then the potion finally wears off and Sally returns to her normal size. The four of them enter the desert cave, and immediately fall into a quicksand pit. Dr. Fluffenstein tries to pull them out, but is unable to.

	"Brace yourself", Dr. Fluffenstein warns. Then, he dives right into the quicksand. A whirlpool begins forming at the center of the quicksand pit, sucking in all the sand.  Dr. Fluffenstein, like any Catdragon, posseses superbreath. He is using it to form a tornado within the quicksand pit. Ezekiel, Sally, and Brandon are pulled into the sand twister.

	"Sally, if you spin around really fast in the opposite way from the way the sand twisted is rotating, you'll cancel it out", Dr. Fluffenstein yells. Sally does just that, and the sand twister disperses. Dr. Fluffenstein catches the 3 Superkids, preventing them from falling back into the sand. Dr. Fluffenstein flies them across several more chambers, some of which also contain quicksand pits, until they reach a large, round room.

	"Over their", Sally points across the room. a silver gear is propped up on a pedestal.

	"That's the artifact that presents Techno Kingdom: The Gear of Antiquity", Ezekiel announces. As they walk towards the Gear, the floor opens up in front of the pedestal, and a giant robot rises up from below. The robot has a giant sword in one hand.

	Sally notices the Gear is turning. "The Gear is controlling it somehow", she informs everyone, "keep the robot busy. I'll get the Gear. The robot lunges at Ezekiel and Brandon, but Dr. Fluffenstein jumps between them and the robot. The robot's sword fails to damage Dr. Fluffenstein.

	Sally rushes up to the Gear, but its stuck in the pedestal. "I can't get it out", She cries.

	"Here Sally, use this", Brandon yells. he throws her a vial containing an orange potion. "That'll give you superstrength for 10 minutes" he tells her. Sally drinks the potion, and then practially rips the gear of the pedestal. The robot immediatly shuts down. Sally jumps onto its arm and pries the sword from it's hand.

	"This might come in handy later", she decides. Dr. Fluffenstein flies the back out of the cave.

	"Two artifacts down and three to go", Ezekiel notes. As the strength potion wears off, Sally finds it hard to hold up the sword. Ezekiel enchants the sword to make it super-light. Ezekiel then uses an encantation to shrink the sword down a little bit.

	"If you know a shrinking spell, why the freak didn't you use it on me earlier?" Sally asks Ezekiel.

    "I was enjoying you being a giantess", Ezekiel replied, "If only we'd encountered another monster while you were giant-size, I woulda been like "I have a 50-foot-tall girlfriend and i'm not afraid to use her" or something". Sally laughs.

	The four of them make their way out of the desert and come across a small village. a building marked "restaurant" piques Ezekiel's interest.

	"I'm starving", Ezekiel complains, "let's stop there". Sally, Brandon, and Dr. Fluffenstein are all in agreement. Ezekiel orders a hamburger and some french fries. Sally orders Steak and mashed potatoes. Brandon orders sushi. Dr. Fluffenstein orders a big plate of salmon. About halfway through their meal, the power goes out. Then, they notice a bunch of guys in jet black uniforms armed with swords have enter the restaurant.

	"Ninjas!" Brandon exclaims.

 	"Give us the Orb and the Gear", The ninjas demand.

	Dr. Fluffenstein unleashes his superbreath, blowing the ninjas away. He and the three Superkids bolt from the restaurant in an instant.

	A short time later, a figure in a scary-looking mask approaches the restaurant.

	"Did you get the artifacts?" the figure asks.

	"No, my lord", one ninja replies.

	The ninjas gather around the man. "Sooner or later, the will retrieve the artifact I am looking for. I won't need the other four artifacts if I get that one", The masked man remarks, "let us wait until they have it, then we'll strike when they least expect it". Unbeknownst to him, someone else is watching him and his ninjas from the house across the street.

	Ezekiel, Sally, Brandon, and Dr. Fluffenstein retrieve the next two artifacts without much difficulty: The Omega Battery (which represents Turbo Kingdom), and the Labcoat of Knowledge (which represents Polymer Kingdom). The last artifact turns out to be located in the same village where they ate lunch and encountered the ninjas.

	"We're finally gonna go after the artifact that represents my kingdom", Ezekiel declares, excited. They make it back to the village by sundown. The restaurant is already closed. As Ezekiel, Sally, Brandon, and Dr. Fluffenstein ponder their next move, they hear a voice coming from the house across the street from the restaurant.

	"Over Here", someone says. A girl is poking her head out the front door of the house.

	"Katie!", Sally exclaims. The girl at the door is Katie Pembrook, a friend of Sally's from Polymer.

	"This is my grandparents' house", Katie explains, "I'm here visiting with them". Katie opens door and lets everyone in. "I saw you guys leaving the restaurant in a hurry earlier. My grandparents happen to own that restaurant" She reveals.

	"That place was crawling with ninjas", Sally tells Katie.

	"I know", Katie replies, "I saw them meet up with their leader after you left. Some creepy dude in a scary-looking mask and a black cloak. He reminded me of the Grim Reaper, only without a scythe".

	"I know who you're talking about", Ezekiel realizes, "His name's Lord Dread. He's a dark wizard who was banished from my kingdom by my parents. I shoulda guessed it was him when I saw the ninjas. He often conjures ninjas to do his dirty work".

	"You all are welcome to crash here tonight", Katie informs everyone, "My grandparents are used to me having friends over for sleepovers".

	"I'll stand guard outside tonight", Dr. Fluffenstein offers, "If any ninjas, or Lord Dread, show up, I'll yell".

 	"I'll run and fetch some food from the restraurant for you all", Katie suggests. A few minutes she returns with enough food for a small feast. Everyone eats their fill, and then settles in for the night. Eventually, Katie and Brandon are the only ones awake. Brandon is brewing more potions in case they need them. Katie walks over to Brandon.

	"Can I help?", She asks.

   "You know anything about potion-making?", Brandon asks her.

	"I'm a scientist. I'll figure it out", Katie replies. They spend the next few hours assembling ingredients to put in potions. After a while Katie is just sitting down watching Brandon finish a potion. A few minutes later, she falls asleep leaning on Brandon's arm. Brandon realizes Katie is rather cute. he realizes he enjoys her lying on him. Eventually, Brandon carries the sleeping girl upstairs to her bedroom and puts her in her bed, then heads back down stairs to get some sleep himself.

	Dr. Fluffenstein is keeping an eye on the neighborhood, when a net falls on and around him without warning.

	"What in the world?" he wonders. Then, he sees the ninjas. A second later, the restaurant bursts into flames.

	Lord Dread is standing near it holding a jet black wand. The tip of the wand looks burnt. a ninja slightly taller than the others is standing next to them.

	"They aren't in the restaurant this time, my lord", the ninja explains, "they are over there". The ninja points to the house across the street.

	Everyone is woken up by the sound of Dr. Fluffenstein screaming. The next thing they know, a barrage of ninja stars fly through the living room window, shattering it. Lord Dread is standing across the street. The restaurant is now completely engulfed in flames. A group of ninjas have Dr. Fluffenstein trapped in a big net. His claws seem unable to cut through it.

	"Lord Dread is here", Ezekiel hollers, "Everyone, front and center". Katie and her grandparents march downstairs in thier pajamas.

	"What?" Katie's grandma yells. She and her husband can't hear very well.

	"Grandma, grandpa, you need to get out of here. it's not safe right now", Katie insists.

	Ezekiel faces Lord Dread in a battle of magic. "What do you want?" Ezekiel asks.

	"I want to kill you and then take over Spellbound Kingdom of course", Lord Dread declares, "I've been planning my revenge ever since your parents exiled me. When I found out they were dead, I snuck back into Spellbound long enough to plant a book in the library. A book I knew would lead you to seek out the five artifacts. You have found all of them except the one I desire the most: the Golden Wand".

	"The Golden Wand amplifies the magic its wielder casts", Ezekiel realizes, "If you got that, you'd be unstoppable".

	"Where is the Golden Wand hidden at?" Lord Dread demands.

	"Up there", Ezekiel says, pointing to the entrance to an abandoned mine.

	"Hey ugly", Katie yells, "I don't appreciate you wrecking havoc in my grandparents' village and burning down their restaurant". She has changed into a bright orange skirt, pink skinnyjeans, and combat boots. Katie has some kind of raygun in her hand. she aims it at Lord Dread and fires.

	Lord Dread responds with a blast of dark magic. It collides with the beam from the raygun and the two cancel each other out.

	"Anti-Magic Ray", Katie explains to Ezekiel. Then, a bunch of ninjas surround Katie, holding her back. Lord Dread turns to Ezekiel.

	As Katie struggles to escape from the ninjas, she hears the whirring of multiple engines. The sound is getting louder and louder.
	A horde of motorcycles has appeared. Sally recognizes the person riding the bike in front.

	"Gideon!" She exclaims. The prince of Hyper Kingdom has arrived on the scene and brought his bike gang, the Hyper Knights, with him.

	"What do we do", a biker asks Gideon in an obviously female voice.

	"Take out those ninjas, Riley", Gideon responds.

	Riley leads the other bikers in an all-out attack on the ninjas. Each biker wields a long chain, which the use to yank the ninjas away from Katie. Gideon zooms over to Sally.

 	"Thanks for letting me know", Gideon comments to Sally. Sally had contacted Gideon on her cell phone and told him about Lord Dread and the earlier ninja attack .

	"I gotta run", Sally quickly comments, then she zooms off.

	"This ends now", Lord Dread declares, firing another dark magic blast, this time at Ezekiel. A blurr shoots past Ezekiel and, suddenly, Ezekiel is holding the Golden Wand. Ezekiel fires a magic blast that, amplified by the Golden Wand's power, turns back Lord Dread's attack and knocks him flying backwords into the burning wreckage of the restaurant.

	All of the ninjas vanish. Sally uses the sword she took from the robot earlier to free Dr. Fluffenstein from the net. Brandon, who slept through everything, emerges from the house wondering what happened. He sees the burning restaurant, and douses it with an anti-fire potion, extinquishing the flames. The burnt body of Lord Dread is visable in the wreckage.

	"Our work here is done", Riley remarks. She and the other bikers leave to rendezvous with Gideon, who took Katie's grandparents to Polymer and hasn't come back.

	"That was pretty clever what you did back there Ezekiel.", Sally comments, "You pointed out the location of the Golden Wand so I could run and retrieve it, but made it look like you were telling Lord Dread the location".

	With all five artifacts in their possession, Ezekiel, Sally, Brandon, and Dr. Fluffenstein are ready to head back and deliver them to the five kingdoms. Katie wants to come with them.

	"I need to go to Polymer there and make sure my Grandparents are alright", she insists.

	"I'll fly Katie to Polymer", Dr. Fluffenstein offers, "The rest of you do what you need to do with those artifacts".

	Ezekiel, Sally, and Brandon head for Hero Kingdom, where they give the Orb of Justice to King Michael and the Gear of Antiquity to Queen Penelope. Penelope takes the Gear to Techno Kingdom. Sally takes a second to kiss Ezekiel, and then takes the Omega Battery to Prince Gideon at the Hyper Kingdom. Ezekiel stop off at Polymer to deliver the Labcoat of Knowledge to Princess Darlia. Katie approaches them and hugs Brandon.

Ezekiel, Brandon, and Katie head back to Spellbound. Ezekiel heads to  a spot in the center of the floating castle.

	"When the five artifacts are placed in the cores of the kingdom's the represent at the same time, a miracle will happen", He recites. Ezekiel conjures four magic screens. Michael, Penelope, Gideon, and Darlia are each on one of the screens.

	"When I give the signal, place your artifact in your castle's core.", he commands, "Now!". At the exact same time, all five artifacts are placed in the castles' cores. The five cores begin to glow. Then a beam of light shoots up from each of the five castle. An aurora appears in the sky, stretching all the way from Hero Kingdom to SpellBound Kingdom. Energy rains down from the aurora onto all five kingdoms. It makes hero kingdom's people feel stronger than ever. The energy makes Techno Castle transform into a giant robot not unlike the one from the cave where the gear of Antiquity was found, and then transform back into a castle. In Hyper Kingdom, the energy creates power surges everywhere, making everything run even faster. In  Polymer Kigndom, people are suddenly jotting down ideas, conducting experiments, and people who had been sick are jumping off their hospital beds and feeling back to normal. Lastly, in Spellbound kingdom, People start casting magic they never thought they were even capable of casting. Brandon and Katie stand in the middle of it all, locked in a kiss.