House of Baloo 2, 3

19.

"Um... Are you King Sapian?" Tippi asked.

"So you must be the intruders I've heard SO much about... Well, I will NOT forgive the great trashening of my beautiful kingdom! NOO-WEE-OO! ...Thus you are warned!"

"King Sapian! You must release the Cragons you've enslaved!" 

"NEVER! Their sturdy bodies make them SUCH fine workers. Exquisite! I need them to dig up more gems so I can build a bejeweled palace. Ooo-weee!"

"Why, how positively horrid... Release them this instant!"

"Trash is garbage, no matter how you dress it. This world is made for BEAUUUUUTY! And if you need some proof...then have a look at this!"

He takes out the Pure Crystal.

"It's the Pure Crystal!"

"I can hear it in your voice... You want it SO badly, you can barely think, mmmmmm? Seems we all seek beauty.. So how DARE you take a high horse over me?!"

"Don't compare us to you... We're NOTHING like you!"

"Your blabber hurts my ears! And your smell is wilting me! I can stand you no longer. I rarely stoop to such things, but I'll destroy you myself. Consider it an honor!"

He puts the Pure Crystal away, then the king becomes a plant-like creature.

"OOOO-weee-OOOOO! Here I COME!"

King Sapian wasn't hard at all. With Zephyr and Tippi distracting him, Neon and X cut the vines. Soon enough, he fell.

"Beaut..tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiful... Even as I wilt... I am... I am... BEEEEEAUUUUUTIIIIIIFUUUL!"

He wilts.

"K-KING SAPIAN!"

Some Sapiens enter.

"What... WHOA! What did you guys DO, huh?"

"We have defeated your king. Get over it..."

"Hey, shut up! You don't get it at all! King Sapian was awesome! He totally thought of his people first, man! And you... You wilted him!"

"What? What are you talking about?"

"WATER, man! I'm talking about WATER! The Cragons were polluting our water! Those dudes were tossing trash into the river! We had to DRINK that crud! That dirty water was what drove our king bonkers, don't you get it?"

"So... Then... Oh."

"Of course! I knew it all along.!"

Kelwona enters with his crew.

"Emergency special report from the front lines! Environmental pollution drives the Sapiens mad!"

"Cut."

"So the villagers throwing garbage in the river was the reason for this whole thing? Well... I tried to tell those guys, but my thoughts were too far ahead of their time."

"This play well with green Cragon crowd. Ratings EXPLODE, brah! It like "Crags on Ice" meets "Baron von Craggington!" Flint said.

"Yes, once my fellow villagers see this, they'll surely realize the error of their ways. Once the words of Kelwona Crag reach them, they'll throw garbage no more!" Kelwona said.

"Yeah, water, man... I mean, it's EASILY our most precious treasure, know what I mean? You promise not to dirty our water and we'll just chill down here and be cool. And we'll totally take those sprouts off your villagers' noggins too, man." The sapian said.

"Sounds like a fine way to keep the peace in the land... Keep those promises, folks!"

"That was a rather unexpected turn.."

"Whaling on our king aside, you guys are totally heroes... You should take this. One of our earliest kings received this to safeguard until the heroes' arrival. Our people have kept that promise for, like, 1,500 years or something crazy like that... I'm sure our wilted king here would be stoked that this duty got done."

The sapian gives the Pure Crystal to X.

"Men of true grit witness live what others can only see through crag-vision. That is what moves me to travel into the belly of the beast week after week. Thanks again for watching, and until next time..GOODBYE!" Having wrapped their latest shoot, Kelwona and crew went back to Downtown of Prehistory. The team has clutched the sixth Pure Crystal as they walked back toward Eerie.. Our heroes had taken a new step toward overturning the prophecy of destruction.

...

THE VOID, CASTLE STYGIAN

At the main chambers, only Chunker and Anastasia are there.

"Raise yer chunks in the air, as the most debonair man o' men strides into the room! Springin' forth from 'is lair as 'is foes all despair, for Stygian be the name o' their doom!"

Owo appears.

"Gosh, 'Chunks, QUIT IT! You're breaking windows! What are you yelling about?" Owo asked.

"Oh, that? Yeah, I just had Chunker come up with a nice motivational tune. And as punishment for getting beat by that hero AGAIN, I'm making him sing it 1,000 times." Anastasia said.

 "1,000... 1,000 TIMES?! Gosh, you're even more evil than I thought! Hey, but enough chatting! So where's the count, huh? I wanna see him! He hasn't called me to go do anything, and I'm getting SOOOOOOO BORED!"

"HEY, COUNT?" The voice said.

Mr. N appears.

"My destructive little friend is all gassed up and itching to get back in action. Yes, Metalman is begging me to take him out. Say the word, and I'll roll out."

"Yeah, great enthusiasm, but let's shelve the robot action plan for now, 'K? The thing is, the count kinda left specific orders for us to stand by. Got that?" Anastasia asked.

"No way! We're just supposed to wait here for that big, mean hero to come get us?" Owo asked.

"So the count doesn't need my services? Excellent. I'll just be off, then." Mr. N said.

"YOU GO NOWHERE! We wait! It's the count's direct order! His word is absolute! Be a good little minion and DO NOT MOVE UNTIL TOLD! ... 'K? Thanks." Anastasia said.

She leaves.

"But I'm boooooooooored!" Owo said.

"And Metalman craves his daily SMASH! I can't just loiter here. There's no action!" Mr. N said.

"Ah ha ha. Hard to stay still when you pine for sweet vengance, isn't it?" The voice said.

Dynamo appears.

"Dynamo!" Mr. N said.

"The count's orders are all absolute...completely without exception, yes? We shouldn't even dare to think about a secret sneak attack. Perish the thought! Defeating the hero would please the count greatly...but we MUST follow orders!" Dynamo said.

"....... Oopsie! I just remembered something real important that I gotta do! Back in a jiffy! Bye!" 

Owo leaves.

"Yeaaah... Yeah. I've, uh...got to go deflavorize the Metalmans uh... Flavorizer. I'll return once everything's up to code. Later, Dynamo."

Mr. N leaves.

"Ah ha ha. My, my, isn't that something? I do believe I should be moving on as well."

Dynamo leaves.