Later that morning all the keepers took a bus to Hollywood Kingdom.
Henry agreed that since the world didn't know he was a DHI, he would join the crowd and keep and eye out for Overtakers. He promised Jess he wouldn't go off without her. She wanted him to be in her sight.
When the keepers got off the bus, they headed off towards the theater.
They walked through a "Cast Members Only" entrance. They made their way to the theater for, Beowulf and Grendel: The Battle.
They walked around. There were cast members dressed up as characters from Beowulf. There was the king, warriors, the queen, and Beowulf himself.
Then they saw something that caught their eyes. It was a huge robotic replica of Grendel. It was human operated, and actual robot. It was awesome.
"Ah! They're they are!" said a voice. The keepers turned around to see a man walking towards them.
"Kingdom Keepers how are you this morning?" he asked. "I'm Tom and I am manager of this show."
The keepers nodded. Tom then noticed Henry.
"What are you doing here?" he asked. "This is for cast members only!"
"This is my boyfriend," Jess said. "I am sorry."
"Your boyfriend?" Tom asked. "Then he is welcome to stay with you until the show starts."
Jess and Henry smiled.
"If you would follow me, we will show you what your jobs are," Tom said.
The keepers followed Henry. He explained to them what was happening. They were going to be announcers and will be welcoming guests and announcing and explaining the show before it began. They were given lines to say and had spent all morning rehearsing. Henry watched from the seats.
Later that day the theater filled up with guests, including Henry.
The girls were welcoming guests and the boys were backstage. They were admiring the Grendel robot.
"It's amazing," Philby said.
"How were they able to make something like this?" asked Maybeck.
"You could say it took a lot of smart people, mechanics, and maybe a bit of magic," said Tom as he walked up behind them.
"Magic?" asked Finn.
Tom smiled.
"Anyway the girls are returning and the show is about to start," Tom said. "Get ready."
The keepers nodded.
All throughout the performance the keepers played their roles. They introduced the show and gave a little backstory.
The show started soon after and the cast members came on stage. The audience cheered and laughed.
Soon they got to the part where Grendel bursts in the door.
One of the solider got up to open the door playing his part.
But then something happened.
Instead of a loud scream coming from the other side of the door, it was a booming roar.
The cast member backed up at the sound of it. The keepers turned towards the door from behind the sets.
Then suddenly the door crashed down. It wasn't Grendel in the doorway. It was a huge red dragon. It was Lord Maliss!
The audience screamed.
"Hello mortals!" the dragon said. "Lord Maliss is in the house!"
"And so am I," said a voice from behind him.
The keepers saw a woman come out from behind Lord Maliss. The keepers were shocked. It was Angelina Jolie. And she was naked.
"What is Angelina Jolie doing with the bastard!?" Maybeck yelled.
"And why is she naked!?" Jess yelled.
Finn on the other hand knew who that really was. He could see that this wasn't really Angelina Jolie. She had gold liquid on her body, covering her breasts and lower half. She also had a very long braid in her hair that acted like a tail grabbing things.
"That's not Angelina Jolie! That's Grendel's Mother!" Finn yelled.
"What!?" said Amanda.
"She was played by Angelina Jolie in the movie Beowulf," Finn said. "She is the main antagonist and she is the mother of Grendel!"
The keepers stared at Finn, and then stared back at the two Overtakers.
"What a huge crowd of people," Grendel's Mother said.
"Tasty people," Lord Maliss said licking his lips.
The audience was screaming. They attempted to run out of the theater, but an army consisting of the Vikings from The Secret of Kells blocked them.
"You aren't going anywhere," said Lord Maliss. The audience stared at the dragon.
"But don't worry," said Grendel's Mother. "We aren't going to eat you."
"Someone else is," said Lord Maliss.
"My son," said Grendel's Mother.
The Overtakers laughed as they disappeared into red smoke.
The audience and keepers looked around for a few seconds, until they heard booming footsteps.
Everyone became scared, and then something burst out from under the stage. It jumped high into the air and then crashed back down.
The audience screamed. It was the actual Grendel from Beowulf. It was a demon all mushed up and disgusting. It screamed loudly as the audience screamed loudly.
"Oh my god!" Philby said. "Grendel!"
"No shit Sherlock!" yelled Willa.
Grendel began to walk towards the audience.
"NO!" yelled Finn. "We can't let him get the guests!"
The keepers charged onto the stage. They grabbed weapons and surrounded Grendel.
They pointed their weapons at Grendel. A bunch of cast members actually joined in.
"Come on you beast!" Maybeck yelled. "Come at us!"
"Don't provoke him!" Finn yelled. "That just makes things worst!"
It was too late. Grendel was now angrier. He knocked a bunch of cast members along with Maybeck into the wall.
He roared loudly and kept knocking everyone into the set.
Finn stood up weakly. He then ran at Grendel. Grendel swung at him but he fell to the ground and slid across the theater floor. He then slid past Grendel's leg, sticking his sword in it. Grendel screamed and the audience cheered, until Grendel turned around a picked up Finn.
Finn looked at the demon's face, and then he threw him into the stage with the others. He pulled the sword out of his leg and flicked it away.
"That motherfucker is invincible," said Charlene.
"How do we beat him?" asked Amanda.
Finn thought for a moment. How did Beowulf defeat Grendel?
He thought hard, until he remembered the scene from the movie that happened before Beowulf battled Grendel. Beowulf was taking off his clothes as he said to the queen, "The creature has no sword, no armor. And I have no weapon capable of slaying a monster. We shall fight as equals. And fate shall decide."
Finn remembered that line. He knew what he needed to do. He looked up at a catwalk. He nodded.
Finn then dashed back stage.
"Finn where are you going?" Amanda asks.
"Don't follow me!" Finn said. "You don't want to see this."
The keepers looked at themselves. They then followed Finn backstage.
"Finn what are you…" Philby started to say before he stopped.
Finn was taking off his button down shirt and shoes.
"Finn?" asked Jess.
Finn looked up as he took off his socks.
"I told you guys not to follow me!" he said.
"Finn," Maybeck said as Finn took off his undershirt. "No offense, but what are you doing?"
"I'm stripping," he sighed.
The keepers eyes popped open as Finn took of his belt.
"Why the fuck are you stripping!?" Charlene yelled.
"If you saw Beowulf you would understand," Finn said as he took of his pants, now only in his underwear.
"Wait! Wait!" Philby said. "Tell us."
Finn sighed.
"In the movie Beowulf, Beowulf fought Grendel naked," Finn said. "He said, The creature has no sword, no armor. And I have no weapon capable of slaying a monster. We shall fight as equals. And fate shall decide."
"What does that mean?" asked Willa frantically.
"It means since Grendel had no armor or weapons, Beowulf fought same way, with no weapons and no clothes," Finn said. "It's the only way to defeat Grendel."
"So you're saying…" Maybeck said.
Finn smiled and gripped his underwear.
"Me and Grendel, shall fight as equals!" Finn said trying to sound proud as he took of his underwear and held them up high. The other keepers covered their eyes as Finn stood their naked. Amanda although peeked a little.
"So you think by fighting that beast naked you can kill it?" Maybeck asked.
"I think it is the only way," said Finn.
"Don't you have any shame!?" Jess yelled.
"It's either lose my shame or let everyone in the audience get killed!" Finn said. "Trust me I don't enjoy going out there and letting everyone see me naked."
The keepers sighed. Finn threw Amanda his clothes.
"I am going to climb up to that catwalk and jump onto Grendel," Finn said. "But I need you to get Grendel to make the curtains fall so everyone can see me."
"What! Why?" asked Philby.
"How weird will it be if a naked boy just comes running on stage to fight a demon?" asked Finn.
The keepers thought.
"Just get Grendel to make the curtains fall and then get him in the middle of the stage," Finn said.
The keepers nodded and ran out to the stage. Finn began to climb a ladder up to the catwalk.
Maybeck, Philby, and Amanda ran over to a corner where the curtain was closed up.
"Hey ugly!" yelled Maybeck.
Grendel turned around angrily.
"Hey over here!" yelled Philby. "Fuck you!"
Grendel clutched his fists.
"What are you waiting for!?" Amanda said. "I haven't got all day! Come and get us!"
Grendel roared loudly and charged. The three jumped out of the way just as Grendel reached out for them, but instead grabbed the curtains and made them fall.
Grendel stared at the curtains, realizing he was tricked.
"Over here!" Jess yelled.
Grendel turned around and saw all the keepers. He ran towards them, only to trip on the fallen curtains. He rolled on the ground into the middle of the stage.
Grendel looked around. The keepers were gone.
"Hey monster!" Finn yelled. Grendel looked up and so did the audience. They screamed as they looked at a naked boy on the catwalk.
"It's a nudist!" yelled one audience member.
"It's a streaker!" yelled another.
"No wait! It's the leader of the Kingdom Keepers!" yelled one. "I think he's reenacting Beowulf!"
Grendel stared at Finn as he stared back.
Finn then yelled as he jumped off the catwalk and onto Grendel's back. He wrapped his legs around Grendel's neck and held his head tightly.
Grendel screamed and thrashed around, trying to get him off. The audience began to cheer.
Grendel then reached behind him. He grabbed Finn and tried to pull him off. Finn grabbed Grendel's chin as he tried to pull him off.
Finn knew what to do. He pulled himself to Grendel's ear and screamed at the top of his lungs. Grendel screamed loudly and let go of Finn.
Finn then stood on Finn's back and pulled at Grendel's chin. He tugged tightly, making Grendel almost fall back.
"What is he trying to do?" asked Maybeck.
"I think he trying to pull his head off," said Philby.
"You don't know that," said Amanda.
"Well then ask him," said Philby.
Amanda turned towards the two fighting.
"Finn!" Amanda yelled. "What are you doing?"
Finn turned towards the keepers.
"I am trying to pull his head off!" he yelled. "In the movie Beowulf took Grendel's arm off, so I am going to take off his head!"
Amanda smiled.
"Let's help him," she said.
She then ran over towards the band pit and pulled out a pair of cymbals. She banged them together loudly. Grendel heard it and yelled.
"Yeah that's it!" Finn yelled. "Loud sounds weaken him!"
The keepers then ran towards the band pit and pulled out instruments, beginning to play them. The audience began to yell loudly to help.
Grendel yelled loudly. He could hear every sound booming in his ears.
"Hey beast!" Finn yelled as he tugged harder.
Grendel managed to look at Finn.
"I am Savior...Fighter...Avenger...Killer. I am the Leader of the Kingdom Keepers, the Warrior in Dreams. Mine is Magic...and Imagination...and Power! I AM LAWRENCE FINNEGAN WHITMAN!"
With all his strength, he pulled and pulled until Grendel's head came right off. Finn flew off of Grendel's back and onto the stage. He looked up at the headless demon, with his head in his arms.
The body stood up for a few seconds, and then fell backwards dead.
The audience cheered. The Vikings saw the dead demon and ran. The keepers quickly grabbed Finn and carried him out of the stage. Henry followed them.
"Let's get out of here!" yelled Amanda.
The keepers ran huddled together, with Finn in the middle of them, so no one could see him naked with a demon head.
There were people almost everywhere, so it was hard. to make it through the parks. Finn had never felt more embarrassed then ever.
They ended up running into a cast member locker room. Once there they handed Finn his clothes and he ran inside.
They waited and as he got dressed and ran back outside, still holding the head.
"What are we going to do with that?" asked Jess.
"In the movie Beowulf hung the arm above the door in the kingdom main hall, so I will find somewhere to hang this," Finn said.
"How are you going to preserve that!?" Henry yelled.
Finn smiled.
"We have a fridge back at the hotel," Finn said.
Everyone looked at each other and laughed as they ran off to a bus stop to head back to the hotel, hiding Grendel's head in a bag.
Alright here was this awesome chapter. Finn reenacted Beowulf and fought Grendel completely naked. Here's a fact, I actually read Beowulf in english class at school last year. But i actually saw the movie with my dad before i read it. It was a good movie. Grendel is played by Crispin Glover and Grendel's Mother is played by Angelina Jolie actually. Grendel's Mother will become a major Overtaker. Stay tuned for the next chapter, where the keepers cross over to Country Kingdom.
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From your favorite Overtaker,
Jacob/Hades/Sonicphantom47
P.S. I have just started watching a new tv show called Heroes. If you have ever heard of it, tell me. I just started watching it today and i am enjoying it.