Protectors of the Realm
In The Uncontrollable Mage
At the Drake City Royal Palace, the Five Princes and Gawayne are about to get a tan until Butler appeared.
"Sirs, someone would like to see you," he said.
"Well tell him to go away. We're trying to get a tan here." exclaimed Gawayne.
"Hey! Everyone is always welcome here Gawayne!" replied John.
Then the doors opened and someone came in, shocking the young royals.
"You!? What do you want?" asked John. Then the person gave them the Protectors wanted poster. "You wanted to capture the Protectors for the reward?" he questioned.
"No. All I wanted is for them to be put behind bars." It appears that the Protectors have a bigger challenge now.
Meanwhile at Power City, the Realm Protectors are enjoying their delicious smoothies at the park.
"This is the life guys. Good smoothies, fans, and especially no annoying princes to bother us." said Mike as he took a sip.
"Yeah. And yesterday, Arkayna took me shoe shopping so my feet won't get sore from walking from city to city." said Sienna.
"I agree with her. We need equipment to train more like the Mysticons." suggested Tom. Then Mike's phone rang.
"Hey Bobby. What's up?" he spoke.
"Bad news I'm afraid. There's trouble at Drake City, get there fast." said Bobby.
"Alright guys. Let's do this." said Mike.
"Oh! After we stopped something, let's go check out those wallets." suggested Dillon.
"We're not going to the mall." the others replied. So they sneaked into an alley to change.
Protector Knight.
Protector Guardian.
Protector Acrobat.
Protector Tracker.
Protector Illusionist.
Meanwhile the Protectors made it to Drake City. But somehow they couldn't find Tetrax, the Shadow Troopers, or Kymraw.
"What is this, one of John's pranks?" questioned Mike.
"Or maybe even Tazma." replied Tom.
"Come on man, no one has seen her since the destruction of the Spectral Hand." said Zeke. But then a magical beam blasted Zeke, and then magical flames appeared from the ground. But the Protectors avoided it.
And once the smoke clears, they're attacker turned out to be Magnus.
"Magnus? What are you doing?" asked Mike in shock.
"I am here to turn you in." said Magnus as he ignited his hands, and then he fired a magical orb and it trapped their legs. And just as he's about to turn them in, Sienna created illusions of gargoyles flying over him.
And while Magnus is distracted Tom sliced the orbs, freeing their legs. Then Dillon sliced the ground creating an earthquake attack and Magnus fell down. And once the gargoyles vanished the Protectors escaped leaving Magnus growling in anger.
Meanwhile at the Protector's castle, the Realm Protectors are still in shock that Magnus is trying to capture them.
"I still don't get it. Why would Magnus want to capture us?" questioned Mike.
"I say it's because we freed King Brax." answered Zeke.
"And plans to regain the Astromancers' honor." said Tom as he turned on the glyph and checked the news.
"I'm here at the Royal Palace to interview the young princes who hired the top Astromancer Magnus." said Serena. "Now why would Magnus want to capture the Protectors?" she asked.
"Well. Magnus has a lot of power than bounty hunter to catch those outlaws." exclaimed Zachary.
"This is gonna be a disaster." said Dillon.
"Hey guys." said Zeke. "Something's crawling on me." he said, and it turned out to be Choko climbing on Zeke's back as he chirped. Then the Mysticons came in.
"Guys we gotta tell you something." said Arkayna.
"Well we got problems of our own so o.k." said Mike.
"Magnus is challenging you guys to a duel." said Zarya.
"A duel!?" questioned Sienna.
"Yep. A duel that will decide the fate of the Protectors." said Piper.
"By the star!" said Mike in shock. "This is gonna get magic tricky." he said being nervous.
Back at Drake City. A tournament is being held, the Protectors of the Realm vs Magnus and is broadcast in the Realm. While the Five Princes' and Gawayne are sitting on their thrones with snacks and drinks who are getting excited about this, while the Mysticons are getting nervous.
Magnus is waiting patiently, and then he heard motorcycle engines. And the Protectors appeared on their hoverbikes, and so they got off and went face to face, while Gawyane's butler is the referee.
"All right. Make it a fair duel. No cheating and no dirty tactics, and whoever leaves the ring loses." he said.
And the alarm went off, the Protectors drew out their swords and Magnus fired magical blasts at them. But Mike deflected them and fired a blast at him. But Magnus blocked it.
Tom swinged his sword a couple times and launched the rays and some hit Magnus. And he conjured magical whips and grabbed Tom, and swinged him around and threw him, and Tom barely went out of the ring but he quickly went back to the fight.
Zeke uses his sword and created an energy-themed hammer, and he tried to smash Magnus but he dodged it with a force field.
"Magnus created magical lightning and he threw them at Sienna. But Dillon striked them with his sword, then Sienna created arrows with her sword and fired at Magnus. And every arrow hit Magnus damaging his jacket.
Then Magnus just ripped off his jacket revealing scars during his years as an Astromancer.
"Whoah. Where did you get those scars Magnus dud?" asked Zeke in shock.
"My years of fighting evil. From funganoids to the Spectral Hand." he said. And then he ignited his hands with magic, and then he levitated two chunks of gravel and threw them at the Protectors.
But luckily Mike slashed two of them in half.
"It appears I have no other choice." said Magnus, and just as he's about to remove his gloves...
"Magnus!" Then everyone looked up they saw the Proxima and the Astromancers. "Magnus please, you can't do this. There is no need to turn in the Protectors." said Proxima in desperate. But the teen royals were annoyed by this.
"Ugh, stupid Astromancers. Ruining a perfect show of those outlaws." said Gawayne in annoyance.
"Come on Astromancer let him fight!" John called.
"Star Mistress I know what I have to do to reclaim our honor. Forgive me." said Magnus. So he removed his gloves, then everyone saw his hands in horror.
The Mysticons were frightened by this, Arkayna covered her mouth.
The Five Princes' and Gawayne spit and coughed up their food and drinks.
And the Protectors saw his hands in horror as well.
And it turns out his hands are horribly disfigured, scars all over them, old wounds from his past, twisted bones, and sharp fingernails.
"What happened to you're hands!?" asked Mike.
"For years I've been training to be a top Astromancer but I never had the time to tend them, my magic became unstable in this state. So I have to wear gloves in order to protect myself and threats like you." explained Magnus.
And then he created a giant orb and he threw it at them. But the Protectors collided it with their swords. Then somehow they absorbed the orb, and then they fired it at Magnus, and the force of the blast hit him.
But somehow he's being covered by a magical aura.
"I... Can't... Control... The... Magic!" yelled Magnus. And magical rays began hitting everything destroying buildings, and once the rays are gone a caccoon began covering him. And he's now in this crystal-like shell and the Astromancers checked on Magnus.
"Is he in there?" asked Proxima.
"I guess so. He just wanted the Astromancers' trust again." said Mike, and the Protectors rode off.
Leaving the Astromancers to wonder if Magnus is still alive inside