Protectors of the Realm
in Protectors in the Festival
In Drake City, the city is having their annual festival, that's filled with games, snacks, and rides. And in the festival are the Protectors and the Mysticons.
"Man, I love these festivals. It's like the ones in Power City." said Mike.
"Yeah, and the snacks are good too," Dillon agreed as he ate a snorg ball.
"And thanks guys, that you decided to come, I thought you guys were busy." said Arkayna as she ate a gorgon cupcake.
"Don't mention it, we just love a good invitation." Mike said to Arkayna.
"Speaking of invitation, who invited them?" Zeke pointed, and everyone spotted the Young Royals with a car.
"That is a cool car you have John." said Gawayne.
"That's right, but it's not doing so good. That's why I repair it myself." said John.
"Really, how do you do it?" asked Steven.
"Simple." he said. "I glued those bumpers together real tight, I taped the windshields, and I taped the wires in the right place."
The others were fascinated, but Gawayne was confused.
"Uh, shouldn't you hire a mechanic to fix that car." Gawayne said to John.
"I would, but that cost money." John explained. "And besides, if I do send it to a mechanic, I'll just give him the gold from my secret business. Like hunting and selling animals and giving secrets to other kingdoms." he said.
"Well, that's kind of a good business. But it's just illegal." Gawayne explained.
"Come on, it's the only way to give gold to the bounty hunter I hired."
Then the bounty hunter appeared. He has white hair, wears a purple jacket, ripped jeans, and blue shoes. And his name is Luke Gazer.
"Did one of you guys hired me?" Luke asked.
Later, the Protectors are playing a ring toss game. Tom aimed carefully and he tossed the ring to a wall, the ring bounced at the stand, until it finally landed on a bottle. Then the vendor gave him a stuffed griffin.
"Nice one Tom!" said Mike.
"Yeah, I am king at this." Tom smiled.
Everyone one was having a good time, until Bobby spotted Luke.
"Hey guys, check it out!" Bobby pointed, and they spotted Luke.
"Who's he Bobby?" John asked Bobby, as Bobby checked on his glyph.
"His name is Luke Gazer. He's a bounty hunter that can solve difficult tasks, he never takes breaks, and there is one more thing. He loves jazz music." Bobby explained.
"Hey! We do jazz music!" said Zeke.
"Yeah, and he's getting more aggressive every time he hunts someone." Doug came.
"Aggressive, what do you mean," asked John.
"Well. He was a nice guy, but somehow how he became a real stargoyle for no reason." he explained to the Protectors.
"Well, if he is aggressive, then you don't want him to hurt anyone, especially during the festival." said Tom.
"Yeah guys, let's get him out of here." said John as he and the Protectors went into an alley. "By the power of the Codex..."
Protector Knight.
Protector Guardian.
Protector Acrobat.
Protector Tracker.
Protector Illusionist.
Meanwhile, everyone was listening to jazz music, while Luke is listening to the beat.
"So I heard you really like jazz music." said Steven.
"Like it, I live for it." said Luke. "Oh, dance with me old man!" he grabbed butler, and he forcibly danced with him.
But what he didn't know, is that the Protectors are spying on him on top of a stand.
"Wow. Bobby's right," said Zeke. "He does love jazz music." he said.
"Yeah, but he never said he's a great dancer." said Sienna. Until Luke spotted them.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here." Luke said as he tossed Butler away. "If it isn't the Protectors who are in the festival." he said.
"That's right, we're here." Mike said to Luke. "We had our fun in the festival, so now you're gonna turn us in." he said.
"Oh no, no, no. I'm not gonna turn you in just yet. The princes' told me that you faced King Brax, his dragon soldiers, and all the other bounty hunters in the Realm. So, it'll be easier if I just beat you." Then Luke jumped onto the stand to fight the Protectors.
Mike blocked Luke's punch, but the force of the punch send him crashing to a snorg ball stand. Then Dillon avoided Luke's kicks, he kept avoiding them so Luke can be exhausted, until Dillon starts to be exhausted instead. Luke smirked at this, so he grabbed him and threw him down to the ground.
Then Tom uses his sword and created a cannonball and he launched it with a punch, but Luke grabbed hit and threw it away, and it almost hit John's car.
"That was close," John sighed in relief.
The rest of the Protectors jumped off of the stand and Luke followed them, the Protectors ran in order to lead Luke out of the festival and they went behind a big metal pipe.
"Alright, when he jumps up, we'll give him the Protector Slash." said John. Then suddenly, Luke lifted up the pipe like it was easy.
"Batter up!" said Luke, and he swinged the pipe, But the Protectors ducked from the pipe and it hit a few trees instead, which gave the Protectors much time to escape. "Drat!" he growled.
Later, the Protectors hid in an alley to catch their breath.
"Man, what is with this guy?" Dillon questioned.
"I don't know," said Mike. "But Doug is right, he is aggressive." he said.
"You're telling me." Zeke spoke. "It's like he's been corrupted by an emeraldite." he said, and Mike thought of something.
"Wait a minute," Mike said. "Bobby can you check an emeraldite location in the festival?" he asked.
"I'll check." said Bobby, and he began typing on the glyph. Then he saw a security footage of Luke and scanned him, and there in his jacket is an emeraldite. "Zeke's right, an emeraldite is corrupting Luke. That's why he took on one of those difficult tasks." he said.
"I bet he thought that the emeraldites would give him more power," said Sienna.
"And he doesn't know they're evil." said Dillon.
"Then we gotta get that thing off of him, and I've got an idea." said Mike.
Later, back at the festival, Luke is looking for the Protectors while eating some ice cream.
"Now if I was one of the Protectors, where would I go?" Luke asked himself. And then he spotted the Protectors who are just standing around, Luke smirked as he finished his ice cream. "Standing out in the open isn't a smart move Protectors, now it's time to get my reward." Luke charged and he punched Mike. But suddenly, his fist went right through him, the Protectors were a fake.
He turned around and saw that there are a lot of Protectors surrounding him and Luke can't tell which of the fakes are the real Protectors. Then they faded away and spotted the real Protectors holding instruments.
"Let's jazz." said Mike, and the Protectors began to play. And then Luke started to dance uncontrollably.
"What are doing to me!?" asked Luke, but the Protectors continue to play.
Mike blew the saxophone still remembering the notes he and the others practiced, Zeke blew the trombone and Dillon blew the trumpet, and Sienna blew the clarinet and Tom played the drums. They remembered the music they played, as Luke continues to dance mindlessly.
The Protectors continued to play until, the emeraldite jumped out of Luke's jacket and his hair turned blonde and his jacket turned blue just before he collapsed.
The emeraldite danced at the jazz music and Mike caught and put it in the jar.
Back at the other side of the festival, the Young Royals are waiting impatiently for Luke.
"What is taking so long with that bounty hunter?" John asked, and then the Protectors appeared carrying Luke.
"Special delivery!" spoked Dillon, and he dropped Luke and the Protectors flee. But this causes John to growl in anger.
"Do we have to do everything ourselves!" yelled John as he opened the door to his car only to have it removed because of its state, and the others get in to capture the Protectors themselves.
The Protectors ran for their lives as the Young Royals chased after them and ran over some stands, and luckily a few people avoided the vehicle, it's like they're losing every bit of sanity they have.
Zachary fired a magic blast at the Protectors, but they dodged it and the blast hit a snorg ball stand instead, next William blasted some magic too but he missed and it hit a dunk tank instead. And every time Johns rammed into something, his car starts to lose pieces like its windshield, wires, and hood.
The Protectors thought they got away scot clean, until Zeke tripped and his foot got stuck in a hole.
"Guys! I'm stuck! Get me out of here!" Zeke cried. And the Protectors came back to help him, they tried to pull Zeke out of there but they couldn't, and the Young Royals are getting closer.
"We got them now!" William smiled. And John hit the brakes, but the car isn't stopping, looks like he didn't check the brakes.
"Stop!" John yelled. "Stop you piece of junk, stop!" he said as he kept slamming the brakes.
Where it looks the Protectors are done for, but Doug appeared and got them out of the way in time when the car got close.
As the car is out of control, the Young Royals spotted a mini version of the dragon train, so John kept slamming the brakes but it was too late. The car rammed into the train which causes the Young Royals to be launched out of the car and landed in a fish stand.
"That takes care of them," said Mike. "Thanks Doug," Mike said to Doug.
"Ah don't mention it." said Doug.
"Now let's get out of here, before they start wrecking havoc again." said Mike as he and the others ran, except for Zeke who has his foot stuck in a hole that is removed from the ground.
"Hey, wait for me! I'm still stuck y'know!" Zeke hollered as he ran.
Meanwhile, the Astromancers appeared to face the Young Royals.
"Well, that ain't good." said Steven.
"Well, do you have a plan B?" John rhetorically asked.
"Your highnesses, we just got a report from the King and Queen. They're not happy with all the destruction caused by your psychopathic chase and pursuit of the Protectors." said Proxima.
"Hey, those guys pressed our buttons." said Marcus.
"Yes. And also, you're under arrest for poaching animals, selling secrets to other kingdoms, and driving a dilapidated vehicle. And brace yourselves, because this vehicle hasn't been repaired in years." Proxima said to the Young Royals, and John's car collapsed which surprises Proxima. "You all could go to the dungeon because of this, but you all are royalty after all. So I suggest, community service will do." she said.
"No! Please not that! We demand you to the Drake City imbecile!' Gawayne pleaded.
"It's embassy, imbecile!" John said in fury as he hit Gawayne in the head with a fish, Gawayne yelled in pain as John snickered.
Later, the Protectors are hanging out with the Mysticons to relax after the festival.
"Wasn't the festival fun," said Arkayna.
"Yeah. Too bad it's over already." said Mike, as everyone spotted the Young Royals cleaning up the mess they've made as they're being supervised by the Astromancers. "Hey John, how does it feel to work for a change?" he joked, and John glared at him a he walked towards Mike.
"When I'm through with this, I'm gonna make all of you clean the griffin stables!" yelled John.
"You're not done yet." said Gandobi, and he dragged John with his magic as everyone laughed.