The Spectra Scepter Saga
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 4:44 pm
The Spectra Scepter Saga, chapter 11
by Cullen Pittman
Back To Earth
As we enter the meeting room of the Color Castle, we see Rainbow Brite, Brian, Stormy, Starlite, Mr. Glitters, and all 7 Color Kids gathered around a huge round table looking at 7 colored shards. "Well, my Rainbowland friends and guest friend", said Rainbow, looking at Brian. "We finally did it. We found all 7 Scepter Shards. Aren't they all pretty?"
"It would be pretty awesome if we can get those shards back together to form the Spectra Scepter", said Brian in a determined voice, "So we can finally destroy all that Grix covering Earth."
"Not to mention putting that rotten Dark Princess in her place once again", said Buddy Blue.
"So how do we put those shards back together?" asked Canary Yellow.
"This is how the Spectra Scepter looked when it was whole", said Red Butler showing everyone a page from the Book of Krys. It was the Spectra Scepter as one long stick. "As you can see, this is the color order on how it should be put back together. With my trademark color shard on top", said Red proudly.
"And mine on the bottom", whispered Shy Violet.
"But your shard is the most powerful, Violet", said Rainbow, "The Violet Shard gives an energy boost to the six other shards, increasing their powers."
"I don't see any slots or holes on these shards to insert them back together", said Indigo, examining the shards.
"Should we try putting them back together with something like crazy glue?" asked Brian.
Starlite made an offended neigh, "Sorry", said Starlite, "For some reason, crazy glue offends horses and us stallions a lot."
"Sorry, Starlite", said Brian, blushing.
"Besides", said Rainbow, "I think instead of crazy glue, it should be called unique glue. A more PC sounding name."
"That still doesn't really make me feel any better", said Starlite.
"Maybe we can try rubber cement instead", said Patty O'Green, "And I happen to have a tube of that stuff with me." And she pulled out a tube of rubber cement from her pocket.
"Now why would you happen to be carrying around rubber cement with you?" demanded Lala Orange, "You weren't planning on sticking us all to our chairs later on, would you?"
"Heh heh", giggled Patty as she reached into her other pocket and pulled out a fake halo and hung it over her head to look innocent.
"This might do the trick", smiled Rainbow as she took the tube from Patty, "Let's see if we can rebuild a Spectra Scepter." The kids got together and stuck each shard one by one in this order. The Red Shard on the top, then orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and The Violet Shard on the bottom, which was the handle.
"So what do you all think?" asked Rainbow as she and everyone stood back to examine the newly reformed Spectra Scepter on the table.
"It kind of looks like the picture in the book", said Red.
"So, who's going to master the scepter to stop the Grix and the Dark Princess?" asked Brian.
"Should you even ask?" said Rainbow smiling and winking at Brian.
"But I can't use the Scepter", protested Brian, "I'm no longer the Sentinel of Light Unseen. No matter how many times I activate this ring, it won't transform me." And he shook his ring showing no results as usual.
"But your Dad was the Mighty Krys", said Rainbow, "Only a member of his bloodline can use the Spectra Scepter. Sentinel armor or not. I believe in you, Brian."
"We all do", said Red Butler as he and the other Color Kids nodded. And so did Starlite and Mr. Glitters.
"Oh, all right, I'll nod a yes", grumbled Stormy, "Just so I won't get anymore dirty looks from you all."
"Well, all right", said Brian blushing as he went over to pick up the Scepter. But when he did, the Scepter started to wobble and droop.
"I don't think Krys's all powerful Spectra Scepter is supposed to droop like that", said Red.
"It's like trying to balance a 7 scoop ice cream cone", said Brian, trying to keep the Scepter straight up.
"Maybe rubber cement wasn't the way to go for this", said Patty.
"Maybe the Scepter will show its true power once we come to and defeat the forces of evil", suggested Rainbow, "In the meantime, I know a safe place for you to keep the Scepter, Brian." Rainbow used her magic to create a rainbow colored scabbard on Brian's belt. "Put the Scepter in this special scabbard", said Rainbow, "That way, you'll be ready to draw it out when the time comes."
Brian complied and inserted the Scepter into the scabbard, which was a perfect fit. "So now what do we do?" asked Brian, "Do we go back to Earth and try to remove all that Grix with this Scepter? It could probably take many days or months, since the Earth's a pretty big place."
"According to the Book of Krys", said Red, "The only way to fully get rid of the Grix fast is to strike it at its source."
"Where do you suppose the source is located?" asked Canary.
"I think I may have seen the source", said Brian, "It was near The Dark Princess. She had her Grix Grunts throw innocent people into this source turning them into Grix Grunts too."
"Then that means, the source of the Grix must hang out with The Dark Princess", said Rainbow, "Once we find her, we'll find the source."
"As a master of dark clouds", said Stormy, "I have a knack for tracking down darkness. So I'll be able to find you the Dark Princess easily. If you'll let me come along on your mission."
"Why sure", smiled Rainbow, "I'd love to have my two dearest friends accompany me on this mission to rescue Earth. What do you say, Brian?"
Brian looked funny at Stormy who was looking at him with stormy clouds of rage in her eyes while putting a fake smile on her face. "Sure", said Brian making a nervous smile. "The more help we get, the better."
Later, outside the Color Castle, we see Rainbow Brite and Brian on Starlite's back while Stormy was on her storm cloud. And all the Color Kids and Sprites were seeing them off. "Good luck, everyone", said Red, "As soon as you give us the signal, me and the other Color Kids will be ready with the final part of your plan."
"I know I can always count on you Color Kids", smiled Rainbow winking.
Brian looked over at Shy Violet who was holding Captain Fuzz in her hands, "Sorry you can't come back with me just yet, Captain Fuzz", said Brian, "But once we defeat the forces of evil, I'll come back for you." Then he looked at Violet and asked, "You'll look after him while I'm gone, won't you?"
"Yes, Brian", said Violet shyly, "He always enjoys his play dates with my hermit crab."
"Violet owns a hermit crab?" asked Buddy.
"Farewell, my friends", said Rainbow as she created her hugest rainbow bridge leading to Earth. "I just know we'll make it back victorious", said Rainbow. And Starlite galloped onto the rainbow with Rainbow Brite and Brian, while Stormy followed after them on her cloud.
"Okay, Color Kids", said Red, "Once I see the signal on my monitor, I'll notify all of you and we go back to our stations and follow her plan. Got that?"
"YEAH!" said all the kids as they went back to their keeps. Mr. Glitters noticed Indigo putting on her volunteer cop's hat and heading for The Pits instead of her keep. Mr. Glitters made a questionable squeak.
"Where am I going?" asked Indigo, "I'm going to ask Murky and Lurky some questions. All these weird dangers that have been happening this past month were probably no mere coincidences. It was probably all their doings."
Mr. Glitters started to make more squeaks, "Oh, you want to be my cop's assistant?" asked Indigo, "Why sure", she smiled and placed a smaller police hat on Mr Glitters's head. "I'll be the good cop and you can be the bad cop. Now let's go interrogate a couple of pits."
Back in the Pits, we see the Murky and Lurky robot decoys short circuiting and saying their catchphrases jumbled. "Colors hate I", said the Murky bot. "Bun-bun-bun-bunnies!" said the Lurky bot. And they were marching like crazy around in circles. Then the real Murky and Lurky approached the malfunctioning robots.
"What's happening to my twin brother?" asked Lurky.
"He's not your twin, no-brain", grumbled Murky, "He's your robot double. And both of them are going haywire. I'll need to fix them before one of those Color Brats comes here to check on us."
"You mean like her?" asked Lurky as he pointed to Indigo in the distance.
"Quick!" shouted Murky, "Stash those bots in that cave over there!" Lurky picked up the broken robots and threw them into a nearby cave. Then Murky and Lurky sat on a log, trying to look innocent just as Indigo and Mr. Glitters arrived.
"Good day my dear Indigo and, Yech!, cute fuzzy sidekick", said Murky smiling, "What brings you to our humble Pits?"
Mr. Glitters went into his bad cop act and started making cute sounding threats while jumping up and down.
"Take it easy, Officer Glitters", said Indigo, "Murky and Lurky. Lately, some trouble has been happening in Rainbowland ever since Brian was staying here for the past month."
"Oh, really?" said Murky, "Are you saying that kid, Brian, was causing all these problems? That's what happens when you let unsupervised juvenile delinquents into your organized Rainbowland."
Mr. Glitters started squeaking angrily at Murky for insulting Brian like that."
"No, Brian has a kind heart", said Indigo, "I should know. I checked his heartbeat when I was a volunteer nurse. I have a feeling you and Lurky caused these disasters."
"Disasters?" asked Murky, "How could you accuse us of that? What kind of disasters could you ever mean?"
"What about that fire that happened in Rainbowland sometime ago?" asked Indigo.
"Fire?" asked Murky, "We didn't start the fire."
"It was always burning, since the world's been turning", said Lurky. Murky just elbowed Lurky to keep from starting a musical number.
"Well, how about a mysterious bird that looked like a robot snatching one of our Scepter Shards?" asked Indigo, "And we know you're an expert at building robots."
"I don't know anything about a robot bird", said Murky, "Maybe it was a rare exotic bird that looks like a robot."
"And were you responsible for a giant sand monster at Seven Colors Cove, or a two headed python in the rainforest, or a yeti that nabbed me when I was on top of Mt. Everzesty?" asked Indigo, shuddering.
"Yeti?" asked Lurky, "Oh, you mean my cous...OW!" Murky stomped on Lurky's foot.
"Kazow?" asked Indigo, "What's that?"
"You know the slang today's underlings come up with", laughed Murky, "KAZOW! Underlings grow up so fast."
"Are you sure you two haven't left The Pits all this time?" asked Indigo.
"How can we?" asked Murky, "We haven't finished our Pits Arrest yet. And our ankle bracelets forbids us from leaving."
Mr. Glitters noticed Murky's and Lurky's bare ankles and started making angry squeaky demands.
"Yes", said Indigo, "Where are your ankle bracelets?!"
"Well, uh, um, bracelets, um", said Murky, who was completely out of excuses.
"Here they come now", said Lurky, "Our twins are bringing them."
"Twins?" gasped Indigo. Sure enough, the malfunctioning Murky and Lurky robots ended up marching out of the cave with the missing bracelets on their ankles.
"Uh, science project?" said Murky blushing. Just then, the robots exploded.
"So you two have been leaving The Pits and leaving these robot decoys in your place", demanded Indigo. Mr. Glitters started going from bad cop to cute psycho cop, jumping on Murky's face, pulling on his mustache.
"The jig is up, Lurky!" shouted Murky as he threw Mr. Glitters off of his face, then pulled out a remote control, aimed it somewhere and created a black hole. "Let's go!" shouted Murky as he grabbed Lurky's arm and the two villains ran through the hole.
"Stop in the name of the law!" shouted Indigo as she and Mr. Glitters tried to go after them, but the hole disappeared. "This can't be good", said Indigo worried, "I need to call Rainbow." Indigo took out her cell phone and tried to call Rainbow, but all she got was static. "Oh great", grumbled Indigo, "Rainbow's phone reception is out of range now! I can't contact her!" Mr. Glitters made a worried squeak.
"I know, Mr. Glitters", said Indigo picking up her friend, "We just have to hope Murky and Lurky will end up in a place where they won't cause any trouble."
We now look at Brian's neighborhood on Earth. The streets and some of the homes were completely covered with Grix, along with the fearsome looking Grix Grunts, who were once innocent human beings, marching around. Then we look inside the school library where the Dark Princess once served her community sentence as a librarian. The Princess had turned the library into her new palace. She was sitting relaxed on a throne while some Grix Grunts were fanning her and serving her cheese and crackers and goblets of wine.
"Ah, this is the life", smiled the Princess wickedly, "A planet of complete darkness with over a trillion slaves. This is better than trying to conquer that puny Rainbowland of shrimpy Sprites. And it's all because of my mother's wonderful evil creation, The Grix." And she started going into an evil, yet silly, musical number.
"The Grix, The Grix, filled with evil tricks.
When you're filled with happiness, my substance that will fix.
The Grix, The Grix, how it clings and sticks.
It will bite hard on to you, much worse than fleas and ticks."
"My Grix is gloppy, gooey and it's a dismal gray.
There's no chance of ridding it, for Grix is here to stay."
"The Grix, The Grix, what an evil mix.
Made from the worst formulas, including triple six.
The Grix, The Grix, stronger than steel or bricks.
If you try to stop it, then you're sure to get your licks."
"This planet is all mine now that the Grix has got its hold.
And I'll be ruling Earth until I'm gray and old."
"Mind you, I like the color gray, but I never plan on growing old."
"The Grix, The Grix, worse than messy oil slicks.
If you plan on sunny days, those plans you'll have to nix.
The Grix, The Grix, it's what gives me my kicks.
So listen you hicks, say your icks, add your nasty prefix/suffix, because you can't stop one of my favorite picks."
"The mighty awful Grix!"
Then the song stopped as the Dark Princess leaned back in her throne. "Ha Ha! Laughed the Princess as she took another sip of wine, "Nothing can ruin my horror filled happiness!" Just then, a black hole appeared in front of her and out fell two familiar ex-henchmen of hers. "MURKY AND LURKY?!" growled the Princess as she stood up and spit out her wine.
"Uh, greetings your dark highness", said Murky, trying to make an innocent smile. "You're looking well. Have you been working out?"
"I don't think you should say that, Murky", said Lurky, "She might think that you're saying she was once fat."
"LURKY!" growled Murky.
"How dare you two weasels show yourselves in my palace!" growled the Princess, "I remember how you used your sneaky computer program to hypnotize Rainbowland, along with me! I should have you both thrown into my Grix source and make you two more lowly Grix Grunts just like my other slaves!" The Princess snapped her fingers and the source of the evil Grix entered the room with red evil eyes. Then the Princess ordered two of the Grix Grunts to grab Murky and Lurky and prepared to throw them into the eagerly awaiting source.
"Wait, your mercifulness", pleaded Murky, "We only came here to warn you. Rainbow Brite and her cronies are coming here to defeat you and end your ruling plans."
"And just how is Rainbow Brite going to do that exactly?" demanded the Princess, "The only thing I can think of that can destroy my precious Grix is that awful Spectra Scepter my mother once told me about."
"Exactly", said Murky in a timid squeak.
"WHAT?!" growled the Princess, "That can't be. That scepter was reported destroyed after the Grix got defeated the last time!"
"Rainbow Brite and her gang of brats managed to find the missing shards and put them back together", said Murky shaking.
"And now they're on their way here to slay my dear little Grix", said the Princess looking concerned at the source of the Grix who was panting to her like a little puppy. "No, I can't let this happen!"
"If you'll spare me and Lurky", said Murky, "I can build an invention that'll make you invincible."
"Okay, I'll give you another chance", said the Princess, "But if you double cross me again, I'll make you two wish you were never born and that you've never died. If I decide to finish you both off, that is!"
Both Murky and Lurky made a scary, "GULP."
Meanwhile, Rainbow Brite and her gang of heroes had arrived on Earth while standing on her rainbow bridge. Brian looked sad at his beloved neighborhood, now property of the Grix and the Dark Princess. "I just can't believe that tiny little blob in a jar I found caused all of this mess", sighed Brian sadly.
"Well, not any more", said Rainbow, "Because you're gonna make everything right, once you slay the Grix's source with your new weapon."
"I'm going to scout ahead to see if I can track down where the Dark Princess is hiding", said Stormy, "And once I find her, I'll come back to you to report." And she left the group.
"Are you sure we can trust Stormy?" asked Starlite, "What if she ends up going back to the Dark Princess and ends up attacking us?"
"Starlite, how can you say that?" demanded Rainbow, "Stormy is our friend now. And every time I see her, she apologized to me many times for her past misdeeds. Besides, Brian believes she's changed. Right, Bri?"
"Yeah, she's changed", said Brian smiling. For he never told Rainbow about how Stormy always likes to soak him every chance she gets whenever Rainbow wasn't looking. "She even saved Captain Fuzz and brought him back to me", said Brian, remembering the one and only nice thing Stormy ever did to him. Then he looked at his ring.
"What's wrong, Brian?" asked Rainbow.
"It's just that I don't know why my ring still won't change me into the Sentinel anymore", complained Brian, "Every time we found a shard, it kept changing color. We found all 7 shards and got the Scepter rebuilt, sort of, but the ring still won't work for me."
"I think the real reason the ring kept changing color wasn't because of the shards", said Rainbow, "It's about gaining the ring's trust again after you were infected by the Grix."
"Trust?" asked Brian.
"Yes", said Rainbow, "Remember when Red Butler was trapped in that fiery pit and you used your fireproof Grix covered feet to go in and save him? And then you convinced him to try his luck on solving that mystery box again. When you helped Red gain his adventurous confidence back, the ring became pleased and turned itself red."
"Yes, I remember", said Brian, "That was also the same time my feet got free from the Grix."
"And then after that", continued Rainbow, "You saved Buddy from drowning in dangerous rapids and got your strength back in your feet, then you helped Lala when she got cursed by her shard, helped Patty get her comedy mojo back, gave Canary hope when you and she were in a dangerous predicament in the rainforest, helped Shy Violet come out of her shell somehow, and showed Indigo that you didn't need to be watched over all the time, plus saving her from an over affectionate yeti. All those kind deeds you did for the Color Kids caused your ring to keep changing color."
"Then why is it still not letting me become the Sentinel?" asked Brian, "Do I need to help one more Color Kid for that to happen?"
"Good question", said Rainbow, "But I only know 7 Color Kids and you helped them all."
Stormy was using her darkness detecting powers to hunt down the Dark Princess. Then she stopped when she came to the library. "Ah ha!" said Stormy, "Her royal wickedness is hiding out in there! I'd better go back and tell Britey." But before she could go, a giant robot hand popped out of the roof of the library and grabbed Stormy. "What the...?" cried Stormy as he was yanked off her cloud and dragged into the library. Stormy was now looking face to face at her ex-boss, The Dark Princess. She wanted to protect herself with lightning bolts, but she couldn't move her arms thanks to the grip of the robot hand operated by Murky.'
"Why if it isn't little Stormy", smiled the Princess, "How've you been? Soaking any miserable Earth boys lately? Or have you decided to rejoin the winning team again?"
"No way!" shouted Stormy, "Let me go! Or else Rainbow Brite is gonna put you in your place!"
"Oh, poor gullible Stormy", sighed the Princess, "If anyone's going to put Rainbow Brite in her place, it's going to be you. Murky, if you would."
"Yes, your highness", cackled Murky as he turned the remote and directed the robot hand to the source of the Grix.
"No, not that!" pleaded Stormy as the robot hand released her and she fell into the mouth of the source. Then the source coughed out a new Grix Grunt, that had a pony tail with a lightning bolt on top. "How I may serve you, your dark highness?" said the now Grixified Stormy.
"Excellent!" laughed the Princess evily, "My entire old kingdom is back together again! Now, Grix Stormy, your first mission is to go back and destroy Rainbow Brite and her little friends, and especially that cursed Spectra Scepter."
"At once, your highness", said Grix Stormy as she used her Grix covered hands to create a storm cloud, got on it, and flew out of the library.
Back on the rainbow bridge, Rainbow Brite, Brian, and Starlite were waiting for Stormy to return. Just then, they got startled by a bolt of lightning. "What was that?!" gasped Brian.
"It looks like Stormy", said Starlite, "And I knew it! She's turned evil again!"
"Oh no!" cried Rainbow, seeing her dear friend now a mindless Grix Grunt, "Stormy, what has the Dark Princess done to you?!"
"Must destroy Rainbow Brite, under my royal majesty's orders", said Grix Stormy as she fired more lightning bolts. Rainbow floated up on a magic platform and created a star shield to block off Stormy's attacks.
"I can't believe this is happening again?!" cried Rainbow, remembering when Stormy was fighting her with those same bolts. Only this time, Stormy was now doing it as a helpless Grix Grunt.
Brian and Starlite watched helplessly as Rainbow and Grix Stormy were having another terrible battle. "Brian", called out Starlite, "I think this is the time to use the Spectra Scepter. Use it to free Stormy."
"Right", said Brian as he hopped off Starlite's back, then reached into his scabbard and pulled out the drooping Spectra Scepter. "I sure hope this works", said Brian, as he tried to straighten out the Scepter with one hand and held the handle with the other. He aimed the Scepter at Grix Stormy, concentrated and the Violet Shard on the bottom began to grow giving the other shards an energy boost. But however, the Scepter ended up exploding and Brian saw the shards falling down to Earth. "NO!" shouted Brian, "This wasn't supposed to happen!"
"I guess rubber cement wasn't strong enough to keep the shards together after all", said Starlite, "I'm sorry, Brian."
Grix Stormy then created her hugest lightning bolt, knocking Rainbow out on her floating platform. "RAINBOW!" cried both Brian and Starlite as they watched Grix Stormy charging up her most powerful lightning bolt at the helpless Rainbow Brite. Just then, Brian noticed something lying on the rainbow bridge. It was the Indigo Shard.
"I hope at least this'll work", said Brian as he picked up the Indigo Shard and used its wind powers to create a small twister to snare the unconscious Rainbow and put her safely on Starlite's back. Grix Stormy saw what happened and tried to aim her bolt at our heroes. But Brian used the shard to create a strong gale knocking Grix Stormy off her cloud.
"Stormy!" gasped Rainbow as she woke up and saw her friend falling to her doom. But Brian created another twister, seizing Grix Stormy and placing her on top of the rainbow bridge next to him.
"Not even you deserve to be a slave to the Dark Princess again", sighed Brian as he placed the Indigo Shard in Grix Stormy's hands, which dissolved the Grix, turning Stormy back to her normal self. She looked angry at Brian while tears formed in her eyes. And then hugged him.
"Thank you, Brian!" wailed Stormy, while Brian became surprised, "After all the cruel things I did to you ever since we first met, you still saved me!" cried Stormy, "I'm sorry for everything! Rainbow Brite was lucky to have a dear friend like you, while I never acted like a friend!"
"Oh, Stormy", smiled Rainbow as she got off of Starlite's back and was happy that her two dear friends were finally having a moment.
"Hey, it's okay", smiled Brian, "I forgive you for all of the past cruelties you did to me. But you don't have to ask for forgiveness for that act just now, you were under control of the Grix, so it wasn't your fault."
"But still", wailed Stormy, "Because of me, you lost the Spectra Scepter. It was our only chance to defeat the Dark Princess!"
"Maybe the ring will be the thing", smiled Rainbow as she pointed to Brian's ring. Brian saw that his ring had turned a gray color and was sparking out small lightning bolts. Then he found himself floating in the air.
"What's happening?!" gasped Brian as he was being surrounded by light, "This seems familiar!"
"You've just proved yourself to one last kid, Brian", smiled Rainbow, "So the ring is finally allowing you to become the hero you always were." Brian then landed back down and found himself in his sentinel armor again. While the others smiled in amazement.
"YES!" shouted Brian happily, "I'm the Sentinel of Light Unseen again!"
"And it looks like your Dad's prized weapon might be returning to you", smiled Rainbow as she pointed down. Everyone looked down below and saw the shards suddenly flying back up to them. Then the Indigo Shard Stormy was holding flew out of her hand and joined the other floating shards. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out of one of Brian's laser cannons and hit the shards. The shards started to rebuild themselves into the Spectra Scepter and floated into Brian's hand.
"Wow, I got the Spectra Scepter back!" smiled Brian, "And it's not drooping anymore either. It feels strong and sturdy!"
"All right!" smiled Rainbow, "Now what do you all say we go down to Earth and kick The Dark Princess's evil butt?!"
"I'd be glad too", said Stormy, "I just saw the Princess's butt and it's gotten chunkier, probably from sitting down on her throne all this time!"
Everyone laughed as Rainbow and Brian got on Starlite's back while Stormy called back her cloud and got on it. And our heroes rushed down the rainbow bridge to face the evil Grix and the Dark Princess once again.
TO BE CONCLUDED
by Cullen Pittman
Back To Earth
As we enter the meeting room of the Color Castle, we see Rainbow Brite, Brian, Stormy, Starlite, Mr. Glitters, and all 7 Color Kids gathered around a huge round table looking at 7 colored shards. "Well, my Rainbowland friends and guest friend", said Rainbow, looking at Brian. "We finally did it. We found all 7 Scepter Shards. Aren't they all pretty?"
"It would be pretty awesome if we can get those shards back together to form the Spectra Scepter", said Brian in a determined voice, "So we can finally destroy all that Grix covering Earth."
"Not to mention putting that rotten Dark Princess in her place once again", said Buddy Blue.
"So how do we put those shards back together?" asked Canary Yellow.
"This is how the Spectra Scepter looked when it was whole", said Red Butler showing everyone a page from the Book of Krys. It was the Spectra Scepter as one long stick. "As you can see, this is the color order on how it should be put back together. With my trademark color shard on top", said Red proudly.
"And mine on the bottom", whispered Shy Violet.
"But your shard is the most powerful, Violet", said Rainbow, "The Violet Shard gives an energy boost to the six other shards, increasing their powers."
"I don't see any slots or holes on these shards to insert them back together", said Indigo, examining the shards.
"Should we try putting them back together with something like crazy glue?" asked Brian.
Starlite made an offended neigh, "Sorry", said Starlite, "For some reason, crazy glue offends horses and us stallions a lot."
"Sorry, Starlite", said Brian, blushing.
"Besides", said Rainbow, "I think instead of crazy glue, it should be called unique glue. A more PC sounding name."
"That still doesn't really make me feel any better", said Starlite.
"Maybe we can try rubber cement instead", said Patty O'Green, "And I happen to have a tube of that stuff with me." And she pulled out a tube of rubber cement from her pocket.
"Now why would you happen to be carrying around rubber cement with you?" demanded Lala Orange, "You weren't planning on sticking us all to our chairs later on, would you?"
"Heh heh", giggled Patty as she reached into her other pocket and pulled out a fake halo and hung it over her head to look innocent.
"This might do the trick", smiled Rainbow as she took the tube from Patty, "Let's see if we can rebuild a Spectra Scepter." The kids got together and stuck each shard one by one in this order. The Red Shard on the top, then orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and The Violet Shard on the bottom, which was the handle.
"So what do you all think?" asked Rainbow as she and everyone stood back to examine the newly reformed Spectra Scepter on the table.
"It kind of looks like the picture in the book", said Red.
"So, who's going to master the scepter to stop the Grix and the Dark Princess?" asked Brian.
"Should you even ask?" said Rainbow smiling and winking at Brian.
"But I can't use the Scepter", protested Brian, "I'm no longer the Sentinel of Light Unseen. No matter how many times I activate this ring, it won't transform me." And he shook his ring showing no results as usual.
"But your Dad was the Mighty Krys", said Rainbow, "Only a member of his bloodline can use the Spectra Scepter. Sentinel armor or not. I believe in you, Brian."
"We all do", said Red Butler as he and the other Color Kids nodded. And so did Starlite and Mr. Glitters.
"Oh, all right, I'll nod a yes", grumbled Stormy, "Just so I won't get anymore dirty looks from you all."
"Well, all right", said Brian blushing as he went over to pick up the Scepter. But when he did, the Scepter started to wobble and droop.
"I don't think Krys's all powerful Spectra Scepter is supposed to droop like that", said Red.
"It's like trying to balance a 7 scoop ice cream cone", said Brian, trying to keep the Scepter straight up.
"Maybe rubber cement wasn't the way to go for this", said Patty.
"Maybe the Scepter will show its true power once we come to and defeat the forces of evil", suggested Rainbow, "In the meantime, I know a safe place for you to keep the Scepter, Brian." Rainbow used her magic to create a rainbow colored scabbard on Brian's belt. "Put the Scepter in this special scabbard", said Rainbow, "That way, you'll be ready to draw it out when the time comes."
Brian complied and inserted the Scepter into the scabbard, which was a perfect fit. "So now what do we do?" asked Brian, "Do we go back to Earth and try to remove all that Grix with this Scepter? It could probably take many days or months, since the Earth's a pretty big place."
"According to the Book of Krys", said Red, "The only way to fully get rid of the Grix fast is to strike it at its source."
"Where do you suppose the source is located?" asked Canary.
"I think I may have seen the source", said Brian, "It was near The Dark Princess. She had her Grix Grunts throw innocent people into this source turning them into Grix Grunts too."
"Then that means, the source of the Grix must hang out with The Dark Princess", said Rainbow, "Once we find her, we'll find the source."
"As a master of dark clouds", said Stormy, "I have a knack for tracking down darkness. So I'll be able to find you the Dark Princess easily. If you'll let me come along on your mission."
"Why sure", smiled Rainbow, "I'd love to have my two dearest friends accompany me on this mission to rescue Earth. What do you say, Brian?"
Brian looked funny at Stormy who was looking at him with stormy clouds of rage in her eyes while putting a fake smile on her face. "Sure", said Brian making a nervous smile. "The more help we get, the better."
Later, outside the Color Castle, we see Rainbow Brite and Brian on Starlite's back while Stormy was on her storm cloud. And all the Color Kids and Sprites were seeing them off. "Good luck, everyone", said Red, "As soon as you give us the signal, me and the other Color Kids will be ready with the final part of your plan."
"I know I can always count on you Color Kids", smiled Rainbow winking.
Brian looked over at Shy Violet who was holding Captain Fuzz in her hands, "Sorry you can't come back with me just yet, Captain Fuzz", said Brian, "But once we defeat the forces of evil, I'll come back for you." Then he looked at Violet and asked, "You'll look after him while I'm gone, won't you?"
"Yes, Brian", said Violet shyly, "He always enjoys his play dates with my hermit crab."
"Violet owns a hermit crab?" asked Buddy.
"Farewell, my friends", said Rainbow as she created her hugest rainbow bridge leading to Earth. "I just know we'll make it back victorious", said Rainbow. And Starlite galloped onto the rainbow with Rainbow Brite and Brian, while Stormy followed after them on her cloud.
"Okay, Color Kids", said Red, "Once I see the signal on my monitor, I'll notify all of you and we go back to our stations and follow her plan. Got that?"
"YEAH!" said all the kids as they went back to their keeps. Mr. Glitters noticed Indigo putting on her volunteer cop's hat and heading for The Pits instead of her keep. Mr. Glitters made a questionable squeak.
"Where am I going?" asked Indigo, "I'm going to ask Murky and Lurky some questions. All these weird dangers that have been happening this past month were probably no mere coincidences. It was probably all their doings."
Mr. Glitters started to make more squeaks, "Oh, you want to be my cop's assistant?" asked Indigo, "Why sure", she smiled and placed a smaller police hat on Mr Glitters's head. "I'll be the good cop and you can be the bad cop. Now let's go interrogate a couple of pits."
Back in the Pits, we see the Murky and Lurky robot decoys short circuiting and saying their catchphrases jumbled. "Colors hate I", said the Murky bot. "Bun-bun-bun-bunnies!" said the Lurky bot. And they were marching like crazy around in circles. Then the real Murky and Lurky approached the malfunctioning robots.
"What's happening to my twin brother?" asked Lurky.
"He's not your twin, no-brain", grumbled Murky, "He's your robot double. And both of them are going haywire. I'll need to fix them before one of those Color Brats comes here to check on us."
"You mean like her?" asked Lurky as he pointed to Indigo in the distance.
"Quick!" shouted Murky, "Stash those bots in that cave over there!" Lurky picked up the broken robots and threw them into a nearby cave. Then Murky and Lurky sat on a log, trying to look innocent just as Indigo and Mr. Glitters arrived.
"Good day my dear Indigo and, Yech!, cute fuzzy sidekick", said Murky smiling, "What brings you to our humble Pits?"
Mr. Glitters went into his bad cop act and started making cute sounding threats while jumping up and down.
"Take it easy, Officer Glitters", said Indigo, "Murky and Lurky. Lately, some trouble has been happening in Rainbowland ever since Brian was staying here for the past month."
"Oh, really?" said Murky, "Are you saying that kid, Brian, was causing all these problems? That's what happens when you let unsupervised juvenile delinquents into your organized Rainbowland."
Mr. Glitters started squeaking angrily at Murky for insulting Brian like that."
"No, Brian has a kind heart", said Indigo, "I should know. I checked his heartbeat when I was a volunteer nurse. I have a feeling you and Lurky caused these disasters."
"Disasters?" asked Murky, "How could you accuse us of that? What kind of disasters could you ever mean?"
"What about that fire that happened in Rainbowland sometime ago?" asked Indigo.
"Fire?" asked Murky, "We didn't start the fire."
"It was always burning, since the world's been turning", said Lurky. Murky just elbowed Lurky to keep from starting a musical number.
"Well, how about a mysterious bird that looked like a robot snatching one of our Scepter Shards?" asked Indigo, "And we know you're an expert at building robots."
"I don't know anything about a robot bird", said Murky, "Maybe it was a rare exotic bird that looks like a robot."
"And were you responsible for a giant sand monster at Seven Colors Cove, or a two headed python in the rainforest, or a yeti that nabbed me when I was on top of Mt. Everzesty?" asked Indigo, shuddering.
"Yeti?" asked Lurky, "Oh, you mean my cous...OW!" Murky stomped on Lurky's foot.
"Kazow?" asked Indigo, "What's that?"
"You know the slang today's underlings come up with", laughed Murky, "KAZOW! Underlings grow up so fast."
"Are you sure you two haven't left The Pits all this time?" asked Indigo.
"How can we?" asked Murky, "We haven't finished our Pits Arrest yet. And our ankle bracelets forbids us from leaving."
Mr. Glitters noticed Murky's and Lurky's bare ankles and started making angry squeaky demands.
"Yes", said Indigo, "Where are your ankle bracelets?!"
"Well, uh, um, bracelets, um", said Murky, who was completely out of excuses.
"Here they come now", said Lurky, "Our twins are bringing them."
"Twins?" gasped Indigo. Sure enough, the malfunctioning Murky and Lurky robots ended up marching out of the cave with the missing bracelets on their ankles.
"Uh, science project?" said Murky blushing. Just then, the robots exploded.
"So you two have been leaving The Pits and leaving these robot decoys in your place", demanded Indigo. Mr. Glitters started going from bad cop to cute psycho cop, jumping on Murky's face, pulling on his mustache.
"The jig is up, Lurky!" shouted Murky as he threw Mr. Glitters off of his face, then pulled out a remote control, aimed it somewhere and created a black hole. "Let's go!" shouted Murky as he grabbed Lurky's arm and the two villains ran through the hole.
"Stop in the name of the law!" shouted Indigo as she and Mr. Glitters tried to go after them, but the hole disappeared. "This can't be good", said Indigo worried, "I need to call Rainbow." Indigo took out her cell phone and tried to call Rainbow, but all she got was static. "Oh great", grumbled Indigo, "Rainbow's phone reception is out of range now! I can't contact her!" Mr. Glitters made a worried squeak.
"I know, Mr. Glitters", said Indigo picking up her friend, "We just have to hope Murky and Lurky will end up in a place where they won't cause any trouble."
We now look at Brian's neighborhood on Earth. The streets and some of the homes were completely covered with Grix, along with the fearsome looking Grix Grunts, who were once innocent human beings, marching around. Then we look inside the school library where the Dark Princess once served her community sentence as a librarian. The Princess had turned the library into her new palace. She was sitting relaxed on a throne while some Grix Grunts were fanning her and serving her cheese and crackers and goblets of wine.
"Ah, this is the life", smiled the Princess wickedly, "A planet of complete darkness with over a trillion slaves. This is better than trying to conquer that puny Rainbowland of shrimpy Sprites. And it's all because of my mother's wonderful evil creation, The Grix." And she started going into an evil, yet silly, musical number.
"The Grix, The Grix, filled with evil tricks.
When you're filled with happiness, my substance that will fix.
The Grix, The Grix, how it clings and sticks.
It will bite hard on to you, much worse than fleas and ticks."
"My Grix is gloppy, gooey and it's a dismal gray.
There's no chance of ridding it, for Grix is here to stay."
"The Grix, The Grix, what an evil mix.
Made from the worst formulas, including triple six.
The Grix, The Grix, stronger than steel or bricks.
If you try to stop it, then you're sure to get your licks."
"This planet is all mine now that the Grix has got its hold.
And I'll be ruling Earth until I'm gray and old."
"Mind you, I like the color gray, but I never plan on growing old."
"The Grix, The Grix, worse than messy oil slicks.
If you plan on sunny days, those plans you'll have to nix.
The Grix, The Grix, it's what gives me my kicks.
So listen you hicks, say your icks, add your nasty prefix/suffix, because you can't stop one of my favorite picks."
"The mighty awful Grix!"
Then the song stopped as the Dark Princess leaned back in her throne. "Ha Ha! Laughed the Princess as she took another sip of wine, "Nothing can ruin my horror filled happiness!" Just then, a black hole appeared in front of her and out fell two familiar ex-henchmen of hers. "MURKY AND LURKY?!" growled the Princess as she stood up and spit out her wine.
"Uh, greetings your dark highness", said Murky, trying to make an innocent smile. "You're looking well. Have you been working out?"
"I don't think you should say that, Murky", said Lurky, "She might think that you're saying she was once fat."
"LURKY!" growled Murky.
"How dare you two weasels show yourselves in my palace!" growled the Princess, "I remember how you used your sneaky computer program to hypnotize Rainbowland, along with me! I should have you both thrown into my Grix source and make you two more lowly Grix Grunts just like my other slaves!" The Princess snapped her fingers and the source of the evil Grix entered the room with red evil eyes. Then the Princess ordered two of the Grix Grunts to grab Murky and Lurky and prepared to throw them into the eagerly awaiting source.
"Wait, your mercifulness", pleaded Murky, "We only came here to warn you. Rainbow Brite and her cronies are coming here to defeat you and end your ruling plans."
"And just how is Rainbow Brite going to do that exactly?" demanded the Princess, "The only thing I can think of that can destroy my precious Grix is that awful Spectra Scepter my mother once told me about."
"Exactly", said Murky in a timid squeak.
"WHAT?!" growled the Princess, "That can't be. That scepter was reported destroyed after the Grix got defeated the last time!"
"Rainbow Brite and her gang of brats managed to find the missing shards and put them back together", said Murky shaking.
"And now they're on their way here to slay my dear little Grix", said the Princess looking concerned at the source of the Grix who was panting to her like a little puppy. "No, I can't let this happen!"
"If you'll spare me and Lurky", said Murky, "I can build an invention that'll make you invincible."
"Okay, I'll give you another chance", said the Princess, "But if you double cross me again, I'll make you two wish you were never born and that you've never died. If I decide to finish you both off, that is!"
Both Murky and Lurky made a scary, "GULP."
Meanwhile, Rainbow Brite and her gang of heroes had arrived on Earth while standing on her rainbow bridge. Brian looked sad at his beloved neighborhood, now property of the Grix and the Dark Princess. "I just can't believe that tiny little blob in a jar I found caused all of this mess", sighed Brian sadly.
"Well, not any more", said Rainbow, "Because you're gonna make everything right, once you slay the Grix's source with your new weapon."
"I'm going to scout ahead to see if I can track down where the Dark Princess is hiding", said Stormy, "And once I find her, I'll come back to you to report." And she left the group.
"Are you sure we can trust Stormy?" asked Starlite, "What if she ends up going back to the Dark Princess and ends up attacking us?"
"Starlite, how can you say that?" demanded Rainbow, "Stormy is our friend now. And every time I see her, she apologized to me many times for her past misdeeds. Besides, Brian believes she's changed. Right, Bri?"
"Yeah, she's changed", said Brian smiling. For he never told Rainbow about how Stormy always likes to soak him every chance she gets whenever Rainbow wasn't looking. "She even saved Captain Fuzz and brought him back to me", said Brian, remembering the one and only nice thing Stormy ever did to him. Then he looked at his ring.
"What's wrong, Brian?" asked Rainbow.
"It's just that I don't know why my ring still won't change me into the Sentinel anymore", complained Brian, "Every time we found a shard, it kept changing color. We found all 7 shards and got the Scepter rebuilt, sort of, but the ring still won't work for me."
"I think the real reason the ring kept changing color wasn't because of the shards", said Rainbow, "It's about gaining the ring's trust again after you were infected by the Grix."
"Trust?" asked Brian.
"Yes", said Rainbow, "Remember when Red Butler was trapped in that fiery pit and you used your fireproof Grix covered feet to go in and save him? And then you convinced him to try his luck on solving that mystery box again. When you helped Red gain his adventurous confidence back, the ring became pleased and turned itself red."
"Yes, I remember", said Brian, "That was also the same time my feet got free from the Grix."
"And then after that", continued Rainbow, "You saved Buddy from drowning in dangerous rapids and got your strength back in your feet, then you helped Lala when she got cursed by her shard, helped Patty get her comedy mojo back, gave Canary hope when you and she were in a dangerous predicament in the rainforest, helped Shy Violet come out of her shell somehow, and showed Indigo that you didn't need to be watched over all the time, plus saving her from an over affectionate yeti. All those kind deeds you did for the Color Kids caused your ring to keep changing color."
"Then why is it still not letting me become the Sentinel?" asked Brian, "Do I need to help one more Color Kid for that to happen?"
"Good question", said Rainbow, "But I only know 7 Color Kids and you helped them all."
Stormy was using her darkness detecting powers to hunt down the Dark Princess. Then she stopped when she came to the library. "Ah ha!" said Stormy, "Her royal wickedness is hiding out in there! I'd better go back and tell Britey." But before she could go, a giant robot hand popped out of the roof of the library and grabbed Stormy. "What the...?" cried Stormy as he was yanked off her cloud and dragged into the library. Stormy was now looking face to face at her ex-boss, The Dark Princess. She wanted to protect herself with lightning bolts, but she couldn't move her arms thanks to the grip of the robot hand operated by Murky.'
"Why if it isn't little Stormy", smiled the Princess, "How've you been? Soaking any miserable Earth boys lately? Or have you decided to rejoin the winning team again?"
"No way!" shouted Stormy, "Let me go! Or else Rainbow Brite is gonna put you in your place!"
"Oh, poor gullible Stormy", sighed the Princess, "If anyone's going to put Rainbow Brite in her place, it's going to be you. Murky, if you would."
"Yes, your highness", cackled Murky as he turned the remote and directed the robot hand to the source of the Grix.
"No, not that!" pleaded Stormy as the robot hand released her and she fell into the mouth of the source. Then the source coughed out a new Grix Grunt, that had a pony tail with a lightning bolt on top. "How I may serve you, your dark highness?" said the now Grixified Stormy.
"Excellent!" laughed the Princess evily, "My entire old kingdom is back together again! Now, Grix Stormy, your first mission is to go back and destroy Rainbow Brite and her little friends, and especially that cursed Spectra Scepter."
"At once, your highness", said Grix Stormy as she used her Grix covered hands to create a storm cloud, got on it, and flew out of the library.
Back on the rainbow bridge, Rainbow Brite, Brian, and Starlite were waiting for Stormy to return. Just then, they got startled by a bolt of lightning. "What was that?!" gasped Brian.
"It looks like Stormy", said Starlite, "And I knew it! She's turned evil again!"
"Oh no!" cried Rainbow, seeing her dear friend now a mindless Grix Grunt, "Stormy, what has the Dark Princess done to you?!"
"Must destroy Rainbow Brite, under my royal majesty's orders", said Grix Stormy as she fired more lightning bolts. Rainbow floated up on a magic platform and created a star shield to block off Stormy's attacks.
"I can't believe this is happening again?!" cried Rainbow, remembering when Stormy was fighting her with those same bolts. Only this time, Stormy was now doing it as a helpless Grix Grunt.
Brian and Starlite watched helplessly as Rainbow and Grix Stormy were having another terrible battle. "Brian", called out Starlite, "I think this is the time to use the Spectra Scepter. Use it to free Stormy."
"Right", said Brian as he hopped off Starlite's back, then reached into his scabbard and pulled out the drooping Spectra Scepter. "I sure hope this works", said Brian, as he tried to straighten out the Scepter with one hand and held the handle with the other. He aimed the Scepter at Grix Stormy, concentrated and the Violet Shard on the bottom began to grow giving the other shards an energy boost. But however, the Scepter ended up exploding and Brian saw the shards falling down to Earth. "NO!" shouted Brian, "This wasn't supposed to happen!"
"I guess rubber cement wasn't strong enough to keep the shards together after all", said Starlite, "I'm sorry, Brian."
Grix Stormy then created her hugest lightning bolt, knocking Rainbow out on her floating platform. "RAINBOW!" cried both Brian and Starlite as they watched Grix Stormy charging up her most powerful lightning bolt at the helpless Rainbow Brite. Just then, Brian noticed something lying on the rainbow bridge. It was the Indigo Shard.
"I hope at least this'll work", said Brian as he picked up the Indigo Shard and used its wind powers to create a small twister to snare the unconscious Rainbow and put her safely on Starlite's back. Grix Stormy saw what happened and tried to aim her bolt at our heroes. But Brian used the shard to create a strong gale knocking Grix Stormy off her cloud.
"Stormy!" gasped Rainbow as she woke up and saw her friend falling to her doom. But Brian created another twister, seizing Grix Stormy and placing her on top of the rainbow bridge next to him.
"Not even you deserve to be a slave to the Dark Princess again", sighed Brian as he placed the Indigo Shard in Grix Stormy's hands, which dissolved the Grix, turning Stormy back to her normal self. She looked angry at Brian while tears formed in her eyes. And then hugged him.
"Thank you, Brian!" wailed Stormy, while Brian became surprised, "After all the cruel things I did to you ever since we first met, you still saved me!" cried Stormy, "I'm sorry for everything! Rainbow Brite was lucky to have a dear friend like you, while I never acted like a friend!"
"Oh, Stormy", smiled Rainbow as she got off of Starlite's back and was happy that her two dear friends were finally having a moment.
"Hey, it's okay", smiled Brian, "I forgive you for all of the past cruelties you did to me. But you don't have to ask for forgiveness for that act just now, you were under control of the Grix, so it wasn't your fault."
"But still", wailed Stormy, "Because of me, you lost the Spectra Scepter. It was our only chance to defeat the Dark Princess!"
"Maybe the ring will be the thing", smiled Rainbow as she pointed to Brian's ring. Brian saw that his ring had turned a gray color and was sparking out small lightning bolts. Then he found himself floating in the air.
"What's happening?!" gasped Brian as he was being surrounded by light, "This seems familiar!"
"You've just proved yourself to one last kid, Brian", smiled Rainbow, "So the ring is finally allowing you to become the hero you always were." Brian then landed back down and found himself in his sentinel armor again. While the others smiled in amazement.
"YES!" shouted Brian happily, "I'm the Sentinel of Light Unseen again!"
"And it looks like your Dad's prized weapon might be returning to you", smiled Rainbow as she pointed down. Everyone looked down below and saw the shards suddenly flying back up to them. Then the Indigo Shard Stormy was holding flew out of her hand and joined the other floating shards. Suddenly, a beam of light shot out of one of Brian's laser cannons and hit the shards. The shards started to rebuild themselves into the Spectra Scepter and floated into Brian's hand.
"Wow, I got the Spectra Scepter back!" smiled Brian, "And it's not drooping anymore either. It feels strong and sturdy!"
"All right!" smiled Rainbow, "Now what do you all say we go down to Earth and kick The Dark Princess's evil butt?!"
"I'd be glad too", said Stormy, "I just saw the Princess's butt and it's gotten chunkier, probably from sitting down on her throne all this time!"
Everyone laughed as Rainbow and Brian got on Starlite's back while Stormy called back her cloud and got on it. And our heroes rushed down the rainbow bridge to face the evil Grix and the Dark Princess once again.
TO BE CONCLUDED