Episode 20 - Auto's Bots

Recap
The gang reunited as Auto was going berserk trying to attack Zippy who became a large mouse. Auto was hit by the large mechanos but revived using pipes to turn the blue orbed mechanos back to red. The team got out of there and back onto the surface to see across the way is Auto, now in a giant mechanos form holding whips. Zippy managed to find a switch on Leslie that he flipped, causing Leslie to transform into a large train with a rail gun on the front.

Episode Summary
Dariun, Zippy and Peterson are aboard Leslie express with the Greeders. Leslie is moving along the tracks and explains that he needs guidance from the team to maneuver. He tells them the gun will take time to charge and the team will need to fire it together. Auto raises his serrated whip and slams it down on the train and a giant explosion of snow goes around them. They hold on and brace for the impact. Leslie moves through the snow and come up to a perimeter tower. As it looks like Lelsie is about to crash, he molds to the mechanos steel and goes through the tower. They look to Auto and can see multiple pinion drones come from his body that fly to the train.

Dariun pulls his black bow and takes two shots, hitting one of the pinion drones which seems to be affected badly from the hit. Peterson summons a magma totem appearing next to him and it spurts out fire to the wounded drone, killing it. He them casts bless on himself, Dariun and Zippy. Zippy uses thunder wave, hitting the drones along with Dariun and Peterson. Dariun is able to dodge the attack easily but Peterson and the two drones are hit. The drones malfunction and fall into the snow. Auto's arm outstretches and it morphs to become a gun with four barrels.

Four magic missiles fire from his barrel and the come screaming down. Zippy yells out to turn right and Leslie sharply turns. Three missiles miss but the last comes for the train. Peterson's magma totem fire and destroys the final missile. Leslie tells them the gun is ready so Dariun and Peterson go to steer the gun and Zippy takes up the trigger to fire it. They hear it charge and fire, exploding into Auto's chest. Bits of mechanos material fly off and they see a gaping hole in Auto's chest.

Some racks, the dog shaped mechanos, run out from Auto and up to the train, two on one side and one on the other. Dariun goes to the edge and pulls out his wind fan and blasts wind at the racks. One of them stumbles and falls while the other runs with it and gets close to the train. Peterson tries to hit one of the racks with the magma totem but it misses, he them uses toll the dead, wounding the rack. Zippy uses flaming sphere and casts it on the side of the train, melting the arm of the rack and killing it. The last rack opens its back and three magic missiles fly out and hit each of the team. Dariun pulls out his black bow again and fire two shots into the rack, causing the orb to dim and it gets crushed under the train.

They go through another perimeter tower as Auto once again shoots four missiles. They all try to hold on but Peterson is thrown off the train and one of the missiles lands in the snow right next to him. The rail gun is ready but Leslie tells them that they will need all three of them to fire the weapon. They decide to get Lara to help them while they don't have Peterson on the train. They open up a latch on the ground to see Lara, Cork, Prince Brisbam and Lockden who are all being instructed by Leslie to use cold touch to keep his core from overheating. Leslie tells them he can spare Lara for a moment to use the rail gun so she jumps up with Dariun to aim. They aim the gun and it charges, this time hitting the left shoulder. After they hit, Lara jumps back below deck to chill touch Leslie.

Out of the hole in Auto's chest, a helacole pops out into Auto's hand and he throws it to the train. The helacole lands on the deck of the train in front of Dariun and Zippy. Dariun pulls out the switch blade and activates the steam gem for the buster sword. He swings at the helacole and slashes the it. The magma totem spits fire at the helacole dealing some fire damage  while Peterson is in the snow with the train 200 feet away with multiple racks and drones making their way towards him. He summons his giant eagles Abigail and Brisbam, commanding them to fly him to the train. Zippy uses gust of wind and the helacole is knocked back and falls of the train but is able to grip onto the side. Dariun runs over to the helacole, triggering planar warrior and cutting off the helacole's arm and it falls into the snow. The rail gun is ready, they get Lara and she and Dariun aim the gun and Zippy again fires off a shot. It hits Auto in the head as he stumbles back.

As they move around, they can see they are on a collision course with some of the racks and pinions. The magma totem fires and misses as they start to ram through, slowing the train down. Zippy runs to the front of the train and asks Dariun to give him some words of encouragement. Zippy is wobbling so Dariun holds him to look over the front. Zippy puts his hands on the train and uses heat. The mechanos steel glows red and the racks are starting to melt away as the speed of the train stabilizes. They try to think about what they can do but they are really hoping Peterson will have something when he gets back. Dariun pulls Zippy back up as Peterson flies over the top of the train and jumps off the eagles.

Peterson goes to the front and puts his hand out and casts shatter. A wave goes out and all of the pinions and drones shatter and the track clears. Leslie reckons Auto only needs one more hit but as he speaks, Auto's whips come slamming into the train. Lelsie tries to speed up to get out of the way but it hits the back of the train and hits Dariun. Leslie calls out and tells them he is a plan that may seem crazy but he needs the team to trust him. Dariun and Peterson get on to aim and Zippy goes to the trigger.

Auto raises the whip as the approach a perimeter tower, they start spiraling around it and upwards. Leslie tells them to hold on and wait until he gets an opening. Auto swings his whip and cleaves through the tower. Leslie molds out of the tower and flies straight for Auto. The gun is aimed and fires straight into Autos chest. The whip falls out of Autos hand as they continue to fly through the air. They are about to hit the ground as Peterson tells Dariun to jump off onto Abigail and Peterson fall onto eagle Brisbam. Zippy looks forwards and calmly says alacazam, activating his carpet. They watch as Leslie's train rams into the ground and rolls. They look back to see Auto standing motionless before they head to the train to check on the people.

The train's hatch opens and Cork falls out into the snow. They look inside the deck to see the Greeders bloodied. Leslie's train body starts to dissolve and his teifling body reforms, melting the snow around him. The team gather around the injured Greeders and Leslie checking their ok. Dariun, Peterson and Zippy turn back to see Auto and check on his state. Dariun's switch blade tells them he can sense a magical energy about to burst. They see from his body, a blue energy glows and his body starts to repair. The holes from the gun start to patch over. In the distance, Auto speaks to them, commending their efforts but informs they would never be able to beat him. Auto start to walk towards them as well as the remaining drones and pinions.

Dariun asks his blade if he knows of any way to bring Auto down. The switch explains that mechanos use the blue gems to regenerate and are related to time. However, he explains is it dangerous as if you use it too much, you can go way back. Dariun asks if they can manipulate another mechanos' gems and switch takes a moment to think and thinks of one potential solution. Switch tells Dariun that the only way would mean giving up the switch blade. Switch seems to believe that he is able to manipulate the gems that Dariun uses, possibly attributed to some Fey powers going on and if Dariun were to insert to steam, tinder soul and a blue time gem, he may be able to take Auto down from the inside. After turning into a rocket lance, he will latch onto Zippy and Peterson. Then, using the time gem, he can sling shot to Auto and mess with the time and revert back before his mech form. The switch gives it a 10% chance of working but a definite chance of death if they don't try.

Dariun agrees to the plan and thanks the switch blade. They say their final goodbye. Dariun looks at his blade, slotting in the steam gem, the tinder soul and the blue time gem. The energy is pulsing and the heat is building. Two wooden tethers latch onto Zippy and Peterson arms. Dariun starts pulling the blade back. After their last words, Zippy and Peterson brace their arms, Dariun pulls back the blade and the switch ignites. It counts down and the blade fires. They all fall to their knees and the lance flies through the sky, a bright orange balls on track to Auto. Auto holds his hand out and the lance pierces through his hand and goes through the arm and into the chest. There is a flash of blue energy. Auto falls back and there is another flash. They feel like they are gaining their health back and their spell casting abilities with each flash. There are more flashes and Leslie tells them that Auto is going to explode.

Dariun tells them all to run to the cliff, Petersen jumps on eagle Brisbam but when another flash comes, Brisbam disappears. With every passing flash, they can feel the energy returning and the flashes seem to be getting shorter and shorter. The snow around them turns back to water and the Greeders look healed and Dariun can feel his hand are back to normal. They all see their impending doom coming and seem hopeless. Dariun, in the back of his mind remembers the ability of his bubble cloak. He looks at Peterson and Zippy knowing he can save them and one more. Dariun tells them he can protect one of them but he is not willing to choose. Leslie asks for Dariun to save Lara while Cork and Brisbam asks for their own lives. Lockden does not want to be saved. Dariun looks at Leslie them pulls Lara in and activates the bubble cloak. They feel a giant magical wave rush over them.

They hear is flowing water as they are in the bubble. They get the feeling that their bodies are what they were when they were climbing the mountain from Manasnow. Lara is in tears and asks why he saved her and Dariun tells her that Leslie was the only one who didn't ask fro himself to be saved and he wanted to honour that sacrifice. They feel the magic is gone and Dariun opens the bubble. They look out and see no snow in the bowl area but there are trees and puddles with streams rushing by. The perimeter towers are no longer mechanos but large rocks with half orbs on the center. The center spire is a large, tall stone. Everything looks the same as it once did many years ago. There is no one around except them but there is a small pumpkin on the ground. Through the fog they hear a voice, someone saying they are human.

Where there were once spurs and helacoles, there are now people. One recognizes Peterson and they goe up to Lara, Green, the Greeder hugs her. Green was once an old man from Lara's memory but he is a kid now. Peterson looks around and he is hit with an unexpected wave of emotion and he walks to the crowd. Zippy is just thinking of Leslie and Dariun turns to him, saying they at least did something right. Zippy questions if they did the right thing and that he wished they didn’t have to be the ones to make the decision all the time. Dariun suggests they keep living and they make the sacrifice worth it.

As they stand around, they all hear splashes in the distance. A pipe comes out of the water and stabs into a Manasnow person, dragging them behind a rock. More pipes come out and the Manasnow people run behind the team. A scorpion shaped mechanos comes out of the water and Auto tells them it was a good attempt but he is older than they know. Dariun, Zippy and Peterson ready up and Auto launches at them.

Zippy charges at Auto and yells Dariun to throw him the dagger. Dariun pulls out the bone dagger and throws it to Zippy. He runs and jumps over Auto and uses the bone dagger to stab the tail and pin it into the ground. Auto shakes Zippy off and attempts to stab Zippy but hits the ground. Peterson then gets hit by Auto's claw, knocking him back. Dariun goes to get his switch blade but flinches when he remembers it's not there. He then pulls out his back up long sword and charges Auto, charging planar warrior and slashes at Auto's orb.

The Manasnow people start to turn around and they, including Lara and Green, start attacking Auto with their magic, stones and other weapons they can find to damage him from a distance. The Manasnow people encourage Dariun, Zippy and Peterson, inspiring them all. Zippy looks up and sees it's slightly rainy and smiles. He uses call lightning on Auto, and it comes crashing down, causing one of his arms to fall off. Peterson gets hit but stands strong as Dariun holds out his long sword to absorb some of the lightning. Peterson places his hand on the orb and casts blight, the necrotic energy surrounds Auto and his other arm falls off.

Auto looks wounded and in a last stitch effort, shoots out some pipes that hit them all and attempt to drag them to him. Dariun rips out the pipe and stands, raising his elementally charged long sword, it crackles with electrical energy and glows bright. He pounces and comes down on the orb with a giant crack of lighting. A crack comes across the orb. Auto stumbles and his body is falling apart. The shell around his orb crumbles away leaving the orb with spider legs. The orb tries to escape as the townsfolk again yell out words of inspiration.

Dariun pulls out his black bow and pierces the orb. Auto falls and keeps running. Zippy runs over, hopping speedily and trips Auto into the water. Peterson believes in himself, creating the dire weasel and uses toll the dead on Auto, stopping him in his tracks. Dariun uses Zephyr's strike to catch up and pulls out the long sword. Zippy puts out his hands and Dariun steps on and launches into the air. Auto sees the silhouette of an eladrin coming down. The long sword stabs into Auto's orb. The orb, goes dim.

Quotations

 * Peterson "I'm a Sharman b*tch"
 * Zippy "You were the bravest little train I ever saw!"
 * Dariun "No warrior could ask for a better weapon than you switch. Thankyou."
 * Switch "Thank you for everything master, you brought me into this world and I'm gonna back sure you stay here."
 * Peterson "Peterson you… you finally managed to save a tribe."
 * Zippy "I just wish we weren't in the position to make the decision every time."
 * Dariun "Your time here is over and your crown is broken."

Main Cast

 * Dariun Branch
 * Zippy Westborrough
 * Peterson

Returning Characters

 * Leslie
 * Lara
 * Cork
 * Prince Brisbam
 * Lockden
 * Auto
 * Switch
 * Abigail
 * Brisbam
 * Green
 * Dracken

Locations

 * Storm's Edge