The Sorcerer's Apprentice Page #5

A friend of mine brought me here once.

And the height doesn't bother you?

- Are you afraid of heights?

- A little bit, yeah.

Trust me. Here, come on.

Come on. You're good.

- You're good.

- I don't know.

Wow.

Yeah. Wow.

Do you remember when you drew

King Kong on the bus window?

And he lined up

with the Empire State Building?

You remember that?

It was cool.

You saw the world in your own way.

I was just trying to impress you.

Well, it worked.

Not bad for a 10-year-old kid.

Yeah, right. What happened?

- What? What do you mean?

- The bitter irony of the fact

that 10-year-old me

is far cooler than 20-year-old me.

I think 20-year-old Dave is...

He's all right.

Like, "all right" all right,

or "all right!" all right?

I think he is somewhere in the middle.

That's a diplomatic answer.

And thank you.

- Hey.

- Hello.

I'm sorry.

I think you and I need to have a talk.

No apology necessary. Let us move on.

You're a diamond, mate.

Surprisingly well done.

Now go find the Grimhold.

You seem to have rather a soft spot

for that boy.

Has Balthazar made a new friend?

I don't see the Grimhold.

That's because you're using your eyes.

Clever Balthazar.

Always up to his little tricks.

Found it.

It's lighter than I remember.

We once fought together, Maxim.

A lot's happened since those days.

- This isn't about that.

- Oh, yes, it is, Balthazar.

It's always been about that.

Veronica chose you instead of me,

the great Balthazar Blake,

my best friend.

Well, I'm going to let you

watch me release Morgana.

Let you watch your world

crumble into nothing!

Drake. Let's go.

- Nice catch.

- I owed you one.

- They got the doll.

- Let's get it back.

Hang on.

Hang on, Tank.

Go left.

Whoa! What the...

Horvath!

He's in here somewhere.

Wait. He has the power

to turn his car into a taxi?

Use your ring

and lock in on the Grimhold.

- Remember, it moves with the ring.

- Okay, yeah. Right, right, right.

Go! Go!

Here they come!

Whoa!

What the heck!

Nice one!

- Hey! Well, look at that.

- Hang on.

Oh, my God.

Take the tunnel.

What is that, smoke?

Oh, come on!

Time for a little revenge.

- What the heck is this?

- Yes, we drove through a mirror.

- We're trapped in a reverse world.

- So...

It is, it is. Horvath's payback

for the bathroom mirror.

No, no. We won't die as long as

- we get out of here soon.

- Okay.

- By driving through our own reflection.

- Fantastic.

There. In the window.

- This is it.

No, no, no, no, no. You're not...

- Here we go.

- We're not going to make that!

We're not...

Hello, Balthazar.

Oh, man. Oh, man.

No, no, no.

Back up. Back up. Back up. Back up.

Back up. Back up. Back up. Back up.

Oh, man.

I've got an idea. I've got an idea.

- Dave, don't.

- Please just let me do it.

- What?

- '73 Pinto? This is your idea?

No! No. My idea was to turn their car

into a beater.

- Finish it.

- Right!

I think he stopped.

Hold on, Tank.

Hold on, Tank. I got you, buddy.

Walked away.

Hey!

I'm sorry.

I thought you were someone else.

Where's Horvath?

Did he get away?

Where's the Grimhold? Who was that?

That was her, wasn't it?

The third apprentice.

For centuries, Veronica, Horvath and I

were the only thing standing

between Morgana

and man's destruction.

Our friendship and our magic were

what Veronica and I depended on.

You fell for her, didn't you?

I fell for her.

Like you,

all Veronica wanted was to be normal.

Normal things, normal life.

I fell.

And so did Horvath.

That's why Horvath betrayed us.

For 1,000 years,

you've been carrying her

around with you.

In the Grimhold.

I was going to give this to her

that night.

I'm sorry.

Okay, Balthazar.

We are going to get Veronica out

and destroy Morgana.

What's happened to you?

Nothing.

You're still a bad liar.

- Why does everyone...

- You know, I am glad she likes you.

No, I am not surprised. Only glad.

There's nothing like it, is there?

Put your old man shoes back on.

We have some work to do.

Are all the satellite dishes

in position?

All lined up.

I chipped my mani, which is not cool.

No, I imagine it's not.

Inside there lies our next coworker.

Abigail Williams,

a little witch who put Salem on the map.

Once she's out,

we're at the Morgana shell.

Now that's going to take a lot of time

and energy to crack.

So what are we going to do?

Have you heard of the Parasite Spell?

Sorry, I forgot

your education's somewhat lacking.

Yeah, I prefer to go more by instinct.

You know, what feels right.

Very good. Well, the Parasite Spell

is a rather nasty piece of business.

It originated in Haiti, if memory serves.

It enables one sorcerer

to steal the energy from another.

Well, you weren't really using it,

were you?

Excuse me?

I'd like to make a request.

I just finished my show.

But maybe next time, okay?

I said I'd like to make a request.

All right.

When Morgana is released,

no matter what happens,

promise me you'll do whatever it takes

to destroy her.

I promise.

And for the record,

you wear the old guy shoes very well.

My feet disagree with you,

but thank you.

Knuckle bump.

Might as well.

Now that I have kidnapped the girl

for you, is it time to release Morgana?

I'll give her your regards.

Mr. Horvath,

have I done something wrong?

Not at all.

I need your power to free Morgana.

I just don't need you.

Well, that's two.

One more to go.

That's horrifying.

Let's just find the Grimhold

and be done with it.

Battery Park. The Rising.

Persian Quickrug.

And he thinks I'm old-fashioned.

Ostentatious.

Ooh... Uh-huh.

Nothing, nothing.

So that's Morgana.

Veronica.

Balthazar?

That was easy.

Come on, Dave. You know the drill.

Give me what I want, and I'll let her go.

Dave, what is going on?

It's gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

No, she's not!

She's going to be ground up

into chunks and fed to the cat

unless you give me Merlin's ring

and the Grimhold.

Balthazar?

He's busy admiring the decor.

So what's it going to be?

Here.

Take it.

- You're okay?

- Merlin's ring.

It's been a while

since I've been this close to it.

I wonder if it still works.

- You all right?

- Yeah, I think so.

The Grimhold?

I see.

He took my ring.

He was gonna kill Becky.

I'm so sorry, Balthazar.

I would have done

the same thing, Dave.

Where are you going?

Battery Park.

Horvath's going to release Morgana.

Well, you can't take him on

and Morgana at the same time. That's...

- You literally can't.

- I have to try.

Well, then I'm going with you.

Without any magic?

He has your ring.

I'm going alone.

No, that's a normal thing for him.

No one knows

how much time they have

to be with the people

that are the most important.

Enjoy it.

That guy just flew away on an eagle!

- I...

- A steel eagle.

Becky, I wanted to talk to you

about this.

I just haven't known where to start.

I'm just happy you're okay.

Look, Dave.

If you can just tell me the truth,

then I promise I will do my best

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