- Terry McGinnis: So get this. My school counselor says my problem is I lack direction.
- Bruce Wayne: Go to the Hall of Records. I'm showing a break in at their data bank.
- Terry McGinnis: Somehow I don't think that's what she meant by direction.
- Terry McGinnis: How was Sentrycroft?
- Corey Cavalieri: Okay, I guess.
- Max: Okay? Come on, give! That's a hard place to crash. What's it like?
- Terry McGinnis: Yeah, come on, Sentry! Report.
- Corey Cavalieri: It's just a joke to you, isn't it, McGinnis? Well, that's all it was. A joke. A big nothing, okay?
- Max: [to Terry, as Corey backs his bike up and speeds away] What now, O wise one?
- Simon Harper: All the "Last Cosmos" games are connected to this computer. From here, I keep track of many things. Including the players' scores.
- Burfid: Schway!
- Simon Harper: You three represent the cream of the crop; the highest scorers in all Gotham.
- Dempsey: Ultra-schway!
- Simon Harper: You are here because each one of you has shown extraordinary aptitude.
- Corey Cavalieri: To us, "Last Cosmos" is more than a game.
- Burfid: Yeah, it's our whole life.
- Simon Harper: Your devotion reflects a profound commitment to the ideals of the Sentries. But are you ready to take the next step?
- Dempsey, Corey Cavalieri, Burfid: [two real Sentries swoop down] Whoa!
- Corey Cavalieri: Wow!
- Simon Harper: Do you have what it takes to become real Sentries of the Last Cosmos?
- Max: Got mail?
- Corey Cavalieri: [opening it] Oh, my god!
- Max: [looking over his shoulder] What?
- Corey Cavalieri: It's from Simon Harper!
- Max: The guy who created the Sentries? No way!
- Corey Cavalieri: Yeah! The-the great wise one himself. He's like a god, and he's inviting me to Sentrycroft.
- Max: To where?
- Corey Cavalieri: His private estate. Nobody goes there!
- Max: So what's he want with you?
- [last lines]
- Eldon Michaels: What do you want?
- Corey Cavalieri: You left this at Sentrycroft, Mr. Michaels.
- Burfid: It's too important to trust anyone but you.
- Eldon Michaels: Thanks.
- Corey Cavalieri: Wait! What did the Wise Ones mean when they said "seek the center"?
- Dempsey: And why did they send Aaron to Pyrapera?
- Burfid: And the Golden Feather, what's with that?
- Eldon Michaels: Hey, it's just a game.
- Corey Cavalieri: But you know.
- Burfid: You're the man.
- Dempsey: Yeah, the real Wise One.
- Eldon Michaels: Well, if you really wanna know, it all started a long, long time ago in a cosmos far from Earth...
- Bruce Wayne: Terry! Can you hear me? Terry!
- Batman: [climbing out from under rubble] I'm here.
- Bruce Wayne: What happened?
- Batman: I just got my butt fried by the Sentries of the Last Cosmos.
- Bruce Wayne: What?
- Dempsey: What happened, Wise One?
- Simon Harper: The Dark Regent's servants have been here.
- Dempsey: We'll find them.
- Simon Harper: No. I have a more important mission for you. The Dark Regent himself is here on Earth. He's taken on a human form; disguised as a man named Eldon Michaels.
- Batman: [eavesdropping outside] Eldon Michaels?
- Corey Cavalieri: What are you saying?
- Simon Harper: "Sentries of the Last Cosmos" is no mere game. It simulates a real war. One being fought in the deepest reaches of space. For centuries, we Wise Ones have used it to recruit trainees like yourselves. Now, you must confront the Dark Regent to save our universe.
- Simon Harper: Quite resourceful. I'll have to program that strategy into my next game.
- Batman: And what kind of game is that, Mr. Harper?
- Simon Harper: What do you mean?
- Batman: I met some of your Sentries last night. They didn't play by the rules.
- Simon Harper: You must understand. There are thousands of hardcore fans. Many dress up as my characters. Conventions, that sort of thing. I have absolutely no control over them. In fact, that very fan fanaticism is why I've had to install such elaborate security measures.
- Batman: So you don't know anything about those Sentries at the Hall of Records?
- Simon Harper: I'm sorry. I wish I could be more help, but...
- [looking around, he sees Batman is gone]
- Bruce Wayne: So they finally saw through Harper's smoke and mirrors?
- Terry McGinnis: Why did he do it? Didn't he already have enough money?
- Bruce Wayne: It's not easy to give up being God.
- Terry McGinnis: I guess you'd know.
- Bruce Wayne: Poor kids. Looking to a video game for something to believe in.
- Terry McGinnis: Yeah. What'll they do now?
- Max: You're kidding, right? Real Sentries?
- Terry McGinnis: Yeah. And I've got the real bruises to prove it.
- Max: Weird.
- Terry McGinnis: They said they were sent on a sacred mission by the wise one.
- Max: Wise one? That's what Corey calls Simon Harper.
- Terry McGinnis: The guy who created the game?
- Max: He invited Corey to come and meet him. Do you think there's a connection?
- Terry McGinnis: Is Jar-Jar lame?
- Corey Cavalieri: Mr. Harper...
- Dempsey: Hey, that's the robe of the Wise One!
- Burfid: [elbow-nudging him] Dempsey, shut up!
- Simon Harper: But he's quite right. This is the mantle worn by all the initiated. What you call "the Wise Ones". Too few against the minions of the Dark Regent. Come now, into the Sanctum of Sentries.
- Batman: Eldon Michaels, I presume.
- Eldon Michaels: I thought you were somebody else.
- Batman: Obviously. What's this, a word processor?
- Eldon Michaels: It's a typewriter. It belonged to Philip K. Dick, the greatest writer who ever lived.
- Batman: You're a writer, too?
- Eldon Michaels: Well, duh.
- Batman: Why is Simon Harper after you?
- Eldon Michaels: Why? Because he's a two-faced Janus, a pirate, and a charlatan. And I can prove it.
- Eldon Michaels: Harper, miserable recreant. If you wanted to face me, do it yourself. Don't involve these deluded lamebrains.
- Simon Harper: Why have you brought him here?
- Corey Cavalieri: What should we have done?
- Simon Harper: Kill him.
- Corey Cavalieri: But the Sentries' code of honor...
- Eldon Michaels: Like he knows anything about honor.
- Simon Harper: Silence! He is the Dark Regent. He must be destroyed.
- Eldon Michaels: Dark Regent?
- Simon Harper: He's plotted against me.
- Eldon Michaels: It was a lawsuit, you mad...
- [screaming as he gets electrocuted]
- Eldon Michaels: Simon, if 20%'s too much, I'll settle for 15.
- Max: Killer move, Corey. How'd you peg it?
- Corey Cavalieri: Gotta go with your instincts.
- Terry McGinnis: Good instincts. You just bagged the all-time high score.
- Corey Cavalieri: Yes!
- Max: No fair. You musta logged a gazillion hours on that game.
- Corey Cavalieri: Maybe more. But for the first time, I really felt it, you know? Like I actually was a Sentry of the Last Cosmos.
- [bumping into Nelson]
- Corey Cavalieri: Ahh! Hey, watch it!
- Nelson Nash: Or what? You gonna bop me with a flaming sword? Get a life.
- Batman: That's all you can find for Eldon Michaels? An address?
- Bruce Wayne: From a few years ago. I've checked every data system; there's nothing on him. Not even a birthdate.
- Batman: Maybe he really is from outer space.
- Burfid: What is it?
- Corey Cavalieri: "Sentries of the Last Cosmos, written by Eldon Michaels"?
- Batman: Right. Michaels created the game. Harper just produced it. He was supposed to share the profits, but he went back on the deal.
- Simon Harper: It's a lie!
- Batman: That's why he had you destroy the databank where the original contracts were stored.
- Simon Harper: Don't listen! He's just trying to cloud your minds.
- Corey Cavalieri: [flipping through] It's all in here.
- Burfid: There's where Zimzam learned to fly.
- Dempsey: From the Eagles of Karisium.
- Corey Cavalieri: And here's where Aaron gets the Golden Feather from Princess Alla.
- Simon Harper: I'll destroy you, you Pyraperan moon slug.
- Batman: You're starting to believe your own fiction.
- Batman: [sneaking into Harper's mansion] Whoa. No way a fanboy like Corey wouldn't spew about this. He's covering something.
- Bruce Wayne: Just be careful.