02x02 - Magma Breather

[bunniefuu]

Morning, sunshine.

- I hope that was

a rested-and-ready-
to-face-the-day grunt.

- What are you doing?
- Getting ready to go explore

some caves I found
in the fissure.

What? No, why?

Because that's why
we're here, boyo.

Scientific research.

Right. Right.

I spotted something with one
of the ICARIS scout drones.

It looks like a vein
of auriferous quartz

that could lead to a
large deposit of...

- Gold.
- Gold is right.

And you think I
don't listen to you.

Oh, I know you listen when
it's convenient. Look.

- It's here in sector nine.

- Way over there?
- Oh, that's perfect.

- It's nowhere near sector two.
- Sector two?

No! I mean, of all the sectors,

sector two looks the most...
boring.

You know, but nine?
Nine looks awesome.

Good morning, Olivia.

Dr. Sledkin...

There's been a change of plans.

Director Wong and I need
you to map some caves

in sector two.

Sector two?

The mineral deposit
is in sector nine.

Yes. I'll lead a team there

to check out your
quartz discovery.

You'll lead?

I've checked with Rakke Corp,

and they'd prefer
you do the mapping.

You are, after all,

the explorer in the
group, aren't you?

Great. Looks like I'm headed
to sector two, after all.

Your mom is going to sector two.

That's the entrance
to the Hidden World!

I felt like something was off
during my morning meditation.

- This is bad.
- No.

Running out of
cinnamon toast is bad.

This is a stage five disaster!

If she learns the
secret of dragons,

everyone will find out, and
Feathers will end up in a zoo,

but no one will come see her,
not even cute little kids,

'cause they won't
be able to see her

'cause she'll be
invisible in her own cage!

And Plowhorn's been
through enough already.

Right, girl?

Oh, great. They're already
learning circus tricks.

Knock it off, you three!
Who taught you that anyway?

What if we needed to run away

and join a creepy,
haunted circus?

No one's running
off with the circus.

I got a plan. This cave
is where my mom's headed.

So, all you guys gotta do is
collapse the mouth of the cave here,

where it enters the dragon
world. Make it a dead end.

Then, Mom and I will
have to turn back. Easy.

Wait, you're going with her?

Well, she doesn't know it
yet, but, uh, you know,

someone's gotta slow her down
and buy you guys some time.

Divide and conquer. Hm...

My favorite battle strategy!

What a perfect opportunity to
showcase my leadership skills.

Mount
up, dragon riders!

And fall in behind the
Plow-train! Choo-choo!

Whoa, wait.

Why are you the leader
of this mission?

We should just work as a team.

Of course we should.

Team D'Angelo!

My dad's been preparing
me for this my whole life.

Let's ride!

This is why I work alone.

Alright, get going.

I have to hurry. Mom's
chopper leaves soon.

- Uh... Sorry, pal.

You gotta stay with the team.

You're no Feathers when
it comes to stealth.

Ah!

- See?

Wait, Tom!

What if your mom won't
let you go with her?

Come on. I'm her son.

What's she gonna say, no?

No way, Tom!

The caves I'm exploring
here are uncharted.

There's no telling what
I'll run into down there.

You know I can do this.

We've explored half
the world together.

It'll be like old times.

- I know you're capable, boyo.
- It's just...

You know the rules here.

- We used to make our own rules.

Now, we can't do anything
unless Sledkin says it's okay.

Well...

I guess she is the boss.

Tom, I know what
you're trying to do.

And it's working.

You better get on that chopper
before I change my mind.

Alright, Team D'Angelo.

We need to commence
Operation Cave Collapse.

Looking good, Cadet Plow.

- Aren't you cute?

So, what is our first
course of action, Cadet Wong?

- Oh, oh. Cadet Wong.
- You mean me?

Well, our entire objective
is to block the cave,

so our first course
of action would be to

block the cave.

Correct!

But how do we do
that, Cadet Gonzalez?

- You're the leader.
- Why don't you tell us?

Okay, I will.

Cadet Thunder!
Blast the ceiling!

What's up with you,
Thunder? Blast that ceiling!

He only takes orders from Tom.

They're so codependent.
Right, Feathers?

Oh yes,
they are. They are so...

Come on, D'Angelo.

We have to move quickly.
Tom's counting on us.

Okay, okay, I'm working on it.

How about you, soldier?

Feathers?
Where'd you go?

If she's smart, far from you.

You need to stop yelling.

I am not yelling!

I am leading! Just
like my dad would!

D'Angelo.

Can we stop all this and
just collapse the cave?

- Yes!
- I think we should stop all this

and just collapse
the cave. Come on.

Private Plowhorn, show
these slackers what you got.

Very nice.

Very nice!

Almost there. We just need
a little more firepower.

Feathers, Wu Wei,
Thunder, you're up.

D'Angelo, it's
almost ready to fall.

I really don't think we
need that much power.

You can never have
too much power. Dragons!

Fire!

- Incoming!

Use enough power there, D?

Cadet Slacker has
a question, sir.

Were we or were we not

supposed to make the
hole smaller, not bigger?

We still need more power.

Thunder, you're up!

Thunder? Where are you? Thunder!

Don't tell me he's
absent without leave.

Yo! Sparky!

That's okay.

That is okay.

- Lead... by example.

That's what Pop always says.

I'll just do it myself.

Not now, girl. I
got a mission to accomplish.

Lift with your back.
Ow, or is it the legs?

I think Plowhorn wants
us to follow her.

Yes. Let's
follow the vague gestures

of a debatably motivated dragon
even deeper into the scary cave.

Okay, fine.

Voilà!

Oh! Whoa!

It's okay! I got
it figured out now.

Tom
just activated his beacon.

That means he and his
mom are in the cave.

I hope he's able
to slow her down.

Hey!

You have to listen to me!
I'm the leader! What is this?

Everyone can't just go AWOL!

Okay. This is it.

Our first real expedition
into the fissure.

- You mean the Kullersen fissure.
- Wait, wait, wait!

We should commemorate this
moment with a... a video!

Two Kullersens heading into
the Kullersen fissure.

How about a speech, Mom?
This is history, after all.

I'm just happy I get to
explore this place with my son.

Me too, Mom. We deserve it.

- Okay, let's get going.
- Uh, wait, wait, wait!

We need a better sign-off
for the video. Come on.

- Come on, boyo.
- Less recording, more exploring.

- Yep, just as I thought.
- Not any gold,

but there is a lot
of magnetite in here.

This is a good spot
to start mapping.

Oh right. Yeah. You know what?

We should probably go back
and start from the beginning.

We wanna be thorough.

No, we're good here.

The opening of the cave
was already mapped.

Remember when all
we had were rock hammers,

chisels, and the
occasional blister?

Now, look at us here.

Here, wanna do the honors?

- Oh! Oh!

- Ah!
- Tom?

I'm okay! I'm okay.

Stop!

- Don't move another inch.

It's okay. I got you.

Whew!

I shouldn't have let you come.

- What is it, Plowhorn?
- Something helpful, perhaps?

Ew...

That's actually
kind of gross. Oh...

Beyond gross!

Oh, hey! Didn't you...

Didn't you hear me yelling?

You mean right now
or all morning?

- I haven't been yelling.
- I have been leading!

- Just like my pops!

Whoa.

What is with the barfy dragon?

Plowhorn brought us
here for some reason.

Which you would have noticed
if you had been listening to,

well, anyone but yourself.

Yeah!

Plowhorn,
you're such a smart girl!

This dragon can plug
the hole with lava

that hardens into rock.

- Way to go, Team D'Angelo!

Question is how are we gonna get

this big, beautiful dragon
all the way back to the caves?

- Pfft! Have no fear.
- D'Angelo is here.

Are we just gonna hang
back and watch this?

- No. We're gonna watch.
- We're gonna laugh.

- I'm gonna record it for posterity.
- No, no.

Okay, Mr. Magma Breather,
consider yourself commandeered.

You are now a member
of Team D'Angelo.

I'm gonna need you to get your
lava-spewing behind moving!

Let's go!

- You're gonna let him do me like that?

Try pushing him from the back!

Better leverage.

Yeah, and less teeth.

- Ah!

Should we go help him?

Mm, okay.

Hey there, big guy!

- You're not a mean dragon, are you?

- Come on, buddy. Let's go.
- Come on! Alright!

- Ha! See?
- Time for some tough love.

Put emphasis on the tough.

- Let's ride!

Whoa! Ah!

Well. That's something
you don't see every day.

I'm okay. Ah...

Can you break a
solar plexus? Ah!

- Ah! Sit!

Heel!

- Hm...

I think I know how to get
that dragon back to the cave.

- Plowhorn! Go scoop up your buddy.

- Ah!
- Fly faster, girl, fly faster!

Olivia was wrong. This is just
an intermediate crystal shear.

I should have known better.
She back at ICARIS yet?

- Uh, nope.
- She's still in sector two.

Maybe she's found something?

I mean, you know, maybe?

- Probably not... Whoa!

With all this
geothermal activity,

there must be a treasure
trove of mineral deposits

on the other side.

But, it is a little hairy.

Here. Safety tether.

Okay.

Slow and steady.

Don't look down.

Uh...

I looked down.

Okay! Good job.

The rest of the
way is a cakewalk.

Mom! Ah!

Hold on!

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Huh?

Climb... up... the rope!

- Huh?

I'm slipping!

Quick! Mom, your hammer!

Hm.

Hoo! That was close.

But, we kept our cool,

and we trusted each
other, like always.

Pressure changes.

There must be a large
cavern up ahead.

- Come on!

I know I gotta slow her
down, pal. Just stay hidden.

Mom! Come back!
There's something here!

- Looks like calcite.
- Pretty, but nothing special.

- Digger's hunch, mom.
- If you taught me anything,

it's never to ignore a hunch.

Just like old times,

- We've done a lot together.
- Yeah.

I really miss this, Mom.

Look at that. It's glowing.

What a strange piece.

I've seen that stuff before.

You have? Where?

Oh! Uh, I don't know.

Probably on the
internet?

Well, I haven't.

Guess it could just be some
rare phosphorus and quartz,

but who knows?

Maybe it's something new.

You know, it was
always so special

that you wanted to go
exploring with me, Tom.

And I... I always
hoped, really hoped,

that we would discover
something amazing together.

Me too, Mom.

Mom, I have something
I want to tell you.

I was wondering when you
were going to get to it.

Whatever secret it is
you've been keeping from me,

the sneaking around,
the long hikes,

not answering my texts?

You don't think I know you?

Come on. It's me.
Now, spill it, boyo.

Couldn't
find a sitter, Olivia?

Tom's a more
accomplished cave explorer

- than half your staff.
Oh,

I've heard about
all your adventures.

Let's not forget it
may be named after you,

but this is not your
personal fissure.

I'm proud it has my name on it.

Mine and Tom's,

but I know it
belongs to the world.

Wrong. It belongs to
the Rakke Corporation,

as does everything
we find in it,

all the way to the Earth's core.

So, you were about to
spill something, young Tom?

Nothing you'd understand.

- Uh-oh.

That didn't sound good. We
should probably head back.

We
should investigate.

I hope the other guys got
the cave plugged up, pal,

or things are about to
get a whole lot worse.

This dragon is pure evil!

- Tom and
Dr. Kullersen are almost at

the cave opening, and
they're not alone!

- No, no, no!
- This is exactly what we need!

Plowhorn is using you as bait.

- Bait?
- That's not true, is it, girl?

- Aw, man. This is no way

to treat the leader
of Team D'Angelo!

Ow...

I'm cooked.

Yeah! Plug up that hole!

Yeah! I guess.

Team D'Angelo did it after all.

Guess I didn't do
a very good job

of following in my
pop's footsteps.

- That's the problem.
- You're not your dad.

You're D'Angelo.

Which is also the solution.

You make your own footsteps.

And if the Magma
Breather didn't hate you,

none of this would have worked.

Yeah.

Does that thing
have an off switch?

Amazing!

This entire cave system is
becoming a crystal formation.

I never imagined such
a thing down here.

You don't know the half of it.

Whoa. That was really hot.

Dramatic temperature change
could mean a magma event.

Probably just
geothermal activity.

I'll take a look.

Huh?

Run!

Just keep running, Tom!

- Come on!

- Okay, pal.
- Just stay hidden.

Huh?

Let's clear a path for Mom.

Yeah! Blast them down!

Huh?

Oh man, there's no way
they make it over that!

Keep moving!
I am!

- Sledkin. She can't see you.
- What do we do?

- Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa...

What? But, how?

Uh, geysers went crazy?

Tell us about it later!

Mom!

- You okay?
- I'm fine, Tommy.

Seems nothing has changed.

Everywhere the two of you
go, chaos seems to follow.

Well, I guess this
expedition proved one thing.

If there's something bigger
in here worth finding,

we'll find it. Then,
we will share it

with the world.

Oh, and I didn't forget
about your secret, boyo.

But I trust you, and I want you
to tell me when you're ready.

Thanks, Mom.

Huh. That's kinda gross.

Just don't get too close
and yell in his face.

Apparently, he doesn't like it.

- Guess nobody does.
- Well, this was awesome.

We met a new dragon
and kept my mom

and Sledkin from
finding out the secret.

Total win! Go Team D'Angelo!

- What did I say?
- We're not Team D'Angelo.

We're a team of Dragon
Riders. Dragon Riders!

- Dragon hugs!
- Okay, okay. Personal space.

You ever figure out what
those dragons are doing?

- Me?
- You're the son of a geologist.

All I know is that they
seem to love those crystals.

Yeah. They sure do.