03x01 - Fire Escape

[bunniefuu]

-Alright. This one feels great.

-Fire suit, version six.

Perfect for the overzealous
explorer on the go.

- So, how do I look?

- The fire suit is cool.

The fact that you're flying
into a fire realm is crazy.

-Oh, come on. I'm sure
this version of the suit

will work perfectly.

Right, Alex?

-I believe... that you believe.

-I should bring the
spearhead with me

just in case I run into
the person who dropped it.

- You sure this is a good idea, Tom?

-This is proof that other
people have been down here.

And if they're still here, they might be
able to explain my connection to Thunder.

And anyway, someone has to
be the fire suit tester.

- Or the crash test dummy.

- Hit it, pal!
- Wait!

Tom!

-Oh, he's made it
farther than last time.

-He's almost to the outcropping!

He might make it.

Oh! Ah! Ooh! Ow!

- He didn't make it.
- Oh, the suit is starting to sizzle.

- Ooh, so is Tom.

- Kullersen!

- Oh, I feel like a charred brisket.

-Uh-oh! Still cooking.

Hot! Hot! Hot! Ah...

Oh... Thanks, Wu.

- Dude, are you okay?

-It's a miracle
you're still alive!

- Ah!
- How did the suit hold up?

-Ow! Oh, that's
tender. Ah! That, too!

-Ugh. What isn't tender?

-Ah!

Oh...

My right big toe.

-I hate to say it, but the
suits don't seem to be working.

- Or we figure out what
protected my right big toe.

Glass half full.

Maybe next time,
if I fly faster...

-Or maybe the Fire Realm just
isn't meant to be explored.

-No. Someone dropped
that spearhead, Jun.

If it takes me burning through a
hundred of Alex's prototype suits,

I'm gonna find out who.

-A hundred more prototype suits?

If that's the case, you
three better learn to sew.

-We don't need a hundred, Alex.
We just need four suits that work.

-Mm, can we start with one?

-Just think about it.

That cool new world? New
dragons to be discovered?

I'm with Tom. I
want to see it all.

-We want to see it all,
too, D, but safely.

-Pretty sure "Dragon
Rider" and "safe"

is a contradiction in terms.

-Okay. Okay. Okay. Let's give
this "safe" thing some thought

and get right back
at it tomorrow.

-Alright. But also, let's
give some thought to the fact

that just hanging out
and relaxing in the lair

with the dragons is pretty cool.

Maybe we could be
content with that.

- Nah!
- Nah!

-Ugh. No me digas.

Think fast!

Boom! Direct hit.

- Ugh! Really?!
- Ah, come on.

You used to love water balloons.

-Not when I'm fully clothed
and they hit me in the face!

- But, I'm bored!
This place is so remote!

- Might as well be on Mars.
- Wishful thinking.

-You could always let
me into Dragon Club...

-You hit me with
a water balloon,

then you ask to hang
out with my friends?

You don't even like us!

-What difference does that make?

This whole place is about
science and knowledge

and other complicated
stuff.

I hate it all.

-Go away.

-Come on, Jun Bug!

I'm your brother. That's got
to count for something, right?

-Go away. Even if I let you in,

you'd just wreck it like
you wreck everything!

-Wait! But, I...

Fine! I don't want
to join your stupid club anyway.

This place sucks!

Please, let me join
your stupid club!

Okay. So, here's
what we're going to do.

We use a fire-breather
from the Fire Realm

to test the new fire suits.

-Are you crazy?! Wait.

I'm just going to record this so I
can play it back on perpetual loop.

- Are you crazy?!
- I don't think it's that crazy.

-Of course, you don't
think it's crazy.

You're missing the
self-preservation gene.

-It's not crazy if we
train the dragon first.

Then, we can control
how it blasts the suit.

If it gets too dicey,
we stop. Simple.

-Okay, so you're talking about
working with an untrained dragon,

breathing fire all over a
suit, that you're wearing?

: Are you crazy?!

-D'Angelo's phone is
right. I really don't think

you've thought through the
inevitability of certain death.

-Hey, at least I'm telling
you before I do stuff now.

-Telling us ahead of time that
you're gonna barbecue yourself

isn't a big improvement.

-You guys are such worriers.

You got to learn to trust
my instincts. Come on.

- Whoa!

Oh man.

Did I lose them?

Ah!

Don't hurt me! Please!
Especially not my face!

I've been working on an idea similar
to what the trainers taught us

when we were
teaching my old dog.

There are no bad dogs,
just scared ones.

These dragons don't know people,

so they have no reason
to be afraid of us

if we're nice to them.

-And your theory is
if you feed them...

-They'll be your friend?

-Worked on Thunder, right, pal?

- Hm?

Uh...

That's all I got.

- Oh wow.
- I got nothing.

-Don't look at me.

- Okay!

Okay, okay, alright,
alright! Everybody calm down.

Let's all just take a
deep breath and try to...

- Heh. We, uh, we might need more fish.

-What are you?

-People call me Buzzsaw.

Oolong?

-Uh, sure.

-One lump or two?

-No lumps. I don't lump.

So, why do people call you...

: Buzzsaw?

-Because I tell them to!

Okay. What do you know about
that station on the cliff?

- ICARUS?
- Don't try to confuse me with code words!

-No, I'm not. It's just
a research... ery place.

-That's the cover story.

But, what's really
going on there?

Experiments?

DNA manipulation?
Animal hybrids?

Lightning birds?

-Oh, man, don't I wish.

No. It's just rocks and
tomatoes and fireflies.

Occasionally,
I have to do laundry.

-Laundry? Is that
what they call it?

-You know what? I'll go and ask
them about the animal thing.

Yeah, I'm just going to go
and make them tell me for you.

And I'll be right back. Okay.

-What do you know about
the lightning bird?

-I think you kidnapped
the wrong dude.

I don't know anything.

I flunked the entrance
exam to kindergarten.

- A likely story,
but I don't buy it.

You're lying to
keep their secret!

-Believe me, I only lie
to keep my own secrets.

Keeping track of all those
lies is tough enough.

-:
Lightning bird!

-Please don't carve me into
some sort of human idol.

-Big black bird, lightning
all over its body!

-Look, I don't know any...

Huh? Wait.

Black... with lightning
all over its' body?

Okay. Round two.

-Is it really fair
to our dragons

that they have to watch
you feed some other dragon

- that isn't part of our group?
- They'll be okay.

- I'll feed them a little later.

I just need to get
this one filled up,

so he'll be calmer and more
agreeable on a full stomach.

- Agreeable?
Yeah!

Now, I'm gonna get him to
unload some fire breath

onto what's left
of the suit here.

-What he means is he's trying
to bribe the dragon again.

Okay.

Go ahead, big guy. Blast away.

Right there. You can do it.

-Uh, Tom, I don't
think he's interested

in being an
agreeable lap dragon.

-No, no, he's fine! He's fine.
Aren't you, big guy? Come on.

-Dude! Nobody's fine here!

-Just give me a sec, please.

Are you crazy?!

-Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
It's okay. It's okay.

- He's going to miss that arm.
- Tom, wait!

-See? It's fine.

Oh!

- No, no, no, no, no, no!

What is this stuff?

- Flammable gel.

This fire-breathing nightmare
sprayed you with it, then ignited!

-You're lucky to be alive! We all are!

- But, hey.

He did it! He tested the suit!

Oh...

The scales block
the flames, but...

Oh man. So, that's the problem.

Tom! Pay attention
to your new friend!

Ah!

- Alex, look out!

-We gotta get that
fire-breather out of here!

-Wait! We're just scaring him.

-Well, he's scaring us!

-I know, I know! But we need him
to keep testing our fire suits.

We have to get it right so I...

-He's not a machine, Tom.

He's not a tool you can
feed fish to and then use.

He's an emotional being
who's just trying to survive

and live his life.

-You're right, Jun.

I'm sorry.

L-Let's try this again.

I guess I got so focused on
exploring the Fire Realm,

I forgot the real first
rule of Dragon Club.

- Dragons are our friends.

-I'll adjust the manual.

-It won't happen again, okay?

I really am sorry.

No more suit testing.

It's yours.

No strings attached.

- Go for it.

It's all you.

Dude.

You really are the
Dragon Whisperer.

- As long as I never
forget rule number one.

-It must be like a
puppy or something.

- It's crazy playful.

-And yet also kind
of frightening.

-You getting anywhere?

-Not really. It was
the glue that gave out.

I need something else to
bind the scales together.

- Something fireproof.
- Yep. Any ideas?

- Kevlar.

-You guys got some
laying around somewhere?

-Oh, we used to have a lot, but we
just had that big garage sale, and...

-It's what I look for
at every garage sale.

Books, baseball
cards, and Kevlar.

- Huh?

- Oh no. Hey!
- Hey! Stop!

Hey, buddy!

Let's not go that way, okay?

That leads to the fissure.

And...
the outside world.

This is not good.

Was there any lava-spewing things or
anything that looked like a unicorn?

-A unicorn? Don't be crazy.

-Me crazy? Uh, you're the
one with the hatchet, dude.

-Yeah, kid, but I'm not the
one looking for a unicorn.

-Okay, first, you're, like,

- a couple years older than me, tops.

And second, you've been
looking for a "lightning bird."

- Why's a unicorn such a stretch?

-Unicorns...

-Okay, okay, okay.
Where did you see it?

The lightning bird. Was
it around here somewhere?

Did it maybe have bat wings
and a rounded kind of head

- w-with big ears?

-It was dark. All I saw
was something big flying.

What flies except a bird?

-Okay. Is it possible...
I mean, just hear me out,

that your bird is
actually a dragon?

-Why a dragon?! Why
can't it just be a bird?

- Look, while
you've been out here,

have you seen four kids
running around this forest?

-I haven't really been looking for
kids, - But they're the ones

who know about the dragon!

Which you think is a lightning
bird! See what I'm getting at?

Lightning bird, dragon.
Dragon, lightning bird.

-Wait.

-Oh!

Where are these kids?

-That's what I was asking you!

- Stay here.

-Ah! No way! Wait
for me!

- Oh man! He's still playing!
- I know.

- So fun! Stop doing this!

-Hey... You must work out...

- How much you bench?
- Shh!

-Aw!

-Wait up, you silly dragon!

- Huh?

- What? What did you see?

- Oh, man!

I should help him...

but, I won't.

He's headed straight for ICARUS!
- We gotta stop him.

-What do you think
I'm trying to do?!

-I'll catch up with you guys.
You're all doing great. Go team!

- Where is she going?

Come on, Dragon Whisperer!
Get him turned around!

-I'm not Magic, D'Angelo!

Maybe if I could
get close enough...

-What are you going to do?

-Jump from Thunder
onto his back.

Are you crazy?!

- Scream, Feathers!

-Hey, hey, hey.

- It's alright.

- Whoa! Okay! Come on, buddy!

- It's me, remember?!

Tom!

-Ah!

Hoo! I'm... still alive?

- How... Ah!

Hey, hey, hey! Hey,
hey, hey. Calm down.

It's okay. It's okay.
It's alright.

- Oh. Alright. Okay.

I think we've had
enough adventure for one day.

How about we get you home?

-Hello?

- Crazy woods guy?

Jun?

Mommy!

- Hey, pal!

Thanks for always being here.

-Dude, that was insane!
You were literally on fire!

-Yeah! How did you not
get burnt to a crisp?

-I think it's this dragon
gel. It's flammable when wet,

but now that it's
dry, it's fireproof.

And it's sticky!

-Yeah. Sorry. Haven't
had time to clean up.

- We might be able to use
this as the glue for our fire suits!

-What do you say, big guy?

You got a little more
of this gel to spare?

Guess that's a yes!