Okay Cutter, first thing you have to do
is flap high into the air.
Uh, I thought you said
I was gonna learn something new today.
Just trust me!
I’ve been trying to figure out this tablet
from the sunken city of Valantis for weeks,
and I think I finally know what it says.
OK, now, spin!
Really, really fast!
OK, this is kinda new!
And kinda fun to watch.
Maybe for you! Whoa...!
Uh, is there a step three?
’Cause I can’t do this forever...!
Step three is aim at the target
and... fire!
Aaaah!
Whoa!
Now, that’s power!
Yeah. Even I’m impressed.
Eh, I never doubted it for a second.
Uhhh....
But still kinda dizzy.
What else is on those tablets, Ley?
- Yeah! - Hmm.
From what I can tell, this one’s all about crystals.
I think it says that if Winger’s near a green crystal
it’ll give him an extra blast before he has to recharge.
Huh? Love the sound of that!
I’ve got a green one!
One! Two! Three!
Four!
Whoa! That’s way cooler than three blasts!
Well, it’s one cooler.
Hey, Leyla. What’s on this last tablet?
Ooh, can it tell me how to get a fifth stomach?!
- Aah!
Sorry, Leyla.
Hey, I think there’s a prize inside this one!
Huh?
What is that?
I don’t know,
but it looks like it’s made out of metal.
Metal?
Then I think I know who we need to talk to.
Ahh. Whatever it is, it’s really jammed in there.
You think you can get it out?
I think you came to the right place.
Small hammer.
Mmm... Interesting.
This will require precision and... just the right touch!
Got it!
Uh, thanks, Hannahr.
Is it another tablet?
Wait! I think this one is about crystals, too.
Really? Some new kind we don’t know about?
That can give Winger five power blasts?!
Actually, it’s bigger than that.
Five megablasts?!
OK, I’ll just let you tell me.
I think this tablet says
that hidden somewhere in the sunken city of Valantis
are two crystals taken from the back of a Bewilderbeast.
Bewilder-what now?
The legendary Alpha Dragon?
Exactly! And if I’m understanding this correctly,
whoever has these Alpha Crystals has the power to control dragons too.
Come on, we’ve gotta tell the others about this!
Uncle, you hear that?! They said--
- Crystals that can control dragons.
Of course I heard it, I was skulking right next to you!
Can you imagine what we could do with that kind of power?
We could take over the world!
I can take over the world any time I want, Axel.
I’m a genius, after all.
But if we had those crystals, we could do something even better!
Make the dragons leave Huttsgalor once and for all!
Uh... or take over the world. You’re really not going for that?
Come along, Axel. We’ve got a lot of work to do
if we’re going to find those crystals before the Scaly Spoiler Squad.
This tablet says that with the Alpha Crystals,
someone can make a dragon do anything they want.
Even make a dragon skip lunch?
Or skip dinner?
Or even skip breakfast?!
Uh, Burps, I think "anything" means anything.
But it’s the most important meal of the day!
We can’t let those crystals fall into the wrong hands.
C’mon, we’ll use our diving gear to go back to Valantis and find them.
Dak, I don’t know about this.
Those crystals have been hidden for a very, very long time.
Maybe they should stay hidden.
I, for one,
completely agree with Winger.
Those crystals are none of our business
and we should not try to find them. Hmph!
Burps, you just don’t wanna go back to Valantis
and face those giant eels again, right?
Or the giant octopus.
What do you think, Ley?
I think... uh....
it’s safer if we just leave the crystals where they are.
We’re the only ones who know about them, right?
Rescue Riders!
Oh sure, just come on in.
Axel, what are you doing here?
I’m here to warn you.
My Uncle knows all about the Alpha Crystals.
- What?!
How could he know about the Alpha Crystals?!
I don’t know,
but it’s not because we were spying on you
when you were talking about them at Hannahr’s workshop.
Hey, we’re Finkes, what did you expect?
The point is, my uncle is at his workshop
building an underwater Mechano-Dragon right now.
He won’t stop until he finds the crystals and--
Uses them to make the dragons leave Huttsgalor forever.
- How’d you know? - Lucky guess.
Pfft! Even if Magnus could build some kind of underwater Mechano-Dragon,
he’ll never be able to find Valantis on his own.
He has a map.
OK, sounds like he canfind Valantis.
Axel, why are you telling us this?
We may not be the best of friends, Rescue Riders,
but you guys have saved me a bunch of times
and I feel like I owe you.
Thanks, Axel.
I was talking about the dragons.
All right, change of plans. We’re going back to Valantis!
Yeah!
Whoo-hoo!
I have to say, it’s kinda cool being down here again.
I really hope we don’t see any more of those giant deep sea eels.
C’mon, let’s find those crystals fast!
Whoa! Back-bubble booster blast.
Forgot he could do that.
And I forgot never to swim behind Burple. Ugh!
Whoo-hoo!
Come on, Valantis is this way!
Uh, I think.
Whoa. It’s even more amazing than I remember!
And wetter!
Ah! That joke is even funnier than I remember.
Great, we’re bringing that back too.
It looks like we got here before Magnus.
But not before a giant eel! Look out!
That’s not an eel. It’s Magnus!
Ahh, Rescue Runts.
My Mechano-Eel is quite impressive, no?
I do appreciate you leading us here so I could test it out.
Leading you? I thought you had a map.
Oh, yeah, about that.
When I said, my uncle had a map.
I meant he didn’t,
which is why we had to follow you.
Sorry!
So Axel tricked us-- again.
Magnus, leave this city alone.
It’s a great part of history and--
"Great"? What’s great about a city
where Vikings were friends with dragons?
That’s probably why it sank.
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have some Alpha Crystals to find.
But where to search first...?
Come on, guys!
We can’t let him find the secret dragon library!
Oh! Did you say dragon library?
Is that where the crystals are?
Oops!
But which one of these buildings
is the library, Uncle?
Hmm.
Aha! The purple one gave it away!
See you later Rescue Runts!
Uh, did I miss something?
Sure hope we all did.
The tablet doesn’t say the Alpha Crystals are hidden in the library,
it says they’re hidden in one of the statues out here.
So while Magnus and Axel are in there searching the library...
We’ll be out here finding the crystals.
Great idea, Leyla!
But wait. Burple, how did you know how to help Leyla’s plan
and point out the library to Magnus?
Well, the thing is...
Yeah, I didn’t. It was an accident.
Ah, this must be the place!
As you can see Axel, your uncle has thought of everything.
Soon the Alpha Crystals will be mine!
Ya didn’t think of that!
Didn’t I? Ha ha ha ha!
Aah!
Oohhhhh....!
Aaaah! Ohhh.
But-- How did you--?
As I’ve said a hundred times,
Axel, I’m a genius.
Now, where was I?
Oh, right! Soon the Alpha Crystals will be mine!
You sure these crystals are hidden in a statue, Ley?
That’s what the tablet says. Just keep trying.
You push, I pull.
No, you push, I pull.
Oops. Knew I should’ve pulled.
Look! Valantis had a Haggis, too!
It’s OK, ancient sunken Haggis,
I don’t have the crystals inside me either.
Any luck?
Wait. What about that one?
Way too obvious.
Yeah, you’re probably right.
Well, I’m stumped.
Oh no! I think you broke that one!
Or I found the secret crystal hiding place!
Totally by accident.
What’s your point?
Of course.
We’re going into the dark and spooky underwater tunnel.
I don’t see any crystals yet.
Does the tablet say anything else, Ley?
It does but I can’t quite figure out what it means.
Something about two ancient dragons?
Or fish? Or both.
Did you say ancient?!
Ohh. I can’t handle ancient!
Burple, ancient just means old.
Oh. I might be able to handle that.
Or maybe I was right the first time!
Is that a bubble attack?!
Whatever it is, I don’t like it!
I’ve heard of taking a bubble bath before, but this is ridiculous!
Whoa! Oh no!
I think I just figured out this part of the tablet.
It says the crystals are protected by two ancient dragon guardians!
You’re just figuring that out now?!
Whoa!
Burple, look out!
Help! I’ve been bubbled!
Gotcha, Burps! Ahh, yahh!
Aw.
Whoa!
Thanks!
I got an idea.
Back-bubble booster blast!
No bubbles are stopping us! C’mon!
Bubble em’ again, Bubbley!
You too, Bobbley!
Wait! We’re friends of Valantis!
Hmm?
Are you really friends of Valantis?
And not just tricking us to make us think you’re friends of Valantis?
’Cause that would be totally not awesome!
Totally.
Uh, you "totally" lost me.
We’re the Rescue Riders. We’re here to help protect the Alpha Crystals.
Huh?
Ohhh! In that case, come on in!
Yeah! Our secret ancient crystal chamber
is yoursecret ancient crystal chamber!
You’re Bubblegill dragons, right?
Yeah, how do you know that?
My sister knows a lotta stuff like that.
We also know you’re the ancient crystal guardians, right?
Totally!
Ha ha ha!
Well, except for the "ancient" part.
We just got this sweet job.
Took over for our Great-Uncle Babbley a couple a weeks ago.
But we knowwe’re gonna be awesome at it!
Give me some fin, brah!
Cha!
See, the ancient crystal guardian thing
has been passed from Bubblegill to Bubblegill for hundreds of years.
But did you also know that Alpha Crystals don’t affect Bubblegills?
Which is what makes us the most awesome crystal guardians of all.
Well, now’s your chance to prove it.
A very bad guy named Magnus Finke is coming to steal the Alpha Crystals.
Oh, don’t you worry, he won’t find them in here.
- He won’t? - No way!
That was the first totally awesome decision we made when we took over.
Yeah, keeping the crystals here seemed way too obvious.
So we put ’em in a much safer place
where there’s a ton of other cool ancient stuff.
You didn’t happen to put them in the dragon library, did you?
Totally!
Uh, why does everybody look super bummed all of the sudden?
Ohh. Not here! Or here!
Where could these confounding crystals be?!
Wait, Uncle! Uh, what about over here?
Axel, please. Ancient crystals hidden behind tablets about crystals?
Only a fool would hide them there.
Aha! I knew they’d be hidden here!
Yes! The Alpha Crystals are mine!
Now I’ll finally be able to rid Huttsgalor of those Rescue Runts once and for all!
- And then take over the world?
No? You’re really not even considering that at all?
All right, team,
Bubbley and Bobbley are too bummed out to help us,
so it’s up to us to find those crystals before-- Oh, no!
OK, uh, but we still can’t give up.
Dragons, come to your new leader!
Huh?
Er, I said come to me now!
Uh, is something supposed to be happening? ’Cause I don’t feel it.
Wait, I feel something!
- Nope, false alarm. - Ohh.
These things must be broken...
like everything else in this wretched place.
C’mon, let’s grab those crystals!
Ahh! Ohh!
Lobsters?
Mmm, lobster!!
This is horrible!
Aaaaah!
Work, you grating, grime-covered gems. Work!
Uncle, I really think I can figure it out!
Uhh! Whoa! That-that sound...
Wing, you okay?
I-I don’t know...
Wing? Wing, where are you going?
To my leader.
It worked!
Dragon, lift your wing!
- Huh?
Now spin in a circle and then do a little swimmy dance!
Unhh!
Aha-ha-ha-- Ohh!
Protect your leader!
Whoa!
No one told you to stop dancing!
Oh, no! Winger is really under Magnus’s control?!
He must be! I’ve never seen him dance like that!
Now, who should I control next?
Maybe the water dragon!
No Sum, fight it!
Oh, not Summer, too!
There’s no way I’m letting those crystals control--
Ha ha!
- Uhh... - Huh?
me...
Oh no! I think I’m next!
No, you’re not! Most crystals don’t work on Rockspitters, remember?
Leyla’s right! Which means you can save the day!
I can? I can!
It’s Burple from below!
Uncle, look out!
Aaah! Hmm?
Uh, OK. Maybe, Alpha Crystals do work on Rockspitters.
Sorry, Rotten Riders,
but your dragons are mine now.
Come, my loyal lizard lackeys!
It’s time to follow your marvelous leader
far, far away from Huttsgalor!
- And maybe take over the world on the way? - Give it a rest.
- Ley, what are we gonna do?! - Wait!
Crystals only work when dragons are close to them, right?
So we have to find a way to get the dragons away from the Alpha Crystals!
- But how? - I have an idea!
We really messed up with those crystals, huh, Bubbley.
This is the opposite of awesome.
I agree, Bobbley. We totally let ourselves down.
And those Rider Rescuers, too.
It’s actually "Rescue Riders."
And you guys are still the totally awesome crystal guardians.
We are?
And you have a job to do.
We do?
Of course! It doesn’t matter if you made a mistake.
Yeah, everybody makes mistakes.
What you do after is what counts.
Really?
Totally!
It’s really amazing, Uncle.
They’re following our every move!
Oh, this is the greatest day of my life
You know what would make it even greater, Uncle?
Using the dragons to take over the worl--Aaah!
After we deal with whatever that was.
Oh, hi, Magnus. Meet our new friends the Bubblegills!
They’re gonna help us get those crystals back.
Totally!
I don’t care what they are.
I just want them to... stop right there!
Cha! Was that supposed to do something, Bubbley?
I don’t know, Bobbley.
Huh? Guh! Guh!
Fun fact, Magnus. Alpha Crystals don’t work on Bubblegills.
There’s nothing fun about that fact!
Dragon minions, attack!
Unhhh!
You chase him, and you chase him!
No, no, the other him! Block that bubble!
Faster!
Look out!
Whoops! Sorry, Winger!
Huh?
This tickles.
Those bubbleheads are beating us!
Axel, do something!
Pop those bubbles with spikes!
Ehh...
Well, that was obviously a terrible idea you had.
After them!
Bubble ’em, Bubbley!
After you, Bobbley!
Ah! The crystals!
Thanks for the crystals, Magnus!
Nooo! I’m getting those crystals back
if it’s the last thing I do!
Aaaah!
This isn’t over!
Lobsters, set me free!
Oh! Ow!
Ow, get off! Off, I say!
This is the finger of a genius!
You’re all free, guys!
Huh?
Huh? What happened?
You were all under Magnus Finke’s control.
But not anymore.
Thanks to these guys!
Aww, don’t mention it!
But we totally gotta thank you, too!
Cha! For helping us be totally even more awesome!
And don’t worry,
we’ll never let the Alpha Crystals out of our sight again!
Uh, guys?
Oops, starting now.
I can’t believe I was mind-controlled by Magnus Finke.
Yeah, I really, really did not like taking orders from that guy.
He didn’t make me do anything embarrassing, did he?
Nah, that little swimmy dance you did
was not embarrassing... at all.
Swimmy what?