[coos]
[fizzling, zap]
[screech]
[thunder]
(epic theme playing)
* *
-Morning, sunshine.
-[Tom grunts] -I hope that was
a rested-and-ready- to-face-the-day grunt.
[sighs]
-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. [nervous laugh] 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. -[beeping]
-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. [nervous laugh]
You know, but nine? Nine looks awesome.
[beeping]
-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!
-[grunt, growl] -[Alex gasps]
-And Plowhorn's been through enough already.
Right, girl? [gasps]
[blasting]
Oh, great. They're already learning circus tricks.
Knock it off, you three! Who taught you that anyway?
* *
[nervous laugh]
-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.
[grunts] 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.
-[sad growl] -Uh--Sorry, pal.
You gotta stay with the team.
You're no Feathers when it comes to stealth.
Ah!
-[Thunder growls] -See?
* *
[sad grumble]
-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.
-[sighs] 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.
[chopper whirring]
* *
-Alright, Team D'Angelo.
We need to commence Operation Cave Collapse.
Looking good, Cadet Plow.
-[baby talk] Aren't you cute? -[growls]
[normal] 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!
[gurgles]
What's up with you, Thunder? Blast that ceiling!
-He only takes orders from Tom.
They're socodependent. Right, Feathers?
[baby voice] Oh yes, they are. They are so...
JUN: 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?
[screech, hiss]
[gasps] 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!
JUN: 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.
[loud roar]
Verynice.
Very nice!
Almost there. We just need a little more firepower.
Feathers, Wu Wei, Thunder, you're up.
[Thunder grumbles]
-D'Angelo, it's almost ready to fall.
I really don't think we need that much power.
-[gasps] You can never have too much power. Dragons!
[confused growling]
Fire!
[roaring]
-Incoming! -[clattering]
-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!
[grumbling]
Thunder? Where are you? Thunder!
Don't tell me he's absent without leave.
Yo! Sparky!
[sighs] That's okay.
That is okay. [strains]
-[straining] Lead... by example. -[rock clatters]
That's what Pop always says.
I'll just do it myself.
[straining] Not now, girl. I got a mission to accomplish.
Lift with your back. Ow, or is it the legs?
[grunts]
-I think Plowhorn wants us to follow her.
-[sarcastic] Yes. Let's follow the vague gestures
of a debatably motivated dragon even deeper into the scary cave.
[sighs] Okay, fine.
-[groaning] Voilà!
Oh! whoa! [grunts, sighs]
It's okay! I got it figured out now.
[dragons growl]
* *
-[beeping] -ALEX: Tom just activated his beacon.
That means he and his mom are in the cave.
I hope he's able to slow her down.
D'ANGELO: Hey!
You have to listen to me! I'm the leader! What is this?
Everyone can't just go AWOL!
* *
OLIVIA: 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. [laughs]
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.
[soft growl]
-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.
[sighs] Remember when all we had were rock hammers,
chisels, and the occasional blister?
Now, look at us here.
Here, wanna do the honors?
-[laughs] Oh! Oh! -[laser whirring]
-Ah! -Tom?
-I'm okay! I'm okay.
-Stop!
-Don't move another inch. -[Tom gasps]
* *
It's okay. I got you.
-Whew!
-I shouldn't have let you come.
[geysers hissing]
[blasting]
-What is it, Plowhorn? -Something helpful, perhaps?
-[grumbles] -BOTH: Ew...
ALEX: That's actually kind of gross. Oh...
Beyond gross! [D'Angelo panting]
-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! -[gurgling growl]
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.
-[gasps] Yeah!
[baby talk] 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! -[growls]
-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! [struggling]
[loud roar]
[yells, grunts]
[low growl]
-You're gonna let him do me like that? -[snort]
-Try pushing him from the back!
-Better leverage.
-Yeah, and less teeth.
[struggling, straining]
-Ah! [grunts] -[thud]
-Should we go help him?
-Mm, okay.
-Hey there, big guy!
-You're not a mean dragon, are you? -[growls]
-Come on, buddy. Let's go. -Come on! Alright!
[satisfied gurgle]
-[annoyed grumble] -[both sigh]
-Ha! See? Time for some tough love.
-[grunting] -[dragon growls]
Put emphasis on the tough.
-Let's ride! -[snorts]
[D'Angelo yelling]
Whoa! Ah!
-Well. That's something you don't see every day.
[struggling]
[yelling]
[grunts]
I'm okay. Ah...
Can you break a solar plexus? Ah!
-[snarls] -Ah! Sit!
Heel!
-[screaming] -Hm...
I think I know how to get that dragon back to the cave.
-Plowhorn! Go scoop up your buddy. -[grumbles]
[panting, yelling]
[gasping]
[panting]
-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! -[typing, beeping]
* *
[scoffs]
-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.
[geyser blasts]
Don't look down.
TOM: Uh...
I looked down.
[sighs]
-Okay! Good job.
The rest of the way is a cakewalk.
[both grunt, shout]
-[grunts] Mom! Ah!
[both gasp]
[straining]
-Hold on!
[struggling]
-[whispers] -No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
-Huh?
Climb... up... the rope!
[panting]
[creaking]
[gasps]
[straining]
-Huh? -[Olivia straining]
[both yell]
[both gasping]
-I'm slipping!
-Quick! Mom, your hammer!
[both struggling]
[sighing]
-Hm.
-Hoo! That was close.
-But, we kept our cool,
and we trusted each other, like always.
* *
[breeze blowing]
Pressure changes.
There must be a large cavern up ahead.
-[click] -Come on!
[both panting]
* *
[panting, sighing]
-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,
[soft laugh]
-We've done a lot together. -Yeah.
I really miss this, Mom.
[digging]
-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? [nervous laugh]
-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.
[laughs]
SLEDKIN: Couldn't find a sitter, Olivia?
* *
-[sighs] Tom's a more accomplished cave explorer
-than half your staff. -SLEDKIN: 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.
-[loud boom] -Uh-oh.
That didn't sound good. We should probably head back.
OLIVIA/SLEDKIN: We should investigate.
* *
[both panting]
-I hope the other guys got the cave plugged up, pal,
or things are about to get a whole lot worse.
[D'Angelo screams]
-This dragon is pure evil!
-[blast] -Tom and Dr. Kullersen are almost at
the cave opening, and they're not alone!
[D'Angelo screaming]
[screaming]
-No, no, no! This is exactly what we need!
Plowhorn is using you as bait.
-Bait? That's not true, is it, girl?
-[growls] -Aw, man. This is no way
to treat the leader of Team D'Angelo!
[grunting] Ow...
[low growl]
I'm cooked.
[whimpers]
[groans]
[loud roar]
* *
-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.
[splattering]
Does that thing have an off switch?
[sloshing]
OLIVIA: 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.
-[wind blowing] -[all gasp]
Whoa. That was really hot.
-Dramatic temperature change could mean a magma event.
-Probably just geothermal activity.
-I'll take a look.
Huh?
ALL: Run!
[all panting]
* *
-Just keep running, Tom!
[panting]
[grunts]
[gasps]
-[both panting] -Come on!
[panting]
-[gasps] Okay, pal. Just stay hidden.
Huh?
Let's clear a path for Mom.
Yeah! Blast them down!
[panting]
[whoosh]
Huh?
Oh man, there's no way they make it over that!
-OLIVIA: Keep moving! -SLEDKIN: I am!
-Sledkin. She can't see you. What do we do?
-[growls] -Whoa! Whoa!
[grunts]
* *
[crumbling]
Whoa...
-What? But, how?
-Uh, geysers went crazy?
-Tell us about it later!
[all panting]
[gurgling]
[grunting]
-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.
* *
[growls, grumbles]
[panting]
[gurgles, growls]
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.
[quiet shriek]
[squeaking]
[chirping]
-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.
[chirping]
-Yeah. They sure do.
(dramatic music)
* *