02x03 - Dragons of the Undead

[bunniefuu]

[growls]

[zaps]

[screeches]

[thunder rumbling]

[majestic theme playing]

[blasting]

[growls]

[growls]

[growls]

- [zapping]
- [grumbles]

♪

Public speaking.

- Yeah!
- Cool.

ANGELA: As we've
been discussing,

in our modern age,
with smart phones,

video blogs, and social media,

learning to speak in public
has become a lost art.

That's why, class, for
your next assignment,

you're all going
to give a speech

in front of the entire station.

- JUN: Ooh! Ooh!
- Yes, Jun?

How long should the
speeches be, Mrs. Baker?

No more than three minutes, Jun.

Now I know public speaking
will be easy for some of you,

but for others...

Where did Alex go?

She did that thing
where she disappears.

Like the wind.

Whoosh.

Alex isn't into public speaking.

- Of course, she's not.
- She's the wind.

- Whoosh...
- [Jun laughs]

Okay, everyone,
that's it for today.

Practice those speeches!

They can be about
whatever interests you,

and when Alex reappears,

remind her to practice, too.

♪

- Now, buckle up, wing nuts.
- I'm about to share with you

the life and legend
of Chuck Yeager,

the greatest aviator to
strap on a helmet. Ha!

- [clapping]
- [confused growl]

[clears throat]

Behold.

Photographic evidence of

the Chupacabra.

- [sleepy grumble]
- [slap]

Jun...

You put that energy into
the world, Kullersen,

and it comes back
to you. Times three.

- That's not true.
- [Thunder grumbles]

- Is that true?
- Eh... [grunts]

[nervous sigh]

And that's why proper
dental care for pets

cannot be overstated.
Which reminds me.

- The back molars are the toughest to reach.
- [growling]

[straining, grunt]

Dang, girl! Flossing
is your friend.

[growls]

[all groan]

Alright, Alex. Your turn.

♪

I'm good. My speech is done.

- Done?
- You haven't even practiced.

- Don't need to.
- [screech]

- JUN: [gasps] Whoa!
- TOM: Cool!

Good morning, ICARIS.

Today, I'm going to
discuss the importance

- of a good avatar.
- Whoa.

- Whoa.
- A hologram for your speech?

That's way better than picturing
everyone in their underwear.

You picture everyone
in their underwear?

Doesn't everyone?

[buzzing] - This is
totally against the rules

and a cheat! The whole point
is you have to be brave, Alex,

and get up in front
of 100 people.

- Not send this thing.
- [whirs]

Yo! Ah, make it
stop eyeballing me.

- Fine, forget it.
- I'll just take an F.

Alex! No, come on.

You'll do great.

Talking to people is
easy for you guys,

but I'm more of a
"behind the scenes,

"speak only if a car's going
to hit me" type person.

- Alex...
- [beeping]

- Crisis alert.
- What is it, Alex?

Something's triggered the early warning
sensors we placed in the Dragon World.

- [beeping]
- And it's coming this way.

We should strategize, set up
a defensive perimeter, and...

[panting, grunt]

Woo-hoo!

Or we can just recklessly
race towards a blaring alarm.

♪

Nothing's here.

Tom, you can't just blaze off

on your own like that.

Yeah. This could have
been something bad.

Uh, guys? Something bad.

[foreboding music]

[dragons grumbling]

- Dragon bones.
- Cool.

Cool? There's nothing
cool about bones.

- Are you kidding me?
- If I'm going to be Dr. D.,

I have to understand the
dragon skeletal anatomy.

Now, does that look like
a rib or a tailbone?

It looks like a good
reason to head home.

- [beeping]
- Huh?

- [beeping stops]
- What is it?

- Every sensor's going off.
- [beeping]

- They're all around us!
- What's all around us?

- [screeching]
- [all gasp]

[Alex whimpers]

[growls]

♪

[roars]

What the...

[hiss]

[yelps]

Zombie dragon. Those bones

- must have been its last meal.
- [snarls]

- Whatever it is, it still looks hungry.
- [shrieks]

[growling]

- [gasps]
- Uh, where did it go?

- [curious growl]
- No, no, Feathers. Stay with me.

- [screech]
- [all gasp]

[fizzles]

They can cloak!

[growling]

ALL: Run! [Panting]

- [hiss]
- [gasping, panting]

[screech]

Get us out of here, pal!

[shrieks]

- Ah!
- [zap]

Nice one, pal!

[panting] Ah!

[grunts]

[gasps] Thanks, Wu Wei.

[D'Angelo yelling, panting]

[shriek]

You want some D'Angelo? Huh?

Come on!

Ah!

Ah...

- Thanks, girl. Ow...
- [grumbles]

[dramatic music]

[panting]

[gasping] Feathers!

- [shrieking]
- No! No!

Feathers! Come back!

[shrieking]

No!

[shrieking]

[hissing, roaring]

[snarls]

[groans]

♪

ALEX: She's gone.

I can't believe she's gone.

♪

Perimeter's clear.

- How can you be sure?
- They turn invisible.

Jun's right. They look like
Feathers, and they cloaked like her.

Except these were white
and seemed undead.

- [Alex gasps]
- Oh no, Alex.

I'm sure Feathers will be fine.

They're not undead!

They're just creepy-looking
Feathers-like dragons.

Actually, in Chinese mythology,

white dragons are
an omen of death.

[whimpering]

Really, Jun?

Not the time.

- I know, I'm sorry.
- Sometimes I get carried away.

♪

But what if she's right?

- She's not right.
- I'm just being a nerd.

Fortunately, no one was bitten.

W-Why is that?

If undead bite you,
you become one.

Huh!

Fortunately, no one
was. [nervous laugh]

Who cares? All that matters is

those horrible
creatures have Feathers,

and we have to get her back!

Alex, didn't you put a
tracker on our saddles?

We can use that
to find Feathers.

- Oh yeah.
- [beep]

[beeping]

- Got her.
- Okay. Let's do this.

- And whatever those things are...
- Zombies.

We just have to be really quiet.

♪

- We're getting closer. Head that way.
- [beeping]

[sighs]

So, uh, Jun,
hypothetically speaking,

how long does it take
to turn into a zombie?

You know, once bitten.

The time seems to vary by myth,

but the symptoms are always
the same. Fever sweats

[sighs] dizziness

[groans] a ghastly moan.

[ghastly moan]

- Yeah, just like that.
- Ah!

And then there's the
insatiable hunger for brains.

[gags]

- You airsick, D?
- [gasps] No, not at all.

- [beeping]
- Feathers is down there! Hurry!

♪

- Watch our backs, pal.
- [growls]

Yeah, yeah. I know
they're invisible.

[beeping]

[gasps] She's here! [Giggles]

[panting]

[sighs] Huh?

It must have fallen off
when they dragged her away.

I got scared and ran.

I should have been more brave.
I should have saved her.

- Alex, it's not your fault.
- If you didn't run,

they would have
grabbed you, too.

At least we'd still be together.

Now, I'm all alone. Again.

- You're not alone.
- We're with you.

You'll always have us.

[distant screech]

That sounded like Feathers.

- Plowhorn, track that screech.
- [sniffing]

[growls]

We're going to get her back.

[panting]

- [Alex gasps]
- Whoa.

- [whirring]
- [dragons mewing]

- Wow, look at that.
- They're acting in unison

like they're
psychically connected.

Do zombies have a hive mind?

I don't know about
zombies in particular,

but these guys
seem to be linked.

Zombies are generally
considered just eating machines,

but I suppose they
could be connected

in that singular
drive to find food.

[groggy]: Yes...

- What are you doing?
- Nothing!

What creature in
the animal kingdom

actually has a psychically
linked hive mind?

♪

- Why are you looking at me?
- You're the animal expert.

It's not like I'm a part of
their hive mind or something.

- Jeez.
- That isn't what I asked.

Can we focus on
Feathers, please?

I'm running a thermal scan.

It should be able to spot
her if she's down there.

[mewing]

JUN: Hm. The others are
all registering as cold.

- Zombie theory is looking more and more...
- TOM: Jun!

- JUN: Sorry.
- ALEX: There! She's still alive!

And they're holding
her prisoner.

Those monsters!

- It's okay.
- We'll get her back, Alex.

How are we gonna
get her back, Tom?

[D'Angelo groaning]

TOM: Their wings,
they're all torn up.

I bet we can fly right over
them and rescue her. Come on!

[groaning, grunts]

♪

You got her?

- Mm-hmm.
- She's on top of the tower.

[dragons hissing]

[roaring]

Tom, I think they saw us!

Stay up high! We'll be fine!

You know, maybe we should just go
down there and join them, girl.

Give ourselves over to
the power of the horde.

- [growling]
- No? Just a thought.

[roaring]

- Hold on!
- [whimpering] I'm trying!

I hear you, my zombie brethren.

Your cries echo in
my beat less heart.

- [growls]
- Oh. Sorry, girl.

I can't help myself.

[roars]

[both grunting, straining]

[roaring]

[grunting, gasping] Ah!

[sighs] Tom!

- We can't keep this up!
- ALEX: We're almost there!

♪

[whimpering]

There she is! Hurry!

[growls]

- [both gasp]
- [roars]

Pull back!

[snarls]

- No! Feathers!
- [Feathers whimpers]

[loud roar]

[screaming]

[grunting]

[panting]

- You okay, pal?
- [grunting]

- Is everyone alright?
- I think I need a reboot.

- I'm okay.
- Not sure about Wu and Wei.

[weak grumbling]

- [dragon growling]
- Feathers...

D'Angelo, you good?

[heavy breathing]

D'ANGELO: Stop!
Don't come near me.

♪

- Look at his arm.
- D'Angelo! You've been bitten!

[gasps] I'm one of them!

The undead!

Bug out and save yourselves!

Oh, come on, D! You just let
Jun's stories get in your head!

- Zombies aren't real.
- You sure they're not real?

- Course I'm sure!
- You're perfectly healthy.

- He's right.
- I got caught up in the stories.

And besides, if you
had been bitten,

the zombie saliva
in your bloodstream

would have made you
undead long before now.

- [gasps]
- I have... been feeling it.

It's [gasps] been happening!

- Ah!
- D'Angelo.

[yelling]

[growls]

- It's true! I'm turning!
- Just-just leave me here, girl,

and save yourselves, I'll
roam the Hidden World

with the rest of
the hideous horde.

You are not a real zombie,
and nobody's leaving you here.

- Fine.
- Then there is only one way

to keep you guys safe from me.

[growls]

Seriously, I can't believe
you're making me do this.

You are not a zombie.
Is that too tight?

- It needs to be tight!
- Okay, this is the only way

to keep you safe from me.

- Can someone scratch my nose?
- [dragons screeching]

♪

[screeching continues]

- The horde.
- We gotta get outta here.

[growls]

Our dragons can't fly. We'll
have to make a run for it.

But, what about Feathers?

- Alex, we don't have a choice.
- We'll have to come back later.

No! We are not leaving
without Feathers.

D'Angelo, Plowhorn,
make a barrier

out of these crystals
to hold back the horde.

Jun, Wu, and Wei, fortify
it with freeze blast.

Tom, Thunder, give
them some cover.

I'm going to get Feathers.

- I'll go with you.
- No.

Stay here and help Jun and D.

Some things you
have to face alone.

[heroic music]

Be the wind, Alex. Whoosh!

- You heard her. Let's do this!
- [growls]

[dragons snarling]

[growling]

[thumping]

[straining]

♪

[zapping, blasting]

[snarling]

[growling]

[Alex whimpering]

[grunts]

- [growling]
- [whimpering]

Hold on, Feathers. I'm coming.

[gasps]

[whimpers]

[growls, snarls]

[snarling, hissing]

[growls]

You're brave,
Alex. You're brave.

You are brave.

♪

Hey, Jun? We could use

one of your mythology-based
teaching moments

right about now!

[screech]

Yeah, how to win against hordes

of undead zombie dragons?

No real allegorical
fable for that.

D'ANGELO: Use me!

I'm dripping in fever sweats.
Bathe yourselves in it,

- then they'll think you're one of them!
- Ew...

[roars]

Let's just keep blasting.

We gotta buy Alex more time.

[blasting, zapping]

[panting]

♪

[straining, panting]

[grunt, sigh]

- [whimpering]
- [dragon growling]

- You're brave, Alex.
- You're brave.

[panting, grunting]

[sighs]

- [gasps] Feathers!
- [Feathers whimpers]

It's okay, it's okay. I'm
gonna get you out of here.

[growls, purrs]

[chirping]

I'm going to get you all out.

[grunting]

Come on. Come on.

- [growls]
- Co... Uh...

- [growling]
- [whimpering]

Ah! [Yelling]

- [panting]
- [snarling]

[gasps]

[hissing]

[panting]

[growls]

You can do this,
Alex. You're the wind.

[growling]

[snarl]

♪

[roars]

[snarling]

[hissing]

[grunting]

We're almost out of juice!

Wu! Wei! Circle of protection!

[ice crystallizing]

[blasting]

- [boom]
- [dragons shrieking]

[cheering]

Where'd that come from?

Just one of those circus
tricks we've been working on.

[growls]

[dragons grumbling]

[snarling]

- [panting]
- [Feathers whimpers]

[grumbling]

Uh...

- Uh?
- [growls]

[gasping]

- [shriek]
- [gasping, screaming]

- [panting]
- [snarling]

[whimpering]

- [panting]
- [snarling]

[growling]

[snarling]

[roars]

[gasp, screaming]

- Good morning, ICARIS.
- Today, I'm going to discuss

the importance of a good avatar.

Avatar. Avatar.

[roars]

- [grunts]
- [excited growl]

[purring]

[loud snarl]

[growling]

- Hurry! Hurry!
- [screech]

Stay away from my dragon!

♪

[growls]

[growling, snarl]

Feathers, watch out!

[snarl]

[growls, roars]

[snarls]

[growls]

- [growls]
- [Jun grunts]

- [shriek]
- [Tom gasps]

Giant dragon of death incoming!

- [roars]
- [all yelling]

[all panting]

[dragons hissing]

- [snarl]
- [Jun grunts]

[growls]

That's it, we're out of steam.

[growling]

Oh, no you don't!

ALL: Alex!

[roars]

[crumbling]

- [chirping]
- ALEX: Wait a minute.

They're colorful underneath.

They're not zombies.

[chirp]

- Of course!
- They're just molting!

Shedding old skin.

It can make some
animals feel vulnerable,

so they act aggressive.

Wait. That means...

- You're not turning into a zombie, D.
- Phew.

You're just nuts.

- Hey...
- [Plowhorn grumbles]

I'm back, girl!

Can someone untie me?
My hands fell asleep.

[dragon growls]

♪

[snarl]

- Alex! Blast the rest of them!
- Hurry!

Sing 'em to sleep, Feathers.

- [growling]
- [dull roar]

- [hissing]
- [cracking]

[chirp]

[growls]

[growls]

[roar, snarl]

[dull roar]

[growls]

[squawk]

[chirping]

[dull roars]

[dull roaring]

[screeching]

[majestic music]

[roars]

[cheering]

[laughing]

[squawk]

[chirping]

[chirping]

[laughter]

[panting]

You did it, Alex!

Yeah, I guess I did.

[purr, squawk]

[squawk]

[chirping]

[chirping]

[purring]

Looks like Feathers chose you

over going with the
other Featherhides.

She needs me as
much as I need her,

and she doesn't care if
I can't give a speech

in front of a crowd of people.

I'm brave enough for
her when it counts.

[purr]

- You sure are.
- D'ANGELO: Hello?

Now, I can't feel my thighs!

- Alright, alright, alright.
- Let's get you untied.

♪

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